tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418711968690882572024-03-19T05:47:15.690-07:00Ms. Trecek's Language Arts BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-76087003229150252692016-04-19T09:27:00.003-07:002016-05-04T13:44:19.987-07:00The Hero's JourneyAs published on <a href="http://mythologyteacher.com/">MythologyTeacher.com</a>. Many thanks to this <a href="http://mythologyteacher.com/documents/Stages_of_the_Hero_Journey.pdf" target="_blank">awesome presentation</a>!<br />
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Matthew Winkler's lesson via TedEd<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-447552924265005852016-04-19T07:15:00.001-07:002016-04-19T12:52:47.554-07:00Example Action Figure ProjectBeing the mythology-loving nerd that I am, I decided to create a project along with you guys.<br />
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You can check out my progress in the presentation below. I'm holding myself to the same deadline --> I need to finish it by Thursday too!<br />
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If you want to use the resources we've read in class, you need the following citation information:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">Perseus and The Hero's Journey: Hamby, Zachary, and Rachel Hamby. </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">Reaching Olympus: Teaching Mythology through Reader's Theater Plays</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">. United States of America: Hamby Pub., 2010. Print.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">Norse Myths: </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">Hamby, Zachary Parker. </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">Reaching Valhalla: Tales and Sagas from Norse Mythology</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, 'TeX Gyre Heros', TeXGyreHeros, FreeSans, 'Nimbus Sans L', 'Liberation Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-indent: -28px;">. United States of America: Hamby, 2013. Print.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-57872637715627845012016-04-07T05:05:00.003-07:002016-04-07T05:26:49.131-07:00Missing your Socratic Smackdown? Want to complete a retake?<span style="font-size: large;">Your retake opportunity for the Socratic Smackdown assessment will be held <b>during lunch</b> on Friday, April 8th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Students will only have 7 minutes for discussion and 5 minutes for reflection, <b>just like the original assessment</b>. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">texts you plan on discussing (<i>Chicoria, The People, Yes, </i>and <i>How to Read Literature Like a Professor-for Kids! </i>[the last text is not mandatory])</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">something to write with (for your reflection)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">your lunch --> this is a working lunch, you are expected to balance both eating your lunch and completing your work</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upon completion of the Socratic Smackdown, students will be released back to the lunchroom.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-56903586214391262512016-03-16T06:46:00.002-07:002016-03-16T06:46:39.959-07:00Wednesday 3/16/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Two0lz6MeL307oZ03eygjoNp4wUAAcEIoulWPmJPT14/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-10311348403967295742016-03-11T06:04:00.003-08:002016-03-11T06:04:27.984-08:003/9. 3/10. 3/11 SlidesWEDNESDAY<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-49848081561119763382016-02-17T06:43:00.004-08:002016-02-17T06:43:36.213-08:00Wednesday 2/17/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j_gf84PhveIUno54X-X4Avg7II_43JcWG6z2K2MaH7Y/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-52273310099983454242016-02-16T07:23:00.001-08:002016-02-16T07:23:13.596-08:00Tuesday 2/16/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1etfrfWd3rTiqGjsCDa5QPf_hVy_wo2maFmhhuCgyWLM/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-79715563702542896222016-02-15T07:22:00.003-08:002016-02-15T07:22:52.425-08:00Monday 2/15/2016 SPEECHES! <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fXShacFbwWNuGSPMAFhWkUWFmtFuCe4UcviKSC0QsSo/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-10677573928249099732016-02-11T16:23:00.002-08:002016-02-19T06:13:55.598-08:00A Midsummer Night's Dream Links!<span style="font-size: x-large;">Click <a href="http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/full.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for the full text of the play (traditional text only).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">For scene overviews when absent, check out the Sparknotes overviews <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For an online version of the <i>No Fear Shakespeare</i> text, click <a href="http://nfs.sparknotes.com/msnd/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Remember, Sparknotes is REALLY good for general overview/major event stuff, but the language is very glossed over and details are lost. Use as a <i>resource support</i> not as a <i>replacement</i> to your readings.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-43252188064311633462016-02-11T07:23:00.003-08:002016-02-11T07:23:49.199-08:00Thursday 2/11/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/163eJvBY-Meh2hETSnvImkjz2EM7ti4-MVB3026qKlkY/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-22281781948650086012016-02-10T08:10:00.002-08:002016-02-10T08:10:29.537-08:00Wednesday 2/10/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NRjvCh2CY7b2zftGnce7jwz6MgQL5LHFbHhsU4eQF68/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-68112390200639455492016-02-09T07:17:00.002-08:002016-02-09T07:18:35.115-08:00Tuesday 2/9/16<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Speech writing and Shakespeare!
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-43754040049700480662016-02-08T07:05:00.000-08:002016-02-08T07:05:17.790-08:00Monday 2/8/2016<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S82uYTz6DrB4n8WJj4QWCVeTWPXTWNRdlWs6icJPoQ8/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-85272564147248056552016-02-05T08:54:00.001-08:002016-02-05T08:54:46.184-08:00Friday 2/5/16<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PnjBEEkiGeLimqIGmGapq-HS6rN6Tk-USemRH8dcp7E/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-84461811550771471132016-02-04T07:18:00.000-08:002016-02-04T07:18:12.706-08:00Thursday 2/4/2016<span style="font-size: large;">We have a lot to accomplish today and tomorrow, the snow days took a lot of our time away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">View the slides below for updates on retakes/due dates as well as today's slides.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-size: large;">Station day today!</span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="569" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O2FzZMySF1xjb9RvTQ-qSVAUZvFYk88CvAKV92_6OQA/embed?start=false&loop=true&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="960"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-3181382580856429652016-01-26T07:20:00.000-08:002016-01-26T07:20:06.547-08:00Tuesday 1/26/16View the slides below for an overview of what we did in class today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember, you are responsible for knowing the levels of the rhetorical stucture for the objective portion of your argument writing unit. Placement of terms within a level does not matter, but the labeling of the level <u style="font-weight: bold;">does</u>.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-60078125563080635782016-01-19T07:55:00.001-08:002016-01-20T08:37:11.986-08:00Student Slides: Tuesday 1.19.2016<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="569" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g7fIVrW3WTfbo79LzolnaPELA7XrxbERREIYJTyQrWk/embed?start=false&loop=true&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="960"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-81895500799142819102016-01-13T07:17:00.001-08:002016-01-13T07:18:09.790-08:00Wednesday's AssignmentsWow we're studying a lot! You get to pick what you complete first, so if you need directions open that are different from what is presented in the classroom, or for homework aids, please refer to the following copy of <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EksacKqkPu6iyQkRDczOT3a2MmMPfDU0b5xaJS3Lrp4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Wednesday's presentation</a>, or view the slides below.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141871196869088257.post-50027462238797081222016-01-11T12:53:00.000-08:002016-01-11T12:53:11.612-08:00Formal Argument Writing and Debate<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our next unit of study meets both argument writing standards, nonfiction reading standards, and we will be meeting speaking and listening standards in a formal debate on a topic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will also need to provide an MLA Works Cited page containing the sources you’ve used for your research; </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">secondary sources</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> cannot be older than five years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*topics are decided on a first-come-first-served basis (per class period). If insufficient partners (pros and cons exist), students will be given the opportunity to change their topic until the next class period, otherwise a topic and partner will be assigned to them, so in-class research time (starting Wednesday 1/13) is not wasted.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading and math should be taught in all subject areas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Standardized tests accurately measure all student abilities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schools should offer cash bonuses for good test scores.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schools should rethink how long students spend in high school.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arts programs should be included in schools across the nation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">STEM or STEAM programs should be included in schools across the nation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Physical education aids student performance across all academic areas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schools should extend the school year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dropout age should be raised.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students should be allowed to skip senior year of high school in exchange for work experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School’s should group students by ability.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colleges should use admissions criteria other than sat scores and grades.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technology and Social Media</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technology is isolating society.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Social media sites should be monitored by school administrators or work superiors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People should be allowed to obscure their identities online.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Online learning is as good as face-to-face learning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tablet computers should become the primary way students learn in class.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Games should be used for classroom instruction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paper books are becoming obsolete in lieu of digital learning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robots are the way of the future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arts and Media</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musical training makes people more successful in work or studies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Video games should be considered a sport.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop culture deserves serious study as an element of education.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The media has a negative effect on adolescents’ self-perception. </span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gender and Social Issues</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is too much pressure girls to have the perfect body.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is too much pressure for boys to be masculine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Girls should be choosing to pursue careers in math and science.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women should be allowed to fight on the front lines alongside men.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rights for men and women should be equal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Men should have the right to take a paid paternity leave.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Affluent families should pay more taxes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The United States should be able to spy on its allies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New generations (Millennials onward) are more self-centered than earlier generations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Curse words and crude comedy have become so common they have lost their shock value.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sports and Athletics</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parents should not allow their children to play contact sports.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sports teams should not use names and mascots that are ethnically or racially based.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colleges should fund wellness programs instead of sports. </span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">College athletes should be paid as an employee of the school.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Athletes using performance-enhancing drugs should forfeit their titles and medals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home-schooled students should be allowed to play public school sports.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bike-share programs are beneficial to communities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sports should not include prizes for participation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Health and Nutrition</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The use of tobacco products is a problem among teenagers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The use of alcoholic products poses a threat to teenagers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Healthier lunch programs are a failing cause.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The government should limit the size of sugary drinks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caffeine abuse is a realistic threat to teens and young adults.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students involved in activities and sports should be required to take drug tests.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Science</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scientists should continue to try and extend old age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Human limbs being replaced by technology increases quality of life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The public should be concerned about reducing their carbon footprints.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scientists should continue to explore the Earth’s oceans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Civilians and private companies should continue to develop space exploration programs.</span></span></div>
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