Efficiency Gap

1.       How often are legislative boundaries redrawn? Every decade after the census

2.       Who selects the committee that does the work? The speaker of the house and the senate president pro tempore

3.       The last redistricting committee had how many Senators?  How many Representatives? Seven, eight

4.       Of the 15 total people how many were Democrats?  How many were Republicans? Three democrats 12 republicans

5.       What is the efficiency gap? A complex math problem that is supposed to determine whether gerrymandering is real or not

6.       What district is Langford in? 2

7.       How many of our district's representatives were Democrats? 0

8.       What % of voters are registered Democrats in South Dakota?  Republicans? 34% democrat 50% republican

9.       In 2018 South Dakota one of the main issues voters will vote on will be what? The current redistricting process

10.   If passed  (it failed last year) what would the changes to the committee be? It would be an independent commission

11.   How many people does the committee try to group in a district?  (within 5% anyways) 23262

12.   Do you think is good, bad, or unnecessary and explain why you feel that way. good the old system is terrible

13.   Look at the maps in the article.  What are 10 things changes/things that have changed over the years that surprised you/you learned from the maps/or possible questions you now have.  (You must use the maps for these),

a.       district 28 was huge

b.       district 6 was big then tiny

c.       district 2 got way bigger

d.       district 29 moved far

e.       district 27 changed then almost changed back

f.        district 5 was big then tiny

g.       why is district 28 huge and then divided into 28a and 28b

h.       also why is 26 split into a and b

i.         district 1 stayed pretty much the same

j.         21 went from tiny to big

Stress Affects Parenting

Stress Affects Parenting

        I read an article about the effects of stress on parenting, and this is what I have found out. In the article it states that there are major effects on parenting from stress. One of the things that stress effects parenting is when the parent has stress they are more likely to use harsher discipline and they are less likely to show affection and teach their child to know how to react to stress and how to problem solve. Stress makes parents have less gumption than parents without stress, therefore parents who are really stressed out are more likely to have worse parenting habits than parents with less stress. For example, when a parent with stress’s child is trying to do something but they cant and they are getting frustrated a stressed out parent is more likely to do it for them instead of sitting down and teaching them how to do it and to problem solve. Children of parents that have more stress are far more likely to have problems with stress and to be worse at problem solving and taking care of themselves. Also when parents are very stressed out they are going to respond slower to their kids. They also might give them what they want and let them do whatever they want just to keep them occupied because when people are stressed out it is hard to get the things done that need to be done to keep the child happy and healthy. 

Mass shootings article

Young Male Syndrome

                The main point of this article is to explain to everyone why young men are more likely to perform acts of violence and aggression, or more likely and do perform more mass shootings than women and older men. Studies have shown that young men are far more likely to do something violent than women or older men because they have much higher levels of testosterone and testosterone is linked to aggression and violent behavior. Young men have always thought that they have to repeatedly prove their “manliness or manhood.” When this is brought up to young men they know exactly what is being talked about but women have no feelings of proving womanhood or womanliness.

                There was an experiment done to prove that guns can be a bad thing and cause violent or aggressive behavior. The first test subject they put a young man in a room and gave him a gun and told him to take it apart and to make a list of how to put it back together. They also gave another man in a different room the game mousetrap and told him to take it apart and make a list on how to put it back together. Then they gave both of them hot sauce and told them to put some in the water that somebody was going to drink. The man that used the gun for his experiment had put way more hot sauce in the water than the man who used the game. Also, the guy who had the gun had way higher levels of testosterone than the man with the game.

                I think that young men are far more likely to do a mass shooting because of this article. Another piece of evidence that I agree with was when a young man bought a pistol for the first time he felt like he had power and had thoughts of “who is the alpha male know?”

Gay Couple

I think that the court case that the gay couple started was a complete waste of money and time. A photographer has a right to refuse service to whoever he wants to, no matter the circumstance. The gay couple should have taken the answer know and find a new photographer to take their pictures. If I were a photographer and a gay couple asked me to take their pictures, I would probably also refuse service because it could cause a loss of business because other people that want you to take their pictures may not want you to if they saw that you were taking pictures of a gay marriage. The court has no way of helping a person that wants somebody to do something for them. I feel that this is one of the big reasons why homosexuals have a bad reputation. When people see that a gay couple are making a big deal out of nothing and costing people and themselves time and money they think that all homosexuals are as ignorant and childish as this couple. If everybody that has ever been refused service took it to court there would have to be new laws to stop this waste of time and money. 

1st Lie

My first lie was when I was outside playing by this 3 foot deep hole in our yard and there was always snakes in it and my mom told me and my sisters to never go inside it but I did. Then I told her I didn't but she was watching me and she knew I did.

First Memory

My very first memory was living at our old house near Claremont and it was winter. My dad had my snow sled hooked up behind his snow mobile and he was pulling me around. I remember this so much because it was the first time I ever let him pull me around and I remember falling off and I thought it was fun falling off so I kept diving off on purpose.

My Amendment

28th Amendment

After one year from the ratification of this article every citizen in the United States of America shall stand and hold their right hand over their heart and look at the flag present during the National Anthem or shall be fined a minimum of 100 dollars and a maximum of 5000 depending on the instance of infringement.