Students Against Sweatshops Essay Examples

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Value of IT for Social Science Students (2193 words, 4 pages)

During the past few years' students of Social Science, including History have come to recognise the immense value of the Information Technology (I.T) and computers as an aid to research. In the social sciences the computer has already become a basic tool, and historians, somewhat more slowly, have also begun ... Read More

Skipping School and Responsibility of Students (497 words, 1 pages)

Many students like to skip school during the week. It may be that the students do not like school and do not even bother to show up. Others may only skip one or two classes a day, depending on the class they do not feel like going to. In the ... Read More

A Paper Against the Capital Punishment (591 words, 1 pages)

Capital Punishment Death is the one penalty that makes error irreversible and should not be considered as the ultimate punishment for inmates. Capital Punishment, also known as the death penalty, has been proven statistically to be an awful and wrongful death to many who have been executed therefore, execution by ... Read More

An Argument Against Smoking in Restaurants (429 words, 1 pages)

Rat Poison With Your Dinner? Second-hand smoke is the third largest preventable cause of death in the United States, behind regular smoking and Alcohol use. Cigarette smoke contains 4,000 substances, with 400 of them are toxins and 40 of them have been proven to cause cancer. Some of the substances ... Read More

9/11 in the Eyes of a Student (720 words, 1 pages)

Throughout the past year, many people throughout the nation have attempted to continue to live their lives the same as usual even after tragedy. The upcoming anniversary of September 11th reminds many, like myself, of how a nation can be affected by self-less acts that not only killed innocent people, ... Read More

An Essay on the Pay for Students Athletes (1603 words, 2 pages)

Pay for Student Athletes The NCAA for years now has had many strict rules and regulations on student athletes. One of the most controversial of these rules is the issue of whether student athletes should be paid or receive any form of monetary compensation. The NCAA rules committee has stood ... Read More

A Paper on Student Expenses for Education (1257 words, 2 pages)

The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is going through a financial crisis. Looking at the schools, it can be hard to believe that about eight years ago the schools all over California were being renovated. What happened? First there was all the construction, people running around in hard hats, portable ... Read More

An Argument Against Abortion (385 words, 1 pages)

Never Given a Chance How many Michaelangelos' have we destroyed in the name of convenience? How many Edisons' have we effaced from the pages of human progress? The fertilized egg of an eagle legally has more rights than an unborn child. In Wisconsin, if you step on a snail, you ... Read More

An Analysis of Meningitis among College Students (697 words, 3 pages)

Meningitis Outbreaks Among College Students Imagine waking up one morning with flu-like symptoms, only to find out that you have contracted a potentially fatal disease from someone in a class or in your dorm. Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but serious infection that occasionally infects college students and others living ... Read More

An Argument against Prohibition of Marijuana (2474 words, 4 pages)

Prohibition and Marijuana History Does Repeat Decriminalization or to not decriminalize. That is the big question. Will the decriminalization of marijuana be the next revolution of America? Marijuana prohibition has been in effect since 1937, with trends that closely resemble those of alcohol prohibition-meaning an increase in crime, distrust, and ... Read More

The History of Discrimination against Women (684 words, 1 pages)

The Postwar effects on Women The feminine mystique that American culture promotes is entirely dependent upon its ideas, beliefs, and needs of the time. American culture has always tended to influence women into doing what the day and age required. After men went to war there was a gap in ... Read More

An Arguments Against Legalization of Drugs (1773 words, 3 pages)

AGAINST THE LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS Everyone agrees that something must be done about the tremendous physical and emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuse of drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the most serious problems in today's world, threatening ... Read More

An Experience of Prejudice and Discrimination as an International Student (1225 words, 2 pages)

Facing prejudice as an international student. The desire to be an international student began when I was thirteen-years-old. I had seen so much Italian television that I began speaking Italian fluently at the age of seven. So I decided, at the age of 18, to leave my birth country and ... Read More

Experience as an International Student (1216 words, 4 pages)

It was a good, interesting, and amazing experience to me spending two semesters at Valparaiso University studying in Core program. I had the plan not taking Core program because we had good discussions during both semesters. As an international student, the Core program was difficult for me in the beginning ... Read More

Why Students Should be Required to Volunteer (400 words, 2 pages)

Now days most schools forces the junior high and high schools student to participate in volunteer works. Volunteer works can help the student and even adults. Students at age thirteen to seventeen needs the volunteer work because their mind is ready to learn new things that would help them in ... Read More

Troubles of an Undocumented Student (751 words, 2 pages)

LSAC Almost every day of my college career, I broke the law. I had to drive without a license for the majority of my collegeeducation-not by choice but by necessity. As an undocumented student, Icould not get a license, yet had to get myself to classes to create abrighter future ... Read More

Letter of Appliance for MCI by an Vietnamese Student (388 words, 3 pages)

Essay 1 What make I choose MCI? Up till now, America has always been seemed to be a metropolitan country with the brilliant education quality. America, therefore, is the best choice for many international students around the world to think about studying abroad. So do I, I also love America ... Read More

Forgiving Student Loans (2763 words, 9 pages)

Debt is something that haunts us all. Student loans are a type of debt that continues to affect about 37 percent of the American people (Lanza). These loans affect our population by not allowing people to live the normal lives that they should be living but are rather burdening themselves ... Read More

My Experience as a Pregnant College Student (3344 words, 10 pages)

Growing up in a small town might sound easy, but in reality it is harder than you might imagine. Try having every person in your town basically know your whole life story with that comes judgments, which could be good or bad. Everyone always see me as the perfect child, ... Read More

The Impact of Social Media on College Students (774 words, 3 pages)

As I am sitting here writing this paper, I am starring down an app called SelfControl on my laptops screen. Its purpose is to prevent users from accessing social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter for a certain amount of time so that students can focus on their assignments ... Read More

Passionate Teachers Create Passionate Students (663 words, 2 pages)

Last week I was visiting the Glendale Community College. It was a very interesting journey. I attended to the learning center, math lab and the writing center of the Glendale College. During my visit I meet a lot of teachers and students. I chose the English class and started my ... Read More

How to Be a Successful College Student (691 words, 2 pages)

There are many choices in life that are huge life changing decisions such as going to college. A simple decision such as this yes or no question can highly determine what you future will be like. If you choose to go to college it will most likely be highly beneficial ... Read More

Modernism: A Rebellion Against Establishment (786 words, 3 pages)

Rebellion against the establishment. At the beginning of the twentieth century change was in the air. People were tired of the artificial European culture enforced through corrupt class tiers in society. Many sought for revitalization in the world around them by rebelling against the current establishment and so modernism was ... Read More

Should Students Be Allowed Access to Guns? (358 words, 3 pages)

The brain works in different behaviors that sometimes as a human we cant really understand them. In that case having weapons in Cedar Valley College campus can be tremendously dangerous. None knows what is actually going on with another persons brain, for all we know that person could be crazy. ... Read More

My Summer with a Spanish Exchange Student (1230 words, 3 pages)

Summer 2012 June to August I had an exchange student all the way from Spain named Judith Martin Rodriquez. I didnt know what to expect when I heard she was going to be living with us. The fact that she was from across the ocean and she spoke a totally ... Read More

My Interview with a Music Student (920 words, 4 pages)

I chose to interview a music student at the University of SouthernMississippi. Victor Rodriguez came to Southern Miss five years ago andwas happy to sit down and talk about his culture and the culture he haslearned here in the United States while studying music. In my interviewI first asked the ... Read More

College Students Facing Pressure (315 words, 1 pages)

It's 12 am in the morning the study rooms are taken, the library isfull, and the tutoring center is full. Every student is businessstudying for an exam or final that declares if they pass the class. Notincluding the stress of money that was spent to do well for this class.So ... Read More

Students Should Not be Made to Wear Uniforms (587 words, 3 pages)

Every day, millions of teenagers spend between six and eight hours in Americas high schools. They sit at their desks, listen to their teachers, and do their school work. In some of these schools, however, they are also forced to dress in school uniforms. This restriction is really too much. ... Read More

My Life Experiences as a Student (688 words, 2 pages)

I graduated May 25, 2006, on my birthday, the most remeberest time of my life. Now alumni of Lillie B. Williamson High, I departed with joy and sorrow in my heart. Accomplishing a lot of set goals like joining the dance team to become a lionette, joining the performing arts ... Read More

Returning to College as a Non-Traditional Student (1104 words, 3 pages)

Coping with college has been a big task indeed. So far I have had to learn how to rearrange my whole life. After being out of school for seven years I forgot how much work and effort it takes to be in school. The ways you do certain things such ... Read More