Carrie Sanders's "Single-Sex Schools?" is talking about very interesting policy that is about to start in the state of Texas. Texas is about to make many private schools that only one sex of students can enter. And Carrie Sanders who wrote this article has very negative feeling about this policy. I am also skeptical about this new policy. I cannot understand the intention of this policy. This unisex school policy's goal is to prevent pregnancy of teenagers which is increasing in amazing rate right now. However, I think that this policy is not only cannot be a solution of pregnancy problems, but also has more loses than gains.
In my country, South Korea, there are many unisex schools. The crime rate and pregnancy rate of those schools are greater than the schools with both sex of students. The students who are pressed down so much tend to commit more crimes when outside of the school.
Also, the students of bi-sex schools tend to have more experience than students of unisex schools. They can experience and see what the opposite sex students are thinking and living. They can learn many things with those experiences. I cannot find any gains from the unisex schools. I totally cannot agree with this policy of Texas either.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Modern Robin Hood
In Texas, there is a special policy about schools. The vast area of Texas is separated in several independent school districts. Every school districts has different amount of properties because amount of tax that people of the each district are paying is all different. Children of the people who pay less tax than other people will go to the school with less money, and children of the people who pay more tax than other people will go to the school with more money. It seems pretty fair. However, in Texas, it is different. Texas government tries to distribute the properties of every school districts equally, even thought the amount of tax gathered is different. I think that the people have right to go to the school that is appropriate with the amount of tax that they are paying.
But, still just leaving poor districts poor is also not a good solution either. Many children that have talents might not even have an opportunity to use their talents. To prevent those tragedy, government should help poor districts to have at least minimum budgets to teach students. Some districts might have more than they need. Government should investigate and figure out the amount of budgets that each district needs. Government should divide those properties cleverly to help poor district. However, then people of rich districts might complain. They should know and be convinced that this decision is the decision for the whole state and state's development is also not a bad thing to them.
But, still just leaving poor districts poor is also not a good solution either. Many children that have talents might not even have an opportunity to use their talents. To prevent those tragedy, government should help poor districts to have at least minimum budgets to teach students. Some districts might have more than they need. Government should investigate and figure out the amount of budgets that each district needs. Government should divide those properties cleverly to help poor district. However, then people of rich districts might complain. They should know and be convinced that this decision is the decision for the whole state and state's development is also not a bad thing to them.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Necessity of Texas Voter ID Law
I have read Jess Steflik's opinion about the Texas Voter ID Law. He is very negative about Texas Voter ID Law. However, my opinion is different. I also agree with the part which is saying that even though Texas government is emphasizing importance of vote and promoting the vote, Texas government's Voter ID Law can deplete the turnouts who are participating to vote. It is a paradox. Taking ID and documents that can prove oneself is very inconvenient. Many people think that going to vote is not worth of it. They think that even though they do not go, there are still many other citizens who want to go to vote to exercise their own right.
However, in spite of this paradox, I think that Texas Voter ID Law should be existed. Voting is the thing that makes citizen a citizen. Therefore, voting should be a something that only citizens of that country can participate. If there is no such thing as a Texas Voter ID Law, and people cannot know the person who is voting is whether citizen of U.S. or not, that might cause serious problem. If other countries use this situation and control immigrants to vote for the president who will govern U.S. with the policies that are favor to other countries, U.S citizens will take a lot of damage from that.
Therefore, not just for U.S government, U.S citizens should have knowledge about importance of vote and should realize that the vote is the strongest power that citizens can exercise to the country. And finally citizens should participate in vote voluntarily, even though taking ID is annoying to them.
However, in spite of this paradox, I think that Texas Voter ID Law should be existed. Voting is the thing that makes citizen a citizen. Therefore, voting should be a something that only citizens of that country can participate. If there is no such thing as a Texas Voter ID Law, and people cannot know the person who is voting is whether citizen of U.S. or not, that might cause serious problem. If other countries use this situation and control immigrants to vote for the president who will govern U.S. with the policies that are favor to other countries, U.S citizens will take a lot of damage from that.
Therefore, not just for U.S government, U.S citizens should have knowledge about importance of vote and should realize that the vote is the strongest power that citizens can exercise to the country. And finally citizens should participate in vote voluntarily, even though taking ID is annoying to them.
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