31. August 2010 by student.

Today in the Orlando Florida area at least 11 public schools are now requiring uniforms. The article states that the Dept. of Ed. shows public schools requiring uniforms has risen from 3% to 18% since 1996. I feel the school is stepping over its boundries by demanding uniforms for all students. The schools says “ it helps promote unity, order and academic seriousness.” I feel it restricts young minds when they are at an age that they are learning to be creative, openminded and responsible for their own choices. The school will cite social stabilty as its main goal but I think it is too restrictive. Kids needs to express themselfs and learn how to make choices even if it is only chosing what to wear. Social classification may also be evident by what the kids wear. But why is it so aweful to learn at a young age others may have more than you. It is a fact of life that most kids want everything and so it is good to learn to be happy with what you have and not dwell on what you don’t. It may be a chance to teach goals and that it takes hard work to achieve what you want. Not to mention its just fun to dress how you want and feel comfortable while you are at school.

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30. August 2010 by student.

OK from the perspective of an adult who has live in Florida for 19 years, I think the “wet feet, dry feet policy” or so called Cuban Adjustment Act is a joke. Understood that the immigration mainly comes from Mexicans illegally coming to the US from the Mexican Border. But what makes Cubans any better than Mexicans. Sure during the Clinton presidency, the agreement with Castro was that a Cuban were to reach American soil, they would be allowed legally to have a residency in Florida for a year. But since most of the Cubans migrate to Miami, Miami has become well over populated and the idea of competition has put many out on the streets and struggling to get by. In the 1980s there wasSo if you ask from my perspective, a perspective of a Miami, Floridian I do believe that the “wet feet, dry feet policy” should be illegal. If this were to change, then there would most likely be more stability in Miami, Florida.

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28. August 2010 by student.

 What  makes driving safer? Having less seniors on the road or less teenagers on the road. It all depends.  Statistically teenagers have a higher risk to be involved in a car accident. New teenage drivers tend to speed, take more risk,and talk on the cell phone/text while driving. Which in this case a  parent has  the choice to decide whether their teenager is responsible enough to be behind the wheel. On the other hand, seniors are a more experience driver but they are more likely to be involved in a fatal accident.Sometimes even being a precautious driver can lead into accidents.  There have been situations where seniors drive too slow or lane changing without looking, reason being seniors health depletes over time such as mental or health conditions ( vision, hearing, judgment etc).  Should there be a requirement for seniors at a certain age to retake a driving exam?

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26. August 2010 by student.

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12. August 2010 by student.

Hoarders are hard to live with by far. They keep practically everything because they are emotionally attached to their posessions. A lot of times when a hoarder wants to stop their habbit they’ll reach out to their family or to friends or even appearing on the show Hoarders on A&E. This show shows what hoarding does to the hoarder’s family but mainly focuses on the psychological problems of these participants. Many times they have their posessions filling every family members room stacked and stacked at least 3 feet high. Hoarders feel like their in their comfort zone when they’re home because they are surrounded by everything that means something and i mean everything even crap they don’t even think they’ll use. It can get so out of control living conditions become dangerous. The hoarders who have a family and/or pets might even face the risk of having their animals taken away based on what the police or animal police observe.

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12. August 2010 by student.

The NY Times article “A Slimmer You May be a Whiff Away”(June, 2009) Abby Ellin explains that by seducing scents may lead to weight loss..  First I feel that Sensa is mostly a mental substance that can help and hurt an appetite.  For years people have said that by sucking on a mint will make you think better and smarter while taking a test.  I believe this is true in this case with smell being a factor in a person’s mentality.  Scent to me is what attracts me to certain foods, and at times is my determining factor on the food im going to be eating that day.  I believe when they said that eliminating the smell of a food would decrease your appetite. For example chocolate is so good because it smells amazing.  If you changed the smell of chocolate to garbage it would be less intriguing and would not attract my appetite.  I feel that smell is a major factor in how much you would eat of something or even decrease your appetite by alleviating that amazing smell of fresh food. 

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12. August 2010 by student.

In drivers education classes, they teach you about the road rules and all of the basic fundamentals of a car. However, in drivers Ed. they don’t teach you how deal with a reckless driver, other than to just get away. This doesn’t seem to be a very good idea. By simply getting out of the way you are leaving that reckless driver to possibly do damage somewhere down the road…literally. In most drivers education classes, half the time is spent on the law, another portion is driving, and the rest is a course on drunk driving and other things like texting while driving. But what people don’t seem to understand is anger can influence your judgement just as much as texting can. Yet Road Rage was never mentioned during any of the driver’s education sessions I attended. Not one word was said about how to deal with an angry driver or how to keep yourself from being the one that’s angry. Most of the time people try to be courteous to other drivers by letting them merge and so on. But so many people have their own agendas these days and it’s easy to get frustrated with the general population.  Why has there not been any time set aside for such situations?

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12. August 2010 by student.

Reconstruction failed due to severe political, economical, and social disorder. The main goal of reconstruction is to help protect against the emancipation of four million slaves. This reconstructive plan was a stepping-stone for overall freedom, which backfired. Rights had been promised; government land given to African Americans to stabilize the southern economy was advocated then abandoned.  African Americans expecting sovereignty from their political leaders where left empty handed. Political agendas were not to free slaves, but to save the unions destruction. African Americans constantly expressed the need for help from political leaders but received inequality, and injustice. Social order needed to be set as equal playing fields without ambiguity in law-abiding contracts. Micro Managing the economy for uneducated people would have given new opportunities for underprivileged African American and white southerners. Without government help this will allow educated landowners to have total control over illiterate African Americans rights. President Lincoln had major goals, and fought for the rights and freedom of African Americans, but mainly focused on reuniting the north with the devastated south. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendment were steps in the right direction for reconstruction, but did not prevail.  These African American hardships would be the cause of many unethical behaviors among American white southerners during the reconstructive era.

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12. August 2010 by student.

Bottled water is America’s most conveniently packaged problem.  The supply and demand of bottled water has increased considerably within the past fifteen years. New age gimmicks for bottled water have given consumers more reasons to purchase larger quantities of bottled water.  The many benefits and drawbacks have allowed for much deliberation on this topic. This problem has associated itself with many negative health, economic, social, and environmental issues that have the entire world concerned.

            Health benefits of bottled water have been misinterpreted.  People drink bottle water to feel healthier and cleaner.  With all of the excitement of the health benefits of bottle water studies have shown that it is no better than tap water. Tap water adheres to stricter sanitation regulations; this may indicate that tap water might be a cleaner way of drinking water . In today’s society people view tap water and public water fountains as an unsanitary way of drinking water . Although some people claim that they drink bottled water because it taste better than tap. Good Morning America’s recent study has shown that people actually prefer the taste of New York’s tap water over bottled water. Although there are cases in which bottle water may be better for you to drink, this only occurs in extreme circumstances such as when reservoirs become contaminated or treatment facilities become obsolete . Most consumers are unaware that forty percent of bottled water begins as tap water, so there’s no wonder why the bottle industries making over fifteen billion dollars a year in profits.

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12. August 2010 by student.

Is it a good idea that the school system is switching the way they used to serve food to more nutritious meals? Because of overly obese children, the school systems have decided to switch the meal plans to more nutritious food for students which includes more fruits, vegetables and whole grain. However, parents are saying the school are getting involves the children lives because they‘re taking out soda and snack machines. People are saying the students should have the right to purchase snacks and sodas if that’s what they choose. Those parents don’t think that the governments are trying to help due to the high rises of obese children who start to experience high blood pressure and juvenile diabetes at such an early age.  First of all healthy food is not cheap, if this is what it’s going to take to reduce kids obesity which can put our society at more risk of developing  illness such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases let it be. After the all, parents will not blame their overweight kids to the school system.

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