Wednesday, March 28, 2012

JAmes Madison Present Article 1: Pink Slips

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/swcounty/region-more-than-teachers-receive-layoff-notices/article_253e43ef-ade2-5a28-a110-8d453f252d8d.html

Summary: Many teachers are getting cut across the whole Southwest county. THese cuts are due to the decrease in money in school districts. During these cut-offs, teachers are layed off based on experience. Therefore, the teachers that are getting cut off are usually that ones that were hired last. as a result of these cuts, lower education may result from a higher populated classroom, ending up with less independent time for each student with teachers.

Questions: How does house values effect students coming into an area? Why are teacher lay-offs based on experience and not skill? How come the economy in school districts are so bad? Why doesn't districts cut people who actually made mistakes to cause the loss of money?

Concerns: Concerns I have on this article is the depth or their explanation. They aren't specific enough to know WHY each actions leads to another, such as how students avoid an area because of house value. I'm also concerned with their need for opinion, and the reason teachers are getting layed off.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

current event C.8, North County Times: "Wis. Assembly approves recall reasons"

http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/wis-assembly-approves-limiting-recall-reasons/article_a3227930-2ff7-5afd-aa74-b346aa784ffe.html

1. This article is about how the Assembly of Wisconsin agreed on amending their state constitution to make it tougher to toss an official from office. Republican supporters believe that changes are needed to limit the amount of recalls. Many senators are facing recall. As a result, Wisconsin wanted to make changes soon.

2. This relates to what we are studying, because of the amendments they make. When the delegates realized that the Articles of Confederation weren't working out with the people, they wanted change. As a result, they made a change to government. They threw out the Articles and replaced it with a new constitution.

3. This relates to my life because it relates to changes I make. If soomething isn't working out for me in my life, I make changes. The delegates made changes to government. I make changes to the little things that male a difference.

4. I think Wisconsin was smart to make changes. I they hadn't there would be an increasing amount of recalls. In order to stop this, they made the right choice to make the changes before it got out of hand. Now recalls can be more limited.