28th Amendment

For a new amendment, I would make limits on Congressional Terms in Washington, D.C. In the 17th amendment, it is said that the people elect senators to serve for 6 years. I would say that just like the President, two terms can be served, as we need new blood in Congress every so often. This amendment is worded almost like the 17th, but with the term limit added in.

28th amendment

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. Each Senator shall serve no more than 2 terms or 15 years total in the Senate if a vacancy occurred and they filled in. These people shall have the qualifications needed for serving in the United States Congress.

Classical Conditioning Ad

Unconditioned Stimulus: Sunny field with green grass with the ladybug
Conditioned Stimulus: Coca-Cola
Unconditioned Response: Happiness with the sunny field of grass and ladybug
Conditioned Response: Happiness to Coca-Cola

Teaching an Amendment

17th Amendment

1. The United States Senate will be made up of two senators from each state who are elected by the people of that state in an election. Each Senator will have one vote, will serve for six years, and will be qualified to serve in such a role. If a Senate position opens, the governor of the state shall either call an election or appoint a new Senator if they have that power. 

2. The purpose of this amendment is to say that the people elect their senators through popular vote in elections. It also says that if an opening appears, the governor either gets an emergency election to get a new one or he appoints a temporary one.

3. "Executive authority"--the government of the state; "temporary appointment"-- an emergency election of a senator to fill a vacancy

4. a. This amendment was created because the times were changing, and up until this time state legislatures just agreed on and appointed Senators. With this amendment, people could now vote for them.

    b. In our elections in November, we vote to elect our Senators and Representatives as well.

    c. There are not many issues involving this currently, as we all vote and have our say. 

Scientific Analysis Assignment

#1: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170822104846.htm

1. To see if adolescents who live in poverty or low-income families develop more mental illnesses or problems with their brain.

2. 804 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.

3. There was no control group spoken about.

4. They were chosen from different income families, but this was found out through the Canadian census.

5. The experimenters are just going to be observing the subjects and will check up in 10 years to see their mental health.

6. It is unknown how the subjects are reacting at this time.

7. This study is not completely finished, so it is unknown. But the experimenters do expect the low-income adolescents to develop mental illnesses.

#2: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817201257.htm

1. This research shows that a new eye scanner can detect the signs of Alzheimer’s disease many years before a person shows visual symptoms of the disease.

2. 16 Alzheimer’s disease patients were used.

3. The patients were compared to an unnumbered group of healthy adults.

4. The subjects were chosen because they had Alzheimer’s disease.

5. The subjects drank a solution with a supplement in it that causes a certain plaque in the retina of the eye, and can be scanned.

6. It was able to be seen that this plaque shows Alzheimer’s.

7. They did react the way the experimenter’s hoped, plaque was seen that means Alzheimer’s.

#3: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170828102725.htm

1. The research was to see the link between lack of sleep and making riskier decisions in humans.

2. 14 males, 18-28 years old.

3. There was no control group stated.

4. They must have volunteered and been within the age range.

5. The subjects were made to sleep only 5 hours per night for a week and then had to take money, either lower guaranteed amounts or higher not guaranteed amounts.

6. The subjects chose the riskier option more often with less sleep.

7. Yes, the experimenters expected this result.

#4: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829124507.htm

1. The research was to search for an existence of a link between kids being excluded from school and having mental disorders.

2. Over 5000 children plus over 200 who had been excluded for sure.

3. No control group was mentioned.

4. The subjects were picked from two surveys to see how they were excluded and such.

5. They just had the subjects fill out surveys and compared the results of how they were excluded and for how long.

6. There was no visual reacting from the subjects other than checking on them in later years and observing their mental health.

7. Yes, I believe they did act the way that was expected of them.

Psychology Journal #1

1.  My favorite word is pumpernickel.
2.  My least favorite word is moist.
3.  One thing I like about my life is that I go to a small school and live in such a supportive place.
4.  I dislike the fact that I try too hard and get competitive about the littlest things.
5.  I would attempt the profession of accountant.
6.  I would never attempt to be a sewer cleaner.
7.  3 words that describe me: intellectual, smiley, ambivert.

      I want to study psychology because I like to think about thinking patterns of people. I get very interested when I think about the reason for why people think or act a certain way. When I was younger I did once think that being a psychologist and talking to people about their problems would be a career for me. The older I got, the more I realized that people are so confusing and unpredictable and studying them would not be for me in the end.

      During this semester, I hope to gain knowledge of the human mind and why we think the way we do. Hopefully this class will shed some light on the questions I have about basic human nature. Psychology has always intrigued me, so hopefully learning about past psychologists will help. I hope to learn knowledge in this class that will help me in college, and I think this class will be exciting.

     I hope to gain some personal knowledge from Mr. Reints in this class since he is always full of it. Especially since he took a psychology class in college, he should be able to really explain certain aspects of psychology. I also think that with this class and our personalities and his personality we should have some very good experiences and experiments together with our minds.

An Asian Auschwitz

           Wow. I cannot believe that the United States government would execute every Nazi who committed crimes against humanity but will not even acknowledge the fact that Japanese Unit 731 even existed. The experiments that the Nazis performed look almost pale in comparison to the experiments done by Shiro Ishii and his men. I am seriously shocked that the US would be selfish enough to pardon some of the worst crimes against humanity just to get the information from said crimes.

            On the other hand, some of these experiments have provided a little bit of helpful information. But the fact that the people experimented on were captured and worked on against their will makes this a huge crime. The uneducated portion of these people could’ve thought that they were going to be okay, based on the fact that they were fed and exercised often. Because of this, I believe the Japanese running Unit 731 were sick, twisted men.

            I am also shocked about the Japanese that ran this camp. Yes, I know that their emperor’s word is law, and yes, I know that they would die if they disobeyed, but why couldn’t they just not experiment on humans and lie about some findings? I must then believe that the Japanese surgeons and soldiers must not have a hearts. If a person can remove another’s organs while they are strapped down and screaming, it must be that they have no regard for other human life, whether they were born that way or are doing it for fear of the emperor’s execution.

            Some of the experiments mentioned in this article sound completely pointless. Why on earth would you need to put a human in a centrifuge and spin them until they die?! Or why would a person need to be put in a pressure chamber until their eyes exploded? This is just unacceptable to let pass by if the United States new about this.

             I can also see this from the US government’s point of view. Some of the results of the experiments could have and may still be useful. But on the other hand, the Nazis could also have had some useful results from experimentation. We will never know now, because the Nazis were executed or hunted down because of it. But somehow, in the US government’s eyes, the Nazis’ experiments were illegal and Unit 731’s experiments were perfectly fine. This just baffles me.

            So in my final thoughts, I see that there is no rhyme or reason to the pardoning and executing done by the United States’ government after World War II for crimes against humanity. Josef Mengele, the Nazi’s most famous experimenter on humans, was chased down with intent of being executed for his experiments by the US government. On the other hand then, Shiro Ishii and his men are doing almost exactly the same experiments but are not chased down, and are allowed to live as if Unit 731 never existed if they gave up their results. I really, really question the United States government and their thinking.

Muckraker Article

http://muckrakerfarm.com/2016/07/four-months-private-prison-guard/

http://time.com/4461791/private-prisons-department-of-justice/
   
      The muckraking article I am writing about is an exploitation of the conditions in prisons in America. It is based on the story of a man who quit being a prison guard after four months on the job. This article was written by David Uberti in the Columbia Journalism Review, on July 1, 2016. The article is based on the story of Shane Bauer, who worked as a prison guard at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.

     The TIME article I have also linked is further proof on investigation and the current state of our private prisons in the US today. After reading these two articles, I see that our private prison system needs to be fixed badly. This article also talks about what the US Department of Justice is trying to do to change the private prisons.

Winn Correctional Center from the air

      Bauer found out the biggest problem was that all the prisons he was near were extremely understaffed. An example of this is when he says there is "one [floor officer] per 176 inmates". This prison also hasn't let inmates out into the yard in years, as they haven't had the staff to watch it.

     Bauer sees people constantly cutting corners in their duties. Officers who are supposed to perform security checks were writing down that they happened when they did not. An audit is done by the overseeing agency, and the officials only do one lap around and leave, without checking very much.

Shane Bauer

     After working for a few months, he notices that he begins to change. Instead of treating every prisoner nicely, he starts to become more stern. As a result of this, he sees his everyday life begin to change as he wishes more and more for a fight. A few weeks later, he rushes home, packs his things, and drives to Texas. The next day, Bauer calls Winn and informs them of his resignation, thus ending his prison guard career.