Prostitution is considered the oldest"profession" in the world.This is largely because no one can give a clear and easily acceptable account of the origin of the trade.A lot of women embrace prostitution because of an inexplicable desire for sexual satisfaction.However,a greater percentage of prostitutes were forced into it as result of the need to make ends meet.Many females in the later group are college students who resort to the trade in order to finance their education.
Many people who support prostitution have argued that the end justifies the means.They argue that women should be free to use what they have to get what they desire.This argument is however, Machiavellan.
Irrespective of the reason for embracing it,prostitution is an obnoxious trade.It debases womanhood.Most women who eventually quit the trade discover too late that their psychological balance had been negatively affected for life.Additionally,such women may sometimes end up contracting deadly sexually-transmitted diseases including the dreaded HIV virus.
That is not all,any female student who prostitutes in order to pay her way through college may discover too late that the accompanying emotional torture may diminish the happines associated with graduation.It is therefore hoped that the current efforts of government to disuade women. from taking to the profession would be sustained.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
AAMU SHOULD OFFER MORE COURSES UTILIZING DISTANCE LEARNING
Alabama A&M University has come a long way.From its modest beginning in 1875,the university has grown to enviable heights.It is remarkable that its long period of existence notwithstanding,AAMU remains very conservative.Almost all of its courses are offered on campus.A lot of people argue that this has helped to retain the high academic standard of the university.Such people believe that offering more courses utilizing distance learning may ultimately water down the already established academic standard of the university.Such argument may contain certain elements of truth.The arguments notwithstanding,I believe it would be good for the university to offer more courses utilizing distance learning.
The world is increasingly becoming a village as a result of technological developments.By offering more courses which utilize distance learning,AAMU would be able to exploit this technological advancement to its benefit.There is no doubt that more students would be attracted to the university as problems associated with constant journeys to the campus would be eliminated to a very large degree.What this means is that the revenue base of the university would also appreciate.In as much as generating revenue is not the main reason for setting up a university,money remains very important in ensuring the maintenance of acceptable academic standards.
Moreover,offering more courses which utilize the distance learning would create employment for several classes of people.With the expected increament in student population,more staff and faculty would also be needed to accommodate this increment.
On a personal note,offering more courses which utilize distance learning would benefit me immensely.I would stop shuttling to the university campus each day to receive my lectures from my home which is far from the campus.Additionally,I would save a lot of money which hitherto,I had spent on transportation.
Expectedly,embracing the program would not lower the quality of education since a lot of machinery can be put in motion to make sure that fraudsters do not exploit the opportunity.
The world is increasingly becoming a village as a result of technological developments.By offering more courses which utilize distance learning,AAMU would be able to exploit this technological advancement to its benefit.There is no doubt that more students would be attracted to the university as problems associated with constant journeys to the campus would be eliminated to a very large degree.What this means is that the revenue base of the university would also appreciate.In as much as generating revenue is not the main reason for setting up a university,money remains very important in ensuring the maintenance of acceptable academic standards.
Moreover,offering more courses which utilize the distance learning would create employment for several classes of people.With the expected increament in student population,more staff and faculty would also be needed to accommodate this increment.
On a personal note,offering more courses which utilize distance learning would benefit me immensely.I would stop shuttling to the university campus each day to receive my lectures from my home which is far from the campus.Additionally,I would save a lot of money which hitherto,I had spent on transportation.
Expectedly,embracing the program would not lower the quality of education since a lot of machinery can be put in motion to make sure that fraudsters do not exploit the opportunity.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
A CASE AGAINST THE CREATION OF A CAUCASIAN CURRICULUM
Almost all the universities in the United States have incorporated African-American studies into their curricula.Following this development,many critics have started advocating for the incorporation of Caucasian or European studies into the curricula of colleges and universities in the United States.This argument sounds very attractive.As many of such critics say,what is good for the geese is also good for the gander.However,I believe that the incorporation of Caucasian or European studies into the curricula of colleges and universities is unnecessary.
To begin with,Caucasian or European studies already form a substantial aspect of the curricula of such institutions. According to Professor D.D. Smith,over seventy percent of the books and materials used across different schools, colleges and universities in the United States were written by Caucasians.It would therefore be a time-wasting effort to advocate for the inclusion of what is already included.
Futhermore, the African-American experience is peculiar.It is the result of an avoidable accident of history.The Caucasians did not have such historical experience.The Caucasian history is rich,no doubt.But it lacks the peculiar experiences that characterize African-American history.
Lastly,materials are not just incorporated into the curricula of schools on the basis of race or color.Doing so would promote racism instead of fighting it.Other racial groups like the Hispanics or Asians would also start advocating for the inclusion of their own programs into the curricula of schools.The result would be an endless chain of cacophony that would certainly do more harm than good to education.
It would therefore be more beneficial to the country if emphasis is placed on the constant upgrading of the standard of education available in schools rather than on the mundane factor of racial studies.
To begin with,Caucasian or European studies already form a substantial aspect of the curricula of such institutions. According to Professor D.D. Smith,over seventy percent of the books and materials used across different schools, colleges and universities in the United States were written by Caucasians.It would therefore be a time-wasting effort to advocate for the inclusion of what is already included.
Futhermore, the African-American experience is peculiar.It is the result of an avoidable accident of history.The Caucasians did not have such historical experience.The Caucasian history is rich,no doubt.But it lacks the peculiar experiences that characterize African-American history.
Lastly,materials are not just incorporated into the curricula of schools on the basis of race or color.Doing so would promote racism instead of fighting it.Other racial groups like the Hispanics or Asians would also start advocating for the inclusion of their own programs into the curricula of schools.The result would be an endless chain of cacophony that would certainly do more harm than good to education.
It would therefore be more beneficial to the country if emphasis is placed on the constant upgrading of the standard of education available in schools rather than on the mundane factor of racial studies.
THE FAMOUS 'OCTOMUM' SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RAISE HER KIDS
A couple of months ago,the world woke up to the story of a woman in California who delivered a set of octopulets following the fertility treatment she received.The story was more captivating because the woman already had six other children before the birth of her newest babies.The birth of the octopulets turned their mother into a celebrity overnight as pressmen laid ambush for her at the clinic and later, her home, seeking to get juicy stories and interviews related to the birth of the infants.This interest in her situation also sparked off debates across the world as to the propriety or otherwise of the woman conceiving and delivering the children in contravention of medical advise.Many commentators have also advocated for the governmet of the state of California to take away the children from their mother in order to look after them.
The campaings to take away the children from their mother sounds attractive.This is because the ability of one woman to take care of fourteen children by herself seems very doubtful.Besides,some others argue that taking the children away from their mother would serve as a deterrent to other ladies in the future who may wish to ride on the back of such childbirths to stardom.
However,I believe the children should be left to their biological mother.To begin with, there is no legislation that makes it illegal for a woman to have any number of children she desires.Similarly,no legislation empowers the state of California or any other state in the United States for that matter,to seize babies born under such situations from their biological parents.Without any legislation authorizing that,such seizure would be an abuse of the woman's fundamental rights.
Furthermore,it would be reasonable to allow the children grow up under the tutelage of their biological mother.Nobody can treat the children the same way as the children's biological mother.Therefore,the welfare of the new babies ought to be considered first before any decision affecting them is taken.
It would be good for the government to assist in raising the children.Such assistance should not be given because the mother of the babies deserves it after risking her life and those of her babies just to make history.Rather, the assistance should be given because the babies are first and foremost innocent and also because they are citizens of the United States of America.
The campaings to take away the children from their mother sounds attractive.This is because the ability of one woman to take care of fourteen children by herself seems very doubtful.Besides,some others argue that taking the children away from their mother would serve as a deterrent to other ladies in the future who may wish to ride on the back of such childbirths to stardom.
However,I believe the children should be left to their biological mother.To begin with, there is no legislation that makes it illegal for a woman to have any number of children she desires.Similarly,no legislation empowers the state of California or any other state in the United States for that matter,to seize babies born under such situations from their biological parents.Without any legislation authorizing that,such seizure would be an abuse of the woman's fundamental rights.
Furthermore,it would be reasonable to allow the children grow up under the tutelage of their biological mother.Nobody can treat the children the same way as the children's biological mother.Therefore,the welfare of the new babies ought to be considered first before any decision affecting them is taken.
It would be good for the government to assist in raising the children.Such assistance should not be given because the mother of the babies deserves it after risking her life and those of her babies just to make history.Rather, the assistance should be given because the babies are first and foremost innocent and also because they are citizens of the United States of America.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
EDUCATION IS THE BEST PROVISION FOR THE JOURNEY TO OLD AGE
Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, is a man whose aphorisms are often quoted across several academic disciplines.The topic above is perhaps,one of the most famous quotations credited to him.During the time of Aristotle,many people had not realized the value of education.Therefore,it would not have been out of place to hear people debate the authenticity of the statement above.However,today,thousands of years later, it is suprising that a lot of people still doubt the truth of that assertion.
Many illiterates argue that education is time wasting and too expensive.Such persons believe that more emphasis ought to be placed on wealth than education.According to them,a man's children can inherit his wealth but not his education.
This might sound clever.A scrutiny of the argument would however,reveal the weak points therein.To begin with,education is expensive all right but illiteracy is much more expensive than education.In the long run,the illiterate loses more money than he or she would have saved by not going to school. Again,wealth can be inherited unexpectedly by any person.That same way,wealth can equally be lost unexpectedly.Education cannot be inherited in any way.If a professor does not take the necessary steps to educate his child,such child would become an illiterate, his or her father's academic status notwithstanding.That same way,education once acquired,does not expire and cannot be lost unexpectedly.It abides with the educated man or woman until death.
Educated persons age gracefully.This is not because they are always wealthy in old age.It is because they do not allow situations to weigh them down.Educated persons study books which address such difficult situations and emulate others who had traveled on the same route.Educated persons may not be very rich,but they understand the vicissitudes of life more clearly than illiterates.
There are many types of investments.However,each of them pales into insignificance when compared to investments made in favor of education.The above statement which was true during the time of Aristotle,would continue to be true till the end of time.
Many illiterates argue that education is time wasting and too expensive.Such persons believe that more emphasis ought to be placed on wealth than education.According to them,a man's children can inherit his wealth but not his education.
This might sound clever.A scrutiny of the argument would however,reveal the weak points therein.To begin with,education is expensive all right but illiteracy is much more expensive than education.In the long run,the illiterate loses more money than he or she would have saved by not going to school. Again,wealth can be inherited unexpectedly by any person.That same way,wealth can equally be lost unexpectedly.Education cannot be inherited in any way.If a professor does not take the necessary steps to educate his child,such child would become an illiterate, his or her father's academic status notwithstanding.That same way,education once acquired,does not expire and cannot be lost unexpectedly.It abides with the educated man or woman until death.
Educated persons age gracefully.This is not because they are always wealthy in old age.It is because they do not allow situations to weigh them down.Educated persons study books which address such difficult situations and emulate others who had traveled on the same route.Educated persons may not be very rich,but they understand the vicissitudes of life more clearly than illiterates.
There are many types of investments.However,each of them pales into insignificance when compared to investments made in favor of education.The above statement which was true during the time of Aristotle,would continue to be true till the end of time.
THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'CONSUME' AND HOW OUR HABITS OF CONSUMPTION CAN PROVIDE A PICTURE OF OUR ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The word 'consume'is polysemous.This implies that it has more than a single meaning.Basically,it means to utilize.It may also mean to devour or destroy.In this essay however,it is the initial meaning of the word that is intended.The act of consuming is known as consumption.
Often,an individual's habit of consumption provides a clear picture of such individual's ethical responsibilities.Democracy entails freedom.Such freedom includes the freedom of consumption.However, it is very easy to measure an individual's attitude to the society he or she lives in by looking at such individual's taste.Doing so may also help to provide an insight into such individual's lifestlyle especially as concern decorum.
Every person is free to spend his or her income the way he or she likes.This notwithstanding, there are people who despise ostentatious lifestyles and instead, prefer giving back to the society in order to help out the less privileged.Many libraries,schools,or churches are known to have been built out of the selfless habits of such men and women.On the other hand,many persons have been known to come into good fortune and fritter it all away on expensive houses, cars and other gadgets.
It would be relevant to point out that this does not concern the wealthy alone.Sometimes,a poor person's taste says a lot about the person too.Some poor persons spend money on mundane things.In that circumstance,it would be easy to dismiss such poor person as mundane,greedy and wasteful.
It is therefore easy to assess a person's attitude to his or her neighbors or indeed the entire society by looking out for that individuals'taste and method of expenditure.It is my wish that all men and women would at all times, be their neighbor's keeper.
Often,an individual's habit of consumption provides a clear picture of such individual's ethical responsibilities.Democracy entails freedom.Such freedom includes the freedom of consumption.However, it is very easy to measure an individual's attitude to the society he or she lives in by looking at such individual's taste.Doing so may also help to provide an insight into such individual's lifestlyle especially as concern decorum.
Every person is free to spend his or her income the way he or she likes.This notwithstanding, there are people who despise ostentatious lifestyles and instead, prefer giving back to the society in order to help out the less privileged.Many libraries,schools,or churches are known to have been built out of the selfless habits of such men and women.On the other hand,many persons have been known to come into good fortune and fritter it all away on expensive houses, cars and other gadgets.
It would be relevant to point out that this does not concern the wealthy alone.Sometimes,a poor person's taste says a lot about the person too.Some poor persons spend money on mundane things.In that circumstance,it would be easy to dismiss such poor person as mundane,greedy and wasteful.
It is therefore easy to assess a person's attitude to his or her neighbors or indeed the entire society by looking out for that individuals'taste and method of expenditure.It is my wish that all men and women would at all times, be their neighbor's keeper.
THE EFFECT OF THE NEWS MEDIA ON OUR SOCIETY
The News media are unarguably, the backbone of all decent societies.Whether we are refering to the print or electronic media, the effect is the same.Information is important.It defines the society and enlightens the citizens of every nation.Disemination of information is the business of the mass media.If the citizens cannot find out what the government of the day is doing,there will be a lacuna.The news media ensures this does not happen by bridging the gap between the governor and the governed.
Additionally,the news media shapes the opinion of the society.It is very common to see individuals in every society whose opinions on issues are shaped by newspaper reports they read,radio stations they listen to or news reports they see on television.In this sense therefore, the news media become opinion moulders.Any government ignores the news media at its peril.
The effect of all these on the society is that from government to private persons,everyone is kept in check by these societal watchdogs.In effect, the society runs smoothly as nobody would like to be found wanting.The consequences of doing otherwise is always grave.
Additionally,the news media shapes the opinion of the society.It is very common to see individuals in every society whose opinions on issues are shaped by newspaper reports they read,radio stations they listen to or news reports they see on television.In this sense therefore, the news media become opinion moulders.Any government ignores the news media at its peril.
The effect of all these on the society is that from government to private persons,everyone is kept in check by these societal watchdogs.In effect, the society runs smoothly as nobody would like to be found wanting.The consequences of doing otherwise is always grave.
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