The Definition of who People are Varies from Person to Person

Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” was written before the civil war and which the nation was divided. The poem itself is a self identifying poem about himself and all different types of people should be brought together as one. In section 16 of the poem, after analyzing the text, form, and historical context, can be theorized that the narrator argues that the upcoming civil war will soon bring unity to the north and the south since the nation is divided due to diversity. Many people have different perspectives on their self identity but due to similar life experiences they are all related in some shape or form, which brings unity to different groups.

A human being grows throughout their lifetime because they observe and learn from their mistakes. Whitman demonstrates his growth over time by the use of paradox. Whitman self identifies himself as, “I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise” (line 330). Whitman’s use of a paradox is to get the reader engaged by thinking more deeply into the real meaning. A person cannot be physically young and old, but growing from young to old can form who someone is through the lessons they have lived through.

A young person has not had many life events yet, therefore, they are still self identifying themselves. A young person grows from being foolish into a wise human being because they have learned from their mistakes based on past experiences. Whitman knows that most people have differences within them even himself; “I resist any thing better than my own diversity” (Whitman line 349). The meaning of being diverse is being someone unique in their own way. However, everyone is unique in their own way but many people can relate to each other due to similar feelings or lessons they have learned.

During the time period of when the poem was written, there was conflict between the southerners and northerners. The upcoming outbreak of the civil war was due to the different beliefs between the free and slave states and would end up defining what type of nation the United States would become. Whitman writes; “The Southerner soon as a Northerner, a planter nonchalant and hospitable down by the Ocenee I live” (Whitman line 335). Even though the north and south both have different perspectives before the war, they will soon be brought together because they will both be involved in the same traumatic event. He demonstrates that diverse groups will be brought together through similar experiences and being able to accept people for who they are because everyone is somehow related from that event. He states,

“Nation of many nations, the smallest the same and the largest the same” (Whitman line 334). He is theorizing that no matter how diverse someone is, somehow everyone is connected because of life experiences. Whitman uses the word “comrade” in the poem to demonstrate that people are all involved in a similar activity, for example life activities. He theorizes that everyone is eachothers comrades because people can grow from one another and learn from their life activities.

Whitman’s use of form and historical content, defines that different self identifying groups are all linked in some shape or form through the use of experiences. He defines who he believes he is but connects other types of groups within the poem because he has grown from them. Whitman’s example of the south and the north describes how through the experience of the civil war that the south and the north are connected through an event they both had been through. Whitman proves that people are diverse in many ways but are related by experience and events that have affected them. Whitman theorizes that through life experiences everyone is related because people learn from others' mistakes, therefore, everyone is eachothers comrades.

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Sociological Methods for Determining the Meaning of “I”

George Herbert Mead was an American sociologist, whose work provided one of the most important sociological methods to the meaning of self. Mead had a curiosity for human awareness, it was the private and personal features of consciousness that led him to learn about the biological nature of an organism as well as the social nature of self. Having all this knowledge is what equipped him with the funds for the development of mind and self-consciousness.

He felt that the mind was the individual bond of the social process and bestowed both the self and the mind in terms of a social process. Mead understood that being in a community comes before one’s awareness. A person must first participate in different social places within a society and only then can he or she use that same experience to understand the viewpoint of others and thus become self-conscious. According to Mead, the “self” has two different sides or stages. The “me” is the sociable part of the individual. The “me” also represents any learned behaviors, attitudes, and expectations of others. This can sometimes be referred to as the generalized other. Which refers to an individual’s acknowledgment that other people of their society hold certain values and expectations about behavior.

The sense of self is defined as a collection of beliefs that we hold, while self-socialization is defined as a developmental process that allows you to reflect upon yourself. Therefore, I can understand why so many teenage girls have the tendency to have low self-esteem and an even more negative evaluation of their physical appearance. According to Mead, we do not become this way overnight, it is a learned process that is learned from a very young age.

Mead thought that the sense of self is established through social communication and contact. With the most serious social interaction transpiring within the family, which is the foundation of socialization. I can see this happening within my own family because my children and grandchildren are around family the most. The peer group will be next because as children get older they start hanging around peers their own age and with the same social characteristics as them. They begin acting, speaking, and doing as their peers are doing. The next group will be the school. The school uses organized activities to teach certain skills which can and will transmit cultural values. Unplanned socialization can come from peer groups and teachers at school, some can be positive, and some can may be negative. Nevertheless, they both can influence individuals one way or another.

Mead developed three stages of socialization calling them, preparatory, play, and game. A baby cannot tell the difference between self and others. It is during this stage that the “I” is more powerful, while the “me” is being established in the background. In this same stage, children learn to mimic behaviors of parents, siblings and or other family member or people that are often around. This is the exploratory stage where children are learning to associate words as well as understanding cause and effect. For example, my youngest grandson is seven months old, he cries for attention or for someone to pick him up. You can change his diaper, feed him, and make sure all his needs have been taken care of and the moment you sat him down he begins to cry, however, when you pick him up again he will stop the crying.

Play stage roughly begins between the ages two – six years. The child starts to use language and is beginning to understand that words like cat and dog have a joint cultural meaning. Peer culture is a very important source of identity for children. Children learn social skills, values, attitudes and concepts of self-interacting with their peers. The child also begins to take on new roles and plays with different characters by moving from imitation to acting out imaginary roles. For instance, the child is playing with a friend and says “I will be the mommy and you be the daddy. This is a key stage because the child is now learning how to take the role of others, at the same time the child is learning to imagine how others behave or feel. When a child acquires this level, the “me” begins to grow stronger. Why? Because the child is now concerned about the decision of others. This is the stage that my soon to be grand-daughter is at. When she comes to visit along with her brother and cousins she is playing the “Mommy” or the “Mimi” role by sending her brother and cousin to time-out. Basically, she is mimicking what she has seen her Mom and I do with her and her brother.

The last stage is the game stage which begins approximately about six years and older. This is the stage that involves gaining the ability to understand the connections between different roles. Mead used sports to demonstrate this stage. The child plays one role at a time but knows and understands the roles of other players or positions.

When my middle son was about, six, he wanted to play baseball. So, I signed him up to play, and when it was his time to bat he hit a home run and bringing in several of his teammates home as well. When it came time for him to bat the next time, he hit what he thought was a home run, however, he had to wait on the runners in front of him to run. He hit the ball and ran past his teammates who were on second and third base and continued home, only to be called out.

He did not fully understand if they didn’t run he couldn’t run either. Although he had the concept of the game down he didn’t know or understand the rules of the game. And as we all know every game have their own set of rules. From that day forward, any sport our children wanted to play we made sure that they knew how to play more than one position on their team as well as to have a clear understanding of the rules and regulation.

Mead made it clear that he thought the “me” was a part of the social self and the “I” was a response to “me” as well as the individual’s impulses when we give attitude it is the “I”. He thought that the presence in a community should come before individual awareness. One must first participate in different social position within society before one can use that experience to take the perspective of others before becoming uncomfortable with their situation or surroundings.

We as humans learn what is expected of us in society by communication with others in the world. Families must teach their children what is expected of them in society. Socialization is very different and it is based on class, gender, and race. Both men and women can learn concepts of self in sports Boys who are wanting to play basketball in the NBA can learn a few things about themselves, by watching some of the best players in the NBA.

For example, Koby Bryant offseason workout was called the 666 programs. His workout consisted of two hours of lifting weights, two hours of running and two hours on the basketball court. He would do this work out six months a year, for a total of six hours a day and six times a week. Our youngest son loves basketball but doesn’t love it enough to put in the work. We often tell him that if he wants to play with best he must prepare to be the best, both physically and mentally. The best players don’t become the best by playing video games or watching tv.

Growing up I would hear the idiom saying of Me, Myself, and I. And I automatically thought it was referring to “self” as in giving a sarcastic remark or answer to someone’s question. I even thought that it could possibly mean that the person was lonely, he or she didn’t have any friends or a significant other, or they could have simply been lonely by choice. I would even use the saying myself in purposely give a smart remark. Never thinking that it could have a significant meaning to the words.

There is another way of looking at the words “Me” Myself” and “I” for example, the Me is the physical aspect of a person and the Myself is the soulful as part of that same person. But the “I” of that very same person is the spiritual aspect of a person. And all three combined is the Trinity and essence of one entity, the divine human spirit.

Just like the spiritual trinity; the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost/Spirit, the trinity of “me”, “Myself”, and “I” are all the same. They cannot be with the other. The physical “Me” means the physical body of a person and the meaning of “Myself” goes a little deeper. The soulful aspects of a person mean that the person has emotions that are strong, the emotion that moves them, something that gives a person inner peace. And the spiritual aspect of a person is the religious belief of a person.

There is also a song called Me, Myself and I” by Billie Holiday that my Mom used to listen to it when I was a child, it is a classic and one of Billie’s greatest song. The phrase and some of the lyrics have stayed with me through the years. The song is referring to all three (Me, Myself, and I) who is in love with someone. She was saying that all three was in love with someone. It cannot be just one of them, it must be ae all three, you can’t have one without the other.

I am now beginning to understand that the initial socialization occurs when a child begins to understand or realize what attitudes, values, and action are. And their action is appropriate to individuals as members of a culture. The second socialization begins after the process of learning the correct behavior as members of a smaller group which is within a larger group.

As parents, we try to inspire our children’s behavior and personality, but the truth of the matter is that our children’s friends have more of an influence on them then we do, Mead calls this Group socialization. I have given birth to five children, and two of them have let their peers have a bigger influence on them more than we have as parents. Whatever their friends said or did was the way they wanted to follow. As parents we can often see things from a different perspective than our children, they forget that we have been in their shoes. Organizational is another socialization where employees learn the skills necessary to assume his or her responsibility of that certain organization.

Children are also capable of developing new skills by being able to communicate through hand gestures and symbols. We parents teach their babies and toddlers to wave bye-bye or to give a high five, those are considered gestures. I had a home daycare for years and I would teach the babies and toddlers in my care basic sign language. Just to name a few; eat, drink, more, please, thank you, wait, done/finish and help. And of course, the most common ones of the head shaking of yes and no.

I am currently working at a local school with special needs children and I am doing the same thing with the students who are non-verbal. We are also using a communication board with pictures, this helps them to know what to expect throughout the day. We teach them to point or tap pictures they want to let us know what they want. For example, if one of them wanted to have computer time, they would find the picture of the computer and add it to the I want. Sometimes they get a little frustrated, but we keep encouraging them to try again.

My personal views on (me, myself, and I) are not the same after reading Mead’s theories. With this information on self, we have a chance and a choice to define our own distinctive character. That is if a person truly wants to become the best self they can be. We can gather information about our own self from others by listening to what others must see about our personalities. “If someone calls me or say that I am an arrogant person.” If this is said only one time, I may overlook it, but if for some reason this is said repeatedly by different peoples I should probably listen and take a closer look at myself. I can choose to make changes, or I can choose to stay the same. We should all be willing to become better people.

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Learning about myself Throughout Life

Contents

Introduction:

Introduction:

My name is Alyssa Martinez. I am twenty years old, about to be twenty-one on January seventeenth. I enjoy reading books, even though the only books I read are romance novels and watching television shows. I took this course to broaden my understanding of relationships and everything that goes into making them strong and long-lasting. I wanted to learn more in-depth about them as well as learn about myself.

The three concepts I will be addressing below are adult attachment styles, love languages, and love styles. These three concepts are what stood out to me the most in this class and I believe they taught me the most about myself. I learned so much in this class that it is hard to put it all down, but the main thing I will take away is how many things in our development as children impact our relationships as adults. Also, that having knowledge and the mindset of wanting to work on things with greatly assist you in improving the quality of your relationships.

Adult Attachment Styles:

According to our textbook titled “Intimate Relationships: Across the Lifespan” by Abdul Khaleque “attachment is a theory that provides important concepts and constructs for explaining intimate relationships in childhood, adolescents, and adulthood” (Khaleque, 2018). It is not a general theory of relationships but how human beings respond within relationships when hurt, separated from loved ones, or noticing a threat. Attachment is provided by any consistent caregiver who meets the needs of an infant in terms of loving and caring for them. All infants become attached, however individual differences in the quality of the relationships remain significant. Our attachment styles as infants follow us into adulthood and impact our relationships. Although there is a difference between adult and infant attachment styles. The four adult attachment theories are secure, avoidant/dismissive, preoccupied, and avoidant/fearful.

The first adult attachment style is secure attachment. Secure attachment is developed when all needs are met as infants and throughout lives into adulthood.

When I first took the survey on attachment styles and received a result of anxious-preoccupied I was a little skeptical. However, after learning about the different attachment styles adults can have I realized that it did match me. People with an anxious-preoccupied attachment style have a negative view of one’s self, but a positive view of others, they often feel as if people don’t care about them as much as they care about others, and often go through great lengths to keep people in their lives. Learning about this attachment style and looking back on my own relationships showed me how I do have this attachment style.

In my relationship I go through great lengths to make sure my partner is always happy even if it means sacrificing my own happiness. Especially when we are arguing. I do not like confrontation especially with those I really care about, because I am afraid to lose them. This fear causes me to give in arguments just to make the other person happy. Another thing I do often in my relationships is ask for constant reassurance. I often feel as if my boyfriend doesn’t care about me or love me as much as I love and care about him. I ask him all the time if he loves me? If he is sure? It bothers even myself that I ask these questions all the time, I can only imagine what it does to him. However, he is very good at being there for me and understanding.

Like I explained above attachment style comes from infancy and travels into adulthood. My attachment being insecure streams from a history of inconsistencies with my parents. My mother and father both worked hard to provide for my brother and me. I admire them greatly for that, however they were very permissive parents and I could never really tell if they truly cared or not. In my own opinion it makes sense that I question my boyfriend so much in our relationship. My attachment to my dad is very avoidant I would say.

I don’t trust him, nor do I trust his motives on certain things. He has failed me in the past and this has impacted my attachment style. However, even though I trust my mother more than my father I don’t put much faith her either. I don’t rely on my parents or family at all. I tend me be very dependent on my boyfriend though. I put a lot of my weight onto his shoulders. Another thing that comes from having a pre-occupied attachment style. People with pre-occupied attachment style tend to dependent on their intimate partners in a relationship more than a person with a secure attachment would.

Love Languages:

Love languages was discovered by Dr. Gary Chapman. According to Dr. Gary Chapman “Unhappiness in relationships is often since we speak different languages” (Newell 2018b). Many people don’t realize that we feel love in different ways. There are five different ways that people feel love and they are words of affirmation, acts of service, physical touch, receiving gifts, and quality time. Words of affirmation is exactly how it sounds. You show or feel love through words. Your partner telling you they are proud or that they love you. Acts of service means that you feel or show love through doing something for your partner. For example, if the house is dirty and you know you’re partner usually cleans,

if you clean the house it would make your partner feel greater. Saying “Oh I can help you with that or let me do that for you” can go along way with your partner if their love language is acts of service. Physical touch is another love language; however, it doesn’t always have to mean something sexual. It can be holding hands or a back rub. A sexual relationship is only one form of the love language physical touch. Receiving gifts was probably the hardest love language for me to understand, because I assumed it meant you always wanted your partner to buy you something for you to feel love. However, that is not what it means at all. It doesn’t have to be material items it can be a simple love note or a flower picked from the garden can show your partner how much you appreciate them and love them. The last love language, but not the least is quality time. Quality time is the act of spending time with your partner or taking the time to share meaningful conversations between the two of you. These are the ways in which we show our love and feel it as well.

If your partner doesn’t understand that the way you feel love is different than the way that they feel love it can cause unhappiness even without your knowledge. When I took the survey on love languages I learned that I have two main love languages which are physical touch and words of affirmation. Physical touch doesn’t always have to be sexual. It can be holding hands or a back rub. A sexual relationship is only one form of the love language physical touch. I enjoy holding hands with my partner or just keeping in physical contact when we are in proximity. I think I do this, because I love to know that he is there. Although according to Dr. Jane Newell’s lecture on love languages

it is important to understand your partners love language, because they can be “irritated or annoyed by physical touch even if it’s the way you feel, and show love the most” (Newell 2018b). I know that my boyfriend doesn’t always enjoy being touched or gets irritated sometimes. The second love language I received is words of affirmation. Words of affirmation as I explained about is showing love through words. For example, telling your partner how proud you are of them or I love you. Those are two of the phrases I enjoy hearing the most from my boyfriend.

I have talked to my boyfriend about love languages. I even had him take the same survey, so that we can understand each other better. His result of the love language survey was quality time. According to Dr. Jane Newell’s lecture it can be as simple as staying home or going out, but the point is to focus all your energy on your partner and spend time with just them. Since my boyfriend and I live together and spend most of our time together I tend to think of quality time as our date nights where we go out to eat or go to the movies, put away our phones and enjoy each other’s presence. Majority of the time I can cancel plans or say I want to stay home and work on homework, because school is stressful so taking the time to spend time with my boyfriend makes him feel like I care and love him. I can tell my boyfriend’s love language really is quality time, because after a date night he always seems the happiest and I like to think it’s because I took the time to go out with him and put in the effort to spend one on one time with him.

However, I am not the only who has learned something from this survey on love languages. After I explained the results and showed him mine. He has started to understand more how I feel love. He tells me that I am beautiful, he loves me or he’s proud me etc. more often than he used to in the past. Understand these love languages has strengthened our relationship. We both are communicating with each other better to make sure we are both feeling and showing that we love one another.

Love Styles:

Love styles was classified by sociologist John Allen Lee. He classified six different kinds of love styles. Love styles are the way you express and experience love. The six love styles are Eros, Ludus, and Storge, which are the primary love styles. The secondary love styles are Pragma, Mania and, Agape.

Eros is passionate love and is based on intense chemistry or attraction. When thinking about Eros love style I often associate it when the love portrayed in movies. Ludus is called the game playing love, because people who have this love style often view love as a game. Relationships that are high in Ludus tend to end quickly. Storge is the friendship love. It is called friendship love, because the love grows slowly out of deep friendship. Storge love style is based on a strong commitment and mutual interest to each other.

Pragma is a practical kind of love, because people base relationships on business. For example, who can provide them with the most either it be money or the best genes. Mania is an obsessive love style. People with this love style tend to be extremely jealous or possessive. This can be dangerous when people have a great deal of this kind of love in their relationship. Agape is a selfless love. People with high levels of Agape love will sacrifice anything for their partners. Each person doesn’t just have one love style but has a variation of each love style in their lives.

When I took the survey to find out what love style I had. I found out that it is just not one love style, but a variation like I stated above. I received lows scores in Pragma, Mania, and Ludus. I received higher scores in Eros, Agape, and Storge. The high levels in Storge make sense to me, because my boyfriend is my best-friend we had a wonderful friendship before we started dating. Growing up together certainly helped with that. We knew each other quite well before dating. The high levels of Eros make sense, because of how deeply I love my boyfriend and how deeply rooted my attraction to him is. I believe the high levels of Agape stream from my pre-occupied attachment style. I tend to be a person who is always sacrificing for others. I often give in to people, because I feel like I am going to lose them, but in the case with my relationship I sacrifice to make him happy. I want to be sure that he is happy, because when he is happy then I am happy.

Although I scored low levels in Mania, and Pragma it doesn’t mean they don’t exists in my relationship at all. Mania is a love style associated with jealously and possessiveness. I experienced jealousy even though I love my boyfriend and trust that he wouldn’t do anything to hurt me or hurt our relationship it doesn’t mean I don’t get jealous from time to time. It’s hard to eliminate the jealously all together when I still have insecurities about myself. Again, that ties into my attachment style with the fact that people with a preoccupied attachment style have a negative view of self. Having this negative view of self, causes me to be jealous of other girls my boyfriend may interact with.

Although it is not strong, and I hardly feel it most of the time. The insecurities and jealously do pop up occasionally. Pragma love style is the business type of love style. Although I didn’t pick my boyfriend based on how well he could provide for me or how well he would fit into my family. I did think about how the kind of kids we would have. I always look to the future when I have a boyfriend. I do not date guys for fun and games, but rather for someone to build a life with.

Reference:

Khaleque, A. (2018). Intimate Relationships Across the Lifespan: Formation, Development, Enrichment, and Maintenance. ABCCLIO. Pg. 91.
Newell, Jane (2018a). Communication and Intimate Relationships: Love Languages. Friends & Intimate Relationships. University of New Mexico
Newell, Jane (2018b). Attachment Style. Friends & Intimate Relationships. University of New Mexico
Newell, Jane (2018c). Attraction and Intimate Relationships: Love Styles. Friends &Intimate Relationships. University of New Mexico.
Lind Seal, K. & Doty, J. (2016). Attachment. In T. Mendenhall, E. Plowman, and L. Trump (Eds.), Intimate Relationships: Where have we been? Where are we going? (2nd ed., pp. 13-26). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
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Working on myself Led me to a Better Life

It was my freshman year of high school. I was young and just starting to find out what the whole high school thing was all about. I did not know my way around the big school or even more so the people around me. I was like a lost puppy in a big city, everything was new to me: the environment, the people, and even the classes. It took me a while to get used to it. I had to make new friends because most of my old ones were not in my classes. In a way, high school changed who I was: I lost friends, I gained new ones, I had new classes, I took on new journeys, I fell in love, and I got my heart broken.

It all started with that smile; there is just something about the way he smiles that catches everyone's attention. He seemed perfect, like someone from a dream. He was the starting quarterback, shortstop on the baseball team, and the point guard of the basketball team. He was tall, dark-haired, and overall my perfect person. He was my dream guy.

We started dating in December of my freshman year. Everything was always so good; sometimes, so good it seemed too good to be true. He was all I ever wanted in a guy. If I were to make a list of qualities that I wanted my husband to have, he would have scored a one hundred. He loved me, along with every flaw I possessed. He showed me what it was like to live with such a strong love for someone that when I even thought about it, I could not help but smile.

Along with that, I loved everything about him. Every 'flaw' he saw in himself was, to me, another reason to love him even more deeply. I loved that piece of hair that would stick straight up in the back of his head. I loved the way he would smile so big when he talked about something he had a passion for, and the way his face became red when he got nervous. I loved when he had to wear his glasses even when he hated it. Most of all, I loved the way he loved me. He always knew just what to say or do to make me feel special. He was my other half, my missing puzzle piece. We loved many of the same things like the peace of waking up early to see the sunrise, the smell of hot coffee, and the relaxation of a Sunday at home watching football. He always encouraged me to chase my dreams. He was so down to earth, a man of his word, much different from any boy in our school.

Saying all of that, it just was not the right time. As I said, I was young. I was not ready to take on a full time, committed relationship. I did not know who I was or even whom I wanted to be. He came at a very insubstantial time in my life. When he came, he filled my life with love and happiness, so much happiness that it almost became a need; but, still, deep down I was still broken and hurting. I guess that is why our relationship seemed so surreal at times and after a while, it got old to me. I was not the happy and outgoing person he believed I was. I was ill, tired, angry, exhausted, and was afraid to say that I was running away from who I truly was and what I wanted to be. I hated myself for letting it get to that point.

During all of that, he continued to love me. He was there for every little need I had although he was going through some of the biggest changes in his own life as well. Never once did he complain, but eventually I seen that he was burned out, he was exhausted, he was restless, and he no longer had that fire that used to be. I was too soaked up in myself to realize that he needed love and support as well. I did not give him the love and support that he silently longed for; he deserved someone better.

Trying to do life without him brought me deep pain; pain that, in the end, taught me some of my greatest life lessons. This pain set me on avenues to self-complacency. It taught me that sometimes what is right is not always going to be easy, it taught me to keep learning, to get right back up when you fall, to chase my dreams, and it overall forced me to open my eyes and see that what I wanted in this life was going to take hard work. I had to force myself to learn how to create my happiness; that was a challenge in itself.

A new-found self-confidence now fills my life. I now find myself in a place of satisfaction: knowing that where I am right now is where I should be. I am now more me than I have ever been; the girl who hid beneath a callused heart of hate and jealousy. It was a long journey, eight months to be exact, but with ambition and drive to be able to experience life immensely, I overcame it. He was the all-around the right person just at the wrong time.

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A Story about how i Became Better

Everyone aims to change or rather improve; those who do not however, are either already born perfect or are afraid to do so. Failing to change will result indifferent outcomes, and for what do we live for if everything turns out no differently from yesterday, today or tomorrow? My dear friends, how can you sleep at night knowing that the events today will happen again tomorrow? If you have a wonderful life then you can be happy in experiencing a dream over and over, but not everyone is so fortunate. If you suffered today, are you prepared to suffer again tomorrow?

I was weak before. I had trouble making up my mind that I often depend on my parents to make the decisions for me even if I dislike their choice. I could never fight for what I wanted. I would easily give up, especially when it came to my education. I wanted to continue studying since 2014, but was unable to due to financial problems. I stopped going to university and started working for three years, I had kept in mind that I am doing this for my family when deep down I was only doing this in spite of being unable to fight for what I really wanted.

I was weak, I had zero confidence in myself, and I always depend on others. I had a lot of dreams but barely enough courage to pursue them. I could never comply with the expectations people instilled in me. I hated it. I hated crying everything out, even the little things; Unable to decide for myself, afraid to confront challenges and never content for what I have. I was pathetic and I hated it.

I was. Because of all the experiences I had, I now stand proud and strong enough to face new hardships life throws at me. I strive to continue my aspirations from before and nurture them for tomorrow. I was weak, I was.

I am now an independent person; an individual who can function on her own. I can make my own decisions, be content of what I have and can realize the fact that if I want something, I should fight for it. I am not the weak person I was before. I can now endure hardships with or without company. I am now not the type of person to give up on a path for her dreams. As little as these achievements are for others, it is as big of a step for me and I am proud of what I have become.

I only want one thing for my future, which is to graduate. That will be my first step to success. I want to provide for my parents just as how they provided for my needs. To have a stable job, to travel with them through different countries, to be able to give everything they want, to make them happy is my success. Making my parents smile with my efforts will be my greatest achievement.

From weak to strong, cowardly to courageous, dependent to independent; just as how a caterpillar changes to a cocoon to a butterfly, I have changed and is continually changing. I now wake up to a new tomorrow compared to living every day the same. I’ll say this now, to you my friends who are witness: I have changed myself! From yesterday to today to tomorrow.

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Immigration Politics by Donald Trump and DACA

The United States is culturally heterogeneous. What some consider to be true American values may be considered non-American by others. So there is, in a sense, no consensus on the values that are supposed to be the core of the American identity. In history, there has never been a conflict-free moment on the value system, or without controversy over what should be considered as truly American. However, the United States has always boasted of being the place where one realizes one's dreams and where one finds refuge. Many immigrants arrive in the United States to escape the horrors of their own country, hoping to find a better life for their family, and also to contribute to the American entrepreneurial spirit.

Removing the DACA would go against what many people see as the heart of American values, as it deprives many young Americans of the opportunity to realize their dreams. At the same time, an honest and historical reading of the United States can not ignore the role played by racism, slavery and genocide in the construction of this country. While some refuse to consider these infamous values, they are unfortunately also part of the American value system. It is not surprising, therefore, that many Americans see foreigners and non-whites with great suspicion, and that they do everything to keep them out of their country. Many Americans have fought for this since the founding of their country. We find this conflict within the Republican Party itself. Some Republicans think that DACA should not have been touched. Others believe it was necessary to get rid of it because they see it as an abuse of executive power by the Obama administration. These party members would like to see Congress take this issue to put an end to this status of 'Dreamers'.

Meanwhile, as Donald Trump claims to have contributed to strong economic growth since his arrival at the White House while making hostile remarks to immigrants, economists and business leaders warn of this policy that could have a very negative impact on the economy. With almost full employment, employers are increasingly struggling to recruit employees, particularly in sectors such as construction currently in high demand to rebuild the regions that were devastated by the hurricanes in 2017. The decision to end Daca sparked opposition from business leaders, of whom a hundred signed a petition asking the US Congress to pass a law protecting these young 'dreamers'. Donald Trump's immigration policy, like the end of immunizing nearly 200,000 Salvadorans from expulsion from the United States, could cost the US economy by fueling a crisis in the hands of the United States. artwork. Ironically, while Salvadorans may be deported next year, the US government has warned Americans traveling to El Salvador, calling on them to be cautious about gangs, extortion, violence against drug traffickers. drugs and weapons operating in this Central American country. For Donald Trump, it's about making a commitment to his campaign. As a candidate, he promised to immediately terminate the Daca program. The businessman believed at the time that it was 'one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a president'. But once elected, the US president seemed to distance himself from this campaign promise. He may have been sensitive to the arguments of some parliamentarians who, including on his side, have expressed reservations about a unilateral White House initiative. This is a direct consequence of the 'zero tolerance' policy against clandestine immigration introduced in April by the Trump administration.

Under this new policy, any adult arrested after illegally entering the United States must now be prosecuted for a criminal offense. Pending their appearance before a federal judge, who will decide on a possible prison sentence, the defendants are therefore detained. Hence the separation with their children who, under a 1997 court agreement, can not be detained for more than twenty days, even in the company of their parents. The decree signed Wednesday by Trump orders the Minister of Justice to seize the courts to amend the agreement of 1997, nicknamed the 'Flores settlement'. (Sean, Murray. (2018).).

Finally, the elimination of the DACA program has at least two winners. The first is Trump, who gets a small victory. He shows his supporters that he is able to keep an election promise. Moreover, the ball is now in the camp of Congress, forced to act. If he fails to find a solution, the Trump administration will be able to stick to it. The second winner is obviously the organizations that support these anti-migration policies. Research in sociology and political science shows that anti-immigrant prejudices are largely nourished as soon as one perceives cultural and political threats. Many individuals and organizations in this country cling desperately to their vision of a predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon America. They believe that immigration jeopardizes this vision. That's what makes them angry and makes them fearful. All these people, who believe that the flow of Latino immigrants in recent decades will undermine their vision of the 'true' American culture, see the abolition of the DACA program as a victory against their designated enemy. At best, the Congress will put in place a policy that will recreate DACA broadly, and allow young people to stay in the United States.

The country has recently broken its teeth on a real reform of immigration. Such changes will not happen soon, because of the growing political polarization and the legitimacy that President Trump gives to the 'nativist' movement. However, it is also likely that many local governments are fighting against the federal government's efforts to marginalize undocumented immigrants. Many elected officials across the United States are already denouncing Trump's decision and promising to protect the Dreamers. The worst thing for these people would be that their situation is approaching the nightmare already experienced by many Latino immigrants under the Trump administration - notably because of the program 'Immigration and Customs Enforcement' which identifies and renews unauthorized migrants, including those who have absolutely committed no crime. Even though the Trump administration has publicly assured the Dreamers that only undocumented immigrants who commit crimes would be systematically targeted by deportations, there are too many cases where honest migrants are suddenly detained and deported for that this promise is taken seriously. It is clear that there are 'nativist' factions within the White House that will find it quite acceptable to deport until the last Dreamer, even though some polls show that 80% of Republicans and 75% of Trump's voters support the right to 'Dreamers' to stay in the United States.

In conclusion, the Daca has long been the target of US conservatives, who argue that illegal immigration is causing Americans to lose jobs. For the first concerned, the consequences could vary according to this new device. In the worst case, the dreamers could end up without a work permit from next year and live again in fear of the raids of the immigration services. The Daca has long been the target of US conservatives, who argue that illegal immigration is causing Americans to lose jobs. In fact, Donald Trump's policy is so opaque and disorganized that nobody seems to know if, when, where and on what conditions a child can find his family. Officially, the federal agencies involved in the process ensure that families can be reunited, either to be deported at the same time or to wait together for consideration of a possible asylum claim. The Daca program is also vigorously defended by a broad coalition that includes the Democratic opposition, some Republicans, and many business and professional leaders. Among these supporters, Republican House Leader Paul Ryan and Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott. Both men advocate that the program be preserved in one way or another. It goes without saying that the announcement, in addition to terrifying key stakeholders, divides the country.

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Solutions for Undocumented Immigrants

Contents

Evidence:
Alternatives:
Criteria:
Outcomes:
Tradeoffs:
Works Cited

The United States has an immigration issue that has left the nation unbelievably isolated. The issue has less to do with our borders than what to do with current undocumented foreigners. There have been various bills made to address the circumstances around the question of undocumented immigrants. The issue lies in ousting individuals who have been living here since they were kids and also expelling families who have kids who are American natives. Monetarily, mass extradition would be unfavorable. So from both a social and financial perspective mass expulsion of people would be an unsafe solution to the current crisis.

The new administration is quite strict about immigration policies and they have devised new regulations which strengthened the immigration process and a border wall was suggested, moreover a total of 6 Muslim majority countries were barred from entering the U.S. These are some of the steps taken by the Trump administration. Immigration has been widely discussed in the media and the political scene in the country. As has been previously stated there are better alternatives the administration could follow instead of expelling everybody from the nation. In this report policy brief alternatives will be listed.

Evidence:

Since around 2001, there has been a ton of attempts to create new migration strategy that would profit some undocumented workers and diminish the uncertainty possible expulsion of individuals who currently live in dread of deportation. A noteworthy administrative piece of legislation known as the DREAM Act had been at the forefront of migration change. As indicated by a 2014 report from Pew Research there are about 11.3 million undocumented immigrants, who under the DREAM Act just about 1.7 million of these outsiders would perhaps be qualified for this program. Nonetheless, this proposed act failed in 2001 and has not been passed in any form, regardless of what legislation it has been joined to.

The then President Obama, who somewhat kept running on significant migration change, issued an executive order, that extraordinarily helped a substantial class of undocumented migrants as well as giving them a way to citizenship. The order stopped the expulsion of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States under the age of 16 were younger than 30, currently in school, post-secondary school, veterans, and those without a criminal record. This executive order likewise enabled undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses, work grants, schools, and additionally the right to medical coverage. In-state educational cost. This executive order by the President is known as DACA. After that President Obama made another executive order, which extended DACA and additionally halted the expulsion of those born in the U.S and with no criminal record.

Alternatives:

There are different alternatives the administration could follow for a better solution to the current crisis. Expelling so many people from the country would not be a good solution. The government should extend current undocumented immigration arrangement to incorporate the individuals who have lived here for a long time or have youngsters who are citizens. This will incorporate further actualizing the executive demands made by President Obama, which are at present being slowed down under a directive by a Texas local court, while the court decides whether these official demands can be deemed legal. These projects will help numerous undocumented immigrants who fear deportation.

An option to the immigration executive order made by President Obama is to do the correct inverse and endeavor to extradite every one of the 12 million undocumented migrants to their respective nations. This arrangement will endeavor to coercively locate every undocumented outsider, rather than trusting that workers commit an error with green cards or commit a wrongdoing. This will incorporate expanded pursuits of individuals and their documentation, particularly in outskirt states. Something like this enactment has been passed in Arizona where police were permitted to apprehend anybody they suspected of being an undocumented worker for confirmation of citizenship or legal residency.

Finally, there can be no new enactment so neither change nor extraordinary extradition will happen. There can simply be an expansion in border security to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants to enter the United States wrongfully. This will mean financing coordinated efforts towards building bigger dividers or fences and additional labor in all places on the border with high measures of unlawful entry.

Criteria:

A noteworthy rule that should be considered is each alternative’s monetary effect. Will there be economically determined, or will it help the United States' economy. This will be determined by the assets that states will require. What will likewise be considered is in the event that it is reasonable for the citizens as well as undocumented foreigners. This will decide whether the arrangement will be expanded absolution or extraordinary expulsion. This will be estimated by the components that could happen in either circumstance, for example, an expansion/diminishment in employment development, training, or wrongdoing rates. In conclusion, we will decide if these arrangements can work in the long haul, both for residents and foreigners, and in addition its long run effect to the nation's economy. We will decide this by embedding an answer briefly to quantify the effect in a little area, rather than do it in a vast scale over the United States. What makes a difference most is the effect on the welfare of the United States, regardless of whether it be fortifying our economy or debilitating the safety in our nation.

Outcomes:

As of now, Obama's first executive order is being actualized since it was reported in June 2012. DACA is a win that has enabled numerous individuals to accomplish objectives, for example, advanced education that wouldn't have happened as expected generally. In any case, there will keep on being reaction on a reprieve that will be given to workers who entered the United States unlawfully. There is likewise the supposition that President Obama's order offering absolution to a segment of undocumented outsiders in the United States will give attract more illicit movement, as individuals may trust they have a higher shot of citizenship under the new projects. There is additionally the monetary effect to consider whenever expanded migration could happen after the implementation.

Anyway, mass deportation is additionally considered to a great degree exorbitant on the grounds that it will require a lot more officers. It can likewise be viewed as racially one-sided on the grounds that officers will check numerous individuals' documentation and can be considered as racially profiling. A bill that executed this sort of checking was made in Arizona and is known as Arizona SB 1070. The Supreme Court of the United States struck three of the four arrangements in this law down as it was found to abuse the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. It produced huge contention all through the United States as just minorities; principally Hispanics would be checked for their residency status.

Not permitting immigration reform and letting expulsion continue will not encourage the United States, its nationals, or any undocumented outsiders who live in the United States right now. Just expanding border security will no doubt negatively affect the United States. It could impede family connections and cause many persevering people to be extradited and not help better the United States.

Tradeoffs:

Allowing amnesty for an extensive number of outsiders will be greatly advantageous to families who have been living here for a considerable length of time. It will permit better edvaction for these kids and also keep families together. Youngsters whose guardians are ousted will in general wind up forgotten, which helps nobody. Expanded expelling can help with the issue of US citizens paying for undocumented foreigners and furthermore open up assets for subjects. In any case, there will probably illicit movement. It will be quite expensive to house undocumented workers until their official expulsion.

Expanded border security may somewhat stem more unlawful outsiders from entering yet it is insufficient. Not making out of here settlers will have huge long run impacts on the economy and also social equity in the United States. There will more than likely be an issue of unlawful foreigners if nothing is done to change.

Decide:

I trust that the best arrangement going ahead will be to concede pardon through DACA and DAPA. There are numerous undocumented foreigners who need better lives and they can help improve the United States too. The United States was based on the dreams of immigrants with hopes and dreams also. It the ideal financial arrangement, as it can create employment advertise and also cause entrepreneurs of new businesses and is the most economical of the three elective arrangements.

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DACA Impact for Female Empowerment

Throughout history, female empowerment has had different significant meanings. Women were stereotyped to be cleaners, cooks, or as a housewife and were expected to have no career. However, women have accomplished so much over the years as engineers, scientist, businesswomen, entertainers, political leaders, women in the military and so on. Women have been so belittled throughout history, and I think of how great we have progressed.

Furthermore, Female empowerment to me is when women have proven themselves to be as equal or even greater leaders, especially in a male-dominated work society. Empowerment has lead to women inspiration and leadership as role models and trendsetters. Empowerment is simply women breaking stereotypes and spreading awareness that women can do anything they set their mind to. Empowerment is when women who inspire young girls to become who they want to be regardless of their gender. This applies to whether it's being a mechanic, engineer, construction worker, wrestler, actor. It's women encouraging each other after years of stereotypes and mistreatment for equalization. Moreover, it is amazing how much we have progressed in America, and although we did, it does not mean we should stop fighting for equalization. Many third world countries do not have many female empowerments in a patriarchy environment. Women are still looked down on and are not being treated equally. So how do we empower women around us every day and in other countries?

To empower women around us every day, we can start off by just small things. The saying “A simple smile can change someone’s day” Which is true. For me, a simple gesture, smile or conversation empowers me every day when encountering other women in society. Little things like this brighten up my day and empower me to stay positive. Another way we can empower women is to emphasize in inspiring young girls or even young transgender women. An example of this is when I was asked by an old co-worker Marissa (who is now a fourth-grade teacher) to speak about my college experiences as a freshman. They had asked me questions on how college was like, how I came to be, and how I managed my time as a student. Marissa and I hoped that by me speaking about my experiences had inspired them to set a path for themselves as I did to further their education after high school.

Another way to empower women is to create awareness and not only within the U.S. but also women in other countries specifically those dominated by men and patriarchy. An example of this would be in Egypt last month in December 2018, when Egyptian actress Rania Yousef has been set to trial for wearing a “revealing” dress. Egyptian Critics called her to dress a disgrace to society and a disrespect to the religion and ethics of the country. She faces up to five years in prison and is due in court on January 12 for public obscenity. The dress itself is a fair dress where most women in America can consider casual or something you can wear to prom or a wedding party.

Additionally, this trial is unfair, unjust and ridiculous for putting a woman to trial for the way she dressed which in no way does she harm anyone or even herself. For empowerment, women around the world can create awareness, campaigns, petitions and should be fighting for Youseff. For the reason that a woman has the power to make any decision she wants and should be able to do what she wants with her body as long as she is not harming anyone or herself. Female empowerment should continue not only in the growth within the United States but also in many male dominating and patriarchy nations. As women, we must encourage and assist those by awareness and raising campaigns as we continue to keep fighting for women’s rights.

Today, President Trump’s recent attempt to end DACA can affect many young immigrant women who strive to achieve higher education such as myself. This current event will prevent the program from helping many thousands of immigrant women from its benefits. Daca recipients also receive limited grants and scholarships in order to attend college. DACA also helps immigrant women to be eligible for employment from a work permit and have a driver’s license. Another important benefit for DACA recipients is their protection from deportation and the avoidance of family separation.

From my personal experience as a first-generation student coming from an immigrant background, DACA has helped me become an aspiring business student with my college education. Before my permanent residency in 2016, I was unable to become part of programs such as Upward Bound, a high school program that guided students for college. I was unable to work and assist my mother financially and was held back from certain scholarships. When I received DACA, I received a work permit, had access to grants to assist me for my education. Without DACA, my first year in college would have been a huge risk with many loans from private corporations or banks that have high-interest rates. By being protected from deportation, and having my mother around, I became an astounding hard-working college student and a product of the Deferred Action of Childhood arrival. As an immigrant woman, and first generation, as well as the first female in my intermediate family to go to a university in America, witnessing these current events that affect immigrant women and also their families, outrages me.

As a young adult, it is my duty to keep encouraging and to counsel female immigrant students with how to manage their college education because that is what female empowerment means to me. Helping each other out and inspiring those who do not have hope

To empower immigrant women through difficult situations not only we must spread awareness and encouragement but we should write petitions to governors, keep voting, keep fighting for equal rights. In these letters, we must emphasize that women in our society cannot succeed if they are being held back when our president and his trustees belittle women and immigrants. Moreover, young women such as myself are the future, and they should not be held back no matter what their backgrounds. We must continue to protect our future which is our women.

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Current Immigration Issues in US

Immigration has been one of the most talked about and major topics in the last decade or so. The purpose of this research paper is to educate myself and the reader over three main issues occurring concerning immigration. The three main issues and topics are demographics and economical impact, border security, and humanitarian concerns.

According to The U.S. Immigration Debate, in 1970 there were only about 10 million immigrants present in the US (Felter and Renwick 2018). Currently, breaking down the numbers, there are estimates of 1.7 million with some type of visa, roughly 11.1 million undocumented immigrants, 22.6 million lawfully present and 20.7 million naturalized citizens, totaling 43.3 million immigrants (CAP Immigration Team and Nicholson 2017). Using those statistics and recent trends in immigrant population, it is expected that by 2023, 14.8% of American population will be immigrants, it will continue to grow by 2060 (Camarota and Zeigler 2016). The majority of the immigrant population, specifically the undocumented population, reside in several states with larger populations. There are six states where 58% of undocumented immigrants reside in and include; California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Illinois (Cohn, Krogstad, and Passel 2018). Their contribution to the economy and workforce is highly noticeable. They count for 17% of the workforce in America and within that percentage, there are about 750,000 people are DACA recipients are are eligible to work and attend school lawfully (CAP and Nicholson 2017). They also add $2 trillion dollars to the US economy.

One of the biggest issues that deal with immigration is border security. Within the last decade, in order to secure the border and obtain maximum efficiency, there has been a rise in border patrol staffing. As of 2015, DHS has sent air surveillance systems, underground motion sensors, mobile and remote surveillance systems as an effort to monitor the border (CAP and Nicholson 2017). In most recent times, in order to obtain funding for a wall to be built on the border, President Trump issued a national state of emergency. This is the latest effort to secure the border and stop illegal entry (DeBonis, Paletta and Wagner 2019).

Ethics and humanitarian concerns have become immigration related problems. People under DACA protection not having a permanent solution to their cases is an example. DACA(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) was an executive decision done by President Obama in 2012 as an effort to support and help “DREAMERS” (Felter and Renwick 2018). The moral case for DACA is finding a permanent solution for them through the Dream Act, which would allow them permanent residence since the 750,000 people affected by it have been here for most of their lives(Carter 2017). Another humanitarian issue that has been most recent, is the separation of Central American families who arrived in a caravan in order to seek asylum and refugee status. Almost 60,000 unaccompanied minors and 78,000 people have tried to cross and were apprehended at the border. The rates of denial of asylum for them is relatively high, which brings the moral issue of whether denying them asylum gives them a death sentence if they return home.

Immigration is a huge topic among politics nowadays. It is important to stay educated on demographics, border security and ethical and humanitarian concerns.

References

Camarota, S. A., & Zeigler, K. (2016, October 3). Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://cis.org/Report/Immigrants-United-States
Carter, J. (2017, September 01). What you should know about DACA and Dreamers. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/what-you-should-know-about-daca-and-dreamers
C., & Nicholson, M. D. (2017, April 20). The Facts of Immigration Today: 2017 Eddition. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2017/04/20/430736/facts-immigration-today-2017-edition/
Felter, C., & Renwick, D. (2018, July 2). The U.S. Immigration Debate. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-immigration-debate-0
Krogstad, J. M., Passel, J. S., Cohn, D., Krogstad, J. M., Passel, J. S., & Cohn, D. (2018, November 28). 5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/28/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

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The Vital Importance of DACA Program for Immigrants

Immigration is an action of movement from one environment into a foreign country. Many immigrants parents brought their children at a young age to America so that they can give their children’s a better life and a better education. Is their part to use it and take advantage of it. There’re teens out there who want to continue school after high school. “In 2012 Obama administration offered DACA, for a temporary relief from deportation.” (Batalova, Jeanne, Sarah Hooer, and Randy Capps). This program benefited a lot of young teens that were considered unauthorized immigrants. The teens that came to the United States as kids and found opportunities to continue school are on the DACA program. “The DACA program is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.” (Sahay, Kashika Mohan). It is an American policy that permits a group of individuals who were brought to the United States illegally to be protected from deportation. These teens are called dreamers, they are under the DACA program that Obama created in 2012. Dream stands for “Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors” (Acuña, Rodolfo F.). Everyone in general should be treated equally, regardless of where they are from. All humans deserve the same opportunities.

Once they come to the United States their life style changes, at first is very challenging for them to adapt or get use to how Americans live. Immigrants enter the United States poorer than any American, they don’t have anything, they are basically starting from scratch and building up to improve their lives. “There about 1.8 million young immigrants in the United States who came or were brought to the country without documentation before the age of 16. These youth have been raised and educated in the United States and have aspirations and educational achievement similar to those of their native-born peers.” (Anaya, Yohualli Balderas-Medina, Mithi del Rosario, and David E. Hayes-Bautista.). America has always been the immigrant's dream. A few disadvantages that people who migrate from foreign countries is that they don’t speak English. It makes it hard for them to communicate with someone who doesn’t speak their language.

Although, these teens had high grades they weren’t qualified for federal aid, because of their residency status. College is more expensive for them and is hard for them to go to college just because they aren’t legal citizens. “The cost of their education to the state amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars for each student. Deportations were like throwing these investments away, they represent the best of America society.” (Acuña, Rodolfo F.) Which is why I don’t think that the currently President which is Trump, should take away DACA. Is an application that protects these teens. An application that will help them accomplish their dreams and the goals of why they even came to the United States in the first place. They were young children whom didn’t know that they were migrating to another country. All the students whom are under the DACA program don’t deserve to be punished by erasing this program, that has helped them a lot in different ways. Just because the President detest immigrants shouldn’t be a reason of why he considers all of them bad people. These hard-working people aren’t doing anything wrong but trying to continue school. In fact, they are doing it for a good cause that will even help the economy in America.

Immigrants are most likely to take jobs in agriculture and construction, but not all do. Some have the opportunity to continue school meaning after high school, go to college and get a degree. The dreamers are the ones that even if they were born at another country, they demonstrate that, it doesn’t make them any less than any other American. In fact, they are Americans, because they’ve been in the United States since little. Some of the dreamers don’t even know anything of the country that they were born at, because the country they’ve live for most their life has been America. Kashika Mohan Sahay, Kari Thatcher, Cruz Nuñez and Alexandra Lightfoot are a group of high school students that came to the United States as kids and found opportunities on the DACA program.

The DACA program should be important to the United States as it is for the dreamers. Because these are students that are undocumented that are looking forward to going to college. Being under this program doesn’t consider them residents, but it gives them freedom for two years to not have to worry about being deported. In addition, this DACA program can also be somewhat complicated to the adolescence life in many different ways. Is a presidential action meaning a future president can discontinue it, or provide more chances. Is not permanent, they have to renewed it every two years, is not a way for residency or citizenship and the teens family can still get deported. But the DACA program also have benefits, you can obtain a driver license, might have the chance to travel outside the Unites States. “DACA defers deportation of eligible, undocumented youth and grants lawful presence in the United States, work permits, Social Security numbers, and, in most states, driver’s licenses.” (Anaya, Yohualli Balderas-Medina, Mithi del Rosario, and David E. Hayes-Bautista.). These teens parents didn’t finish school, so they give them advises on how they need to get a degree so that they won’t have to be working like they are. They have many ways to be successful in their school lives if they try.

There are a lot of reasons that motivates most immigrants to have an act of traveling to the United States. All immigrants have different reasons and different decisions. Some immigrants call America, “the land of opportunity.” Immigrants don’t just come to America for themselves but also for the well-being of their family. Immigrants are willing to do anything for a better life. They are very hardworking people who doesn’t come to the United States to harm others but to work, get an education and to give to our country. They deserve the same chances as any other American. Poor countries go through a lot of struggles, their lives aren’t easy as it seems to just talk about it. For example, there’s people who don’t want to work but just get things the easiest way by taking away from the ones who works their selves off for what they want and need to provide for themselves and family members. They don’t get pay well, their salary is not even close to the minimum wage in the United States. Once the parents get settle in the United States their first move is to look for a job. There are employees that will even take advantage of the immigrants and treat them like their slaves. But parents risk it all so that their children can have a better future.

I’m not an immigrant, but my parents came from a Central American country, El Salvador. And from what they’ve told me, I know that migrating to the United States for a better life is not easy at all. They go through tough situations just to get to a better place. Especially when they are crossing multiple borders and rivers to get to America. Some of their trips were like a nightmare. Leaving their families behind just so that their children can have a good education and become someone in life is hard, because knowing that you are so far away from them, yet you are trying to find a better life for your kids as well. Even knowing that you can only talk to them through the phone if you can afford a call and not being able to be physically with them is even harder. Just imagining teens being in all crowded and uncomfortable is horrible.

Their immigrant life was very though, that made most of them feel like coming to the United States made them appreciate the gift of life. Everyone has different experiences and stories, but it only takes the effort that they made to be where they are now. Many immigrants are grateful for everything they’ve accomplished and for what America has offered them. Some were fortunate to not be a refugee, but that doesn’t mean that you get to see them differently. It shouldn’t matter what country you came from, what matters is the sacrifice that they made to be successful in their future.

Education is very important for young teens because it helps them develop the English language. Is relevant in today society because their education outcomes increase, and they move to higher paying jobs. It modernizes the United States immigration system and provides unauthorized immigrants in the country today with a path to citizenship. Children’s growing up are attached to the United Sates, knowing that opportunities come hand in hand with cultural and social costs.

Immigrants are like the half of America, they help improve for the American workers and will increase the America growth income. They create business, turning their American dreams into American jobs. In fact, they don’t steal jobs, they often do the work that Americans do not want to do. Immigrants pay taxes and provide cultural diversity. In fact, immigration benefits most consumers and industries. Everyone should know how important immigration has become for America. “Immigrations play an important role in social and economic development.” (Hollifield, James, Philip L. Martin, and Pia Orrenius). Without immigrants living in America, will it still be America? They are an important to America, it helps build and strengths the economy. The DACA program, will benefit the United States in the future and it will help the dreamers get an education like any other American can. They deserve a chance to make them accomplish their dreams.

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Dreamers Movement and DACA

America land of opportunity where dreams come true. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) also known as the Dream Act, was created on June 15, 2012, by then-President Barack Obama. The program has then helped over 700,000 dreamers that were brought to the US as children. The Dream act gives exemption from deportation for a two-year period, while also giving them a two-year work permit. The requirements for applying to DACA are simple applicants must be at least 15 years old and under 31 years old. They must also have lived in the United States since June 15, 2007, with no criminal record. In September 2017, President Trump put an end to the program leaving many dreamers on a limbo. Dreamers are now facing many struggles mental health and the fear of having their families deported. The best solution for the dreamers is for Congress to enact a new law that would help dreamers become citizens of the United States Of America and give them work permits while their legal case is in process.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) has provided temporary relief to dreamers around the United States since the act was passed on December 8, 2010. The program has been through several changes in its policy. On multiple occasions, President Trump has mentioned making a halt on the program but was unable un 2017. In the article “What DACA Recipients Stand to Lose-and What States Can Do About It”, Silva Mathema emphasizes that “...Trump administration announced an end to DACA in September 2017 and started a clock on its phase-out”(Mathema) President Trump also specified that no new applications would be accepted and there would be a wind-down for current DACA enrollees.

When Trump and his administration ended DACA they specified that if the recipients permit would expire before March 5, 2018, they would be able to renew their permit for two more years. Only if the application was received by October 5, 2017. For example, DACA recipients whose status is set to expire in the following 12 months will need to considered renewing. In the article “Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” indicates “USCIS is not accepting requests from individuals who have never before been granted deferred action under DACA.” ( USCIS) For those who have not applied for DACA it is too late, as the program has ended. Many dreamers now live in fear of being deported.

Another problem for immigrants is mental health, may live in fear of being separated from their families. For lots of Dreamers, there's more at stake than just College or a job they fear for their families being deported. Dreamers struggle with the fact that their families can be can be deported at any time and they may never see them again. In the article “How DACA Affects the Health of America's Children”, it states “Mental illness at such an early age can set the child on a path for a lifetime of challenges, from low education to dependence on welfare to poor physical health and substance abuse—personal struggles with high social costs”(How) Many children live in fear of going to school and never seeing their families again. They too also risk of being deported back to their countries to which many don’t even remember.

The best solution for this problem would be to enact a new law. The new act would protect dreamers from deportation, provide working permits, higher education, service in the armed forces, and also help with legal status. The requirements for applying for the new program would be similar to the old Dream act. First, Dreamers would have to be between the ages of 15-30, have no criminal record, and have been in the United States since 2000. Congress would have to agree and implement the new law. For Congress to be able to implement the new law the people would have to vote for candidates that support the Dream Act, but lots of people would oppose the idea

Of course, there would be lots of setbacks from the people, as they are afraid if they vote they would be allowing rapist, thieves, and murders become citizens. They also believe that dreamers will steal their jobs. Many people also believe that America is only for Americans and that immigrants seeking refuge shouldn’t be allowed in. In the article “Thank Trump if he Finally Ends the Unconstitutional DACA Program,” Hans von Spakovsky stresses that “...we have the right to decide who comes to the U.S.” (Spakovsky). But a reminder to Americans that they too at one point of there lineage, they too were immigrants that sought refuge from the persecution of religion. Another point for the new act would be that not only dreamers would benefit they too would.

If this solution would be to implement the United States economy would grow and there would be more jobs openings. In the article “8 DACA Statistics That Show How, Vital Dreamers Are To American Society” as stated by Mehreen Kasana “...employment has a positive impact on the American economy by increasing business creation and allowing Dreamers to open their own enterprises, creating more job opportunities.” (Kasana). This solution would be the best as it not only benefits dreamers it also benefits the United States economy.

At the age of five, I was brought to the United States along with my two sisters by my parents who wanted a better life for me. My mom never finished middle schools as her parents didn’t have enough money to send them to school. My dad was fortunate and had a family that could send him to school. After my parents got married my dad decided to work in the United States to be able to feed us and send us to school. Every six months my dad would go back to Mexico to visit us. Soon after I turned five my parents decided that it would be best if we moved to the United States as it was a lot safer for my family that was also starving. When we arrived here we were treated as if we were criminals when all we wanted was to survive and live the famous American dream, but it was not very easy. My family wasn’t able to go out as much, because we were afraid of being deported or worse separated. Every day we lived in fear and looking over our backs.

Finally, in 2012 my family seemed to catch a break, well my older sister did. My sister’s application was accepted for DACA, now it was only time before I could send my application in. During the time that I waited for my health slowly begin to deteriorate, I was afraid that the program would end or that I wouldn't be accepted. My dream to become an ER surgeon slowly started to fade, because I knew that I wouldn't be able to legally to receive my Licensure & Certification. But finally came the day that turned 15, the following week we submitted my applications and was accepted. As soon as I was accepted I enrolled to JTED to become a medical assistant. In 2017, my dreams shattered when it was announced that DACA would be ending. A couple months later it was stated that I could renew my permit for two more years.

In conclusion, one of the worst decisions President Trump has done during his presidency was to end the act. So far the best solution for dreamers is for a new law to be enacted that will protect their rights just as before and better. The program will help dreamers with their legal status while giving them permits for work. The program has helped thousands of immigrants that where brought to the United State when they were kids. They deserve a chance at what the American Dream can be.

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Social Workers and the Protection of Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Contents

Problem Statement
Literature Review
Results
Relevance
Affected Your Views:
Research Question and Hypothesis
Measurement
Ethical issues

Problem Statement

According to Gensler (2017), DACA is the acronym for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was implemented by the Obama administration in 2012. Undocumented children are brought to the United States by their parents at a young age, have lived in the United States most of their lives, and have attended elementary, middle and high school in the United States; as a result, undocumented children feel American at heart (Educators for Fair Consideration, 2012). In addition, “DACA is an American immigration policy that allows qualified undocumented youth access to relief from deportation, renewable work permits and temporary social security numbers” (Rodriguez, 2016). However, Donald Trump’s plan is for the DACA program to slowly come to an end. If the program is terminated it can jeopardize the lives of undocumented students. Although, their will not be immediate change in their status, they can be vulnerable if law is passed.

Undocumented youth now account for one-fourth of the nation’s 75 million children; by 2050 they are projected to make up one-third of more than 100 million US children (Tienda & Haskin, 2011). The undocumented youth/children who are placed in this position reflects their parents’ idea. As these children mature into adults, they adopt American customs and beliefs.

For that reason, it is imperative that social workers understand the endless challenges undocumented children face throughout their life (Rodriguez, 2016). Social workers should advocate for undocumented citizens to have better opportunities and resources. Social workers should also enhance their quality of life by helping undocumented citizens gain the tools they need to survive in America.

Literature Review

DACA is a great organization that provides educational benefits, economic opportunities and temporary relief for undocumented college students, but does not provide a long term solution and do not offer a pathway to legal citizenship (Rodriguez, 2016). However, DACA is only temporary solution for undocumented citizens. Undocumented college students continue to face a grey area due to their temporary legal status and unknown future in the US (Enriquez, Martha, Ro, 2018). Although programs DACA provide educational benefits, economic opportunities and temporary relief for undocumented college students, it does not provide a pathway for legalization or further benefit beyond college.

Research on immigrant illegality highlights how the consequences of documentation status are dependent on the broader policy context. Laws draw distinctions between sub-groups of undocumented immigrants who may be seen as more or less deserving of rights and opportunities (Enriquez et al., 2018). Each study reviewed gives an illusion of emotional situations undocumented citizens face daily. Almost every immigrant studied, faced signs of anxiety and stress in regards to their legal status. The mere state of being undocumented is viewed as a general stressor, without considering actual levels of stress or identifying dimensions of documentation status that contribute to overall stress levels (Enriquez et al., 2018). Furthermore, mental illness is overlooked amongst this population. Unfortunately, undocumented citizens are faced with stress before DACA, during DACA, and after DACA.

Results

Researchers already indicated that undocumented college students face identity stressors, barriers, fears, coping strategies, strengths, college life, and pre and post migration experience Rodriguez, 2016). There are risk factors to being an undocumented student such as mental and physical health issues. According to Deconstructing Immigrant Illegality (2018), “Most undocumented immigrants’ experience chronic stress, yet key questions about pathways to health remain” (Enriquez et al., 2018). Stress occurs when ones’ spot is undetermined or when they’re done with college and opportunities are very limited.

The results from each research equally raised a concern regarding the health and confidence of undocumented college students and their families. In addition, stress for this population is seen is many forms. One common stressor is their legal status. Moreover, undocumented immigrants are less likely to be open about their immigration status and they experience a great amount of poor health (Enriquez et al., 2018). Another common stressor found amongst undocumented citizens were their families and finances (Rodriguez, 2016). Between legal status, family, and finances these are the most common stressor found amongst undocumented citizens.

Relevance

Many people who have a slight mental illness are not aware that they have one, and unfortunately, this illness will continue until treated. Social workers advocate for those people whose voice may not be heard. In addition, social work can contribute to helping one who suffers with a mental illness by providing individual or group therapy. Even those who do not specialize are able to contact resources to help the individual with rehabilitation, crisis intervention and or other opportunities. It is imperative that social workers understand the endless challenges undocumented children face throughout their life (Rodriguez, 2016). Social workers should be aware and conscious as well as contributing to helping undocumented citizens who suffer from such circumstances.

Affected Your Views:

Each literature review gives insight to the extent of the assistance DACA offers immigrant citizens, but also educates its readers on stressors and anxiety. In this country, we are told that education is the gateway to success but after reading researching, it is understood that simply going to school is not enough. From the outside looking in, one would think that immigrants are guaranteed a better life once they are afforded a college education but that is not necessarily true. I will say, however, that struggling after school is not unique to immigrants. In fact, most people experience financial hardship during school and job insecurity after graduating but the effects of these struggles can have a more significant impact when your legal status in a country is at stake once you graduate. In a study conducted by Kosnac (2014) a recipient stated, ““I don’t want crumbs”,” I want the whole cake.”” This individual reflected how she feels in regards to DACA. Although, DACA contributes to some success, undocumented citizens are still excluded from living the entire American Dream.

Research Question and Hypothesis

From previous research founded in the literature review sections of this paper, it was determined that DACA individuals and their families suffer from anxiety. Due to Donald’s Trump position regarding DACA, undocumented immigrants experience a great amount of poor health. In addition, this may be the leading cause of issues in DACA individuals. Therefore, I expect to uncover the amount of anxiety DACA recipients face when dealing within Congress’ indecisive decisions in regards to the program. As the possibility of DACA’s termination is uncertain, anxiety amongst the dreamers will increase. The independent variable is the unreliability of the DACA program. The dependent variable is anxiety amongst dreamers.

Measurement

I will be using The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Sale (HARS) to measure the severity of anxiety symptoms. The independent variable is my study is the termination of DACA. The dependent variable is anxiety amongst dreamers. The HARS was first developed in 1959 by Max R Hamilton (Vaccarino, Evans & Kalali, 2008). However, over the decade the HARS has been modified from a five-point scale to a 14-point scale to give better indications of anxiety. Each point on the newest model is defined by a series of symptoms, and measures both psychic anxiety (mental agitation and psychological distress) and somatic anxiety (physical complaints related to anxiety) (Vaccarino et al., 2008). HARS can be used with certain population, but varies in age. HARS is intended to work with adults, adolescents, and children.

The stated purpose of the instrument is similar to the purpose of my study which is, “As the possibility of DACA’s termination becomes more likely, anxiety amongst the dreamers will increase”. This instrument is relevant to my research because this scale measures the severity of anxiety symptoms. The instrument can be used ethically because it does not discriminate on its population and it measures what it is suppose to measure within those populations (Vaccarino et al., 2008). According to The Hamilton Anxiety Scale (1988), “Among 97 panic disorder and 101 depressed patients, the reliability and the concurrent validity of HARS and its subscales proved to be sufficient (Maier, Buller, Philipp, & Heuser). Also, HARS can also be translated into common languages. I will be using the Ordinal Scale to receive results in regards to anxiety amongst undocumented students. I also conclude that it would take approximately 15 minutes for one to complete the assessment.

Ethical issues

Some ethical issues would be to obtain consent and data collection. I find that obtaining a consent form and collecting accurate data is ethical because all of these issues are important when conducting a study. Without these things in the study, the study would be considered invalid. Although there are many individuals that want their voices to be heard on the topic of DACA, there are also others that do not like to be in the spot light when it comes to personal issues like this. Therefore, I am assuming that it would be hard to obtain consent from individuals who are undocumented. Data collection could also be an ethical issue because although individuals gave consent, they are unware of how in depth the questionnaire may be, leading to falsify information. Another ethical issue that can occur is properly discussing research clearly so that nobody takes offense. It is important to be mindful of all individuals who have taken the questionnaire study.

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Importance of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

The topic of illegal immigration and non-citizens has always been up to debate among the people of the United States. With illegal immigration continuing to be an ongoing issue it has also affected the program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals also known as DACA. The program has been on the edge of being terminated due to our political representatives arguing to end it because of the stigma of being an illegal immigrant or a non-citizen. To this matter, DACA students who are attending school are on the verge of having their education taken away. Being a non-citizen student affects the aspiration to achieve a higher education; it becomes difficult and comes with a lot more challenges than a typical student pursuing education.

For many undocumented students, they took advantage of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This program specializes in helping non-citizen students obtaining a stay for a temporary time, created by former President Obama in 2012 to help immigrant students pursue an education. In order for an individual to qualify one must have arrived in the U.S before the age of sixteen; be currently enrolled in school or in the armed forces or have already completed high school. This gave the opportunity for many immigrant students to go beyond their expectations, allowing many to obtain residency for a temporary time (Renewal every 2 years.) and even holding jobs. The program has helped many non-citizen students obtain a higher education, which provides them with a stable career.

With the inauguration of President Donald Trump many fear from being deported along with their education being at stake. For non-citizen students, they could be deported due to entering “illegally” being a “crime”; leaving their education accomplishments behind. Donald Trump has also made it clear where he stands, stating that his administration will withhold federal funds from any local government that refuses to hand over undocumented immigrants in its custody. Furthermore, Trump has vowed to remove all of the protective executive orders that Obama put in place. This includes orders like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). For undocumented students that attend school are in fear due to the possibility of their school turning them in. DACA students also fear the possibility of their personal information being over turned to federal government, which is why many remain a low profile or don’t want to enroll into colleges. Not only is this mentally interfering with them, but their education is almost an impossibility to reach.

Since becoming president, Donald Trump, has had a huge impact in the immigrant society of education, without DACA, eliminating this act would stop protection to individuals who contribute to the society, it increases productivity, and diversity. Though the program has had some disadvantages, the advantages beat the drawbacks, it is why we can’t eliminate this act. It is reported that wages of survey respondents have increased by an average of 42 percent since they received DACA. Not only are they financially able to be stable but they are able to contribute to state tax, which increases our economy growth. It is proven that DACA students have higher education percentage in earning a Bachelor’s degree. Not only does it show that non-immigrants students are able to succeed once they received educational benefits but with a higher education they are able to sustain a job that pays higher than the average minimum wage. It is also reported from ITEP in March 2017, it found 11 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the United States, they had contributed more than $11.74 billion in state and local taxes.

The report examined the state and local tax contributors of immigrants that are currently enrolled or immediately eligible for DACA. If Trump ends the program not only would the country be losing millions of dollars but it would make a huge impact in our society and our economy. While it is true that not all illegal immigrant pay taxes like all other good citizens, more than half of undocumented immigrants do contribute to taxes. It would be an understatement to say the least that non-citizen individuals and students don’t contribute to taxes. Instead they help the supply and demand system with local government services by paying sales and property taxes, many are unaware of this action. They contribute a drastic amount to our country while in return we limit their education. Many DACA students contribute to our society, but educational benefits still continue to be a barrier for them.

It has also been shown that for non-citizen students after receiving DACA, “69 percent of respondents reported moving to a job with better pay; 54 percent moved to a job that “better fits my education and training”; 54 percent moved to a job that “better fits my long-term career goals”; and 56 percent moved to a job with better working conditions”. The report has shown that DACA students were able to maneuver through the obstacles and were able to succeed with the help of the program.

Aspiration to reach a higher education for non-citizen students has become a barrier in the United States. Many non-citizen students face hardship due to not having the same rights and access as any other citizen student. While they don’t have many resources out there to help them with their educational goals, DACA, has helped make a difference in non-citizen students to obtain a form of education, and removing it will ambush the dreams that many non-citizen students have perceived. Education is key, providing access to educational resources will give many non-citizen students opportunities to succeed resulting in better jobs. Granting citizenship to non-citizen immigrants who are currently attending school would allow them to reach their educational goals to their full potential. Many of these students have worked so hard to reach to where they are at, eliminating DACA will only shortened the access to education and will only create more barriers and limits to what they are “allowed” too.

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DACA and the Dream Act

Contents

DACA Beginnings:
Symbolism Racism:
Important Considerations:
Possible Solutions:
Conclusion:

“‘My immediate thought was that I have to quit school and start working two jobs, so that if I go back to Mexico, I have my money, I have something to start with so I wouldn’t have to be living in the streets. I don’t want to live in the streets,” said Franco. “At the same time, I have faith that people will step up and be compassionate.’” (Longmeyer, 2017).

This is snippet of an interview with a student Maria Franco, within a University of Missouri-Kansas City newspaper article titled “Dreamers at UMKC face uncertain future” written by Justin Longmeyer. This interview was conducted when there was much heated controversy over the continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The University of California Berkeley defines DACA on their information webpage as “a kind of administrative relief from deportation. The purpose of DACA is to protect eligible immigrant youth who came to the United States when they were children from deportation”.

The future of the DACA program has been less than clear. Longmeyer states in his article that, “the Trump administration announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last week” (2017). This announcement was deafening across the country as seen within Franco’s interview, which is full of survival rhetoric, because she was mentally preparing for deportation. Longmeyer continues, “recipients of the DACA program will be vulnerable to deportation if Congress is unable to pass legislation protecting them within the six-month timeframe” (2017). My first exposure to the DACA program was within Dr. Clara Irazabal-Zurita’s Latinx studies course. I was twenty-one years old, and knew nothing of this important program. I began asking my family and friends if they knew what DACA was, and many of them gave me a blank stare. This is why I think discussing the DACA program within this reflection paper is so important. I think some people who are born within the United States live ignorantly of immigration policies because they themselves cannot relate. In my opinion within this current political climate there is no excuse to live in ignorance. Everyone should be familiar the various United States immigration policies, whether they agree or disagree with them. In this paper I will discuss the beginnings of the DACA program, the current decision over DACA, symbolism racism, and the possible solutions published within the tenth course lecture.

DACA Beginnings:

According to a report “The Dream Act, DACA, and Other Policies Designed to Protect Dreamers” by the Immigration Policy Center, “ the first version of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was introduced in 2001” (2017). This Act was developed to serve the similar purpose of DACA, but was never passed as a law, due to this the Obama administration developed a way to still provide protection from deportation for child immigrants (Immigration Policy Center, 2017). There were strict guidelines for immigrants to apply for DACA such as the applicant had to have “entered the country prior to their sixteenth birthday, have lived continuously in the US for at least five years, have not been convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanor, are currently in school” (Wood, 2018). The report discusses the change in leadership within the Homeland Security and eventually “Elaine Duke rescinded the 2012 DACA memorandum and announced a ‘wind down’ of DACA” (Immigration Policy Center, 2017). This announcement sent shock waves through the country. According to the lecture “Impact of Immigration”, “today, total foreign-born population is roughly 40 million people [and] 27 percent are unauthorized immigrants” (Wood, 2018). Just to understand just how many individuals this action could be affecting. Although, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service release the most current decision on DACA is, “due to federal court orders, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. USCIS is not accepting requests from individuals who have never before been granted deferred action under DACA”. For now, past recipients can reapply.

Symbolism Racism:

I have experience first hand that a common misconception surrounding DACA recipients is that it is primarily for Latinx immigrants. This of course is not true. As the lecture states, “political rhetoric has made the term ‘immigrant’ virtually synonymous with the term ‘criminal’” (Wood, 2018). I believe the group that is most often protrayed as a criminal with the news media would be the Latinx immigrant population. Therefore, many United States residents attribute the immigrantion discusion to this group. This is extremely problamatic, because now the Latinx population is becoming stigmatized. Meaning if a person is speaking Spanish in public, there is a good chance someone is assuming they are an undocumented individual, and who is a “danger” to society. Due to the current administration’s rhetoric surrounding these policies, and the hyperfocus on immigration policies Latinx groups are being targeted by government agencies to investigate their citizenship status. According to the article “Illegality: A Contemporary Portrait of Immigration” by Roberto G. Gonzales and Steven Raphael “cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement under 287(g) agreements and Secure Communities had created an immigration dragnet, snaring immigrants for improper lane changes and countless other noncriminal offenses” (2). This practice is like that of “Arizona’s SB 1070, which allowed officers to: make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration status of a person stopped Detain or arrest if there is reasonable suspicion that a person is in the country illegally” (Wood, 2018). Practices such as these promote discrimatory and hateful rhetoric specifically torwards Latinx groups. As brought up in the lecture an important question is “why do Americans respond more harshly to Latino immigrants than European immigrants?” (Wood, 2018). I think these practices and rhetoric surrounding them are some of the reasons this attitude exsists within the United States.

Important Considerations:

I believe the majority of undocumented immigrants are just trying to escape from adversities with their native countries, and “seeking the American Dream of prosperity, security, and success” (Wood, 2018). An article written by Katharine M. Donato and Samantha L. Perez discuss “the factors that push children to migrate” (117). Some of their findings were that, “three stand out: violence, family separation and reunification, and limited economic opportunity. Among these, drug- related and organized crime- style violence has been well documented” (Donato and Perez, 117). This is important aspect to consider for DACA recipiants, if they are deported to their native country they could be coming back to a place of violence and poor living conitions. Especially if they came to the United States when they were young. As Franco states within her interview, “‘if I am ever deported and go back to my country, I’m going to be discriminated against because I don’t know how to speak Spanish as fluently as everyone in Mexico. I was raised in this culture and I’ve been assimilated’” (Longmeyer, 2017).

Possible Solutions:

The lecture that referrs to the work of Cyndy Caravelis, PhD and Matthew Robinson, PhD propose some key solutions to the problems within the immigration system. One the stood out to me was, “increase representative nature of law making—today the lawmaking process is biased in favor of some people and interests and against others. This must change if we hope to achieve socially just criminal justice agencies” ( Caravelis, et al., 2015). This is an important point, that many aspects of the U.S. governement are swayed by the influence of powerful and wealthy groups. Therefore, other groups that are painted as “criminals” are not as likely to have an equal chance at representation. However, the impact of social movement should not be ignored. Across the nation groups have been lobbying to change the direction of the DACA program, to ensrue its exsistance or creation of a new remedy. Even within the UMKC campus many groups are participating in the movement. I believe the effort of this group helped the passing of the decion to allow DACA recipiantants to renew their stauts.

Conclusion:

I believe that the United States has a long journey ahead within immigration polices, but I have hope that people will continue to lobby for fair treatment of immigrant groups. Although, I do not envy those in power that are making these decisions. It would be a difficult job to find policies that are fair and also best for the country. I believe there has to be a solution that can do both, becasue the United States was founded by immigrant groups and is now one of the most powerful countries in the world. Surely, we can do it again.

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Life-saving Advantages of Technology

A single mom with 3 kids and no babysitter getting stuck in traffic. An older woman having a weak immune system and not wanting to put her health in danger because of coronavirus or to prevent future outbreaks. The inconvenience driving an hour away and having to wait 30 minutes to get your name called back. These people all have similar qualities in common. Convenience, their lack of being able to get to their appointment, not being able to make an appointment with their care provider because they're booked, and simply their appointment being too far away. These circumstances are not accepted. This essay will help provide information on current and future technologies in the health care field using telehealth services, and precision medicine from video calls to a quicker and more efficient way of receiving the medicine.

According to health.clevelandclinic.org 'During the year of 2019, over 6,000 patients were able to have a doctor's appointment over the phone due to technology advancing. Not to mention, 12,000 people have died because of entirely avoidable errors' with phone appointments today this event will help administer care from a distance proving easy access to your doctor. Henceforward, if a patient cancels an appointment or is unable to attend due to factor a lack of transportation, those who are eligible to meet via phone can schedule a telehealth appointment with their provider instead. For most patients, online meetings are accessible and often take just minutes. According to aarp.org 'These interventions vary from self-help programs, video conferencing, self-support groups, and professional-led online therapy.'

For patients who just received surgery doctors typically need to check in with patients one or two days after a surgical procedure, most of the time to check-in and make sure everything is going smoothly. Advancing programs such as video chat grant itself ideally to this situation because it gives patients and providers a way to check in quickly allowing post-op patients to ask any questions they might have, and helping the physician make sure patients remain on their post-op regimen. For example, If I live in Atlanta Ga, and I'm looking for someone who specializes in weight loss surgery the nearest surgeon could be in Tennessee. In this scenario, a local weight loss center would be more efficient for a telehealth “visit” with a specialist, rather than one who might be in a larger city. This again promotes increased access to doctors.

With technology advancing rapidly you will be able to receive precision medicine. Precision medicine is an approach to patient care that allows doctors to select treatments that are most likely based on genetic understanding. According to fda.gov “precision medicine is deterministic, often with a gene-centric approach, while preventive medicine is probabilistic and applies to common conditions such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia” Hypertension is caused by diabetes, high cholesterol, etc. People who have hypertension will be affected the most it will make medicine based on your ancestry and medical records. The interesting thing to me is how it will take away side effects based on your background.

Nevertheless, Technology has changed the way we socialize, workout, play games, and even work. According to healthcarebusniess.org, 'The future of healthcare combines data on a patient's medical history, real-time health, insurance coverage, and financial information all to support provider decision-making, improve patient health, and reduce costs'. Healthcare technology is helping people live longer, decreasing wait times and making it more accessible for doctors to diagnose diseases. Not to mention, social distancing. Social distancing is very important when it comes to staying inside with the coronavirus you still must live your everyday life such as newborns getting a checkup or just having questions about your health or your child. Today, Telemedicine is one of the alternatives in communities that are turning to avoid overwhelming hospitals with unruly patients making their treatment faster and easier which allows doctors to use telehealth to communicate to their patients to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Research shows that after high statistics of patients using telehealth a decrease in deaths. In conjunction, with this decline doctors show how much they love using telehealth by advertising it on social media, commercials, etc. Giving patients the ability to discuss with their doctors online makes their healthcare experience far more efficient and personalized. Telephone usage keeps patients engaged in their health throughout their journey and helps enhance health awareness. In the end, this study revealed that consulting with your doctor via phone and taking personalized medicine is less costly and accessible for everyone, especially during the coronavirus.

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Advantages of Technology in the Hospitality Industry

Within past years, increased access to technology has changed the hospitality industry in more ways than one. From the way fast food workers prepare meals to AI technologies in hospitals, the impacts of technological advancements are taking the service industry by storm. Advancing technologies can take an establishment from four to five stars, taking stress off of employees and simplifying the customer experience. From financial savings to a reduced work load for staff members, technological advancements in the hospitality industry offer new and changing alternatives to the ways things have always been done.

As stated even a decade and a half ago in the International Journal of Hospitality Management, the main objective of utilizing information technology (IT) in the lodging industry is to improve productivity (Ham, 2005). Throughout the study summarized within the journal, it is recorded and found that within the US and internationally, there is evidence to support that IT advancements in the “back end” of hotels and similar service establishments have excellent positive effects. On the other hand, technological advancements in relation to guest interaction yield less of those same results. Significantly seen in higher end hotels and establishments, this means that IT advancements may make processing and administrative work a smoother experience, but guests still prefer to have human interaction when it comes to experience-based stays.

On the side of productivity that the guest rarely sees, environmental sustainability is making strides in the hospitality industry for more than the idea of going green. While green based practices are celebrated by guests (and may even draw more in), there are numerous advantages to advancing technology in an ever evolving world. Jeffery Smith, Vice President Sustainability at Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, states his viewpoint on Hospitality Net by addressing the possibilities that incorporating sustainable technologies in our hotels could offer. Most traditionally speaking, there is of course a financial draw to becoming more sustainable. Smith explains that utilities are the second highest cost to a hotel, and that by introducing energy conservation methods, the industry can not only reduce its carbon footprint but also its utility bill (Hospitality Net, 2019).

Furthermore, Smith dives into the concept of occupancy sensors and room automation. Citing the Hilton brand member app, guests are exposed to sustainability in a way that directly benefits them: by incentivizing utilizing occupancy settings through allowing clients to earn reward perks when they do their part. In this way, guests are able to lessen their own environmental impacts and earn instant gratification for it, too. Likewise, José Koechlin von Stein, founder and CEO of Inkaterra Hotels, contributes that travelers are often fueled by research, conservation, and authenticity. Changes implemented by Inkaterra through their collaboration of “Sustainable Machu Picchu” have given new life to a region that was once on its way to the top of UNESCO's “Patrimony at Risk” list. Since beginning efforts in 1975, Koechlin and Inkaterra have incorporated waste-reducing concepts into the area. Along with reducing the wastage of nearly 2,000 liters of used cooking oil on a monthly basis, the addition of a compacting machine is capable of processing up to “14 tons of plastic waste each day,” (Hospitality Net, 2019). Furthermore, organic waste materials have also become transformed: high temperatures achieved through a pyrolysis plant are capable of decomposing the waste into Bio-char, a soil described by Koechlin as “a nutrient-rich … amendment used for local high-mountain agriculture and forest restoration.” It is clear that entering this year, the biggest concept on the forefront of everyone’s mind when it comes to technological advancements in the hospitality industry is the ability to minimize our future environmental turmoil on the Earth. Going green has become much more than installing solar panels and turning lights off, it is now a movement made possible by IT advancements.

On the other end of things, guests are also critical facets of advanced technology integration in the industry. As mentioned previously, guests are not generally looking for a human-free experience, but are beginning to expect a higher standard of technological capabilities when visiting a hotel. A more connected and responsive connection between staff, guests, and the experience itself is becoming the new norm. Megan Pope of INTELITY, the self-titled global provider of the broadest enterprise guest experience and management, shares the expansive real-world network of the Internet of Things, or IoT. The concept of IoT is revolutionary in providing the most personalized and personable experience that our industry has ever been able to offer.

The Internet of Things encompasses over 26 billion devices worldwide that collect and transmit information and data in real time, and that number is expected to nearly triple in the next five years (Pope, 2020). In the up-and-coming technological era that is developing the hospitality industry, seamlessly incorporating IoT in order to best serve both staff and guests will soon separate the most and least successful establishments. Examples of IoT in the hospitality industry can be using their own devices for remote check in, unlocking room doors, communicating with staff, and adjusting TV, room, and reservation preferences. Automating guest room controls and autonomous occupancy monitoring are technological advancements that have never been feasible before, but are now transforming the industry. From reducing emissions and carbon footprints to changing the entirety of a guest’s customizable experience, changing technologies ensure that the industry never gets old school.

From staff to guests, next door and across the globe, the implementation of technology in the hospitality industry allows for a simpler and more functional interface for communication, sustainability, and an undoubted long term importance.

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Advantages of Technology Trends

In today’s society there are many technology trends that not only we as Americans use every day but the whole world uses on a daily basis. Today as we know it life on earth is evolving rapidly. It is important that we understand this change and try to adapt as fast as possible. If we educate our youth of this change early than they will have better understanding to this drastic change by the time they are adults. Today's technology trends are spread out into a wide variety of groups, the main topics are the idea of the digital mesh, the progression of smart machines and the ever evolving new IT reality.

The first example is the idea of Digital Mesh. The digital mesh is the collection of devices including things, information, apps, services, businesses and other people that exist around the individual. As the digital mesh evolves, all devices including, information, resources, businesses, and individuals will be interconnected. One of the biggest examples of Digital mesh today is the company Uber.

Uber is an app for smartphones that lets users request rides from drivers for the company. Users can see how far away the driver is as well as ratings and reviews. Over the past 3 years Uber has developed into a multi million dollar industry. Now some people may not believe Uber to be a digital mesh but just in the past year there is evidence to prove that it is digital mesh. In order for something to become a digital mesh it must have room for improvements. Uber has since made the upgrade with the launch of Uber Eats. People can use Uber Eats to have food from anywhere delivered right to their door. Uber has used the “power grid” in metropolitan areas to better their success. Once you get that grid on phones and in people's pockets in big cities the industry is bound to strive.

The next technology trend is the development of smart machines. Smart machines have made the aspect of life for humans much easier. Nowadays it seems as if everything can be done faster and better by a machine or computer. Smart machines are are a new level of intelligence. Decision making becomes a lot easier from machines that most require a high structured data grid to help in the deciphering of a more complex text. These smart machines also have self awareness. With this much self awareness many believe that smart machines will be able to work way beyond the human level. With that being said many experts believe this theory to still be three to four decades away. Researchers also believe that smart machines will be able to work beyond human capability. There are many different advantages to using smart machines. Smart Machines have the ability to manufacture products and goods at a fast rate or high quantity and still have no human standing beside it.

Smart machines can help an individual locate any type of information needed in a short amount of time. Also, smart machines are super-efficient. they can help you locate something that you do not know where it is at. they also can help find your way home to your home or someone else's. if you don't know how far something is away you can track how far it is before you leave or even track as you go. Smart machine communication has grown over the years tremendously. Smart machine communication originally emerged from telemetry technology, and its main purpose was to measure data and automatically transmit it from remote sources typically by cable or radio.

However, today individuals can do this using their smart machines. Intermachine communication has grown over the years and can perceive things better than humans. Human profiling can now be done using the internet. this is referred to as machine profiling. This is also very unsafe because random people can obtain confidential information pertaining to a specific human through machine profiling.

The last technology trend is the new IT reality. The new IT reality is ran by the main branch Multi-Cloud. Multi-Cloud should lead with a proven, reliable network. This leads to a well architected source. Some of these tasks include movement of applications from one provider to another, power to flexibly switch cloud providers and develope best case scenarios for new cloud applications.

Technology is developing every day at a record speed. It is important for us as humans in the era of the machine that we are prepared and learning about how technology is transforming. Today's youth are going to have the most difficult time with this change due to by the time they have children of their own the possibility of flying elevated cars is a real scenario. We take that as a joke now but many experts do believe that it is possible.

The new IT reality also relates to the use of communication today. Like for example the new IPhones from Apple. They now have the option to use face recognition to unlock your phone. It keeps going from there, self driving cars, contact lenses with built in computers you name it. Although Many people are having a tough time adapting to this new way of life. Pretty soon this way of life will not be a new way of life but the only way of life.

In conclusion technology is changing everyday, whether we like it or not it is important that we as humans make sure we can adapt to this change. Many people often wonder ... Will our kids have hover cars or will their phones be as thin as a piece of paper maybe they won’t have a phone at all. Maybe the screen will pop out of their palm like a projection. We may never know the answer to these questions but if we are able to adapt to the changes when they come then maybe our youth will be the next inventors with the next change of technology in generations to come.

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The Impact of Advantages of Technology on Consumer’s Behaviour

With the technological development, today’s products have reached an unimaginable position that no one ever imagined 20 years ago. Smart devices, artificial intelligence and automation changed consumer habits and business world radically. These technologies present new chances to companies. Companies have to change with developing period to follow changing consumer patterns. Automation as a technological development makes consumer life and their consumption easier with providing efficiency and benefiting the results of consumption. (Leung,E., Paolacci, G., Puntoni, S,. 2018). It affects also consumer’s buying behaviour. Consumer behaviour is related to how consumers buy products or services and why they decide purchasing a product/service. Although many factors such as cultural and personal can influence consumer behaviour, technological factors are more influential on the market recently. With the advancement of technology, customers’ choices are affected by their perceptions and influences of technology. Especially the entrance of the Internet changes the consumer behaviour with social media, online blogs and search engines. The most visible example of this is that many people abandon their existing product and buy new ones when a new product is released with the effect of social media.

Consumers benefited from advertisements, phones from seller, and references from other people when they were actualizing a purchasing action. Their past experiences about buying could guide them. With the evolution of technology, this process has changed. According to Statuslab (2018), 90% of consumers had not been determined about a brand before starting their search. A buying decision could not be made without product or brand research. Companies can gain good reputation with evaluation comments and rating via online platforms unlike face to face relations. Social media can be given as an example for a large online platform. Both customers and retailers would meet in this area. Retailers try to affect customers and understand the buying patterns of customers based on virtual environment. This virtual environment and technology provide fast communication and distribution. In old times, products produced in the certain area and distribution is limited by near locations. Today, transportation has improved a lot; thus, distribution of products can be done to remote places quickly with low cost.

In addition, many people use smartphones and mobile apps rather than catalogues and mail order. Catalogues showed the product and price and led customers with providing accumulated data. Now, smartphones help consumers for shopping and mobile apps change the consumer behaviour and make consumer’s life easier in certain services such as shopping, banking and travelling. With smartphones, customers can obtain any product when they want without having to go a shop in working hours. So, Jose (2017, para.3) mentioned “There is a direct impact between increasing demand of smartphone and purchase pattern of consumers.” With the technological devices, expectation of customers is also altered.

There are many advantages which technology provides to both companies and consumers. The most important advantage is flow of information. Firstly, receiving information about consumer is the key of successful marketing in terms of companies. The Internet provides companies to get information about potential customers and satisfy their needs. With today's technology, connecting customers when they are online or not is very easy. Demand of consumers can be met by using technology. People share their feelings, choices and passions through social media. Companies can reach consumers over digital platforms and satisfy them with smart products and artificial intelligence. Also, some companies create recommendations for gathering information from their potential customers. Using cookies which is saving customer’s preferences based on online mobility can help companies to get information about customers. Companies can learn how often customers do shopping or what are the consumers interests in this way. So, they can easily collect data for consumer behaviour. (Schubert, P. 2000)

Moreover, technology has made creating selling resources with low cost. Everybody can use a computer, connect to internet and then, create a website and start selling. The Interest in e-commerce is consistently increasing. Working on digitally is very serviceable with using information technologies in terms of purchasing and servicing online. (Schubert, P. 2000) Based on the Future of Retail 2016, consumers expect fast shipping, delivery and online returns and communicate with technology-based activities. Self-service technologies allow interaction between consumer and companies. For example, package tracking and many services via the Internet are the most common applications of self-service technologies. People expect more technological interactions when they are using a product or service. (Meuter, Ostrom, Roundtree, & Bitner, 2000) Internet can create demand and meet the demand at the same time. The properties of Internet make it a good market. (Brynjolfsson, & Smith, 2000)

Customers can be aware of products and brands thanks to digital environment. Social media and search engines help customers to find the right product at the right price and location. Internet renews customer’s market knowledge and provide the best offerings about purchasing. When they are disappointed with a product or service, they can verbalize their opinions and share their experiences with others in online platforms. With the information technologies, this can be very fast and it leads online feedback mechanism. (Dellarocas, 2003). So, companies can regard these comments and supply customer’s need and expectation on this basis. These comments can involve comparisons with the competitors’ product or service. It can shape the market and buying decision. By means of technology, customers are associated with each other and they can fulfil their needs and wants.

In conclusion, technology has an impact on changing consumer behaviour because the flow of information and the way of transfer is changing. New communication ways affect customers and their buying decisions thanks to Internet. Customers are also getting aware of their purchasing power and the market with the development of technologies. This causes that consumers act and buy differently. They can search the existing and new offerings and compare the products via social media. Also, customers can share their experiences and comments about products with other potential customers. On the other hand, companies can use the social media as a guidance. They need to understand customer’s preferences and behaviour. Understanding of that becomes uncomplicated because many people share what they want to buy or what they used in social media. Using smart phones and other smart devices make the process easy.

In the future, technology will develop continually and change people’s life. Innovative products can create new market demands and possibility to companies for reaching new markets. Expectations and demands of consumers will change. Correspondingly, consumer’s buying behaviour will also change. Companies who serve customers will have to respond the changing situation; otherwise, they could not exist in the market. For example, flexible automation can provide new opportunities to market with targeted customers and segments. (Robertson, & Gatignon, 1986) If a company cannot follow this innovation, it would not manage to survive in the near future as an existing company. The increasing demand of artificial intelligence can create proficient products which can make decision instead of humans. This may affect the buying behaviour of consumers. Some machines may make buying decision without our actions. The answer to how consumers be affected in terms of interaction with product and market relationship will be given in the future. (Leung et al., 2018)

References

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The Impact and Advantages of Technology

Technology has affected the world greatly over the last couple of decades. From the first cell phone, to the automated drone that drops your food off. There are many positive effects of technology & a handful of negative things, I’ll get into details in a seconds. World Trade, one of the biggest privileges of technology.

World Trade has many advantages that are very beneficial. For example, Export create jobs & boost economic growth. They give domestic companies more experience in producing for foreign marks, & keep in mind, Imports allow foreign competition to reduce prices for consumers. It opens up more seats for new jobs that need to be done. For example, Columbia buys million oranges from Brazil,now Columbia is full of oranges. What happens to the oranges? It now has opened a business of orange vending. More jobs, means more money- better the economy.

Technology is shaping our learning institutions with fast,simple, & easy to learn online classes. The cost on online classes plummet compared to in-class learning. No need to pay for expensive textbooks, or commuting costs, sometimes even course materials etc. It's very convenient & flexible, Students can study or work in their convenience. Or simple trivia knowledge of tutorials on Youtube that doesn't cost a cent. Maybe your trying to build a birdhouse,and you quite dont know how to start, just pop on a Youtube tutorial guide. Its simple, fast & and easy to do - no need to get frustrated over a birds nest when you have tutorials.

Medical Treatment, very important aspect to our daily lives has changed since technology took over. Its make treatments more accessible & better. Health It opens up many more avenues of exploration & research. Improves Care and Efficiency. The use of information technology has made patient care safer & more reliable in most applications.

Technology has also made many machines that help in detecting viruses, diseases,visual outlook of inside the body & many more to come. For example in a CT [ct-scan] take pictures of your internal body structures like an X-RAY. CT scans, & X-ray structures of medical concern are often obscured by other organs or bones,making diagnosis difficult.

In conclusion, technology has a positive impact on society because of things like World Trade, Education & Medical Treatment. These are 3 very important roles that is necessary in this day in age. What do you think about the positive effects of technology, or do you think there’s more negative outcomes to technology than positives?

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Artificial Intelligence is the Future

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AI technology continues to grow at an unprecedented rate and is more prevalent in our daily lives than ever. Amazon’s Alexa, driver assist, driverless cars, and computer algorithms are a few examples of how this innovative technology is quickly infiltrating society. There are concerns about how this technology will affect our future. The counter-argument for rapid AI development is that if it is not properly regulated it can have negative long-term implications for our society by taking human jobs or even result it massive destruction. The United States must rapidly invest time and resources in AI development because adversarial nations continue to develop AI, there is significant AI potential in the healthcare field, and the arguments against development are often shrouded in misinformation.

Our adversaries fully understand the potential to gain a marked advantage over us with AI and the more advanced artificial general intelligence (AGI). The difference between AI and AGI is that while AI has one specific task AGI has a much more broadly programmed mission. “The Chinese government has invested heavily in multi-year technological campaigns aimed at supercharging a domestic AI market the country [projects] could be worth $150 billion by 2020.”1 Furthermore, the Russian government made it clear that they can make up for their military and economic shortcomings through AGI development. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, claimed that AI is, “‘the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind’”2 and “that the nation that ‘becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.’”2 Without a doubt, our adversaries understand the advantages of AI and are poised to take full advantage of the technology. Regardless of the fears of unchecked AI development, the United States government must remain competitive in this field or face the consequences of a severely degraded national defense posture. In addition to national defense, AI can improve other crucial fields such as healthcare.

AI is already changing healthcare. It increases patient health data analysis effectiveness. This AI data interpretation leads to quick and accurate diagnoses. With proper development, this technology is expected to drastically reduce human error and eventually replace human healthcare specialists altogether.3 Cancer treatment and the curing of neurological issues that have always eluded us are examples of how AI tech has the potential to save countless lives. The United States’ healthcare system is bound to be years behind its potential and fall behind other nations devoting more time and resources to AI development. Underlying these arguments for rapid AI development are the counterarguments largely based in ungrounded opinons.

The argument here is not that the future of AI will not be disruptive in some form. It most certainly will be. However, our competitors are developing this technology rapidly, so the commonplace societal myths should be adressed. The idea that AI can become self-aware and turn evil is a legitimate concern. An evil AI system could result in human suffering in mass. The truth is that AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals and the proper concern should be that it would learn to accomplish its goals by any means necessary. The most efficient means of doing so may seem immoral to humans, but to the AI it is simply accomplishing its goal in the most efficient manner. Another common concern is that AGI is only a few years away. The truth is that AGI is actually decades away. This timeline is a good thing because it gives us the ability to properly research AGI safetynets as the technology continues to grow.

AI/AGI development and growing prevalence is inevitable. Adversarial nations such as China and Russia fully understand the importance of AI research and development. We can drastically improve healthcare with AI/AGI medical technology. Fully addressing the AI concerns and misnomers is an important step to proceeding with the technology’s development without delay. The United States must realize the importance of this technology and invest more time, money, and all available resources to its rapid development. Our security and health depend on it.

Notes

Drew Harwell, “Defense Depatment Pledges Billions Towards Artificial Intelligence Research,” The Washington Post, September 7, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/07/defense-department-pledges-billions-toward-artificial-intelligence-research/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a0a8f7aeeb40.
Jeremy Straub, “Artificial Intelligence Is the Weapon of the Next Cold War,” Phys.org, January 29, 2018, https://phys.org/news/2018-01-artificial-intelligence-weapon-cold-war.html.
Jiang F, Jiang Y, Zhi H, et al, “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Past, Present and Future,” Stroke and Vascular Neurology, September 12, 2017, https://svn.bmj.com/content/2/4/230.info.

Bibliogrpahy

“Benefits & Risks of Artificial Intelligence,” Future of Life Institue, www.futureoflife.org/background/benefits-risks-of-artificial-intelligence.

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The Good Side of Technology

Technology is a wonderful thing and has come a long way, allowing people to instantly communicate with others down the street or across the world, giving us unlimited access to virtually any information, resources and services. Overall around ¾ of Americans go online every day. When a person needs an address, phone number, directions, help with homework, or just want to enjoy some social media technology is what we turn to. From grandparents to young children and everyone in between this is what life consists of using, what did we do before cell phones? Technology can very resourceful, but it is especially beneficial considering how it has helped to save so many lives using many of its resources for example being able to call 911 on a cell phone in the middle of nowhere, or having the means of fast transportation in case of an emergency, the technology hospitals and other facilities have in order to find out what is wrong with a person and the ability to fix it, medications, these abilities and so many more have forever changed our lives.

It would be rare to find a person these days that has not been positively impacted by technology. Let’s go back 100 years, to a time where vehicles were just beginning to be attained by the public, electricity was not everywhere yet, neither were refrigerators or air conditioners, radio broadcasting or electric washing machines. These are all things we take for granted today and although people are very grateful for their air conditioners more importantly, “the introduction of insulin, penicillin, vaccination against polio, and better sanitation have caused the life expectancy at birth to reach an average of 71 in 2016 compared to 48 in 1916” (Albertson 1). All these medications are still used to help people today all over the world.

Technology is everywhere people cannot hide from it and why would they want to, life would be very difficult without it. Communication is on another level a better place than ever before, technology helps people with speech and hearing impairments to understand and be able to communicate with their loved ones. Voice command for someone unable to move, for the visually-impaired people will one day be able to use GPS enabled technology to guide them. Wheelchairs seem to be getting bigger and better. How could anyone question the benefits to technology? “Our lives are full of energy-saving devices, from ready meals to remote controls, all designed to make our lives easier” (Stamatakis and Weiler 1). Technology was created to make life easier and help.

Social media is a great tool to use in case of emergencies. A missing grandmother, daughter, son or a missing pet for example Amber-Alerts using network capabilities. News can spread like wildfire and cell phone companies can get a hold of all their users if need be. If severe weather is coming people can be warned, fast! In case of an unfortunate situation community members can come together and help each other with go fund me accounts. “The opportunities are many and the needs are great. Technologists love to solve problems; it’s what they do best” (Fruchterman 1). In other words, the sky is the limit with technology.

Some people may not realize the importance and benefits of technology, but it is not all fun and games. It gives people the ability to do more in less time. The possibilities are endless for the next 100 years, the positives definitely outweigh any negatives that might come up. The bottom line is technology has most certainly been beneficial to every human in one way or another in todays world and that cannot be argued.

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The Impact of Technology on Children Today

For decades, technology has continued to progress in every field possible. A society that once used a basic keypad phone are now using smart phones with the capacity of acting as handheld computers. Electronics is a form of technology that can extend and achieve various tasks in individuals’ day by day life. It has allowed an individual to multitask on the go, but to some it’s become an extension of their body and identity, especially to the children. With the rapid growth of technology and people’s busy lives, everybody is becoming heavily dependent on technology to make their lives simpler. Most of today’s parents are using electronic gadgets to occupy their children while they tend to their everyday tasks without being mindful of the effects it has on their children’s development. According to the article, “Children, wired- for better and for worse,” the effect of technology depends on what type of technology is being used, how much of it is being consumed and for how long are we consuming the information (Bavelier, green, Dye, 2012). Therefore, parents should limit their children’s daily usage of electronics and instead encourage activities that will benefit the child’s development.

As noted, there is nothing wrong with the consumption of technology but that all depends on the type of technology, how much of it is being consumed and the amount of time it’s being used. Before declaring the obvious negative effects on children, let’s not forget that technology enhanced the decision-making and problem-solving region of the brain while improving their basic attentional, motor and visual skills. Today, many young millennials have technological advancements more than an entire generation that came before them. The usage of electronics in the classrooms is becoming progressively noticeable every year. It has allowed teachers to pass similarly more information in a shorter time than what was traditionally possible. The electronic gadgets have enabled children to attain an abundant amount of knowledge, allowed them to be more independent and also gave them access to educational resources (Alghamdi,2017). For instance, a number of shows like ‘Sesame Street’, ‘Dora the Explorer’ and ‘PAW Patrol’, have been correlated with positive outcomes such as vocabulary sizes, school readiness, numeracy skills, and language skills.

However, not all technology intended for children have positive outcomes. On the contrary noneducational children television shows appears to have a negative effect. According to the article, “Child, wired-for better and for worse,” for a show to be effective “…. early intervention programs need not only engage the young viewer, but they must also elicit direct participation from the child, provide a strong language model, avoid overloading the child with distracting stimulation, and include a well-articulated narrative structure. In addition, effective educational shows also exemplify how to resolve social conflicts and productively manage disagreements and frustration (Bavelier, Dye, Green, 2011). Nonetheless, noneffective shows such as ‘Teletubbies’ that has been linked to reduction in language skills which is shown to lack these fundamental criteria that is crucially needed to shape a child’s development as academic content would.

In addition, not only has children’s television shows become a growing problem but another concern regarding the influence of technology is the potential for it to cause an increase in behavioral aggression and violence amongst children. Regardless whether it is through television or video games, kids are frequently exposed to violent media. Depending on the content of their experiences, children start to create beliefs about social standards and acceptable behaviors. Therefore, any activity that elevates violence is probably going to be a hazard factor for violent behavior as he/she continues into adulthood. Based on the article, “Violence, Media Effects, and Criminology,” over a thousand studies on the effects of TV and film violence throughout the past forty years has shown an increase in aggression, and social anxiety, and negatively view on the world (Phillips,2017). Excessive exposure to violence media has proceed into real-life aggression and violence.

Consequently, the numbers of mass shootings among youngsters has skyrocketed throughout the years. In a world that is overrun by technology, criminologists are now having to study the correlation between media and real-life aggression and violence. On July 22, 2016, an eighteen-year-old shooter killed nine people at a mall in Munich, Germany. While under psychiatric care, they discovered his two obsessions that included mass shootings and video games (phillips,2017). Clearly, media violence can lead to violence in the real world but yet few scholars’ state that the evidence doesn’t support the claim. However, similar mass shooter for instance Nikolas Herald, a seventeen-year-old boy who killed seventeen people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, played violent video games incessantly up to fifteen hours per day. While not all high-profile criminal incidents are associated with violent media content its foolish not to consider it has one of major influence towards those crimes.

In the same way, technology has been beneficial to a child’s development it will also led to a long-lasting negative effect. It has advanced today’s children in a variety of ways yet excessive usage will hinder them tremendously.

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Abortion is an Act of Inhumanity

Abortion has become a significant problem in our current society since women are terminating their unwanted pregnancies at a very high rate. It has become a prevalent trend in society. It is even supported by law in some countries. This ends up encouraging people to see the termination process as a leeway to prevent them from seeing through the pregnancy period.

Abortion and its effects on society

Abortions have been common in our contemporary society since modern medicine has contributed to the ease of carrying out the process. It has become a frequent procedure especially to the young people in society. Nowadays the process can be carried out through medication or surgery. Most people usually end up taking the medication route, but this depends on the stage of pregnancy as certain stages only require surgery. As much as this procedure helps women get rid of their unwanted pregnancies, it has serious repercussions that affect women negatively and ends up destroying lives in the process.

Most women in the society who end up getting pregnant in the wrong circumstances always feel the pressure of terminating the pregnancy due to different circumstances. Some end up being too young and still under the supervision of their parents. This makes them feel embarrassed and unable to take care of their children if they end up giving birth. Those who are still in school feel the pressure as a result of being laughed at by their fellow students as they view early pregnancies as an embarrassment to the society. They also do not like the idea of putting their school life on hold and going through with the pregnancy. Pregnant women are the most affected by the whole process than the men themselves. Men can always get on with their lives without any significant repercussions in their health and well-being. The only significant effect that pregnancy has on their lives is the aspect of responsibility. This is where a man should accept the responsibility of his child and support the counterpart in any way possible.

Women who end up taking part in abortion at a very early age end up being affected by the process psychologically and physically. Many of them end up dropping out of school due to the psychological torture that comes together with it. After such a process they find it very hard to concentrate on their daily lives as the thought process is now severely affected by the whole issue. But in some cases, they continue with their lives as nothing happened; the individuals are very heartless and care very little about the consequences of their actions. If the procedure is not carried out well, it might result in the deterioration of an individual’s health. This weighs very heavily on the women as they are the ones who go through the whole process without the men who were also responsible for the pregnancy. The physical side-effects of the process vary from woman to woman. Some women might be affected through their menstrual periods where it fails to come back after the procedure. It ends up taking time and bringing up confusion in their lives.

Other side-effects might include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, spotting, and bleeding. If a woman has not gone to a quality clinic, she might end up not being given the required pills and procedures that are needed for full recovery after the procedure. Without the correct directions and guidelines, the procedure might lead to her experiencing severe health issues and even death. Abortion is also ill-advised as after the procedure as women who undergo this procedure end up being seen or feel impure among the society. Although it is challenging to find out if one has undergone the procedure unless they get intimate in a long-term relationship, which leads to many individuals being affected by these relationships. This causes ripple effects in their relationships. It ends up causing damage to many families and lives.

In many social groups, abortion is considered as being an agent of murder as it is killing an unborn child before letting it see the light of day. This affects the individuals who end up regretting in the future when they realized that the procedure was inhumane. The unborn child would most probably have had a great life that no one is aware of and going through the procedure robs this child of this chance. Moreover, the process assists men in avoiding responsibility and encourages recklessness among them. Men should be held responsible for their actions and face the consequences of their misdeeds. The process promotes appalling behavior in society as individuals feel like making such decisions is the right thing to do and okay.

There have been over fifty-six million abortions a year, and the number keeps on growing over the years. Older women have also been affected by the process as most of them are afraid of losing track in their careers and way of life. They make it a choice between their careers and giving birth in which most of the time they end up choosing their careers. Women who choose terminate their pregnancies in the course of their lives to pursue their careers end up affected negatively. Many of them end up not being able to conceive in the future. This brings problems in the future and ends up destroying families and households. Some couples might be expecting to have children in the future but fail due to the fact that the procedure altered their hormonal balance, therefore their conception chances become very limited and hard. This causes conflict in relationships, and ruins lives in the process.

In conclusion, abortion is a very inhumane procedure to carry out and always has ripple effects throughout an individual’s life. It is ill-advised as it also affects the people surrounding the individual who has gone through the procedure. Abortion should be considered a crime and should not be encouraged in our society today.

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Abortion is a Problem to be Solved, not a Moral Issue

Why is it that when a man kills a pregnant women it counts as 2 counts of murder,but if a pregnant woman doesn't count as it doesn’t count as a murder but yet she is killing her own child?Is that even fair to that baby that was murdered without reason to be killed? Many pregnant women don't want to have a baby so they will go to the abortion clinics and just go and kill their child. That? not the saddest part the saddest part is that they don't hurt their baby but they hurt their own body and mind. Even if they don´t know that or don't care they will always have that in their conscience or their state of mind.

Many catholic and Non- Catholics that still believe that those human beings and many Catholics believe and we should all believe that in the principles of the catholic faith it says that all catholics should agree and believe that ¨all life is sacred from conception to natural death and taking the life of an innocent human being, whether born or unborn it? still morally wrong”.

During the walks for life which are normally held all over the world and the nearest ones to this central valley is San Francisco. In the walks for life a lot of people think that only adults go to support life but if you go to pro-life websites you will see pictures from the walk for life with little newborn babies and with toddlers outside in the cold but their parents support life and take their children to the walks to teach their children to support life. That’s what’s we should all do is support life. Babies should not have to suffer death and should have the right to live too. Would you have wanted your parents to kill you and you could not have done anything to save yourself? Obviously not because you didn’t have a choice and were a baby and didn’t really know what was going on in that moment.

Other women don’t think in their children they just think in their own body. It doesn’t only affect women and their baby but it also affects the women mentally. Maybe they don’t care that moment that they did it but one day they will finally recognize what they did was wrong because they murdered their own child which is wrong but might not notice yet. This also goes along with the golden rule which is that “Treat others the way you would like to be treated”.But many women think it’s just about themselves. Not many women believe that it’s not right to kill your child but many women believe that killing their child is wrong but this is because the people working in abortion clinics tell all the women that “It’s just a tissue and some cells” which is not true it’s a living human. Almost 3 thousand abortions are unfortunately done each day.

The way the process works doesn’t just hurt the women but also hurts the baby. One of the women that did this tragedy shared what she did and explains that it’s very traumatizing even tho you might not know what you are doing. The conclusion is just that a baby “is not a choice it’s a child”! Women can’t just decide that they don’t want their child and go to an abortion clinic and just say I really can’t take care of my baby so i'm here to kill it. Maybe they can’t actually take care of their child but an option is to put it in adoption. Many women might want to have a child but can’t and goes and adopts a kid.Abortion also lowers the amount of kids in orphanages.Babies should also have the choice to live and have a wonderful life

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Arguments against Abortion

In this paper I will be arguing affirmative that abortion is not right or moral. Every individual human being, upon fertilization, is conceived with and exclusive genetic identification that remains permanent throughout his or her life. Every single human has a constitutional right which demands to be protected. Imagine not having a choice whether or not you want to have this life. How would you feel if someone took away that chance to live? An infant in his or her mothers stomach has no choice. Abortion is the killing of an innocent baby that could’ve grown up and possibly made a difference in their lives. Unlike ungrateful mothers that don’t appreciate the fact that they can actually have a baby. There are people dying for your spot to have a kid. People wishing there was children to adopt but couldn’t because they most likely got aborted.

There are many studies proving that not only does abortion kill an innocent human being it also damages the mother physically and mentally. Studies show that more than 95 percent of women that had an abortion will either abuse alcohol, commit suicide, or abuse drugs. 34-37 percent of women develop an anxiety disorder, or experience severe depression. Anything you do or say to a mother who is even considering getting an abortion will affect them after the procedure. Often women want to have an abortion because the baby was unwanted and unexpected which causes more of a problem mentally because all the negative attitudes going towards the mother for even considering an abortion. Often when people consider abortion they are missing the large picture. Maybe being pregnant isn’t always the problem. Writer, Megan Clancy said “ There are women who are starving that become pregnant; the problem is that they are starving, not that they are pregnant. There are women that are in abusive relationships; the problem is that they are in abusive relationships, not that they are pregnant.”

Abortion not only take the life of an innocent child, it takes away an opportunity for adoption. There is most likely a family that actually wants to have a child but can’t because maybe the woman simply can’t have children, or other complicated reasons. They probably have been looking for a chance to adopt for years now and they probably would have if all the women hadn’t gotten an abortion, just because “she wasn’t ready.” If you weren’t ready, you responsibility was in your hands. You made the choice to not take the right steps to prevent pregnancy. There’s always protection, many different ways of birth control, So you can not say that you did everything you possibly could to prevent the accidental pregnancy, unless you used protection, you took birth control, etc. Of course even with all these preventatives, there is a chance you still become pregnant, and i’ll say it again, it’s YOUR responsibility and you have to deal with the consequence. Killing the “consequnce” is not an answer to your mistake when you had the chance to avoid it.

The procedure of doing an abortion is repulsive. Even “the safest” procedure, also known as the Suction procedure, still harms the woman, The in-clinic abortion is considered the safest procedure still has life-threatening risks, such as death, cervical/ovarian/ and liver cancer, uterine perforation, cervical lacerations, placenta previa, ectopic pregnancy, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Having an abortion can affect when you would like to have children in the future, there’s a chance that you wouldn’t be able to have a kid.

Most importantly all lives matter even if it is just a baby in the womb. That baby has a heart beat and I feel like that speaks for itself. Murder is murder even if it is a baby that is not born yet. All in all, I feel like abortion is murder and it needs to be stopped. There should be a law that is against abortion because every life is important, and everyone deserves to be able to live the life they have been given.

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The Issue of Abortion

For years, the United States has been a country that has opportunities and freedom. But however, American has only proven that this promised land is not how many residents viewed it to be. Issues like the death penalty, assisted suicide and abortion.

Abortion is something that is overlooked and has not been given the proper attention it should be. This word has a controversial topic in the political, religious and medical world since the 19th century and until now, it still a question in each person. This has been proven to be one of the more unshakable issues that have been brought to be a controversy to the US.

Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before the baby can survive outside the uterus. Abortions have been done using herbal medicines, sharp tools or through other traditional methods. In 1973 a landmark decision was made by the United States Supreme Court that criminalized or restricted access to abortions. Because of this case from the year 1973 to 2005, millions of women had legal abortions. To avoid public protestants and to make this a “better” cause to this issue, the government of Nebraska Republican Gov. Dave Heineman signed both very specific bills, one barring abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy and the other requiring women to be screened before having abortions for mental health and other problems. If women really knew what happens to the baby during an abortion, I don’t think they would consider doing it.

Medical physicians use a Sopher clamp to grasp an arm or leg, then they pull the limbs hard which is tearing them off the baby’s body. The baby’s head is grasp and crushed and the brain substance comes out through the cervix. In my opinion, women rather have their baby body parts breaking inside them, have a risk of infection and etc rather than having an adoption and giving someone who really wants a child. The person who will suffer the most is the abortionist and the mother herself, she will not only lose her child that was wrongfully killed, she’ll be putting her own life at risk as well.

Many people believe that allowing abortion goes directly against the women’s right as their moments of conception. Why is this statement believable? Based on the Declaration of Independence, which states: “All men are created equal, that are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these lives and the pursuit of happiness. Which means that allowing abortion is specifically illegal. Because once a woman has gone through an abortion, this woman has just taken away this baby’s right to live as he or she deserves to a stated in the Declaration of Independence.

Pro-choice include potential mothers and the government, while pro-life include anti-abortion movements. In conclusion, despite the controversial conversation in our society, abortion should not be sanctioned in order to maintain financial stability.

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Abortion and the Right to Life

In my first paper I will be arguing against abortion and why I think it is wrong. To start off with the basic understanding of what abortion is, abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removing the fetus from the mother’s body before it can survive outside of the uterus. I feel this is a very important topic to discuss and look into for this assignment because I think there is much controversy surrounding the topic itself. Some people believe that it is right and that the women has the say in what she does with her body, sure she can get the abortion but that does not make it morally right for her to end an innocent child’s life. I will be discussing three arguments and give reasons why I do not particularly agree with those arguments.

For the first topic, starting with the opposing side’s argument: those who say it should be legal say that having a reproductive choice empowers women by giving them control over their own bodies. In my opinion when they say it is “empowering” to women to have control over their bodies, I understand where they might see it as empowering to have a say in what happens with their own body, but to me, they are saying that it is empowering to end a living being’s life on their own terms. I believe that once the fetus has that heart beat it should be wrong and illegal to go on with the abortion. When the human individual is fertilized they are creating with their own unique genetic identity, this remains unchanged throughout their whole life. This human has the right to live, and this right must be protected. I feel that every human should have this great opportunity to live and do great things, but if the mother chooses abortion they do not get that chance to do so. So I argue against this reason, why can’t the child live? Life begins at conception, so an unborn baby is a human and it begins with a right to life. Sure a baby should never be unwanted, but to say this baby should not come into the world unwanted is wrong. By saying this we are creating a culture where human life is disposable. This is wrong. No human life is or should be “disposed” if he/she is unwanted. The legalization of abortion suggests that human life has little to no value. It is a little unsettling to me to think that there are children who don’t have that chance never get to see the light of day.

The second argument states that abortion give the pregnant woman an option to choose not to bring the fetuses with disabilities to full term. Many might believe its to end their suffering or they might not want to bring them into this world if they are “different”. My argument against this is that I feel that this is some kind of “selective abortion” meaning that the women chooses if they want the baby due to it being different or not. I feel that this is discrimination and any baby deserves the chance at life. Physical limitations really do not make those with these disabilities less humane. While doing research, I found the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, this act gives civil rights and protection to people born with disabilities so they can live well lives. People with down syndrome are still valued members of their friend, and families. They also still contribute to society as much as person could.

The third and final argument is this: Women often use abortion as a form of contraception, that being said if they cannot afford the baby they will go about with the abortion to avoid being in that situation. I slightly disagree with this point. Women should know the responsibility that comes with being a parent and guardian. People need to take responsibilities for their actions and accept those consequences having intercourse even with contraceptives are used can carry the risk of getting pregnant. In my opinion the unborn baby should not have to be punished for the mistake made by adults that made this decision. If women are not ready for this kind of responsibility, instead of abortion, they could always put the child up for adoption. At least they will have a chance at life.

To summarize, I am pro-life. I feel that abortion shouldn’t be an option and the unborn child should have the right to life and have the chance to live. Once the fetus has a heartbeat it is considered a living being and has that right towards life. Women should definitely be empowered but when it comes to an innocent life that life shouldn’t be taken because of the mistake made. Even if the baby having a disability, he/she has the right to live and should have the same opportunities as a baby without the defects. Adults should really think about the risk of pregnancy and if they really want the baby before they risk having an unwanted child. It should always start with a discussion, or always using appropriate contraceptives if they don’t want to have that higher risk, and if the mother feels she is not ready to have a child the two adults should really think about what they are getting into. Being unplanned at birth myself, I am very thankful to have this life and had this opportunity to experience all that I am. Life is a gift and should be experienced by every human.

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Human Rights and Abortion

The argument of abortion has been discussed over the last 30 years in the United States. During the Roe vs. Wade case in 1973, fetuses were declared to be nonliving “persons”. Simultaneously, women had the right to control their own body. This controversial subject has been continually argued over whether abortion should be illegal or legal. According to the dictionary, abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. (Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary, 1999). There are three types of abortion; therapeutic, spontaneous, and elective. A therapeutic abortion may be done because it may implicate the mother’s health, or because tests show confirmation of deformity in the child. Spontaneous abortion would be a mother having a miscarriage. Elective abortion is anything that is not therapeutic or spontaneous.

Something is alive when it is able to take in food or nourishment, be able to excrete waste, ability to respond to stimuli, be able to grow, and the ability to maintain homeostasis. Having a beating heart, human body parts, and tissue layers does not make it a human being. None of these matter if it is not able to survive on its own away from the mother. A human life begins when the fetus is born. The difference between a fetus and newborn is that the newborn is part of the social world. Today, a mother is able to abort a fetus but cannot kill her newborn infant legally or morally. Stephen Schwarz claims in his book, there are only four differences between a fetus and a newborn baby. They are size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency (Schwarz, 1990).

Some say rationality, language, and self-awareness gives us moral status. But this would imply many human beings, like infants and severely disabled human beings would lack moral status. Sentience, the ability to feel, perceive or experience gives us moral status (Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary, 1999). Peter Singer’s example of a rock and a mouse. His example claims that animals have moral status because if you were to hit a rock, it would not feel pain. But if you were to hit a mouse, which is sentience, it would feel pain which means you have a moral obligation not to hit the mouse. The debate over abortion comes down to one key issue; the moral status of the unborn child. Individuals who are pro-abortion will claim that the growing fetus lacks a moral status that would overtake a woman’s wish to abort the child. Those who are against abortion argue by making the opposite claim, that an unborn child has a moral status because of its human existence.

Abortion can not only affect the fetus but also the mother carrying the fetus. It affects the mother both emotionally and physically. Studies have shown a statistically significant increase in premature births or low birth weight risk in women prior to induced abortions. (Alcron 2010). Low birth weight and premature births are the most important risk factors for infant mortality or later disabilities as well as for lower cognitive abilities and greater behavioral patterns. There is a higher risk for infant mortality for those mothers who have had abortions in the past. Also, mothers who have had abortions in the past, whether it be spontaneous, therapeutic or elective, have a higher chance of having an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy is when gestation occurs outside the uterus, most often it occurs in a fallopian tube. Ectopic pregnancies can be fatal for both mother and baby.

Abortion is a controversial topic that is universally discussed with valuable, moral positions on both sides. I believe Abortion should be legal for numerous reasons. We live in a world where a lot of rape and abuse takes place. These women who suffer from rape may end up pregnant without a choice. I believe if you’re a victim of rape and end up getting pregnant, you should be able to abort if you desire. Many teens make mistakes and end up pregnant because they do not have the knowledge or are not aware of the consequences of their actions but who are we to decide that they need to support that baby. I believe women should have power over their body, no one should say or have control over it.

If a teen becomes pregnant they may lose their education because they’ll have to get a job to be able to support their baby. She would probably be kicked out of her family home and required to get a job, which most of the time is a minimum wage job. If she decides to abort, she would most likely suffer physically and emotionally but would not have to deal with those issues. Having an abortion would also make her more aware of her actions and she would learn from her mistakes. A girls’ result from this experience would be maturation and growth, rather than repression.

About 14,000 victims of rape and abuse get abortions. Imagine if abortion was illegal, all 14,000 would be born and we already have limited amount of resources. Abortions, in a strange way, are beneficial to the planet. A woman who is impregnated by a rapist may not want to have the child. Even though abortion may seem immortal, I believe it should maintain legal because it can be the best solution for a lot of women. At the end of the day, it is the woman’s life that would be affected not anybody else’s.

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Abortion is a Simple Word and such a Complicated Issue

God gave us the sixth commandment. It was intended to stress the fact that life is sacred, that God alone gives life, and that no individual has the right to just take it from another person. The command which God gave to Moses literally says, 'You shall do no murder.' During abortion, you are taking the life of a human, an innocent, defenseless unborn child. While it is not against the law to not follow the ten commandments, it is against the law to murder. So, should terminating an unwanted pregnancy be the same as committing murder?

Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the fetus has acquired a sufficiently developed form to survive outside the womb. Sometimes abortion is induced at 20 weeks, at this time the fetus has developed many well-defined body parts. Planned Parenthood says the cost at health centers ranges from about $350 to $950 for abortion in the first trimester. The cost is usually more for a second-trimester abortion. Costs can vary depending on how long you’ve been pregnant and where you decide to go. According to the South Carolina Code Title 44, Chapter 41, it is legal to have an abortion under the following three circumstances: (1) In the first trimester, with the pregnant woman’s consent; (2) In the second trimester, with the pregnant woman’s consent in a certified hospital or clinic; (3) In the third trimester, when necessary to preserve the life or health of the pregnant woman on the written recommendation of two doctors, and if the basis is mental health then both the two doctors and a consulting psychiatrist must agree in writing the abortion is necessary.

Abortion is such a simple word, yet it has become such a complicated issue. It has been a controversial topic in the religious and political world, since as long as I can remember. People identifying themselves as pro-choice, believe that choosing abortion is a right that should not be controlled by governmental or religious authority, and which outweighs any right claimed for an embryo or fetus. On the other hand, pro-life supporters, believe that individual human life begins at fertilization; therefore, abortion is the immoral killing of an innocent human being. They feel abortion causes suffering on the unborn child, and that it is unfair to allow abortion when couples who cannot biologically conceive are waiting to adopt. Variations exist in arguments on both sides of the debate. Some pro-choice supporters believe abortion should only be used as a last resort, while others believe unrestricted access to abortion services under any circumstance. Pro-life supporters range from opposing abortion under any circumstance to accepting it for situations of rape, incest, or when a woman's life is in danger.

When choosing whether you believe abortion is ever morally permissible or not, you really have to stop and think. Say a woman becomes pregnant and the doctor tells the mother life is in danger and will die if she carries the baby to term. What should she do? The fetus is a person and has the right to life, but so is the mother, so she has a right to life too, right? Should the mother give up her life for the unborn child? As Judith Thomson explains in, A Defense of Abortion, it can’t seriously be thought to be murder if the mother performs an abortion to save her life. It can’t seriously be said that she must refrain, that she must sit passively by and wait for her death. However innocent the child may be, you shouldn’t have to wait passively while it crushes you to death. In this case yes, I do believe that she should be able to abort her baby to save her life.

Let’s look at another scenario. A woman goes out to a bar and has a few drinks with her friends and ends up meeting a guy. By the end of the night she goes home with him, they end up hooking up without using protection, with her knowing she’s not on birth control, and a couple weeks later she finds out she’s pregnant. She tells the guy and he decides he wants nothing to do with it. She freaks out and decides she wants to get an abortion because she thinks she can’t take care of a baby by herself. Should she able to abort this innocent baby? She laid down and had unprotected sex knowing the risk, so why shouldn’t this baby have the right to live? The mother’s life is not in danger? The baby is not a production of rape? How does she really know she can’t take care of this baby? This is a case where the mother just doesn’t want the child. This is where I believe abortion is wrong. There are so many precautions for women who don’t want children or feel like it is not their time yet. Even if a woman does find herself with an unwanted pregnancy, there are alternatives to getting an abortion.

There are many contraceptive methods that can be used if you are not ready to have a child. Condoms give you the best protection when you use them in the right way every time. You can get condoms at drugstores and some health clinics. There are also many hormone methods that give constant protection from pregnancy. According to SCDHEC, you can visit your local doctor and they can provide you with options such as an implant, which is a thin, 2-inch plastic rod that uses hormones to prevent pregnancy for 3 years, which is inserted under the skin on the inside of your arm. There is an IUD, which is a small device inserted into your uterus that last about 3-10 years. You can get the Depo Shot, which is a birth control shot you get once every 3 months. They also provide NuvaRing, which is small, soft plastic ring you place in your vagina every month. If you feel like a device or shot isn’t for you, you can take a Birth Control, this is a pill that you take once a day at the same time every day. The pills are easy to take and are an effective birth control that doesn't interrupt sex. If any of the above are taken at perfect use, they are 99% effective.

Say you do end up pregnant and you feel like abortion is the only option because it would be difficult for you to raise your baby in your current circumstance, it’s not, there are other options instead. For example, you can choose to place your baby in a temporary guardianship with a close friend or family member. These legal arrangements allow you to ensure your baby is safe and cared for while you finish school, find more stable housing, or make other changes to your life that will allow you to successfully parent. Sometimes, a family member may step in and offer to help an expectant mother raise her baby through a kinship adoption. While that may sound ideal, you may want to consider parenting disagreements and shifts in post-placement contact that could cause serious damage to your relationship with your child and the adoptive family members. You can also place the child with an outside family who is looking to adopt. While giving up your child is rarely an easy choice to make, women often find that this option helps address many of the challenges of abortion. While abortion and adoption may both involve grief and loss, many women find that by maintaining an open relationship with their child, they are better able to process these difficult feelings in a healthy way. In addition, adoption services are always provided at no cost to expectant mothers, and many women even receive help with their living and medical expenses during pregnancy.

I was brought up in a Christian family and abortion generally goes against my spiritual belief. There are so many options that you can choose to prevent a pregnancy and other options you can choose other than abortion. Choosing to kill an unborn child just because you don't want it, I feel is murder. What makes abortion such a complicated subject is when it comes down to the mother’s health. There is no way we can call a mother a murderer for choosing her life to live over the unborn child. There is no way we can make a mother, pregnant from rape go through a full pregnancy, being reminded of the horror she went through every day. I feel that abortion should only be legal in cases if the mother health is in danger, rape, or incest. It should be illegal and considered murder, for a woman to have an abortion just because she didn’t want to use protection.

References:

“Birth Control.” SCDHEC, scdhec.gov/health/family-planning/birth-control.
“Code of Laws- Abortions.” South Carolina Code of Laws, www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c041.php.
“How Much Does It Cost to Get an Abortion?” Planned Parenthood, www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/how-much-does-it-cost-to-get-an-abortion.

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Abortion should be a Personal Choice

In many facets of legislation, it is often argued that there are infringements upon an individual’s personal rights. Living under a free democracy, a citizen’s rights shouldn’t be violated, including the right to personal, private choices made regarding our bodies. Whether they eat McDonalds or a salad, whether they lay in bed all day or go for a long walk, whether they drink milk, water or soda; all simple choices made on a daily basis which are not policed. Yet when the bigger choices are monitored and controlled, how far could it be taken? Whether pro-life or pro-choice, it is always a relevant concern, while in the quest to maintain ethical humane choices, how much power the government is given in control over individual rights to decide what is best for their bodies or personal well-being.

Granting government control over how its citizens should handle their bodies with no autonomy or say in the matter is a slippery slope when the line gets fuzzy over what rights government will have over its citizen’s bodies in the future. Where will government reach eventually extend? Extreme scenarios to consider if a government bans abortions: forced birth control measures, mandatory implants that could control the nature of the body and monitor the private choices one makes regarding their health and bodies. One day as a citizen of your country, you might be issued your social security number and a microscopic chip implanted regulating and controlling your ability to procreate as you wish from the second you’re born. All for the good of society. This scenario seems far-fetched but allowing governments to control our bodies gives much to consider. It is a valid concern not to be ignored.

I could never imagine abortion as a personal option, but I also know that a woman may not divulge all the reasons for opting to have the procedure done. It can seem a selfish maneuver on a woman’s part if there are no health reasons to impede a normal birth. It can be hard to imagine why a child couldn’t just be given up for adoption immediately after delivery. It seems tragic for the unborn child to be robbed of its unknown potential, to contribute to the human experience in its own unique way. In the end, while it will never be known how the aborted child would have fared in life, the pregnant woman will have to deal with their choices later, even and especially in the realm of personal regret and pain. This is a very personal choice and there will always be conflicting views and changing laws regarding abortion. It is a debate without end.

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