Has the lottery helped education as promised? There has been evidence in the Bible and ancient Rome texts that lotteries can be traced all the way back to Europe in the 15th century (Willmann 1). After that the lotteries made their way across the Atlantic from England to the United States.The first American lottery was established in Puerto Rico in 1934. This was followed by the New Hampshire lottery in 1964.The entire history of the lottery includes the debate over whether or not it is ethical.Lotteries are not only unethical but also ineffective ways to raise state revenues for education.
The money the lottery provides is lower than many think.Some people say that they are because all state’s give some money to education.But that is only
In her first publication, “Against the Odds, and Against the Common Good”, Gloria Jiménez tries to convince the readers that the lottery business is urging people to gamble. The thesis is apparent in the first paragraph: “Still, when all is said and done about lotteries bringing a bit of excitement into the lives of many people and bringing a vast amount of money into the lives of a few, the states should not be in the business of urging people to gamble” (118). The author successfully presents valid arguments to support her opposition to state-run lotteries throughout the essay; whether the evidence will properly convince most readers the way she wants them to, is questionable. Although the valid arguments and evidence Jiménez provides is adequate for the essay, I believe only one argument really stands out to convince her readers the purpose of the essay.
...back it up with substantial evidence. Readers may question her reliability because of her to lack of evidence and because most of the evidence she does have she doesn’t tell us where her information came from. While she has briefly told her readers about some of the negative effects of state-run lotteries, like teaching people that luck is better than hard work, she doesn’t show us that they are negative with evidence. She also didn’t write about any positive outcomes that may come from getting rid of lotteries, although she does show us some negative ones, like less funding for schools and the possibility of the government having to raise taxes. I learned more about how much it supports education than how much it negatively effects us as American's. After reading this essay I wonder if the benefits of state-run lotteries are greater than they first appeared to me.
Prior to reading about this study I had always thought that richer people played the lottery much more than those with less money. I always just assumed that because the rich had a lot of money that they just played for the heck of it and could afford to spend hundreds of dollars on purchasing tickets. But after the conclusion of their experiment proved otherwise I was pretty shocked., and after reading why it was that poorer people actually spent more on tickets it made so much more sense and I was able to see exactly why that was.
Compare and Contrast! Well, you use it on a daily right? The stories “The Lottery” and “The Landlady” are two stories that you can compare and contrast. Some examples of comparisons are that both of the stories use violence, and that they both end with a plot twist no one was expecting. One example of a contrast in both of these stories is that they use their imagery differently. How are these stories alike and how are they different?
As the lottery is held annually, there is not much apparent concern for the deaths of one lost friend or family member a year. Basically, “The lottery was conducted-as were the square dances, the teen-age club, the Halloween program…” (Jackson 121) To these ignorant people, the tradition is almost a holiday in a sense...
Michelson, D. The historical reception of Shirley Jackson's "the lottery". In: KURZBAN, Robert; PLATEK, Steve. 18th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. 2006.
“the Official California Lottery Financial Report, of the total $59.25 billion the lottery took in from people buying tickets, about $30.54 billion was given back in prizes”(Chen, Yang, & Chen, 2010). When the Lottery is more
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery" is all about how an old tradition as the lottery exceeds our expectations. First by giving us the readers the believe that the price of the lottery would be something great. Making us questioning the results and why to do this with no explanation at the end. Teaching us how traditions are that don’t make sense are killing because Society is clinging to this traditions and practices.
The short stories, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson both feature a dark ending which makes the story stand out. The two stories both end up with the protagonist in a tight spot, which makes for a good ending but what makes “The Lottery” stand out is how the author shifts the direction on the story to get to the ending is what made the story stand out. While in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” the reader can pick up on the plot of the story and make a prediction as to the fate of the protagonist. Which build keeps the reader on their toes, while “The Lottery” throws the reader’s feet out from under them. The unexpected twist in “The Lottery” led me to like the story
In the year 2012- 2013, though several 3.1 public high school students or 81 percent, graduated on time (Public High School Graduation Rates), how many students in that number truly gain the full education. Nowadays, education is necessary, which becomes a controversial issue between parents and the school. Either Charter or Public school encourages the development or improvement of the educational system to our young, beloved children. There are further charters out there which children can stay home, however, still learn enormous things. “Lottery” documentary film is about the controversy between public and charter schools, which tells the stories of four families who tried to find a better educational
Shirley Jackson was a criticized female writer that wrote about US’s scramble for conformity and finding comfort in the past or old traditions. When Jackson published this specific short story, she got very negative feedback and even death threats. In the fictionial short story, The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, a drawing takes place during the summer annually in a small town in New England. In this particular work, the lottery has been a tradition for over seventy years and has been celebrated by the townspeople every year. In detail, Richard H. Williams explains in his “A Critique of the Sampling Plan Used in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery””, he explains the process of how the lottery works. “The sampling plan consists of two
The lottery is something everyone wants to win no matter what the prize. People buy their tickets and await their fates. Some people win the lottery and many more lose. Losing the lottery causes something inside of us to die, but it is almost impossible to quit playing. The gambling becomes an addiction. The reason why people are constantly drawn to these lotteries is because deep down, the people who play them are convinced they can win.
Study Commission showed “ that low and moderate income lottery taxpayers spend more on the lottery than do middle income taxpayers” (Analysis 3,4). In addition, this study revealed that education levels do affect how much a person spends on the lottery. The biggest spenders were
It 's true that lottery money does go to into a special fund for education. But when it does, tax dollars get pulled out of education and spent elsewhere, in the end, the schools are no better off. In reality, most of the money from lottery revenues end up covering the cost of running a lottery. And no matter how much state lotteries try to convinced us that they do benefit schools, it is important to know that lottery revenues hardly make a difference in education and public
Surely the lottery shouldn’t be discouraged for the majority of the public who want to enjoy it