Blog Assignment 8

Throughout the somewhat recent history of the United States of America, education has continued to be a hot debate topic. My classmate Rabi gave incredible insight into the foreign perception of the US public education system. One of the stereotypes of the American education system is that our colleges are inexpensive and easily accessible. When they traveled here to the US for college, they found out it was much more expensive than they thought and that many students drop out because they are unable to afford it. This is a great example of the increasingly popular social norm that everyone needs to go to college. In the United States, many people see college as the only way to secure a career so they put themselves in a large amount of debt just to attend. There needs to be more awareness in the public education system about alternative life paths. In my personal experience, I cannot recall a single time anyone in the public education system mentioning anything about trade schools. Trade schools are meant to train an individual to become more than proficient in a certain trade. They can then take their certification and training to get work in that field. Some people hold the stereotype that you can't make any money after trade school. This is false. There are several trades that you can earn well above the national average. In conclusion, the United States public education system promotes colleges as necessary but all options should be promoted.

Blog Assignment 7

There are very few good reasons that marijuana should not be made legal on the federal level in the United States. The positives of this action far outweigh the negatives. Marijuana legalization is an opportunity that we have missed before but we can't pass it up this time.
If the U.S. Government were to legalize marijuana, it would create another product for them to tax and it boosts the economy. The marijuana market is worth several billion dollars that is currently not being taxed because the trade is illegal. Taxing it would create a large revenue stream for the national government.
There are many things worse than marijuana that are already legal. For years, corner stores have been selling alcohol and cigarettes to local consumers. Both of these products are much more harmful than marijuana but are both legal. That means that there is no reason for it to be illegal since there are much worse things that are legal.

Criticizing Criticism

In the world today there is a lot of controversy over women’s rights and how they are treated in the court system. CNN posted an article by Diane L. Rosenfeld on Saturday September 29th about her opinion on the issue. The article was meant for people who already have some sort of previous knowledge about Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination and the controversy surrounding it. Since it is on CNN, a typically liberal new network, many of the viewers of this article are biased that way. Her stance is that women are not heard in the court system and are not taken as seriously as men are. She uses the Supreme Court case of Town of Castle Rock V. Gonzales in which a women contacted police and was disregarded even though it was a serious issue. This piece of evidence was used very well to strengthen her argument by showing how women are not able to take these sort of cases to the federal level. The argument is very logical to the audience that it is meant for. The logic in this argument is showing how wrong it is to discriminate against certain people just because of their gender. It always seems more logical for the legal system to one hundred percent fair and not have any prejudice within the law. The author, Diane L. Rosenfeld, is very credible. She is a lecturer at the prestigious Harvard Law School which demonstrates her expertise in this field. Although she is very qualified to write this article, her unconscious bias has to be taken into consideration. Since she is a women, her unconscious bias tends to favor women over men. This does not mean to disregard this article, as unconscious bias is not a huge factor. Overall, it was a well written article by a credible author that uses strong evidence to support her case.

Delays in Russian Interference Information Release

The following article was posted on September 21st and was edited later that day. The article describes how Trump is slowing down the process of releasing the Russian interference investigation documents. He talked with the DOJ and tweeted that there had to be more investigation. He did however, say he wanted to expedite the process. You can read more at https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/trump-backs-down-on-release-of-classified-russia-probe-documents.html.
This article was written by Dan Mangan who is a reporter for CNBC. The article includes tweets sent by trump and goes into detail about the releasing of the documents.

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