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Persuasive Essay Project 1 Should Spanking Be Illegal? As a legislator, you are to convince your colleagues to pass a bill making spanking of children by their parents illegal. You must give at least 3 reasons which you have researched to convince other legislators why or why not this should not become a law. Be sure to include at least one counter argument. [|Should Spanking Your Child Be Illegal?] [|Alternatives to Spanking] [|The Spanking Debate] [|Spanking Detrimental to Children, Study Says] [|Is Spanking O.K.?] [|Spanking Should Be Illegal] [|Spanking Should Not Be Illegal]

2. What Are The Harmful Effects of Smoking Tobacco? Your best friend has begun to hang out with a different group of friends. You have recently seen him or her smoking. Research the harmful effects of smoking, giving at least 3 reasons why one should __not__ smoke that you think would be convincing to your friend. Include a counter argument to refute these arguments, [|Smoking] [|Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases] [|Health Effects of Cigrette Smoking] [|Smoking: What are the Effects] [|Cigarette Smoking]

3. How Can We Make the Halls Safer? Should More Cameras Be Installed or More Police Officers Hired in the School? The halls of a school should provide a safe environment for all students. Tapp halls are narrow and therefore crowded. As a principal, create at least 3 creative ways to handle the hall situation to make Tapp safer and calmer. You must give counter arguments to your plan, [|Video Surveillance Cameras in Schools] [|School Security Cameras Go Cutting Edge] [|Dame School] [|Locations: Transforming Schools from Bully-Havens to Haven].

4. Should Pro Athletes Be Paid Higher Salaries? For nearly a century, Super Star Athletes have demanded and recieved salaries grossly out of proportion with the average income of their times. As a Pro Athlete defend why or why not you should be paid or not paid an exorbitant salary. Be sure to give the Counter Arguments. [|Sports Spending Out of Control] [|Athletes' Salaries Cause Resentment] [|In Defense of Athlete's Salaries]

5. Should Soda & Junk Food Machines Be Locked During School Hours? You are the principal of Tapp Middle School and have noticed that many students are going to the vending machines between classes or other unauthorized times. This is causing a problem in the halls, creating problems for the custodians due to spillage, and contributing to obesity and too much sugar in teens. On the other hand, vending machine profits earn much needed money for our school. Read the research on this subject and then, as the principal, you must decide and persuade your faculty if vending machines should be locked or taken out of our school. Give at least 3 reasons for your argument and a counter argument. [|Fighting the Cola Wars in Schools] [|Should Schools Sell Soda?] [|Sodas Skip School] [|Vending Machines in Schools Dangerous to Students' Health]

6. Should Boys and Girls Be Taught Separately? There are several public schools in Georgia and the rest of the nation that teach girls and boys separately and those schools have shown improvement in test scores. After reviewing the research, as the principal, you must decide if your school should or should not teach girls and boys separately. Give at least 3 reasons for your decision and a counter argument. [|National Association for Single Sex Public Education] [|California Study: Single-Sex Schools No Cure-All] [|Single-Sex Schools Help Children Thrive] [|K-12 Single-Sex Education: What Does the Research Say?] [|Single-Sex Schools 'No Benefit for Girls'] [|Single-Sex Schooling 'Irrelevant']

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