Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Student 15
i personally think that the way the government is handling the taxpaper's money is horrible. i don't completely disagree with budget cuts but i don't think its right to take away from the low and middle class people. the government is taking away from public schools when they already don't have all the necessities they need. i believe that the real problem here is that all the money is being spent on supporting this war in iraq that has been going on for about eight years now. money is being spent on aircraft and sending more troops to iraq. i personally think it's time to bring the troops home and start spending our money on our country. as i tried to research budger cuts, i was unable to find the answers i wanted. i have no idea what exactly the government is spending taxpayer's money on, but it seems that some of it is being used on unreasonable things, like converting our tv's to hd. in 2009, we are spending an approximate 700 million on military purposes when our school's are in need of teachers and our citizens that depend on programs like welfare and healthcare. the music and sports programs that keep children out of trouble are being taken away.
Student 14
Debate #2
In our country the United States of America money is being cut from funding certain projects and thing that we need all over the world. Some of the money cuts are for schools, like in California Arnold Swartzenegger is cutting millions of dollars from schools forcing them to cut classes and teachers. Other cuts are being made for parks and recreational places, for instance on fiesta island they took away the bon-fire pits for a short time till someone privately paid for them to be kept around. In reality these cuts do save money but there are better cuts to be made instead of taking away things that people love most.
I think that government official’s pay should be cut some because they are being paid way to much money to make poor decisions for today’s people. They get to go on lavish trips and spend our tax money on things that we can not afford while they try “so hard” to figure out where our money is going to and how we could spend it better. THEY are part of the problem and until our government can get its act together they should not be paid as much. Our government official’s are very smart which is for the most part why they got put into office and can make the large sums of money they do make, yet of we can’t afford to give them that pay they should not be receiving it. Obviously someone isn’t doing their job that they are getting paid so much to do.
Budget cuts that I do not agree with are in schools. Many programs like choir are being cut from schools. If all of them are eliminated we will not have creative people in our future. We will have no one to design our buildings or sing on our stages because nothing in school will be inspiring them to do so. Many of these classes have been cut already or are going to be soon, and America cannot afford to have dull people in our future. If we close doors of creativity the colorful world we know and love will go to waste because everyone will be so busy working, and there will be no entertainment.
Another cut is in the park and recreational system. Less money is being put into parks to clean and keep them running. These places are were we grew up playing, and played with our friends. When we no longer can go to a park for a picnic with friends and family because its too dirty you know the budget cuts have gone too far. Money needs to not be spent as frivolously on things that do not matter.
We bailed out big insurance companies that used our money for bonuses and going on big vacations. This was all a scam. All of the money we are putting into bailing out isn't being used the correct way. Once our money is used we can not go back and get the money back and our country is already so in debt we need to find a way to get ourselves out of this hole.
I think that budget cuts can be good if the right things are cut, but cutting things like school that is supposed to better the people of tomorrow, or cutting costs in our community that are used for family does not make sense. We need our roads paved and streets clean, not wealthy government officials.
In our country the United States of America money is being cut from funding certain projects and thing that we need all over the world. Some of the money cuts are for schools, like in California Arnold Swartzenegger is cutting millions of dollars from schools forcing them to cut classes and teachers. Other cuts are being made for parks and recreational places, for instance on fiesta island they took away the bon-fire pits for a short time till someone privately paid for them to be kept around. In reality these cuts do save money but there are better cuts to be made instead of taking away things that people love most.
I think that government official’s pay should be cut some because they are being paid way to much money to make poor decisions for today’s people. They get to go on lavish trips and spend our tax money on things that we can not afford while they try “so hard” to figure out where our money is going to and how we could spend it better. THEY are part of the problem and until our government can get its act together they should not be paid as much. Our government official’s are very smart which is for the most part why they got put into office and can make the large sums of money they do make, yet of we can’t afford to give them that pay they should not be receiving it. Obviously someone isn’t doing their job that they are getting paid so much to do.
Budget cuts that I do not agree with are in schools. Many programs like choir are being cut from schools. If all of them are eliminated we will not have creative people in our future. We will have no one to design our buildings or sing on our stages because nothing in school will be inspiring them to do so. Many of these classes have been cut already or are going to be soon, and America cannot afford to have dull people in our future. If we close doors of creativity the colorful world we know and love will go to waste because everyone will be so busy working, and there will be no entertainment.
Another cut is in the park and recreational system. Less money is being put into parks to clean and keep them running. These places are were we grew up playing, and played with our friends. When we no longer can go to a park for a picnic with friends and family because its too dirty you know the budget cuts have gone too far. Money needs to not be spent as frivolously on things that do not matter.
We bailed out big insurance companies that used our money for bonuses and going on big vacations. This was all a scam. All of the money we are putting into bailing out isn't being used the correct way. Once our money is used we can not go back and get the money back and our country is already so in debt we need to find a way to get ourselves out of this hole.
I think that budget cuts can be good if the right things are cut, but cutting things like school that is supposed to better the people of tomorrow, or cutting costs in our community that are used for family does not make sense. We need our roads paved and streets clean, not wealthy government officials.
Student 13
School Budget Cuts
Schools have been around for a very long time. We all know that the United States economy is at an all time low but the worst we can do now is take money away from our school systems. Schools are the only way we can make our youth strong for later on in the future. The youth now will later be our presidents, lawyers, police officers and more. By us trying to spare a couple dollars now will only affect them on later.
Schools have been cutting programs to spare a couple bucks but is it really worth it?. Imagine high school without football. It wouldn’t be a high school atmosphere, would it. The economy is far away from getting better. We are now reaching the ten percent unemployment and climbing. There is much more alternatives to saving money instead of taking money away from our children. I was lucky enough to graduate from high school on the year 2009. People say the worst is barely starting. People have already told me how the budget cuts have affected them. No public transportation for students anymore, no more summer school and lower quality lunch food. The food was already horrible imagine it even more.
The budget cuts have a positive side to them too. The money that is being saved will be a backup if the worst happens. They are doing a good thing by thinking ahead of time. This economy may stabilize itself overtime or it may get even worse. We digged ourselves into this hole, now we have to dig ourselves back out. Many alternatives are out there to save our money but we have to make the right choices. Schools will always be in our planet no matter were we go in the world. Taking money from our schools will just have its effects later on in the future. The youth of America is in our schools and that youth will become our worlds leaders one day. We are all passing through a rough time now a days but if we help each other , we will all be fine.
Schools have been around for a very long time. We all know that the United States economy is at an all time low but the worst we can do now is take money away from our school systems. Schools are the only way we can make our youth strong for later on in the future. The youth now will later be our presidents, lawyers, police officers and more. By us trying to spare a couple dollars now will only affect them on later.
Schools have been cutting programs to spare a couple bucks but is it really worth it?. Imagine high school without football. It wouldn’t be a high school atmosphere, would it. The economy is far away from getting better. We are now reaching the ten percent unemployment and climbing. There is much more alternatives to saving money instead of taking money away from our children. I was lucky enough to graduate from high school on the year 2009. People say the worst is barely starting. People have already told me how the budget cuts have affected them. No public transportation for students anymore, no more summer school and lower quality lunch food. The food was already horrible imagine it even more.
The budget cuts have a positive side to them too. The money that is being saved will be a backup if the worst happens. They are doing a good thing by thinking ahead of time. This economy may stabilize itself overtime or it may get even worse. We digged ourselves into this hole, now we have to dig ourselves back out. Many alternatives are out there to save our money but we have to make the right choices. Schools will always be in our planet no matter were we go in the world. Taking money from our schools will just have its effects later on in the future. The youth of America is in our schools and that youth will become our worlds leaders one day. We are all passing through a rough time now a days but if we help each other , we will all be fine.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Student 12
Cutting budget in school
Cutting budget is the thing that nobody wants it to happen. In this economic crisis, the cutting budget in school can’t be avoided. Why do we have to cut budgets in school? Considering that the majority of the population of California is dominated by those who can only afford public school education, it is almost going to be useless for parents to send their children to school. They might think about what they would gain from being at the school. Instead they would just allow their children to work, which is the gravest type of exploitation that a child could experience, being just young.
There has been school demonstrations in several districts of California participated in by the teachers, parents and school administrators shouting in anger against the governor. Cutting of the educational budget is fast approaching and realization of this upon enforcement in 2008-2009 shall be the peak at which the protesters and the accused should be a lot more prepared. The proposed budget cut rooted from the governor's 10 across-the-board cuts to provide venue for state social programs 4 .8 billion is to be deprived from the secondary education, whereas 1 .3 billion from the higher education will be harvested by him. This will save the governor
from the deficit when he declared fiscal emergency to account for the state project shortage of funds.
The federal government has the power to cutback the funding of student loans. There are several different ways the government can go about doing this. One way is to keep the amount of each loan the same and reduce the number of loans granted. Students that belong to a low-income family will be greatly affected. Cutbacks in the funding of student loans have several effects. One effect is less fortunate individuals will miss the opportunity of attending college. Therefore, cutting the student loan budget is also the way that affect to education quality of school.
We can do some afford to raise school budgets. Instead we do cut budget, why don’t we think how to pick up the school budget? For example, School district can save millions dollars by doing less state and district test. Cut down on them, do on truly essential ones, or combine them, so there’s less. Therefore, we can save money in this way. In extracurricular activities budget, the pay-to-play fee should be contributed by parents or families. The paying instills a sense of people value now. Moreover, we can use the cutting budget to transfer to another type of budget to get more benefits from them. For instance, cutting the transportation budget is a good way to save money and protect environment. Moreover, we can get more money from cutting transportation budget and transfer to the sport fund to make the kids healthier.
In conclusion, cutting budgets can save money for school, but it also creates some difficulties in education quality. We can do some way to cut budgets in school, and we also do some ways to raise school budgets. That is the way that we can contribute for our school. I think we should do anything so that our school will not cut budgets. The government should have some policies to protect the teachers and students’ right.
Cutting budget is the thing that nobody wants it to happen. In this economic crisis, the cutting budget in school can’t be avoided. Why do we have to cut budgets in school? Considering that the majority of the population of California is dominated by those who can only afford public school education, it is almost going to be useless for parents to send their children to school. They might think about what they would gain from being at the school. Instead they would just allow their children to work, which is the gravest type of exploitation that a child could experience, being just young.
There has been school demonstrations in several districts of California participated in by the teachers, parents and school administrators shouting in anger against the governor. Cutting of the educational budget is fast approaching and realization of this upon enforcement in 2008-2009 shall be the peak at which the protesters and the accused should be a lot more prepared. The proposed budget cut rooted from the governor's 10 across-the-board cuts to provide venue for state social programs 4 .8 billion is to be deprived from the secondary education, whereas 1 .3 billion from the higher education will be harvested by him. This will save the governor
from the deficit when he declared fiscal emergency to account for the state project shortage of funds.
The federal government has the power to cutback the funding of student loans. There are several different ways the government can go about doing this. One way is to keep the amount of each loan the same and reduce the number of loans granted. Students that belong to a low-income family will be greatly affected. Cutbacks in the funding of student loans have several effects. One effect is less fortunate individuals will miss the opportunity of attending college. Therefore, cutting the student loan budget is also the way that affect to education quality of school.
We can do some afford to raise school budgets. Instead we do cut budget, why don’t we think how to pick up the school budget? For example, School district can save millions dollars by doing less state and district test. Cut down on them, do on truly essential ones, or combine them, so there’s less. Therefore, we can save money in this way. In extracurricular activities budget, the pay-to-play fee should be contributed by parents or families. The paying instills a sense of people value now. Moreover, we can use the cutting budget to transfer to another type of budget to get more benefits from them. For instance, cutting the transportation budget is a good way to save money and protect environment. Moreover, we can get more money from cutting transportation budget and transfer to the sport fund to make the kids healthier.
In conclusion, cutting budgets can save money for school, but it also creates some difficulties in education quality. We can do some way to cut budgets in school, and we also do some ways to raise school budgets. That is the way that we can contribute for our school. I think we should do anything so that our school will not cut budgets. The government should have some policies to protect the teachers and students’ right.
Student 11
How to Deal with the Public Schools’ Declining Funds
In the midst of our current fiscal situation, our government has done a great job of spending a lot of money it doesn’t have. Our country is in more debt than ever, so therefore Big Brother has to do his best to accumulate as much tax money as possible, without too many new taxes, so of course the best way to decrease our debt with out making taxpayers too angry is to simply spend less money. For reasons I don’t understand, our public schools seem to be one of the first places that our government want to cut spending from. If we must cut funding from our schools, I’d like to argue what we can afford to lose, and what must be kept. I believe that Physical Education is unnecessary and a waste of school time. I believe it is important that we keep our classrooms air conditioned or heated in order to promote a more comfortable learning environment. I also strongly feel that all janitorial services need to be kept well funded.
Physical Education is probably the most transparent of all courses. Students who are out of shape and not interested in physical activity are not going to suddenly see the flaws in their lifestyles and become more active due do PE. For students who are already active and in good shape, PE is just a free credit. I feel it is a waste of valuable school time and a waste of valuable taxpayers’ money. I believe we should eliminate this course, but keep after school sports so that students can choose if they want to be involved or not. If it is necessary, I believe it is not too much to ask that these extracurricular activities be funded in part by the students or their parents. Paying a coach’s salary is very expensive and if a student wants to be part of a team, they should help out in paying their salary. It may not seem fair, but it’s better than taking money from classrooms.
Electricity is a very expensive resource, and our schools must choose wisely about how they use it, But the last thing we should do is eliminate space heaters and air conditioning units. In order for our students to learn optimally, a comfortable room temperature is vital. we should do more, however, to keep teachers from using such machines when unnecessary. I believe we should have simultaneously controlled thermostats, where only one unit controls the temperature of every classroom in the entire school to keep teachers from abusing their power. Teachers sure like to use up hundreds of dollars of electricity in their classrooms, where at the same time they probably wouldn’t do the same thing in their own homes, where they have to pay the bill.
It seems that many teachers across the nation are having to vacuum and disinfect their own classrooms because one or two of the custodians got laid off. This is one of those things I can’t seem to understand, because a teacher’s salary exceeds a custodian’s. We need our academic warriors to spend their time focusing on the education of our children, and not cleaning up after them. By having them do janitorial work we are wasting more many than we are saving. It is extremely important that we keep our schools as sanitary as possible so that students will be more conscious about their education, and so they can stay healthy. It’s no question that scholars will perform better in a clean environment rather than a dirty one.
The basic message I’m trying to send is that if public schools are going to have limited budgets, they must focus on the things that have the biggest effect on our students psychologically. There are many programs that are nice to have, and may have some small benefit, but it is common sense that if we are going to lose some of them, that we must keep the ones that really matter. Children are our future and how their brains develop during their years in grade school will change the course of their life and have an enormous effect on the future of our economy.
In the midst of our current fiscal situation, our government has done a great job of spending a lot of money it doesn’t have. Our country is in more debt than ever, so therefore Big Brother has to do his best to accumulate as much tax money as possible, without too many new taxes, so of course the best way to decrease our debt with out making taxpayers too angry is to simply spend less money. For reasons I don’t understand, our public schools seem to be one of the first places that our government want to cut spending from. If we must cut funding from our schools, I’d like to argue what we can afford to lose, and what must be kept. I believe that Physical Education is unnecessary and a waste of school time. I believe it is important that we keep our classrooms air conditioned or heated in order to promote a more comfortable learning environment. I also strongly feel that all janitorial services need to be kept well funded.
Physical Education is probably the most transparent of all courses. Students who are out of shape and not interested in physical activity are not going to suddenly see the flaws in their lifestyles and become more active due do PE. For students who are already active and in good shape, PE is just a free credit. I feel it is a waste of valuable school time and a waste of valuable taxpayers’ money. I believe we should eliminate this course, but keep after school sports so that students can choose if they want to be involved or not. If it is necessary, I believe it is not too much to ask that these extracurricular activities be funded in part by the students or their parents. Paying a coach’s salary is very expensive and if a student wants to be part of a team, they should help out in paying their salary. It may not seem fair, but it’s better than taking money from classrooms.
Electricity is a very expensive resource, and our schools must choose wisely about how they use it, But the last thing we should do is eliminate space heaters and air conditioning units. In order for our students to learn optimally, a comfortable room temperature is vital. we should do more, however, to keep teachers from using such machines when unnecessary. I believe we should have simultaneously controlled thermostats, where only one unit controls the temperature of every classroom in the entire school to keep teachers from abusing their power. Teachers sure like to use up hundreds of dollars of electricity in their classrooms, where at the same time they probably wouldn’t do the same thing in their own homes, where they have to pay the bill.
It seems that many teachers across the nation are having to vacuum and disinfect their own classrooms because one or two of the custodians got laid off. This is one of those things I can’t seem to understand, because a teacher’s salary exceeds a custodian’s. We need our academic warriors to spend their time focusing on the education of our children, and not cleaning up after them. By having them do janitorial work we are wasting more many than we are saving. It is extremely important that we keep our schools as sanitary as possible so that students will be more conscious about their education, and so they can stay healthy. It’s no question that scholars will perform better in a clean environment rather than a dirty one.
The basic message I’m trying to send is that if public schools are going to have limited budgets, they must focus on the things that have the biggest effect on our students psychologically. There are many programs that are nice to have, and may have some small benefit, but it is common sense that if we are going to lose some of them, that we must keep the ones that really matter. Children are our future and how their brains develop during their years in grade school will change the course of their life and have an enormous effect on the future of our economy.
Student 10
Budget Cut
When I hear the word budget cut the first thing that comes to my mind is LESS.
Not long ago the economy started to decrease its budget. We are not talking about a few hundred dollars, but nor thousands. More like billions. It affected us all. Today I am going to focus on school budget cuts.
School funding is not good and we all know that. Many people have been affected by it. From teaches to staff to students. According to the Department of Finance school budget cut will be cutting 17% more that what it already is. I don’t know what it will be like if to me it already is terrible. We college students as well as its staff are going through a lot.
There has been an increase in fees. Classes are already too full, and students have been cutting back in classes due to the fact that they have been eliminating some classes the other ones are already overcrowded. It is not fair that it is taking college students longer than planned to complete their degrees because of these cut backs.
Teachers have been taken some of their classes if not all because there is not enough money to pay for their teaching. My personal Growth teacher says she is not teaching that class any longer because they were going to hand it over to another teacher.
In conclusion, I think that school budget cut is bringing everyone down. Not only us students, but teachers as well.
When I hear the word budget cut the first thing that comes to my mind is LESS.
Not long ago the economy started to decrease its budget. We are not talking about a few hundred dollars, but nor thousands. More like billions. It affected us all. Today I am going to focus on school budget cuts.
School funding is not good and we all know that. Many people have been affected by it. From teaches to staff to students. According to the Department of Finance school budget cut will be cutting 17% more that what it already is. I don’t know what it will be like if to me it already is terrible. We college students as well as its staff are going through a lot.
There has been an increase in fees. Classes are already too full, and students have been cutting back in classes due to the fact that they have been eliminating some classes the other ones are already overcrowded. It is not fair that it is taking college students longer than planned to complete their degrees because of these cut backs.
Teachers have been taken some of their classes if not all because there is not enough money to pay for their teaching. My personal Growth teacher says she is not teaching that class any longer because they were going to hand it over to another teacher.
In conclusion, I think that school budget cut is bringing everyone down. Not only us students, but teachers as well.
Student 9
Schools across the nation are tightening their school budgets, making them cut certain program to make room for "necessary" classes. All over the country, school districts are facing tight budgets that are causing the districts to cut non-academic programs. Not only are we losing programs but teachers are getting laid off. It’s funny you would think schools would be safe from economic crisis. It’s pretty noble of some of those teachers to take early retirement to help other teachers possibly keep their jobs. Deep budget cuts are forcing California school districts to lay off thousands of teachers, expand class sizes, close schools, eliminate bus service, cancel summer school programs, and possibly shorten the academic year. However, when these budget cuts come along, one of the first things that is cut is the music program to enable the school district. But why cut the music program when it has been shown that music helps develop better social skills, leadership qualities, and improve academics? For example think about one of your favorite songs. I bet that you can remember the lyrics like it was your street address. If you could apply these kinds of memorizing techniques to courses such as history, science or math, think of how much further students could get in their learning. The reasons school boards use to justify cutting music classes is to put more emphasis on reading and math to boost test scores. That is not a good enough reason. The VH1 Save the Music Foundation is "a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education, " according to its Web site. The organization helps jump-start music programs in schools that cannot afford them. Since 1997, they have provided $43 million worth of new musical instruments to deserving students in more than 1,600 public schools nationwide. No schools have threatened cutting music locally, but we can't be complacent. It's time for administrators to listen to musical students for a change.
Teachers are greatly affected by educational budget cuts in many ways. The most obvious issue would have to be less pay. Teachers that have been working for years and deserve to get a raise wont. The teachers that are slightly new will be reduced to close to nothing. Another reason is less professional development opportunities, Yes it might not seem like a big deal because its only teachers benefit. But the truth is teaching is like any other profession. It becomes bland without continual self improvement. Teachers can also be forced to move to a new school because their current no longer offers the course they teach. Of increase class size; if there are not enough students to warrant the positions then those with the lowest seniority typically have to move to new positions and/or schools.
How Will Schools Budget Cuts Affect Parents? The children will most definitely be affected, teachers taking money out of their own pockets for school supplies, which as of right now, most parents are provide school materials at the beginning of the school year. Another proposed change will be to have a 4 day school day calendar, which will affect most working parents, meaning parents will have to come up with ways to have their children taken care of, and in some cases leave them alone at home due to not being able to pay for babysitting.
Is this the kind of thing we want our educators to have to deal with? You can imagine how nerve racking it would be to deal with this kind of budget. All normal lesson plans would have to be thrown out the window in order to stretch your funds to last the whole year. What possibilities are open to students interested in these subjects? I would find it hard for a child to get interested in playing an instrument with no instruments available. Budget cuts not only effects the teacher’s jobs but the children seduction and the parents daily life.
Teachers are greatly affected by educational budget cuts in many ways. The most obvious issue would have to be less pay. Teachers that have been working for years and deserve to get a raise wont. The teachers that are slightly new will be reduced to close to nothing. Another reason is less professional development opportunities, Yes it might not seem like a big deal because its only teachers benefit. But the truth is teaching is like any other profession. It becomes bland without continual self improvement. Teachers can also be forced to move to a new school because their current no longer offers the course they teach. Of increase class size; if there are not enough students to warrant the positions then those with the lowest seniority typically have to move to new positions and/or schools.
How Will Schools Budget Cuts Affect Parents? The children will most definitely be affected, teachers taking money out of their own pockets for school supplies, which as of right now, most parents are provide school materials at the beginning of the school year. Another proposed change will be to have a 4 day school day calendar, which will affect most working parents, meaning parents will have to come up with ways to have their children taken care of, and in some cases leave them alone at home due to not being able to pay for babysitting.
Is this the kind of thing we want our educators to have to deal with? You can imagine how nerve racking it would be to deal with this kind of budget. All normal lesson plans would have to be thrown out the window in order to stretch your funds to last the whole year. What possibilities are open to students interested in these subjects? I would find it hard for a child to get interested in playing an instrument with no instruments available. Budget cuts not only effects the teacher’s jobs but the children seduction and the parents daily life.
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