Should women be allowed in combat?
Article 1:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?article=0905
Summary: This article states that women should be allowed in combat. They state this because they believe that the position that the women hold should be based on skill not gender. There are about 350,000 women in the military, and about 30,000 are in Afganistan and Iraq fighting alongside the men. They are handicapping the military in a way that they are taking the women out of infantry units, when the military needs all the people that it can get. They believe that not allowing the women to fight is the will of the public and not the womens proven abilities.
Questioning the Author:
Why was this policy created in the first place?
What happened to all born equal?
Concernes:
Will women coming into the military cause disgruntled men?
Article 2:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?article=0905
Summary: This article states that women should not be allowed in the military. It believes this because there is physical differences like strength. She also believes that in combat, the soldiers have to carry 50 to 100 pounds of equiptment. They believe that that will be much too heavy for a women. They also are concered about the medical leaves like pregnancy. They also claim that there are differences in the women's training because they have a different amount of stength then the men.
Questioning the Author:
What if the women gain stength and can carry that weight?
What if you slowly ease the women's training into matching the mens?
Concernes:
This is cutting people from going ou and fighting for our country.
How would I solve this?
I would solve this by only allowing the women that had earned it join an infantry unit. I would do this because if they can prove that they are just as good as the men, and gain strength and make it that specified distance with a heavy pack, then they should be allowed to join. I believe that it is kind of generalizing stating that no girl can ever compare to a boy. Because, girls can do anything boys can if they set their mind to it.
How does this affect me as a citizen?
This affects me as a citizen because someday, a carrer that I might want to persue would be to fight in the military. That would affect me because if I enroll into the military, I will most likely get turned down because of my lack of Y chromosomes. And that would be dissapointing going through all that to be rejected because of your gender. There is nothing making you different from anyone else. What happened to everyone is created equal.
How does this connect to unit of study?
This connects to the unit we have just studied because we learned about our previous military, and how women were not allowed to fight back in the day either. Old habits die hard I guess.
How will I make a difference?
I will make a difference by spreading the word that it is unfair women cannot fight alongside the men. Also, I will attempt to get many people to send letters to Center for Military Readiness stating that the military cannot be compleatly ready if it lacks numbers. Hence, making them consider adding women to the infantry units.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Current Event Unit 3
Name: Natalie McKittrick
Title of Newspaper: NC Times
Title of Article: After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill
Web Address: http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/after-protest-congress-puts-off-movie-piracy-bill/article_db1f0615-3bc1-508f-bf5b-ab943f353a89.html
Topic Article Addresses: This article addresses SOPA and PIPA and the protests against these acts.
1) The acts SOPA and PIPA have been indefinatley postponed for there have been indefinatly postponed. They have postponed it for people and companies all over the world protested against it. Big name websites shut down and hackers got into the Justice Department and shut it down. They might not be able to bring it back, for it now has been so conspired against that it might be permenantly shut down.
2) This connects to what we are learning in class in the aspect of the Revolutionary War. It connects to this because the King or government is trying to take away the rights or privilages of the people and the citizens protested against it. By protesting and fightin for what they beleived in, they got what they wanted and deserved. This is very similar to the Patriots fighting the King for their freedom.
3) This connects to my life as a citizen. If the government would have won this battle, then it would have limited and taken away a lot of the websites and search engines that I use. So, if the two acts were carried out, I most likely would not be on this website today.
4) My opinion on the topic would be that it is wrong. For I do not believe that the government can limit the websites that you go on and leave only the small or approved ones. They would take away even the most harmless websites. I get that it is supposed to stop online piracy, but taking away practically every social networking website that is on the internet is unessesary.
Title of Newspaper: NC Times
Title of Article: After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill
Web Address: http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/after-protest-congress-puts-off-movie-piracy-bill/article_db1f0615-3bc1-508f-bf5b-ab943f353a89.html
Topic Article Addresses: This article addresses SOPA and PIPA and the protests against these acts.
1) The acts SOPA and PIPA have been indefinatley postponed for there have been indefinatly postponed. They have postponed it for people and companies all over the world protested against it. Big name websites shut down and hackers got into the Justice Department and shut it down. They might not be able to bring it back, for it now has been so conspired against that it might be permenantly shut down.
2) This connects to what we are learning in class in the aspect of the Revolutionary War. It connects to this because the King or government is trying to take away the rights or privilages of the people and the citizens protested against it. By protesting and fightin for what they beleived in, they got what they wanted and deserved. This is very similar to the Patriots fighting the King for their freedom.
3) This connects to my life as a citizen. If the government would have won this battle, then it would have limited and taken away a lot of the websites and search engines that I use. So, if the two acts were carried out, I most likely would not be on this website today.
4) My opinion on the topic would be that it is wrong. For I do not believe that the government can limit the websites that you go on and leave only the small or approved ones. They would take away even the most harmless websites. I get that it is supposed to stop online piracy, but taking away practically every social networking website that is on the internet is unessesary.
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