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Final Paper

For the final research paper I took the liberty in choosing the debating topic of animal testing. Animal testing has many different catagories there is animal testing for medical use, as wells as institutional use. I decided to look further into the topic of animals used to test houshold products such as soaps, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies. After doing much research I have decided that I am completely against the use of animal testing household products.

Scientist use animals such as rats, rabbits, dogs, and many other animals to run toxicity tests. Toxicity tests are the scientififc tests used to research the response an animal has to a product. Unfortunatly these tests cause much pain to the animals and more than 40% are killed after being used for testing. While some scientists feel the use of animals is nessesary many medical institutions have claimed that there are faster, cheaper, and more presice alternatives; These alternatives include, Epiderm, in-vitro, volunteres and micro-dosing. Using animals to conduct reasearch on our products is a thing of the past, science has come a long way so why not stop hurting inocent animals and start furthing our reasearch through safer and humane ways.

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Thematic Link Edits

1) . By using alternative research methods animals would not have to suffer and scientist would be able to get the same, if not better, results.

By using alternative research methods, animals would not have to suffer and scientists would be able to achieve quicker, safer and more acurate results.

2) People who are pro animal testing see animal testing as a way in protecting humans from using unsafe products but if scientists used other ways to study these products only good can come out of it.

People who are pro animals testing see it as a way in protecting humas from using unsafe products but if scientist used other ways to study these products animals and humas would be harm free.

 3)  If the scientists and cosmetic companies that used animals to test their products used alternative methods such as in-vitro they would in fact help benefit humans more because these alternatives give off  better results than using live animals.

If the scientists and cosmetic companies that used animals to test their products used alternative methods such as in-vitro they would in fact help benefit humans more because these alternatives give off more acurate and presice results compared to the results done with animals.

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Life Long Student

I believe that to be a life-long student is to be a life-long learner and as individuals we are taught to become life-long learners at the mere age of 4 where we begin school; there we are taught everyday tasks such as social skills, how to follow rules, how to write and how to learn from the world around us, eventually everyone’s years of schooling will come to an end and while schooling may be over ones ability to  learn never will because every day the world around us faces people with social, emotional, political and physical challenges and in order to survive these challenge one must take away the skills that they were taught as children and use them to not only make an identity for oneself but to also change the way world around us is ran.

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Animal Testing and Ethos

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Ethos is “the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person , group, or institution.” Animal testing involves someones ethos in that some believe its the right thing to do in order to help protect humans lives. Although some contain ethos that are in favor of animal testing others feel it is an immoral thing to do. Some say that animal testing is wrong and that animals should not be abused in such ways. The topic of animal testing can have two sides but the side that someone chooses is most likley do to their guiding beliefs, or ethos, that they hold as an individual.

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Reasearch Topic Questions

1) why shouldn't animals be used for testing?

2) how does bullying affect kids emotional and mental health?

3) what are the benefit from using GMOs? what are the effects?

4) What changes occur in the brains of adolescents?

5) Are women women working harder than men now that it is normal for women to have a jobs outside of the home?

6)how does the media affect the modern day take on beauty?

7) are the  FDA, UDSA, Nutritionists, CSPI and others protecting us from all things  in the fast food industry?

8) how do the different parenting styles affect children?

9) why are so many animals now becoming endangered should we humans be concerned?

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5 Thesis "Man in the MIrror" by Michael Jackson

1) The video man in the mirror uses lyrics, images, tone and rhetorical appeals such as ethos and pathos to help the audience know what their main argument is which is that in order to make a change in this world you must start with yourself, "the man in the mirror" and be the first step in making a change.

2) In The video man in the mirror the authors main argument is that in order to make a change in this one must start with, "the man in the mirror" and be the change that they wish to see in the world."

3)The main argument to this text, as a whole, is that in order to make a change in this world one must start with themselves and be the change that they wish to see; being that change will make an impact in the world.

4) In this video Michael Jackson uses footage, lyrics, rhetorical appeals and tone in an effort to reach out to all people and challenge them into believing his main argument which is, in order to make a change in this world one must start with themselves and be the change that they wish to see; being that change will make an impact in the world.

5) The video man in the mirror consists or lyrics, images, and rhetorical appeals that help emphasize the authors main argument which is that if you want to make a difference in this world you must start with yourself and be the first step in making a change.

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Introdustion: "Arguing with Thermometers" by Enter Shakari

The music video "Arguing With Thermometers" is basically about the fight for oil in Antarctica. Throughout the video he brings up many points as to why it is not a good idea to fight for oil. He feels as though fighting for oil in Antartica is an awful idea due to the fact that other countries will also be fighting for it. Not only would it cause conflict but it would also help contribute to the ice caps melting. Enter Shakri's main arguement is that going up to Antartica to drill for oil is a bad idea for it will contribut to many environmental issues as well as social issues. 

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Assertion -Domestic violence effects everyone in the family especially the children. Children learn everything from their parents including domestic violence. Children that witness domestic violence are more likley to become abusers or victims of it in their future. 

Example - The video shows two children wearing adult shoes sitting having a tea party. During their little tea partry the  girl supposedly spills tea on the table. The boy then gets up and starts to yell at the girl eventually slapping her in ther face.

Explanation- The little boy and the girl sitting at the tea party are wearing grown up shoes in order to display that they are pretending to be adults. The little boys rampage and the little girls reponse towards it is an example of what they must learn from their parents. It is quite obvious that any normal little kid would not just play pretend in that sort of manner without seeing people act in that way before. 

Significance- This video was created to prove to us viewers that children learn everything from their parents. They interpret things exactly how they see them and if they witness domestic violence they will eventually be apart of domestic violence in their future. The key is to end the cycle of domestic violence by keeping the children from seeing it.

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The authors of this text were Michael Jackson, Glen Ballard and Quincy Jones. The song " Man in the Mirror" was sung by Michael Jackson and written by Glen Ballard while the video was produced by Quincy Jones. The video did not have any specific audience for I feel the video was meant for everyone , every civilian, leader, student, friend, basically for every human being wanting to make a change. The text in this video mostly consists of the lyrics to the songs and the multiple clips of different videos. There were very few written text in this video although there are some images of people holding signs. This videos surrounding context would have to be having the power as an individual to make a positive change in the world. The video shows a lot of different problems such as poverty, racism, dictatorships, civil rights, war, and starvation but the video uses these images to try to inspire poeple to want to make a change.

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Beauty is such a complex word these days. What does it mean to be beautiful? Is it the long hair, tall skinny body, the colored eyes? The media has a huge impact on the life of the average American. Television shows, magazine articles, and the internet serve as a medium of communication, but also send negative messages to American youth specifically teenage girls. The media is setting such high standards for women. Women and young girls are now suffering trying to reach that standard and become that image of beauty.

This video was created by the company Dove to help prove to the world how unatural certain advertisements in the media are and show how the idea of beauty can become distorted. This video consists of a model, who looks like a totally normal girl, going to a photoshoot. The video chopped up in which it shows a serious of pictures in a given amount of time. During that photoshoot there were multiple steps the women had to do before she took any photos. She had do get her hair done and put makeup on. When they felt that she was ready they began taking pictures. After her picture they didn't just change the lighting but they changed her whole face instead. They used photoshop to make her neck longer, eyes bigger, hair shinier and they even made her face skinnier. In the end putting the computer image on a billboard for the whole world to see. 

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Institutionalized Discrimination of Left Handed Students

http://handedness.org/action/fairdesks.html

Have you ever been that one right-handed kid that gets stuck in the only left-handed desk in the room?

It’s annoying having to use a desk designated for the opposite hand, but that’s the case for the majority of left-handed students on campus. I am proud to say that am apart of the 10% world population of lefties. And because there are only 10% lefties in this world it makes perfect sense that schools would invest in more right handed desks. But what about us left handed students. I have been to multiple classes where they had no desks to help accomadate my needs. Although it may not seem like a big deal its a struggle for us left handed students to get a proper education using an improper desk.

And while some classrooms do have left handed desks why are they almost always segregated on one side of the classroom? The leftie population is on the rise, it would be nice if schools accomadated  left-handed students as they do right -handed.