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Currently, this has not been a good year for my legislature seeing, as though there have been thousands of budgets cuts all throughout the School District of Philadelphia. Numerous teachers have lost their jobs, several programs have been cut, and many quintessential pieces of education have been lost this year. Many of the elected leaders actually support what I am lobbying; the only issue is a lack of proper funding. In the past, elected officials haven’t been conscientious of their spending, which is why we are feeling the repercussions now. Mainly, my opponents are those who represent districts where funding is plentiful and can afford to spend money wherever they see fit. Currently, officials are getting rid of things that aren’t one hundred percent essential to the growth of the district.

            In my opinion, I would need to gain the support of state representative Ronald Waters and the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. With these two individuals supporting me, they most likely will have a large enough say over how money is spent throughout the district that it will have a meaningful impact or even change how the legislature is viewed by those it affects.

http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2011/08/23/the-departure-of-philadelphia-school-superintendent-arlene-ackerman/

            I don’t know anyone personally that is lobbying the same topic as I am, but my plan is to travel down to the school district building and see who has the most influence in lobbying the same thing as I am. In my opinion, seeing as though I am only seventeen people may not take me seriously when I first bring my idea to someone’s attention. But as I continue to explain and show my knowledge of this topic, I think I can get the attention of those who attend meetings to discuss what are the negative and positive things pertaining to the well being of the district. I think I can have some meaningful progress towards my overall goal by the beginning of the next fall term for students.

The people are the stakeholders in the issue. People who are smoking are not only putting themselves at risk but they are putting others at risk. Many people smoke in public places therefore causing second hand smoke. Secondhand smoke is classified as a “known human carcinogen” (cancer-causing agent) by the US Environmental Protection Agency.( http://www.epa.gov/gateway/science/air.html)

Querido Greivis Flores

¡Hola! muchacho .  ¿ Cómo va ? Mi nombre es Jamelia Barrett . Tengo diecisiete años.  Mi compélanos  es el tres de julio. Soy de Jamaica pero vivo en Filadelfia con mi familia. Jamaica no esta lejos de Venezuela soy de descendencia west Indiana.  Tengo dos hermanas y cuatro hermanos. El tiempo en Filadelfia durante el otoño hace un poquito frío. En  el verano hace mucho calor . A  veces el temperatura hace 90 degrado. En el invierno está nevando y hace mucho frío. En la primavera hace sol y fresco. ¿Y tu ? ¿Qué tiempo hace en Maracaibo? Filadelfia es una ciudad  entre la ciudad de Nueva York y la capital . Es una ciudad bastante grande, también se  conoce como “ La Cuidad de Amor Fraternal.

  Yo siempre estudiar. Soy bastante alta porque yo practicar volley ball.  También soy simpática y por lo general sociable depende del día. Sin embargo soy más o menos loca ,boba ,un poquito seria a veces. Me fascina cocinar con mi mamá los fines de semana.  ¿ Y a ti ? Cómo eres? Me encanta nadar ,hablar por teléfono y ver la tele . Los fines de semana me gusta dormir ,  relajar , ir al cine  con amiga ,ir de compras y pasar un rato con amigos. ¿  Y a ti ?  ¿Qué te gusta hacer en Maracaibo? Me gusta Keyshia Coles , Beyonce, Rihanna , Chris Brown , GIPTIAN, VYBZ KARTEL, BENNI MAN, BERES HAMMOND .y otros también. Me fascina reggae , hip hop y R&B . Aquí hay videos y canciones que me gusta. ¿ Y a ti ? ¿Qué música  te gusta escuchar? Uf , no me gusta nada correr ni jugar videojuegos. Bueno me voy  porque tengo la clase de baile . Hasta luego responde cuando puedas.

                                                                                                            Con cariño

                                                                                  Jamelia Barrett         

¿Qué más, chama? ¿Qué tal? Me llamo “True”. Tengo catorce años. Soy de Filadelfia, una ciudad entre la de Nueva York y la capital. Es una ciudad bastante grande y conoce como “La Ciudad de Amor Fraternal.”Aquî en Filadelfia es loco, interesante, y hace buen “cheesesteaks”, mucho gusto. Soy alto y cómico, me gusta practicar deportes y pasar un rato con amigos. Mis características, soy deportista, cómico, divertido, y simpático.Me encanta practicar básquetbol enpecificamente. Unos dicen que soy bobo y extraño pero eso es falso, soy un poquito diferente.¿Y tú? ¿eres tú deportista? No me gusta nada leer y escribir. Personáis yo canta stand te these hacer, ellos eres aburrido. ¡Bueno, me voy porque tengo que estudiar… aburrido! ¡Adios amiga!

Sinceramente, True Black

            Being a bee is not always as easy as it may seem, you probably thinnk being a bee is just loads of friends, you get to meet the queen and all the honey you can eat, but there are bad parts one you are very, very tiny you got people always trying get you watch out because the right SWAT from a human can kill you instantly.  I am Important, and I am smart and I am the kindest person you will ever meet. But don’t bee fooled by my small size my heart is as big as the world. I am a little bee but my stinger pacts a punch. I have always been the smallest bee in the hive but I am the biggest when it comes to IMAGINATION. I always dreamed of a world outside of this hive all the people I can meet I the flowers I can pollinate all the honey I can help make. I want to be the first bee to go to the moon. I want to see the stars; I want to go wherever whenever. It’s just little ole me the smallest honeybee. I haven’t even gone through beeberty yet. I can’t BUZZ correctly my stinger isn’t even fully developed yet. But one day I will get there I will be a big bee in the small little hive. I believe in myself and I am not going to let any one stop me, I am imaginative I am the best darn bee you ever saw and I am going to continue to be that bee forever. I’m not going to even let the queen stop me. I want to be on TV. I want to be the first bee actor ever to be on broad way or the Hollywood walk of fame. I want to be important and I am important. I am imaginative something most people know nothing of. Until I get bigger I will imagine and I will be little ole me the smallest honeybee.

Querida Patricia Hernandez,

            ¡Hola! me llamo michael. Tengo catorce años me cumpleaños es el abril diecinueve soy de fhiladelfhia. Me gusta jugar videojuegos cuando tengo tiempo libre, ir al cine, practicar deportes, con mi familia, y estar de vago. No me gusta nada malos olores, bailar, dibujar, y hablador. Mi chami deporte preferido es hockey.También mis caracterîsticas tranquilo, bobo, casi siempre loco, increideblemente comico. ¿Y tú?. Bueno, me voy porque tengo que tarea. ¡Adios!

Quirerdo Joender,

 ¡Saludos desde Filadelfia!  ¿Qué paso?  Estoy bien. Me llamo es Gabrielle y tengo catorce años.  Mi cumpleaños es 27 de junio.  ¿Cuál es tú cumpleaños?  Yo soy de Massachusetts pero vivo en Filadelfia.  Yo vivo con mi madre y mi padre. Mi madre es una abogada y mi padre es un entrenador de basquetbol por los Saint Joseph universidad.  ¿Cual es tiempo en Maracaibo?  El tiempo en Filadelfia ahora es frío, en el otoño hace fresco, en el invierno hace mucho frío.  En la primavera y el verano, hace calor o bastante calor. 

 ¿Qué te gusta hacer? Me gusta pasar un rato con mis amigos y ver baloncesto.  ¿Qué es tu deporte favorita? Mi deporte favorita es baloncesto o softball.  No me gusta tenis o lacrosse.  ¿Qué música te gusta escuchar?  Mi me gusta hip hop y R&B, mi artista favorita es Lauryn Hill o Amy Winehouse. 

Soy un deportista y muy interesante.  Yo soy una mezcla de razas.  Soy alta y delgada y boba y atlética.  ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo eres?

Whether courts can enforce a federal statute governing how the Secretary of State is to record the birthplace of American citizens on passports and related documents; and whether a federal law instructing the Secretary of State, if requested to do so, to record the birthplace of U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem as Israel interferes with the President's authority under the Constitution to recognize foreign nations. Some facts about this is even though Israel was declared a state in 1948, the U.S. government has declined to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, deeming this a question to be resolved through diplomacy. In 2002, Congress passed a law that provided that "for purposes of the registration of birth … or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary (of State) shall, upon request … record the place of birth as Israel." A passport is not today considered a diplomatic statement; it's an identification of a person in order to enable him to travel abroad. The petitioner in the case, M.B.Z., was born in Jerusalem to U.S.-citizen parents in 2002.  Although his parents asked the State Department to designate Israel as their son’s place of birth on his passport, it declined to do so despite Congress’s command to the contrary. When the parents took the issue to the courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed their claim on the ground that it raised a nonjusticiable political question:  the court of appeals explained that the “judiciary has no authority to order the Executive Branch to change the nation’s foreign policy” with respect to whether Jerusalem is part of Israel.

The problem here is, how can you stop poverty? Where to start? Many people believe that in order to stop poverty, and violence is to educate and inspire many children, young adults and even adults. About a year ago, I emailed people who worked for ANNA C. VERNA about finding solutions to this problem. The ONLY answer I was given was, “we cannot force parents to do their job, we cannot force our morals onto someone else’s household. But we can give these children a better education.” After, I decided to go to South Philadelphia high school and talk to the special education teacher, Mrs. DeAngelo-Leary. There she interviewed many students and asked them about their views on life. Many replied that there isn’t anything beyond the world they live in (living in poverty, getting pregnant etc.) Many of them attended South Philadelphia High because no one really cared about their children whereabouts or education.

According to philly.com Many educators received constant pressure and were urged by administrators to not report any incidents that occur in schools. This is part of the problem. Many people aren't willing to take responsibility. Some people decide to handle situations differently in different schools, therefore it makes it difficult to tackle the situation and fix it. 

 There is nothing we can do about this situation beside promote education, and try to point in the correct direction. We can only be a positive influence and try to inspire these children and young adults to be something or someone better. 

http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/education_and_poverty.aspx