AVERES

AVERES

My political party standing is a republican. The senators in the state of Tennessee, are [|Lamar Alexander], and [|Bob Corker]. I agree with Lamar Alexander the most because he is republican, and his issues about education and environmental energy I agree with. He also wants to improve the standards of schools and improve the most crucial subjects such as math, science, and technology.

The three issues that are the most important to me are education, environmental energy, and national defense. In education, I believe that the standard for American schools should be higher. Overall, I think that all of the subjects taught need to be intensified learning wise. The most important subects that the standards need to be higher are mathematics, science, technology, and reading. I also believe that eliminated the diversity in knowledge between the students will create a better learning area and less of the problems especially in the middle school and highschool area. I understand that some students are a little slower than others but, from the very beginning we push them all equally, and start out at the same building block, that will minimize the diversity. I also think that the students that are not in honors math or advanced math are capable of the work and lessons that are taught but, as I said before, all the students we pushed at different levels and now, I believe that if those kids were pushed more in elementary school and even before that, they could end up in the advanced classed. To me, the first step in education is the most important. It teaches the child the love to learn and the want to learn. In China, Japan, and Germany, their students are farther ahead and at an earlier age have covered and learned more than the students in U.S. schools. Now, when our graduates compete for numerous jobs in the world and they are surely going to compete against these other countries for important jobs, who has the lead there? Even though this will be a tough transition, it will definitly pay off in our young American's future.

The second issue that is the most important to me is Environmental Energy. This is also a crucial issue and a problem for our world today. In the future, we can not be sure exactly what out world will be and what will happen. Right now, we are burning up fossil fuels and severly damaging what out entire human race lives on...the Earth. This is the only thing that we have that we can live on. Today, there are billions of cars out there in the world emmitting fumes that damage out world. Billions. When you see a dumptruck or a semi on the road, and you see the dark fumes that come out the exhaust pipe, doesnt that just make you cringe? Now, immagine that fume multiplied by 100,000,000. And thats not even near all of it. So, as you can see, our environment needs help and by doing this we need advancements in technology that not only sit in a test lab and undergo tests, but to be put to use at a worldwide level to save our planet. This environmental energy ties in with education. If we can produce smarter, and students ready to work, we could find that technology and save our planet.

The third issue that is important to me is National Defense. I think that our defence right now is great but, there is always room for improvement. I think that there should be more boader patrols and overall more protection for our nation. This is very important because some things that can leak into the US are like a parasite. Drugs for example are smuggled into the US and sold. This could be stopped. I think that every single person that comes into the United states needs to be checked. As you can see, my most important issues are education and environmental energy and those have my strongest oppinion. So, that is where I strongly stand on my three issues.

5 Facts- 1.) In 2008, grades 3-8, over a three year period had an average of a grade A in mathematics in Tennessee. 2.) In 2006, the average grade for science was a C, by 2008, the average was imporved to an A. 3.) Over three years the TCAP Writing in Tennessee has remained an A average. 4.) In 2008, Tennessee had a 21.1 average for the reading section in the ACT. 5.) In 2008, the average math score on the ACT was a 19.9.

Link to SB 50, the bill that I am co-sponsoring is about education. We believe that the standards need to be set higher as a Nation to improve our nation. With this bill, it will imporove our education and increase the success in our young students in the world today. Our students and scholars of the United States will overall be more intelligent and educated highly in math, technology, science, and medicine. These subjects will lead to faster advancement, betters jobs, and mabey something amazing that can send a man to mars and even out of the Milky Way Galaxy. So, passing this bill could lead to many unexpected and new discoverments.

10 Resources- 1.) "Tenessee Government Home" 7th May 2009 <[]> 2.) "United States Senator-Lamar Alexander" 6th May 2009 <[]> 3.) "United States Senator-Bob Corker" 6th May 2009 <[]> 4.) "YLI Congress Demo" 6th May 2009 <[]> 5.) "Tennessee Overview" United States Geography, 2009 ABC-CLIO 6th May 2009 <[|http://www.usgeography.abc-clio.com]> 6.) "YLI Congress Demo, Topic Research Guide, Education" 2009 YLI 7th May 2009  7.) " 2008 Republican Party Platform, Education" 7th May 2009 <[]> 8.) "2008 Democratic Party, Education" 7th May 2009  9.) " 2008 Green Party Platform, Education" 7th May 2009 <[]> 10.) "2008 Libretarian Party Platform, Education" 7th May 2009 <[]>