Examples of listing
Listing about funding for college athletics (student writer)
Mod-35
Football receives the most funding of any sport.
- Funding comes from ticket sales, fundraisers, alumni contributions.
- Biggest women’s sport is soccer.
- Women’s soccer team is only ten years old; football team is fifty years old.
- Football graduates have had time to earn more money than soccer graduates.
- Soccer games don’t draw as many fans.
- Should funding be equal for all teams?
- Do alumni have the right to fund whatever they want?
Listing about community service (student writer)
Mod-36
Volunteered in high school.
- Teaching adults to read motivated me to study education.
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” —Gandhi
- Volunteering helps students find interests and career paths.
- Is required volunteering a contradiction?
- Many students need to work to pay college tuition.
- Do students have enough time to study, work, and volunteer?
- What schools have community service requirements?
- What do students say about community service requirements?
Listing about violence on television (student writer)
Mod-37
Violence on television is becoming more prevalent on network and cable TV.
- Fictional stories often use murder and crime to develop their plots.
- Does onscreen violence make people less sensitive to real-life tragedies?
- Many shows that depict graphic violence have good weekly ratings.
- Congress and the FCC have investigated whether the government should put restrictions on television and movie violence.
- Children might be traumatized by exposure to gore and brutality in the media.
- The TV Parental Guidelines were instituted to help parents recognize which shows might not be suitable for children.
- Is it ethical for the government to regulate television and movie violence? What about freedom of speech?
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