For ONE of the following topic, write an entire introduction, using one of the attention getter options from the text (quotation, rhetorical question, personal/historical/audience reference, humor, startling statement, or incident) and ending the intro with a sound thesis. At the end of the introduction, indicate which type of attention getter you used. DUE Friday, May 1.
Topics:
1. Society places too much emphasis on winning
2. The working age should be raised to 17.
3. Children are growing up too fast.
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My mother always says to me, "slow down hun, i can't keep up with how fast you're growing up!" She's right. I feel like now a days kids just want to be older than they really are. Have you ever heard you're parent say, "enjoy being young while you can." I agree with them. You think you're under pressure now as a teenager, you feel like you have so much responsibility? Really, it doesn't come even close to how much pressure we will be under when we are adults. I think we should act our age and take our time. Responsibility comes with age, age doesn't come with responsibility. There's no reason we should be trying to put our selves under more pressure. We are young and we have it easy right now, we should be grateful for that.
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A quote my mother (personal) says to me.
Vince Lombardi once said, "Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is." I must say that I agree with that statement. In modern culture, we place way too much emphasis on winning. Do you remember when, as little kids, we joined a t-ball team or a soccer team, to be active and have fun? It always seemed like our frenzied parents and the coach wanted us to win more than we did. This is because instead of focusing on goals that improve ourselves and present challenges we should overcome, people focus more on overcoming adversity, sacrificing fun for the sake of victory, and creating rivalry. Also, when you lose, it provides opportunities to learn from your mistakes. Instead of purely emphasizing on winning and nothing else, we should encourage self-improvement, welcoming challenge, and having fun.
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ReplyDeleteIs 15 too young to work? Some places will employ children at age 15, but many people think this is too young of an age to begin working. It can be argued that at only 15 years old, children do not care enough to be responsible and reliable for a job. Also, once one becomes an adult, there are even more responsibilities to deal with and stress about, so why not just let kids be kids? I believe the working age should be raised to 17 years old, and I will tell you the reasons why.
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Who in the world believes their children grow up way to fast? Well a lot of people do including just about every parent i talk to. Personally i know that my mother feels this way because she was torn to pieces when my sister decided to move out. Also, my aunt says that her baby girl who is 7 now was an infant who was laying in her arms it seems like just the other week. Not only do children really grow up to fast physically but they are choosing to start things that they shouldn't at an early age. This not only makes then judge poorly, but they possibly could get hurt from their inexpierienced decision.
ReplyDeleteWhy are teenagers so intent on growing up? I am happy to accept the gracious hosting of my parents. When going into college, i plan to stay home as long as possible. I am not ready to handle the responsibility of self-maintanance. I don't believe that most others, even if they think so, are ready for the responsibility either. Teens shouldn't be in too much of a hurry to grow up, they will take care of themselves for the rest of their lives.
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Who in their right mind doesn't like winning? Well, it's one thing to win, but when you become so obsessed with winning that you will do anything to win, it becomes a problem. I personally am not competitive at all, I could care less about winning. Still, today's society makes winning one of the most important things there is, and that isn't good. in reality, winning doesn't really do anything for you except give you a fifteen minutes of fame. People should stop and think about what winning really does for them physically, emotionally, and socially.
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Albert Einstein once said "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." I totally agree with him. But I also think time moves by so quickly. It seems like yesterday that i was riding bikes and playing outside every chance I had. I grew up way to fast and I believe all kids do. Kids are now presented with so many responsibilities at a young age that they seem to forget their age. My mom is always telling me how fast i grew up and how i need to slow down and try to be a kid every once in awhile. kids should start realizing how much time they have, what their true age is, and what things we take for granted.
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How many kids under 17 have jobs? I wouldn’t say that many considering that there are people in my grade who still don’t even have jobs. I know that we grow up fast and I feel like that’s exactly what my mom wants me to do. She doesn’t tell me to act like a kid every once in a while. She just wants me to work all the time and make money, which isn't bad but sometimes I wish I didn’t have a job sometimes I wish I could just be a kid again walking around my backyard naked and smelling the flowers.
ReplyDeleteI was always told “winning isn’t everything” and in my opinion it is not. Today, society puts way too much emphasis on winning. Yes it is nice to win but is it everything? No it is not. It is defiantly nothing to get upset about and I believe children should be taught that at a young age. They should try their best but know that “winning isn’t everything”. I know that if my couch would have told me that after I struck out, I would have saved some tears and tried harder next time, opposed to getting yelled at and having to do more laps. In today’s society it seems that the emphasis put on winning is making children lose the real meaning of the game. A game or sport should be played for the joy one gets out of it. Not winning to impress a couch or parent but on a more personal level. As a child I always said “first is the worst, second is the best” and today I still believe that is true.
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Have you ever had fun while doing somthing that you weren't very good at? Of course you have, I love just playin around with new things, I may not be the best at them, but I have fun doing it. Society says if your not first, your last. I disagree with this, I think that your a winner as long as you have fun getting to that finish line. You only live life once, and if your only concern is winning...then where's the fun at? I was never the best at things growning up, my brother always won at everything, but I always had fun trying. I think that if parents and coaches didn't put so much emphasis on winning, I think that kids would be a lot happier growing up.
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Children... our youth... the ones that will carry on our passions, and cultures; how will we keep them from growing up to fast? Children need to be children. They need to play and be free to learn from their mistakes. we as a society need to stop trying to mold children to become adults at an early age. If children stop being so childish they would miss out on so many fun things that most children do. We need to focus on letting the children be engaged in their interests so they can have happy experiences.
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ReplyDeleteNapoleon once said, "No child of mine will be working under the lowly age of 18". Children who acquire a job while they are 17 and under are ruining their childhoods. Through deprivation of a social life, lack of free time, and less time to do homework, having a career severely limits the possibilities of our cherished young minds. And I think we should do everything in our power to make that change.
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P.S. I don't really mean any of that.
"If your not first your last!" I believe that society doesnt put enough emphasis on winning. The United States is a country that is all about competition, which involves winning. When going for a job interview the best person wins and if you are content with losing you'll never have a job and be a low life loser!
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