26 October, 2007

Are US Polititions pushing for war with Iran?

The US issued sanctions on the Revolutionary Guard in Iran yesterday.
Today, Iran responded by stating that these sanctions were "doomed
to fail".
What is the cause of all these sanctions?
the BBC states that a very powerful politicians in our government is
pushing for war with Iran before President Bush's term is over. However,
Condoleezza Rice STATED THAT THE US doesn't want to antagonize an
already unstable situation. She uses the fact that Iran is much closer
to Moscow than the US.
Also, are many countries turning against the US in its "war on
Terror"? If they're not, then why are Russia and China criticizing the
US sanctions?
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7063188.stm

Schools in the UK are considering giving the HPV vaccine to ajll 12-year-old girls

Schools in the UK are going to begin handing out HPV Vaccines to all
12-year-olds in schools.
the HPV vaccine is to help prevent cervical cancer which is caused
by the Human Pavilloma Virus.
Schools here in the US have also been considering such measures.
Proponents site the fact that giving out this vaccine will prevent
most cases of cervical cancer, while opponents of this state that those
who are given the HPV Vaccine will gravitate towards having sex because
they will feel they are invulnerable from any sort of STD.
The question is, should schools be concerned with handing out the
HPV vaccine, and will students feel impregnable to the dangers of sex?
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7062479.stm

22 October, 2007

Legality of forcing staff and students at school to put race on school form

The below post was composed by a peer inside of my English class. She
was the one who has done this research. If anyone can come up with any
more research on the subject of legality, or if anyone would like to
post their opinions, all posts are welcome. Any light you may be able to
shed on this subject is helpful.
For any questions, please feel free to email me.

Info on the legality of race on school forms

Private Domain: Areas of a person's life that are not subject to
governmental control.
Social Contract: The agreement among all the people in a society to give
up part
of their freedom to a government in return for the protection of their
natural rights
by that government.
-for being American citizens we are part of a social contract and by the
constitution
American citizens are guaranteed private domain, now the questions are:
hos is being
forced to put one's race protecting the common welfare? doesn't that
violate private
domain?
COUNTER ARGUMENT---
In the Preamble of the constitution is states "WE the People of the
United States,
in Order to form a more perfect Union, .... promote general welfare"
-the strongest argument against use is that it is the government's job
to promote
common welfare, and if they can prove that forcing to write down one's
race/ethnicity
is contributing to the general welfare they will win hands down.

Written by a peer in my class

20 October, 2007

Should teachers be forced to put down students' race on test forms?

This is a question I have been debating. Administration for my school
district is telling their teachers that they must place someone's race
on examination forms in order to help improve the gap between White and
Minority students. Should teachers be forced to put a student's race on
a form if the student did not want to put it on there? Is this legal?
And, why when a teacher inquires for reasons to why she is being told to
put race on a form is she not answered by administration? Should these
teachers just sit down and take what is being handed down by
Administration? And, are certain _races not performing as well as others
simply due to their race? Is what Administration doing legal? Are there
any laws prohibiting students and people in general from posting their
race on a form? And, is it legal for forms to make it mandatory to post
info on race?