Persuasive essay

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“Car crash kills 6 people.” This is a natural heading from a local newspaper after a group of teenagers obtain their license. I have heard that you are planning on changing the law that you have to have your high school diploma in order to get your license. I think that the legislative should peruse the new idea and make it a law. There are countless reasons that it should become a law. One, the streets would become safer, two the maturity level is higher when you graduated than when you begin high school, and lastly it motivates teenagers to earn their high school diploma. I think that it is a one of a kind idea, to have teenagers wait till they till they earn their high school diploma to be able to drive.

First off, if the law is changed than the streets will be a lot safer. When you turn sixteen teens have the privilege of earning their license. When teens turn sixteen they are so excited to acquire their license they don’t care how fast they go or any of the other laws for driving that are commonly abused. If you make students wait till they earn their high school they are more likely to be careful, thus the streets will be safer. 80 percent of crashes occur with drivers that have earned their license in the last 6 months. My sister got killed in a crash 3 months after she got her license. When teenagers grow up, their maturity level increases, causing a variety of good consequences.

Secondly, teens are more mature after high school than they are before high school. Experts say that when teens are at the age of 16 they are not mature enough to handle the stress and control of driving. Those teenagers that wait until high school have an 89.56 percent chance of surviving till they are 60. Maturity in the dictionary means you are fully developed and are in perfect condition. If the legislative changes the law, teens will be more mature and they will be more careful. I think that the legislative should make young adults wait till they acquire their high school diploma.
Last but not least, it will give students a beneficial reason to work hard and earn their diploma. If teens can have a good reason to obtain a high school diploma than they will work harder and get exponential grades in high school. Dr. Johnson states that, “If young adult have a good motivation, they are more likely to reach their goals in life.” 90 percent of teens will get their high school diploma if they have some kind of reward to motivate them to reach it. In the past if somebody wants me to work for something, I will get it done a lot faster if I have some kind of reward, or in this scenario you are able to get you high school diploma. Some people might say in controversy that it would make parents have to drive them to school, but if the parents make the kids walk or ride the bus then it won’t cause an issue.
In conclusion, as you can see, there are a lot of reasons why you should make teens wait to drive till they earn their high school diploma. The streets will be a lot safer, teenagers are more mature when they graduate than when they turn 16, and it will give students at high school a good reason, similar to a reward, to get their high school diploma. You should definitely change the law. So what do you think?

Persuasive Essay

I can't figure out how to keep the paragraphs, sorry.


Pounds of textbooks, binders, and other meaningless school supplies strain down against his shoulders; salty sweat builds up under the black straps of his backpack. He is on his way home to begin his “piles” of homework that has accumulated through his normal school schedule. Fairfield Jr. High is on a regular 7 period Jr. High schedule. The regular schedule consists of 7 periods in a day, the same every day. It has been proposed that Fairfield Jr. High transfer over to the block schedule. The block schedule consists of A/B days, four different classes each day, each day having 90 minute periods. I think that it would be beneficial for Fairfield Jr. High to change over to the block schedule. There are many benefits by changing; first, the block schedule gives students and teachers in the classroom more time for the lesson, second it will decrease the amount of homework given daily, and finally it allows there to be more time to complete homework.

The block schedule has the effect of giving students less homework each night. Theoretically, since a block schedule only has 4 class periods a day, the result would be less homework each night, compared to 7 class periods a day; where it is possible to have 7 periods of homework in one night. Four class periods would assist in remembering what homework has been assigned during school because only four class periods have to be remember instead of seven. In a world where a countless number of students are engaged in a variety of extra-curricular activities, Jr. High students don't have that much time to do their Biology notebook, Web Work, reading, current events, term projects, math, band practice, term writing assignments, and a “bunch” of other assignments that are assigned for home. I think that I speak for all the students when I say that less homework each night is a good thing.

A block schedule can also allow more time to complete daily homework for example, if a class is taken every other day; then the students have the extra day, given in a block schedule, to go into the teacher's classroom and ask questions on problems not understood which could be very beneficial. My sister, who is currently on the block schedule in high school, says that it is very helpful to have classes every other day as it allows her more time to ask her teacher questions. More time for homework also allows for more time to work harder and do a better job. In a study from Dave Vawter, a high school teacher, it was found that a variety of schools around the country have switched to block schedule and after two years they asked the teacher and students if they liked it the response to the switch from the teachers and students was quite favorable. This is an important reason to me why Fairfield Jr. High should switch to the block schedule.

Lastly, block schedules give not only just students, but teachers also, more time in class to accomplish or teach the things that need to be taught or accomplished. Consider a 45 min. class that has just have been given an assignment 5 min. before class ends. In a natural response, students vigorously try to complete the assignment when a problem is reached that they have no idea what to do on it. A student is about to go and ask the teacher for help when the bell rings, leaving the student still without an answer to the question. Robert Lyn Canady, a professor at the University of Virginia said:

"It is hard to fit a hands-on activity into a 45 min class period. With longer class periods it gives students more time for hands on activities and to ask questions to fully understand the assignment”.

In the study by Dave Vawter, a similar result of changing to block schedule was a decrease in the amount of “fails”. It makes sense that the amount of fails decreased as the students who didn't have enough time to understand the assignment didn't do it resulting in a zero for the assignment. With more time in each class period it would give teachers more time to teach a specific concept, or the class can have enough time to do in class projects, thereby decreasing the amount of “fails”.

It is said that teachers would have to undergo training in order to handle the longer classes. Even if teachers might have to go through training, I don't think that there would be much change to teaching a longer class period; one of the things that they could do is combine a two day lesson into one. It is also said that 7th graders aren't mature to handle 90 min classes, but in elementary students have gone a whole day in one class, causing their attention span to lengthen through their years in elementary school. Having a class everyday would allow a student to have more consistent exposure to a subject and allow them to come up with better questions to ask the teacher, thus helping them to gain a higher level of understanding.

I believe that it would be in Fairfield Jr. High's best interest to switch to the block schedule. The block schedule allows less homework each night, which is always a good thing; more time to complete that homework, and last but not least, the teachers would have more time to teach the lesson and allow students to have more time to participate in their class. So what are you going to do about this, I am definitely for the block schedule. I look forward to that day when Fairfield Jr. High will be on the block schedule.

This is a timed persuasive essay

I didn't to too well on this one as you will see after reading.
Do you like choosing classes, instead of people saying you are going to take these classes and deal with it? I don’t think it would be fair to all the students if we discarded all the fun electives just because they cost money. Some of my firm reasons are that I like these electives and have enjoyed them through the years that I have taken them. Second, I think these classes’ help you learn in a fun way. And lastly, they don’t cost too much money. I don’t think that it is a good idea eliminating elective subjects. They are fun classes.
I have liked all the electives that I have taken. The electives are a good for not just learning but it is easier to interact with other people. There are some electives that I don’t like, but there are other kids that like those classes, it wouldn’t be fair if we just took out the ones I didn’t like. Maybe we could make the students pay a small fee to be in the class, which would help the funding and cost.
The electives that are at my school are important because they help me learn not just science or math; they teach you a variety of important skill. What if somebody wanted to be an artist when they grew up or a trumpet player; that could never happen if we threw away all the electives? I have learned so much in my band class and would never be able to perfect my talents in band if they were abolished from the schools classes.
The electives give me something to do besides solve endless math problems, or study about cells. Even though these classes take up a portion of the schools budget, they are fun and worthwhile. You can always find different ways of funding the classes, or you could even cut back on what you buy in the classes. There are always ways to help with finance.
DO NOT eliminate the electives; it is not a good idea. All the kids will hate you if you do, cut back in different areas to have enough money to fund all of the elective classes. I would never want to see the electives leave the class list. They all provide some way of learning that math, science, and other standard classes teach. Keep these things in mind as you decide whether to keep the classes of not, don’t focus on just the money, which has nothing to do with the next generation’s education.

Persuasive Essay

I wrote this in Thompson's class.
Your principal is considering a new grading policy that replaces letter or number grades on report cards with pass or fail. What is your position concerning this issue? Write a letter to your principal stating your position and supporting it with convincing reasons. Be sure to explain your reasons in detail.


“Mom I got a 4.0;” The common statement for a kid who works hard and is responsible for his stuff. What if the grading policy got changed and it transformed into a pass of fail. Some kids would like and some wouldn’t. I don’t. If you work hard all term and get an A+ and some other kid just copies off you to “pass” the class. If you change the grading policy test scores will drop, there will be more lazy passengers just there to do nothing, and you have no idea actually how well or poorly in a certain class. There will be many bad consequences.
To start off, test scores will drop dramatically. Students will start to think that there only goal is to get a “P” for pass and that’s all they will work for. When this happens there only goal is to slide right by and do the littlest work just to pass the class. I have seen many people right now that just sit there until there grade all the sudden drops from a D- to a F, then, as if somebody fed them a gallon of caffeine they start working to get there grade back up to a D or C. This is one of the severe consequences that will pertain if you change the grading scale.
Secondly, people will do nothing but wine and cause trouble. If students aren’t actively working they will find something else to do, it might not always bring goodness to the classroom. Teenagers need something to do so they go around distracting the kids that are responsible and are trying to do the best that they can. If you change the grading scale even the kids that are trying to do the best that they can do will drop from the distractions and freak-outs that the teachers will have as a result of immature kids. Bad consequences are bound to occur with changing the grading scale.
Finally, when you get a “P” or an “F” you don’t know how exactly how well you did. As I have mention before if you get a C you can still pass the class. I have done well in school and would never know if I was still perfecting my school work. I like to look at my scores and grades and see if I need to kick it up a notch, so I could get an A. I would never know. I do not like the idea of changing the grading policy.
In conclusion, changing the grading policy will have many bad consequences. Grades for tests will drop dramatically, there will be lazy troublemakers, and kids that want to see the best for their future can’t determine whether or not if you did as well as you would have liked. Would you regret it, if your school dropped to the lowest rank in scores?

Jasper: The Evil Little Kitty

For this blog I am going to write about my crazy, annoying, psycho CAT. First of all I like cats and stuff; we had one the entire time I was growing up. Well this cat, Jasper is his name, is the weirdest cat ever. He lies in the bathtub to relax, he will walk in while nobody is in there and jump into the bathtub and just sit there for hours on end. Jasper is like no other cat I ever seen. You know how cats are stuck up felines; Jasper is the least stuck up thing ever. My little sister, who is in LOVE with cats, obviously is the one that spends all her time protecting him and playing with him. One day when I came home from school there was a cat as white as the first blanket of snow that falls during the winter. I was confused, my dad, who also loves cats, said that we would probably never get a chance. You know the word probably doesn’t mean never. So, that small chance that I was going to find a cat at our house some random day on a random week had come. We all started to think of names, Dewey, Snowy, Fredrick Bingham, George, Bob, Max, Johnny, Mike, Cheesecake, Mitchell, Whitey Tighty, Bob the Builder( that was my brothers), Jasper and a whole bunch of other random names that anybody could come up with. All of them got shot off one by one. I liked the name Max; it seemed to fit that snow white cat. My parents said that we need to find a name that everybody likes. Everybody loved Jasper, except me. I was the only exception. I could convince nobody except good old Mom and Dad (since they pick whatever side that comes to them first because they don’t want to make anybody angry with them, oh no) that Max is a good name. Days and days were passing, weeks and weeks and nobody could agree on a name. Since in had been a really long time my parents went with majority. Jasper was the name of that crazy old cat. I have disliked him ever since. There are a couple of other things that bother me about that cat. For one he steals my contacts lids and goes into the kitchen and runs around sliding it on the floor. He knows the exact sound it makes because when I put on my contacts he will come bouncing away into the bathroom to watch me. If I leave the lid off, Jasper will run off with it in his mouth and begin playing. Eventually he will slide it under the armchair and there it will sit until I go out and lift it up to get it. One other thing that he does is he will hide under my bed and when I walk by and swat at my toes, OUCH that hurts. It is the hardest thing to get him out of there so I try to avoid walking next to my bed. I have never liked cats that much from the day when one cat scratched me right across the arm and drew blood all over. That was when I was 5 so I don’t remember much. This is for last week because I am a procrastinating lazy slacker.

Goals

Goals: a good topic to start off the New Year. I have been contemplating what goals are. I think that they are guidelines, but not just ordinary guidelines, they are things that we would like to be better at or do better at. I am sure that you have you have heard the quote “if you plan to fail, you fail to plan.” I have always liked that quote; it has helped me plan for what is to come. Lately I have written down on paper what I would like to accomplish, I have made an agenda and prioritize on what I need to do. It has helped me get done what I need to do. Goals are sometimes hard to make, but if we can accomplish them then they will better us. Some of the goals that I have set are: Get a 4.0 every term, make drum line, work out more, and be nicer to those around me. I have found some quotes on goals.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
---Anatole France

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
---Epictetus

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.
---Henry David Thoreau

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
---John F. Kennedy

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
---Michelangelo

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
---Yogi Berra

I hope that these quotes help you understand goals and I would hope that you will set some meaningful goals, and complete them.

Honesty

Honesty is one of the many values that can be worthwhile to contain. I admire people who are honest, those people who you can trust with anything. I also HATE those people that lie, cheat, and especially those people on the internet who will tell you anything that you want to know so they can get your money. I have had that happen to me twice in two months. I ordered an ipod off of the internet and waited the expected time that it should take too come. I waited, and waited, and waited, they said it would be here in 7-15 business days for it to come. I e-mailed the person and he never replied. We finally gave up waiting and trying to get a hold of the guy and filed a money back report. Our report was accepted and we got our money back. PayPal gave the money back but that guy still had the original money we had ordered with. I recently ordered another ipod and this person responded to all my emails until I asked, is it ever coming, he never responded. I wrote him and asked for a refund, he still hasn’t written me back. Why do people do that, I mean it is just mean. What if I ordered something for 1000 dollars and I couldn’t get my money back. It is just like I gave away my money to this guy with a picture on a website. The world has changed; people have grown more and more dishonest. On KSL there is an article that did a pole for high school students, it said that sixty-four percent of kids have cheated in the past year, and 93 percent of students said they are fine with their ethics and personal character. That means that ninety-three of the kids there are fine with cheating if they have. I can’t believe honesty nowadays. It is hard to find an honest person.

Reappear

Don’t you hate when you drive by something for the thousandth time and you just notice that there has been a certain store on the road. For example a couple months ago I was driving down Gentile and saw an owl on the top of the building I told my mom to turn around. When we turned around I pointed it out and my mom told me that it has been forever, it was a fake. That was the first time that is had seen the owl, I never noticed it before.

Getting Old In Time

Getting old; what an interesting concept. Time flies by, leaving you in the dust looking back at all the trials and memories. I am only 14; time has seemed to pass by leaving me looking back on all I have done experienced. Christmas is here already and it seems that just last month I was just tearing the colorful wrapping paper of the presents that were given to me. It seemed like just yesterday that I was watching the many countries battle it out for the gold. Time passes the exact opposite of what we would want it to. If you are having fun and never want it to end, it will be time to go as soon as it starts, but if you are sitting in your worst class (the kind that you are entertained on how fast the clock moves) time moves like a turtle you stare at the clock and it never changes. Time is a natural phenomenon, it moves at its own pace and you can’t do anything to change. WOW!!! I have really got off on what I was going to talk about at least what I wrote about was somewhat related to what I was told to write about.

Dream House

This is a bunch of random "things" that I would want in my "dream house." I would like to have a house on a hill so it would overlook the endless horizon. I want it to have six bedrooms and three bathrooms. When I say I want six bedrooms I don’t want them to be small ones, I want them big so my kids won’t complain. I want a three car garage. The third one will be for my kids and bikes and toys. I want my yard with flowers in front of my stairs up to my front door; I want curved stairs with a covered patio at the top of the stairs. I want my backyard to be grass with a garden and a fountain. I want a big deck in the back for barbecues and parties. I would have to get a riding lawn mower so I wouldn’t have to spend the whole day mowing it. I would like to have game room in my house with a pool table, ping pong, foosball and air hockey table. I would want a huge family room with a sectional couch and a projector. I would like to have a master bedroom with a walk-in-closet and a jetted tube and a big shower. I want an attic that you could put stuff in and walk around in. I would like to have one of those kitchens that is ginormous and has matching cooking appliances. You know what would be cool is having drinking fountains in the house. I want a computer that is wide screen and has fast internet. I want to have some kind of dog. I would like to have a bunch of other stuff in my dream house but can’t think of anything right know. I know some of this stuff would be expensive but everybody has a picture of their dream house.