Death Penalty or No Death Penalty

I agree that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. Although someone may have committed a seriuos crime, that doesn't give others the right to execute them. The individual will eventually face death if they are sentenced to life in prison so why should they have to die. Two wrongs don't make a right and what lesson are we showing our young youth and what message is America showing if we allow people to be executed because they committed a crime. That person could want to change and turn their life around and become a productive citizen in society, but we would never know if the person is executed. America is also in enough debt as it is, and to spend unnecessary tax dollars on murdering people is completely insane! I believe in my heart that everyone deserves a second chance for their wrongdoings, others may disagree but still a person shouldn't have to die because of a crime they committed. Honestly in my opinion that isnt a punishment, that isnt going to change the fact that a crime was committed, but instead why not make the person just suffer by sentencing them to life in prison. executing someone to prove that murder is wrong is defeating the whole purpose that murder is wrong because regardless someone is still getting murdered. The whole idea of murder as revenge is immoral and unethical because it goes against everything stands for as a nation. I can only hope and pray that people will begin to realize that executing the person who committed a crime doesnt solve the situation and that hopefully in the future we will begin to see that people can still be punished for a crime without death being an option. Our rights are our rights until they violate someone else's rights, but a person also shouldn't have to die if isn't their time to die.

President Obama's Speech to the Youth

The goal in Obama's speech was to reach out to the American youth and stress the importance of getting a good education. Obama also stated that when we give up on our education and ourselves, we also give up on our country. Among this, his goals were also to let us know the youth know that there is also someone of higher authority that you can talk to to help you receive the best education. Honestly, as far as saying whether or not his goal was reached, I can only truly speak for myself. Although I have been told pretty much the same thing repetitiously throughout my entire life, I believe the speech had an impact on me, and I do believe that there are probably many students who believed in his speech and believed that the speech impacted them as well. I believe Obama's speech was a monumental moment because America has never had a president to speak to the American youth from a high school and have it publicly broadcasted for all of America to veiw. This shows that Obama truly cares about the education that we as youth receive. I agree with Obama's views of everybody doing their part because we are the future. The message that I received from Obama's speech was that I need to work harder in school and not give up so easily. I also realized that it is easier to give up than to keep persevering but I know that if I work hard my work will eventually pay off. I am unsure if this speech changed American students veiw on education, but I truly believe only time will reveal if his messsage was an impact on the youth of America.

Ms. Pinkney when I go to my blog its still showing that I have 0 comments. I havent received any comments from the first blog that I posted about the constitution. I dont know if its my computer or not but when I make my new post about the Obama speech, i'll see if I received a post.

Is the Constitution really as useful as we citizens are led to believe?

I believe that the Constitution is useful. Many people especially teenagers arent aware of how significant the Constitution is but I beg to differ. The main area that I believe the Constitution focuses on that affects us the most is The Bill of Rights. Theses amendments protect us as a people and give us certain rights that many of us are so deserving of. The Constitution helps keep our government and America in order. These amendments and rights allow us to live our everday lives. I believe that the Constitution will continue to be useful to America.