Step 1: Based on the issues we discussed in class today, click on each of the links below to learn more about them. Carefully read the information contained at each site.
Gun Control
Death Penalty
Student Free Speech
Subway Searches
Step 2: Answer the questions below. Your responses should be at least three sentences, but no more than 5 sentences long.
- Do you think the death penalty should be used on people under 18, or does that violate the bill of rights?
- Do you think that people should be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns?
- Should the police be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism?
- Should schools have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school?
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say. See you Monday!
29 comments:
I do not think the death penalty should be used on any person under the age of eighteen.Unless the person in that situation were a serial killer.If they killed a lot of people or have also raped people than they should be subjected to the death penalty.The death penalty does violate the bill of rights but we need to stop criminals.None should have the right to carry a machine gun unless they are being attacked by terrorists.For example, it would be a perfect idea to let security guards check people at subway stations to prvent harm to anyone.Schools should've have any part of a students problem if the problem happened outside of school.Unless the student prevously was incarcerated for carrying weapons or sellin drugs.In that situation the school should be involved.
Billy Poulos
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sarah bianchi
1.i do not think that the death penalty should be used on people under 18 for any other age for that matter. I think that this violates the bill of rights. In my opinion life in prison is proably worse than the death sentence. Death is over quick while LIFE in prison is a long time and eventually you die eaither way.
2.i do not think that people should be able to buy assault weapons becasue they are only used for one thing, there is no way around it. Guns are used for hurting things, why should we allow people to carry something thats sole intention is to hurt people. On the other hand people will certainly find ways to buy guns eaither ways and if you are allowed to by guns and someone commits a murder and leaves the gun behind; the police can track down where the gun came from and who brought it.
3. i do think that the police should be allowed to search people on the subways. They are doing it for your own protection. People say it violates the bill of right because they dont have a reason to search you. But, in all honestly when you go onto the subway you know they are there, you know that they are going to search you. Its not like its a surprise, you were informed ahead of time.
4.i do not think that school have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside school. If a student does something the school should be informed but not take responcibility for making a punishment.
Karen Castaneda
-1.yes. i do think the death penalty should be used on people under the age of 18. i think it should be used on the people under the age of 18 because the people under the age of 18 can easily do something that a person over the age of 18 can do.
-2.no, i think people can be able to have a handgun if the person has a license to have it, but the person should not have a machine gun in his home.
-3. yes, authorities should be abl to search bags before going into subways and busses to stop terrorism. i think this should be done because it prevents terrorism, it saves the lives of many people.
-4. i think students should be punished for things outside of school because it may affect what the student will do in school the next day, or it may hurt his or any of the students education.
I say yes that there should be a deafth penalty ecept for people under the age of 18 cause i belive they still to young to be killed for a horrible crime.
Yes i think people should so hey can protect themself but then again they should also have a lisence to own a gun and a liences to kill.
No but they should have scanner like the one's in the airport.
No cause what ouside of school is no of they besnis and schools should only care for students on there grounds,just cause ur ouside of school and do something bad doesn't mean you got to get in trouble for it!
1) I think that the death penalty should not be used on people under the age of 18 because their minds might not be fully developed or an innocent person can be put to death for something that they haven’t done.
2) If people should by guns, they should buy guns with a good reason and a permit.
3) The people can search bags in the subway or anyplace only if they think that bag is suspicious and if they fail to have that reason why they should search the bag the owner is allowed to complain.
4) Schools should not have the right to punish student for behavior that happens outside of school as long it is not with in the area of the school. If that student is in that area of the school building or in the school then they should have the right punish that student.
~Shazia R.
Period 7 ^.^
I don't think that the death penalty should be enforced on people who are under the age of eighteen. They are teenagers, not adults yet. The death penalty should be used only on people that can be held responsible for their actions. According the the Bill of Rights, a person under the age of eighteen is not considered "of legal age". I don't think people should be able to buy assault rifles because they are not meant for protection, they are meant for fighting in the armed forces. I also believe that people should not be allowed to walk the streets with an AK47 under their arm. When the writers of the Constitution wrote that people "have the right to bear arms", they weren't thinking of the future as we know it. The police should be allowed to check all bags and suitcases in the subways. I feel safer knowing that a terrorist bomber can't get onto the No.7 train in Times Square. That's the train my Dad and I take to and from the city. I feel that what happens outside of school has nothing to do with what happens inside school. If it's not on school property why should the school get involved at all? It's the responsibility of the families of the kids involved.
I think the death penalty should not be used on people under 18.I think this because people under 18 should have a second chance because it is not fair to take there life away like that because there so young why do something like that.
I think people should be able to buy assault weapons.I think this because if something bad every happened or someone tried to kidnap you you would need protection. Like say there was 5 guys surrounding you what can you use as protection.
I think police should be allowed to look in people's bags. I think this because if you know you have nothing to hide then why would it matter.If you think about it it's like your helping keep the city a safer environment.
Schools shouldn't have the right to punish students for what goes on outside.I think this because it isn't the schools business and they should just worry about themselves and what they got to do.
Cisco C.
History
Period 6
1.)I think that the death penalty shouldn't be used on people under 18. Actually I think that the death penalty shouldn't be used at all. That would also be violating the bill of rights because the 8th amendment is no cruel or unusual punishment.
2.)I think that people shouldn't be able to assualt weapons like manchine guns. One reason why is because some people might use that gun for something else that is unnecessary like shooting things for fun. Another reason is that some people may not know how to use it properly and could whind up shooting someone accidentally.
3.)Yes I think that the police should always search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism. One reason why is because just like the 9/11 attack, we weren't expecting an inncident to happen such as that one and maybe terrorist might catch us off guard agian and another traggic attack could happen. Another reason is because there could be a drug dealer on the subway trying to sell drugs to kids.
4.)I think that schools should have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school. One reason why is because school is an eductional place in which students gain knowledge therefore students should behave in a proper manor.
Maria A USHistory 09
Questions
1. It is hard to take a side on this issue mainly because it depends on the crime committed and how you look at it. In some cases, it would not be bad especially In rape cases, but a lot of teen crimes are committed through anger at the moment and they don't realize that they have their whole lives ahead of them.
2. I don't think that such heavy powered guns should be available to the public because there are too many crazy people out there and so many gangs all over the place. These guns could do some serious damage if they are in the wrong hands.
3. I believe that searching bags is not a very effective idea. It is good in terms of keeping people safe and no gun shootings and bombings. However, this bag searching technique can encourage racist cops to target possibly innocent people and search their bag. Then that might lead to a frisk which will most likely end up with the person being arrested if the cop is really racist.
4. Schools should not have the right to punish students outside of school because it is not affecting the learning environment. If a fight occurs on school property that is different but if some one goes egging for Halloween, then that is their own problem to deal with. If some one has a fist fight in Chicago on vacation and returns to school to get arrested, that is just stupid.
Jason K 902
1)I think yes, that children under 18 should get the dealth penalty because they knowingly know what they did everyone is resposible for there actions and doings. I think this is not violateing the bill of rights because they know what they did they should get the dealth penalty.
2)I think people should have an assult weapon to protect themseleves and their families now what I mean by that I think they should use the weapons for self defense not for anything else. And about meachine guns I think the army and police should only be licensed to have those type of weapons and citzen should have hang guns.
3)I think the police can search people in the subways to prevent terriosm because its keeping us safe from terriosm and all of those things and when people argue with the police to check there personal stuff i think the people are being foolish because there just trying to make us safe!
4)I think NO, School shouldnt punish students for the behavior outside of school becasue it really none of the school buissness what they do outside of school,and if they do something bad and the police are involved they should let the police handle it or the childrens parents.
I say that the death penalty should be for people over 18. People under 18 are still teens and they still dont understand the meaning of why they should get a death penalty. I say if they want to do things for people under 18 they should go to jail.
I think people shouldent buy assault guns because if they have kids, the kid will take it to school thinking that its a toy and accidently shoot somebody by accident. If people are going to buy guns the only reason should be to protect themselves and their family.
I say police should have the right to search peoples bags in the subway station because we wouldent want anyone getting hurt in the subway. If may be theirs a terroist and they put a bomb on the train and walk away like nothing happened.
Kids shouldent get punished if they do something bad outside of school like start a fight for example. Lets say your 10 blocks away from school and you get into a fight with this kid you shouldent get in trouble because your not near school ground.
Hi Mr Tesler,
I am answering the questions you have given us on this blog assignment. I wrote the questions down too, so I could reference back to them.
Do you think the death penalty should be used on people under 18, or does that violate the bill of rights?
I think that the death penalty should NOT be used on people under 18, because they are still very young and they dont understand everything in life yet. Someone under 18 probably committed a crime that wasn't even that terrible, and even if they did it definitely does not give the government the right to kill that person. They are still trying to figure out what is going on in their lives, and they may have committed a crime for the wrong reasons, such as trying to fit in or because they are depressed.
Do you think that people should be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns?
I do NOT think that people should be able to buy assualt weapons like machine guns, because many people can go out and buy them for the wrong reasons, such as killing a person. If someone is found to be killing someone with a machine gun, it would be the government's fault because the Amendment is stating that you are able to legally own a gun like this. They shouldn't allow anyone to have a machine gun anyway. What is the point of having one?
Should the police be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism?
I don't have a problem with the police searching people's bags in subway stations. Honestly I think it would be wise to do this, since there are so many people getting on the subway, and there could be a possibility of someone being a terrorist, or having a weapon. It can however, cause delays but they can make the searches quick.
Should schools have the right to punish students for behavior outside of school?
Schools should NOT have the right to punish their students for their behavior outside of school. If a student is doing something wrong in their personal space, or somewhere around town, it is none of the school's business, but the students. I understand if a student is doing something directly nearby the school, but if they are outside of the premises of the school, it is the students responsibility, not the schools.
From,
Anastasia Papis 903
period 4
1. No I don’t think death penalty should be used under people of age 18. People are still kids under age 18. Sometimes they don’t know what they're doing. However if the crime is like a planned murder the person should be sentenced to maybe his or her whole life in prison.
2. No I don’t think people should be able to buy any type of guns. Well yes it may give protection against criminals. However the person carrying the gun may be the criminal themselves or may use it against someone. It’s best if no one owns gun so we don’t have to worry about anything like that.
3. Yes people should be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism. However the police should have a warrant that says they're allowed to otherwise no.
3. I think schools should not have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school. I think that because why should teachers be responsible when the kids aren't in school. Once the kids are out of school its no their job anymore to protect and discipline them.
-Rabaya Rahman
Tanya Castillo 11/3/07
History hw.
1. I think that if your about 16 years old and you kill someone then either way they shouldnt get death penalty. Even though they commited a crime i dont believe in death penalty i think they should spend the rest of there lives in jail.
2.I think people should buy assault weapons like machine guns but only to keep them locked at home and not to use them unless its the biggest emergency ever.
3.Yes. I think that police should check bags in subways and all that to prevent terrorism.You never know what can happen and what dangerous things people can carry in there bags.
4.No. I think schools shouldnt punish kids of something that happend outside of school because its no longer there responsibility when the situation happens outside of school the schools have nothing to do with it. If it were to happen inside the school or in school property then yes they should get punished.
Blog Assignment 11/1/07:
1. The death penalty should be usen on people under 18. Its not fair if a person commits a mass mudering and gets the death penalty when a kid under 18 does it and just gets jail time. The death penalty is a serious issue to deal with. How do we know what deserves a death penalty or not but what we do know is to be fair.
2. People shouldn't be able to buy assault weapons for many reasons. One is if someone is mad and they have a assault weapon like a gun they can easily use it since they are allowed to buy it. The government has to think because if a person buys an assault weapon they obviously think they have to the right to use it against someone.
3. The police should be allowed and also not allowed to search people's bad in subway stations for many reasons. They should check bags when they have a motive and feel the people are in danger. They should not be allowed to check bags when they have no motive to why and their is no sign of something bad.
4. Schools should not have the right to punish students for behavior that happens out of school. They should not have the right because of the freedom of speech amendment. The kids are allowed to say what they want, when they want, especially if its out of school.
--Kristofer Diaz 902
Period 6
Do you think the death penalty should be used on people under 18, or does that violate the bill of rights? I do think the death penalty should be used on people under the age of 18 but over the age of 13. I think this because, when you turn 13, you should be a responsible person. You should know that killing somebody is WRONG, but then it should be charged on the base of what happened.
Do you think that people should be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns? I think that people should have a limit on what kind of weapons aloud. They should be aloud to purchase a weapon that can hurt somebody, but can't kill somebody, such as pepper spray, or a bb gun. But without guns in the world, the world would be a safer place.
Should the police be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism?
I do think that the police should be allowed to check bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism. I think that this is a good idea because what if this person had a weapon and wanted to use it in a bad way. What if he had a bomb on him. People might have personal things in their bags, but they shouldn't be afraid of the cops caring, as long as it can't hurt anybody.
Should schools have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school? I absolutly do not think that schools should have the right to punish students for behavior outside of school. This is not following freedom of speech, and students should have the right to do or say what they want after school. They aren't in school, so school rules should not be administrated during outside school times.
1-I think the death penalty should be used but it depends on what the teen did that they need to have the death penality.
2-I think poeple should not be able to buy assault weapons unless they have a test and the reasons why they might need it but they need to be supervised so they dont use it for other reasons
3-The only reasons why they should have random checks if the person looks suspicious and there is a random bag out of no where just there then search it,
4-Schools should not be able to punish kids for behavior that happends outside of school beacuse thats not letting them do anything its invateing there privatcy.
kala mancini pd 7 901
1. I think that a death penalty should be used on people under 18 depending on what crime they had commited. If they have murdered someone and have full proof that they did it, they should be treated as if a 30 or 25 year old would have been treated. I do not think that if they were to use the death penalty on someone under 18 and they commited a serious crime that it would violate the bill of rights.
2. I don't think that it would be a good idea for people to be able to go and buy a machine gun. I think that people should be able to own a hand gun or a rile, if they have a license for it. I think some people like having guns like handgun to keep them selves or their families safe. I do not think that someone needs to keep an assult weapon like a machine gun in their house to feel safe.
3. I think that police should be allowed to search people's bags if they look suspicious. If they are trying to prevent a terriost attack and someone who looks suspicious is getting on a subway with a heavy big black bag, I think that the police should be able to look in the bag to keep others safe. I think that in order to look in someones bag they should have a good reason and there is nothing wrong with being careful.
4. I do not think that schools have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school. I think that school is a place for learning and what happens outside of it is that person's own business. I do not think that people should be punished at school for their actions outside of it.
Amanda P. 901 period 6
for the first question i would say if that person has done something really horrible then it would be ok but then again kids under 18 arent adults yet and they really know whats right or wrong.for the secound question i would have to say it wouldent be right becouse it is not like you need to have a machine gun to feel safe at home or any where.the third question no becouse you would need to have a reson to search that persons belongings and maybe if they like suspicious then it would be ok.and the last question i would say once you would leave schhol grounds then you have the right to do anything that you would want to do and you are responsible for your actions.
1.I think the death penalty should not be used on people under 18 because if a person under 18 did something wrong that it was something stupid so the death penalty should not be used o people under 18.
2.I think that people should not be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns because I think that people are going to the wrong thing with them.
3.I think the police should be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations, to prevent terrorism, but I think that the police should not search people bags because it is an invasion of privacy.
4.I think schools do not have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school unless it involved another student from the school.
From: Monica Torosyan
Class:902
Period:7
I think that giving people under the age of 18 does not violate the bill of rights. I think this because if they cmmited a bad enough crime they should be killed. This is likie an expression I know "an eye for an eye". After the case has been reviewed and it turns out that this person commited the crime then they should consider the death sentence.
I think that people should not be able to buy assault weapons.I think this because what is the need to have an assault weapon unless you are going to do something against the law. why would somebody have the need to hunt with an assault weapon? There would be so many holes in the animal that nothing would be left of it.
In my opinion police should be allowed to search bags in subways to prevent terrorism. I think this because if somebody had a bomb on them then many people would die. When police officers check bags they prevent from terrorist attacks happening.
If a student does something outside of school they should not be punished by the school for their actions. If anything there should be a certain distance a person is from the school to get them punished. I think the school should not be able to punish students for doing something outside of school, because what a student does utside of school is there own business.
- Nick C. 9-01
1. I think the death penalty should be used on anyone under 13. As long as the crime is death penalty worthy then i think that kids should have to pay for there mistakes just as adults have to. I think kids under 13 should not be sentenced to death because they are to young and probable don't even no what they did wrong. For example if a three year old starts playing with a knife and kills another kid or another person they shouldn't be sentenced to death. Also mentally ill kids.
2. I do not think people should be aloud to carry guns, there are other ways to defend yourself. You can take self defense classes, karati (don't think thats how you spell it), etc. Most important you are not supposed to defend yourself, let the police do there job. what are the police here for, to protects us, so don't try to protect yourself. also if people weren't allowed to buy guns then there would be a lot less school shootings, and terrorist attacks, (violence).
3. I think police should be aloud to search peoples bags. They are just trying to help us, however many people get aggravated because it takes up there time. Whats a couple of minutes of checking your bag to hundreds of people dying because of a terrorist attack. It even says it in the constitution "but upon probable cause". I think a terrorist attack is a probable cause.
4. I don't think so, the constitution says that congress can make no laws about freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech no matter how many different ways you try to twist it. People are allowed to say whatever they want, however you have to think about manners and respecting your elders. so inside of school you should be polite, however outside of school i think you should be allowed to say whatever you want.
class: 903 period: 8
1)I think that the death penalty shouldn't be used on people under or over 18 because that violates the bill of rights. The bill of rights states that "...nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted." Unusual and cruel punishment means torturing someone as a punishment, which is what the death penalty does.
2)I think that people should be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns because they can use it for protection. If they are ever victims of a criminal they can used it for self-defense. They will be a little safer owning one to protect themselves.
3)I think the police should be allowed to conduct ramdom searches at subway stations. This way we might be able to fight terrorism. It will be a little more secure and safer to travel on the subway.
4)I don't think schools should have a right to punish students for behavior that occurs outside of school. I think that once a child is not on school property it's the parent's job to discipline the child. The schools should only worry about the students when they are in school, once they are out they should no longer have a right to discipline them.
By:Mariela Ortiz(per 7)
1) i dont think death penalties should be used on children under the age of 18.
2)I dont think that people should buy machine guns but maybe weapons that are smaller and not as dangerous.
3)Yes but only if they have a warrant or if the people allow them.
4)Schools shouldnt punish children for what they did outside of school.
Eirene Skocos
class 903
I think that the death penalty should be used on people under 18 because people under 18 can commit very serious crimes and they should be punished for what they did.
I do and do not think people should be able to buy weapons, people might be criminals and use guns for bad but in the other hand people need them to protect themselves.
Yes the poloice should search bags in the subway stations, so that terrorism can be prevented.
No the schools shouldnt have the right to punish students for behavior ouside of school, it does no involve the school so the school should care.
Bridgette V
Period 6
I think that, the death penalty rule should apply to everyone. I dont know how to explain specifically but I mean that if a person under 18 who commited a crime a horrible one just like a 35 year old person would. They deserve the same punishment.I dont think that EVERYONE should have a MACHINE GUN. But i think that everyone should be allowed to have a gun to protect themselves.
If packages look suspecious, then yes i believe the police have a right to prevent terrorism. I strongly disagree that schools should have the right to punish children for what happens outside of school. If its not their business, why are they in it?
-Livi Cabrera
Period 6
-I dont think it should be used for people under 18 because they are not yet adults and that violates the bill.
-No I dont think people should be able to by assault weapons cause that puts everyone around them in danger.
-I think they shouldnt because that violates the bill. Unless they find a suspicious person.
-I dont think this should be allowed because they have their rights and the school should not be in their business unless it happens during school.
-Chrissy Thomatos Pd.6
1)I think that the founding fathers felt that no one should die due to a crime as they wrote in the constitution. Although, if someone commits a crime that is too aggressive, they should be punished with the death penalty. The death penalty to someone 18 or under should not be given due to the fact that they're aren't complete adults that have such great judgement as to take someone's life
2)I think that guns should be allowed to be carried but by people who don't have criminal record and know how to use a gun. The search for terrorism in subways shouldn't be allowed unless their is enough evidence of someone having intent to do something bad. I think that is why there are cops in the subways.
3)The punishment of students of behavior outside of school is not fair because we come to school to learn and then we are free the first amendment protects our right to do many things without a problem. Unless there is a fight we should be free and not be punished
Danny P p.7
for gun control i think no one under 21 should have a gun and they should take a test. the test would be for making sure they are at least not so immature and they know what the right thing to do with it is.
for the death penalty well it depends how they get killed. if they kill some one a certain way they should get killed the same way. but to kill someone and they didn't kill anyone else then know and for someone under 18 well that just sounds cruel i don't think thats reasonable a child cant even drive yet that child would have no opportunity of anything. and i thought America was a country of opportunity.
teila t
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