Diana

Chapter 10 focuses on Educating __Children Takes Money.__ It really shows us how monies are spent throughout the school district. Many teachers think their salaries are low for the amount of work they are required to do. Do you think teachers should have higher salaries? Yes, I do believe that teachers should have higher salaries. Teachers' contracts generally spell out how long the work day is and how many days teachers work. But getting the job done requires work outside the school day. For example, teachers spend hours upon hours during the evening preparing tests and presentations for their class (es). There are after-school hours spent on paperwork required for special education students, taking time to gather data and adjust instruction, planning lessons, making grading rubrics and other things that aren't done in class time. Some claim that it’s very frustrating because everyone thinks we have it so easy. But, it’s much more than 5 days a week, 9 months a year. Most of the average taxpayers don’t realize how much work teachers actually do, let alone how much they make. Taxpayers should look beyond the numbers, and really see how districts spend money overall. A teacher’s salary is only one part of the puzzle. Chapter 11 Chapter 11, entitled The Child’s World: Beyond the classroom, focused on family structure, poverty, social problems, and social values. Sexual behavior among teenagers has a multitude of consequences, including pregnancy and disease. Despite the recently declining teen pregnancy rates, 34% of teenage girls get pregnant at least once before they reach age 20, resulting in more than 820,000 teen pregnancies a year. At this level, the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the fully industrialized world. Since MTV began airing "16 and Pregnant" and its counterpart, "Teen Mom," in 2009, some parents have been using the programs as entry points into what can be an awkward and complicated dialogue on sexual issues. Some think the shows may actually promote promiscuous sexual behavior in teens, and present a one-sided image of motherhood that may persuade young women to terminate their pregnancies. These shows present what appear to be real emotions, but something seems distorted. Networks are turning teen mothers into celebrities and capitalizing on their misfortune. Despite the tough times these girls appear to endure, there is a certain appeal to being on television and earning the sympathies of a national audience. The girls, of these reality programs are showing up everywhere you look from magazine covers to entertainment shows. These types of reality shows are leaving young women with the feeling of “it’s not that hard” or “all I have to do is get pregnant to be on TV.” Possibly, if they were documentaries, they might actually be affective, but since they are not, I would recommend watching them with caution.
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