I hope you all enjoyed a nice break. It's always hard coming back to school after break. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching and being surrounded by all the crazy, creative energy that is all of you. That being said, it's still hard to get back into the grind. So for our first blog post, I'll go easy on you.
This week we started our study of the Constitution and the freedoms that make us uniquely American. You can order your own free copy of the United States Constitution from: http://www.constitutionfacts.com/index.cfm?section=bookstore&page=freeCopy.cfm
A good portion of this class will be spent discussing current events and political issues that affect our everyday lives. For this post, I would like you to tell me at least one issue that you are interested in studying. To help you out, you can look over the blog posts that we've had in the past several years to get an idea of the type of things we've covered. Many of the topics are pretty controversial and I do my best to not censor the information available to you.
So my question to you this week is, "What is one issue that you are interested in studying in this class?" Answers are due no later than Wednesday, January 20th, 2016. I'm looking forward to a great quarter!
I'm interested in why people suppress prayer or any Christian views in class. Also why people think it right to end a life before it even begins.
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I'm interested in knowing more about immigration issues and why so many people seem to be so against immigrants, when this country was founded by immigrants.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in learning about women's rights. I think as women we should be interested in knowing what rights we do have. -Shanniqua Norman-
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning more about police brutality. Over the past couple years, police have been on videos killing unarmed people. That is not my issue though. My concerns are the law that allows these police officers to murder innocent people and get away scoot free such as the Saundra Bland case. I visited Mike Brown over the winter break, I was in tears seeing all the RIP and the stores that were rioted. This has really changed my views and opinions on police officer even if there are "good" ones.
ReplyDeleteOne topic that always fascinates me is Freedom of Speech and what does that mean to others? It is defined as "right to communicate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship." but to what extent does that mean? I also take it as, yes I can say what I would like but others have that right as well, and even if i do not agree with that I have to show some respect with that and not take that personally, so long as they have some respect for what I say and not take what I say so personally. Unfortunately I have come across people like claim to freedom of speech but cannot bear to listen or refuse to understand that others have thoughts as well. I think a lot of this is important to today's issues but is very much over looked.
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DeleteI'm interested in becoming more knowledgeable on our elections. I've was always taught to go towards more towards the democratic party but all candidates in a particular party may not be the best fit. So, I want to gain more knowledge on picking the right leaders for the USA. I also want to gain more knowledge on the health care system like how they determine whats best for us because I feel healthcare can be a rip off at times especially since I work for a heath care company.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning about the differences in the political parties and their views and beliefs. I always here that this party stands for this and that party stands of that, I would like to know the facts about each party to know where I stand as a voter.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning more about the current politics that are running for the presidential election because they will have a huge impact on our lives. I would also like to talk about police brutality! I am very excited to learn in this class, seems interesting.
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ReplyDeleteI don't what I'm really interested in about politics. Over time I just sick of hearing the bad news so I just decided to stay away from it. I know now though that I got to learn something and that pretty much all the information is negative. I'm hoping to just learn and see what will happen from that point on.
ReplyDeleteOne issue that I am interested in studying in this class is death penalty. Not all states have the death penalty. I want to know if anyone has died not guilty. I want to know who started the death penalty.
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I am slightly curious to know more about all this right vs. wrong in abortion. An addition to that, drugs.. Why are they taking lives so often anymore?
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I'm interested in why the government is making us get medical insurance. the consequence of not having medical insurance is taking a portion of our tax money. ~Simply don't agree~>>>Ronasha Paschall
ReplyDeleteAs of right now i'm not interested in studying anything to be honest. I hope that will change though out this class though.
ReplyDeleteI am more interested in learning about the way the government uses media to push certain agendas of their political parties or big corporations.
ReplyDeleteI am more interested in learning about the way the government uses media to push certain agendas of their political parties or big corporations.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in discussing college education. The cost, that is. Is college a scam or is it really a necessity? If it is a necessity this why is tuition so high and not affordable for everyone? Are we paying for a "quality" or our college presidents new BMW? I am so excited about this class!
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning about Gun control, and why the government thinks making them illegal will prevent bad things from happening.
ReplyDeletei am not interested in learning anything in this class...i am just here because my degree requires that i get credit for this class...
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I what to learn everything that you can teach us. I what to learn why if 100 percent of the American people vote for one president and that president loss the race to become president
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DeleteI'm interested in learning more about politics as a whole. I feel that I feel so negatively towards politics because I've never taken the time to learn about what it deals with. Therefore, if it has to do with politics, I'm interested in learning about it.
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I am intertested in learning the opposing opinions on controversial issues like gun control, abortion, immigration, elections, same sex marriage, debts, etc.
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ReplyDeleteThe boundaries between freedom of speech, and women's rights. Excited to learn the beliefs of others.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning more about the State of Indiana and its' laws on legalizing marijuana.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning more about the State of Indiana and its' laws on legalizing marijuana.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in learning more about immigration and why are people so against it.
ReplyDeleteI am intrested in learning about the tax policies in American
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