Blog # 6

Blog 6:  In class we talked about the differences among a topic, a focus, and the particular research quesstions you might ask as you conduct your research.  Each of you are in a different place in terms of developing your project - but where every you are - write into your material as far as you can go in terms of your topic, the specific focus you want to take to that topic, and (if possible) what in particular you want to find out within that focus = what you want to do in your study (your research questions = what you will ask about your data).  The more you write - the more we have to work with.


These are the topics I have so far...


1. Should people on Welfare be drug tested?
Points to be made..
-It is unfair to the children who are supported by welfare.(increase in foster care which taxpayers have to pay for)(seems counter-productive)
-It is an invasion of privacy.
-It doesn't fix the problem of poverty which is the real issue behind welfare.
- Is it another form of control?
-Is it a racially charged issue?


2.Should Churches pay taxes and what would this do to the economy?


3.Should courses on managing student loan debt be taught in High School?
-Student loan debt for most people is the first debt we have to deal with in our adult lives so it is the duty of education to prepare us for what is to come.
-How this delays normal life patterns(having kids, buying a house, etc.)