- Our informational knowledge for our topic is that we know that people are out their abusing the system and using their welfare money to buy drugs. The procedural knowledge is what the big debate of our topic is which would be the steps to take in order to make sure people stop abusing the system. This is a big issue because we can not go and just drug test everyone because of the cost of it. The Government needs to find steps to go about and make sure the money goes to people who will not abuse the system and use it for good.
-Some key concepts that the class should know about our topic are
Welfare: Assistants from the Government on people who can not afford to survive on their own and support their families.
Drug Testing: a way to test to see if someone has taken drugs. It will show up on the test if they have
Independents: No need for help form Government. Someone who can support their family
Abusing: Making habitually use of something. Most of the time it is something illegal.
How would we teach this to class?
We would first look at what drug testing is and what it means to be drug tested. We would then discuss who in our society usually gets drug tested and why they get tested. We would ask the class what they were looking for in the drug test. By asking these questions we would be introducing the topic to the class.
After the introduction we would then state that one of the issues that this country is facing today is the controversy with drug testing people that recieve welfare. We would then ask the class why they think this is an issue and then ask them IF they think this is an issue.
We would be asking questions like, is this a government or state problem? Why is there no laws put in place? And what do you think should be done?
-As a group we plan on helping as a group and maybe just donate can goods to a homeless shelter and possibly visit as shelter to see how people who should be getting the Governments help and who are trying really hard to find jobs are struggling and help them out
http://www.publicagenda.org/charts/people-support-mandatory-drug-tests-welfare-recipients
Individual Posts:
Courtney Lynch
http://www.petition2congress.com/2867/require-drug-testing-recipients-all-state-federal-assistance-prog/
I signed the petition about drug testing welfare is all states.Which says that their should be random drug testing on welfare. I agree with this and it felt good to sign the petition. I felt that I was making a difference. Signing this petition made me connect with my values. I personally think their should be some type of test done to make sure people don't abuse the system and by signing the petition, I stuck up for my values.
I thinking teaching social justice is very important and I feel it pays an important part for the public good. I think that it is to help students understand issues and the proper way to handle these issues that will make them better citizens and contribute to making a better country.
The quote I found very interesting. I feel that our nation was created because of Social Justice struggles. I also feel that social justice issues still exist today and we should address them and solve the issues that we face.
Krystina Marini
http://www.petition2congress.com/2867/require-drug-testing-recipients-all-state-federal-assistance-prog/
I also signed the same petition that Courtney did. When she told me that there was a petition online I already knew that was what I was going to do for my take action piece. By signing this petition it is telling people that I care and that I want to see something change in this country. Just signing this petition gives me some type of voice on this problem. I really do feel like i made a difference.It might have been a smal difference but I felt like I made a small change.
Social justice is very important to teach in schools today. It teaches about current problems that we are facing and ways that we could change them . It shows the students current and upcoming problems.
Jillian Clark
http://www.petition2congress.com/2867/require-drug-testing-recipients-all-state-federal-assistance-prog/
I had also signed this petition. Like stated, it's difficult to come up with a service learning project to do for drug testing because we can't go out and started drug testing people. I had no idea there was a petition until Courtney had mentioned it. I figured this was a good way to make a difference with Drug Testing for Welfare. I think this is very important. I don't think that anyone should be taken advantage of. I personally hate that feeling. I signed this because it's a way for me to voice my opinion and to make a difference. I do feel like I made a difference, although just one more signature isn't going to seal the deal and have anyone force Drug Testing.
I'm not sure how we would be teaching this specific issue in schools or even if we should. I do believe that educating students on social justice issues is very important though. I wish my teachers had done so with me. I often feel lost in discussions or with elections because I don't know much information or how to collect much of it.
I do believe that "struggle for social justice is central to our nation's history." I see it as a reason why more nations are created. We branch off based on our beliefs, and we try to create somewhere better. Everyone is concerned about something, though it is very unlikely that there will be a day where such struggles and issues will no longer exist because peoples opinions will differ. We should continue to address these problems as we are to try our best to make the world a better place, even though it's going to be difficult and we may live the rest of our lives making a change but never getting to see it ourselves.
Teaching About Drug Testing Welfare
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