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Do
you get irritated when you are watching you favorite TV show, and
it's interrupted by some speech by the President? Well, that's
the State of the Union Address, created by Washington, snuffed by
Jefferson, and resurrected by Wilson. President Bush told us
the state of our union, but what does it all mean?
The president covered topics from the Iraqi
elections to social security. There were several touching
moments during the speech, especially when the parents of a Marine
killed in action embraced an new Iraqi voter who urged her family to
vote.
On the subject of Iraq, Bush said that while the elections were a
success, there is still work to be done, and that setting a false
timetable would make the terrorists think they can wait it out.
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Social
Security has been a hot topic for years, but the debate finally
reached a climax during the address with nay and boo's from across
the aisle for the first time in the State of the Unions history.
"Social Security will be exhausted and bankrupt by 2040." drew the
most ruckus, and showed to a "T" the hostility of the issue.
Bush wants to privatize social security by allowing workers to put a
portion of their income into safe stocks and bonds, but the program
wont affect those 55 and older.
One downfall to privatization is that it will cost the nation 2 to 3
trillion dollars in the early years, and could possibly double the
deficit, and the investments are still prone to the markets twists
and turns.
In the Democratic response, which allows the opposite party to draw
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in the sand so
to speak, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and the
Democratic Leader in the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that they
have the votes in Congress to prevent Bush from tampering with
social security, and that they will not allow him to do so.
While saying that Iraqi elections are a step forward in the right
direction, it is still not enough, and that the Administration does
still not have a clear plan for Iraq or a clear exit strategy.
It will be interesting to see what state our union will be next time
Bush delivers the State of Union.
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"My job is
fun, I love to create lessons and units and watch the students
learn." Those are the words of Mrs. Stephanie Light, the
special education teacher of Wakonda.
Mrs. Light was born and raised in Sioux Falls, SD. She
attended Washington High School and later graduated from the
University of South Dakota for her teaching degree. She had
many favorite teachers and she couldn't pick just one, they all
carried the qualities that she now has today as a teacher. The
major thing that inspired her to be a teacher was her brother, who
never learned to read due to his learning disability.
Her philosophy on
teaching is, "Find out what a child knows and build on it using
creativity and love." Students can excel in her class by hard
work, because leaning disabled students must work twice as
hard as typical students.
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