Friday, June 28, 2013

What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for?


What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for?
What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for college ?As a 3.5 student at South Technical Academy in Boynton Beach, he excelled in computer networking. He was a member of the student government and a prime candidate for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. But that couldn't get him into college. Although he has been in the United States since he was 2, he is undocumented. He couldn't accept the scholarship, and without financial aid he is trying hard to stay in college and not scuttle his plans to be a veterinarian. "The only school I can go to is a community college, and I have only been able to take two classes a year," said Frank, 21, whose parents came here from Colombia. "I can't get scholarships, and I have to pay out of state [tuition]. It gets very expensive." On Wednesday, Frank and about 150 other students, faculty and supporters gathered in the TC Courtyard on Palm Beach Community College's Lake Worth campus for a rally endorsing the Dream Act, a bill that would allow undocumented students to get financial aid to pay for college. They started a petition seeking at least 300 supporters. Many of the students at the rally were undocumented immigrants and identified themselves only by their first names. Their plight has resonated nationwide. Each year, at least 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school. In Washington, D.C., the bill to smooth the path to college is winding its way through the Senate with Democratic and Republican support. Supporters say although the U.S. Supreme Court has guaranteed those students the right to a free public education through the 12th grade, once they doff their caps and gowns, national policies stymie their pursuit of higher education. Without Social Security numbers they can't get jobs, or even driver's licenses, forcing them to the fringes of society. Connie Berry, a guidance counselor/specialist in the multicultural education department for Palm Beach County schools, said the country gives mixed messages. "We tell them ... 'If you study and if you do well, you'll graduate from high school and you'd go to college,' " she told the rally, which took the form of a mock graduation ceremony, replete with students clad in brightly colored caps and gowns. "What a heartbreaking thing not to tell the truth." Current federal restrictions force state colleges and universities to charge students who don't have legal immigration status higher, out-of-state tuition rates. That puts college out of reach for most of them. For example, students at Palm Beach Community College must pay $299.36 per credit hour compared with $82.50 for in-state students, according to the PBCC website. The Dream Act would lift those restrictions. It also would let such students conditionally remain in this country if they have grown up here, graduated from high school and have shown good moral character. But Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which opposes the Dream Act, said the supporters are pushing an amnesty plan disguised as an educational initiative. "This thing has been kicked around in one form or another since 2001 and it is really another way to piecemeal amnesty," Dane said. "Were giving away higher educations to illegal aliens at the expense of U.S. citizens." Ruth Rodriguez, 18, and her siblings came to the United States with their parents, who are from the Dominican Republic, in early childhood. They grew up in America and made their lives here, but their futures are filled with uncertainty. An aspiring lawyer, Rodriguez took three years of JROTC classes in high school, qualified for Bright Futures and prepared herself for college. Those dreams were dashed at graduation. "It's discouraging because I really worked hard in school," said Rodriguez, who graduated from Coconut Creek High School. "I graduated top 15 percentage of my class, I became the battalion commander in JROTC and I tried my hardest in school. I did everything I was supposed to do. It's something that's totally out of my control." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-dream-act-day-p092309,0,7944997.story
Immigration - 7 Answers
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they are illegal immigrants period and the teachers and guidance counselors are giving all these children false hope. the parents of these illegal children are to blame and the taxpayers are left with a bunch of bills that these children accumulated during there stay. children of illegals who were carted here are illegals themselves and we must stop the insanity of educating them./
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Higher education for the sons and daughters of immigrant slaves should be denied any chance at higher education. I am a Republican and I approve this message.
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shame on you victory what if all native americans decide to deny u to be able to work go to school and what if they deport u...!!!! man u r an american citizen but only on paper ur ancestors were true illegals and murderers of native americans...so what gives u the right to say this? passport hmmm sorry but for me thats not enough!!! u r saying middle easterns are terrorists how about 15 and 16 century so called americans hmmm i d see the g to haag
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I think, the bottom line is I don't care if they are rocket scientist prodigy. They broke the law by entering this country illegally. What about all those people who do it legally and have to wait for years. For some reason most Americans seem to sympathyze with these illegals, which stories like this are just used to sensationalize the opinion that they should be granted some sort of Amnesty. If that is the case, I want to move to France as an Illegal (we know the french love paperwork so I dont wanna wait) and go to college for free and use their healthcare. THAT WONT HAPPEN THOUGH because the French are not stupid like we are and have and enforce rules. We here selectively enforce.
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I still can't understand why people are bitching. Is America excluding them from school for being undocumented? NO I understand that it is more expensive because you actually have to pay for your education for once, but I fail to see how that's my problem. This is exactly what happens when you give unnapreciative people an inch. It's never good enough, so they take a mile.
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Have any of you thought for just a moment, that illegal immigrants pay taxes? BUT NOT ONLY THAT ... they have to pay up to 3 times more taxes than everyone else. I came here when I was six and I definitely did not know what was going on. My parents have tried every lawyer and spent hundreds of dollars to find means to be granted United States residency and they were told that under the current laws there is now way this can be done. I have a 3.7 unweighted GPA and am currently enrolled in 5 AP classes out of my six classes. I know how to speak English better than I know Spanish and going back to my country (Argentina) is not a choice. I want to be a psychiatrists but I will probably end up in Publix bagging groceries. All I want is to be granted American citizenship. All I want is there to be a way for me to do that.
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My position is their parents have obviously been in the US for 15-20 years and still are not legal. They brought the child over here, illegally, knowing the problems they would face further on. They are pinning their hopes on US taxpayers continuing to turn a blind eye to their manipulation of our laws and ethics. Do they deserve a secondary education at taxpayers expense? No! They are citizens of another country, that country is responsible for them, not me and mine. I have my own children and grandchildren to be concerned about. Their travails mean nothing to me.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Dose anyone know an agent?

Dose anyone know an agent?
My name is Sandra, I'm 12. The other day I was talking to my mom about getting an agent, but I did'nt really know where I could get one. If anyone has angent or knows someone who has one please e-mail me at -sandrarestre@ymail.com-. This is a little about me: I was born May 28, 1996 in Colombia(I am a big fan of Shakira) I would described myself as a very LOUD person once you get to know me. I'm a very random crazy outgoing person. I go nuts! In school I take 3-4 pre-ap classes and I'm recentley an A-B student(mostly A's). I like to sing and I LOVE to act. If you want more info e-mail me please. Oh and by the way I speak 2 languages English and Spanish.
Theater & Acting - 2 Answers
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Okay, you have the right mindset and you are in pretty much the perfect age range for wanting to become an actor :D So what you have to start out with is this... 1) Get into the drama class at your school immediately 2) Drop by your public library and pick up 3-4 books on acting (and read them all ! but don't stop there, keep getting more and more books:) 3) Audition for all, and every performance venue at your school. (the more experience you get, the better!) 4) Swing by a local community college and take a couple acting classes 5) start memorizing and working on (extensively) audition monologues 6) Audition for all of your local community theatre, and church performances etc... 7) Talk to your parents (if you feel you are a strong enough performer, and if you like acting) about helping you achieve a career in acting. 8) Get some headshots done (nothing too expensive or flashy, just something clean and professional) 9) Find and audition for nearly all SAG or AFTRA approved talent agencies 10) and remember... ACTING IS A VERY ROCKY CAREER CHOICE :D be ready for lots of rejection, criticism, hard work, and perseverance but you can do it!! ^.^
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Supriseingly yellow pages has them under acting agencies! There was an agency in my small town only streets away from me and I never even knew. So yeah try that's!

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Friday, June 7, 2013

United Nations: Beneficial for dictators worldwide?


United Nations: Beneficial for dictators worldwide?
This is a recurrent topic (at least in me) but I feel its worthy to post about it because today the Honduran president got ousted (or so we have been told, at least). I am not from Honduras or anything of the like. I was born in Europe but since very small lived in various Latin American countries. And this message is not a reply to what I have seen in Honduras, but more of a generic reflection overall. This time, I will not talk about the United States, everyone talks about them everyday anyways. Today, the European Union, the United Nations, the Organization of the Americas States, they are all condeming the (coup?) against Zelaya. In the past, they had also reacted in a similar way regarding Chavez, and regarding Ecuador before Correa. They also seem to criticize the way Colombia takes ahead its internal war, but hey, its a war, not a Disney Park. Its fine, its OK to criticize coups and such. But the problem with these organizations is that, in reality, they are useless, and if anything, they help dictators. I will say it very simple. -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations when thousands of people were executed in Cuba by Castro? Nowhere! -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations in front of the fact that Fidel Castro has been the king of Cuba, in power for 50 years? Nowhere! What did Europe do about Fidel? Reward him by building hotels! -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations when Burma fell under a big dictatorship? Nowhere! -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations in front of the events at Darfur? Nowhere! -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations during Tianan Meng (spelling?)? Nowhere! -Does the European Union or United Nations care about North Korea? No, all they do is blame each other. Does the European Union / United Nations care that Chavez wants to stay in power until 2050 no matter what anyone says? No. Do they care that Chavez ordered to throw tear gas and jail any student or whoever protests? No. Did they care when the Human Rights watch representative got expelled from Venezuela with no reason? No. What does the European Union do? They pretty much support Colombian guerrillas and Peruvian guerrillas, and any government that puts a stop to them is quickly criticized. -Where the fuck is/was the European Union / United Nations when three white men were shot in Bolivia for political reasons? Nowhere! Did they even bother trying to investigate if the claims of a potential magnicide were true? Not at all. -If Zelaya was not ousted, or if he comes back to power, and manages to stay in power for 30 years, will the European Union / United Nations do something about it? You guessed it, they won't. So all the democracy and freedom talk done by the European Union, United Nations, and OAS, is pretty much garbage, all they have achieved is to reward dictators and wannabe- dictators, without any real concern about freedom for people. The European Union and the United Nations and the OAS are made up of a bunch of guys who drink wine and who don't give a crap about the foot citizen. Thats the truth about them. All of these groups could be abolished, and the World would not be very different, except that dictators would not have anyone to support them (internationally). The World can go without them. They only defend freedom in paper. United Nations: They are as useless, or maybe more, than the League of Nations in the 1930s. Adding to the list - Exactly! - They pretty much helped Mugabe. And (also in Africa) they didn't care about the killings in Rwanda.
Politics - 9 Answers
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The United Nations is very useful! It allows us to give money to all of these other countries so that they will like us! You cons just don't understand that if we keep sending money overseas and apologize everyone in the world will like us.
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Abolish the UN! I say.
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The UN is an extremely anti-American organization and should be kicked out of our country.
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The United Nations should be disbanded and have their headquarters thrown out of the United States. The united nations is worthless and it does not serve a good purpose. We in the US are paying the majority of their budget and we are not getting anything for it.
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Yes. the UN has done more to help keep totalitarian dictatorships in power than the dictators themselves.
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theyre not beneficial and not dictators, theyre useless, were paying 1/5 or more of their damn tab and they never do anything that the whole organization was designed for. if it was they would have put down saddam hussein simply because he was genocidal, (no weapons shit) or help in Darfur, or anything ELSE they were designed for. leave the UN, its not like they have helped us much since Korea anyway.
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You know that they are propping up Mugabe with rice shipments after what he did to the Zimbabwe economy with his genocide of white sharcroppers. I believe that that exactly falls into the definition of "beneficial for dictators worldwide." Peace
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Well I am a American I hope you don't mind me posting here. I personally agree that I am not a supporter of the united nations. I think they are a great sponge on our country. We house them here in our country and give them huge financial support. I think its time they started paying rent for the huge New York head quarter they get here. We are also tired of being the big brother to the world who appointed us as such? what country today says thank you to americans for all the financial aid they have received from us. Why should any of us work to pay taxes that support the efforts of such a organization? I think I will post a few on the united nations myself. Thanks for your insight.
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The UN should be run out of this country (and every other decent democratic country, if we still qualify as such) at the POINT OF A BAYONET.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

what must i do myself to prepare for first year unversity?


what must i do myself to prepare for first year unversity?
i am a gr11 student attending a public school in surrey british colombia, Canada. I currently have an average of 93~94 percent. i know i still ahve an year left of secondary school but what can i do to prepare myself now to ensure that i catch up and not fall behind in university. i know my prerequisites and courses i must take. btw i plan to go to ubc and study for medicine to become a physician. also im worried that what i learn now is too laid back for whats gonna hit me in the near future...(feels like its wayy to easy atm)
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers
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Yes high school is a joke. In uni you're gonna have study a lot more and can't afford to fall back. Just don't underestimate it, then everything will be fine.

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