Non-smokers vs. Smokers

Across the country, public places such as libraries and museums are now smoke- free environments, and restaurants are required to have separate smoking and non- smoking sections. Some smoke- free advocates are now campaigning to ban smoking in all restaurants and bars. Do you think it is a good idea? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

                I believe that it is a good idea to ban all smoking from restaurants and bars, because those who smoke are affecting the healthy lungs of those whom do not smoke. From smoking in restaurants and bars the people around the smokers can develop second hand smoke. Their life can be changed drastically by causing someone who had perfectly healthy lungs to have asthma, bronchitis, colds, pneumonia, and other lung diseases. Secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of disability and early death in the United States. For every eight smokers who die from smoking, one innocent bystander dies from secondhand smoke. It is an issue that could have been avoided by simply banning smoking from inside a restaurant or bar.

You cannot force anyone to stop something they do not want to do. You can also not ban smoking because it will them become concealed like marijuana, since it is illegal, or the prohibition era when alcohol was ban. Many speakeasies, an underground establishment, were created so that people can still get alcoholic drinks illegally. It will be nearly impossible to stop all smokers from smoking. The best resolution would be to have the smoking section outside!

When someone smokes in an enclosed area all of the smoke stays accumulated together and grows. The smoke then begins to cover the whole room. Between 70% and 90% of non-smokers in the American population, children and adults, are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke. It is estimated that only 15% of cigarette smoke gets inhaled by the smoker. The remaining 85% lingers in the air for everyone to breathe. If a person spends more than two hours in a room where someone is smoking, the nonsmoker inhales the equivalent of four cigarettes.

Although there are smoking areas, if it is indoors it will spread into the non- smoking area. If they have all the smoking areas outside the wind will blow the smoke away. Also the areas between the smoking and non- smoking sections are sometimes close together. So the smoke can still bother those who are in the non- smoking section. I agree to ban smoking in restaurants and bars but it’s a violation to the freedom of humans. So the best thing to do is move the smoking section outside and away from everyone.

Athletes Deserve High Compensation?

Today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars. Do you think these athletes deserve such high compensation? Why or why not? Explain your position and use specific reasons and examples.

            Personally if I was playing in the big leagues I would love to make tens of millions of dollars myself. But I do not think they deserve such high compensation. Simply, for the fact that they do not do anything, that will help the community or save others. Although they do provide us with entertainment I feel the people that should be making tens of millions of dollars should be the people whom are saving others.

             In these scenarios I will leave it to you to decide who should make more money and who deserves it more. First scenario: Your favorite basketball team has had a great season. They made it to playoffs and then passed to the finals. And of course yes they win the finals. The star players all get a ten million dollar bonus on top of what they already make. All they did was run up and down a court and make shots. Anyone can do that. Second scenario: You have gotten in a severe accident and it is a life or death situation. The doctor and his staff are working vigorously to save your life. Just when you thought you wouldn’t make it, the doctor pulls you out of the utter and has given you another chance to live.

             A general doctor makes anywhere from about a hundred and fifty- thousand dollars to three hundred thousand dollars. Annually a firefighter makes about sixty- seven thousand dollars. Compared to an athlete they practically make nothing. An athlete cannot save your life all they can do is entertain you. When you are in a bad situation you want the person who is going to help you or save your life to be paid very well. So who would you rather have a high compensation an athlete or a community worker?

The Right College

The are many factors to consider when it comes to choosing the right college. The college you go to will be the start of your career so it is important to make a wise decision. First you need to decide whether you want to stay close to home, go some what far from home, or go out of state. For the purpose of this post lets say you have decided to stay in the state of California. The next step would be to narrow done the amount of colleges you wish to apply to. I would say that having about five colleges to apply to is a good number. in choosing these colleges there are few other things one must consider. While, no one expects you to know what you want to do for the rest of your life in terms of a career, by know you should have an idea of what you are interested in. Based on that idea you need to pick a college that has the major of you choice or majors you are interested in. For example if you are interested in the whole medical scene there is no point in applying to a clown college. Get the point? Choose a college that has a major you like but also has other majors you might want to consider. The next step would be to submit all your applications. Make sure everything the college has asked for is taken care off. As much as it sucks the next step is to wait. Once you know which colleges have accepted you, make your final decision. Re-consider your interests, where you plan on staying and anything else. Choose the college that satisfies  your requirements the most and let them know you will be attending their institution. Follow these steps and you will be college bound in no time.

My Master Plan

The city of Inglewood is not known as a city that has the best communities. It is a city known for gangs and drug dealers. In fact, in my own community, there is a drug dealer across the street from where I live. Most of the time the people doing drug or getting involved in crimes are the ones who have nothing else to do. They are bored and nothing else is available. My master plan for making my community better is to create activities that people can take part in. We should create city teams and play games and have practices. We could also create more jobs for teenagers. This way they would be learning responsibility and making money an appropriate way. My community also happens to look very bad and dirty at times. Another great idea would be to create some sort of clean up crew. They could go out and clean the streets. They could help elderly people and even paint some of the lines on the roads that are faded away. Basically this community would be better if the people in it made better decisions and kept the area clean. The way to lean into a direction where this standard would be possible is to create more activities and clean up after one selves. if every one were to clean up after themselves the community would be a lot nicer. So the next time you want to through a bag of McDonald out of a car window, just wait until you get home and through it in the trash instead.

My Typical Day

My typical day is usually very busy. Since I play soccer it makes my schedule hectic. Waking up in the morning I go straight to school and get out at 3. After school I have highschool practice from 3 to 5. When I get home I only have time to eat and then head off to  my next soccer practice for a different team. I usually have to leave my second practice early so that I can drop off my younger sister at her club practice, then head off to my third practice in Redondo Beach. I'll get home around 9 o'clock and I'll eat. After I eat I'll shower and begin to do my homework. If I'm lucky my teachers will have not assigned much homework. But sometimes I have a lot of work to do so I'll stay up till about 11 or 12 completing my homework. Then the next day it starts all over. When soccer season is not going my schedule is not as hectic and I have more time for myself.

The Good For the Environment

Carpooling, recycling, and planting trees are all activities that are good for the environment. Write an essay convincing readers to actively participate in one of these activities.

            Air pollution causes a serious threat to our nation’s health. In every breath that we take we breathe in thousands of chemicals that are potentially harmful to our bodies. Air pollution can have critical consequences to the health of human beings, and can severely affect the natural ecosystems. Air pollution has become a global problem. Cities with large numbers of automobiles often suffer most rigorously from problems of air pollution. By reducing the amount of automobiles driving around, we, as a whole, can greatly reduce the pollution. Carpooling would very much help the environment.

            Americans buy about 29.8 billion plastic water bottles a year. To every ten bottles one will end up in the landfill. Less than one percent of plastic water bottles are recycled, as a result almost all plastics are burned or end up in a landfill. By recycling products such as clothing, carpeting, detergent bottles, and lumber can be produced. Creating new plastic bottles from recycled material saves two- thirds less energy than creating it from raw materials. By recycling we can save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reuse, and save landfill space.

            Planting trees in your neighborhood in actuality is one of the best things you can do for the local environment and for the planet. As we all know trees help the environment, but you may be surprised by all the benefits that planting trees can provide. Besides producing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide and contaminants from the air, trees have many other social, economic, and environmental benefits. Trees also help to reduce ozone levels in urban areas. In New York City, a 10 percent increase in urban canopy translated to a reduction of peak ozone levels by around 4 parts per billion. (Source: Luley, Christopher J.; Nowak, David J. 2004. Help Clear the Smog with Your Urban Forest: What You and Your Urban Forest Can Do About Ozone.) Trees also soak up sound and lessen noise pollution. This is especially important for people who live near freeways. In some cases, a well planted group of trees can reduce noise pollution by up to 10 decibels. (Source: New Jersey Forest Service.) My personal favorite is when it’s a hot day the trees provide nice cool shade.

            By contributing to any of these activities we can greatly reduce pollution. In all we help our environment. After helping, you will surely feel a sense of accomplishment.

Lima beans

The one vegetable that I truly dislike would have to be lima beans. If I see them in my food I will pick them out. They are absolutely discusting to me. I can not even mix the lima bean with something else to try to eat it. I can taste it through the flavor of the rest of the food and I will begin to gag.

I noticed that I disliked lima beans recently. I was at a friends house and we were each Ramona's. The food was great and I love rice so I had some rice. The rice had some vegetables mixed in with it but I was fine with it. I began to eat the rice and while I was chewing I bit down on a lima bean and it was the nasiest thing I had ever tasted. I did not want to spit out the food because I didnt want to be rude. So I forced it down, while trying to conceal my gaging. After that experience I check my food and if I see a lima bean in my food I will pick it out.