(2/2). I do not view him as a she man. What happened to him is extremely sad because there are still people out in the world who are still that un accepting of those who were not born in the right body. Being a transgender, in my opinion, should be viewed like any other disability. I know disability is not the right word I am looking for because it does not handicap those who are transgender at all, but when you get down to it, it truly is just a birth defect. Everyone is comfortable with those who were born with birth defects like cleft palate, so then everyone should be comfortable with those who are born transgender. I doubt any person would truly choose to be transgender because it just automatically makes ehir life harder because they must put up with the judgments of others.
(1/2)The transgender issues in this world are getting complicated. These issues always have been complicated but those who are transgender were complacent with the way society viewed them and did not decide to start speaking out about their struggle until now. In my opinion, if a person syas they are a man, then they are a man. I know that brings up a whole new set of issues though because what if that person changes their mind one day and decides you know what I am tired of being a man and I want to try being a woman. I think sex should be done by biological testing. Usually, the people who feel that they are truly male at heart have more manly characteristics and personalities. I do not think that should be able to declare a different sex several times either though. I do not have a problem with anyone who is transgender, but I do think there are truly only two sexes. You can not be half man or half woman. The man in the article said he lived his life as a man, but had to sit down to pee because that was the way he was born.vi view him as a man because he leads his life a man.
(2/2)People who do not deserve the help should not be getting any help from our government. My parents work 6 days a week to keep my family in the lifestyle we have and to keep me in such an accredited school. They do not go to work every day to pay for people to mooch off the government as they sit home all day doing nothing. I think that the government should mandate that in order to continue receiving welfare you must prove that you are truly searching for a job. It especially annoys me when people who could get a job but just don’t want it don’t take it. They should be grateful to be able have any type of job. I also think that the wealthy who are in the ten percent of our population with the millions and millions of dollars should be mandated more. What are they even going to do with all that money anyway?
(1/2)I am not going to deny the fact that there is wealth distribution in our country. That is blatantly apparent through the graphs and such we have seen in class, but there are some issues I have with the way people treat it. Yes, the people who have the millions upon millions have to be cheating the system and need to someone be put back in their place and on a level more close to everyone else. I come from an upper middle class household though and I need to vent about some issues here. I understand that some people are poor and they need help because they work their ass off every day, and I am glad that some of the taxes my parents pay go towards their welfare. I do not understand the people and am not okay with the people that live their life off welfare, even though they don’t have to. How is it my family’s problem that your homeless drug addict who doesn’t understand how to get to Planned Parenthood for some free birth control because you have 10 kids that you can’t take care of.
(2/2). I graduated from my class of fifty kids with a 4.0 but I do not feel my 4.0 is even comparable to the students who received 4.0’s from the school that is thirty minutes away from that has a graduating class of five hundred. This is a blatant but how would we even fix this? Standardized testing or requiring the same test in each class could be one way. If everyone had to take the same test, test score variance would not be a problem anymore. Another un fair occurrence with our education is how you have to pay for labels. I think every school should charge the same amount to attend. It must really suck for the kid who is poor who has the same sat and gpa scores as a kid who is rich but cant go to a better school cause he simply cannot afford it.
(1/2)I am glad to be a part of a nation that has such a structured education system. We are very privileged to be in a country that requires us to have an education and considers it child abuse if your parents were to deny it from you. There are serious flaws with the way we are educated though. Many of those flaws have to do how the grades you receive are very un fair. There is no way to be able to regulate the grades between classes so even though I am taking the same sociology class as my friend, she could potentially get a better grade even though I try twice as hard because her teacher is easy. Grade point averages are a lot of what getting a job in real life relies on, but what significance do those really have? Yes, they say what grades we received in high school but my 3.0 from Penn State might mean that I am actually better the job than the 4.0 out of Bloomsburg because my course was a lot more rigorous and my professors demanded a lot more of me. This problem travels down even to the high school level. I personally think I benefitted from this problem.
(2/2)His past just makes what he did more understandable, but not excusable. This man is not evil at all. He is not a cold blooded killer or a rapist and I do not think he deserves life for his actions. I do not see how any jury could have been able to put him on trial as an adult. I have a fourteen year old brother and all his main concerns are fitting in and making friends. No one makes friends if everyone around them does not trust them because they think they are a snitch. I think the jury should see that this man is rehabilitated. There are far more worse people out there who are truly evil and do not belong in society. I do not understand how our government lets repeat sex offenders in and out of jail all the time who are an obvious detriments to society because they are one of the truly evil ones and let this man live his life in prison when he realizes what he has done wrong and has changed.
(1/2)I can see both sides of this inmate’s story and empathize with where he is coming from. He is a member of the gray area where yes he was an accessory to the murder of a man who offered him a place to stay and gave him the things he was not getting from other places but he was only a fourteen year old boy. He must have experienced ten times more things and have witnessed things no other fourteen year olds have or even some adults. Being placed in a group home at fourteen is not an ideal situation for any young boy. I am sure that being in the situation he was in he did not have any of the close friendships most children his age were developing and that he lacked a sense of belonging anywhere. The three friends he made were something new to him. People who are alone sometimes get caught up in the wrong crowd and I can understand the situation he was in. But none of his past experiences make what he did acceptable. He helped killed someone and even though he was not holding the knife he should of ran away, should of told someone, just should of done something. I can sense he realizes that now and regrets not doing something.
(2/2)It is not socially acceptable or proper to curse so why do so many people seem to feel like the 'R word'. Everyone uses the 'R word' to replace words like stupid and ignorant which is completely incorrect. The 'R word' is no where even to near to be able to be used as a synonym for stupidity. Those who suffer from mental retardation are not all ignorant. The term retard and mental retardation cover a broad spectrum of mental disabilities. People who suffer from Downs Syndrom are some of the most intelligent people in the world. Yes, sometimes they lack things like social skills and many other things but they are all blessed with savants. Their savants vary some being some of the most amazing artists or pianists in the world or complete math geniuses so I can see why the term would offend them. Everyone gets offended by something today but if society would actually take the time to expand their vocabulary past offensive slang and become capable of using intelligent words, we wouldn't have to blame people's feelings getting hurt on someone's agenda.
(1/2)Now a days, everybody is using the "R word". Nobody even thinks about it before it even comes out of their mouth. Most people do not even realize of derogatory and offensive the 'R word" actually is. The 'R word" should be treated like every other derogatory term that people tip toe around such as the 'N word" or other terms used for different races. Suffering from a mental retardation is not something to laugh or joke around about with your friends. Those who suffer, have to deal with a lot more than we do on a day to day basis. Our simple tasks, can be huge struggles for sufferers to overcome. I worked with children with disabilities my senior year in high school and all of those children found when it highly offensive when people who did not suffer from mental retardation called people they knew the 'R word'. I am surprised it has taken this much time to shed some light on this subject. The young adult in this video broke my heart. It is apparent how much the term hurts his feelings. People should never wish mental retardation on the people around them.
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