persuasive writing-cloning is for the worse

 30MIN

Cloning has always been a popular topic in science fiction, but let's consider if it was a real thing. Would the universe fall into disorder, or would human society progress even further? Well, it brings me great sadness to say this to all the sci-fi geeks out there, but cloning should stay in fiction and there's logical proof to back it up. There's just too much to risk, and while not everyone's going to try and take over the universe there are always people with bad intentions, or possible unintentional mishaps may come from it. Even the writers who come up with and use cloning in their stories see it as a detrimental thing! 

Of course, there are many useful ways we can utilise cloning, and some think that progresses in science and technology will be made with cloning. That's true, but, as I have stated, bringing cloning into the world would end in more evil than good. There will always be someone who will want to clone something harmful, or clone themselves to cause trouble. 

Along with being too risky, there would also be the people not with harmful intentions-but who unintentionally cause trouble. Think about it-society would be thrown into disorder! There would always be debates on how to use cloning, anti-cloning organisations, people frightened of cloning and making irrational decisions and somehow or other(as previously mentioned) someone with bad intentions would come into the picture-and worse, others might support them or be forced to. Cloning would be out of the ordinary and go against the rules of the universe, meaning we would all be questioning ourselves, each other and ruining the peace and safety of a normal world.

And what is our proof, you may ask? While either side can't have their point proved by scientific information, the true origins of cloning side with the point that it is for the worse. Yes, the sci-fi writers even deem their invention evil. It doesn't take more than a peruse through their work to see that cloning is a tool almost always used by villains. If fictional villains would find it useful, then so would real-life ones. Clones are likely to cause trouble, and there are always technological mishaps and hiccups with cloning machines that always spiral out of control-much like they would in real life. If even skilled writers who can accurately portray how the modern universe would react to cloning deem it destructive, how could we use it?

Cloning, as you have seen, would ruin the harmony that our world functions in and would likely end in peril. Pure logic and looking at how things turn out in sci-fi proves this-but you would see the reason in it too, if you take a second to ponder. Would such an unpredictable, menacing tool be somehow helpful to our society? Tell me what you think.

*advice for next time=provide more examples, not repeat an idea, keep asking why?, expand on the 'causing trouble' idea e.g. people who cause trouble might build an army with clones/commit several crimes at once/

The seagull

 30MIN

PROMPT: THE SEAGULL

PLAN:

a seagull who's hungry 

a birthday party of a snotty nosed toddler 

climax-seagull and toddler fight over a cupcake, seagull tries to be polite but wees on her, returns home triumphant however the cupcake tastes disgusting

I ambled down the footpath, rays of sunlight rippling over my feathers even as the humans obstructed a majority of the sky. Clammy feet brushed against me, the gentle plodding of flip-flops the only sound on the sidewalk, save for the gentle roll of waves. Saturdays were the best for the common seagull, if you ask me. All the food a starving bird wants, even if we have to scavenge it from the leftovers of greasy humans. 

As I flitted over the beach, a glint in the distance caught my eye. A curious squawk escaped from my beak and I hobbled over to catch a glimpse of the sight barricading half the shore.

A birthday party. Or, to the common seabird, a free-for-all. What. A Find.

Rows and rows of extravagant ribbon swathed a glittering pink table, mountains of glistening food piled up to touch the endless sky. Piles of buttered, gleaming fairy bread, oiled sausages and pasties emanating succulent greasy scents and just about every cupcake flavour swarmed the table. It was a wonder all the stout, snotty human kids hadn't inhaled it all already. My tongue watered, and I fluttered up to the table to savour a morsel of pork pie. However, a wave of shrieks made me jolt, and a hand swatted at me. Scrambling away, an indignant screech left me as I craned my neck to search for the source of the loudest scream. 

Even with all that delectable food in my view, it didn't take me long to see who it had come from. A beefy, pig-like human girl shrieked at the head of the table, sobbing at the big humans to 'get it away'. Her pudgy body stretched out her princess dress, its matching crown grasped in a tubby hand as she waved it at me. I sighed, ruffling my feathers. What luck to be born as a being who starves while unable to even have a crumb of warm food all my life. 

More hands outstretched my way. The wails grew louder. I slipped between table legs and human legs as I dove underneath, weaving through shoes and mounds of shimmering gift bags. An opening! I wasted no time in darting out-however I was met with a faceful of taffeta and silk. Spitting fabric out, I looked up at the sight that greeted me.

The birthday girl squealed in terror, flapping her chubby limbs at me as I tried to clamber out. She mistook this as a form of attack, snatching up her cupcake and outstretching her arm. Oh no. Not a fan of cupcake face, I scrabbled out from under the tablecloth. Now in the blazing sunlight, I could get a better view of the cupcake. Moist, rich and glistening with glorious chocolate frosting, my mind immediately changed. A faceful of appetising cake after weeks of starvation would be very nice, thank you-especially when it was gleaming in the sun like that. I swooped up to her and promptly scooped up the wrapper in my beak as I made off. Her hand snatched at me, and my claws struggled in her grip. My straining, along with a large cupcake in my mouth, made my bladder weaken. I could fight the urge no longer. Streaks of chunky white fluid splattered all over her as I wriggled free with the cupcake still in my mouth. Wasting no time, I took flight. And as I turned behind to shoot her a triumphant look, her lip trembled. Her oily, now-stained face turned purple under the splotches of gull urine, and then she burst into tears as I soared off. Seagull-1 Humans-0. Happens every time.

Why we should have gender neutral bathroom options

 The demand for gender neutral bathrooms is rising rapidly as more people realise that they would be far better for society than single-sex bathrooms that we’ve been accustomed to. No wonder! Not only are the bathrooms in favour of the LGBTQ community, but pretty much everyone else who prefers convenience, inclusion, simple logic and a safer society would also agree. Would you rather join the argument of pro gender-neutral bathrooms, or side with those whose only ‘evidence’ is based of old stereotypes?  

 

As previously stated, the LGBTQ Community has perhaps fought the longest and hardest in the battle for gender neutral bathrooms, and with good reason. Transgender people have struggled since the start for simple bathrooms where they can truly express their preferred gender and feel safe. A study from the ucla shows 70% of trans people say they have experienced verbal harassment in a situation involving gender-segregated bathrooms. But you can’t necessarily be attacked in a bathroom where everyone’s ‘allowed’, can you? This fact would encourage more people to respect others and not use mere bathrooms to discriminate, meaning we could all use those facilities with none of that prejudice on our minds. 

  

It’s not just the LGBTQ community who’d find it more convenient. Everyone benefits from gender neutral bathrooms regardless of gender, race or even age. Having another gender-neutral bathroom option results in shorter lines as queues can disperse between at least two different bathrooms now, and not have to worry about any missing facilities as gender neutral caters for everyone. Yes, even babies and disabled people! It’s likely resources will be provided for them in such bathrooms, resulting in happier caregivers and guardians who don’t need to struggle to carry out their job just because of a difference in gender. If a heart attack or an emergency occurs in a gender-neutral bathroom, absolutely anyone can run in to help and not be constricted by any difference in gender. Gender neutral bathrooms truly do save lives, time and money. 

 

However, even with all these advantages, some still argue gender segregated bathrooms are better.  Opposing parties say that women are too clean and polite and men too harsh and barbaric. They say that it would result in more rape, or that building facilities are too expensive. Well, science and plain logic tells us that’s rubbish! You don’t have to build new facilities. Chucking a gender-neutral paper sign on top of a normal bathroom door still increases its availability, and transgender people still feel included and validated by it. The RAINN reports that most rape is committed by an acquaintance or intimate partner, 45 and 25 percent respectively. The CDC’s statistics also say 51% of women with lifetime prevalence of rape were raped by an intimate partner, and 41% by acquaintance. And as for the invisible divide between men and women, wouldn’t it be better to educate each other about our differences and gain mutual respect instead of constantly being separated? Stereotypes would be less enforced once men see how they should treat women on periods, or when women see that men aren’t so rough. We deserve to be brought together more than live in segregation. 

 

A growing number of people are befittingly joining in the fight for gender-neutral bathrooms but it’s not enough yet. When can others see all the struggling LBGTQ members who will profit from this, or mindsets that will be changed, or simply the decrease of queues it will bring us? It all starts with one person who could make others see the importance of these bathrooms. Why don’t you be that person? 

Analytical writing-Banning soft drinks

30MIN

Soft drinks have taken over the market, the world, and most people's refrigerators-yet there is heavy debate on whether we should ban them or not. This, as I will show you, is an awful idea: the soft drink business has come too far for us to reverse its progress and the likely after-effects of banning such an essential industry will definitely turn out for the worst. You may have never had a cola in your life, but even so the prohibition of soft drinks could affect your whole lifestyle. This is why we should absolutely not ban them.

No matter what lifestyle you live, you're living off the benefits of soft drinks in one way or another. This booming enterprise makes billions of dollars thanks to its consumers and has supported billions of incomes and families worldwide. You yourself have been saved from having to pay more in your daily life, from taxes to restaurant drinks! Such an industry provides a plethora of jobs, innovations and business ideas to our world and it would be despicable to take all this away just for the

Banning the soft drink industry would not only reverse all this progress, but even reap more negative effects. People claim that the properties of soft drinks themselves are unhealthy and the product itself is bad for our environment, but wouldn't it be cheaper to educate people to not pollute and start recycling habits? Not only this, but we could work our way around these problems by creating healthier drinks and more environment cans and bottles instead of banning them outright-which would make not only the billions of people who consume these drinks unhappy, but leave even more people jobless.

Addicted to Pepsi or not, everyone relies on soft drinks to support us in daily life. The rewards it has reaped and lives it's positively impacted have been too good for health freaks to just snatch it away. There's always ways to innovate and fix any problems instead of  making more people suffer. Banning soft drinks will affect everyone, and far from in a nice way