I believe that orcas shouldn’t be kept in tanks at SeaWorld. In Newsela, a article called ‘SeaWorld Tanks or Sea Pens. Dispute Over Which is Best for Orcas Continues’ states, “SeaWorld said no to that. It will not build the larger tanks yet. SeaWorld is fighting to end the no-breeding rule.” Claiming that SeaWorld will not try to help the orcas and give them enough space for them to be comfortable. SeaWorld also claimed that it’s trying to end the no-breeding rule, this shows how they don’t want to give the orcas enough space and they still want to continue breeding orcas.
Mark Simmons, a old SeaWorld trainer, states, “Sea pens are not a safe place for whales.” This shows that even trainers don’t believe that whales should be kept in a cramped pen.
To conclude, whales shouldn’t be kept in captivity because pens don’t give whales enough space for them to be comfortable.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Should Students Have Uniforms?
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Imagine waking up everyday to wear the same clothes, it would get boring quickly. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many students.
Students shouldn’t have to wear uniforms, because wearing uniforms restricts their freedom of expression. This is proven in school-uniforms.procon.org, “Clothing is also a popular means of expressing support for various social causes and school uniforms largely remove that option.”
This shows how uniforms don’t allow students to express themselves or show support for different kinds of causes.
Some may argue that wearing school uniforms allow students to focus more on studies instead of focusing on their clothes; but that isn’t always the case. David L. Brunsma, who is a professor of Socialogy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, made a study that looked at 10th graders who didn’t have to wear uniforms. While observing the 10th graders, he found no big behavioral problems or substances use on school grounds. As said on school-uniforms.procon.org, “He found ‘no effects of uniforms on absenteeism, behavioral problems (fights, suspensions, etc.) or any substance use on campus.’”
A peer-reviewed study actually found that there was ‘no bigs effects of school uniforms on the performance on second grade skills’, the same was true for 10th grades, and the results of the uniform-wearing students are actually negative. According to school-uniforms.procon.org, “A peer-reviewed study found ‘no significant effects of school uniforms on performance in second grade reading and mathematics examinations, the same went for 10th grade reading, mathematics, science, and history examinations. Many of the results are actually negative.’” This proves that wearing uniforms doesn’t help students focus on studies.
Another reason why students shouldn’t wear uniforms is because uniforms doesn’t stop bullying and may increase it. Shown in school-uniforms.procon.org, “Tony Volk, PhD, Associate Professor at Brock University, started, ‘Overall, there is no evidence in bullying literature that supports a reduction in violence due to school uniforms.’ A study found out that ‘school uniforms increased the average number of assaults by about 14 [per year] in the most violent schools.’” This demonstrates that wearing uniforms doesn’t protect students from bullying.
People may say wearing school uniforms makes students enhance school, but in reality it can make students have a bad self-image. School-uniforms.procon.org states, “When students have to wear the same outfit, rather than being allowed to select clothes that suit their body type, they may suffer from embarrassment at school.” So, instead of students having pride while wearing their school uniform, they feel bad about themselves and self conscious.
Wearing school uniforms can promote conformity over individuality. Conformity is the behavior in accordance with socially accepted standards. School-uniform.procon.org wrote, “Chicago junior high school student Kyler Sumter wrote in the Huffington Post: ‘They decide to teach us about people like Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and Brooker T. Washington. We learn about how these people expressed themselves and conquered and we can’t even express ourselves in the hallways.’” This demonstrates how the school uniforms does not let students express themselves and look like other students in the school.
To conclude, students shouldn’t have to wear uniforms, so they can be able to be able to express themselves instead of being constricted with the same kind of clothes every single school day.
Imagine waking up everyday to wear the same clothes, it would get boring quickly. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many students.
Students shouldn’t have to wear uniforms, because wearing uniforms restricts their freedom of expression. This is proven in school-uniforms.procon.org, “Clothing is also a popular means of expressing support for various social causes and school uniforms largely remove that option.”
This shows how uniforms don’t allow students to express themselves or show support for different kinds of causes.
Some may argue that wearing school uniforms allow students to focus more on studies instead of focusing on their clothes; but that isn’t always the case. David L. Brunsma, who is a professor of Socialogy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, made a study that looked at 10th graders who didn’t have to wear uniforms. While observing the 10th graders, he found no big behavioral problems or substances use on school grounds. As said on school-uniforms.procon.org, “He found ‘no effects of uniforms on absenteeism, behavioral problems (fights, suspensions, etc.) or any substance use on campus.’”
A peer-reviewed study actually found that there was ‘no bigs effects of school uniforms on the performance on second grade skills’, the same was true for 10th grades, and the results of the uniform-wearing students are actually negative. According to school-uniforms.procon.org, “A peer-reviewed study found ‘no significant effects of school uniforms on performance in second grade reading and mathematics examinations, the same went for 10th grade reading, mathematics, science, and history examinations. Many of the results are actually negative.’” This proves that wearing uniforms doesn’t help students focus on studies.
Another reason why students shouldn’t wear uniforms is because uniforms doesn’t stop bullying and may increase it. Shown in school-uniforms.procon.org, “Tony Volk, PhD, Associate Professor at Brock University, started, ‘Overall, there is no evidence in bullying literature that supports a reduction in violence due to school uniforms.’ A study found out that ‘school uniforms increased the average number of assaults by about 14 [per year] in the most violent schools.’” This demonstrates that wearing uniforms doesn’t protect students from bullying.
People may say wearing school uniforms makes students enhance school, but in reality it can make students have a bad self-image. School-uniforms.procon.org states, “When students have to wear the same outfit, rather than being allowed to select clothes that suit their body type, they may suffer from embarrassment at school.” So, instead of students having pride while wearing their school uniform, they feel bad about themselves and self conscious.
Wearing school uniforms can promote conformity over individuality. Conformity is the behavior in accordance with socially accepted standards. School-uniform.procon.org wrote, “Chicago junior high school student Kyler Sumter wrote in the Huffington Post: ‘They decide to teach us about people like Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and Brooker T. Washington. We learn about how these people expressed themselves and conquered and we can’t even express ourselves in the hallways.’” This demonstrates how the school uniforms does not let students express themselves and look like other students in the school.
To conclude, students shouldn’t have to wear uniforms, so they can be able to be able to express themselves instead of being constricted with the same kind of clothes every single school day.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
One Word 2019: Improve
My one word for 2019 is improve.
I chose improve to be my one word for 2019 is because I want to get better at different subjects instead of being in staying at the same place the whole time. When I was choosing what my one word for 2019 is going to be I didn’t want it to be something specific, I wanted it to be something that I could use for everything I want to do in 2019, I decide that improve was the right word because there is a lot of things I want to get better at. I also my one word of 2019 to be improve because, I want to learn different things that I’m not good at like art instead of procrastinating and watching Netflix. How I interpret the word improve is getting better at something and moving forward.
I wanted improve to be my one word for 2019 because in 2018 I spent a lot of time procrastinating instead of trying to change and get better at something.
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