Prepubescent/pubescent are underrated adults. Since adult independence begins at the age of eighteen‚ most medical decisions for the children under eighteen are being made by their parents. However‚ research has shown that children are capable of making ’adult’ decisions by the age of eleven (e.g. medical decisions). Children should be allowed legally to make their own medical decision at the age of twelve because they are underrated‚ they are capable of great thinking at age eleven‚ and there are
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Persuasive Speech Self-Evaluation My topic for my Persuasive Speech was on‚ “Why should you adopt a pet?” In class‚ when we were in groups looking over our classmates outlines‚ my topic was on seatbelt safety law. I thought that topic wasn’t strong enough to have an argument with. Somehow‚ in my group we were talking about pets that we have adopted. Then‚ I thought why not a speech on why you should adopt a pet. I myself have adopted a dog and volunteered at the SPCA about a year ago so I thought
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Imagine a child living in foster care waiting for months‚ even years‚ for a couple to come and adopt them and make them a part of their family. Then‚ finally‚ after a long time of heartbreak and loneliness‚ a family does come. Two people want to give the child a home. These two people have everything that any parent should such as: money‚ a stabilized job‚ no criminal records‚ plans for the future‚ domestic peace‚ and all the love anyone could ever give to a child. Yet‚ at the end of this day‚ they
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anonymous voice. There are a few restrictions on voting‚ which include age‚ citizenship‚ and in some states weather you’re a convicted felon. I believe that it is unfair that some states make it so felons can’t vote. I really believe felons should be allowed to vote simply because everyone makes mistakes‚ and some felons have to rejoin society eventually. Felons are looked at by some as the bad people of society. Some people even believe that once they have messed up they don’t deserve a second
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Second‚ and closely related‚ was the issue of whether the roughly four million freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the
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Biology Should human cloning be allowed? Questions started with a sheep named Dolly. Dolly was a clone sheep born on February 12th 1997. Ever since Dolly has existed scientist across the globe have been studying cloning and we are now presents with the question‚ should human cloning be allowed? In order to debate the potential of human cloning‚ we must first consider how it ties in to certain aspects of human society. In society today‚ public opinion about human cloning is divided. The supporters
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Although not unanimously supported‚ the use of pre-embryonic diagnosis to screen for disease is generally accepted‚ this however leads to debate about how much freedom people should be allowed to make decisions about their future children. The issues arise as it is difficult to take an objective view on the topic‚ with many factors affecting peoples’ views. As there is in fact already a process of natural selection‚ perhaps it would be best to allow this to progress at its natural rate. On the other
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Illegal Immigration Should Be Allowed Illegal immigration is the immigration of someone from his or her home country to another country without becoming a legal citizen. Illegal immigrants have many different names; illegal aliens‚ undocumented workers‚ and unauthorized citizens are just a few names they are called. Whether undocumented workers should stay in the country or leave has been debated in the United States for a long time. In the year 2006‚ there was an estimated 11.5 to 12 million undocumented
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Should gay marriage be legalized? The debate on whether gay marriage should be legalized is heating up on the hill. The supporters of gay marriage should be legalized maintained that same-sex couple should have equal marriage benefits as the heterosexual couples and banning of gay marriage is an unconstitutional discrimination. Despite the choice of many supporters‚ many‚ particularly those with strong religious beliefs point their figure at such practice. In my point of view‚ gay marriage should
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In the world we live in today‚ there is a big debate over whether or not women should be allowed to fight in combat. The military believes that this ruling that should happen in these changing times. Even though many people‚ including top military generals and commanders‚ believe that women should be allowed to be drafted for the military in combat positions‚ many people happen to disagree with the statement. Since the Revolutionary War‚ women have been serving in the army as nurses‚ chefs‚ water
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