damaging effects on African-American students.”(Hentoff p 98) The book did not get removed, in “1998 Judge Reinhardt wrote, an important part of education is thinking critically about offensive ideas.”(Hentoff p 99) On both sides of this debate there are valid points and even stronger feelings. The pro banning side will say the book has offensive language, the con banning side responds 1st Amendment rights. Then the pro side retorts children’s racial sensitivity, the con side argues knowing stops
An obvious pro of being a cardiac surgeon is the salary. The median salary is around $448,793 as of January 2018. It can, however, range from $359,760-$562,558 depending on many different factors (salary.com). Another pro of the job is the prestigious status attached to the job. Nearly all surgeons also have medical insurance, with more than half are receiving dental benefits, and almost 50% are also receiving vision care benefits. Another pro of being a cardiothoracic surgeon
changing over time. Conservation Biologists study rare and endangered species so they can recover them so were the species don’t need any type of special treatment. They also help restore and protect nature's wildlife habitats. Education and Skills needed The education required for a Conservation Biologist, you will need to have a Bachelor's degree. The skills that Conservation Biologists needed for the career are 1, being able to analyze the conditions in an ecosystem. 2, the cause of the condition
and the government, for example the drug can be a gateway drug that would lead people to stronger drugs such as heroin. However, there are also pros for the society and government if the drug was to be legalised. In this report it will discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of legalising cannabis in the UK. First of all the report will look at the cons for legalising cannabis, such as the harms and dangers if smoking cannabis, as well as the impact it would have on young people lives. For example
In 1959, the “scary, narrow time-waster” was born, otherwise known as the A-C-T (West; Mathews). The American College Test was created in Iowa City, Iowa. The ACT, originally for the Midwest schools, soon spread throughout the country, now becoming almost interchangeable with the SAT (Syverson). The popular two hour and fifty five minute college entrance test was developed to measure a student’s achievement in high school and how well he or she would perform in college (Phillippi). Nowadays
does it mean to be an American?” Well, to most people this would be a hard question to answer, but the first thing that is thought of was ‘freedom.’ Americans have much more freedom than otherwise thought. United States citizens may not realize it but the amount of freedoms they have, and many times take for granted, are many. Think about the jobs, the education, the voting, religion, everything. Religion may be practiced almost anywhere at any time. Jobs are optional and education is provided for everyone
adopt a child and raise it even though it is not genetically his or her child, but it has to be thought of this way, “life offers so many memorable moments, sometimes it is hard to realize how special they are without a child there to remind us” (American Adopts…). Children do not just have to be adopted from the U.S. there are children who need adopted in many countries around the world and this is called inter-county adoption. This process can be even more stressful than just a regular adoption
athletics have amounted to enormous popularity among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted in increased revenues for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the participating colleges, which has started the debate about whether college athletes should be rewarded beyond their athletic scholarships. This paper will attempt to answer the question as to whether college athletes should be paid by explaining some pros and cons of this subject. Athletes form the basic unit
developed by Prochaska and DiClemente and is based on the premise that “behavior change is [an ongoing] process, not [a single] event” (NIH, 15). In other words, individuals experience an ongoing thought process weighing the pros and cons of their current behavior against the pros and cons of the new behavior. As they move along the continuum, they become closer to taking the final step that results in a positive behavior change. TTM is comprised of five main stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation
There are many pros and many cons to the issue, but I would like to begin with the cons. One issue is that the law of advanced directives varies from state to state. There is no universal law on the issue. Beirevic et al. (2010) states "The Texas Advance Directives Act of 1999, also known as the Texas