Welfare

Truths	Myths
People live the same length of time	Children have improved nutrition
Welfare could make people lazy	Welfare makes people more motivated
Many democrats don’t support it	Democrats are the only supporters or welfare
Can’t afford shot or medical expenses	Long life because better medical care
People on welfare don’t have a lot of money	People with welfare have a lot of money
They are more likely to behave badly on welfare	They use the money for good
Could have a job but not enough income	Won’t have a job with welfare
People use it for what they want	People use it for necessities

 

Reagan claimed that the Government spending was out of control and without the lowering of government spending we will never progress as a country. He stated that is a necessity for American Economy to have a larger sum of money to create more opportunities to become prosperous. After a tax cut there was promising signs that it could be better in the future. Some of the decisions that he was making at the time to make it better in the future could be affecting the governmental flow. Because he believed that government spending was too high. Reagan cut down the budget which could possibly affect some of the roads or government lands because the budget is not as great.

I like Clinton’s bill because it limits the number of people that use the welfare program and do not work because it is free income. And it also limits the number of years you can receive money from welfare programs which will also save the government a good amount of money. And Clinton’s plan also states that you must have a job or be employed in order to receive government money. This prevents people from milking the system and helps people to get on their feet instead of just using that money.

Civilizations

2)      The savage will take over the civil part of us, because the nature of the human is to survive. If there is a threat or an opportunity to survive you will take it. Savagery is based on instincts and if you let your instincts take over, the savagery will overpower the civil nature and you would do things that you otherwise would not do. The savagery is in all of us and as soon as there are no laws are rules the savage will come out, instincts will kick in and you will do absolutely anything to stay alive and survive. The beast and savage is in all of us and we will not know what the feeling of going into survival mode would be until we are put in a situation when it would be necessary. It is impossible to know how the body and mind would react no matter who it is, and being on the island in Lord of the Flies you would have to factor in the thirst and hunger that these growing children were experiencing.

3)      I think that society controls people but in return people also control society, because without people there would be no society and it would be complete anarchy. Without the society to the people it would be reckless and no one would be able to control themselves or other people. There would be no morals or no way to know what is right or wrong. So for humans to survive we need society, it keeps everybody sane and in line. And without society it would be one big world of Lord of the Flies and eventually we would kill off our own race because we have such a jealous nature and always trying to be better than the next person.

28th Amendment

If you are convicted of 1^st or 2^nd degree Murder, you shall be put to death by firing squad. If you are convicted of 3^rd degree murder, life in prison with solitary confinement. If you are convicted of 4^th degree murder, 25 to life with chance of parole. If you are convicted of manslaughter or vehicular homicide, 10 to 25 years in federal prison.

If you could describe the game in one word, what would it be? Confusing

What did you expect at the beginning of the game? It to be fun.

When did you realize that something was wrong? When Wendy was yelling at me.

How did you deal with it? Threw cards at her

How did not being able to speak contribute to what you were feeling? It frustrated us even more

 Is my title above appropriate for the game of "culture."  Why or why not? Yes, because it shows what little communication and rules and laws are different.

 Is a universal language and set of customs necessary for world peace and harmony? Yes.

 What can a simple card game teach us about our culture? It is all different in many ways.

Afghanistan

I believe that what those soldiers are doing to those young boys in Afghanistan is completely unacceptable and it is completely unreasonable to continue to let it occur. For the American people nothing is more precious than the younger generation. If the troops overseas would put themselves in the position of the boys that have fallen victim to these heinous and vicious sexual acts being performed on them. And how would those boys react to hearing that armed troops knew it was going on and refused to do anything or even worse got orders to stay away from the situation? We are supposed to serve and protect all people and protecting the youth of the world is where we should start.

The sociological imagination I would like to see the boys saved from the situation and if it continues to happen and our own troops are attacked and killed for helping their country for the actions of the troops. If our troops start to fall victim to the Afghanistan troops, the American soldiers should be pulled out and returned home. If they want to keep their terroristic sexual actions, they should have their country punished for the traditions that have started and we shouldn’t risk the lives of our troops if it doesn’t affect Americans in any way.

Piggy's Letter to Aunt Sally

Dear Aunt Sally,
  
I have been trapped on a desert island with other kids my age and we have no means of escape. There have been appointed leaders and ranks. I have met many different characters of people, but none of them will listen to my ideas or plans.
    
The first boy I came into contact with goes by the name of Ralph. He is a fine, fair blonde-haired fellow. Our group appointed him leader and he used a few of my ideas to help set up the groups and organize the children accordingly. Ralph and I were the first to meet and eventually found the conch together. After blowing into the conch a couple times and hearing its loud booming tone, Ralph and I noticed that one by one other children approached the beach we had taken refuge on. When every living person was at the beach, they made the rule that whoever had the conch in his hands, had the right to speak.
    
After a while the Choir and there leader, Jack, found the beach that we had set up camp on. Jack was very confident and had a cocky edge to him and was a natural leader. But the group favored Ralph as the leader and Ralph appointed Jack and the choir as the hunter gathers. Or the Altos and Tenors. Like the game we played in class, they had to have the one thing (a part of the choir) and then another specific rule to split them into the two classes.
   
The Beast is the killer instinct inside all of us. And you either have to control it and learn how to harness it or it will destroy you and everything around you. Without rules or any type of control the beast will take over and anarchy will result. There has to be rules and punishment for breaking them, or the Beast will take over and destroy everything in its path. My dear aunt I hope it does not come to that point because when teamwork ceases, no one will make it and so many lives will be cut short. Simon has the understanding or the Beast and the fear or not surviving and he can grasp it and control it but I'm not sure about the rest of them.

I do not want to be on this island any longer, a life has already been lost in a terrible fire accident and who knows, maybe mine could be next.
      
                                                                            Love,
                                                                            Piggy.

Microsociology vs. Macrosociology

With microsociology, it shows how everything works as long as you have all the right parts of a machine in the right places, even the smallest little nut or screw falls out of a machine, another part could fall off and then another until the machine does not work anymore. It’s like a football team, it is good when every player is there and doing his job, but as soon as one guy gets hurt or needs a break, you might see a bit of a struggle, even if the individual is not always in the spotlight, his role might be important to the point where the individual is needed to have success.

But in terms of macrosociology, the same point can be made using the example of a football team, except as the team and not individuals. Like if there is a team that is very talented but they still lose just because the fact that the other team is better than them, or they made big plays when the game came down to the wire. It could be as simple as one guy making a mistake and it affects the outcome for the whole group, or it could be compounding mistakes and no one is more at fault then the next guy, or like I said, the other team is just simply better.