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St. Paul Central High School

Minnesota

Paula S. Minnesota

School system

The school system of the US is stressful.

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J Vang Minnesota

Gun Control

Gun law needs to be taken in action because around the United States there are other states that are forcing new laws upon areas into gun free zone...

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Mac S. Minnesota

Climate Change is Affecting Animals in the World Today

Climate change is affecting animals today by the actions of humans that cause the output of greenhouse gases. Humans should realize the problem of ...

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Cooper S. Minnesota

Healthcare for the middle class

this is a letter explaining the issues of healthcare

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Kyle W. Minnesota

Why Climate Change Should Be Acted Upon

Earth's temperatures are rising, bringing side effects on the environment. We must act on climate change now before it's too late.

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Nick B. Minnesota

Why the Death Penalty Should be Abolished

The death penalty is worse than life in prison, because it isn't economically sound.

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Lily A. Minnesota

Why We Should Lower the Cost of College

Everyone should have an opportunity for higher education if they choose.

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Carl V. Minnesota

Free College Tuition

College should be accessible to anyone who wants to attend, regardless of income.

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Chia S. Minnesota

Environmental issues

Environmental issues is a major issues that shouldn't be igroned.

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Julia Minnesota

Abortion: Pro-choice

It is important to keep abortion legal and make it accessible.

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Kyra J. Minnesota

Abortion

Abortion is a very controversial topic. This paper discusses positives and pro choice opinions while also stating facts and showing how abortion is...

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Chai Y. Minnesota

Abolishing Worldwide Poverty

Poverty occurs throughout the whole world. No one should have to go through "Poverty".

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Clara S. Minnesota

Save the Bees!

Bees are dying at an alarming rate, and if we don't take action now, the consequences that we will face will be irreversible.

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Alana S. Minnesota

Put a stop to Homelessness

This letter is about homelessness and how we need to find a way to help the community, and help them to get food,clothes and shelter. We need to he...

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Emma R. Minnesota

Homework

Homework is not benefiting students as much as it should. In fact, it could be harming them.

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Armel Minnesota

Performance enhancing drugs

Performance enhancing drugs are bad.

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Anna B. Minnesota

Dress Codes in U.S. Schools

Dress codes are unfair, sexist and racist. They make girls feel inferior to male students, and promote the idea of women changing to please the wor...

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Ahleah H. Minnesota

Lack of specialized training for the school security guards

Security guards in the public school system are lacking the training they need to better protect and treat the students.

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Eboni K. Minnesota

Racial Discrimination causes disunity.

The United States isn't as united as you think it is. America is plagued by an idea called racism.

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Sumaya Mahad Minnesota

Bullying Epidemic

Bullying is going on in our school systems and it going unnoticed.

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Marissa Providence Minnesota

Linguistic Discrimination

How people are discriminated for speaking their native language and how it impacts not only the individual but the rest of society.

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Emma F. Minnesota

Abortion needs to be accessible to everyone

The decision to end a pregnancy is a basic human right that should be available anyone wishing to have an abortion; it needs to be a choice.

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Mai N. Minnesota

College Tuition & Education

College tuition expensive should be lower and build a better education system.

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Beria H. Minnesota

Animal Testing

My letter is about banning animal testing in cosmetics and reducing it in all other tests, for reasons such as that it is inhumane, ineffective, an...

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Isabelle Lutter Minnesota

The True Definition of 'Feminism'

Feminism is fighting for the equality of the sexes. In today's society, it means many different things for different people. We need to bring this ...

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Samantha E. Minnesota

Universal Healthcare

The US should provide universal healthcare to all of its citizens and make sound health accessible to everyone.

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Abby Minnesota

Equal Pay For Equal Play

Female athletes should be payed equally as men.

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PZ T. Minnesota

LGBTQ

Statistics for LGBTQ hate crimes and comparisons to heterosexual people.

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Lovly Minnesota

Personal income

We need to get paid more, if we need to pay monthly bills, clothing, shoes, and foods .

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Lola R. Minnesota

Why Treating Mental Illness is So Important

The United States has the highest rates of mental illness, and some of the lowest spending on mental health care in the world. This needs to change.

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Vichian t. Minnesota

Clean energy

Clean energy or renewable energy is a big problem and people should know about it because if we don't start doing some things it will get worse and...

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Pao Minnesota

Speak up Our World is in Trouble

Global warming is something real, we shouldn't be looking it as something small. We are just making it worse for our planet. Something small from e...

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Joseph N. Minnesota

College Debt in America

College prices need to decrease or disappear altogether, as they burden our youth

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Briahna Minnesota

Police body cams

This letter is telling the next president why police officers should wear body cams while on duty.

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Eva J. Minnesota

Bullying

Bullying needs to come to an end

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LeighAnna Z. Minnesota

Compost

Composting is underrated and underused. We should have a free composting service in America so more people will compost.

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Journey Minnesota

Recycling is important

Everyone should be able to recycle because environmental importance, importance to people, and know the 3 R’s.

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Blair K. Minnesota

School Funding

This is my take on how school funding should be done.

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Emily B. Minnesota

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood provides quality health care to many individuals nationwide. This organization has helped millions of people's lives and federal...

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Grace D. Minnesota

Religious Freedom Laws

Religious freedom laws are being passed in states across the country and are harming those of the LGBT community and otherwise.

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Patricia Minnesota

More Breaks during the school year

Schools should be more flexible with students having more breaks.

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Kong X. Minnesota

US Jail System

This letter is about how the jail system is so broken.

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Jenny L. Minnesota

Immigrants Enrich The U.S

This letter is about immigrants shouldn't be taken for granted because they will actually help us or the United States increase our digits in econo...

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Nash S. Minnesota

College Athletes

College athletes should be paid money.

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Xue X. Minnesota

Gun Control

Are guns really the problem?

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Peter Minnesota

College Tuition

College tuition should be free for public/community colleges for in state students.

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Kiin N. Minnesota

Women's Rights

Women around the world deserve equality.

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Abdirahman M. Minnesota

Immigration reform

Why the U.S should increase immigration

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Cooper Minnesota

Save the Bees

Bees are dying at an alarming rate and we can help to save the bees.

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Sarah Vang Minnesota

Littering

Litttering affects the world

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Osa Minnesota

Gun Control

Gun control is a big issue in America and it needs to be solved.

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Kade H. Minnesota

Education in the U.S.

My topic is Education in the U.S. Education systems and teachers in them have to be funded as a much higher priority in the U.S. because education...

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Linda X. Minnesota

Women's Education in Developing Countries

Pursuing a higher education is not a privilege, and so I ask the future president to be involved in helping to open up education as a right for you...

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Eric M. Minnesota

Unfair YouthSports Fees

This letter is about how the current rising costs to play in primer youth sports leagues is unfair to lower income families.

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Thomas Minnesota

Stolen Valor

Raise awareness for stolen valor.

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Bee y. Minnesota

Abortion

Abortion should be banned.

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Holly Minnesota

The real punishment of prison.

There have been many people incarcerated in United States' prisons where there has been abuse, neglect and overall poor conditions. There needs to ...

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Sophia S. Minnesota

End Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking is a big problem in the United States and we need to take further action into preventing it.

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Tmnit E. Minnesota

Tuition cost

The cost of tuition is limiting people to go to college.

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Shai P. Minnesota

Why Guns Should Not be Ban

In this text I am writing to the next president why they shouldn't ban guns in the U.S.

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Feng X. Minnesota

Bullying

Dear Future President, Can you remember a time of being bullied and asking your parent or an adult for help? I think bullying should be removed in...

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Halimo A. Minnesota

Gender Pay Gap

It's time that women around the world are paid just as much as men.

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Abdulkarim Minnesota

Islamophobia

Islam is misunderstand because of media and politicians in western countries.

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Booth M. Minnesota

Sulfide Mining Near the Boundary Waters

Sulfide mining turns nearby water acidic and kills wildlife by creating sulfuric acid. Mines often refuse to clean up their mess, which results in ...

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Finnegan Minnesota

Drug laws in the United States

My opinions on why the drug laws are bad in the United States. And ideas I think we can do to make the laws better.

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Elijah Armstrong Minnesota

The cost of college

The cost of college restricts many, but solving it proves to be a tricky situation

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Lisa X. Minnesota

Animal Abused

Animal abuse should stop.

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Leila L. Minnesota

Maintaining the Right to Choose

Keeping abortion legal and safe is crucial for sustaining gender equality.

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Jada D. Minnesota

Rape Culture

Defendants should get the actual consequence they deserve.

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Bryan L. Minnesota

Visa request issue

To decrease the number of undocumented immigrants the U.S government should make visa requests more easily obtainable to people in other countries ...

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Oliver Y. Minnesota

Academic Profiling

Students of color are unevenly distributed throughout education

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Anna E. Minnesota

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter is more than just stories of people blocking highways on the news. It's a fight against institutional racism.

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Sophia Clements Minnesota

Islamophobia in America

Islamophia is an increasing issue for Americans today, and we need a solution to stop it.

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Julian Minnesota

Police brutality in America

Police should be prosecuted for their actions

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Ben Minnesota

Unfair Pay in America

I think equal pay should be instated because everyone should be payed equally and have the same job opportunities.

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Tola L. Minnesota

iPads In The School

I think iPads shouldn't be given to student in the school.

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Luke M. Minnesota

Mosquitos are the real enemy

We should kill all mosquitos on the planet because they spread diseases, they have no large benefits or impact on the world, and because they are h...

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olivia Minnesota

Mental Illness Reform

Our mental illness program is not in very good state.

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Katlyn P. Yang Minnesota

Standardized Tests are Useless

Standardized testing is not effective in the United States, it is also blocking us from using creativity and innovating.

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Daniel B. Minnesota

Racial Wage Gap

I think that racial disparities and income gap effect people of colors future and lives drastically through work, experience and opportunity. And t...

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Forrest L. Minnesota

Gun Laws Need to Change

The US has horrible gun control and it needs to change.

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Tehamer Minnesota

College Tuition

Students should be provided with more ways to pay for college because the tuition is too high, loans and debt brings nothing but stress upon studen...

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Stephanie R. Minnesota

Abortion

This letter is about why abortion should be illegal

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Hawi Minnesota

Minimum wage

I believe that the President should raise the minimum wage to $13.

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MAICHONG Minnesota

clean water

Water is important to every living thing in the world and by preventing from getting dirty, the government and people should help each other to mai...

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Sariya M. Minnesota

Rape in America

We need to denormalize male sexual violence and put an end to rape and rape culture in America.

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Charlotte T. Minnesota

Sexual assault sentencing

Sexual assault is a very big problem in our world right know, and laws around them need to be more defined

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Yusuf A. Minnesota

Gun control

I think the government should enforce more gun control.

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Charlie N. Minnesota

Gun Control

My view on the excessive use of guns recently in the United States.

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Amy B. Minnesota

Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants should have an easier time becoming citizens.

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Mai S. Minnesota

Abortion

Abortion should be abolished.

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August H. Minnesota

Police Brutality

Police brutality is an outrageous act and needs to be stopped

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Areonna Minnesota

The nuclear war

The world should be denuclearized.

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Kate Minnesota

Standardized Testing

Standardized tests do not accurately display students’ knowledge.

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Zahuur h. Minnesota

Islamophobia by Zahuur H

My topic is islamophobia in America and the steps we can take to help resolve it

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Lydia Wilkie Minnesota

Arts in the Education System

Every public school needs to have an art program accessible for students.

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Jeng L. Minnesota

Marijuana usage for medical reasons shouldn't be legalized

Marijuana usage for medical reasons shouldn't be legalized. It's an offense Under Frederic law and can cause harm to those who use marijuana as a t...

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Haley Minnesota

Why Planned Parenthood Should Remain Funded

Many conservative politicians wish to defund Planned Parenthood but as a young woman, I think it provides necessary services and should remain fund...

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Hue X. Minnesota

Free College Tuition

Free College Tuition for everyone will make this world a better place.

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Eli M. Minnesota

Global warming

Global warming is happening now

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Melinda C. Minnesota

Higher Minimum Wage for Women

Raising minimum wage can prevent lots of things.

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Jack Minnesota

Toxic-Masculinity

Toxic-Masculinity is one of the worst attitudes plaguing our country and here's why.

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Mohamed Abdishakur Minnesota

Inform citizens about gun control

More gun control and restrictions because too many people die from gun related accidents.

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Niko S. Minnesota

Prostitution/Sex Trafficking

Legalizing prostitution could potentially decrease rape, and sex trafficking in America.

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Gabriel E. Minnesota

Saving the Bees: a Global Issue

Small pollinators like bees play an incredible role in the food production of our world. Despite their obvious importance, bees have received littl...

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Ahijah Minnesota

School Start Times

School start times should remain the same because it would cause a lot of problems

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Zaniera F. Minnesota

Gender Discrimination

Gender discrimination is both wrong and unlawful. I propose a way to put an end to it.

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Letters to the Next President 2.0 engaged and connected young people, aged 13-18, as they researched, wrote, and made media to voice their opinions on issues that mattered to them in the 2016 Presidential Election.

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