Persuasive Essay

“Harvard University withdrew the admittance of at least 10 incoming freshman who had reportedly posted violent, racist, sexually explicit content in a private Facebook group,” (Schools are Watching [...], 1). A distinguished University is looking into what students are doing online and because of this many students are paying a large price for posting inappropriate posts on social media. Schools should not have the ability to censor speech because they can impede on students’ free speech and they would be stopping students from learning and growing if they were to stop students from expressing themselves.

We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease. S. Jay Olshansky.Genetic engineering is the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic traits. As you may know, we have been eating foods that have been selectively bred by humans. Humans selectively bred organisms to develop or consist particular characteristics. One good example is dogs. Dogs are selectively bred wolves. Whether it is for a different size, look, ability etc, wolves were selectively bred and itis the dog we know today.Selective breeding keeps traits that are desirable, and over time it becomes different, which mostly have certain desired traits it was not supposed to have with natural selection. Artificial selection made animals and plants easy to use, easier to grow, and more useful to human. GMO can drastically reduce the amount of time and effort, which will benefit the environment and resources used. Some believe that GMO may disrupt the natural ecosystem, however, I believe that the benefits brought about by this technology outweigh such consequences. This can be for reducing a spread of disease, make organism's immune to disease, and use fewer pesticides.

In today’s society, many people struggle to love themselves. What does it take to truly be open with who you are and to be confident enough to deal with anybody’s judgement in this world? With models all over social media, magazines, television, and loved ones always staring and judging, it is hard for one to truly feel accepted in this world. There will always be people in the world who will shame those who are a little too over weight, those who are too skinny, those who choose the wrong person to love, those who are too confident or too insecure...the list is endless. Nobody in this world should have the right to decide what you should look like, how you should act, and who you should love, except for you. What does it mean to be “too this” or “too that” anyway? Rick Warren once said, “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. I don’t know all the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone.” Society has its own ideas on what perfection really is and what it looks like, making it hard for humans to truly love themselves the way they are. Why is that? Why do we shame others for being themselves after continuously telling them to “Be Yourself.”

The issue with one’s personal seclusion coexisting with society’s public safety is that it cannot be transpiring. This controversy is a complex situation because with the extensive amount of cameras and microphones installed throughout everywhere you go, it is almost impossible to not be invasive of one’s privacy. The topic has silently existed for decades, however with technology enhancing at a rapid rate, the discussion has emerged and several writers have decided to explore the matter in depth.

Why is it that college is notoriously known for being the place where students are broke? If one stops to think about it, students live their whole life on free education thanks to the public school system. However, when the time comes to move to a further education institute, learners are being punished by gigantian fines and most are forced to do the only option: take out a loan. While these are bad enough and may trap honest students with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, it doesn’t have to be this way. Large universities should be the main target of blame for all college students alike. This is done by hiding useless fees we are forced to pay for in our tuition and overpricing campus named rights we should already have such as parking or printing.

Gun shots,sirens blasting in the distance,cops on every corner,gang members taking over the city controlling the lives of the people. Welcome to Chicago, Illinois one of the most gut reaching cities in the United States that makes you think why do people still live in that certain environmental reality is they have no escape like if they were all caged lab rats . At the age of five I was dragged by my feet and the tiny nails clawing to the cement floor in order to escape my mother's furious grip. Meanwhile other kids my age were playing with their families in their front yard i was being yanked into my mother's gray minivan for a sixteen hour drive which was an eternity with six people smothered together like a peanut butter jelly sandwich.Every second was ticking by slowly i began to ache realizing everything and everyone was fading away in the distance as trees and homes began to fade away in the distance.

In this world there is nothing I hate more than a Liar , any person who can sit in my face and tell a fabricated story and deceives with no problem gets zero respect from me. I never understood the point of lying because once a lie is told people have to keep up with it. In order to tell one lie they have to continue to cover the story so at that point they become a liar unless the person comes clean but after that the trust is gone. There is no reason a person should have to say false things because eventually the truth comes out , leaving them looking very stupid and untrustworthy. If everyone was just honest the world would be a much better place. I rather someone hurt me with the truth than comfort me with a lie. Sometimes the truth might ruin everything but if we as humans didn’t do wrong by everyone in our lives that wouldn’t ever be a problem.

It is midnight, and while you are in a deep sleep dreaming about your family and the vacation you are going to take next month and you hear a loud beeping noise. You don’t fully wake up because you think it’s something in your dream. When you finally come to the realization that the loud noise is the fire alarm, you see your husband trying to put clothes on and you go to wake your kids and gather outside at your safe place. When you go to your child’s door you perceive that she is trapped around flames all around her bed which is where the fire originated. She is screaming “Mommy! Mommy help!”. You feel helpless as you try to open her bedroom door where she can’t get out and you can’t open it because it is stuck, but you know that if you do not do something quick, something bad is going to happen. As your husband takes your other children out to the safe place, firefighters rush in to take over and they take you away from your daughter’s bedroom door, but as that happens you latch on to her door because you can’t stand the thought of losing her. You scream “NO! NO! My daughter is in there!” But the fireman drags you out because you are losing oxygen. You sit down in front of your house in the grass sobbing because of the fact that you could lose your child. The paramedics are standing beside their trucks waiting to assist. You are looking at your childhood home as all your memories go up in flames. While this might be a one time thing for you and your family, this is a

While in solitary confinement Kalief didn’t only have to deal with the torture of being trapped in a small room alone, he also endured the guards torture as well. There were times where it would be extremely hot in the solitary confinement cells and Kalief would be mocked by the guards by asking them for ice. Other times, the only food he was allowed was a tray that had already been partially eaten by another inmate. For weeks at a time Kalief would be denied showers until he could smell the stench on himself (Furst). One officer in particular who did this was CO Grenache. On September 23, 2012, Browder was let out of his cell for a shower. Grenache immediately tightened his grip on Browder before slamming him to the ground. The correctional officer proceeded to beat him while Kalief’s hands were handcuffed behind his back. This incident was caught on tape as well (Press TV).

This watermelon cake looks delicious – well, at least the top one does. We’re not 100% sure what happened with the one on the bottom, but we would suggest a cake decorating class.

On February 9, 2007, Chris Williams’s life changed forever. As Williams was driving home with his wife and three youngest kids, a car “moving at an unbelievably high speed” T-boned their car “with a force so violent and tremendous that the impact stopped [their] car from going downhill and pushed it back uphill.” In an instant, two of his children, his wife, and their unborn child were killed in the horrific accident. In his own words, “I was ready for death. I tried to will myself to pass out; I wanted to succumb to the process of having my spirit leave my body. From deep inside my body came a sound of excruciating anguish and pain, of body and spirit being crushed.” However, Williams simply faced the overturned car that had crashed into his and chose to “let it go” (“Just Let Go”). Within moments of the accident, he forgave the drunk driver that had killed the majority of his family. Although this is an extreme example, I believe offering forgiveness to those who have wronged me is an important principle in my life. Forgiveness relieves me of holding grudges, seeking revenge, and despising those who use me.

The United States presidential election, it’s a huge event in the United States and its been seen by some as an example of our democracy, but should it be? In truth, “American citizens do not cast their ballots directly for their favorite candidates for the presidency. Instead, they vote for electors ostensibly (but not always) committed to a given candidate.” (Levinson, Page 83). But, why not let the citizens vote directly for the president themselves? This old idea of not trusting the American people more with knowing how to vote isn’t fair anymore and while at the time it may have been okay and even made sense because it made voting easier since, “Never in the history of the world had a comparable election been conducted in a territory as large as the United States” (Black, Paragraph 14) it’s now (in my opinion) outdated and no longer necessary. This isn’t to say that I would completely get rid of the system we have though, I do agree with how, “Above all, the Founders feared power, the domination of some men over others.” (Critchlow, Page 19), they knew that in this case something would have to be done to keep the few large states from controlling the elections if presidents were elected with the popular vote. I think that we do need to make some changes to take the more of the people's opinions into consideration, though instead of giving all of a states’ electoral votes to the most popular candidate and ignoring the rest of the states residents votes.

Life is a wonderful thing but at times it can be quite cruel. If you have a belief that is not common amongst anyone else or is unfavorable to many, then you find yourself in a stump. People will always fight with you, argue with you, yell with you, fight for you. But it is always hard, for sometimes it is not your place since you are not there yet. I know what I want to do with my life but because I know, does not mean I will. Society is a tough place for me and others like me... unless you are of another race or your skin is darker, then it is much harsher for you. I want to change the world, discover the world, explore the universe, but will the life of a society like ours, let me?

In the Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote, “It kills me sometimes, how people die.” Zusak is upholding the age-old adage that dying, no matter how one dies, is undeniably despairing. The standard way of thinking about death has is that there is a great emphasis on how, we as people, die. For those who will die from terminal illness is often after enduring long and protracted suffering. When pain relief can no longer be provided, patients should have the right to request a death with dignity (DWD). This is a practice that allows the terminally ill to obtain and use a self-administered lethal drug. However, only in five states, one state being Oregon, is the practice legal. It is prohibited in the other 45 due to ethical and moral concerns. The illegality takes away a person’s fundamental right to choose how they die. I propose legalizing the Death with Dignity Act in all states because it is safe and ethical choice that should be an option for all patients facing a terminal illness.

When will one reach life's finish line is not an answerable question. Some do not think about the inevitable, but I do. I have wanted my life to end long ago, I have tried unsuccessfully uncountable times to bring my life to an end "She's just seeking attention," I have heard it said. No, wrong, I just did not take enough pills.