Tuesday January 31, 2012 at 7:00PM death row inmate, Nicholas Cody, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection in Jackson, GA. Scholars, civil activists, judicial and law enforcement professionals have long debated the morality, constitutionality and level of justice involved in the death penalty.
Our book provides an example that is a very different method of punishing violent offenders (page 149). In the U.S. religion, politics and personal choice all weigh heavy on individuals as they consider capital punishment. Please be mindful of others and be respectful of potential opposing views in your comments.
What is the best way to punish violent criminals?
This link is related to Nicholas Cody.
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/NewsRoom/PressReleases/120127.html
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Free and Public Education
The United States provides a free and public education from kindergarten through the 12th grade. In order to establish the highest caliber workforce, should college and technical studies be offered free as well?
The link below is about an online course at Stanford that was open and free.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/01/23/145645472/stanford-takes-online-schooling-to-the-next-academic-level
The link below is about an online course at Stanford that was open and free.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/01/23/145645472/stanford-takes-online-schooling-to-the-next-academic-level
Monday, January 16, 2012
Shame or Salvation?
A mother desperate to help her son learn the consequences of his bad choices and behavior turned to shame as a tactic. Dynesha Lax, of Fort Wayne, IN, made her 14-year-old son stand on sidewalk with a sign, which read "I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don't follow the law," for 2 hours last Tuesday.
1. Do you feel this type of punishment may actually help change this child’s behavior?
2. If you have children or if in the future you were to have children, would you consider this type of consequence with your child? Please tell why or why not.
There is more information available about this story at the link below.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/indiana-mom-forces-son-to-wear-i-lie-i-steal-sign/
1. Do you feel this type of punishment may actually help change this child’s behavior?
2. If you have children or if in the future you were to have children, would you consider this type of consequence with your child? Please tell why or why not.
There is more information available about this story at the link below.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/indiana-mom-forces-son-to-wear-i-lie-i-steal-sign/
Sunday, January 8, 2012
1st Blog Spring 2012--Shifts in social acceptable behavior
My grandmother absolutely would not allow the telephone to be answered during meal time. Her position was you are at dinner with family or friends and it was rude and inconsiderate to their time and company to be on the phone with others.
In current times, meal tables in homes and restaurants are likely to have multiple phones at the ready, and to be used liberally. What accounts for this cultural change?
In current times, meal tables in homes and restaurants are likely to have multiple phones at the ready, and to be used liberally. What accounts for this cultural change?
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