Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

“If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves,” wrote author and political activist Thomas Paine, his belief, regarding beliefs. Every person has the right to believe in what they choose, but no one has the right to tell him or her that he or she is wrong. Merriam-Webster defines belief as “conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence.”…

development. Therefore, education and training is the most important factor in the formation and development for high quality human resources and these things should be focused right from the policies and guidelines of the government. Throughout the process of innovation since 1986, Vietnamese education has gained many important achievements but still remains some weaknesses and shortcomings. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze a policy from the government about education, in…

Trobec, Herbst and Zvanut’s “Differentiating Between Rights-Based and Relationship Ethical Approaches” outlines that coerced treatment can be justified if failing to act will lead to significant harm in mental health patients even if their autonomy is violated in certain circumstances (2009). Both the rights-based ethical approach and relational ethical approach guides professionals when this forced treatment is being deliberated. The rights-based ethical approach incorporates the law as a vital…

Introduction The importance of getting an education is more crucial now than it ever has been in the past. At least 25% of employees in job markets in many areas of the United States have graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree. In some states that percentage increases to 35% or higher (Dill, Forbes). Knowing that job markets are extremely competitive combined with the truth spoken in the Family: A Proclamation to the World, that fathers and mothers are expected to be “responsible to provide the…

Active Heroes, 22 veterans commit suicide a day ("Active Heroes Retreat Stories," 2014,). That shocking statistic is only an introduction to the study on suicide in America. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 111 people in the United States commit suicide each day (American Foundation For Suicide Prevention, 2014). In the USA Today, Fitch was interviewed by Gregg Zoroya in an article titled “The Tragic Tide of Suicide: 4 an Hour”. Zoroya’s intent in the article is to…

the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement played a crucial role for constitutional change, equal wages, access to social service benefits and land rights. The year between 1960 and 1970 were very pivotal for the Indigenous Community. In the year 1962 the Commonwealth Electoral Act was passed which provided all the Indigenous people the right to enrol and vote for the federal elections. During the year 1967 a referendum was called by the government in response to the increasing pressure…

After graduating high school deciding where to go for college, what to do with your life, and how to pay for college can be exasperating. Right now, about 44 million Americans have student loan debt. The average individual student will owe about one hundred thousand dollars for a bachelor’s degree; together, Americans owe 1.4 trillion dollars. Do you really want to add another hundred thousand to that? If you start saving now, apply for grants and scholarships, and even get a part time job, you…

federal government to function. Since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Founders believed in a division between governments to ensure no single entity would gain power. While a division between levels of government is needed to secure the rights of citizens, history has indicated a struggle for power between national and state institutions. The existence of competition for power significantly shifted interpretations of the constitution through policy changes, Supreme Court rulings, and…

at Harvard Law School and Alan Freeman laid the foundation what would be called, Critical Race Theory. Derrick Bell, a legal scholar, believed that racisms in the United States was persistent and sought to expose it though books, articles (NY Times). He ultimately transformed our understanding of the relationship between race, racism and official power. Bell, contributed to a ground-breaking analysis of conflict of interest in regard to civil rights litigations and the role of the white elite…

Mental illness can be a wretched biochemical disease, in which no individual or family is immune from the roller coaster effects. Mental illness affects the individual and the people in their lives. With the knowledge we have gained in the medical and psychology realm, we now know the disease can be genetic and sparked by environmental factors. As we begin to understand the brain and develop our knowledge, the mysteries of mental illness are unfolding. Although facilities were constructed…