Sunday, October 19, 2008

OBAMA for life

One reason why i would vote for Obama is because he is very supportive in education. Obama starts working to help children right even before kindergarten. He and Biden have made up a "zero to five" plan that helps children targeted for preschool to be able to attend preschool. They are working to set up a universal preschool so that all children are ready to enter kindergarten. Obama is also offering a type of money relief for child care for working families so that they do not have to pay too much. Another positive suggestion that Obama offers is to improve the assessment tests by more than just comprehensive tests, but based on a student's personal progress. Obama wants schools to have a strong curriculum of science and math. He wants to ensure that teachers have degrees in math and science so it would help better the performance of the school's students. Personally, I am in favor of Obama because of his plan for college bound students. He is encouraging students to take AP classes and if the classes are not available in the school, they can request to take it some place else. He is also encouraging those students who are from low-income families to prepare for college. Lastly, he even supports schools that try and help those students whose second language is English. He is proposing that the school will be help responsible that they graduate on time.
Another reason why i would vote for Obama is because he has a really good plan to help the economy. Right now the economy is down because banks have been giving loans to lower class families who can not pay back the loans. As a result, banks started to close which make home prices lower than the actual value that it is worth. Also, investors invested in the loans that the lower class is getting, which hurt the economy more. Obama is coming up with a plan to make banks provide affordable short-term and small-dollar loans. He is also planning on giving families that filed bankruptcy because of medical issues money back so that they can get back on their feet. Another thing that i think helps me out, when i start working, is Obama's plan to raise minimum wage. He will raise it to a price that will be able to help a family live on basic needs according to how the economy is. That will help many families that have low-paying jobs and are living life from paycheck to paycheck. He is supporting small businesses to rise so that they can create new jobs for people.
Technology is rising and people need to be able to connect with it and be able to use it. Americans have a risk of being left behind in the new generation which would effect how businesses will be run and how students will be taught. Obama wants to keep the internet completely open because it is a great source to connect the people with what is going on with the government and other issues. Obama also wants to censor what children are able to see while still abiding to the first amendment. He will use to internet to help Americans as well as inform. If personal privacy is invaded, Obama is making it the business's problem and therefore to fix it. Obama's main purpose for making Americans aware of the advantages of the internet is to further their involvement in the 21st century. I totally believe that anyone who is not knowledgeable about technology is losing their chances of connecting with their fellow Americans. New technology involving science and math will also be elevated. Obama wants more schools/degrees to focus on math and science so that the students will be able to make new innovations to better the 21st century. And just by having the internet and other technologies such a success, more job opportunities are opened which will help everyone.
I'm sure McCain has many plans to help America, but i feel that Obama has more of a connection with my generation and future generations, which will help him in the long run if not in the present day.

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