Oh Now They Realize. But Not Really.

In the district of Springtown, Texas they have decided to change the policy in corporal punishment. After all over these years, they now decide that it's not okay for children to be hit. In this case a sophomore girl had the choice to be beaten on the butt with a paddle, otherwise known as paddled, or be suspended after have been cheating on a test. She chose to be beaten so that her parents wouldn't find out about the incident. So her male vice principle beat her with a paddle until her butt was red, bruised and there were welts. Her mother was very upset and disturbed that a man was doing this, because she thought it would show to the younger boys that it was okay to hit women. Before this has happened, the policy was that a teacher was allowed to beat a child unless their parents had said otherwise. And apparently the vice principle was unaware of this policy. The mother and the vice principle apologized to the community because of how much of the media go involved. But the policy has only shifted a fraction. Now the parents have the choice on whether it happens or not, and if it is done then they can choice whether a male of a female. In my opinion, this whole situation didn't change a thing.

Schools in Session, For real This time.

Yesterday was the final straw for the  seven day strike that had been taken place in several schools in the Chicago area. Teachers decided that they couldn't solve every problem out there, and that it was time to go home. The issue with the contract that was proposed this year was that teachers were too closely tied to their students in a way that if a student was failing a lot or happened to drop out, the teacher would take the fall and had a huge possibility of being fired. And the outside factors of why a student was failing or dropping out would be ignored. Although the teachers were just trying to make things more fair, it inconvenienced hundreds of family's that need to find sitters for there children, or even take them to work with them. Though there were other schools that were open for shot periods of time for meals and activities, that still left the rest of the day for the children with nothing to do. With school starting again, many students, teachers and parents are ready to get their routines going and back on track after an extra week of summer.  

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-students-return-class-strike-ends-17269734#.UFntlrKPWnl

US Ambassador to Libya is Killed.

Late last night the US Ambassador was killed, at first it wasn't very clear how because the security guards, who were stationed several miles away had very different stories about the events that took place. 3 other american's were also killed. It is suspected that it was a group of religious extremists. That same night there was a massive  man hunt to find who did this, it last all of the night and part of this morning. This whole attack has sent tensions rising in the Middle East, and chaos in Africa. President Obama announced that justice will be brought. It was also announced that security would increase in the US Consulate in Benghazi. The details are still not clear, no one knows for sure who it was, if the bodies were recovered and how they got pasr the heavy security.




http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444426404577647060576633348.html

8 Years Later, Found Guilty.

It took 8 years and one hour to finally convict Drew Peterson of the death of his 3rd wife. It took the Jury 2 days to come to a verdict of the death of his 3rd wife and he is also charged with the disappearance of his second wife. Peterson will face prison for up to 60 years, and his sentencing  will be held in November. Before the jury reached a verdict, they sent a note to the Judge asking what the meaning of the word "unanimous." The judge replied with a note explaining the meaning, and after only an hour of further discussion they game to a guilty conclusion. This was the first kind of a trial that Illinois has had, it was the first case where the juror's had nothing really to listen to and depend on other than hearsay. Hearsay is information told by a wittiness that is not based on the wittiness own knowledge. It may have been a "he said, she said" kind of a case, but thanks to Drew's Law, it's completely legal and mostly reliable. This was very necessary and he really just needed to go.