Bush v. Gore

Reflective Paper 1 Kaitlin McHugh Middlesex County College Public law 107-110, which is more commonly known as “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) is a law that President George Bush signed into effect in 2001. “This law changes the federal government’s role in kindergarten through twelfth grade education by requiring United States’ schools to describe their success in terms of students’ attainment of academic standards and performance on standardized tests” (Hyun, 2003).…

target, with the intent of instilling fear in a broader audience (Haider-Markel, Donald). A large group of domestic terrorism in America was the KKK. The president reinstated the habeas corpus eliminating reasoning behind arresting people. President Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act, which greatly increased government authority to respond to domestic and international terrorism by expanding the power and authority of law enforcement and intelligence agencies (Haider-Markel,…

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015. This act rewrites the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and replaces the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The new act will allow states flexibility to meet the needs of their schools and students. No longer will there be a one size fits all policy. This topic is important and will impact the state, district and local communities, teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders will be able to…

touching on their emotions. Rhetorical Figures arranges words around to be powerful and Rhetorical Tropes transforms meaning to persuasion. Yoos: 4 rules for ethical speech A-factor: Agreement, R-factor: Rational autonomy, E-factor: Equality and V-factor: Value. For rhetoric to be giving a speech that is ethical, these questions must be asked: Is the speaker seeking mutual agreement? Does the speaker recognize the rational autonomy of the audience? Letting the audience decide for…

What is more powerful than an atomic bomb, more influential than money, and can build or destroy a career or reputation in seconds? Information. What people hear and see, how they work, and what they think can all be influenced by information and how it is received. There are two ways that the media/press distributes information, through top-down and bottom-up models. Top-down models give the benefit to a select group of highly talented and qualified journalists to vet news coverage to all,…

Bright, dramatic, and to the point, Meet the Press is meant to touch on important political happenings in a balanced perspective; it instead falls short. Meet the Press gives the idea it is offering a fair platform to the presidential candidates by inviting individuals to debate and discuss. Unfortunately the topics chosen were one sided and there was an extreme neglect to remotely include third party presidential candidates. Also the inclusion of Saturday Night Live’s skits before each…

In the first place, Hillary Diane Clinton was born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in the middle of the twentieth century, an epoch of great changes and prosperity. This woman is a well-known public figure, whose popularity is attributed to the active participation in the Democratic Party. In general, people admire her determination, genuineness, simplicity, and perseverance. Moreover, Hillary Clinton is a fascinating woman in politics today (Shambaugh, 2010). Likewise,…

Political Rhetoric The 2016 presidential election is in less than ten days away and everyone seems to have a problem with democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and republican candidate Donald Trump. These two presidential candidates have spoken to their people about the making our economy great, working together, and making America great again. Even though, these candidates are speaking from their heart the many things they promise can be false and even be persuaded. Hillary Clinton, whose husband…

Two Republican candidates vying for Marco Rubio 's Senate seat said that though college tuition is too expensive, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans for tuition-free college don 't add up. “As much as I respect Mr. Sanders … I think if he’s going to offer free tuition, something is wrong with that idea,” said Senate candidate Dwight Young, a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy. “I don’t see where we are going to get the money to afford it.” The University of Central Florida College Republicans invited…

Over the past century in Americas history, we have waged various wars, and military coups in our effort to spread our understanding of democracy to other nations. We seem to be the police of the world in our constant engagement in foreign sovereign nations’ governments, we want to enforce our ways of governance upon foreign nations to spread our sphere of influence. Democracy is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting or were everyone has equal rights. American democracy is…