Washington Consensus

Poverty, hunger, lack of education, and crime are diseases that plague the world. Whose job is it to end all of this? Apparently it is left to America to do this. The American government gives billions of dollars to these countries to hopefully try to end this, but it does not. These issues with our society, have not just developed. Since the beginning of civilization’s these issues have been a part of society, it is inevitable. There is one thing that can be done, focus on the people that…

education was in the media spotlight. Following student protests against undocumented students, the discussion of access to higher education became the center point at Washington State University. The institution’s president, Kirk Schulz, issued an email to all students, staff, and faculty members, followed by a press release. Washington State University’s vocal commitment to provide access to higher education to all individuals, regardless of legal status, impacts the entire university. The…

I have recently moved to the city of Vancouver, Washington to live with my brother and his family, so I chose “Clark College” to do my practicum since it is fairly close to where I live and my preference in an urban campus setting. Clark is a small community college in comparison to other similar size cities in the Pacific North West. It has a total student body of 2179 undergraduates and it utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. I found Clark College on the internet when I Google search…

Throughout its existence America has been called a country of Equality, Liberty, Rights for All, Democracy and of course Opportunity. In our infancy people of all origins flocked to America in hopes of obtaining these ideals stated in our declaration. Even today, many still hope to relocate in order to have their chance at a slice of the American dream. However, those siding with the Progressive movement of the early 20th century disagreed and thought that America still had plenty of room for…

“I have learned this, at least, from my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” This is a quote from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I believe this can be applied to the American Dream. The American Dream is something that many strive after and set their goals based on this dream. It is the dream of freedom, opportunity and equality. However, some believe…

All countries have their differences, there is no way around it. Even with this fact, almost all countries can share a similarity or two. Any country will tell anyone and everyone that it cares for its citizens, this is what they would want the public to believe. Although the rights of men appear to be the main focus of two of the documents, the Declaration of Independence will rarely mention rights, and the other two documents give vague descriptions of rights. Some rights may be interpreted to…

acceptable in any way for the federal government as the National Security Agency otherwise known as the NSA to delve into information that is personal to you for the protection and well-being of the country.(NSA, 2015) Charlie Savage, an author and Washington correspondent for the New York Times, highlight the fact that the NSA is capable of reading SMS (Short Message Service) information between two people, record telephone conversations and even overseeing exchanges through IMs (Instant…

I pledge Allegiance to the flag/of the United States of America/and to the Republic for which it stands, /one nation under God, indivisible, /with Liberty and Justice for all. While this was created over 100 years after the American Revolution, the Pledge of Allegiance rings loud for those who do and do not have the freedoms that are part of the United States Constitution, which was originally ratified in 1788. During that time, there were two distinct groups that were lobbying for their…

In 1796 George Washington prior to retiring as president had warned that the creation of a political government would most certainly lead to a crisis, perhaps because of their discrepancy of opinions. However, Thomas Jefferson is also known as the "father of the constitution" and the 4th president of the United States, along with Alexander Hamilton, a ardent nationalist who was the author of the majority of papers were written two very important individuals that were leading members of the…

Democracy is a political system by which the citizens of a nation elect representatives to establish the laws and order of society on their behalf. The political systems of the United States and Pakistan, though both considered ‘democratic’, can be distinguished in many different aspects. Differences on the democratic spectrum between the United States and Pakistan can be found compared in their electoral systems, freedoms of the press, speech, and religious practice. The electoral systems of…