Welfare

1.       Welfare will make people lazy / Welfare could make people more motivated

2.       Gives children improved nutrition / Kids will live just as long as any other kid

3.       democrats are the only supporters of welfare /  many other people that are democrats don’t support it

4.       Longevity of life medically / They don’t go to the doctor because they can’t afford a shot

5.       People with welfare will have a higher income / People on welfare don’t have a very high income

6.       Welfare makes people expect handouts / some people on welfare don’t want it but have to be on it

7.       People on welfare are more susceptible to bad behavior / they respect receiving it and stay in good graces when they are on it

8.       People on welfare will not commit to jobs or family without it / some are committed to finding a job and staying with their family while on welfare

When Clinton speaks of his welfare approach I agree totally. He says that it is to help struggling families get back up on their feet and then they can be taken off welfare once they can support themselves. His idea also says that it should take no more than five years to do this. Today many people are on welfare and not all of them, but most of them abuse it and don’t use it to get back on their feet but instead continue to struggle in life. When he had this idea it was about bettering the poor and helping them not giving them more of a black eye for being lazy and helpless. I believe that he was correct in what he said about welfare, five years is plenty to help you get back on your feet, but during those years you need to work your tail off trying to help better yourself. If you don’t help better yourself then why should anyone else try to help you? This plan is full proof because it has a deadline that needs to be met or you don’t get welfare any longer. This is all something that can help motivate people on welfare and make us feel better about giving them money when we know it is going to good use.

Last LOF Blog

If we can't separate our civilized self from our savage self which will take over? I believe this could end up going either way due to how the person at stake was raised. Some people in their life were raised slightly different than others. Some people have a background of violence in their family and they keep all of that bottled up inside and they are genuinely nice people, on the other hand some people that have violent backgrounds may be violent people as well because of that. Now not all people will have this side to them, some may have nice polite backgrounds and they feel that rebelling is the way to life where others with a good family life may find that being polite and nice is the way to life. Now some of this may change when all of these mix together in a big melting pot of different ideals. I feel that it will be much like in the Lord of the Flies, the kind side would kick in for a while but eventually the savage side will take over because it will turn into the survival of the fittest.

 

How is a civilization created?  Are people controlled by society or is society controlled by people? Civilization is created from people that bring together and unite their ideals. They find ways to survive in the most efficient way possible. Once everyone has contributed ideas they all have to put those ideas to work in man power, and when that comes together and everything is running smoothly that is what creates a civilization. Society is shaped by people’s ideals. So when everyone puts in their own ideas then society either shuts them down or conforms to them and accepts them and that is how society is shaped. When everyone comes together and they all bring their own something special to the table that is when society is shaped and controlled by the ideals of the people.

28th amendment

I propose that the drinking age be lowered to 19 due to the amount of people drinking in colleges. I don't think it would be right to drink in high school because people need to be more dedicated to school and their sports teams if they participate on them. Once you graduate high school you are technically considered an adult and adults should have the right to drink if they choose to do so. Not all people go to college after school, plenty of kids begin working somewhere right out of school so why cant those people drink. I think 19 is the golden age for drinking, it is the right age for people in college to be able to drink and it is the appropriate time to drink for the people that go right into the working aspect of their life. Make the drinking age 19 because it is ultimately the most appropriate and it is the right thing to do to save kids from trouble in their younger years.

9th and 15th amendment

The 15th amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote (because at this time women did not have the right to vote yet) by declaring that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Although ratified on February 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th Amendment would not be fully realized for almost a century.

The 9th Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
This basically states that citizens born in America have other rights that citizens that were born in other areas are limited to.

bargna

IT'S ALL A GAME-OR SORT OF
BARNGA BLOG

BARNGA-Reflect on the card game we played in class.

If you could describe the game in one word, what would it be? Crazy

What did you expect at the beginning of the game? I felt like it would be fun but would eventually get out of hand.

When did you realize that something was wrong? when pennies began being grabbed at random from other players.

How did you deal with it? petry started playing solitaire with himself and I laughed and just sat back and watched

How did not being able to speak contribute to what you were feeling? it made it extremely frustrating

 Is my title above appropriate for the game of "culture."  Why or why not? it is because life is just a big game odds and different rules and it depends on how your rules effect the way you live it.

 Is a universal language and set of customs necessary for world peace and harmony? I believe that would help keep us at peace a lot easier than it is now.

 What can a simple card game teach us about our culture? that it is very different or unique compared to other cultures.

Bachi Bazi

I believe that raping those boys should be socially unacceptable. It is so wrong and I don’t even know how the men raping the boys can live with themselves after doing such horrible things to them. If I was over there I would not have only beat up that man but would have done enough to make sure he never touches one of those boys sexually ever again. I would definitely step in and risk losing my job over doing the right thing to save those boys from harm. I think we need to both step up and try to change their views or get out and not let our men get put in the risk of death or losing their job in the military over this matter.

From a sociological standpoint I believe it had to be incredibly hard for the men from the United States to just turn the other cheek. When they come from a society that sees this as an awful act it must be extremely difficult to look the other way. So, I do understand why they decided to beat up the man that they thought was leading this horrible idea and raping the little boys. It was all done in an effort to try and help these boys stay safe and give them dignity.

lord of the flies chapter 1-2

Dear Aunt Sally,

 

You will never guess what happened!!! We got in a plane crash and now I’m stuck on this island in the middle of nowhere. But I found a friend right away after we crashed his name is Ralph and was really nice to me right away but lately it seems, he has gotten meaner and meaner. It all started after I found a conch on the beach and showed it to him. He told me a story of how when someone blows through the conch and makes it sound that people will come, and sure enough after he did people began showing up out of the trees. Eventually the conch became a symbol of power but that wasn’t until after we met the choir that was also in the plane crash. The choir was split into altos and tenors with the leader being Jack a very arrogant tenor. You see when we were trying to turn our life into a civilization we started out with two things knowing we need fire so people can realize that we are here and the fact that we were all going to get hungry, so we needed food. So we went up to a large mountain and thought we would build the fire there but then a boy named Simon kept passing out and slowing us down but it was alright because he also seemed like the philosopher of our group. So we went up and started the fire and it was going great until it began dying out and it started more trees on fire and eventually it all went out. But you want to know the worst part!! Someone died in the fire!

After the fire we went out and decided to hunt. Jack went to kill a pig but hesitated and the pig ran away. But it was ok there would be more chances to kill more food. That night I became scared of the creepers and beasties and the beast of the jungle. The creepers is what we call the underbrush and aspects of the jungle and the beasties are the vines that look like snakes in the trees, and last is the beast which we are all scared of except for Simon who told us that the beast is always inside you and it is waiting to get out. All that it is, is the fear inside of your body just waiting to come out and scare you. But all in all I am meeting knew people and trying to have fun but I just want to be back at home with you. I love you Aunt Sally.

                                                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                                                        Piggy