Response to Save the economy:bail out our kids

When addressing the article "Save the economy: bail out our kids", I do think that Rick Dalton made some very good points. In our economic standards right now we all want to save money in as many ways as possible, so showing how much money is saved if the rate of drop outs is decreased appeals to a lot of the audience today. But I do not think he takes in all the perspectives to this argument. Now I do not mean to seem cold by saying this but it is a fact right now. Due to our current economic status there is a very limited job market. If everyone went to college there would be even more competition and more people out of jobs with student loans that would not be able to be paid, and so on. Now I know this wouldn't be a case to the extreme unless all people went to college, but it could still cause problems. Also If a high school student really wants to go to college they will find their way, there are millions of scholarships available not to mention FAFSA, there are ways if students want to help themselves. A lot of the time low income students want to take the easy way out. They see people all around them doing crimes and reeking the benefits, and when its a better lifestyle, or at least seems to be, they take the easier option. Instead of working hard in school, filling out paperwork, and getting a good job to help pay for necessities; they drop out of school and live a life of crime. Even people who have the financial ability and brains to go to college choose not to because its easier. My neighbors nephew began living with the family, he is my age and when I asked him why he did not want to go to college he said this "Why wait for years to start making money, when I can just start not and start saving" He works at a shop where they sell boulders for gardens, and tombstones. While yes he makes good money as apposed to a normal teenager, in the long run, when he can't lift boulders anymore because he's thrown out his back , what is he going to do? He wants money to spend now and freedom from his mother, but when he can no longer support himself later who is he going to go back to? His Mother! As much as a nation can try to keep kids in school, it ultimately comes down to whether the kids want to be there or not. And that is a perspective Rick Dalton did not approach.

Dr.

While watching Grey's Anatomy last night a few hard subjects seem to be coming up. Is it possible for Doctors to put aside their emotions in order to treat every patient the same. Understandably anyone whose father was life was ended by a criminal is going to harbor bad feelings for criminals, but should they give them any less care because of it? Another hard situation what if a female doctor strongly disagrees with abortion, will she treat a patient who has had an abortion the same as anyone else? Unless you go to a very low key practice the doctors do not really know you they know what is on your chart, how can they not make judgments when all they know is what you've been through not what you have become because of it. The other subject brought up in Grey's Anatomy ,which will appear next week, is should we let prisoners who are sentenced to die help someone else live? This subject also came up in a book I have previously read Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. In the book the criminal, who wasn't entirely guilty, was hung instead of given the normal medical injections in order to give his heart to a girl of the family whom he supposedly slaughtered. Personally I believe that if they are now willing to help, even it is after they know they have nothing left. They should be able to. Why make not only them, but also a deserving person suffer? It seems like a good plan from that angle but just thinking about it right now I have forgotten to take into account how the person getting the organ would feel. Honestly I'm not sure how badly I would want an organ from a serial killer, but then again I'm not in that hard of a situation. It's a complex situation and I guess it is up to the people who want to give up their organs and get them. But I think the more people we can help if we are going to impose the death penalty anyway the better off the world will be.

My thoughts on abortion

Abortion is a complex subject that I honestly do not know what side I stand on. There are too many different situations for me to make a strict judgment. I was adopted because my birthmother had just begun college and was not ready for a child. I am happy that she decided to give me up rather than abort me, I have to be otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here saying this. But there are people who unlike my birthmother make this mistake and do not deal with it rationally. As much as I want to give a child the ability to live their life, a life of abuse, bad parenting, and endless disadvantages is not a life I would want to live. When speaking of abortion we have to take into consideration whether losing a life or making one almost not worth living is better. The saying between a rock and a hard place definitely comes to mind there. I feel very strongly as to abortion being used as a form of birth control. I do not think it is right for a woman to have multiple abortions because she is too lazy, too carless, or too stubborn to protect herself. I think woman like them give us a bad name and is part of the reason that this topic has become such a crisis. We need to protect ourselves. Another critical point of abortion is that what about women who were raped? Should we make them relive the most awful point of their existence for nine months? I think that is completely cruel. If every case for an abortion were the same I think it would be an easier decision for me to say "No more abortions, abortions are bad!" or "Yeah women need the right to choose what to do with their bodies" but not every case is clear cut so I don't think there is any way to control this debate or find an end to it. Like I told you I am happy I was not aborted like my birthfather wanted me to be, I love my family and they love me too. Having a parent who will take care of you and appreciates you I believe is far more important than putting a child into a horrible situation which in the long run can possibly do a great amount psychological and maybe physical damage to them. So when it comes to abortion, I just don't know.

Free Write

People who are overbearing, and have no right to be drive me CRAZY! If you have something to say you don't always have to say it. When someone is over the age of 18 it becomes thier life, and their choices. I understand you only want to help but when the person trying to do so is not someone you have any responsibility towards they aren't your child you don't need to push them. I know what I am doing, NO I don't make friends all that easily and I'm not very involved right now but I'm just getting used to the whole college life and eventually I will get there. I have a mother and if she were to say she was concerned for my well-being that would be one thing but if you arent my mother it is not really any of your business. how I live my life, even if my mother doesn't always play the role she should. That does not mean someone should try to take her postion. I made it through my life so far making good decisions with my mom acting the same way as she does now. When you have two other kids which you should be worrying about you should not be worrying about me. When you have been there for me and been so lotal I appreciate it but it doesn't give you authority to control me. I want to be friends but I do not want another mother. I want to be treated like an adult, not like the child that my mother doesn't even see me as anymore.