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Exemplification Essay: The Lottery And School Education

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Man, the lottery sure has resolved school education. Let’s say a father is struggling financially. The father is trying his best to put food on his son’s table every night and provide his son with the things the he needs. His son is making a below average grades in his low class school and needs the motivation. The father shows up every night with a lottery ticket and hopes that he wins some money but he doesn't.. His odds of winning the lottery are very slim. And when the father buys those tickets its a waste of money. The lottery is not an ethical or effective way to raise funds for states education. The lottery’s revenue does not only go to states education. In the lottery system there are some funds that do not only go to education. Some of the money goes to charity and research. The opposing say that the money is always funded toward school education, but they’re wrong. ‘’In a study the preceded Cornell’s, Duke University found that people who have attained higher levels of education spend significantly less money on lottery tickets. While a college graduate may spend $178 each year, a college dropout might spend $700 each year on average’’ (Anderson 1). The funds from the lottery do not exactly go to where everyone is led to believe they go, but it does lead many down a path of addiction and poverty. …show more content…

People maybe want to help out schools by playing the lottery or gambling. Also they would want to win as well, which they keep on playing and playing. The opposing say that you can’t get addicted to the lottery, it's a choice, but really it can become a habit. ‘’Gambling is an addictive behavior that not only ruins finances, but can become very dangerous’’ (Anderson 1). The lottery is not a good road to take because it can start a habit of gambling that tends to have a greater impact on the

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