English 102 - Argumentative Essay

1. For my television commercial I used the popular Sham wow infomercial. According to the site the Sham Wow is “a washcloth, which will dry, and polish any surface. They are like a towel, chamois, and sponge all in one--except they're extremely absorbent and can be used over and over.” However, a segment on ABC’s Good Morning America gives Sham Wow a “C” and says it’s a normal towel so why have so many Americans fallen for the gimmick?

Sexuality is a quagmire of ambiguity and frustration, especially during adolescence. The unpredictable hormonal ups and downs of puberty are difficult enough, without the societal pressures of abstinence versus promiscuity. The double standard of boys sowing their wild oats and slut shaming are still as prevalent today as they were in the 1950’s.

Another game that displays the white males world view would be Spelunky. Spelunky is a 2D platformer where you are a white adventurer exploring this cave full of monsters and traps. The goal of the game is to explore the whole cave and avoid dyeing by any means. As you go through there are damsels that happen to get stuck in this cave for no reason. These damsels have a variety of uses, the first being that if you rescue them they give you a kiss and you gain a extra life for when you die. The other uses are throwing and shielding. Throwing the damsel can trigger traps, hurt monsters, and free you hands so you can do other things. Shielding is when you hold the damsel out to take arrows, bombs, and monster hits for you. Now if your damsel

Argumentative Essay Liberal Arts The liberal arts have been a main study for people for many centuries. They have even become a main part of our lives with the humanities relating to religion and how we act. Even though they have been important and still are today, many people think that they should not be a part of college curricula. They think that instead of teaching the liberal arts, colleges should have more of a focus on more practical subjects, such finance and accounting.

In the English 101 course, numerous topics concerning writing argumentative essays have been discussed to improve a student’s, such as myself, writing. When writing an argumentative essay, it is important to state the point that the student is arguing, in the topic sentence, in addition to making sure that all questions asked are answered. This includes writing and reviewing the topic sentence more than once, to ensure that all aspects have been answered. In class, I have learned that writing a good essay may include writing a not too well written first draft in order to get the ideas down on paper. Writing topic sentences for each body paragraph is also of use as it frames the topic being discussed in the paragraph and ensures that the writer does not go off track. The course has also taught me to write an assumption before introducing any quote, to give a description as to what the quote is going to entail, think beyond what is written in the text, and to make connections in order to obtain a better understanding of the overall article that is being analyzed.

David Leach has recently been appointed as the chief executive of Spark’s Big Data venture, Qrious. Launched in 2014 as a part of incubator Spark Ventures, Qrious is mainly a data and analytics business of this telecommunications provider.

In United States, sexual media imagery is widely available for the adolescents. It ranges from television shows, commercials, magazines, web sites and lyrics of the latest popular song. This is extremely disturbing when majority of the adolescents are not emotionally prepared to handle any sexual related experiences.

-Some may disagree with me because banning larger drinks will just make people buy more smaller sized drinks allowing them to take in more sugar and calories.

Hi Liz! Hope that you're doing well. I noticed when someone adds me as friend, the "Aprovar" option is misspelled, the correct form is "Aprobar" so I think it would be helpful mentioning this. Also, when I click on a picture to zoom in, the image opens but appears on the bottom right of the screen, so I would like to suggest the picture appeared right on the screen's center.

Humans have a natural impulse to reproduce: It is imbedded in our genetic code and a major influence in our conscious and subconscious stream of thoughts. It is scientifically proven that humans are the only species that struggle with sexual identity and have sex for pleasure. While this may be the case our natural instincts can become negative when we are not properly educated on these subjects, it can lead to miscommunication, abuse, and mishaps regarding sexual topics among teens. The job of parental guides and of teachers in the nations schools is to properly educated children on sexual topics to ensure their understandings of wrong and right. However, even with the success rate of schools current health and sex education program, the

Statistics show that teenagers are having sex, especially unsafe sex. Our lack of educating children is projected when the United States has some of the highest sexually transmitted infection rates and pregnancy rates for teenagers among industrialized nations (NCBI). When this day in age a teacher can be investigated for using the word “vagina” our children may be prone to inhibit their questions, it stunts communication, and it cultivates secrets with sexual abusers. It’s time as parents we become aware of changing times and teach our children how to appropriately cope with

According to Pastor, when parents describe “sex” to their adolescent children, it is in terms of how babies are made (132). As seen here, even sexual health conversations with parents primarily discuss puberty in terms of reproduction. For TR, puberty was described as the “coming of age.” Rather than explaining all of the hormonal and behavioral changes (e.g. sexual attraction) associated with puberty, her parents primarily emphasized what it meant to have your period and how she could potentially get pregnant. This illustrates how even parents stress the importance of reproduction when engaging in sexual activity. In reality, hormonal fluctuations during puberty and adolescence may actually contribute to one’s desire for engaging in sexual behavior solely for pleasure, which parents fail to

Teenagers, being in their formative stages, are quite unsure about their sexual identity and to them pornography is not much different than a trip to the candy shop. They revel in the newfound euphoric feelings while at the same time secretly connecting with other folks with whom they share similar sexual tastes.

Sex is always a touchy subject, adolescents feel embarrassed discussing it with their parents or teacher and adults feel awkward answering questions. When people discuss being pregnant or breastfeed it’s often referred to as a natural thing, but when discussing sex it is a natural thing that a lot of adults feel uncomfortable confronting. There can be number of problems that can occur in the area of adolescent sexuality, but it is important to keep in mind majority of adolescents have healthy sexual attitudes and engage in sexual behaviors that will not compromise their journey to adulthood (Adolescence pg. 193). Are the “suttle” and “private” talks about sex harming adolescents versus helping them? Is the sex education that is being taught being embedded in adolescent’s heads? Many people have a different opinion on wither sex education should be taught in school and how it should be taught. When looking at the statistics, sex education can play an important role in adolescents now days. In 2011 54% of twelfth graders have had sexual intercourse and 38% were currently sexually active (Adolescence pg. 197). Many adolescents that are sexually active do not use contraceptives. 34% of the sexually active adolescents did not use contraceptives the last time they had intercourse (Adolescence pg. 206). I am all for teaching adolescents about abstinence but truth of the matter sex is becoming more and more popular in adolescent lives. The way sex education is being presented

There is no doubt that discussing matters of sexuality with children is a topic that is closely guarded in many communities. However, when parents fail to talk to their children about this topic, the results that ensue are regrettable. When young people are not educated about sex, they end up having premarital unsafe sex. This phenomenon has contributed to high cases of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease among adolescents. This paper outlines the significance of talking to children at a very early age. It emphasizes that parents ought to discuss matters of sexuality with their children in order to address the ever increasing cases of sexual irresponsibility among young adults.