Teachers getting tenure:So Mr. Griffis cant have fun??

Teachers getting Tenure

So Mr. Griffis Cant Have Fun??

Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.Tenure's keep teachers from getting fired for personal, political, or non-work related reasons. Before tenure was established Teachers's jobs were being terminated because of various personal issues surrounging their personal lives. Some personal reasons were pregnancy, partying and other personal reasons not involving the teacher with the school. A lack or unbeneficial reason of having tenure is the educational area becomes weakened because teachers get lazy and less caring. A benefit of not having tenure is teacher get fired of not fulfilling their duties so the educational area is strengthened as a cause of this. Also it more costly to fire a tenured teacher.



 Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenure
http://thehiddencostsoftenure.com/


Questions
How do You feel aboutTenured Teahers

 

The State of the union:Whats in stored for this year

The State of the Union

Whats in stored for this year

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           State of the union addresses are extremely public and very controversial. The purpose of this publicized event is for the president to publicize the issues he is going to pertain or focus on for the year drawing forth. The year's first president Barack Obama verbally listed his issues he would be focusing on for the year of 2011. Barack Obama's main focus was on creating jobs for the year of 2011. Among other things, Mr. Obama called for cutting corporate taxes, spreading high-speed Internet to all corners of the nation, and boosting spending on research, technology, and education in an effort to keep the US ahead of China, Europe, and other economic competitors. Opponents like the republicans supported some of the issues like the ear mark ban but they do despise the freeze on domestic spendings. Republicans want a complete cut on domestic spending.

Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address#Other_Topics_and_Goals.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0126/Obama-State-of-the-Union-2011-US-must-win-the-future-through-innovation

Questions
Watch the video. Whats your opinion?
Are u a supporter of his issues?

Felon Voting: I still have the right... right????

Felon Voting

I still have the right...right???

     Millions of felons all over the U.S. are being denied the right of voting because of they  being felons. About 5.26 million people are barred from this right which is known as disenfranchisement. Certain states like Maine and Vermont allow felons the right of voting while nine other states permanentely deny certain felons the right of voting. Supporters of felon re-enfranchisement say that felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts to block ex-felons from voting are unfair and undemocratic. Opposition of reenfrancisement say felon voting restrictions are consistent with other voting limitations such as age, residency, sanity, etc.. Also other felon restrictions such as no guns for violent offenders and no sex offenders near schools comply with this also. They say that convicted felons have demonstrated poor judgment and should not be trusted with a vote. I personally believes everyone deserves a second chance and these are humans who make mistakes so grant them reenfranchisement. The 1996 court case of Farrakhan v. Gregoire dealt with Muhammad Shabazz Farrakhan and five other minority felons battling for reenfranchisement in Washington in 1996. They won this case and banned disenfranchisement for felons in Washington.

Links:

http://www.atg.wa.gov/MajorCases.aspx
http://felonvoting.procon.org/

Questions
1. What do you think of the blog.
2. Watch the video how does it make you feel