DOING A CONTROVERSAL ESSAY FOR ENGLISH CLASS

[Robinson446]

im doing it on gun control and how taking away guns would make things worse and how hunting is wrong. Ill post the essay on here when its done.

[letinmfly]

how hunting is wrong.

Huh?  :-\

[steve863]

If you want a good grade it's probably best to stay away from controversial subjects.  If your teacher doesn't like guns or hunting you have a couple strikes against you before he even looks at your paper.

[nuynai]

I have to give the kid credit.  He's not doing it for a good grade, but taking on a hot issue.  Seems like some people take the easy road and that's why our country is in the state it is.  Good luck, and let us know how you made out.

 

[ELMER J. FUDD]

There is a state, I beleive in the midwest where the guns per capita is the highest, but the violent crime is the lowest. Let us know if it's true, I'll be googling in the meantime...

[nuynai]

If you can get a hold of this book, check it out.  "More Guns, Less Crime".  It's written by a professor from Harvard, who is not for or against guns.  He proved that the more guns are around, the less crime there is.  Seems simple to me.  When Bernard Getz shot the robber in NYC, the muggings dropped by 50%.

[Mr VJP]

That's a good book, and the author is John Lott.  You can google a lot of good info on gun control and hunting that will help you write a good essay.

Many teachers are fair and will grade you on the content of the essay, not their own beliefs.  I hope yours is one of them.

[nuynai]

Go to the NRA.  I'm sure they'll have a lot of good info on this topic, that'll help you.

[RPIBuckHunter]

If you can, try to acquire copies of the magazine America's First Freedom.  Every month, they have a column of stories from across the country of legal gun owners using their weapons to protect themselves and their families, many times without a shot even being fired.

I once took up an issue of similar controversy in my high school civics class.  Despite the fact that the class was supposed to provide an impartial view of American government (as most of the students were high school seniors getting ready to vote in their first election) the teacher, and most of the students were very far left-wing.  For my midterm presentation and my final presentation, I talked about homeland security and affirmative action, respectively.  The teacher told me that my views (secure the borders, get rid of affirmative action) were 'wrong and contrary to the beliefs of America', but I always had credible sources to back up my facts, and she never had any argument other than 'you are wrong' so I wound up with a good grade in the class anyway.

Good Luck.

[nuynai]

My son, in HS took the same road.  I was the Cop in the school, and the teachers named him a Super Patriot.  They had no knowledge of the real world, and I got into it with numerous teachers, as to why they are trying to force their views on my son, not just teaching him.  Several times, one particular teacher asked his opinion on hunting, gun issues, etc, and he apologized for saying what were the facts.  I gave him a Atta Boy for standing up for his rights.  Best part was, the fellow students told him he won the argument with the teacher, every time.   

Don't ever apologize for who you are, or what you believe in.  Just back it up with facts.

[ELMER J. FUDD]

http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/crime-vs-gun-ownership#table-tab

[Karpteach]

Kid for you!!! Be sure you have all your facts straight. If confronted by a teacher, do not argue, show them you facts. I fit it's for English class, tell the teacher you are following in the footsteps of the great NY'er Theodore Roosevelt. That usually shut them up.

[Paulie]

My old man was an English teacher. If u wrote that essay in his class you would have gotten an A without him even reading it!

[Robinson446]

sorry i ment how hunting ISNT wrong. and the reason im doing a controversal essay is because we have to do one so i chose hunting. and the teacher is really cool and wouldnt give bad grades because she is against something. I have to come up with a creative title though and i dont know what to title it lol

[Paulie]

2nd Amendment..why it should be the 1st!

[Dinsdale]

I am most familiar with hunting as it relates to African wildlife;

Here is a good start;

http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/hunting-saving-african-wildlife/

A specific project to site as reference;

http://www.wwf.org.za/what_we_do/green_trust/?2483/Support-from-the-Green-Trust-enables-community-conservation-in-KwaZulu-Natal

You can find more of these on the World Wildlife Fund web-site.

Here is a link to Conservation Force. This is a legal group based in Washington DC that uses its resources to promote sport hunting as a economic benefit and to fight for hunters rights on an international scale. There are some research papers here that will spell out the crash of game populations in Kenya after the close of hunting there.

Among these links and on their site you will find more info on the economic benefit to hunting;

http://www.conservationforce.org/links.html

and this page is all scientific based papers on the role of hunting as it helps save wildlife and as an economic engine;

http://www.conservationforce.org/conservationforce.org/role.html

This lists those benefits;

http://www.conservationforce.org/conservationforce.org/rolevalueoftouristsafarihunting.html#tourist

How about a title;

If it pays; it stays.

[Robinson446]

haha. i like that title. haha. ANY MORE IDEAS GUYS ON A TITLE???

[Doewhacker]

I have one for you...WHY I LOVE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.  jk..haha

[Robinson446]

thats a great one Doe wacker!   

[fasteddie]

I have one for you...WHY I LOVE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.  jk..haha

Not !

[Mr VJP]

Here's my suggested title,

"Gun Control by the State = Total Control by the State!"

[Geno C]

I have one for you...WHY I LOVE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.  jk..haha

Not !

LOL!! loves his caps...

[bubba]

If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

The right to keep and bear arms

[HounderEmily]

"A Call To Arms"   your English teacher should appreciate a title borrowed from Hemingway

[outdoorstom]

How about "Hunting For a Good Grade"?