Furthermore, the proposition states many beneficial outcomes due to it being passed but never do they address any negative outcomes due to it. All of this is done with the right use of word which appeals to the reader’s emotions causing one to vote with their feelings and not their knowledge. What is being stated in the proposition are only things to sway a voter into voting for it. For instance, it talks about how with the money being saved from having fewer inmates in prison will be redirected towards bettering higher education by purchasing learning devices, books, and other material. With this being said, it is obvious that the intended voters are parents of adolescents. The reason being is that parents are the most vulnerable in this …show more content…
case because they care so much about their child's future they overlook what could possibly be part of their own future. Another intended voter would be teachers because with our economy being in the current situation it is, funding for schools have been cut these past years. Many schools currently have been limited on supplies, leaving teachers with no other choice but to buy materials for their students. Therefore, without hesitation, their votes are locked in even before research has been done.
In addition, proposition 47 has already begun its everlasting effects in society. Crimes of these committed crimes can leave a traumatizing effect on the victims. There are thousands of cases that would have been prosecuted by Los Angeles County Dist. Attorney, Jackie Lacey, as felonies, but due to prop 47, they became misdemeanors. The people think that some may agree while others may not. California General Election states, “PROPOSITION 47 IS SUPPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIME VICTIMS AND TEACHERS. We in the law enforcement community have come together in support of Proposition 47 because it will improve public safety. Reduce prison spending and government waste. Dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to K–12 schools, crime victim assistance, mental health treatment and drug treatment. Proposition 47 is sensible. It focuses law enforcement dollars on violent and serious crime while providing new funding for education and crime prevention programs that will make us all safer.” As you can see, the ones who would likely to be in favor are teachers and law enforcement. The reason why is because the money for prison will be redirected towards education which will provide for more materials to learn. There are many public schools that can use the
funding and with proposition 47 being passed, it has been easier for schools to receive money for new books, computers, and supplies. This proposition also allows law enforcement to focus on more serious crimes in the streets, rather than crimes that are not so serious. For instance, in an article Endorsement Yes on Prop 47 by LA Time argues, “One likely benefit of Proposition 47 is not advertised but could make a real difference: With fewer crimes charged as felonies, there would be far fewer preliminary hearings (they are not needed for misdemeanor charges), which means fewer police officers pulled off the streets to wait around in courthouses to testify, less preparation time needed by deputy district attorneys and deputy public defenders, and less of a drain on local law enforcement and criminal justice budgets.” This allows for more officers to be on call when there are serious crimes taking place. For example, if there was a homicide occurring and there were ten cops needed to control the situation, but only five are on call while the others are at courthouses dealing with misdemeanor crimes, it is inefficient and puts the lives of officers at risk. This is one of many ways in which Proposition 47 would be a step forward for California.
Proposition 47, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, is an act that applies savings towards mental health and drug treatment programs. It is extremely controversial and viral, with large amounts of support and protests. This piece of rhetoric is relevant and has a critical impact on our local community and state of California. As the Californian General Election Official Voter Guide states, the goal of Prop 47 is to “…ensure that prison spending is focused on violent and serious offenses, to maximize alternatives for non-serious, nonviolent crime, and to invest the savings generated from this act into prevention and support programs in K–12 schools, victim services, and mental health and drug treatment” (Bowen 70). This explains
There are two sides to every Proposition because there is some good and some bad from voting or not voting this in to effect. Some Californians thought Proposition 13 was a very good idea because it restricted property taxes to the maximum rate of 1 %, which made some people happy because they were in fear of losing their house because they could not pay the taxes. This in effect took away from the schools that were in desperate need of funds for programs like music, art and other programs.
For hundreds of years Americans have been growing up with the notion that it is a right to own a gun. Since the creation of the second amendment, people all over the United States have been able to guns for private use. Guns operated by the public are said to have a variety of uses such as, being able to protect oneself if conflict arises, grants the ability to put food on the table, and are used in competitions shooting targets against other people. But for many people guns have been seen as the root of all evil. Anti-gun users think that guns cause a variety of unexpected and innocent deaths. They also think that there are not enough laws in place that allow just about anyone to purchase a gun. The question of should guns be legal to all citizens has plagued our society. Do you think it is morally right for anyone to arm themselves and use it when they deem it to be necessary? Or do you think that the 2rd amendment seem unnecessary and outdated law that needs to be rewritten? These questions are just two of many that have thrown back and forth between pro-gun and anti-gun users.
Background: The California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, otherwise known as AB 537, was introduced in California by assembly members Kuehl, Aroner, Hertzberg, Migden, and Villaraigosa, in 1999. This act is to amend the Education code in relation to discrimination. Essentially, the law prohibits discrimination, harassment, and violence against students and all persons in public and postsecondary schools, both in and outside the classroom, based on sexual orientation or gender non-conformity (Sexual Orientation, Our Children & The Law, 2).
On September 17, 1787, 39 delegates from the thirteen colonies elegantly signed their names on the United States Constitution. Even as the signers read and marveled over their written documentation of our new government, they realized problems could still emerge in the Constitution that would need to be addressed. To solve this dilemma, the delegates came up with a way that the Constitution could be changed so that future generations could patch up any holes they found in this important document. These changes are called Amendments, and today there are a total of 27 of them. Each Amendment is crucial to our Constitution, but which one is the most important? It’s strongly believed that compared to the other 26 corrections, the first Amendment is the most essential to our country’s Constitution because only the first Amendment protects our rights to religious worship and to oppose what we think doesn’t belong in the government.
Section 3: More tax money put to expand preventative programs in communities with at risk youth. This will allow us to eliminate the upbringings and necessities that result in crime. In a study about the preventative program, Quantum Opportunities (QOP), proved that preventative programs like QOP, result in an increase of 21% in graduation rates and a 26% increase in college attendance. This is a huge impact since 68% of prisoners don’t have a high school diploma and estimates suggest that education should reduce crime in youth and in their future because they put more time in education rather than crime.
On September 24, 1924 Clarence Darrow delivered a speech before Judge John Coverly. In this speech Darrow implies that the two boys, Nathan Leopold,19 and Richard Loeb,18 shouldn’t get the death penalty for murder of Bobby Franks. Although Darrow cleverly argues his point that the boys were taught that human life was cheap and even argues against inhuman methods and punishments of the American justice system. Though the boys are guilty of the crime that they committed, Darrow believes that their lives can still be saved, he weakens his argument by using insufficient and irrelevant examples. Examples such as the Civil War, what relevance does this support have and how does it relate to the trial of Leopold and Loeb? Both are way too young to experience war since they’re both still boys. What this results in is unclear reasoning and makes it difficult to understand his position on the subject of Leopold and Loeb’s punishment for the murder of Bobby Franks. It's already been established that in the speech it’s heavily implied by Darrow that the two boys shouldn’t die because,of being taught that human life was cheap, but the two even
The article The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Rhetoric and Reality by Aaron Kupchik unpacks the meaning behind the very popular phrase that we hear about today. The conversation is centered on the idea that schools can shape the future of children.
Why does the Second Amendment matter? Tragedies like the recent Orlando shooting bring this question to the fore. It is clear that the Second Amendment makes America unique. Few other countries guarantee the right to bear arms to a degree comparable with the United States. So why is this guarantee so important? Do we still need it?
Some people in the United States of America feel that the Second Amendment should be removed do to crimes in our country. Others feel that if the amendment was removed, that the brutal death rates would go up, so there would be more harm than good. Although most people believe that guns can be dangerous, we should not amend the Second Amendment because people need guns for home and self defense, guns are a reliable source to help put food on the table, and they are also a way to help keep terror groups and enemies out of our country.
After re-watching my persuasive presentation a few times I was able to effectively critique myself, and what I found was that there were some things that I did well and some things that I did not do well that I did not even notice I was doing during the presentation itself. Although I was happy with how my speech turned out there were multiple aspects such as my introduction, conclusion, deliver, and a few other minor things that could have been improved upon.
Roe v. Wade: the Supreme Court case legalizing a woman's right to choose abortion has been around our entire lives. In 27 years, memories of back alley clinics have faded - the past is past, right? Wrong. It's too soon to start taking reproductive freedoms for granted. The next president will appoint two or three Supreme Court justices, potentially changing the Court's position on this pivotal case. George W. Bush supports the Republican call for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortions; do you think he, if elected, would appoint pro-choice justices? And why is it that while the majority of Americans support choice, the majority of Congress votes anti-choice? Are we supposed to just stand by and watch as the government tries to legislate our bodies?
Over the past semester, I have found the most challenging part of this course to simply be the transition from high school composition classes to college. Because writing expectations are so different in college than in high school, even with AP and Dual Enrollment “college level” classes, I first found myself being overwhelmed with the pressure to write the perfect first draft. The pressure came from knowing how much a final draft of a paper contributed to my grade. This left me sitting in front of my computer for hours at a time with thoughts of what I wanted to say racing through my head, but unable to deliver these thoughts into organized, structured sentences. I learned, through writing my persuasive essay, that instead of trying to write the paper start to finish and already in its perfect form, it is easier for me to look at the paper through its different components and focus on them individually, then work to best organize my ideas fluently.
I should receive a passing grade in this class because I can write now. Not just an exaggeration, but after another semester of English I finally feel confident that can write. Three of the reasons behind my confidence is I learned, I experienced and best of all I repeated. These three values helped prepare me for what is in store in English 1302 and here is why.
The most recent solution proposed to decrease juvenile crime is known in Arizona as Proposition 102. The proposition reads as follows: