In class, we recently watched the documentary "Where to Invade Next". As good as the topics were in the documentary, these are the 3 I was drawn to the most. If you wish you read the summary, here is the link to "Where to Invade Next".
Topic: Prison Systems in America Research Question: Should all American prisoners, no matter their crimes, receive the same rehabilitation process? Argument: I'm a firm believer that if you did the crime, you do the time. Why should inmates get special treatment so to speak if they committed a crime as dumb as getting busted breaking into a home to committing murder? Depending on your mental status, you shouldn't have the privilege to take classes to have a new start when you get out. You committed a CRIME!!!!! You effected not only your life but the life of someone else's or someone's family. Sitting in a cell and getting a certain amount of time to see your family is the most those kinds of people should get. Some people won’t get time back with their loved one, or get back that money you stole from them. The only privilege they deserve is getting a 5 minute phone call home and 30 minute family visitation rights. Topic: Free College Education in America Research Question: Should America offer free college education for everybody? Argument: Free education for college students should be free. There are people out there with the potential to make so much of themselves and become the next Bill Gates. How can they though when students, who can or can just barely afford college, apply are basically signing to an agreement to be put debt? Not only would it help current students, but it gives underprivileged citizens a chance to become something of themselves. Our next president could be a homeless man or woman on the street but we wouldn’t know because unlike Solvenia, we don’t offer free college education. Topic: Nutrition classes in Elementary schools Research Question: Should America have a nutrition class in elementary school to help eliminate obesity? Argument: In elementary school, I had a nutrition class. I also received a healthy lunch from home or at school. I believe that a lot of obesity in America has to do with what goes on at home. Parents should encourage healthy eating instead feeding them junk 24/7 to get them out of your hair. I understand that eating disorders are a thing so I can’t really speak on that topic because I don’t have a lot knowledge on it. As kids grow into teenagers, they know by then that maybe they shouldn't be eating pizza from the freezer every night and as teenagers turn into adults, maybe eating take out every night wouldn’t result in a trip to the doctors to find out you have diabetes. So much can be done to eliminate the obesity level for kids of today to live a healthy and longer life.
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I've always loved documentaries. Even in high school when my teacher would tell the class that we were watching a video, everyone else would roll their while mine lit up like a Christmas tree. The documentary we watched in class this week, Where To Invade Next, Michael Moore travels to different countries to find out about their different life styles that leads them to be the happiest people on earth so to speak. The documentary was enlightening in comparison to how America does things around our neck of the woods. Watching the documentary, my jaw dropped to several of the topics that were being covered.
He visits Italy to start off his "invasion" and right off the bat he visits a couple that has traveled more the average American. Why? Michael interviews business owners and workers only to find out that they get eight weeks paid vacation. They are firm believers in stress sickness so they believe going on vacation and coming back to work fully relaxed is the source to a strong immune system. The next stop on his journey was France. The local schools are given a 5 star restaurant meal. They consider learning good nutrition and having excellent table manners will help in the long run to a successful future. During one of the scenes, Michael whips out a Coca-Cola because a vending machine was not in sight in the cafeteria. He offered a taste to one of the students and I couldn’t help but notice a few children in the background were almost hesitant to even try the carbonated substance. A little girl did take one for the team and try it. He also showed the kids a picture of what American school lunches looked like. In Michael Moore's words: "You know it's bad when the French pity you." In Finland, the kids education is way ahead everybody else in America. The schools in Finland believe giving homework SHOULD'NT be given!!!!! They go to school less and don’t have standardized testing. The teachers want the children to live a life that a child should. Climbing trees, hanging out with family, and going to school less. The max amount of hours children in Finland go to school is 20 hours. If given any homework, it would take them 10 minutes. On average, they spend 3 to 4 hours in a classroom. What about college? Free. Michael travels to Solvenia and talks about debt in America for a college student but the students in Solvenia didn’t even understand what being in debt meant! He spoke to 2 American students going to college in Solvenia because they couldn’t afford the University or even community college anymore!! For a regular American to get by, you need either a very well paid job or work 2-3 jobs. Germany, you work 36 hour work weeks. You could be living the dream making pencils and you still get a scheduled break!! It's against the law in Germany to contact any employee after hours or on vacation. Wouldn't that be nice here? He later traveled to Norway to learn about the prison systems. They give the inmates a chance to turn over a new leaf almost and have them take classes such as culinary, where here in the U.S. you just serve your time and you're lucky if you get a job when you get out the dog house. After traveling to these beautiful destinations, Moore finds that all of these ideas originally came from the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. God Bless America. This week we had to listen to a video on reflective writing. It basically described that a reflective writing piece should have little description and more about what happened. In my blog post this week, I will be explaining what I wrote about in my life memoir and how I'm still going about writing it to make it better.
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