Jenna is Taking Action!

The website that I found for taking action against drug testing welfare recipients was a website that has a petition that can be signed if you are against the drug testing of welfare recipients. This is a great site because it says exactly who the petitions is for, which it the United States Congress, and what the goal of the petition is as well. It also explains some information that backs up exactly why they want to ban drug testing on welfare recipients.

I signed the petition against drug testing welfare recipients because I agree that it is a total waste of tax payers money. The research that I have done on this topic shows that it is more costly to administer drug tests. It has been found that there is a very small percentage of recipients that failed drug tests, which meant that hundreds of thousands of dollars was wasted on drug tests. People who are on welfare have been given the bad reputation of being on drugs from the small amount of people who have been on drugs while receiving welfare benefits. We cannot punish everyone for a small amount of people's bad decisions. I do not have any special democratic values, I just have my opinion of what I think is right or wrong.  

When it comes to teaching social justice in the classroom, I think that it should be a main part of social studies. We as educators have the responsibility of preparing our students to move onto the real world in the future. Teaching about current events will give them that much more to be prepared on. Knowing about the world around you makes you more able to make decisions on voting and in life in general. I learned about current events in elementary school and I think it prepared me that much more. It made it possible for me to see different views of people and how to create my own opinions. Knowing about the world around us makes us more well rounded individuals.

I think current event project was a great learning experience. My views from the beginning changed drastically, which really surprised me. That showed me how important it is to show students information on current event topics for them to be able to create their own opinions. The more information I learned on the topic, the stronger I felt against my original opinions. It just made me want to teach current events that much more!

Link to petition: Petition Against Drug Testing Welfare Recipients