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Law and Order

     Actors make their careers by portraying characters in different scenarios for the entertainment of the audience. As simple as it sounds, the best of them can make millions doing just one film or television series, playing the good cop, the hunky doctor, or the fearless firefighter. 

     Acting is all fine and dandy, but why, if they are making millions playing these characters, don't the real life heroes get all the same pay, respect and recognition as they do? Police officers can go to work everyday with the risk of not coming back home to their family, and yet they fade into the background in news and gossip because the acts they do are something they do everyday. As unfortunate as it sounds, their acts are forgotten and lost in comparison to what happened on the last episode of Law and Order or CSI. 

     Police officers are not the only heroes actors make millions of dollars impersonating, for doctors, firefighters and other emergency responser personnel are also mimicked. Why is joe-actor making so much money doing a completely safe job impersonating real life, day to day extraordinary human beings who make less then half? Is there not something morally wrong with the whole situation? Actors can do all the acting they want, but in the end, what kind of affect are they really having on the lives of everyday people? 

     I think that is the most important thing to be considered. Actors on average can be absolutely horrendous role models for young children and teens, or even adults. But the police officer in your home town, the doctor at you city hospital or the firefighter in your local fire station are the ones that really make the difference, and should be recognized with the level of respect and admiration deserved for their acts. 

Where's my $5 million?

     After Donald Trumps offer to Barack Obama that he publish his birth certificate proving he was born in the United States for a mere, say, five million dollars, many felt the need to mock Mr. Trump. Needless to say, Obama did not respond to the offer, and so his birth continues to remain a mystery. However, liberal comedian Bill Marr found the whole situation to be quite funny, and so made an offer to Trump. Marr asked Trump to prove he was not related to a chimp, once again for $5 million.
     And so, Mr. Trump handed over his DNA and requested his reward. Marr had been "joking" and so refused, but Trump argued that, since his offer had been legitimate, this one had too. Mr. Marr is now being taken to court for refusing to pay Mr. Trump.
     That's pretty sweet irony if I do say so myself. 

Standards

     In todays society, teaching is so different from what it was not ten years ago. Marking standards, project quality, challenges, exams, and expectations of students has been decreased to the point of sheer mockery.
     The first major point is marking standards. It is near impossible for people to excel in todays classes with the incompetent teachers of society giving marks to those undeserving and leaving no room for those who studied harder, put in more effort, or naturally have a gift in the subject that allows them to hand in work far superior to those handing in mere mockeries of the sort. What was once an 85% is now in the high nineties. If the teacher assumes you have met the general requirements or what was "maybe sort of kinda what they should be looking for", why not give a ninety! It is ridiculous the lack of effort required in order to pass classes these days with lazy teachers willing to let even the lowest achiever get passed to another teacher. I must quote the Incredibles by saying "once everyone is super, then no one is super." Higher achieving students no longer stand a chance to be the best and have it show when everyone is getting the same marks as them because teachers no longer care if you go above and beyond.
     The second problem is examinations. Students, at least where I live, are given reviews that cover nearly the exact questions that can be expected to appear on their "exam." Also, during exams, students are no longer in large rooms mixed with students from all grades writing different exams. Now, students are in their classrooms rubbing elbows with another person in their class while a single teachers watches on. Supposedly, students are given strict time limits for when the exam must be finished. Supposedly. But how often is this truly enforced?
     As much as I hate to say it, the world, teachers, politicians (*cough* Obama *cough*), are turning into communists. Everyone should get the same mark to be fair, and no one should be allowed to excel (hate for everyone else to feel less special now wouldn't we?) and money should be passed from hard working to the lazy, much like grades, so everyone feels the same (but that's an argument for another day.)
    So let me know what you think. Has education truly fallen so far? Are the standards of excellence really this low? Comment below, and let the debates begin! (Although I would hate for the loser to feel bad of course.) 

Happy Holidays?

Happy Holidays? Seasons Greetings? Why not Merry Christmas? What ever happened to a nation wide tradition of saying Merry Christmas to your neighbour or your friend? Calling it "Christmas Break" and "Christmas Shopping? Why, in this new generation, have people found the need to remove this countries traditions to satisfy the wants of others? I do not care if your religion is different from mine, or if your opinions on this time of year are different, but it needs to be made clear that this, in no way, regardless, is an insult. If someone came to me and wished me Happy Hanuka, I would return it. Same if they were to say Merry Christmas. The only reason people would turn this into an insult is this irrational desire to "have a cause" and to "defend the rights of others." This is a simple, pathetic human emotion that may have nothing to do with wanting to help others, but to make yourself feel good in the end.
     You can celebrate your holiday this time of year all you want, but don't you dare go taking away my right to mine.

The Work to Rule

     Recently, teachers across Ontario have been going on strike. The unions are getting the teachers to stop doing certain things promised contracts to try and get the government to agree to their terms.
     At Brookville Public School, a small school near the Campelville area, teachers have said they will hold no practises for their grade 6-8 boys volleyball team. The boys had a good team, and a straight win no loss record going. The parents banded together to coach, ref, and host the practises and games for the boys. They are now going to the Halton Championships. My question about this whole strike is why, for a fight between the teachers union and the government, the students are the ones suffering the most.
     We have lost the chance to do many in school events, like sports teams, grade trips, and school dances. Acton District High school has a semi formal each year, yet this year it has been cancelled because the teachers have been told, by their union, not to stay longer a the school then they have to. A senior trip to Africa has also been cancelled by the union, and many of the teachers are almost as furious as the students.
     This is a fight for the teacher's union, and they have no right to take it out on the students they say they are fighting for.

Life or Death

     This is a very controversial and highly questioned topic both in today's schools, politics, and news. Abortion is the decision of a woman to have the child killed before its birth. There are many things and many choices involved in this that I completely disagree with.
     Initially, I do not agree with the principal of killing a baby. born or unborn. The only case in which I can see any reason to commit this horrible act is if the woman was at risk of losing her life in the giving of birth. What I disapprove of the most, and something Obama has voted for many times, is the allowance for death IF the first attempt at abortion fails. This consists of either killing the child or simply dumping them somewhere to die as nature wishes.
     A commercial, available on youtube and news stations for the coming election shows a beautiful 23 year old girl whose life was saved when a nurse picked her out of the garbage can at the hospital. Why is it that people find the need to end a life that they simply do not desire to have to worry about.
     It is absolutely disgusting that people think they can play God in choices that include life and death when the simple solution, if you want the child so little, is to give him/her to a family who truly wants them.
     In matters such as this, humans are stupid and naive. The right to choose life or death is not, in fact, the woman's. Especially when a  new law is being considered by a party in the USA, Obama's party, believes it is alright to abort a child based on GENDER. Not only is this completely sexist, but unfair when the child hasn't had a chance to live the life they are meant to live.
     IN the case of rape, I can understand abortion in particular cases, but it is unfair to take out the hatred for the criminal on the product of the crime. Abortion in my mind is just another crime, and one just a heinous as rape...it is murder.
     I conclude this debate knowing it will make many people angry, but knowing that by posting this someone out there may see it, and it may save a life. Thank you for reading.