My progress so far has been better than I anticipated. I say this because I honestly believed I was not going to be as focus or I will have missing assignments in which I do not. If you been reading my blogs I had mention that I have two kids who are fully remote, that is the only reason why I thought on my end I would have slacked off with my schooling. However, this has made me stronger to push through and I am doing excellent. Not one assignment is missing, Midterms that were given are completed, and I have a good grade on my exams. My plans before was to do exactly what I am doing now, succeeding in school. The class syllabus is the main source that helps students know and understand what assignments is due and when are the midterms. To even having zoom meetings with professors is so much helpful as well, again my plans was to do everything that is needed it may be difficult with assignments due in every class almost at the same time frame but I got this. College to me is not suppose to be easy this is a challenge to accomplish especially with this pandemic and having full remote learning.

As I mentioned the syllabus is working very well for me the only issue I have is almost all assignments are due around the same time. I understand due to the ending of this semester is in December, so that gives more of a understanding to why everything is due so close in time. what I do not like is emailing professors my assignments, some wont answer stating they received it so that can be so frustrating, some professors either cancel classes almost all the time or just wont put up your grades so we can be aware that we in fact submitted our work. I do believe changing how we submit assignments will be helpful, like for example I have two classes where one is submitting all assignments on our website which is so helpful and easy, and the other class we submit our work through blackboard again so easy, giving us access to view our work and everything else that was submitted. I do think most professors should look into doing it this way it makes things easier for us all, because lets be real emailing will get overwhelming not only for us but for teachers as well. Having so many emails from students will get confusing as to who submitted and who has not so yes I do want that to change to better this remote learning situation, so in making this a successful completion things should change just a little only in not emailing work but to submit through blackboard or websites there is just so many students to receive every email and grade it. I say this because I have classes that work is emailed but I have not been graded or acknowledge on, this is what I want changed it can help us all so much.

Starting my very first Midterm for American Government and Politics, I will tell you it I was nervous taking this exam even with having the chance to go back to the textbook. Midterms are scary due to not wanting a failing grade, this exam for this course lets the students retake it as many times as possible if needed. Now I had calculated my grade being that it is graded by points and scored a 72 percent. Yes this grade is good but not great I know I can do better, just scared to re take the exam and score lower than the first. This exam was based on everything we read during this course especially on the legislative branch. I will consider redoing my exam and scored higher without having doubt. Besides the exam I have learned so much I am so thankful for having an amazing professor.

The professor I have teaches her students with such passion, you can tell she loves what she teaches. I love this class so having assignments and exams will be easy to complete only because she explains what is needed to be done. The Legislative Branch tells you how a bill is made and the process it goes through. Once you read the required chapters everything else will come easy. To know the basics it is a much better way to fully understand the concepts to it all. So yes I will consider redoing my exam and show myself that I can score higher, not an easy task but it is very possible.

This topic I will be doing a presentation on in a few days for my course in American Government and Politics, so much information to be shared and learned about. The Legislative Branch is part of congress, basically major parts of the law. There are different committees within the branch that have the power to move the bill through committee process. The Legislation must be drafted by someone who is not a member of the congress. However, being the fact that it’s involvement is with the congress. Before reaching the house floor it must go through the house of committee on rules. The committee establishes the rules the bill go through the floor, where it is debated and amendments can be added.

I honestly left high school years ago so to re learn this stuff suits me very well. I learned the fact that Legislative plays a huge role in congress and the senate, it plays a huge role in law period. The house hold votes on the bill of Legislation, after that it gets moved out of the house and to the senate. The fact that one simple bill gets moved to all different locations makes it interesting and I love reading and learning more about this subject. Not even the President can have much say in any bill he may have an opinion but it boils down to everyone else especially the congress and the senate, that has the upper power of the final vote in any bill. Once is in the senate the bill is placed in the calendar so it can be debated. Both the house and senate can and often do amend bills, the bills that pass out of each chamber often looks different.

Here is an interesting topic, Civil Rights. What do we know about this movement ? I will tell you my opinion of what I think about the Civil Rights after reading the article. The Civil Rights gives the right to treat people equally, However, there are some groups of people who were denied these right for equality. I have read and learned that everything in the government, any law field always follow the amendments, very interesting to know that all amendments play a huge role in life, also in our history. Women and men were treated differently back in the 1980’s – 1990’s. In that time frame women were allowed to serve in all combat roles with selective service system only men were allowed to be registered and not women. it is just crazy to me to read on how women were not given much rights as the men, it is why now we unite together and women and men are strong as a team.

Early in 1917, people had marched down the avenue demanding the right to vote, those who marched for this equal right was women. After so much fighting, being arrested and beaten, along came the Nineteenth Amendment that granted all women the right to vote. However, this amendment did not fully end discrimination against women such as education, employment and other situations. Being given the right to vote still did not matter women still were being treated differently to even being denied jobs due to their sexually and being sexually harassed at any work place. The Equal Rights Amendment mandated equality to all regardless to what sex they are. In which with that amendment had failed to meet the required support of the thirty eight states, by the time the deadline arrived.

I learned with the Civil Rights Movement, women were really fighting for equal rights like they did not have it easy, they were being discriminated. I thought the men had it bad back in this era but I was wrong women really had to march, protest and much more to get the rights they deserved. This makes me appreciate history so much more because they fought so long for us women in this time to have equal rights. They did all that so we can live this life with the right to vote, I will not take this for granted, and I am so proud to those who did what they could to make this happen. Imagine living in that era and having to fight for equal rights and other things that were not allowed for women to do, I am pretty sure people in this era would appreciate our history, so much to learn and understand I am looking forward to learning more and blogging, I love history.

Well I survived week 4 of college lol I know hilarious right. I love the fact that I am learning such interesting facts such as civil liberties, Federalism, the Constitution and much more. Each subject provides plenty of information to learn about and fully understand what our Government is about. My favorite subject was learning about all amendments, I got to know what each of them meant and also they are there to protect us. I did not know any of that because what protection do we have against the law? Absolutely little to none. If you do not know any of this you will not protect yourself I advice people to study this subject due to what is happening to us with the law now. I do not like what is going on with cops and other individuals it is so sad, why can’t we unite with one another and make this world better for a comfortable living environment.

I want to become a cop but now I am not really sure if that is the path I want to take again because of what is happening. If I run from this I will be weak instead I should be strong for my community and become the cop I dreamed of being. I will make a difference, I will show the world that officers can be trusted again. No I will never tolerate bad behavior but I will reason with others and try to deescalate what ever problem that is occurring. This is why studying the law is so good with being able to know everything and see how the system works. As a non police officer you are viewing both sides and either you can relate to what is going on and try making it better.

Hopefully one day we can come to an agreement and stop the violence it’s just some people and some cops who fail to make this world better. Again I do not think it is fair to always blame cops for your behavior and vise versa, we are all grown adults who know right from wrong. I will study very hard, I will get my degree, I will make it better well at least I will try the rest it’s up to you to help. I have kids to worry more about honestly I am their protection to this cruel world and system, I will not let them be sucked into this craziness, I will provide a better life for them. Everyone remain safe and always think before you act having this mind set well prevent so much and take you far in life.

I decided to create this meme only because the law enforcement has a serious problem with invading the privacy of individuals. Let me better explain, example there was a video that had went rival with an officer coming into a women’s home, where she was calmly hanging peacefully with her child. The women was just coming out the shower and only had a towel covering her body, However, this cop decided to still enter her home after being told to wait outside her door until she is fully dressed. They asked him why was he there? she said “nothing is wrong”, So instead of answering her questions he started to ask questions of his own and demanded answers. The mother did not want to answer him and she was in the right to refuse to comply, the officer then got so upset and started reading her rights and cuffed her. Remember she is only wearing a towel, she is being handcuffed what do you think happens? Her towel falls off the women is now naked and is heard saying ” Please cover me, cover me.” Then the cop says “Don’t take that attitude with cops because we don’t play. When a cop shows up, you’re not the one in charge. I don’t care if it is your house” Then a few minutes later he had her daughter remove the handcuffs and then decided to leave. The women is now pursing a law suit case.

( Article of Inside Edition, 2015)

This is why I created this meme for this main reason, why should anyone want to respect the law if the law does not respect us. Maybe cops should study their amendments so they can stop violating them, you can not enter anyone’s home if there is not a warrant on hand, or if there is any dangerous situation that you must forcefully enter the premises. Law enforcement love to over ride their power of authority until they are in the spot light and in major trouble for disobeying the law they chose to protect and serve. We ” The People” need protection, we are not suppose to fear our law enforcement. Some on duty cops must re study this subject and have a better understanding of our rights as individuals, this is one of the main reason why these riots happen due to law enforcement not caring. They kill and expect to get away with it by coming up with their excuses or lies, they violate and expect to get away with it, I believe that It’s TIME FOR CHANGE, we had enough.

Now I do believe there are some good decent cops in this world we live in. It’s just with everything that is happening the good cops are being treated wrong, I truly do not agree with that behavior. I have some friends in this field who are very nice and understanding to everyone, however, I am sure they are fearful while working with the craziness going on. We were giving these amendments to give us the protection we need against our government, there is so much things that are happening and we get little to no protection. Especially with law enforcement they get to do and say whatever they want, as we just sit and take their nonsense. I am studying for a Criminal Justice degree only because I do want to make a difference. Not being a cop I see and understand the frustration and what others are saying in having a corrupt system.

I had an incident 7 years ago, where officers approached my apartment at five o’clock in the morning telling me I am being arrested. I then said well first you guys need to give me a minute I have to get dressed and my son is asleep. One officer placed her foot by my door not letting me close it and said she will stand there while I get dressed, How is this situation ok ? Well as she stood there I got dressed feeling extremely uncomfortable, as I was done I began to ask her, why am I getting arrested? She tells me to step outside and place my hands behind my back and she will then explain when I am placed in the car. Now if you remember we have amendments which helps us in these kinds of situations which I did not remember that day, I just proceeded and got arrested. I believe someone knew that was wrong to the point that I was sent a check in 2019 for only $150 dollars for wrongfully arrest. I laughed at that checked and ripped it to pieces like how dare you belittle me with a ridiculous check. Please always know your rights trust me the amendments we have will take us a long way, I took this story seriously because of what I have been through. As I mention earlier in my story change is needed and I hope one day this world can be peaceful with less madness.

I believe for this meme assignment I will grade myself with 15 points, because I used explanations in our American Government. I explained myself in 4 paragraphs as asked, with using in text citation and also quoting statements that were said in the article I wrote about. I checked my work and revised it, creating something extremely better with little to no grammar mistakes. I then gave an example to my meme with my own real life situation that occurred for a better understanding to why I chose this meme. I believe my writing assignment will grasp readers attention because it is based on our amendments with the facts of two real life situations.

Civil Liberties is best known for constitutional protections. Civil Liberties gives people freedom and the right to privacy, this is through the Legislation and Judicial interpretation, without due process. Individuals are given the right to a free trial with the right to life and equal treatments. This also comes with the “The Bill Of Rights”, given people the freedom of speech, However; there are times now in which we ” The People” do not feel as if we have any freedom to any rights. i do not think we have much of these rights, Why ? I’ll tell you, once the law enforcement or any one high above say something guess what your rights to anything goes out the window. We have amendments that protect us from the law if needed, but cops as the main violators do not care about it. Now in life they are being punish for doing so.

I do see change only because cops are being charged or fired if they violate any amendments. This can and will cause less riots in this world, like what is going on now with the “BLM” movement. BLM movement was caused by police officers not respecting our rights. So my point is being this has happened and cops were being fired or suspended have you noticed how cops are being more mindful in their actions instead of being reckless. We are in need of change and I know it is not all cops at fault, the people in this world also need to create change to make our living environment much better and safe. We have innocent kids who die from stray bullets due to reckless behavior so no we can not put our officers at fault all the time, if we want them to change it is only right for US to change with them.

Sorry if I offend anyone with my blogs not my intentions it is just my opinion .

So today’s topic will be about zoom meetings and assignments. Being so we have everything on zoom gets a bit overwhelming, due to some video chats not functioning properly. With that happening causes classes to be cancelled and that gets irritating. One of my classes is always getting cancelled and it gets me upset because how are we every going to learn anything that way. I wish the campus was open would make things 100 times easier for us first time freshmen’s. Some days it does not even be the professor who cancels, It is totally out of their control if the link crashes. There was a time when I was just feeling to stressed about everything and was ready to drop all my classes. You know what pushed me ? My kids, If I fail myself I also fail them. I thank god that these professors are so reasonable and very understanding, Makes me happy that they work with us and also do not give any slack for missing assignments, Is why I make sure to submit all early or on time. For those who read my blogs PLEASE never give up you made it this far to fail.

Now as for assignments boy can they be tricky. There are so many that will be due around the same time frame and month, that you might start to lose focus. This is why I print and write down all my upcoming assignments that are due, this sure helps me. What is the crazy tuff part is when having to submit any work has to be done through email and I know that can get scary because what if your professor does not notice you submitted your work and gives you a failing grade then what ? This is always my fear. I know through blackboard u can submit work, Yes but only when doing a Quiz, and some professors uses message box on it as well. I am sure in due time this will eventually become easier you just need to follow your syllabus with the steps they tell you to take including assignments, and things will be very smooth.

I just had my very first Quiz with my class of introduction to criminal justice. I studied and wrote down notes I felt was needed and important and I scored a 96/100 which gave me an A. I was beyond happy and impressed with myself, this goes to show others even though things can get difficult and ruff you can do just put you full focus into your work. I always re check my course syllabus everyday to see if any changes were made, I start checking off assignments that I have finished and submitted. I think I am doing a good job even though saying how hard it can be. I chose to want this degree and this is exactly what I will accomplish. I learned to never lose hope if you do that’s where you will fall. I will look back at all my hard work and all my blogs and smile, Why ? because I made it you can too.