On-line Research Writing:  English 102 
Professor Gary Parks (gparks@shoreline.edu)
Shoreline Community College 
Shoreline, WA, USA 

A selection of good hypothesis/thesis statements

Please note: These are good general thesis statements but many of them do not satisfy the technology related subject requirements for this class's major paper assignment.

Divorce tends to have a greater disruptive effect on boys than girls.

The imagery in James Joyce's early short stories reflects the sexual tension of his main characters.

The cultural attitudes of Americans towards food have resulted in confusion and ill health. .

Many inner-city school students will never go to college or achieve success in their lives because of the conditions they must learn in and the qualification level of their teachers.

Nike is radically and rapidly changing the way sports, business, and popular culture interact. Therefore, youth have stopped creating culture by themselves, and just long for the image that Nike creates.

Many people could be saved, and not have to die on the organ waiting lists if people would decide ahead of time to donate their organs after their death. Everyone should consider becoming an organ donor.

If we are to coexist with our environment, then the world community must stop rain forest depletion.

Despite skepticism and moral objections, the amount of evidence that points to the possibility of life on Mars makes it likely to be true; therefore, the continued investigation should be funded and pursued on a priority basis.

Medical researchers have choosen to invalidate alternative medicines with out conducting the same scientific research as given to mainstream medicine.

Both the brains and the bodies of men and women differ in many aspects.

Modern urban attitudes about traffic and pollution necessitate the integration of new modes of transportation into existing systems while using inadequate foresight into the problems that will be created with new transporation systems.

When someone says that during "The Harlem Renaissance" there were many good writers, male legends such as Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen come to mind. However, there were many great writers that were women, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Anne Spencer. These women had just as much of an impact on the society with their writings as did the men.

Human Cloning and Genetic engineering technology will be the most influential technologies of the future. These technologies will change more then our perception of life and the way we live it, they will change us entirely as a race. This will be the most de-humanizing technology ever.