Persuasive Essay On Crosswalks

In 1983, Raymond Carver introduced his short story “Cathedral” to the public. The first-person narrative takes place within the narrator’s home, where his wife is waiting upon the arrival of her blind friend Robert. The narrator, however, becomes more concerned about how Robert’s visit will affect him rather than enjoy the situation. Once Robert arrives, the narrator tries to understand the blind man, but he is unaware of what tasks Robert is capable of performing due to the narrator’s inability to “see”. In time, Robert shows the narrator the difference between looking and seeing through illustrations of a cathedral, drawn by the narrator with his eyes closed. “Cathedral’s” narrator exposes readers to anti-heroic views

My group had to opportunity to observe CM Allen’s afterschool program first and meet the kids residing in the neighborhood. Upon arriving, I noticed the little playground right across the street from the KAD Korner Store and it wasn’t very big and took up most space in the area so there wasn’t a lot of open space for the kids to run around and play different, structured games like the ones we had planned. I didn’t like that the playground was across the street because the kids would run back and forth between them and they wouldn’t look both ways before crossing, unless you reminded them constantly. However, the playground did have a skateboard area, basketball court and a table with a roof on it for them to rest and get some shade.

Bigger is always better. If I could make a significant change to the structure or appearance to the school I would put a cover over the sidewalk. First, having a covered sidewalk would help protect me and my fellow students, staff, and faculty out of the harsh weather. Second, a covered sidewalk would add on to the school and make it look nicer and put the cover all around the campus sidewalks. Last, I would defiantly change not having covered sidewalks because of safety purposes. As can be seen, if I could make a significant change to the structure or appearance to my school I would put cover covers on the sidewalks.

Death is calling to him. The prisoner is anxiously waiting to be strapped to a table. He wonders what could be on the other side of the living. Is it God waiting for his soul to be judged? Or is it plain darkness? The guards finally escorted him to the chamber where his fate lies within. A very fine needle is inserted deep into his vein and what the vile tubes contain are sodium thiopental and pancuronium bromide. Once injected, these chemicals will shut down the body completely. After a steady rhythm of the heart monitor declined, there was a long flat beep sound. A doctor examines the body and the prisoner is pronounced dead.The U.S currently have 2.3 million people locked up in a prison or jail (Mass Incarceration) . Majority of the States have the death penalty for criminals with violent offences. However, There’s a lot of controversy surrounding capital punishment. Both sides of the argument are consistently trying to persuade the population whether it’s right or wrong. The movie, Dead Man Walking, is based on a true story that centers around a death row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Sister Helen, a nun, is called to help him for an appeal to escape the death penalty. The film illustrates both factions of the argument by demonstrating the usage of the persuasive techniques like pathos, ethos, and logos.

Being an athletes is one of the best-paid jobs on Earth. Being that they are paid so much the cost for the consumer is very high. The prices of tickets and sports memorabilia have been steadily rising over the years. The average ticket prices for the NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL all rose 5% to 10% this year, according to Jon Greenberg, executive editor of Team Marketing Report. (Mihoces).

Children are the future of America and the world at large, but as we move these kids up from Kindergarteners all the way up to adults we often overlook the astonishing 25% dropout rate in the United States. There have been many different solutions put forth to solve this but one that is widely used across the country and accepted is the no pass/no drive law. The no pass/no drive law would make it so in high school if you do not attend class often and or fail classes you will get your driver's licence taken as a teenager. Many people are in favor of this law but in truth, a law like this would be a bad idea. I believe that this law would be inadequate, and there are much better solutions than this

I often get asked by friends why I run cross country. They wonder why I think running is fun and how I can run so far. Although there are days I often ask myself why I run cross country, the answer is simple, it is fun and we are all crazy for joining a sport that is other sports punishments. Cross country is an amazing sport that doesn’t get enough recognition. Even if there are days where I hate practice because of a workout or don’t do well in a race, at the end of the day I still get support from the team no matter what happens.

I highly encourage you to expand the narrow sidewalk running from 3rd Ave. /W. Century Blvd. to 5th Ave./ West Century Blvd. The sidewalk poses a serious threat to walking pedestrians that use the sidewalk to commute everyday to access the shops down at Crenshaw Blvd./ W. Century Blvd. and other little businesses up the street from S. Van Ness Ave./ W. Century

Distracted drivings comes in many forms: texting, speaking on the phone, or even listening to music. In the state of Arizona, there is no laws prohibiting its citizens from distracted driving, it is one of the nine states to have not yet place a ban on this. The ban on distracted driving has been brought to legislative on multiple occasions but was always turned down, even though there are many conclusive accidents caused by distracted drivers, people still refused to take actions. Many opposing the ban argue that drivers should have the decision to act accordingly to their own judgements and drive if they want. While others believe that the government should enforce more laws to protect everyone’s safety. Although the state have not been successfully

Imagine a large family oriented neighborhood with about 140 homes, a small knit community. The main road into the neighborhood is a straight road to a stop sign; it has fifteen homes on each side of the street filled with families. This road leads in and out of the subdivision to 110 other residents of Manor Walk, and is the only way to enter and exit. Let’s say the neighbors are late or in a hurry, and are rushing the only way out is on the main road. This means they are driving 30 to 40 miles per hour by your home just because they are late. Traffic activity is the most hectic on this road every day. The families that live along Manor Dr, now have to be even more cautious of their children playing outside because of all the speeding vehicles. Their children cannot freely ride their bikes in the street, because of the road racers. Many kids complain to their parents

Clearly marked parking spaces, curb markings to indicate areas in which parking is not allowed and pavement markings to guide drivers can improve safety within the parking lot.

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Health, United States, 2002. Flegal et. al. JAMA. 2002;288:1723-7. NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, 1998.

From time to time children play throughout the property, which is more like a series of drive lanes than open parking spaces like you’d expect to see in a

“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.