Evolution (position paper presentation response)

I really enjoyed the presentation Shelby Jordan did about evolution taught in public schools. She wrote about how the public schools only teach the theory of evolution. Because this is the only creation story taught in public schools, students believe it is the truth, about how the earth and people came about. I personally relate to this position paper because I have gone to Catholic school all my life, before I went to public school for high school. Therefore, in my pervious school the only theory I was taught was that God created everything. I think it will be interesting to learn about the theory of evolution because I don't know a lot about it. But, I think that the theory of God's creation should also be taught in public schools. This way students will learn about both theory's and they can chose which one to believe in. Especially high school students have the ability to make this decision on their own. Also, this way one theory is not forced into the students to believe. Even though it would be interesting to learn about the theory of evolution, I firmly believe that the theory of evolution is not the truth, and God has created everything.

Carly Buechler

Pet Adoption

In the United States today there are an incredible number of homeless dogs and cats. There are an estimated 70 million stray cats alone. The average number of litters a non-spayed dogs produces is one a year, which is 4-6 puppies. This means that there are many animals that do not have homes. Animal shelters give some of these animals a home and try to find owners for them. People need to give these animals homes by adopting them. Rather than finding a pet through a breeder people should go to adoption centers to find them. Adoption is also not as costly as buying your pet from a breeder. All pets need a home. Owned cats and dogs generally live longer, healthier, and happier lives than those of strays. Adoption is the first option.

http://www.aspca.org/adoption/

Manhunt for Teen and Mom Fleeing from Cancer Treatment

This is an online article written by Emily Friedman on May 20, 2009. In this true story, a woman and her son fled from his cancer treatment. He has Hodgkin's lymphoma disease and doctors believe that he needs his chemotherapy treatment or he will die. The two believe that all natural treatment is the way to go. I am not sure that I can judge this mothers choice. I have no idea the situation she was in. I do not know whether taking the treatment or refusing the treatment was the correct decision. The situation this mother was in for her choice to run away from the cancer treatment was probably very difficult and well thought through. I also do not know the boy's opinion on what he wanted to do. And lastly I do not know the religious beliefs of the family that could have impacted the decision. The natural treatment could work or it could not. But the chemotherapy could have worked or it could not. I believe that the court should not tell the family what they have to do, this is the family's decision.