Do you think that it is right that ANY prisoners should have the right
to vote while they are doing their time for committing a crime?
Prisoners and voting
Prison* and vote*
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Practice Questions
1. Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?
Television advertising and pharmaceutical industry and impact and prescription drug abuse
2. Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
Target and musicians and altering lyrics and CDs and sold and censorship
3. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?
similarities and Great Depression and 1930's and current economic problems.
4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
Breeds and dogs and therapy pets
5. Should the federal government impose stronger standards for vehicle emissions?
Federal government and impose and standards and vehicle emissions.
Television advertising and pharmaceutical industry and impact and prescription drug abuse
2. Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
Target and musicians and altering lyrics and CDs and sold and censorship
3. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?
similarities and Great Depression and 1930's and current economic problems.
4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?
Breeds and dogs and therapy pets
5. Should the federal government impose stronger standards for vehicle emissions?
Federal government and impose and standards and vehicle emissions.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Questions Unit 4
Practice Questions:
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
If I had to try and figure out which one is healthier, I would go to the library. I would also Google it, also look and see what people have said about their experiences with each.
2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have
their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
I would look online, and also try to find the information through Target...see what the requirements are as if I am the artist trying to sell my CD's at Target locations.
3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
Research it in all different ways. There are STATS online that can show you the difference between both. I would also look up the amount of jobs that require College Degrees vs. the jobs that it is not required. Which also changes the percentages of jobs available for someone with a high school diploma.
4) Should educators use commercial services to combat
plagiarism?
I would research in books. Go to the library and look up plagiarism, all the factors and rules.
5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global
warming?
I would Google and research online, Wikipedia would be really helpful
I think that Wikipedia would be helpful for finding information for each of these topis honestly. My personal opinion.
My Questions:
1) It is known that prisoners that have a felony offense are not able to vote. Do you think that it is right that ANY prisoners should have the right to vote while they are doing their time for committing a crime?
I would research using Wikipedia to get a better understanding of the laws for prisoners. I would also look up the reasons why prisoners with felony offences are not able to vote vs. ones that are just locked up for time for other offences.
2) Prisoners are not given the right of privacy. Phone calls are monitored, mail is opened before it gets to the receiver, and you are being watched 24/7. Do you believe that prisoners should have more rights then they do now in America?
I would reseach rights for prisons on Google, try to get a better understanding of rights and privacy.
3) I feel as an American that we have great power over what we are able to, and have a great amount of privacy. Do you feel that some American take advantage of the privacy we are granted in this country? Why?
I would look up the different situations around America and differnet stats on what people usually do online. Like different polls to see what is the most used site, and other sites that are used a lot. For instance Google is a highly used site on the internet for many different reasons.
1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?
If I had to try and figure out which one is healthier, I would go to the library. I would also Google it, also look and see what people have said about their experiences with each.
2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have
their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?
I would look online, and also try to find the information through Target...see what the requirements are as if I am the artist trying to sell my CD's at Target locations.
3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over
someone with a high school diploma?
Research it in all different ways. There are STATS online that can show you the difference between both. I would also look up the amount of jobs that require College Degrees vs. the jobs that it is not required. Which also changes the percentages of jobs available for someone with a high school diploma.
4) Should educators use commercial services to combat
plagiarism?
I would research in books. Go to the library and look up plagiarism, all the factors and rules.
5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global
warming?
I would Google and research online, Wikipedia would be really helpful
I think that Wikipedia would be helpful for finding information for each of these topis honestly. My personal opinion.
My Questions:
1) It is known that prisoners that have a felony offense are not able to vote. Do you think that it is right that ANY prisoners should have the right to vote while they are doing their time for committing a crime?
I would research using Wikipedia to get a better understanding of the laws for prisoners. I would also look up the reasons why prisoners with felony offences are not able to vote vs. ones that are just locked up for time for other offences.
2) Prisoners are not given the right of privacy. Phone calls are monitored, mail is opened before it gets to the receiver, and you are being watched 24/7. Do you believe that prisoners should have more rights then they do now in America?
I would reseach rights for prisons on Google, try to get a better understanding of rights and privacy.
3) I feel as an American that we have great power over what we are able to, and have a great amount of privacy. Do you feel that some American take advantage of the privacy we are granted in this country? Why?
I would look up the different situations around America and differnet stats on what people usually do online. Like different polls to see what is the most used site, and other sites that are used a lot. For instance Google is a highly used site on the internet for many different reasons.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Unit 3: GVRL vs. Wikipedia
I enjoyed GVRL MUCH MORE then Wikipedia. I feel that as a source to use for information it keeps more more interested in what I am searching for, as Wikipedia bores me. I have never liked Wikipedia, and I have never used GVRL until today, but enjoyed it much much more then any other way of searching for information. I chose the topic Privacy. And became really interested in learning more about the privacy as a prisoner. It is interesting to me what rights they lose when they are in prison, compared to the rights of people outside of prison in the real world.
This project helped me really get a better understanding of the different types of Privacy we have in America. When it comes to doctors confidentiality to our Amendments. It is starting to become more of an issue with the internet and technology progressing, I feel like as the years progress, we lose more and more privacy as individuals. This is a topic that is really going to stick with me, and something to always think about, especially when I have children of my own, and when they create Facebook, or join online gaming, or anything like that. Privacy is a scary topic. But very interesting at the same time.
Ashley
This project helped me really get a better understanding of the different types of Privacy we have in America. When it comes to doctors confidentiality to our Amendments. It is starting to become more of an issue with the internet and technology progressing, I feel like as the years progress, we lose more and more privacy as individuals. This is a topic that is really going to stick with me, and something to always think about, especially when I have children of my own, and when they create Facebook, or join online gaming, or anything like that. Privacy is a scary topic. But very interesting at the same time.
Ashley
Topic on Privacy: Questions?
It is known that prisoners that have a felony offense are not able to vote. Do you think that it is right that ANY prisoners should have the right to vote while they are doing their time for committing a crime?
Prisoners are not given the right of privacy. Phone calls are monitored, mail is opened before it gets to the receiver, and you are being watched 24/7. Do you believe that prisoners should have more rights then they do now in America?
I feel as an American that we have great power over what we are able to, and have a great amount of privacy. Do you feel that some American take advantage of the privacy we are granted in this country? Why?
Prisoners are not given the right of privacy. Phone calls are monitored, mail is opened before it gets to the receiver, and you are being watched 24/7. Do you believe that prisoners should have more rights then they do now in America?
I feel as an American that we have great power over what we are able to, and have a great amount of privacy. Do you feel that some American take advantage of the privacy we are granted in this country? Why?
Unit 3: Wikipedia on Privacy
When I looked up Privacy on Wikipedia, it came up with basically the same information. There are SO MANY different types and forms of privacy.
Internet, relationship, sexual orientation, networks, Prisoners rights, youth, center of media, secrecy, internet blocking, First Second and Third Amendments, Abortion and the Constitution. The list goes on and on and on. It is sort of scary to think about how much privacy we DON'T have vs. How much we do have. for instance, you post a picture to Facebook and someone on the each coast can post that same picture of you and say it is them...scary. Not to mention all the hackers that can get into your profile and find out whatever they want to know about you according to your Facebook.
Internet, relationship, sexual orientation, networks, Prisoners rights, youth, center of media, secrecy, internet blocking, First Second and Third Amendments, Abortion and the Constitution. The list goes on and on and on. It is sort of scary to think about how much privacy we DON'T have vs. How much we do have. for instance, you post a picture to Facebook and someone on the each coast can post that same picture of you and say it is them...scary. Not to mention all the hackers that can get into your profile and find out whatever they want to know about you according to your Facebook.
Unit 3: Prisoner's Rights
Prisoner's Rights by Donna Batten.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law
2010
It's amazing to me how things have changed over the years. How it used to be before the 60's vs. how it is now. Quite interesting.
It is interesting to me that offenders cannot vote, which I completely agree with. But can other persons in prison vote? I have never heard of people being able to vote while they are "locked up."
I love that prisons do NOT have the right to have privacy. They have obviously taken advantage of their rights, and taken advantage of their freedom. Its unfortunate that they no longer have privacy rights, but they had it coming when they put themselves in the wrong situations.
When prisoners receive mail, before it gets to them, the mail had already been opened and looked through. The reasons for this is to keep the prison safe. Making sure there aren't any weapons, pornography, drugs, or anything that is harmful to the inmates or will stir up trouble. (pg 104)
These are just a few things that stuck out to me in this article about Prisoners Rights. They basically don't have the majority of the rights that they would have if they were normal citizens of the United States. But unfortunately for them, they are not able to do a lot of things people are able to do in a regular day to day life. They don't even get to choose what they eat each day. They decisions are mostly made for them. The second they enter a prison door they are banned from the majority of our rights.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law
2010
- "Until the 1960s, courts refused to set standards for the treatment of prisoners, claiming they lacked the authority and the expertise to do so. Courts deferred to experienced prison administrators to avoid interfering with their ability to respond to the varied, complex issues involved in a penal system, such as custody, security, rehabilitation, discipline, punishment, and limited resources" (Historical Background pg 103).
It's amazing to me how things have changed over the years. How it used to be before the 60's vs. how it is now. Quite interesting.
- "Convicted offenders are deprived of many of their CIVIL RIGHTS , both during and after their period of INCARCERATION . A majority of states deprive citizens of the right to vote in all state and federal elections upon conviction of a felony. Even in jurisdictions where offenders can vote after release, they ordinarily cannot obtain an absentee ballot and vote while in prison." (Rights of Citizenship section).
It is interesting to me that offenders cannot vote, which I completely agree with. But can other persons in prison vote? I have never heard of people being able to vote while they are "locked up."
- "Prisoners do not have the right to expect privacy in a prison setting. Court decisions have established that prison officials can properly monitor and record prisoners’ conversations, provided that the prisoner and the visitor are warned that this will be done. Prison officials cannot intrude upon conversations that are legally afforded confidentiality, such as those between the prisoner and the prisoner’s attorney or spouse.
- In Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 104 S. Ct. 3194, 82 L. Ed. 2d 393 (1984), the Supreme Court declared that prisoners do not have a FOURTH AMENDMENT right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures of their property because the Fourth Amendment is inapplicable to them." (Under Privacy)
I love that prisons do NOT have the right to have privacy. They have obviously taken advantage of their rights, and taken advantage of their freedom. Its unfortunate that they no longer have privacy rights, but they had it coming when they put themselves in the wrong situations.
When prisoners receive mail, before it gets to them, the mail had already been opened and looked through. The reasons for this is to keep the prison safe. Making sure there aren't any weapons, pornography, drugs, or anything that is harmful to the inmates or will stir up trouble. (pg 104)
These are just a few things that stuck out to me in this article about Prisoners Rights. They basically don't have the majority of the rights that they would have if they were normal citizens of the United States. But unfortunately for them, they are not able to do a lot of things people are able to do in a regular day to day life. They don't even get to choose what they eat each day. They decisions are mostly made for them. The second they enter a prison door they are banned from the majority of our rights.
"Prisoners' Rights. Gale Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Donna Batten. 3rd ed. Vol. 8 Detroit: Gale, 2010. 102-108. Gale Virtual Reference. Library. Web 29 April 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Unit 2: Plagiarism
Number 1: I don't feel that this needs word cited information. I feel that it is okay as it is.
Number 2: This one should be cited. I think that it should be cited because it is a comment involving all Americans. So there need to be citing.
Number 3: This student needs citing for his comment. I know its seems like his opinion but the fact that he put out a percentage of 57% he need to cite where he got that information from.
Number 4: Is not cited correctly. This person needs to cite where he got the information from. It sounds like a opinion, and it also need to be quoted. It wouldn't be plagiarism if he quoted what Martin Luther King said and cited where he got the information from.
Number 5: I believe is cited correctly. He/She cited at the end with the title of were he got the information from, as well as the paragraph that he got the information from. He also put quotation marks from the information he chose from the article of where he got the info. I think it is cited correctly.
Number 6: was not cited at all. Yes they quoted what information they got from somewhere but there is no indication of what they got the information from.
Number 7: does not need to be cited. Its not necessary.
Number 8: I'm not sure about this one, because you can argue that it is just someone's comment vs. citing our rights as Americans. I'm really not sure.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Unit 1: Making a blog
My first assignment was to create a blog. Which as you can see I have done. I have enjoyed it a lot so far, I love that you can personalize your background, and make your font however you want, and you can see the type of person someone is through their style of blog. I am excited to get started.
I have a Myspace (which I haven't used sense I got my Facebook), I have a Facebook, and I have also tried online dating. I enjoy the internet for social networking, but not for dating. ha. It isn't really my thing. The benefit of Facebook is that you get to see how everyone is doing, meet family members that you didn't even know you had, and stay in contact with someone you might have gone to the 1st grade with.
I learned that a lot of people blog, that it is fun and really common. I guess I just never really got into it, and never thought that I would enjoy it as much as I already have, and I've barely gotten started.
I enjoy being able to have the internet, but sometimes wish that it wasn't invented yet. Go back to spending time in the library instead of looking up information online, or having to look in a dictionary for a definition of a word instead of just getting on the computer. I know that the internet is very helpful, and I'm thankful we have it, it is useful to an extent, but some people take advantage of our technology, and I can only imagine what the next 10 years will be like. :)
I enjoy being able to have the internet, but sometimes wish that it wasn't invented yet. Go back to spending time in the library instead of looking up information online, or having to look in a dictionary for a definition of a word instead of just getting on the computer. I know that the internet is very helpful, and I'm thankful we have it, it is useful to an extent, but some people take advantage of our technology, and I can only imagine what the next 10 years will be like. :)
Enough for now,
Ash
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