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Topic:
Working conclusion:
Intro: (hook, intro to topic, conclusion)
Premise 1:
Supporting Evidence:
Premise 2:
Supporting Evidence:
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint:
Supporting Evidence:
Conclusion: (paraphrase your conclusion/thesis, and explain why this topic matters)
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Article: LGBTQ Rights under Human Rights
Summary
The article explores recent legislative actions and debates related to LGBTQ+ issues, mainly focusing on Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. This law restricts discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary school classrooms, raising concerns about its impact on LGBTQ+ students’ mental health. The article also highlights similar bills in other states, the banning of gender-affirming care for transgender youth and restrictions on transgender athletes’ participation in sports. It presents a range of perspectives on these issues.
Response
I picked this article to understand better the changing rules about LGBTQ+ rights in the United States. The article provides a complete view of these complicated issues, which is helpful for grasping their many sides. I found that people have very different views. Some are focused on protecting children, while others care more about the rights and well-being of LGBTQ+ people. This article can keep me updated about the latest LGBTQ+ laws and be a source for discussions about society and politics.
Annotated Bibliography
1. Source: The article discussing LGBTQ+ legislation in the U.S.
Main Idea: Provides an overview of recent legislative actions and debates on LGBTQ+ issues, with a focus on Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Usefulness: This source is interesting and valuable as it covers the current LGBTQ+ legislative landscape, presenting diverse perspectives and actions taken by states.
2. Source: Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health” (The Trevor Project, 2022)
Main Idea: Highlights the mental health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth, particularly the high rates of suicidal thoughts.
Usefulness: This source is essential for understanding the mental health consequences of LGBTQ+ legislation, supporting claims made in the article.
3. Source: “Pros and Cons of Banning Gender-Affirming Care” (American Medical Association, 2021)
Main Idea: Discusses the pros and cons of banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Usefulness: This source offers a medical perspective on the necessity of gender-affirming care, providing insights from a reputable medical association.
4. Source: “Transgender Athlete Policies” (Human Rights Campaign, 2022)
Main Idea: Explores policies related to transgender youth’s participation in organized sports.
Usefulness: This source helps contextualize laws regarding transgender athletes and their potential impact on LGBTQ+ youth.
5. Source: “Biden Administration’s Actions on LGBTQ+ Rights” (The White House, 2022)
Main Idea: Outlines the actions taken by the Biden administration to support LGBTQ+ rights.
Usefulness: Offers insights into federal-level initiatives to protect LGBTQ+ individuals, providing a counterpoint to state-level legislation.
Outline
Conclusion: The LGBTQ+ legislative landscape in the U.S. is complex, involving issues like classroom discussions, gender-affirming care and transgender athlete participation. Understanding this complexity is crucial for informed discussions and decisions.
Claims
Claim 1: Laws like Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ can harm the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth, as evidenced by surveys showing high rates of suicidal thoughts.
Premise: The Trevor Project’s survey indicates that 45% of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered suicide in the past year.
Supporting Evidence: The high prevalence of suicidal thoughts suggests that discriminatory legislation has potential harmful effects.
Claim 2: Banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth is a contentious issue, with medical experts, like the American Medical Association, supporting the necessity of such care for mental and physical health.
Premise: The American Medical Association emphasizes the medical necessity of gender-affirming care.
Supporting Evidence: Expert opinions from medical associations provide insights into the healthcare dimension of the issue.
Claim 3: State-level restrictions on transgender athlete participation in sports are a growing trend, raising concerns about discrimination and potential harm to transgender youth.
Premise: Multiple states have passed laws prohibiting transgender youth from participating in sports based on their gender identity.
Supporting Evidence: These laws are perceived as discriminatory and may have mental and physical consequences for transgender youth.
Counterargument: Some argue that these laws are necessary to ensure fair competition in sports and protect the integrity of women’s sports.
Rebuttal: Alternative competitions for transgender athletes could offer a more inclusive solution without excluding transgender youth from sports entirely.
Final Product Idea:
Title: Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights
The fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States is important and I have always been a big supporter and an ally. (I was the community representative for LGBT Bhutan back home). I have some good reasons for this
First, it’s all about fairness. I believe everyone, no matter who they love or how they identify, should have the same rights and chances as anyone else. Not giving LGBTQ+ people these rights is just not fair and goes against our ideas of what’s right and fair.
Second, it’s about making sure LGBTQ+ people are healthy and happy. Discriminatory laws and people who aren’t accepting can make LGBTQ+ people feel like they are an outcast. Many of them feel depressed or even think about hurting themselves. I don’t want that to happen, so I support their rights.
This fight is also about making sure people don’t get treated unfairly. That means making sure LGBTQ+ people can work, find a home and go places like everyone else without being treated differently.
Also, it’s about healthcare. Some transgender people need special care to be healthy and feel like themselves. It’s not right to stop them from getting that care just because they’re transgender.
It’s important to have good schools. Some places want to stop kids from learning about LGBTQ+ things. But it’s better when everyone can learn about different people and be kind to each other. That’s why I support these rights.
Supporting LGBTQ+ rights are about treating everyone fairly, so they can be healthy and happy. It’s about making sure people are not treated differently because of who they are. It’s a basic human right to be treated equally. I want a world where everyone gets a fair chance, no matter who they are. That’s why I support this cause.
Carlo Vivar
Topic: Heterosexual Male & Female Friendships
Working conclusion: Heterosexual men and women cannot be friends.
Intro: Hook people by starting the essay off by asking a question.
Premise 1: What is a friend/ friendship?
Supporting Evidence: My third source is a YouTube video that explains the definition of friendship and why men and women can’t be friends.
Premise 2: Men and women cannot be friends.
Supporting Evidence: Data collected from a study on friendships between males and females. Found in my second source.
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint: Men and women can be friends.
Supporting Evidence: Outliers/ small percentages of cases where a man and woman can partake in a friendly relationship.
Conclusion: Heterosexual men and women cannot be friends. This topic matters because women may think they have friends but in reality the only have orbiters and this ends up making men stay fixated on a girl and not being able to socialize with others because men stay on the idea of that one day their “female friends’’ will one day want to be more. Meanwhile women will have a friend and treat men like there friends and think they have someone for them but in reality this person is decieving them.
Topic: Education in pandemia
Working conclusión: The pandemic affected children’s education and their way of expressing themselves and reduced the amount of education.
Intro: How did the pandemic affect adolescents in their education? Education was strongly affected by the pandemic, most students became shy and outgoing to express themselves in class or answer questions, through the pandemic the quality of education decreased as did student learning.
Premise 1: The pandemic harmed students and led them to isolate themselves and develop different types of psychological illnesses such as anxiety, depression and more and made it difficult for them to express themselves in public and since they had to use technology, the students’ consumption of social networks increased. and this led to students communicating more on social networks than in person.
Supporting Evidence: “The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought about remote learning and work on a mass scale, as well as periods of enforced isolation for most Americans, certainly contributed to feelings of loneliness” By Loneliness Epidemic.
Premise 2: The quality in which students receive the class is very poor and students are not able to learn in the same way as in face-to-face classes since they are easily distracted being at home alone in front of a computer or telephone, but it is also a bit expensive in case They do not have a computer or internet to access classes.
Supporting Evidence: But other educators argue that online education is inferior to in-person learning, especially for the roughly 12 million K-12 students who do not have adequate internet access. They say that many students, particularly those from minority or lower-income families, also do not have enough parental support to learn well at home By Only learning.
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint: In other ways, students learn to educate themselves and that helps them improve their ability and know their own ability to achieve.
Supporting Evidence: Students found new ways to educate themselves and how to get information from new platforms by How the Pandemic Changed Education.
Conclusion: This topic is important because we need to know everything about the damage that the pandemic caused both mentally to the students and how it damaged their ability to express themselves and they became introverted and how it affected education and how by taking classes they were not able to obtain sufficient knowledge at the same time. Just like in face-to-face classes and in only classes it is more difficult to understand and not get distracted.
Topic: Abortion Rights in the United States
Working conclusion: Access to safe and legal abortion is essential for women’s reproductive rights and personal autonomy, while restrictive abortion laws endanger these fundamental rights.
Intro:
The abortion debate in the United States is highly controversial, with different political, moral, and ethical views in conflict. At its core, it’s about a woman’s freedom to decide whether to end a pregnancy, a matter of great importance. The 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling was a crucial moment, confirming women’s right to abortion based on personal independence. However, recent stricter abortion laws pose a serious risk by eroding women’s independence, limiting access to healthcare, and impacting their well-being.
Premise 1: Autonomy and Freedom of Choice
– Supporting Evidence: Abortion rights advocates stress a woman’s right to make decisions about her body and reproductive health, emphasizing personal freedom and privacy.
– Supporting Evidence: Roe v. Wade recognized personal autonomy as a fundamental human right in reproductive decisions, now threatened by restrictive abortion laws.
Premise 2: Impact on Women’s Health and Healthcare Access
– Supporting Evidence: Abortion is a critical component of reproductive healthcare, necessary to protect women’s physical and mental well-being, particularly in cases of medical complications or pregnancies resulting from sexual violence.
– Supporting Evidence: Restrictive abortion laws may lead some women to seek unsafe alternatives, endangering their health and safety, emphasizing the need for legal access to abortion.
Premise 3: Opposing Viewpoint – Moral, Ethical, and Religious Beliefs
– Supporting Evidence: Opponents of abortion seek restrictions based on moral, ethical, or religious convictions, emphasizing the rights of the unborn child and deeming abortion as taking a human life.
– Supporting Evidence: These beliefs are often deeply rooted in religious and ethical values. Pro-choice advocates argue for respecting women’s autonomy and healthcare needs over imposing personal beliefs.
Conclusion:
In summary, the abortion rights debate in the United States is all about personal freedom, choice, and healthcare. It’s about protecting basic human rights and the well-being of women. Keeping women’s freedom to make important decisions about their bodies, like choosing to have an abortion, is really important. As we face uncertainty about the future of Roe v. Wade, it’s vital to stand up for fairness, inclusiveness, and respecting everyone’s choices and rights in our society.
The decision to have an abortion is a woman’s personal right. If a woman becomes pregnant under non-consensual circumstances, she has the right to choose to terminate the pregnancy. This can be a relief for both the child and the woman.
Topic: Education – Should higher education drop admission exams permanently?
Here is what I suggest:
Eliminate standardized testing as a primary requirement for admissions because standardized testing alone does not adequately assess a student’s abilities and should also consider a student’s high school performance. Factors such as test day anxiety or other external variables may affect a student’s performance on a given day. Furthermore, students from different backgrounds receive unequal educational resources, which will lead to achievement gaps and does not represent bias in students’ abilities.
Premise 1: standardized tests alone may not comprehensively assess a student’s abilities.
Supporting Evidence: “There are always occasional individuals whose peculiar abilities, or potential abilities, may not be fully disclosed by a particular test given at a particular time.“
Standardized tests alone may not provide a comprehensive assessment of a student’s abilities, and they should be complemented by a consideration of the student’s high school performance. Factors such as test-day anxiety or other external variables can influence a student’s performance on a given day. Therefore, it is important to take into account a student’s overall academic record and progress throughout their educational journey when evaluating their abilities.
Premise 2: standardized test results may not truly reflect students’ learning outcomes.
-Supporting Evidence: Many educators say the intense pressure created by high-stakes tests fosters cheating by students who worry that college admission, or graduation, hangs on the outcome of a single test.
-Supporting Evidence: Rick Singer, a college admissions consultant, allegedly took bribes from wealthy parents to rig SAT and ACT test scores so their children could get into elite universities.
Premise 3: Students from different backgrounds receive unequal educational resources.
-Supporting Evidence: Extensive research shows standardized test scores closely track family wealth, favoring students in more affluent communities who attend better-resourced high schools that offer more-rigorous coursework. As a result, some experts say the tests are racially biased and disadvantage minorities. Black and Hispanic students are more likely to come from lower-income families and tend to score lower on the SAT and ACT than white or Asian students.
Topic: Education – Should higher education drop admission exams permanently?
Here is what I suggest:
Eliminate standardized testing as a primary requirement for admissions because standardized testing alone does not adequately assess a student’s abilities and should also consider a student’s high school performance. Factors such as test day anxiety or other external variables may affect a student’s performance on a given day. Furthermore, students from different backgrounds receive unequal educational resources, which will lead to achievement gaps and does not represent bias in students’ abilities.
Premise 1: standardized tests alone may not comprehensively assess a student’s abilities.
Supporting Evidence: “There are always occasional individuals whose peculiar abilities, or potential abilities, may not be fully disclosed by a particular test given at a particular time.“
Standardized tests alone may not provide a comprehensive assessment of a student’s abilities, and they should be complemented by a consideration of the student’s high school performance. Factors such as test-day anxiety or other external variables can influence a student’s performance on a given day. Therefore, it is important to take into account a student’s overall academic record and progress throughout their educational journey when evaluating their abilities.
Premise 2: standardized test results may not truly reflect students’ learning outcomes.
-Supporting Evidence: Many educators say the intense pressure created by high-stakes tests fosters cheating by students who worry that college admission, or graduation, hangs on the outcome of a single test.
-Supporting Evidence: Rick Singer, a college admissions consultant, allegedly took bribes from wealthy parents to rig SAT and ACT test scores so their children could get into elite universities.
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint: Supporters of standardized testing believe that it helps in ensuring equal educational opportunities.
Supporting Evidence: According to the article, “Harvard University’s president, James Bryant Conant, however, saw the SAT as a way to offer “equality of opportunity” and make the school less elitist.” In other words, Standardized testing promotes equal opportunity by assessing the abilities and knowledge of students from diverse backgrounds in a fair and objective manner. This approach helps mitigate the influence of subjective factors.
Articles:
1`Cheating in Schools, Are high-stakes tests to blame? By: Kathy Koch
2`Educational Testing, By: Helen B. Shaffer
3`Standardized Testing, Should higher education drop admission exams permanently? By: Val Ellicott
Topic: Renewable energy vs fossil fuels in America
Working conclusion: Renewable energy should be used instead of fossil fuels in America
Intro: Fossil fuels are a finite resource that is on a clock while renewable energy is infinite and is going nowhere. Renewable energy can do everything that fossil fuels can do and while in the process not pollute the environment. When fossil fuels are being used they emit dangerous chemicals that can cause air pollution and even damage to our crops. At the rate that we use fossil fuels the damage we are doing will just get worse and worse. With renewable energy we can not just eliminate this bad side effect of using fossil fuels but we can have a cleaner environment.
Premise 1: Renewable energy is the inevitable replacement to fossil fuels
Supporting evidence: “For decades, renewable energy sources have been sought, developed, and studied, sometimes wind is at the forefront, sometimes solar, and, for the last decade or so, there has been a surge in interest for biofeedstocks and biofuels.”
Premise 2: Renewable energy is reliable and resilient.
Supporting evidence: “Wind and solar are less prone to large-scale failure because they are distributed and modular.”
Premise 3/Opposing viewpoint: Fossil fuels are more efficient than renewable energy.
Supporting evidence: “Fossil fuels can generate huge amounts of energy, even if we just use a small amount of, for instance, oil or coal.”
Conclusion: Renewable will inevitably become the new norm for how we get our energy. Whenever fossil fuel runs out people will have to start coming to the realization that renewable energy is the best next option we have to continue getting energy. Also with all the benefits that renewable energy gives us it would be in our best interest to make the switch. All in all fossil fuels are on a clock while renewable energy is infinite.
Alexander Torres
CRT 100
Professor Barnes
11/2/23
Topic: Legalization of Marijuana in remaining illegal states
Working conclusion : Marijuana should become decriminalized or legalized
in remaining states in America.
Intro: In today’s growing society, the stance regarding marijuana legalization continues to change. Although we live in a state that has taken steps towards marijuana reform, many states continue to avoid it, In this argument we will focus on states that haven’t decriminalized or legalized marijuana possession.
Premise 1: Criminalized Marijuana and Systemic Racism
Evidence: CQ Researcher =”Legal Marijuana, should it be more regulated?”
Justin Strekal → presents a “ pro” of marijuana legalization and highlights systemic racism such as mentioning quotes from Mary Anslinger, Richard Nixon, etc.
Premise 2: Marijuana possesses health benefits
Evidence: Gala opposing Views, “Marijuana”
→ mentions all health benefits while highlighting potential disadvantages which con show both sides to the argument of marijuana legalization.
Premise 3: How criminalized marijuana affects peoples lives.
Evidence: The War on Marijuana in Black and White” presents real life stories from Americans who have had their lives impacted from. marijuana possession records, fines, incarceration, etc.
Conclusion : In conclusion, the ongoing debate surrounding states that haven’t decriminalized or legalized marijuana is complex. By analyzing issues such as systemic racism, health benefits and real-life impacts, it becomes very clear that a reevaluation of marijuana laws may help establish a more fair and just society.
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Topic: mental health and crime in our youth
Working conclusion: Mental health and crime in our youth is due to lack of resources in the right communities and this needs to be advocated and brought to the public attention moire
Intro: (hook, intro to topic, conclusion) Some groups are suffering more than others. Black children are nearly twice as likely to die by suicide than white children, and youth growing up in poverty are two to three times more likely to develop mental health conditions than other young people.
Evidence Among young people ages 10 to 24, homicide is the leading cause of death for African-Americans and second-highest cause for Hispanics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Premise 1- Crime amongst our youth is happening, and happening fast due to the lack of guidance in schools, and resources.
evidence: Some groups are suffering more than others. Black children are nearly twice as likely to die by suicide than white children, and youth growing up in poverty are two to three times more likely to develop mental health conditions than other young people.
Premise 2: The mental health decline in our youth is happening because we have lacked the preventative care
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint: some argue that the reason for health decline is due to the rising of global issues and that the way to reduce crime in our youth is to set stricter laws
Experts are unsure what is causing the crisis, with some blaming the rise of social media while others blame the pandemic or the shortage of mental health practitioners. Still others say it is due to worries about social problems, such as rising gun violence, climate change and racism. Ultimately, a policy of life without parole impedes efforts to promote public safety. By incarcerating many juveniles long past the time they present a threat to the public, we are diverting resources and attention from investments in strengthening families and communities that would be more effective in preventing crime. Moreover, carving out an exception to life without parole for juvenile non-homicide offenses is a minimum standard for maintaining a humane and fair justice system
Conclusion: (paraphrase your conclusion/thesis, and explain why this topic matters)
This topic matters because the youth is our future and if we desire to aim for a better world we must work our hardest to create the pathway.
Topic: religions discrimination /gender /human rights
Working conclusion: how everyone should not have to fight for equality
Intro: (hook, intro to topic, conclusion)
Premise 1: people who are religious should be able to wear their culture
Supporting Evidence: In an article I read talked about the laws against harassment towards people who are religious therefore they spoke on if someone is wearing a hijab people would be rude about it and make them feel uncomfortable.
Premise 2: people who are religious or people that are different gender should be treated equally from other people who might not be religious
Supporting Evidence: I read an article about how the national population people would refuse to help people due to their race, gender, meaning if they are in that LGBTQIA community and refuse to help people who are religious because they were Uncomfortable with their religion and didn’t want to help them because they disagreed with that.
Premise 3/ Opposing Viewpoint: Religion, gender and sexuality: Three points on freedom of religion or belief-
people should have the human rights to do what they want and believe in
Supporting Evidence: The article I was reading gave good examples on why we should analyze these conflicts and how to do justice to all claims. Because for example, people who want to get an abortion should get the Services to do so if they aren’t ready to have a child.
This article talks about religion awareness and how the government should protect people with religion / and how they should be treated equally from others. They were also talking about how they should be protected so those who are in a religion don’t get hate crime or be judged by society. Because people tend to target those who are ‘different’ ’from them, they were talking about how there should be a law that protects those who have religion beliefs. And how they should service that give them action and resources to defend their rights in court and have Legal aid help them in the field of allowing religious people to seek justice and protection. And they were talking about the concentration of human rights because people who are getting mistreated and look differently because of what they go by, or what gender or whatever religion beliefs they have, It’s not OK. Because why are they being treated differently when everybody should be treated the same and have the same amount of freedom.
2-bibliography*moz087.pdf (silverchair.com)
The right to freedom of religion and the right against religious discrimination
This article talks about how in society human rights are slowly becoming useless, because people don’t really care about it anymore. Therefore, how people are having a debate about what takes terms when it comes to religion freedom and rights against religion discrimination. Therefore, some argue about those who are in the LGBTQIA community and religious discrimination towards people. Another example is that this article speaks about debate around law and religion and how people see the right to freedom of religion and the right against religious discrimination are a distinct of human right. Therefore, speaking on how the rights against religious discrimination is best understood as protecting our interest in the membership of their religious group which I believe they are talking about people who are in groups for example Christianity, Muslims, Buddhists, Indigenous religions. Therefore, this article was also talking about what Different religions can eat and what they avoid eating Because it goes against their religion however, they spoke on how people who go through situations that involve being discriminated by people they tend to fight alone or fight aside with other people because they want their voices to be heard and listened.
3 Bibliography-
The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the Dawn of the New Millennium | Brill
This Article talks about how the human rights and politics and society could not be a lie in the world because the issue is how people see others who are a different race and people who are in the LGBTQIA community and people who are religiousness the challenges that they go through in the world. Therefore, they talked about how people tend to target those who look easy and those who they know might not know how to defend themselves. Which can make them easier to be hate crime and killed for no reason. which is how the world we live is like it’s a matter of learning how to either survive or defend yourself. Therefore, in this article it’s about human rights, law and religion; and they spoke on how people should respect others’ religion and how everyone should be treated equally.
This is my outline
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