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Do the divisions symbolized by the story of the Tower of Babel still affect our lives today? Why or why not?
Rough Draft - due Wednesday
Other Topic Suggestions for Argumentative Writing:
- Dieting makes people fat.
- Romantic love is a poor basis for marriage.
- The war on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights.
- High school graduates should take a year off before entering college.
- All citizens should be required by law to vote.
- All forms of government welfare should be abolished.
- Both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child.
- Americans should have more holidays and longer vacations.
- Participating in team sports helps to develop good character.
- The production and sale of cigarettes should be made illegal.
- People have become overly dependent on technology.
- Censorship is sometimes justified.
- Privacy is not the most important right.
- Drunk drivers should be imprisoned on the first offense.
- The lost art of letter-writing deserves to be revived.
- Government and military personnel should have the right to strike.
- Most study-abroad programs should be renamed "party abroad": they are a waste of time and money
- The continuing decline of CD sales along with the rapid growth of music downloads signals a new era of innovation in popular music.
- College students should have complete freedom to choose their own courses.
- The solution to the impending crisis in Social Security is the immediate elimination of this anachronistic government program.
- The primary mission of colleges and universities should be preparing students for the workforce.
- Financial incentives should be offered to high school students who perform well on standardized tests.
- All students in high school and college should be required to take at least two years of a foreign language.
- College students in the U.S. should be offered financial incentives to graduate in three years rather than four.
- College athletes should be exempted from regular class-attendance policies.
- To encourage healthy eating, higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food.
