Smoking in public places is hazardous not only for the smoker but for everyone around the smoker. The person can smoke their cigarette wherever but one person has no say to whether or not he/she would like them not to because of second-hand smoke. People all over America should only be allowed to smoke in private places.
Minnesota has taking the first step to make this a reality. Minnesota banned smoking in public places, including the following: restaurants, bars, hotels, and buildings. Minnesota sees the need to try to avoid Minnesotans from suffering or dieing from second-hand smoke. Scientists and researches say that second-hand smoke is actually worse for you then actually smoking itself. So one could not smoke a day in his/her life and still die from skin cancer because he/her was around smokers. This is not fair for the one that did not smoke at all so that he/she would be healthy. “Separate smoking sections do no cut it: only smoke free buildings and public places truly protect non-smokers from the hazards of breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke”, says a long awaited general’s report (msnbc). Some 126 million people are exposed to second hand smoke in the U.S. This puts millions of people in increased risk of death from lung cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. One in five kids is exposed to second-hand smoke. This can lead to sudden infant syndrome; lung infections such as pneumonia, ear infections, and sever asthma. California health officials estimate that second hand smoke kills 3,400 non smokers a year from lung cancer, 46,000 from heart disease and 430 from SIDS.
Those who smoke and don’t care about the people they are affecting are killing over 50,000 people a year. Smoking in public places should be banned in every state, in order to cut down the deaths of second-hand smoke. Minnesota has done it and the rest is up to rest of the United States.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Smoking in Public
Smoking in public places is hazardous not only for the smoker but for everyone around the smoker. The person can smoke their ciggaret wherever but one person has no say to whether or not he/she would like them not to because of second-hand smoke. People all over America should only be allowed to smoke in private places.
Minnesota has taking the first step to make this a reality. Minnesota banned smoking in public places, including the following: restaurants, bars, hotels, and buldings. Minnesota sees the need to try to avoid minnesotans from suffering or dieing from second-hand smoke. Scientists and researches say that second-hand smoke is actually worse for you then actually smoking itself. So one could not smoke a day in his/her life and still die from skin cancer because he/her was around smokers. This is not fair for the one that did not smoke at all so that he/she would be healthy.
Smoking in public places should be banned in every state, in order to cut down the deaths of second-hand smoke. Minnesota has done it and the rest is up to rest of the United States.
Minnesota has taking the first step to make this a reality. Minnesota banned smoking in public places, including the following: restaurants, bars, hotels, and buldings. Minnesota sees the need to try to avoid minnesotans from suffering or dieing from second-hand smoke. Scientists and researches say that second-hand smoke is actually worse for you then actually smoking itself. So one could not smoke a day in his/her life and still die from skin cancer because he/her was around smokers. This is not fair for the one that did not smoke at all so that he/she would be healthy.
Smoking in public places should be banned in every state, in order to cut down the deaths of second-hand smoke. Minnesota has done it and the rest is up to rest of the United States.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sources
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13569976/
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml;jsessionid=4X2GI02PPE5NSCQFCXQCDSQ?identifier=3003114
http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/460829.html
Thesis: Smoking in public places should be and should remain illegal.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml;jsessionid=4X2GI02PPE5NSCQFCXQCDSQ?identifier=3003114
http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/460829.html
Thesis: Smoking in public places should be and should remain illegal.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Abortion and why it is wrong.
Abortion is a top issue in America, and is often debated. Abortion is even a major deciding factor between the Democratic and Republican parties. Abortion is the killing of children that have heart beats, but some people are convinced that it is not murder.
A baby is a human being at consumption, and already has a heartbeat after a couple of weeks, and yet people do not recognize this is killing a human or as murder. Others think that abortion is wrong but partial abortion is ok. Partial abortion is even more gruesome. The doctors cut of the baby’s head, while the baby is still in the womb, and then they shove the parts out with a tool that is like a plunger. How is killing a baby alright with people? How do people justify killing babies as not murder?
Abortion is killing, and this tends to be a hot topic that can divide a group or even people. A baby is a human at consumption and the moment that they have a heartbeat.
A baby is a human being at consumption, and already has a heartbeat after a couple of weeks, and yet people do not recognize this is killing a human or as murder. Others think that abortion is wrong but partial abortion is ok. Partial abortion is even more gruesome. The doctors cut of the baby’s head, while the baby is still in the womb, and then they shove the parts out with a tool that is like a plunger. How is killing a baby alright with people? How do people justify killing babies as not murder?
Abortion is killing, and this tends to be a hot topic that can divide a group or even people. A baby is a human at consumption and the moment that they have a heartbeat.
Abortion and why it is wrong.
Abortion is a top issue in America, and is often debated. Abortion is even a major deciding factor between the Democratic and Republican parties. Abortion is the killing of children that have heart beats, but some people are convinced that it is not murder.
A baby is a human being at consumption, and already has a heartbeat after a couple of weeks, and yet people do not recognize this is killing a human or as murder. Others think that abortion is wrong but partial abortion is ok. Partial abortion is even more gruesome. The doctors cut of the baby’s head, while the baby is still in the womb, and then they shove the parts out with a tool that is like a plunger. How is killing a baby alright with people? How do people justify killing babies as not murder?
Abortion is killing, and this tends to be a hot topic that can divide a group or even people. A baby is a human at consumption and the moment that they have a heartbeat.
A baby is a human being at consumption, and already has a heartbeat after a couple of weeks, and yet people do not recognize this is killing a human or as murder. Others think that abortion is wrong but partial abortion is ok. Partial abortion is even more gruesome. The doctors cut of the baby’s head, while the baby is still in the womb, and then they shove the parts out with a tool that is like a plunger. How is killing a baby alright with people? How do people justify killing babies as not murder?
Abortion is killing, and this tends to be a hot topic that can divide a group or even people. A baby is a human at consumption and the moment that they have a heartbeat.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Critically thinking essay
Ethan Nelson
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is very important. Thinking critically makes you use your brain and not just say the first thing that comes to you. Most of the time critically thinking is asking for your own opinion about a certain subject or topic.
For example of the topic of what would life be like with ought computers. You would think of life with ought computers and how communications would be out of sync. While I was thinking critically on this topic I thought that with ought computers we would have no internet and no way to communicate with the world instantly. We would not have the ability to gain knowledge of what is going on in the world with the touch of a hand. We have to imagine in our minds of what we think the world would be like with no computers. We would come to the conclusion that we can not access or look up any information that would help us gain knowledge about current events.
Critically thinking is thinking over and above the first though that comes into your mind, and stretching your imagination. You have to say your opinion on the matter, and what you think would be different if we did not have computers.
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is very important. Thinking critically makes you use your brain and not just say the first thing that comes to you. Most of the time critically thinking is asking for your own opinion about a certain subject or topic.
For example of the topic of what would life be like with ought computers. You would think of life with ought computers and how communications would be out of sync. While I was thinking critically on this topic I thought that with ought computers we would have no internet and no way to communicate with the world instantly. We would not have the ability to gain knowledge of what is going on in the world with the touch of a hand. We have to imagine in our minds of what we think the world would be like with no computers. We would come to the conclusion that we can not access or look up any information that would help us gain knowledge about current events.
Critically thinking is thinking over and above the first though that comes into your mind, and stretching your imagination. You have to say your opinion on the matter, and what you think would be different if we did not have computers.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Excellence
Ethan Nelson
Block 4
Excellence
Excellence is defined on dictionary.com as the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence. In the Crooked Tree it talks about how something can be useless if you don’t use it in the correct way. The story says “It is useless to you only because you want to make it into something else and do no use it in its proper way”. The example of this is that the crooked tree is useless for lumber but you can use it for its shade.
Excellence in a person is shown by his perseverance. Perseverance is when a person never gives up no matter what the task or how difficult the task is. An example of this is shown through my neighbor Bob. He had a difficult life growing up and had nothing and his family had no money at all. He never gave up and persevered. He ended up making his own company, RALCO, and did very ell for himself his company is still going on today and is still benefiting from it because he never gave up. This is a great example of excellence in a man. I think this is the most important excellence a person can have followed by excellence in sports.
Also in today’s standard excelling in mostly protruded in sports. A guy or team that excels in sports will become state champions or make the all state team. For example, in golf our team last year excelled and we were the southwest conference champs and Tony excelled by himself and went on to the state tournament.
Excellence is going beyond the “call of duty” and striving to be the best. Those who excel preserver through the hard times and go on to be successful in either life or in sports.
Works Cited
Gibbs, Nancy. "Reading Between the Lies." Time (2003): 1-2.
Hoff, Benjamin. "The Crooked Tree." Seeing Metaphors.
Ludwig, Mark D. "Lok Out for More Blairs." Developing Minds (2004).
Puka, Bill. "Student Cheating." Liberal Education (2005).
Block 4
Excellence
Excellence is defined on dictionary.com as the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence. In the Crooked Tree it talks about how something can be useless if you don’t use it in the correct way. The story says “It is useless to you only because you want to make it into something else and do no use it in its proper way”. The example of this is that the crooked tree is useless for lumber but you can use it for its shade.
Excellence in a person is shown by his perseverance. Perseverance is when a person never gives up no matter what the task or how difficult the task is. An example of this is shown through my neighbor Bob. He had a difficult life growing up and had nothing and his family had no money at all. He never gave up and persevered. He ended up making his own company, RALCO, and did very ell for himself his company is still going on today and is still benefiting from it because he never gave up. This is a great example of excellence in a man. I think this is the most important excellence a person can have followed by excellence in sports.
Also in today’s standard excelling in mostly protruded in sports. A guy or team that excels in sports will become state champions or make the all state team. For example, in golf our team last year excelled and we were the southwest conference champs and Tony excelled by himself and went on to the state tournament.
Excellence is going beyond the “call of duty” and striving to be the best. Those who excel preserver through the hard times and go on to be successful in either life or in sports.
Works Cited
Gibbs, Nancy. "Reading Between the Lies." Time (2003): 1-2.
Hoff, Benjamin. "The Crooked Tree." Seeing Metaphors.
Ludwig, Mark D. "Lok Out for More Blairs." Developing Minds (2004).
Puka, Bill. "Student Cheating." Liberal Education (2005).
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