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And for those of you who are struggling to choose a topic, here are some ideas to get your brain going. I suggest you use these topic ideas as a resource, but because these are very broad, general topics, try to find an interesting approach or angle to take on the issue.
Essay #3 Topic Ideas
- Raising the debt ceiling
- Violence in the media
- Human trafficking
- Flat tax
- Better nutrition as cure for disease
- Pay for college athletes
- Poverty in the U.S.
- Violent video games
- Divorce in America
- Disciplining children
- Physician-assisted suicide
- Utah’s alcohol laws
- Children’s exposure to violence: parent vs. media responsibility
- Public vs. private health care
- Changing a 4-year degree to a 3-year degree
- Texting while driving
- Eliminating senior year in Utah high schools
- Childhood obesity
- Causes of climate change
- Alternative fuels
- Video game addiction
- America’s oil dependence
- Daylight savings time: should it be eliminated?
- Is drug testing worth it?
- Cell phones: a benefit or a hazard?
- Effects of computer use on children
- Are parents and coaches pushing young children too hard?
- Capital punishment
- Should undocumented students be allowed to pay resident tuition in the state where they have grown up?
- Climate change
- Public education vs. homeschooling
- Is texting affecting our ability to communicate effectively?
- Bullying
- Divorce in the U.S.
- Homelessness and hunger in the U.S.
- Benefits of early college
- Online classes vs. face-to-face
- Growing problem of obesity in the U.S.
- Positive vs. negative effects of social networking
- Are prisoners given too many comforts?
- Health effects of diet colas
- Debate over online universities
- Body image issues for women
- The risks of nuclear energy
- Effects of college sports on academics
- For-profit universities
- Sex education in schools
- Genetic engineering of food
- The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria
Alex Winter
ReplyDeletei wrote my essay on one of your ideas above that we talked alot about in class the Children’s exposure to violence: parent vs. media responsibility. i just think that the facts are sometimes blown out of perspective and we need to relize that everyone is responcible and at the same time there is hundreds of other inputes that go with violence and violent media.
Alex Winter