Paid My Dues

truth will set you free. That may be true, but it doesn’t always lead to happiness and neither does a speeding ticket. At my age, there are many things teenagers don’t think about; politics, future, and consequence. Unfortunately, at the time, I only thought about politics and my future. Fortunately, now I think about all three to a greater degree. In many cases, teenagers think about how to live in the now, they drink and smoke – I do neither because I practice total abstinence. In contrast to many of my peers, I focused a lot on my future. As a stereotypical Asian-American I focused on maintaining my place in the top ten percent of my class; I focused on maintaining my High grades; I focused on obtaining my Associate’s degree in High School (which I received); I focused on going to school early. Out of all the things I could focus on, I failed to focus on most basic teaching in driving: speed. Like most people driving, we think about the destination and time. We hardly think about speed until something happens. That happened to me. In the first half of the 2014 (the area of the date I received my ticket), I woke up around 6 A.M. get ready and go to school. Every single weekday, I would do this and I would arrive to school early so that I can study, submit any paperwork, or talk to my academic advisor Monica Silvas about my plan to receive my Associates degree. I became a creature of habit. I focused on…

sometimes with additional comments but in case of public meeting planner have a more flexibility to understand what people are trying to convey, this also helps them understand the impacts their plan will make and also what changes or development the need to make in their plan. My opinion is rather ambiguous in terms of supporting one of the components. As some attributes of each can have a positive as well as negative effect. In terms of getting responses from the community, the…

It’s important to remember, the state’s primary interest is it to protect the consumer from illegal marketing tactics. As stated by Harris, the fifth amendment states, “No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law” (2016). Additionally, the fifth amendment states, “. . . nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” (Berger, 2016) This is called the “Takings Clause”, and is sometimes referred to as the Public…

Alabama of 1932 was a landmark case in American history. The case brought to the forefront the issue of legal counsel being guaranteed by the 6th Amendment, and how that right applied to the States by the 14th Amendment. This case brought up the issues and concerns of what the requirements of the State was in this type of criminal proceedings. Due Process wasn’t given to the African American men in this case. The Incorporation Doctrine within the Fourteenth Amendment will now serve as a series…

students facing temporary suspension from a school have property and liberty interest that qualify for protection under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This case is similar to the case at hand because it involves the assessment of student’s rights to due process during the expulsion process. With the Goss decision in mind, it can be concluded that the expelled Howard students also have constitutional rights that protect their right to due…

parents. Though this is good and is supposed to help make the process more inviting and open, it can backfire. There have been cases where parents refuse to make themselves available, which stalls out the plan and students miss getting help sooner. Then there are times when the parents lack understanding and make unreasonable request and make the experience a total nightmare. Whatever the case may be it is required that parents be included in the process. When parents are still not happy with…

States, the criminal justice system follows two unique diverse models that protect the people. One of these models is the Due Process Model and in this model, the rights of the defendant are equally and fairly treated. Which this process being the main objective of this clause. The second model is the Crime Control Model and in this model strict punishments to the defendant committing the crime be forced but also protecting the individual 's rights as well. Both these models have a different…

1. Discuss at least three ways that evidence/crime scene was mishandled and could have been managed better. One of the main evidence that was mishandled by the prosecution were DNA tests. The state crime lab failed to find any player’s DNA match to the found DNA, so the prosecutor requested a private crime lab to conduct their own tests. Another evidence piece was information from the players’ cell phones. The records showed the contradictions to the victim’s accusations, thus making them false.…

Imagine yourself waking up in a trauma room with blood and chaos all around you. Lying there as pain invades your body, you don’t think about yourself, but of a loved one who’s world is about to change. This tragedy happened to my mother when I was only five years old. My mom had dropped me off at my grandparent’s house and was on her way to work when she fell asleep behind the wheel. She lost control of the vehicle which resulted in severe car crash. The accident was so critical that it had…

assessments that can help one make a decision as far as a career but there is no guarantee that the individual will like the results or that career. This paper will examine some of those assessments as well as the accuracy, evaluation of the assessment itself, and personal observations. The first assessment was the personality type report. This was an interesting one for me. I had no idea what my personality results would be. I am personality type ISFJ. In essence I am (according to this…