Proposal Paper

For my proposal paper I am going to write about standardized testing. In the state of Virginia we have to take SOL's and I think that these tests are hindering the children's learning. Teachers get evaluated based on the scores their students receive on these types of tests. So now a days it feels like teachers are just teaching so their students do well on the standardized tests rather than teaching them valuable information that they will use later on in life. It is going to be really hard to find sources for me to site becuase this is a pretty recent issue. My mom is a teacher so I think I am going to do a personal interview with her and use that in my paper.

The Hardest of the Hardcore

From the very beginning of this essay I was hooked on reading it. The author used words like "killed", "mutilated", and "hung" to grab the attention of the reader. The author uses the word civilian meaning the mercenaries. But when I think of civilian I think of a person just like me. Mercenary means a person that has previously been in the armed forces who still performs tasks for the military. I do not agree with the use of mercenaries. The use of mercenaries causes a great loss of money. Mercenaries are not counted as members of the armed forces or the militias. With the use of mercenaries, militias, and the regular military there are more casualties counted. some of those casualties could be avoided. I think the only people that should fight in a war or defend a country in any way have to be part of a militia group or a member of one of the five branches of the military.