NSA

N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens  by James Risen 

http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/editorial-cartoons-on-the-nsa


NSA scandal or near-perfection?  by Jenifer Rubin

According to Jenifer the NSA scandal is not as big of a deal as most people think it is. Although 
I do not fully trust her statement, she does have some numerical figures that may or may not be accurate. The chance of the NSA committing an "error" is  .00001156666 which is almost nonexistent.  Of course, that is assuming that statement  the NSA released about making 20 million inquiries each month is true. Out of the 2,776 errors (incidents) 1,904 of them involved foreigners whose cellphones were being wiretapped. But does that make it fair? The NSA scandal isn't only about Americans, although it is the primary focus, but it's about assumptions made and distrust created. Even if the error rate is extremely low, the errors made cause immediate negative impact. It's not only about this error it's also about spying and even though they claim they don't "eavesdrop", who can really believe them. It seems like no one can trust anyone anymore; skeptics are everywhere. 

Cheat

The author of “The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat,” Dave Tomar, demonstrates how cheating can follow a student to a professional, and how these cheaters are leading the academic world because of the pressures of exam-based learning. In his article, "How I Helped Teachers Cheat" he explains how form 2001-2010 he helped teachers cheat because they were under the pressure of helping their students pass the proficiency exam, or they were students who needed to pass rather than learn. He was a ghostwriter. He knew what he was doing, yet continued being a ghostwriter for almost a decade. Although he blames the system rather than the people, he shows that the current system of exam-based learning is not increasing success but it is increasing the cheating rates. He also shows how cheating as a student continues through life and although that person becomes successful and decides to become an teacher , do you really want that person as a teacher?

Complain

I'm not a complainer... Okay, that's a lie. I complain ALL the time but that's less spoken of than thought of. Why is that? A lot of people have quieted down.. settled down, but there are still so many things that we can "fix". I agree with Buckley in his essay, " Why Don't We Complain?" that part of the reason we don't complain is we want someone else to do it for us, who is in the same situation. I, for one, hate being the one who points out "hey, I need this!" I feel ... needy. I hate being the one who stands out I suppose... For my personal reasons, I don't mind suffering a bit, rather than resolving small issues that won't severely affect me. I mean, there have been some moments where I regret not speaking up but, that was entirely my fault. I suppose we do NEED to voice out our opinions for the greater good or for ourselves but we always wait... What idiot does this? Me.  And who else speaks when they shouldn't? Me.

I'm a feisty child. Always have been. I've never learned to control my temper too well, just at home though, I've got an excellent "mask"  at school. Anyways, you're basic story of a daughter-father argument. 

 Yep... something like this, I speak up and it is DEFINITLEY not a good idea. I acted this way because I tried to start a conversation and ended in argument. Daily typical thing. Except after the last scene of this strip, my dad didn't fly off , we argued more.