Grammar Exercise-rowanstudent

Posted on April 10, 2019 by rowanstudent2

If a primary caretaker has a negative attitude toward their child it increases the risk that their child will grow up hostile towards others. And it’s not just aggression towards others that results from child abuse; a large amount of children raised by abusive parents also harm themselves. The negative behavior is caused by the children that don’t learn appropriate techniques for handling life’s disappointments. If you aren’t raised with coping skills, you’re much too likely to act “inappropriately” than if you have developed more reasonable approaches. The effect of poor parenting as reported by Dr. Geoffrey Dahmer in “The Bully Papers,” is that everyone gets the child he or she deserves.

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Definition- MysteryLimbo

Posted on April 10, 2019 by mysterylimbo

Definition Argument

Harsh imprisonment specifically for “petty crimes” causes voter suppression and racial injustice. Petty crimes are usually things like possession of marijuana or even small traces of crack or heroin on clothing could land someone a sentence without parole. Becoming a felon in the United States makes one a second class citizen. Second class citizens do not have the same rights as the average American such as the right to vote, a fair and honest work environment, and all the other rights that our constitution gives us. These rights are fundamental to all Americans and most, if not all, misdemeanors do not affect one’s’ right as an American. Having rights is something that was created with the founding of our nation but it is also something that our founding fathers left for their successors to change as the world is changing everyday. Though this is a clear principle our founding father wanted for this country, those who want the government to remain small believe it is not the government’s job to mandate every problem and especially if has to do with prisoners.

Let’s look at the governments The First Step Act the bill was passed with a bipartisan agreement of 360-59. Although the bill is going in the right direction for the future of our prison reform, it does not address the problem of mass incarceration. According to Chrysse Haynes’ of Equal Justice Under Law, “The Act solely focuses on the “back-end” by allowing prisoners to accrue “time credits” and some can exchange those credits for early release into a halfway house or home confinement. Therefore, this Act does not resolve the problem of extremely long sentences being imposed on prisoners at the outset.” meaning prisoners are not really being fully freed after doing time credits because they would need to serve time between home arrest and/or in the halfway house. There are people thrown into federal prison due to the “war on drugs” despite the fact that the biggest drug problem in the United States are the pain-relieving drugs prescribed by doctors otherwise known as opioids. Additionally, minorities only make up about twelve percent of the opioid overdoses in the United States. This is a much lower percentage than white, non-hispanic people to make up about 78 percent of the total overdoses. Petty crimes are counted as felonies in our justice system and many people view this as a way to suppress minorities and low income households because of the emphasis on cash bail. Cash Bail is money that people pay as a deposit for the release of a person who has been arrested. The Department of Finance holds the money to help incentivize that the defendant will return to court for their trial. This cash bail system is in place in all 50 states in the United States.

The reason why cash bail does not work is because bail ranges from $500-$25,000 and if one can not afford to pay for the bail one could get a bond which is usually 10% of bail but all in all cash bail is an expensive cash grab from the government. Although in the in past the United States government had used like poll taxes making it harder for minority groups to vote. Even today it is still hard to vote because of gerrymandering and the political fight constantly going on in the United States. In the state of South Carolina their gerrymandering has successfully suppressed the minority votes in South Carolina’s 6th district because of their control in the Governor seat politicians were able to keep most of South Carolina black votes in one district. Obviously things like this happening nationwide to gain political capital but it is illegal and it restrict the people’s right to elect anyone into office with our current system in place.

Although, the system is ran from the top down according to The Economist  “two new reports that look at changing local fortunes in America over the last decade and over the past 35 years suggest that opportunities for poor Americans are diminishing. Both report that there has been no recent progress in achieving regional income equality.” meaning over the course of the last 35 years it has been harder to achieve the American dream even more than ever. According to U.S Poverty Statistic, “While the poverty rate for the population as a whole is 12.3% the rate varies greatly by race. Blacks have the highest poverty rate at 21.2% and Non-Hispanic whites the lowest at 8.7%. The Poverty rate for Blacks and Hispanics is more than double that of non-hispanic whites.” further my point that minority groups are put into this never ending cycle of prison and poverty. Although one should not do not want to refer to white people as being inherently evil because it is the politicians that we need to blame. They will do anything to stay in power and they are willing to let people suffer to achieve that.

In conclusion, our prison system here in the United States is far from perfect. Using cash bail as a “get out jail free card” is a low blow to freedom. Black, Hispanics, and other minority groups are stuck in a system of poverty and mass incarceration compared to white people. Politicians use techniques such as gerrymandering to help the minorities votes by keeping them contained to certain areas. Minorities are unfairly targeted for non-fatal drug offenses and tend to face much harsher sentences than white people who are charged with the same crime. Additionally, politicians claim to be passing bills to help with prison reforms but they are actually just more ways to keep formerly incarcerated minorities from fully rejoining society. This is clearly demonstrated through examples such as halfway houses and home confinement. Subsequently, they also have done nothing to address the current problems of mass incarceration. This country has had a history of trying to keep not only black people, but other minorities separate from the rest of society and that can still be seen today through our government and justice system.

Sources

Pfeifer , Robert S. U.S. Poverty Statistics. 2019, federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html.

2018, The Economist, The gap between poor and rich neighbourhoods is growing.

Haynes, Chrysse. “The First Step Act.” Equal Justice Under Law, 30 Aug. 2018, equaljusticeunderlaw.org/thejusticereport/2018/8/21/the-first-step-act-a-pros-and-cons-list.

 

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Grammar Exercise- yourfavoriteanon

Posted on April 9, 2019 by yourfavoriteanon

If primary caretakers have a negative attitude toward their child it increases the risk that their child will grow up hostile towards others. And it’s not just aggression toward others that results from child abuse; a large number of children raised by abusive parents also harm themselves. The negative behavior is caused by the children not learning appropriate techniques for handling life’s disappointments. If kids aren’t raised with coping skills, they are much more likely to act “inappropriately” than if they have developed more reasonable approaches. The effect of poor parenting as reported by Dr. Geoffrey Dahmer in The Bully Papers, is that “parents get the child they deserve.”

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Grammar exercise- hazelnutlatte

Posted on April 8, 2019 by hazelnutlatte123

If a primary caretaker has a negative attitude toward their child it increases the risk that their child will grow up hostile towards others. And it’s not just aggression toward others that results from child abuse; a large amount of children raised by abusive parents also harm themselves. The reason for this negative behavior is the children don’t learn appropriate techniques for handling life’s disappointments. If you aren’t raised with coping skills, you’re much more likely to act “inappropriately,” then if you have developed more reasonable approaches. The affect of poor parenting as reported by Dr. Geoffrey Dahmer in “The Bully Papers,” is that everyone gets the child they deserve.

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Causal- MysteryLimbo

Posted on April 8, 2019 by mysterylimbo

Incarceration and prison sentencing date back to ancient civilizations to keep murderers or war prisoners in work camps, prisons, or even receive the death penalty. Although most forms of previous incarceration/confinement methods are now immoral. The Soviet Union was known for having work camps otherwise known as “gulags” that made prisoners work to death. The United States is no exception. In the past the government had prisoners making roads, railroads, and paving concrete for little to no money. It is often said that “these harsh conditions are unheard of in modern-day prisons in the United States.” That is nonsense because in 2018, according to Abigail Hess from CNBC, “Roughly 14,000 firefighters battled the Mendocino fires. Among them were over than 2,000 inmates.” This makes the ratio of firefighters in Mendocino, California alone 7 normal firefighters for every 1 inmate firefighter. The population in California, according to the public policy institute of California, is about 39 million people and is 39% Latino/Latino American, 38% White, 14% Asian American, 6% African American, or 3% multiracial. According to that same source, it states the following about the prison population in California “California’s prison population peaked at nearly 163,000 in 2006; public safety realignment in 2011 and subsequent reforms accelerated its decline to a low of about 111,000 in 2015.” The public policy institute of California titled the issued as African American men remain overrepresented in the prison population and said, “At the end of 2016, 29% of the male prisoners in state prisons were African American, while only 6% of the state’s male residents are African American. The incarceration rate for African American men is 4,180 per 100,000 people. White men are imprisoned at a rate of 420 per 100,000 people, and imprisonment rates for Latino men and men of other races are 1,028 and 335 per 100,000 people, respectively.” meaning that comparatively speaking a black male then is 4 times more likely to be convicted and sentenced for a crime than a white man who committed the same crime. This gives African Americans a dangerous and threatening persona making all Americans judgemental and thus paranoid.

California is arguably the most progressive state in the country is the first state to have medical marijuana in 1996; California, decriminalized Marijuana and in the middle of  2016, California legalized the drug for recreational use. San Francisco was the first place in the United States to recognize same-sex marriage. The LGBT community is most prominent in California and yet the minorities are still misrepresented because of racial injustice within the United States justice system. Even with the government’s involvement, California has the largest prison population whose population consists of mostly minorities, especially African Americans and Latino Americans. With this problem continuously being ignored, African Americans that were previously felons struggle with receiving any form of federal aid like food stamps, student loan benefits, and employment. This evolves into a larger problem of why ethnic minorities are more likely to born into poverty. These “petty crimes” make our country’s justice system look weak and ultimately bias. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Paper 78 wrote: “The general liberty of the people can never be endangered” from the judiciary, so long as it “remains truly distinct from both the legislature and the executive.” Meaning justice shouldn’t be politically motivated, but is harsh prison sentencing a way for extremist political government officials to silence voters? That would be in clear violation of the founding principles of our country.

Although what has been stated could be mistaken for defending criminals, it is actually defending those who use the constitution and was ultimately failed by the document due to fees, policies, and cash bail. Due to lack of money blacks cannot pay for their cash bond which is usually about 10% of the bail which ranges from $500-$25,000 (Each state varies) that is from crimes such as small possession to serial rape. If a person is out on bail they do not have to stay in jail until their trial but if one is unable to pay their bond they are forced to stay in jail overnight and have to face the judge in the orange jumpsuit. The reason wearing an orange jumpsuit in front of the judge matters is being when guilty felons are pleading for a lesser sentence the judge is going to assume they are not good enough to pay for the bond and they will focus on is the fact they are in a jumpsuit ready to go to prison.

All in all, this problem has caused fear mongering done by political figures and people of influence to make minorities look like the enemy which makes the country a much more violent place. Although one could empathize with the people that feel this way in particular because they feel as if their culture is slowly being taken away from them because of the over-saturation of trying to diverse schools, social media, television, and business with this new generation of pop-culture and inclusion. Concluding that prison reform is a must in the United States, there should be no reason why the richest country and most powerful nation in the world should have the highest number of incarcerated people in the world. The United States has a total of 2,121,600 people in prison and then China has 1,649,804. It should be noted that China has a population of 1.386 billion people and the United State has a population of 325.7 million people. Which also means 0.1% of people in China are incarcerated and 0.6% of people are incarcerated in the United States. Although there can be various angles one could say the reason why the United States has more people in prison than any other country in the world, it is important to note that the United States and government bureaucrats tend to put minorities in jail for political gain and the total number of incarcerated people in the country reflects their cruel treatment of minorities.

Sources

Hess, A. (2018, November 12). California is paying inmates $1 an hour to fight wildfires. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/14/california-is-paying-inmates-1-an-hour-to-fight-wildfires.html

Goss, J., & Hayes, J. (2018, February). California’s Changing Prison Population. Retrieved from https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-changing-prison-population/

Johnson, H. (2017, March). California’s Population. Retrieved from https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-population/

Highest to Lowest – Prison Population Total. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All

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Rebuttle–Wazoo

Posted on April 3, 2019 by wazoo1234

An Honorable Reward

Scholarship may be the highest honor any institution can offer to anyone. Although some may disagree with it, it is giving people better lives and we are making it so athletes have bright futures. Giving them a home off the street and giving them education and hopefully a chance to go pro, and we will do this for them for free. People come to college to progress their lives into what they want and we make that possible. We were never meant to be a place where students could come and work and make a wage. That’s not what we are built on and we shouldn’t change our ways.

Opportunity. One word means so much to what we are. What we give and who we help. We dedicate our lives to furthering human development. Without us there would never be an elite professional sport because everyone would just be under developed and average. We give individuals who come straight off the street and turn them into millionaires. How can you tell us we are bad people when we are helping all these underprivileged kids succeed. We build the people that will eventually run our world and that doesn’t come at a free price, but we try to help and give students scholarships.

The NCAA strives to make the world a better and safer place. We give people brand new lives. We take in thousands of underprivileged minorities into our sports programs and build them brand new lives and fulfill their dreams. Our scholarships give lives to athletes who have worked their butt off and over came tons of diversity. Our foundation was built on some of the NBA/NFL legends who came out of our programs. Although we are strict, our main goal is always whats best for the athletes. We are the reason why little kids dream big, the reason why people dedicate their lives to their sport, the reason why millions of people can enjoy T.V, the reason why the NFL has lower ratings than us, we are the reason!

It may seem extremely controversial that we do not pay our athletes, but they have a scholar ship, and besides they are working to hopefully go pro. The money there is worth the wait. The whole point of being an ameture is to not get paid. You must work up the ranks in the sport and make it to pay level, if not we still give free school to do something else with their lives. we are all about oportunity, but not about equality. You may disagree with our methods, but we dont care because we will still make a couple billion dollars and there is nothing you can do about it.

The NCAA is all about the athletes. We give them so much and change their lives forever. From the trips around the world to incentives, we may not pay our athletes physical cash but they do recieve a fun time. As long as we keep them entertained they dont seem to ask for pay. Or most of them atleast. Everytime one of our team travels they fly first class and stay in 5 star hotels. Luxury breakfast lunch and dinner, for our athletes because we care about them. The best part about this, is that they all will get a diploma if they want to graduate, unless they leave early and move onto pro level.

In our programs we value the sport over education, we hold our athletes to lower standards for their own betterment, so they do not have to take hard exams and be scholar. It is also easier to keep people in line if they are slightly uneducated. Some may disagree with this, but these young men come to play sports and not for education. Since we were founded on education, the sports teams do not recieve pay.

We have the support from the constitution as well. There have been laws passed that ban the pay of college athletes, so its not like we can pay them if we wanted to. The government and the people as a whole agree with that law, mostly because we do not tell them our profit margin on these athletes. Its a steal, we make millions and the public doesnt make us pay our players. We also cannot pay them if they wanted. No school would have enough funds to pay for multi million dollar deals from each player. Players would be getting up to 50 million dollar contracts, and that might sound good for one guy but if there are multiple people asking for this, then we would go bankrupt.

If athletes got paid, it would defeat the purpose of school. The price to attend these big schools will rise greatly. Students would also be asking for pay since the athletes get paid, and it would put colleges at a real disadvantage. Colleges’ infrastructure would start to crumble and all of these big schools would fall. In the end there wont be any schools for these athletes to play at, so there will be a ton of wasted talent all because athletes got greedy. College athletes are already on scholarship, so if we were to give them a pay day, we would take that away, and they would have to pay us, and for most of them they would be in debt, and not even have the free education anymore. One could say that our scholarships are better then getting paid cash.

Scholarships are great. They are the best thing that a young indivdual can accomplish. We reward people and help them progress their lives, into hopefully a better life. We will continue our mission, and we do not care if you do not like how we operate, but we’ve been doing this alot longer than the whole pay college athletes debate has come about. College athletes will not recieve pay or any compensation. They have their scholarships and should and will appreciate it. Scholarships are a fair and simple form of pay and we plan to stick with them.

Sources:

 Paying college athletes gaining a bipartisan consensus as new report slams NCAA. 
https://search.proquest.com/docview/2199244462?pq-origsite=summon

College athletes should not receive payment for playing. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://archive.star.txstate.edu/node/660.html

 Should College Student-Athletes Be Paid? Both Sides of the Debate. Retrieved from https://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/athletics/blog/should-college-student-athletes-be-paid-both-sides-debate/

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Enough About You- doorknob9

Posted on April 3, 2019 by doorknob9

Money seems to have a big role in our society; people can’t do much or get far without it. Money is valuable in different ways, even when those ways aren’t physically visible. In today’s society faith in the government and the banking system is vital so that money is being handled in the proper manner; if not, then money would have to be hidden under mattresses or around people’s house. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of money. I always thought money was simple; either people have some or they don’t—that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. Money isn’t visible to see get transferred. When getting paid, employees aren’t handed cash, they don’t receive a physical check, the money’s all directly transferred to their bank account, and they just have to trust that they got more money.

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Enough about you- hazelnutlatte

Posted on April 3, 2019 by hazelnutlatte123

Money seems to have a big role in our society; people can’t do much or get far if they don’t have any. Money is valuable in different ways, even when we don’t see it physically. In today’s society we must have faith in the government and in the banking system that our money is being handled in the proper manner; if not, then we would have to hide all of your money under our mattresses or around the house. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of all the money. I always thought money was simple; there either is some or there isn’t —that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. The money is not actually able to be seen being transferred. When you get paid, cash isn’t handed over, a physical check is not received, the money’s all directly transferred to the bank account, and we just have to trust that the money went through.

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Enough About You- pomegranate

Posted on April 3, 2019 by pomegranate4800

Money seems to have a big role in our society and people can’t do much or get far if they don’t have any. Money is valuable in different ways, even when it’s not seen physically. In today’s society it is important to have faith in the government and in the banking system that money is being handled in the proper manner; if not, then we would have to hide all of your money under your mattress or around our houses. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of money. I always thought money was simple; people either have some or they don’t—that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. Money being transferred is actually unable to be seen. When someone gets paid, they aren’t handed cash, they don’t receive a physical check, the money’s all directly transferred to their bank account, and the employees just have to trust that you got more money.

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Enough About You- yourfavoriteanon

Posted on April 3, 2019 by yourfavoriteanon

Money seems to have a big role in our society; people can’t get very far without it. Money is valuable in different ways, even if the currency isn’t visible. In today’s society, faith in the government and in the banking system’s trust that money is being handled in the proper manner is important; without faith, hiding money under mattresses or around your house is the last resort. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of money. I always thought money was simple; people either have some or they don’t—that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. They make it so people don’t actually see their money being transferred. When someone gets paid, they aren’t handed cash, they don’t receive a physical check, the money’s all directly transferred into their bank account, and they just have to trust that they got more money.

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