The Cycle of Welfare

The Cycle of Welfare

                I am all for helping people out, but I do have a problem with taking money from people who are working hard to earn money to support their family and giving it to someone who is just unwilling to work. Welfare is abused daily by many. Welfare should be meant for short time use to help people get back on their feet and support themselves and their families. Not to have people grown up on welfare and raised their children on welfare and their children will raise their children on welfare and it becoming a never ending chain costing tax payers millions. It becomes a problem when people see food stamps and other government aid as ‘free’ when in reality it is being paid by the tax payers and it is meant to be there for the people who cannot afford food and other necessities for their families. I was always told as a kid that a cell phone and the internet was a privilege not a necessity. So why are we paying for people who aren’t working for their own money and living off of tax payers dollars to have cell phones and internet? If I was a kid and I saw my parents doing nothing, but talking on the phone and sitting on Facebook earning ‘free’ money from the government I know I wouldn’t want to go to school and work 40 hours a week my whole life when I can do nothing and still get everything handed to me. Nobody is teaching these kids that abusing this system is morally wrong. We need to teach the upcoming generations that they have to work for what they want and not just sit around and have everything handed to them. I am not saying that public aid should be taken away from everyone I am just saying it should be made to be only a temporary program for people so they cannot live off of it their whole lives.

Gay Rights Have Come a Long Way

            Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender rights have dramatically changed over the years in the 1950s and 1960s thousands of men and women were discharged or forced to resign from civilian positions in the federal government because they were suspected of being gay or lesbian. In 1975 the ban on gay federal employees was lifted, and not until the late 1990s discrimination in federal hiring was prohibited. Now we wouldn’t bother asking a post office worker if they were gay or straight. Just as women serving their country was banned then lifted, being gay and serving your country was not allowed at one point, then they had a policy of ‘don’t ask don’t tell’, and now all of that is in the past and gays and lesbians serve our country proudly. Gay rights being taken away is just like saying you will not hire someone because of their race or ethnicity. Gay clubs and parades never would have happened in the 80s and now they have clubs and parades all over the country and many straights even attend these festivities. Gay rights are as important as civil rights. As time goes on we learn our ways are not always right and its time they be corrected. If we kept blacks from getting married or if interracial marriages were illegal we would be appalled by our actions. They are just the same as me and you. Slowly but surely our country is correcting our ways and now they are legalizing same sex marriage in many states. Soon judging someone because of their sexuality will be as frowned upon as judging someone based on their race.

Abby Lee's Teaching Style

Dance Moms

            Everyone thinks that Abby Lee is way too strict on her young students and that the parents are crazy for allowing their children to be apart of her company. I would be honored to be a student at the Abby Lee Dance Company or in the future have my children dance there. The way i look at it is these kids are paying to learn how to dance as a career this isn't just a hobby to them. Abby Lee is teaching them to dance the best they can and teach them that age is not an excuse for being lazy or unsuccessful.She is producing stars and has so in the past that's her job if she wasn't strict or harsh she wouldn't be as successful as she is now. Abby is not in the best shape and most people critic her for her size and being so strict on the girls size and effort, but most people do not realize that Abby started this company when she was 14. She watched her mom as she ran several studios and learned her passion. The mom’s are judged for allowing her to yell at her kids and put them down, but that’s what these moms pay her to do. They want to see their children go far and be successful. Even if they do not decide to pursue a career in dance they have already put their faces out in the public and have learned many important life skills throughout their dance career. Abby Lee is teaching using tough love and the fact that her students are sticking through her “madness” shows that they will succeed in anything they choose to do. “Madness is genius”.  

Schools Incoporating Social Media

Schools Incorporating Social Media

                With social media taking over children’s’ time and attention it would only make sense to incorporate it into their education. In A New Face for Schools by Laura Lefkowits she states that 96 percent of students with online access spend nearly 9 and 10 hours on social networks each week. If children are spending that many hours on social networks we might as well have educational purposes behind it. Students, parents, and teachers must join together to teach children not only with social networks, but about them also. Schools should be teaching about the inappropriate behaviors that are occurring online like cyber bullying and sexting. Schools should teach children how to appropriately blog about their feelings in an educated manner. Kids need to learn about verifying sources before believing everything online, because that is one way rumors begin. Children need to be taught how connecting to people online can be used to benefit their education by talking to friends about important social issues, instead of talking to people about rumors and pointless drama. Kids also can connect to their friends to promote school activities, like sporting events or fundraisers. Teaching kids to express themselves online will show them they are not the only ones going through these issues they are having. They can connect to kids who are also facing divorces or other adversities and talk about how they feel verses cutting themselves off from society and committing suicide. Instead of pointing out all the negative aspects of social networking if teachers and parents taught teens how to use them in a positive light and set positive examples for them then they would begin using social media in positive ways.