Why isn’t the metric system used more prominently in the United States? Since I was a child‚ I can remember the disagreements among school boards in the early 1970’s about transition my school to the metric system. It was a voluntary transition and many school did not want to implement it. When I was n elementary school the opposition came from the parents believe it or not. They said they would not be able to help their children with homework‚ etc. Actually looking back on it‚ parents did not
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I was born in Dallas‚ Texas and grew up in a nearby town named Irving. While living in this economically disadvantaged community‚ I witnessed and experienced the adversities posed by living in poverty. Where some see disaster‚ I see opportunity; where others see laziness and fault‚ I see misfortune and fortitude; what some call a welfare city‚ I call home. In the 2015-2016 school year‚ approximately eighty-seven percent of the students in my school were classified as "economically disadvantaged"
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Juvenile System Rough Draft Juveniles should be convicted as adults ‚ for violent crime like assault or murder because if they commit murder or something illegal ‚ they think they can get away with it and they don’t think that they are not gonna be caught. For Example‚ they can be killing someone and get away with it like nothing happened. So if kids commit crime ‚ then of course they should convicted as a criminal. Research suggest that adolescent squeezed through adult system are more
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voting system in place (1). Whereas today‚ when an election is imminent and the airways are filled with candidate endorsements‚ the subject of voter identification usually steps into the public eye. Although a few states passed
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Texas Judicial system is a puzzling topic to most citizens and has its pros and cons. The system is not liked by everybody because of the way it selects our judges. When comparing it to other states outside of Texas‚ it is different in many ways. For years many citizens and government officials have fought to reform the system. Many have failed‚ been rejected and have given up‚ while others take rejection has a reason to fight harder and fix the Judicial system. The Texas Judicial system is described
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In Canada‚ United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and New Zealand‚ they all use the adversarial justice system. This is when two opposing sides present their case before an impartial judge with lawyers representing each side. (Antonacci‚ 2013‚ p. 15) However‚ it is important to be mindful that there are pros and cons to every system. Some of the pros are‚ that you have an impartial judge hearing your case‚ you are represented by a lawyer no matter your financial status‚ and to prevent a guilty verdict‚ you
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Exercise 2‚ page 27 a. I think women are better listeners than men. | Pro (yes‚ for‚ good) | Con (no‚ against‚ bad) | 1. Women are nurturing by nature. | 1. Tend to get too emotional. | 2. Like to listen and be supportive. | 2. Don’t see a problem in sharing your personal issues with others. | 3. Care to know all details and facts‚ no matter how long it takes. | 3. Will tend to feel they know it all. | 4. Will give advice based on personal experiences. | 4. Can often talk endlessly
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Before answering this debatable question‚ understanding the beginnings of the juvenile justice system should instill mind-provoking thoughts for this question. Not only should the beginnings be discussed‚ but the reasoning for the “transferring” of juveniles to the adult criminal system should be part of this thought process. The “pros” and “cons” for a juvenile being charged as an adult opens up events and effects which forces society to look at the struggles and issues that come with the juvenile
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crossroads. The current Welfare State system has proven to be unsustainable. Of the twenty countries with the highest amount of external debt‚ eighteen of them are Western nations; if you measure debt on a per capita basis‚ this number increases to nineteen. Yet governments continue to promise more benefits to citizens and citizens are growing ever more accustomed to receiving benefits from the governments. On top of this‚ the current “pay-as-you-go” system of the working paying for the pensions
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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