been anything close to a pure and total democracy is debatable. There has never been universal suffrage. The result in 2000 election led many people to call for Electoral College reform or a change to a direct popular vote system. No major changes have yet been made to the system; the electoral college remains the “democratic” way we elect the President of the United
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There has been a great debate in the criminal justice system when it comes to its prisons. When it comes to the prison system we want to know if it’s functional and a sound prison that houses people who have been found guilty of breaking the law. As it concerns to the public the questions that you can ask yourself is “Do you know what goes on in the prison? Do you know the general statement that the criminal justice system has when it comes to the prions and the inmates on how they are handled with
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a child. Children are held back by their mothers‚ just as Americans are held back by their own government. Our healthcare system is not only extremely expensive‚ but almost useless‚ and our educational system doesn’t get our kids anywhere. As great as America may seem‚ our educational system is flawed and our healthcare system is getting us nowhere. Our educational system in America is highly inefficient. It focuses more on standardized testing than it does on helping the students understand the
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illness and the crimes that are related. In order to truly make the American education system equal the schools with a lower graduation rates would be required to reach outside their means of teaching the children and first teach the parents how to parents and raise successful young adults. In many cases schools simply cannot reach the homes and are set to fail. In an attempt to revamp the education system in a very controversial way is the
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and in the U.S. Why‚ you may ask. The U.S’ judicial system makes sure you know and have all of your rights‚ you get to choose between a jury trial or a bench trial‚ and you are innocent until proven guilty. If the jury or judge makes a mistake on your verdict you can always appeal. Although‚ I know that the U.S’ judicial system is not perfect but it is a pretty good one if you want to ensure justice. The first reason why the U.S’ judicial system helps ensure justice is that you know all of your rights
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another. The criminal justice system of the United States of America. Some say it’s great‚ others hate it‚ probably because they’ve been through it. We’ve all seen it on T.V.- Cops‚ Law and Order SVU‚ I Almost Got Away With It. Someone commits a crime‚ the police get the bad guy‚ end of story. Unfortunately it’s not always as perfect as it may seem in real life. Sometimes the bad guys get away with it and innocent people are wrongly imprisoned. If the criminal justice system remains unrevised and prejudiced
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ompetency-based pay systems have several pros and cons for both the employees and the employer. Within this pay system there would be no seniority factor. This factor would be eliminated because the importance is placed on the employee’s ability and competency of the employee to do the job. This pay system provides an incentive to achieve. This incentive drives the employees to achieve at a greater level because they would be paid for the achievements that they accomplish. A cultural improvement
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should learn from other contries’ healthcare systems. What our government must learn from USA healthcare system is to support the idea of getting access to universal coverage‚ so that this access to healthcare becomes a fundamental right. we can also raise our quality service standards in order to reach those of USA. It is good that we can also learn from USA’s mistakes‚ the most two common mistakes are: the unstable plans regarding the healthcare system‚ and the high costs of healthcare services.
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Truly Innovating Testing System Standardized testing is a system used widely throughout the world. This form of testing focuses primarily on basic but core skills which creates a simple‚ foundational test-taking format. However‚ this can prove to be ineffective in improving education in America since it is so simple. Standardized testing is shown to be ineffective in improving education in America as it decreases the value of learning‚ makes school have to cheat the system frequently‚ and influences
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The foster care system in New York City is deeply flawed. Sixty-four percent of foster care children are impoverished in their adult lives‚ 50% of girls are pregnant within 12-18 months of aging out of the system‚ and 80% of all inmates on death row grew up in the foster care system. Foster care children should not have to fight against these statistics. The Felix Organization is providing solutions‚ through Camp Felix‚ Beyond Camp‚ the Felix Friendship Circle‚ and the Secret Santa Gift Exchange
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