11.7 Homework

Several ideas come to mind when I brainstorm problems I would like to address in my proposal assignment prompt.

1) College athletes and the financial difficulties they are faced with.
- although college athletes do receive scholarships and monetary benefits not received by other students, their sport and studies do not allow time for a part time job, as many other students can have, and this places them at a disadvantage regarding spending money, which is important to have a well-rounded college experience.
2) College students and difficulties picking a major.
- It is scary for teenagers to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives, and perhaps universities should offer programs that will help them make well-informed decisions.
3) Media portrayal of the "ideal" female figure
- everywhere women look, they are faced with photoshopped photographs of rail-thin women, and is leads women to believe (unrealistically) that this is how they should look in order to be seen as beautiful.
4) Negative public opinion regarding genetically modified crops
-GMOs have not been proven to be detrimental to health, and could be the key to providing a balance between solving world hunger problems and keeping the environment healthy. The negative public opinion regarding this solution to so many problems limits the potential of the world.
5) The United States of America's role as "international peacekeeper"
- Any country in the world that has the ability to intervene in crimes of humanity or terrorism to help the common good should do so. However, the US seems to do so out of selfish and underhanded motives.
6) animal shelters that euthanize
- if an animal shelter is going to round up animals only to euthanize them in a matter of weeks, it should not exist. Although this is beneficial to human health to keep stray dogs and cats off the street, this is only from the very selfish mindset that human life is more important than the life of other organisms.
7) feedlot cattle farming
- cattle that are kept on a feedlot and plumped up on foods that are not natural or healthy (either for cattle or for humans) in order to be slaughtered should not be allowed into the food industry. It is not healthy or humane.
8) police brutality
- increasingly, the media is portraying the police force for their brutality, and it causes fear and distrust in society regarding the very people that are meant to keep us safe. Better care should be taken in who is allowed to be a police officers, and this should be done by taking a closer look at their mental health.
9) Disregard of mental illnesses
-American society as a whole has a habit of not taking mental health seriously, to the point where mental illnesses are ridiculed and made fun of. This has to stop.
10) High school drop outs
-more creative solutions to preventing high school students from discontinuing their education must be found.