Group project (Bush vs. Gore)

https://docs.google.com/a/jcu.edu/document/d/1oofTodWzGct4M99U9tvbBVuT1NmAMMgISvNuQRUAbzw/edit

Most people vote for Gore but Bush still wins due to regulations of the electoral college.

Conversation between two young voters, Cole and Jaclyn Cole: I voted for Bush. So glad he won! Jaclyn: I voted for Gore along with all 20 of my family members! I can’t believe he didn’t win! Cole: He won because “The United States Electoral College is the institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters.” Jaclyn: So does this mean that my votes didn’t even matter?!?!?!?! Cole: The votes of the people influence the decision of the Electoral College because they represent the people based on state. Jaclyn: That is messed up. Gore would have been a better president!

Now the President speaks to the People Bush: I am glad to be President even though most of you didn’t vote for me. I promise to lower national debt by tax cuts. I also promise to keep us out of war!

Abortions and social media 2.0

Abortion is a very hot topic in the media today, especially with a presidential election well on its way.  Abortion is a topic that is not like any other of the topics that separate the democratic and republican parties.  The public's opinion on Abortion is generally in the middle of the two parties opinion, republicans are against abortion, and democrats believe it is the women's choice.  Many anti-abortion activists, post blogs, videos and write articles supporting their opinion, and attacking any individual that believes in abortions in anyway.  In February of 2014, Cammie Wollner wrote a blog posts discussing a video that was shared on to her Facebook wall, showing the detail effects of abortion on the unborn child.  She explains how moving, but disturbing the video was to have been so publicly shared onto Facebook, and that it may have been taken to far this time. Wollner continues saying that she has seen multiple pictures and adds to help prevent abortion and to make strides to have it become illegal, but the anit-abortion activist may have gone to far this time.  The video posted wasn't as much informative, more disturbing and horrifying.  The video she calmed was "like watching death slowly creep across the screen.  It was horrible and I found myself frozen for a moment, unable to scroll away." There is a difference between trying to spread awareness on an issue, and taking it to far where the viewer has to look away from the screen.  I understand where the users see the benefit of sharing the videos, to spread awareness and to show the truth of what happens during an abortion, but when you go too far it seems you can turn away your viewers and have the video back fire in the end.  


http://awomansplaceis.blogspot.com/2014/02/social-media-abortion-and-how-far-is.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/free-speech-victory-article-1.1845780

Abortion; a social justice issue

Currently in the United States, a hot topic that is discussed as a serious social justice issue is Abortion.   The United States government is trying to regulate the laws and conditions concerning abortions.  There are around 1.21 million abortions each year in the United States, and Republicans are fighting to cut down that number severely.  Politicions with a religious background, are the specific individuals that are trying to regulate the rights on Abortion, while others are able to see both sides of the situation.  I do not believe the government should be involved in regulating the rights of Abortion.  Abortion should be available to women that seriously believe it will be the best choice for not only their future, but the unborn child.  Women that may have had unfortunate circumstances such as rape, or have an unstable home life that would be not fitting for a child to grow up in.  I understand abortion is a very conflicting topic with the facts presented by both sides.  I hope in the near future both political parties are able to meet at a middle ground, and give women the right to choose how to handle their situation without sever judgment.

Women's Rights in the Work Place; Social Justice Issue

Women Rights in a Social Justice Aspect:
It seems obscured to me that as the year of 2014 is coming to a close, that women rights in the work place is still a common topic in the social justice aspect.  Although there has been much improvement on women's rights since 1919 when the 19th amendment was passed to give women the right to vote.  Currently in todays society women are still looked down upon compared to men when it comes to a place in certain job fields.  It is still believed that men can do many things better then women, although despite hundreds of experiments and proof that men and women have many different strengths and weaknesses.   Women have been fighting for years to have equal pay as men, even while completing and working the exact same job, and finishing the same amount of criteria and work needed.  On average it is recorded that women only earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.  Although on April 8th, 2014, President Obama signed an executive actions aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors men.  The main excuse used by employers about women not given the same chance as men in the work place is that they are considered more unreliable.  Employers believe that since women are more of the care givers of the family, that they are more likely to miss work in order to take care of the children, and an even larger issue is maternity leave.  The price the business has to deal with when a women is out of work for maternity leave isn't only the money still sent to the new mother, but also the work that has to be put on other workers in order to pick up the slack from her absence.  Despite these difficulties a corpperation might have to face do to the women's absence, it should not infringe on her chances of finding a job and should not effect the amount of pay she will receive.

 

Glynn, Sarah Jane. "Explaining the Gender Wage Gap." name. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2014. <http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/report/2014/05/19/90039/explaining-the-gender-wage-gap/>.

About me...

My name is Jaclyn Steele and I am from Orchard Park NY, which is a small town right outside of Buffalo.  I was born in Lexington, Kentucky and have moved multiple times through out my life;  Although the majority of my life I have lived in New York.  Since I was born I have been a huge animal lover, and animals have always been apart of my life.  My favorite animal is a horse, which I believe is what started me with my favorite sport and hobby to compete in.  I am an avid equestrian and have been riding since I was the age of 6, and do not plan on stopping anytime soon!  The great thing about my sport is that I can always continue to improve, and not have age be a factor that will put a deadline on my career.  Many of the top equestrians in the world are older than your average athlete, and I inspire to be just like them. 
I am most comfortable during a course when I have my own personal opinions on the topic, and am able to give my opinion without having to research the topic a lot, and have personal experiences with the material.
 I believe the most important technological invention is the cellphone.  The cellphone gave the task of communication with others from anywhere in the world as easy as dialing a couple numbers.  The cellphone was able to put communication with loved one from anywhere in the world easy, quick and affordable for the average user.  The old style of  letter writing was nothing short of an amazing invention, but now the communication needed is able to happen within a few minutes, compared to waiting for letters in the mail that could take many days depending on the destination. 
There are many social justice issues around the world, and the issues are on many different levels, and circumstances depending on which country is being discussed.  These issues tend to deal with the distributions of wealth, opportunities and privileges within a country or society.  The most important social justice issues in my opinion is child welfare.  All children should be given a chance in this world and be able to have the same opportunities as any child would coming from a good family.  Another important social justice issue in our world today is poverty and economic injustice.  The gap between the rich and poor has been made more apparent throughout the years instead of having the gap become more irrelevant in society.    
Questions for Dr,Shutkin:  what are five fun facts about you? what does social injustice mean to you?