Current Events Quiz #6

1. What major event is occurring in our country right now?

Government Shutdown

2. What big event is happening in Austin this weekend?

ACL

3. What major sci-fi, thriller, military-based author passed away yesterday?

4. What health care plan, championed by Barack Obama became law yesterday?

Obamacare

5. Who said "Austin is safer and less violent" after a report was released yesterday stating that Austin is the 2nd safest city over 100,000 people in the United States?

Art Aceventia or something like that.

Answer the four questions below, please write at least a paragraph (3-5 sentences):

REMINDER - Some of you are not writing enough here. A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something.

1. What impact does the government shut down have on your?

The government shutdown affects me because it affects the whole country. It affects how I view the government. It also affects my parents and their jobs. Lastly  it affects all kinds of different things that can affect a family.

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2. Tell me what you have heard your parents, family members, friends say about the government shut down?

Well my friend posted this comment on Facebook that I thought was pretty funny, "I can't believe the government was cancelled before Glee." Honestly i haven't really heard my family or anyone else talk about it that much. I guess I'm just out of the loop. 

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3. Does what you hear sway your opinion about the leadership of our country? What do you think about our leaders, our president, and the government in general?

It definitely makes me reconsider my opinion about the government. I don't just think about what Obama could have done differently I think about all of our recent presidents. Because it has been a long spiral process that has got us where we are today. I think our problems go back a long time.

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4. Has it changed since the shut down has actually happened? Why or Why not?

I don"t think my opinion has changed yet. I am still trying to get all the details so that I can create an educated opinion. If I stated an opinion right now it wouldn't be a truthful opinion about what is going on right now.