For our first day of current events blogging, you are to choose one of the topics discussed in the "Week in Rap" video (options listed below). Once you have picked the two topics that you want to research in more depth, use the hyperlinks below in order to read more about these topics.
Once you have read two of the articles linked below, take time to answer the questions that correspond with these articles by posting your answers as a comment on the blog. Write at least 5 sentences PER QUESTION!
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Georgia Death Penalty:
1. From the article you read, do you think it was a sound decision to convict this man of the crime? Why or why not?
2. What criteria would you use when evaluating whether or not a person is innocent or guilty?
3. Do you agree with the death penalty? If yes, for what kind of crimes? If not, why not?
“Racist” Bake Sale:
1. In your own words, summarize what affirmative action is and what it hopes to do.
2. Do you think that this bake sale was inappropriate or crossed a social line? Why or why not?
3. Do you believe that colleges should be able to consider race and gender when considering admission and/or scholarship funds? Why or why not?
A Palestinian State?:
1. Jerusalem has been under Israeli control for many years now. But because the city is also important to the Palestinian people, they are asking for control of it as well. Do you think this group of people has the right to ask for control (or partial control)? Why or why not?
2. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim that Jerusalem is an important city for their history, and both want control over this city. Is there a solution you can think of to meet the needs of both of these groups? If yes, explain. If not, why not?
3. Do you think Palestine should be recognized as a country on its own? Why or why not?
4. Why do you think Israel and America are such close allies?
Postal Service Budget Cuts:
1. Do you think cutting back funding for the postal service is a good idea or bad idea? Why or why not?
2. Why is the postal service suffering so much? What factors are contributing to its downsizing?
3. Do you think the postal service might ever be completely eliminated? Why or why not?
4. Brainstorm and discuss some different ways that the mail system could be reorganized to better suit the changing needs of our society. Could the postal service be “combined” with another service? Or do you think it should be eliminated all together? Why or why not?
No Child Left Behind:
1. How do you exhibit your best work? Are you a good test-taker, or do you do better with another form of assessment (papers, projects, speeches, etc.)? Explain.
2. Why do you think the No Child Left Behind law was put into place in the first place? Is a law like this, or some form of assessment of schools, necessary? Why or why not?
3. Do you think government-mandated tests is a good way of looking at students’ ability and performance? Why or why not?
4. What are some ways different from tests that your learning could be assessed? Explain in as much detail as possible – you never know if your idea might be tried!
1. I do think that it was a good decision to convict this man of crime. If he had been guilty and had not been convicted, then he could cause a lot more damage if he didn’t stop hurting people. I don’t think it was right to convict him of the death penalty. I think maybe he should’ve had a jail sentence for a while, but if there was not a clear amount of evidence, it’s not necessary for a death penalty. If he was innocent, then the death penalty is no better than murder. They should have waited for more evidence instead of making a hasty decision.
ReplyDelete2. To determine if someone was guilty or not I would first look at their crime history. It would help me to consider whether they were more likely to commit the crime. I would also consider if they had a motive to commit the crime, like more money or revenge. If they had been present or close at the time of the crime, or could have possibly been around the area would also be important. The evidence given in the case would also lead to a conclusion of guilty or innocent. Video surveillance or pictures can lead to a quicker conclusion too.
ReplyDelete3. I don’t agree with the death penalty. If you give someone the death penalty, it’s saying they don’t get a second chance. If they had changed, it would be a lot easier on their family. The people that get executed are brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. They matter to someone in the world. If they had done something that bad, then jail would be fine. People don’t escape jail, and then their families can visit them often. It’s fair because they don’t deserve to die for making a mistake. If they felt bad you wouldn’t know, because they didn’t have a chance to prove that they did feel bad.
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ReplyDelete1) Affirmative action is when because of your race or gender you get benefits from it. It's being racist only instead of being mean to them your nice. They want their schools to be diverse and what not, so they want different races. So really they're being racist in a nice way.... if that makes any sense. ~Emma Z.
2) By no means did they cross "the line." The school's professors and directors are the one who are really crossing the line! The school was just plainly stating what they were doing to applicants only in a different way! In no way should the students "feel bad!" They were expressing to the public the unfairness of racism. It's been a part of our past and I guarantee it will keep popping up in the future (good & bad.) But, overall I do not think that this was inappropriate at all, they just followed the directors "crossing the line."
3) To be completely honest... no I don't. If someone has good grades, extra activities, etc. they should be seriously considered. I don't even really understand why people are racist and like to prefer one race over another. Just because I'm a girl, I would hate to know that I might have just gotten in because of my gender. It would feel like I got in by default! So directors & professors should take different aspects into scholarships and applications! Emma Z.
1. Affirmative Action is like giving different races or genders special treatment or benefits. Affirmative Action is sort of like being racist except usually when people think of racism they're usually being mean to the person that is another race or opposite gender. But Affirmative Action is almost the opposite of racism because instead of being mean or rude to the people, you're being nice and giving them benefits. But you also have to think of Affirmative Action as special treatment. When you're younger you're always being taught that no matter what we look like on the outside we're all human and deserve to be treated equally, but with affirmative action they're getting special treatment because they are different even if people say it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside. The hopes of affirmative action are to raise awareness that, in a sense, different races and genders should be treated differently. It almost reminds me of a long time ago when all African-Americans had to be slaves and they couldn't do anything else, women weren't supposed (and supposedly couldn't do) other things besides cook and clean, and a lot more scenarios that happened with other races.
ReplyDelete2. I don't think the students crossed the line at all. The school was the one who was originally being racist and the students were the just the ones who brought attention to it. The school was letting kids in on different rates just because of gender and race, not because of how they did in previous school years, benefits, other scholarship rates, or anything else academic or extra-curricular. The students were just doing what they thought was right. Some people might look at the bake sale and think that is totally racist, inappropriate, or crossing the line, but I think that the students who ran the bake sale were doing the right thing by raising attention to the unfair rates for different races and genders.
3. No, I don't think that they should consider race or gender. Like I mentioned before everyone should be treated the same no matter what they look like or what race they are. Why would it matter if you have African-Americans or Asians or Mexicans at you school. The school should be looking at grades, activities, extra-curricular, and stuff like that on applications not whether it's an Asian woman or a black man. If I got into a school just because I was white, but I had a friend who was Asian and had almost all of the same grades and extra-curricular activities as I did but a little bit more and they didn't want her just because she was Asian, then I would feel that I didn't really deserve to get into that school. Also, I'd feel that there were a bunch of people out there that got rejected from that school just because of their race or gender.
Nate kero
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1) Cutting the funding to the postal service could be a good idea. Since most news now days is spread by phone or email, not by letters . Plus the extra money being pulled from the postal service could help us get out of the financial crisis we are currently in. But cutting the funding would result in a catastrophic loss in jobs, 35,000 postal workers according to the article. By cutting the jobs would help the postal service in their debt, the article states that they made a profit of 67 billion with costs of over 70 billion putting them 12 billion dollars in debt. So I would go with cutting the funding, I think its a good idea.
2) Well like I said before the contributors to downsizing of the postal service is that no-one writes letters any more. Its all email and phone, the only thing getting sent through mail are pay checks and other business documents not so much personal letters. Besides in a few years we will probably be getting our pay checks through the web or some new fangled way we don't know about yet. the other contributor to the downsizing of the postal service is cell phones cause with those you can text and call sort of like a digital letter.
1) The affirmative action they thought the bake sale was doing was showing that there school was being racist to people. They were being racist to whites by making the pay more thinking that all Americans have a lot of money to pay for college and books. This action was trying to show the difference in what people are paying to get an education at this school. Something that is very unfair is that whites pay the most and Native Americans pay the least. What an affirmative action means to me is that they are trying to make a point by doing what there doing and trying to get people to pay attention to what is going on.
ReplyDelete2) I actually don’t think it was inappropriate or that this action crossed a social line because they were trying to make a statement about what the school was doing and how they were being treated. The professors and people in charge of the school crossed the line because it almost seems like they were favoring some races over other races. Another thing that the school did was make it seem like whites have the most money over everyone else because we have to pay more to get a good education than the Native Americans, Asians, Latinos, and Blacks.
3) No because it’s not fair. I know that life isn’t fair. But they shouldn’t be able to, because everyone is learning the same things and is getting the same amount of help. I would understand if you only took one class. Something they could do is chare you for how many classes you take, how long the class is, what the class is and how many days of the week it is.
1) I dont think it was a good decision to convict this man of the crime. After Davis was convicted the witnesses later recanted their affidavits saying he didn't commit the crime. They also said the police made them say Davis commited the crime. Even after people found out about this they still didn't change his conviction.Davis was put in prison for 22 years and given the death penalty for a crime he might not have done.
ReplyDelete2) The criteria i would use to decide if a person was guilty or not would be a confession. If a person confessed they did the crime i would think that there guilty. I would also look at if the person had a motive like revenge or money. I would also want to know if this person had an opportunity to commit the crime. If this person also had a criminal history i would take that into consideration when deciding if the person was guilty or not.
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ReplyDelete1. It was not a sound decision to convict this person of a crime. The reason I think this is because they didn't have any hard evidence. People can also be manipulated to say what others want. People can also lie to protect a friend or get revenge. Finally, if the police are mad and really want someone to pay for the crime they could threaten people to get what they want.
2. The criteria I would use to evaluate a person for a crime would be hard evidence. Hard evidence would be things like a murder weapon or video footage. Hard evidence is more reliable than people. I wouldn't take eye witness accounts as seriously because it can be easily manipulated. I would also use their background history and motive for the crime.
3. I disagree with the death penalty. Killing a person does not bring the victim back to life. The killer should have to make things better somehow for the family of the victim. The killer should have to live with the consequences of murder for a long time. If you kill a person it can't be undone if the person if later found not guilty.
Cassidy A Racist Bake Sale
ReplyDelete1) The Affirmative action is you prevent the other people from going to that school or place, so they are actually doing the opposite. Instead they are encouraging people of different races and genders to come to their school. But the unfairness is that they are getting it easier so they don't have to work as hard to get into that university. That is unfairness since we are all supposed to be treated equally. It mostly tries to get people of different races and genders to come to the college that commit the unfairness.
2) I don't think the students crossed the line. I think it was unfair of Berkeley to give different acceptance rates for different races, so why can't the students do the same thing? If the college is going to try to tell the students to stop the bake sale the college has to stop being racist. I think the students could have shown it in a less extreme way, but I think the general concept of their protest was a good idea.
3) They shouldn't go to those extremes to get more diversity. They could start accepting more people of different rate and gender, but they shouldn't change the acceptance rates. I think if someone is smart and they would usually accept them in the university, then they should accept them. If they meet university standards and they are a different race, then it's even better, but what they are doing now is extremely unfair.
Nate K.
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3) I do think the postal service will eventually be eliminated because all the news is spread by phone and Email. But losing the postal service would eliminate the news paper which spreads the local news which can't always be found online. Plus it removes one of the only things people read every day. The paychecks that come in the mail could easily be hacked if it were to come through the internet, same with social security numbers and other financial documents that could be hacked through the internet. that is why the government shouldn't shut down the postal service but eventually could.
1) Yes I think thhey should have convicted him. If he really had shot a man think of what else he could've done. I for one think the death penalty is a good decision if they had hard evidence;if he wasn't guilty then they had just shot an innocent man. I belive what you do should then happen to you also, so if he did kill that man then he should be killed too. Lastly they still hold the fact that he could've been innocent and they killed someone who had done no wrong.
ReplyDelete2)I first would have done a backround check to see if he had done anything before,or if anything occured that could have led him to do that. Then i would have interviewed his family, friends, employers, and etc.. I'd be questioning about interviewing the victim's family or friends, and maybe employers, because they all would most likely say Davis was guilty except maybe th employers. Most likely I'd interview friends that are more distant because a close friend might not give out as much information. Last the family would be the thing to worry about most because they would most likely lie or give little to no informatoin at all.
ReplyDelete3) Yes i do believe in the daeth penalty. If you killed someone then you should be killed as well, or if you took part in a murder. I also think it gives a warning out to other people saying this could happen to you if you murder some one. Other crime though like identity theft, robbery, vandlism, and etc. could just be made up for time in jail. Lastly if you get in to more sierious crimes such as aubduction, beating some one, or rape then the can also be made up for a longer amount of time in jail.
ReplyDeleteNo Child Left Behind:
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1: My best work consists of neatness, effort, creativity, detail, and descriptiveness. I spend a lot of time on assignments that are worth a lot of points. For writing assignments my essays are usually really long and descriptive. I am the kind of person who just has to write every fact I find and thought that I process. For projects, I usually go over the top, especially when extra credit points are offered. I always make projects fancy and perfect. I am a pretty good test-taker. I don’t like them and would much rather prefer a worksheet, but I don’t flunk tests. I am extremely slow at taking tests, though. It seems like I am always the last one to finish.
Question 2: The government made this law in the first place to make schools work hard to achieve passing grades by 2014. A law like this is somewhat necessary. I understand that they are stressing schools to get their students to succeed in math and reading. However, the consequences for not achieving the passing grades are ridiculous. Taking the school’s money is not going to make more students succeed in math and reading; it will just make the situation worse! For the schools that do not have the certain percentage of passing grades, the government should create a reasonable plan to raise the grades.
Question 3: Government-mandated tests are a good and bad way at looking at a student’s ability and performance. They are helpful because that way it is very easy to see and compare scores in different states. Then the government can also see which concepts we are proficient in or not very proficient in. One reason that government –mandated tests are not a good way of seeing a students ability and performance is that sometimes on boring tests like those that aren’t on your final grade, kids just don’t try. There are many students who guess on long questions or go through the test marking: ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.
Question 4: There are many different ways our learning could be assessed besides tests. We could have an overall score of how well we did on our homework. The teachers could set up a math game and take your score off of that. You could do a math project that deals with current concepts you are learning. You could take a survey with questions that ask you about how you feel about yourself as a mathematician, rating how well you understand math, etc. Those are just a few of the never-ending choices of how to assess a student’s learning.
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ReplyDelete1. Affirmative action is giving special treatment to certain races or genders. Affirmative action hopes to give jobs to certain people. Sometimes people can be racist or sexist. It is sometimes hard for women or immigrants to get jobs. When the group had their bake sale, they were trying to prove that no one should get special treatment.
ReplyDelete2. No, I don’t think that the bake sale crossed a social line or was inappropriate. I think that this bake sale was necessary. It was ironic because everyone was saying that it was unfair, rude or inappropriate because they were being racist but that is exactly what the colleges are doing. I think the way the collages are being racist is inappropriate. If you don’t want something as simple as a bake sale to be racist, I don’t think something as important as a college acceptance or scholarship to be racist.
3. No, I don’t think colleges should be able to consider race and gender. I think colleges should not base anything off of race or gender. If a white woman and a Native American woman both needed a scholarship, they should both get an equal chance. The collage should also value both men and women equally. I think that everyone should get an equal chance when applying for a scholarship or when applying.
~Morgan F.
"Racist" Bake Sale
1.)I don’t think it was a sound decision to convict Troy Davis. I say this because he was convicted of the crime, but after court many witnesses say they lied about what they said. Some say that the police told them to lie in court and involve Davis. There is also a lot of people that were on Davis’s side, that didn’t want him convicted because they also believed that he was innocent. It wasn’t the right choice to sentence him to the death penalty.
ReplyDelete2.)There is a lot of stuff I would look at when looking if a person is innocent or guilty. I would look at fingerprints at the crime scene, or on the victim’s body. You should look at the evidence found at the scene and for DNA. It’s also very important to talk to witnesses, and if it was in a public place, look at security footage. That seems like the most important evidence to look at when determining if they are innocent or guilty.
3.)I don’t agree with the death penalty because it is terrible to kill anyone for anything. It’s a crime to humanity to kill someone, but even if the guilty man did kill an innocent person, it doesn’t mean you should go and kill him. You can let the man/women rot in prison for the rest of their life but you don’t take their life to. There can also be mistakes in court and an innocent man could be sent to death, like Troy Davis. I think the death penalty is the worst part of our government.
gEORGIA dEATH pENALTY
ReplyDelete1.I believe that what they did was the right choice. Convicting him was smart, If he wasn’t convicted he could’ve been injuring more people today. However, I think the death penalty was too harsh. True, he posed a serious threat, but killing the man doesn’t make things right. It’s basically us murdering him. Killing him also probably put a whole in his families heart.
Georgia Daeth Penalty
ReplyDelete2.First I would definitely look at their history, or record. I would also look and see if there were any security cameras or other sorts of evidence. Evidence is key to finding if the suspect is guilty. Then there are two things: motive (or reason to commit the crime), or the opportunity to commit the crime. The common motives are money, hatred, or revenge. Obviously if the suspect was mysteriously missing, then he/she has the opportunity for the crime. Then all you need to do is put the pieces together.
Georgia Death Penalty
ReplyDelete3.Yes I actually believe that the death penalty can be right. This is only right though if the criminal has done various severe or very lethal things. Not just once but if they do it like 3+ times then if death penalty is needed, it’s needed. A lot of times I disagree with death penalty, but agree with conviction. If we never convicted or executed someone, this country would be extremely vulnerable and dangerous. You would never really feel safe and secure.
Nate K.
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4) The postal service could reorganize by eliminating junk mail, but then they wouldn't make as much money because the junk mailers need to pay for their ads. They could change the delivery routes as to be more efficient in terms of fuel and man hours. They could also eliminate a day from the delivery week to reduce fuel, salaries and wear and tear of the trucks, but that would help the competitors since the postal service would be off the job one extra day. The postal service could combine with UPS or FedEx, but I don't think they would want to considering the debt the postal service is in. The postal service probably shouldn't be shut down altogether though, since some people still write letters and as I said before we still send most pay checks through the mail, If those went through the internet they would constantly be getting hacked and stolen.
1. Personally I think affirmative action means taking action or maybe a policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination in relation to employment or education. It is intended for those in society who may be at a disadvantage because of their ethnicity or gender. I think its trying to give all people the same opportunity regardless of how they were born. People cannot choose what race, color, gender they are born into. I believe that affirmative action is also trying to make what was wrong in the past right today, for example slavery.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, I do believe the bake sale has crossed a social line. It wasn't fair to people to pay different prices because of something they had no control over. To make it equal I would make all prices the same for every person, no matter what ethnicity. It is my opinion that each person has the same opportunities in life, based on how they create it for themselves. I would feel bad if I had paid less than others due to my race.
3.No, because everyone should be treated as equal. It would make more sense to base admission/scholarship on performance, grades, and things that are within their control. I would have a hard time admitting a student that had lower grades based on their race alone. If two people were the same gender I would base my decision on performance, so why should it be different based on the color of one's skin or race?
Georgia Death Penalty:
ReplyDelete1. Based on the article I just read I do not think Troy Davis is guilty. Considering that it seems that this crime did not have enough evidence to convict this man in doing this crime. Yes, there were many witnesses that assumed Troy Davis had shot Mark Allen MacPhail but there is no actual proof this man shot the officer. The man that killed MacPhail could have been any other person on the street. With the lack of evidence and Davis’ nonexistent crime record, makes me believe that Davis was not capable of this murder.
2. The first thing I would do when evaluating a crime would be to look at the evidence surrounding the crime scene. Then I would look at the possible suspects past records and also their past crime records if any. I would also see if there are any witnesses or if the victim is still alive, I would interview them asking a series of questions related to the crime. I would also have a conversation with the possible suspect(s) related to the night that the crime was committed. I would look at possible motives of the suspect(s). In the mixed of all of that I would take the case to court and see what judges and lawyers (ect) had to say about this case.
3. I do not agree with the death penalty. I think that if a person is guilty of the crime then prison would be a good place for them to be at. If we do go forth with the death penalty then we are not solving this person’s problem we are just pretending that this never happened and leaving them behind. We should give them a second chance. This country should try and help out others, not hurt them, not just because it’s the right thing to do because everyone has feelings and you should have empathy towards others. This person means something to others no matter if they are family or friends, you would be hurting not just the crime committer(s) you would be hurting everyone else around them. After a period of time in prison the suspect may be very sorry about what happened in the past, and try to lead a better future.
Mackenzie H
Racist bake sale:
ReplyDelete1) Affirmative action is like racism because you prevent people from doing things or make it harder to do things like get into a collage. When people do affirmative action they give people of certain genders or race benefits and special treatment. In this case affirmative action hopes to prevent people that are white or sometimes male from applying to the Californian collage. Instead they wanted diversity at their schools so they were giving people of different races and female’s benefits, scholarships, or prefer ability getting into collages.
2) I think that the bake sale was crossing no lines what so ever. If all these collages are doing it why can’t the student holding a bake sale do the same thing. Besides they were doing the right thing by raising attention to the problem that the collages are causing think that the schools are the ones causing the problems and that the bake sale was a creative way to bring attention to it, I don’t think that it was inappropriate at all.
3) I do not think that collages should be able to consider race or gender when looking at collage applications. They should really be looking at grades and extra circular activities. Our race and gender is something that we can not control when we are born so I don't see how they can judge us based on that. When they do affirmative actions it is not fair to the kids that wouldn’t fall into those categories. Some kids could have way better grades and have done extra curricular activities but if they don’t fall into the categories that the schools want they will not get in and that’s just not right.
Karlie G
No child left behind law:
ReplyDelete1) Typically I do pretty well when we take tests. But sometimes it makes me nervous and then I don’t do so well. So I prefer to do something like a project rather than something like a report. I don’t think that Im the only kid who does this on tests it’s hard to do well when your nevouse. I typically do my best work when I can use my creativity and imagination.
2) I think that this law was put into place so that the government could make sure that all schools were teaching the right things and that the students are learning. I do think that some form of assessment in schools is necessary just to make sure students are doing well enough to get into a good collage and get a career when they are older. But I also think that the no child left behind law is taking it beyond too far.
3) No because some student like I said earlier get very scared of test and therefore do bad. I think they also didn’t think through the fact that when we take these test it’s not the end of the school year yet and weaving learned all the stuff that is on the test yet. Also people can lie and cheat on tests and scores so they will not even always be completely accurate.
4) Some ways different from tests could be having schools take the average scores and grades from every grade level and put them into a sort of a progress report by age or grade level. So it might say that hidden oaks 7th grades average scores in math are this but in English they are this they could also put the average grades for these subjects that they would cover on a test. That way you can look at daily work where students get different scores and grades rather than giving them only one chance on a test when they might not even learned all the stuff on it yet.
Austin M.
ReplyDelete1) I do not think that it was a sound decision of the crime at all. If the cops were forcing the witnesses to say that it was Davis who committed the crime is unfair. The cops would be abusing their power and there should be punishments towards the cops. Also people came forward and said they saw another person involved. I think that the conviction was very shaky and unsure. It was not fair to execute him on unstable evidence.
2) My criteria on finding if someone is guilty or not would be very firm. To be guilty the prosecutors would have show firm evidence and witttnesses. There would be no bribery or forcing. Every detail would have to be presented and lying would be punishable. If these criteria are not met it will be considered unstable and the case will be continued until it is firm.
3) I do not agree with the death penalty in any way. I believe that everyone has a right to live. I do think that people should be punished for a life sentence to prison if it is extremely bad. I also believe that it should be considered as cruel and unusual punishment. There is no reason to get as unreasonable as ending a life in my opinion. I cringe at the idea of the death penalty and think that it is against all rights of human life. The death penalty should be banished.
Racist Bake Sale:
ReplyDelete1. Affirmative action is positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities. It hopes to let women have the same equal opportunity as the men do. This includes jobs, education, & the government. This help stops past discrimination, persecution or exploitation by the ruling class of a culture. I think affirmative action is a positive thing giving women the right to be treated the same as men.
2. Yes, I think it was inappropriate and I think it crossed a social line. I don't think it is right to change the prices of food items based on race or gender. People should be treated equally because it shouldn't matter where you come from or if you are a girl or a boy. Even though it is racist, I see the point that they were trying to make by doing this because of the collage admission advantages based on race and gender. I do not think that the bake sale prices were fair and I don't think it was a very good idea.
3. I do not think that collages should be able to consider race or gender when considering admission. It isn't right because it doesn't matter where you come from or if you are a male or female. You should be able to have equal opportunities when you apply for collage. Collages need to be looking at overall grades and sports/activities. It isn't fair because people judge other people because of their appearance; they have no idea what they are really like on the inside.
Angelia L.
1. I don’t think it was a good idea to convict this man. They didn’t have enough physical evidence or evidence at all. Also, it said that witnesses were forced to the stand. If witnesses were forced to the stand how would you know if they really were witnesses? They probably weren’t even at the crime that night.
ReplyDelete2. My criteria for telling whether or not a person is guilty is: There has to be evidence that supports the case and witnesses that saw the crime or knew they weren’t somewhere they were supposed to be. You need evidence that supports the case and that the person is guilty because otherwise you don’t have much of a lead on anything and it really messes it up. You need witnesses because otherwise you have to rely on the evidence which is hard because you can’t always bring all your evidence to court. That’s my criteria for telling whether a person is guilty or not.
3. I do agree with the death penalty. People that kill four or more people shouldn’t be living in this world. They should die a slow painful death because they had innocent people die a slow painful death. Also, they sometimes can get out on good behavior. I don’t want those people killing again because maybe next time it could be me. That’s the reason why I believe in the death penalty.