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ACLOSSIN **Political Party** - Independent

** State -** Massachusetts

**I agree with Congressman John F. Tierney** -[]

**Issues-** 1) The total number of undergraduate and graduate enrollment //students attending independent colleges and universities in Massachusetts is nearly 250,000.// 2) The total number of people enrolled in public and// private colleges and universities in Massachusetts is about 431,000 students, with classifications as fallows: 243,000 4-yr. independent (56%) 102,000 4-yr. public (24%) 86,000 community colleges (20%) 3) There have been many reports in the past couple years have noticed that girls are academically superior to boys, and also have higher moral standards and better behavior. 4) In the 1770s, right after the United States was founded, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson made education systems that would develop the citizens' need to keep the democratic system of government the same. 5) A system trying to tracking originated in the early 20th century as schools tried a high number of diverse immigrant children entering public schools.
 * Massachusetts has had a problem with their students not being able to access computers or the internet; They had computers and the internet, they just weren't allowed to get on them. On June 1st the Massachusetts Department of Education released the Educational Technology in Massachusetts Schools, 1997 //report.// This gave students the ability to get on computers and the internet. I think that it is very good that they let kids use computers because you can get facts and information about topics you don't know much about.
 * Another issue that the Massachusetts schools have is that they are trying to extend the length of the school days. They tested this change for a year and the results were really good. The schools that tested this added extra classes. Like Arts, Sports, Extra teacher training, Teem meetings, and Discussions on what and how to teach. The students that were doing poor in school improved a lot from having more time to get homework done, and getting more help on things they don't understand. I think that the lengths of the school days are fine the way they are. I think this because we have time during recess, after school, and before school, to get work caught up and done, and to also get help on things we done understand.
 * A problem that Massachusetts Colleges have is that they are losing the income number of students joining every year. They are having this problem because a lot of high school kids can not pay to go to college. Most students' parents won't pay for them so they would have to pay themselves. That is why the number of students' joining every year is going down. I would get a job or try to earn some money to help pay for a college.
 * Facts About Massachusetts- **

**Bill #-** HB 92

**About this bill-** This bill is about trying to protect the saftey of citizens that may be in danger involving a gun. What we are trying to do is limit the power of guns. the only people who are able to have accuses to these guns are hunters with license, and the police. Also this bill is saying that people who have previous records of being in jail or any other problems with the police are not allowed to own a gun. But if it has been 10 years since that crime, and you have had no other problems since then, you are allowed to perches a gun but not a gun that is to powerful.


 * Why you should support it-** You should support this bill because it will help everyone. It will help banks because most robberies involve gun, and if the robber doesn't have a powerful enough gun, they wouldn't want to rob anything because they would be afraid that they would get caught. This bill would also help any citizen. When you get shot, you would get hurt, but it might not kill you if the gun isn't powerful enough to do that. But if this bill doesn't pass, and you get shot you have a better chance of dying because the gun is very powerful. This bill benefits everyone.

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