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    bachelor’s earned about $65,489 per year. Those with an advanced degree earned approximately, $92,525 per year (Is a College Education Worth It?). It appears that the further education you obtain, the higher your yearly income will be. The Pew research center did a study which found that the median income gap per year between High School and college graduates is about $17,500 (Do College Grads Really Earn More than High School Grads?). Clearly, there is a major difference between the incomes of High

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    communication can be examined. As learned, sometimes these theories complement each other...other times, they oppose each other. In the textbook, McQuail's Mass Communication Theory, there are five general theories listed that are effective for the research of mass communication theory and are “described as: social scientific, cultural, normative, operative and everyday theory,” (McQuail 13). While these are the specific theories that can be viewed, there are underlying perspectives that are useful

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    and the need for gun control in America. The National Rifle Association (NRA) members believe that it is their constitutional right [ 2nd Amendment] to own guns and many mention that firearms are not the root of crime in the United States. Pew Research Center, in a poll on guns, showed that approximately 40% of the United States has a firearm in their home (Desliver, 2013). The NRA also suggests that firearm ownership is not connected to criminal violence or the increase in violence.

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    Rhetoric Tactics

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    The political spectrum in general, have grasped manipulative rhetoric tactics in gaining the public’s support on both sides of the prominent gun possession issue. As everyone knows, the media exploits a multitude of strategies and tactics to influence the community in a specific direction, depending on what opinions they are trying to press on the people. Gun control is a hot topic in today’s television, with reported “shootings” and “gun accidents” showing up daily in the news and on TV news channels

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    article entitled "Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in U.S," the President used his executive authority to limit the number of deportations committed upon illegal immigrants by easing the status of the youngest of these. Research Question: The primary research question driving the article by Preston & Cushing inquires what the likely impact will be of the new executive order from Obama. Broken down further into subquestions, the article inquires as to the impact that this action would have

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    effectively. The survey says that students felt that the time spent writing the paper was used effectively although some says it was not used efficiently. The outside research helped show why AP and Dual Enrollment students have more papers and why their word count is much higher than honors and standard students. The outside research also said that the information my survey provided from the AP and Dual Enrollment students does not only apply to English classes. If students are taking advanced Science

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    the number of individuals reentering society and undergoing the process of social and economic reintegration. (Travis, 2005). During the period between 1982 and 2007, the number of Americans incarcerated in jails and prisons increased by 274% (Pew Center on the States, 2009). In addition to the increase of the individuals incarcerated, there is an even larger amount of individuals under community supervision, with a recent study finding that one in every 48 American adults are either on probation

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    Acquiring a college education is a problem for several people due to the cost of tuition. Students simply can’t afford to pay for college, so they receive loans to get through their college education. Although a college education might leave college students with a financial debt years after graduating, it should still be accomplished because it benefits their community, financial earnings, and employment qualifications. Having a college education does not only benefit a student, but also their

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    Today, it is very not very likely to turn on the television without hearing some sort of controversy about immigration in the United States. People from all over the world come to this country for many reasons, but most of the time, they are looking for a brighter future for themselves and their family. There are laws and procedures in place for immigration to keep the country safe, however, they are not always followed. Different factors are put in place in these situations with many arguing from

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    “ My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage… This is becoming a norm. We should be ashamed.” President Barack Obama said in regard to the shooting in Newton Connecticut in June of 2014. “We're the only developed country on earth where this happens and it happens now once a week, and it's a one day story. There's no place else like this,” he added. America is

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