...movement she has been asking me to join. I do feel that I deserve the right to vote, but my husband does not see the point. He told me if I joined the movement it would be a waste of my time and effort. My husband is strongly against my right to vote. He has plenty of reasons, but I do not agree with any of them, to be honest their not the most thought out ideas. His first reason against it is because he says that most women do not care if they have the right to vote (Barkhorn, 2012). If this was true do you think women would be fighting this hard to get this right? He also says that it is pointless because 80% of women that can vote are married and this means it would...
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... Page 1 Literature review Page 1-2 Discussion: - What is political equality for women? Page 3 - How are Laws made in Britain? Page 4 - What is the vote and how does it work? Page 4-5 - What prevents women from entering politics? Page 5 - What political rights did women gain? Page 5-6 - Is Political Equality for women important? Page 6-7 - What does the progress women have achieved in politics and Page 7-8 society show towards gaining political equality? - What setbacks have women faced? Page 8 - What does the number of female MP’s in each political party show? Page 8-9 Conclusion Page...
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...What does freedom mean to me? I think that it is a huge privilege to be able able to live in such a great country like america. America has many differents types of freedoms. One of the many freedoms is the freedom of speech, to be able to speak what we believe. Freedom of speech includes the right to use certain offensive words and phrases. To gage in symbolic speech, and many more. Another one of our many freedoms is the right to praise whatever god we please. To have that freedom means a lot to me. Also, to have the right to believe whatever religion we want. Having the freedom to go to any church we would like, or just having the option to go to church. Some countries do not have that choice, which is why that freedom means a lot to...
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...been a major lack of participation in Canadian elections by Canadian youth. The voting age in Canada however, starts at the age of eighteen. Nonetheless, since the law had been passed for young people to vote, there has not been an adequate volume of youth taking part in elections. This paper will investigate the matter of the immense shortage of political contribution by youth in Canada. In order to create change and have a diverse input on what the government does, it is vital that young people exercise their right to vote in order to have a voice in what occurs in our political system. Seeing that voting is not a privilege that can be accessible by everyone around the globe, this is a critical issue since Canadian...
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...Democracy in America, as well as some of the strengths and weaknesses that exist in our government system in America. I will include a description of the roles of the President, and other members of our government structure in America. The role of the government has done some major changing since the beginning of democracy. Some of these changes that have occurred have weakened our government system. The definition of democracy is a government run by the people of the country. My personal definition of democracy is having officials that will do what is best for the citizens of the country. I also feel that this should be done with the utmost respect and morals. I feel that this is the way that our fore fathers would have wanted it. I truly believe that our country started on these values and beliefs. Is that where it has really ended up? Democracy has a different meaning to everyone. One fact that we can all agree on is that democracy is one of the most important things in our life in America. The fact that we all wake in the morning to living in a free country is something that we as Americans thrive on. Some things that we must pay close attention to is the control that the government has over the citizens of America. As Ronal Reagan said “Government is not a solution to our problem”. The Constitution was made to protect the rights of the citizens of America. The original creators of the Constitution wanted to make sure that the government did not get so powerful that the citizen’s...
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... or biased language. Then revise the sentence to eliminate this problem. Turn this in to the drop box by the end of the unit. 1. You're either my friend or my enemy. Polarization. It does not allow a middle ground. It’s either or. Revised sentence: I have friends, enemies, classmates, associates, co-workers, etc. I try to avoid having enemies. 2. Ken says to his wife Lynette, “Glad to get out of that job. All those ragheads and their curry make me sick.” Biased Language. Ken is making a very derogatory statement using “ragheads” and “curry” to denote race. Revised sentence: “I am glad to be gone from that job. I just wasn’t happy there. I am looking forward to something better.” 3. Guess what? Janine said Chris has a good job. Can you imagine saying that when he works 50 hours a week, is on call the rest of the time, and only earns $31,000 a year? Stereotyping. What constitutes to be a good job for one person may not mean the same for someone else. Don’t judge based on your own interpretation of what you think something is. Chris may have had to leave a job that only allowed him to work 25 hours a week and he was barely making minimum wage. This new job is a “good job” according to Chris and Janine because it affords them more of an opportunity to bring in more income. One should not make judgments based on their own opinions or interpretations. Revised sentence: “Chris has to work a lot of hours and makes $31,000 a year. I am sure that he and Janine welcome...
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...My party leader assigned bills seven, thirteen, and seventeen to me. I was required to argue for bill seven which was a bill to allow felons to vote after the completion of their sentence. Many people may have been against this bill because the criminal has shown that they cannot be trusted when they committed the crime in the first place, but I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. I went to procon.org, which has many arguments in favor of and in opposition to this bill. I looked at both views to try to create the best and most convincing argument I could for this particular bill. According to this website, ex-convicts do not lose all of their other civil rights, but their right to vote is taken away because people do not think they...
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...authority have been placed there by God.2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. 3 For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you.4 The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong. 5 So you must submit to them, not only to avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear conscience. 6 Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority. Love Fulfills God’s Requirements 8 Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. 9 For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.”[a] These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 10 Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law. 11 This is all the more urgent...
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...it is my turn to pay back the debt to the men who fought for my beautiful country. My responsibility as a citizen to America consists of voting, respecting, submitting, and to serving my country. Responsibility is defined as the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management. Personally, I agree with that statement, but responsibility means more to me than just being accountable it means to fulfill your jobs, own up to your actions, but most importantly follow the commands given to us in scripture by God. When I think of America, I think of it’s history, and all of the battles and wars that were fought to bring us to where we are today....
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...To what extent does the PM dominate the UK political system? Some say that the Britain has entered an era of elective dictatorship; this is when a government that is elected but has won so many votes that it can do what It likes1. In the UK we have a first past the post voting system so theoretically speaking once elected government can do as they please as they have been given the power to do so by the majority of voters who voted them in. The Prime Minister is the head of government and as head of the executive he has powers that can portray him as a dictator not someone representing the ideas of the general population. For example the conservative government introduced ‘the bedroom tax’ if this was David Cameron’s idea he has the power to ensure that his party vote for this law even if they disagree. In this essay I will evaluate evidence on how much the PM dominates the political system in the UK and conclude by giving my opinion on to what extent he controls the political system. The PM is head of the executive and seen as the most important figure of UK politics, with this comes powers and responsibility’s that arguably makes him the most powerful man in the country. The ability to hand pick your cabinet is a key factor on how much the PM controls the political system of, being able to choose who does what job in the country means the PM holds the careers and more importantly the livelihoods of the ministers in his hand because he has the ability to hire and fire ministers...
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...September 28th, 2015 Changes in Indifference Caden Cooper As a sixteen or seventeen year old, I thought I knew what was right and wrong in nearly every aspect of politics or economics. Surprisingly to me, I found out that I knew almost nothing. My ignorance was realized around the second day of class at the start of my senior year. My teacher, Coach Tilden, for American Government and Economics went around asking several different questions on some slightly controversial issues. As each person answered, he would play Devil’s advocate and make everyone seem as though they were completely wrong. Then, it became my question. It was regarding the right to vote. My over-confident self took on this challenge with full force. He asked me a simple and straightforward question, “Are there any U.S. citizens that lack the right to vote”? I thought this was a joke and responded without hesitation. “ No. As long as they are citizens, they have the right to vote”. He knew that almost none of the U.S Constitution was instilled in my mind. “What article of the constitution states this right”, he replied. “I-I’m not sure, but it has to be in there. Everyone knows that”, I said. “I hope that by the end of this class you will be much more informed than you are now. No where in the constitution does it state that citizens have the right to vote”. It took these two replies for me to become the laughing stock of the class for the next thirty seconds. I felt like an uneducated child. My ideas...
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...What does being an American mean to you? What it means to be an American is different to a lot of people. But I’m going to tell you what it means to me then you can decide if it means the same thing to you.So you should have to stand for the pledge,treat people equally, and have freedom to do things like vote if you do and have all of these things then you are a true American. First of all being an American means that you should treat everybody equally. No matter the race, gender, or age. I feel like as long as you're in this country you should get treated how somebody that was born in this country gets treated. To this day people are still talking about building walls, or getting the mexicans or illegals out so that we have more jobs and i don’t think that is right. They should have as much freedom and should get treated the exact same as us. That is one of the reasons why our country is messed up now because people keep messing with people that are minding their own business and then they end up bombing us or there is a terrorist attack. If they would mind their own business then we would be ok there would probably be a lot more peace....
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...What does politics mean to me? At the beginning of this course I stated that defining politics as just a body of government is such a difficult task to do, because it is so much more than that. Before taking this course I despised anything that dealt with politics. I thought politics was a boring and an irrelevant topic, that is in my world of course. When I started to engage in the Discussion Board questions, it exercised my mind to view politics from a different perspective. At first I felt as though politics was something someone invented to be able to control people in society and that it was a way to control who becomes rich and who becomes poor, but now I have realize that there is more to politics than I thought. According to Merriam-Webster (2015), politics is defined as, activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or getting and keeping power in a government. Personally, I feel as though politics on a whole may seem as though it is the best way for society to live by, but honestly more than half of the people associated in politics are not there to help nor do they care or try to understand the struggle people go through, as I stated at the beginning of the semester. They only care about themselves and their pockets. As students, I believe we can and should reinforce the origins of politics. It sounds a tad easy than it actually is, but I strongly believe that if given the chance not only could society put a stop to the dirty game...
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...Adventure of huckleberry Finn” is one of the greatest of American literature book by Mark Twain. As far as we know, this book has been heated debate in America whether it should be taught in school or not. Many people challenged and banned this book. But I think it should be taught in school because it teaches kids about racism and slavery of that time period. People who against this book misunderstand what important information Twain wants to talk about, they criticize Mark Twain and find offensive words from this book .Like “nigger”. “One member of the committee says that, while he does not wish to call it immoral, he thinks it contains but little humor, and that of a very coarse type. He regards it as the trash.”(Boston...
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...12 Angry Men Script from Flim The Twelve Jurors: A summary of the anonymous characters helps to flesh out their characters and backgrounds. The order in which each eventually decides to vote "not guilty" is given in brackets: * Juror #1 (The Foreman): (Martin Balsam) A high-school assistant head coach, doggedly concerned to keep the proceedings formal and maintain authority; easily frustrated and sensitive when someone objects to his control; inadequate for the job as foreman, not a natural leader and over-shadowed by Juror # 8's natural leadership [9] * Juror #2: (John Fiedler) A wimpy, balding bank clerk/teller, easily persuaded, meek, hesitant, goes along with the majority, eagerly offers cough drops to other men during tense times of argument; better memory than # 4 about film title [5] * Juror #3: (Lee J. Cobb) Runs a messenger service (the "Beck and Call" Company), a bullying, rude and husky man, extremely opinionated and biased, completely intolerant, forceful and loud-mouthed, temperamental and vengeful; estrangement from his own teenaged son causes him to be hateful and hostile toward all young people (and the defendant); arrogant, quick-angered, quick-to-convict, and defiant until the very end [12] * Juror #4: (E. G. Marshall) Well-educated, smug and conceited, well-dressed stockbroker, presumably wealthy; studious, methodical, possesses an incredible recall and grasp of the facts of the case; common-sensical, dispassionate, cool-headed and rational...
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