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Students receive incomplete education
without important vocational classes
STUDENTS
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Staff Reporter
For some students
college offers a bright and
shining future but, for
others, circumstances may
inhibit their ability to attend
college. Unfortunately,
vocational classes or classes
taken by students who are
either unable or unwilling
to attend college are no
longer an option for most
students. Whether due to
monetary concerns or lack
of staff to teach the classes,
students are no longer
able to pursue vocational
education.
I believe that more
resources need to be
devoted to vocational
classes. Not enough
money is being dedicated
to vocational classes.
Classes such as wood
shop, home economics and
metal shop teach valuable
skills whether a student is
planning to attend college
or not. They provide skills
for life. For instance, who
doesn't need to know how
to cook?
In order to be successful
in life students must have
a job. Vocational classes
can prepare them for jobs
by providing hands-on
experience. Whether or not
a student wishes to attend
college, they still need skills
to better equip them for the
job market.
There aren't many
choices for those who don't
plan on going on to college.
For a few, community
college is an option to learn
and to possibly move on to
college. For others, this is
the end of the line school-
wise. Schools that provide
vocational education offer a
future to students who may
not be college bound.
Dedicating a small
percentage of funding to
vocational education even
as an extra-curricular option
is essential for students
not planning on going to
college.
In my opinion, students
who could afford it would
pay to take these classes
as it would teach valuable
life skills. In order to have
a class, the administration
would have to hire a teacher
and funding would have to
be secured. Paying a staff
member or two probably
wouldn't be a difficult task
to accomplish for the sake
of education. I believe it is
an important option that
needs to be explored.
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Yes, say diet nutritionists,
a vegetarian diet is a
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C R vegetarian diet is
balanced. There have
been multiple arguments
surrounding the question
of which diet is healthier.
Many say that it is natural
for us to eat meat so it must
be healthier. However,
studies have shown that a
vegetarian diet is the best
way to go and is much
healthier.
Vegetarians face about 30
percent lower
risk of death
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disease than
those who
eat meat, fish
or poultry.
Studies
have shown
cancer deaths
are at least
40 percent
lower among
vegetarians.
Vegetarians have a lesser
chance of suffering from
kidney and gall stones,
diet-related diabetes and
high blood pressure.
They also have much
lower cholesterol levels.
However, if you want
these advantages you have
to follow through with a
diet that ensures meeting
nutritional requirements.
If you are a vegetarian,
you should know that most
people have special needs
depending on their activity
level, age and gender.
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properly without nutrients
provided by mother's
milk or formula. Toddlers
need protein and vitamins
that may require fortified
vegetarian foods."—Time
Magazine.
Vitamin B12 is especially
necessary for teens.
They also need lots of
protein, vitamin D and
essential fatty acids to
fuel developing bodies.
Are you an athlete? For
best performance, athletes
need protein, calories and
nutrients like iron and zinc
so you'd need to eat food
such as tofu and lentils.
animal flesh! All that plant
food could be used much
more efficiently if it was fed
to people directly. The more
people who1 go vegetarian,
the more we can feed the
hungry."—goveg.com
Another reason to "go
veg" is that being a meat
eater is one of the worst
things you can do for the
Earth. Enormous amounts
of pollution are released
by factory farms. The
meat industry is one of
the biggest contributors
to global warming. A
vegetarian diet has more
of a positive effect on the
environment
than switching
to a hybrid or
green car. Many
have claimed
you cannot be an
environmentalist
if you are not a
vegetarian, it is
just that effective.
Whether you
"just really, really
love animals"—
Natalie Portman or you
feel that "to my mind, the
life of a lamb is no less
precious than that of a
human being"—Mahatma
Gandhi. Maybe you want to
make the world cleaner, or
you just think meat is gross
(feces, blood and other
bodily fluids can be found
in meat; all of which makes
animal products the top
source of food poisoning
in the United States),
becoming a vegetarian is a
noble cause and as hard as
it may seem, it's never too
late to help save the world
and end suffering.
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chances to take
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learn to make really
good pancakes."
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is no less precious than
that of a human being”
— Mahatma Gandii
Pregnant
women may be required to
supplement their diets with
vitamins B12 and D. Elders
are in need of calcium and
vitamin D to keep bones
strong, fortified food and
supplements will help.
Being vegetarian will
save 95 lives a year and
save over 100 animals from
horrible abuse. "Eating
meat doesn’t just hurt
animals; it hurts people
too. It takes tons of crops
and water to raise farmed
animals-in fact, it takes up
to 16 pounds of grain to
produce just one pound of
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