Argumentative Essay 2-First Draft

08.05.2014

Feyzanur Öztürk

Should Lottery Be Banned?

     A lottery is type of gambling that has the element of chance. Many people purchases one ticket on which numbers are written to win prize money, after then these numbers are selected randomly and winner is designated. While some people say that lottery is good idea, lottery should be banned because lottery is legal gambling, it is theft of labor, it causes pecuniary loss and intangible damages, and it is sin to our religion.

   Firstly, lottery is a legal gambling because it is a policy supported by government. One lottery director says that lotteries are different from any other gaming product. Lottery players risk a small amount of money against very long odds to win a large prize. If they can’t win a large prize, they want to take this risk again and again. So lottery can addict like gambling. Gambling requires not only chance but also skill unlike lottery. Lottery does not involve skill at all. There is an equal chance of winning for everybody. But the more lottery players buy ticket the more their chance of winning increases.

     Secondly, Lottery is theft of labor. People work to earn for hours and they earn money in their own right but some people win money without doing anything thanks to lottery. These people go on living with this money for a length of time. Moreover they might leave their jobs as they depend on prize money.  Later, when they get through money, they are at a loss. They have to start all over again.

    Thirdly, lottery causes pecuniary loss and intangible damages. As long as people don’t win a large prize, they continue playing lotteries. They spend more money on lottery and put their families in an awkward position. Therefore, most marriages end in divorce and which causes traumatic events in families. On the other hand, if people gain too much money with lottery, it affects badly their lives. They don’t know how to spend money. Generally, people waste the money that they won. The money even can lead separation among members of family because family members want to do different things with the money and there become huge arguments.

     Finally, lottery is sin in Islam because it is a form of gambling. All forms of gambling: staking money on card games; horse racing; gambling machines etc. are all forbidden in Islam. In the Holy Qur'an where Allah says: "O who you believe! Intoxicants (e.g. alcohol) and gambling and idols and (lottery by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s work, so avoid them so that you may get salvation. Satan's only desire is to create among you enmity and hatred by means of intoxicants and gambling and stop you from praying and remembering Allah. Will you not then stop? "(TMQ Sura Ma'idah 5:90,91) On the other hand, The Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5).  

       To sum up, a lottery is a form of gambling. It requires taking a risk. As long as people don’t win a large prize, they become addicted it. Lottery can be refered as unearned gain. People have a large amount of money in a while and they don’t know how to spend it consciously. They waste whole of money. Pecuniary loss and intangible damages come out in society. In addition to these, it is sin in our religion. Therefore, lottery should be banned.

Argumentative essay 1- First Draft

02.05.2014

Feyzanur Öztürk

Argumentative Essay 1

Should school provide moral education for youth, or should instruction in values be left to parents?

        Morals consist of the good and the right things to be done. Children are not born with the awareness of ethical behaviours. They should learn how they have to treat from parents. While people say that school provide moral education for youth , instruction in values should be left to parents because the basis of moral education begins in family, children learn easier and faster  during the period between 0 – 6 years, if instruction in value be left to school, moral education can’t provide exactly for youth.

       First of all, the basis of moral education begins in family because a child first sees the light of day near his family. They learn most of bad or good things from their parents so family structure is significant for youth’s moral education. Children draw a moral map by encoding information took from their family singly on their brain and they apply the map in brain when they face an event. Children act upon moral principles that are learnt by family in school age and school also keep on providing moral education. The youth realize whether something is right or wrong thanks to new information which they learnt. Although much more thighs are taught in school, that children have the basis of moral education from their parents is a crystal-clear fact.  

      Children learn easier and faster during the period between 0 – 6 years. This period fall on time which is spent with family before school. Children learn ethical rulers as well as basis behaviours such as talking, walking and feeding. It is accepted that 0-6 age range is a period which learning abilities are maximum by experts. According to Jean Piaget’s moral development theory, moral values develop being parallel to cognitive enhancement and occur in successive periods. In other words, if a child doesn’t learn something at his mother's knee, in the future, that the child accepts moral rulers and carries out is not be easy.  Therefore, in this development process, definite matters certainly have to be taught in definite period.  

      If instruction in value is left to school, moral education can’t provide exactly for youth. There are people who have different cultures but moral values are not different from each other in a society. The youth can affect each other in a good or bad way.  They can change their moral values learnt from parents by behaviours which they observe from others. Consequently, there is not a possibility that teachers concern every student one by one. Therefore, moral education should provide in family. The youth should integrate these information in school.

       In summary, instruction in values should be left to parents. If moral education is provided by parents, that school is provided is quite difficult. You imagine that you try to build a structure without basis. Both situations resemble each other. Instruction in value should be left to parents. Otherwise, teachers can’t provide influentially moral education as well school lessons because there are a lot of students who are had to be interested. Even if teachers try to teach ethical behaviours, the youth’s effective learning period is past. Family is building block of society. Therefore, moral education should be provided by parents.