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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.)