Inquiring Minds @ The Eighth Period Journal Investigate
After you've revised and shared your article with me (on the grading sheet), post your article here at the Eighth Period Journal. Read the articles written by your classmates and comment on them.
It is 2017 and the topic of drinking at the age of 19 is coming up in Wisconsin. The bill was proposed by lawmakers who think the age should be lowered. But Robin Vos, who plays a central role in deciding if the bill is put to a vote, says he will not support it. You see...in 1984 a bill was passed that said any state with lower drinking age then 21 would lose 8% of there highway funding. And any state that refused to, would lose 10% every year after that. Lowering the drinking age would cost Wisconsin $37.2 million the first year and $74.3 million each year after that. According to the Wisconsin department of public Instruction after enactment of the lower drinking age. 72% of parents said they had or would let their kids under the age of 21. You may be surprised to know that Canida lowered their drinking age to 18 a few years ago. It did not end well. There reasoning, because 18-20 year olds aren't responsible enough to drink. Wisconsin's main reasons not to lower the drinking age is because 18-20 year olds are not responsible. But the lawmakers case is based on...at the age of 18 you can enlist in the military, vote and get married. So if you are responsible enough to enlist in the military and start a family, why can’t you have an alcoholic drink? How do we expect them to respect us if we don’t trust them to drink something that is so well produced in the U.S?
It all started when parents at Wake County started getting frustrated about a plan of opening a new elementary school on a traditional calendar. They wanted to change so, students can reduce how many families are on different calendars. Staff decided on Tuesday to open Buckhorn Creek Elementary School in Holly Springs in 2018, on a traditional calendar. Turns out this wasn’t an incident, 84% of Buckhorn Creek students families coming from year round school wanted to change their school calendar. School Board member want a community meeting next year to discuss school enrollment and about how many schools are year round. Vice Chairwoman monika Johnson-Hostler in T. Keung Hui in his article called Wake County Parents are happy about assignment plan, and some aren’t said “ We’re committed to hearing the community’s voice,” she said in an interview. “We’re also committed for the community to hear our voice.” Turns out this story is one of many schools that are having this problems deciding between year-round and traditional schooling. 3,000 schools out of 46 states have a year-round calendar and over 2 million U.S. students attend year round school. Year round school doesn’t have more days than traditional, it has 180 days, but it’s spread out over the entire year. Year round schooling has 3 different calendars. The first one is 45-15, this means that the students go to school for 45 days and have 15 days off of school( 3 weeks). The other two calendars are called 60-20 and 90-30, they both have the same concept as 45-15. They also have two different schedules, single track and multitrack. Single track is when groups of students have different vacation and attend school at different times. Single track is when students have the same schedule and same break. Multi Track is the most popular out of the two because schools can enroll more students than most schools. “Summer Slide” is a phrase people use that means kids forget a lot over the summer. National Summer Learning Association supports claim that students do forget over the summer with too much time off. Studies show that 27% of disadvantaged students lose their learning in the summer. So, what would you do if your in Wake county’s position? Would you want traditional schooling or would you want your child to be in Summer slide?
It is 2017 and the topic of drinking at the age of 19 is coming up in Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteThe bill was proposed by lawmakers who think the age should be lowered. But Robin Vos, who plays a central role in deciding if the bill is put to a vote, says he will not support it.
You see...in 1984 a bill was passed that said any state with lower drinking age then 21 would lose 8% of there highway funding. And any state that refused to, would lose 10% every year after that. Lowering the drinking age would cost Wisconsin $37.2 million the first year and $74.3 million each year after that.
According to the Wisconsin department of public Instruction after enactment of the lower drinking age. 72% of parents said they had or would let their kids under the age of 21.
You may be surprised to know that Canida lowered their drinking age to 18 a few years ago. It did not end well. There reasoning, because 18-20 year olds aren't responsible enough to drink. Wisconsin's main reasons not to lower the drinking age is because 18-20 year olds are not responsible.
But the lawmakers case is based on...at the age of 18 you can enlist in the military, vote and get married. So if you are responsible enough to enlist in the military and start a family, why can’t you have an alcoholic drink?
How do we expect them to respect us if we don’t trust them to drink something that is so well produced in the U.S?
It all started when parents at Wake County started getting frustrated about a plan of opening a new elementary school on a traditional calendar. They wanted to change so, students can reduce how many families are on different calendars. Staff decided on Tuesday to open Buckhorn Creek Elementary School in Holly Springs in 2018, on a traditional calendar.
ReplyDeleteTurns out this wasn’t an incident, 84% of Buckhorn Creek students families coming from year round school wanted to change their school calendar. School Board member want a community meeting next year to discuss school enrollment and about how many schools are year round. Vice Chairwoman monika Johnson-Hostler in T. Keung Hui in his article called Wake County Parents are happy about assignment plan, and some aren’t said “ We’re committed to hearing the community’s voice,” she said in an interview. “We’re also committed for the community to hear our voice.” Turns out this story is one of many schools that are having this problems deciding between year-round and traditional schooling.
3,000 schools out of 46 states have a year-round calendar and over 2 million U.S. students attend year round school. Year round school doesn’t have more days than traditional, it has 180 days, but it’s spread out over the entire year. Year round schooling has 3 different calendars. The first one is 45-15, this means that the students go to school for 45 days and have 15 days off of school( 3 weeks). The other two calendars are called 60-20 and 90-30, they both have the same concept as 45-15. They also have two different schedules, single track and multitrack. Single track is when groups of students have different vacation and attend school at different times. Single track is when students have the same schedule and same break. Multi Track is the most popular out of the two because schools can enroll more students than most schools.
“Summer Slide” is a phrase people use that means kids forget a lot over the summer. National Summer Learning Association supports claim that students do forget over the summer with too much time off. Studies show that 27% of disadvantaged students lose their learning in the summer.
So, what would you do if your in Wake county’s position? Would you want traditional schooling or would you want your child to be in Summer slide?