The 2016 presidential race is on the tracks, and there are many competitors. Among the Democratic party are: former Governor Lincoln Chafee, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Governor Martin O'Malley, US Senator Bernie Sanders, and former US Senator Jim Webb, with Vice President Joe Biden listed as a possible candidate. The Republican party holds a lengthier and more threatening list of candidates, those being: former Governor Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, Governor Chris Christie, US Senator Ted Cruz, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Governor Jim Gilmore, US Senator Lindsey Graham, former Governor Mike Huckabee, Governor Bobby Jindal, Governor John Kasich, former Governor George Pataki, US Senator Rand Paul, US Senator Marco Rubio, former US Senator Rick Santorum, and businessman Donald Trump. What are the numbers looking like? Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is leading in the polls for the Democrats, with possible candidate, Vice President Joe Biden as the runner up by thirteen points. The Republican's top runner is businessman, Donald Trump. Not far behind him is retired neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, trailing by seven points. Recent polls from Real Clear Politics, shows that the two leading candidates - Clinton and Trump - are tied 42-42 collectively. This will be a close race.
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In the primary stages of Wilson’s one-to-one program, students were faced with some minor restrictions with computer games, social media sites, and a few elicit YouTube videos. This year we can see that the administrators are working overtime to find more ways to block students from getting distracted in class. But these restrictions are causing more harm than help. Access to research websites, Google Communities, and YouTube videos categorized under “music” have been blocked, and have caused a halting crash in student productivity. How can any classwork get done when every time a student clicks a link, they are brought to the familiar gray screen flashing a bright blue, “Restricted”? Students find the restrictions inconvenient. “ I think it’s ridiculous,” says Molly Reinhart, senior. With so many words blacklisted on Google search engines, finding articles, websites, and videos for class projects is nearly impossible. “It makes researching hard,” says Jared Hayick, senior. “For media classes, we had to look for commercials on YouTube, but everything is blocked.” Restrictions are not only blocking student access, but also the quality of their projects and papers. When the main source for researching is inaccessible, students are left to flit through second and third standard informational hubs like Wikipedia where facts are not one-hundred percent guaranteed to be correct, which can leave damaging effects on student grades. Why are more and more websites being placed on the blocking list as each day goes by? Why are apps and extensions such as Google Hangouts and Google+ Communities being taken off the screen? In an email addressing the entire student body, Mr. Trickett explains, “Google Plus, like most media sites, is becoming very difficult to monitor.” The removal of Google+ primarily struck a wave of negativity from the student body and faculty alike. Google+ was used widely by teachers as an open classroom forum. Google+ was also used as an informational bulletin for multiple clubs and student activities. The sudden removal was a major setback for many who relied on Google+ for communication between adviser and club members. Most students place the blame on those who used their chromebooks irresponsibly and were caught by the administrators. “I think people who were immature ruined it for everyone,” Molly says. Instead of the administrators completely blocking the sites, apps, and extensions for every single student, the school should take an approach that wheedles out the specific students who are inappropriately using their chromebooks when in school. Wilson students are being jailed in from every angle, limiting the reach of our resources. “It shouldn’t affect everyone,” says Erin Thiry, junior.Bring down the prison bars, Wilson! In the primary stages of Wilson’s one-to-one program, students were faced with some minor restrictions with computer games, social media sites, and a few elicit YouTube videos. This year we can see that the administrators are working overtime to find more ways to block students from getting distracted in class. But these restrictions are causing more harm than help. Access to research websites, Google Communities, and YouTube videos categorized under “music” have been blocked, and have caused a halting crash in student productivity. How can any classwork get done when every time a student clicks a link, they are brought to the familiar gray screen flashing a bright blue, “Restricted”? Students find the restrictions inconvenient. “ I think it’s ridiculous,” says Molly Reinhart, senior. With so many words blacklisted on Google search engines, finding articles, websites, and videos for class projects is nearly impossible. “It makes researching hard,” says Jared Hayick, senior. “For media classes, we had to look for commercials on YouTube, but everything is blocked.” Restrictions are not only blocking student access, but also the quality of their projects and papers. When the main source for researching is inaccessible, students are left to flit through second and third standard informational hubs like Wikipedia where facts are not one-hundred percent guaranteed to be correct, which can leave damaging effects on student grades. Why are more and more websites being placed on the blocking list as each day goes by? Why are apps and extensions such as Google Hangouts and Google+ Communities being taken off the screen? In an email addressing the entire student body, Mr. Trickett explains, “Google Plus, like most media sites, is becoming very difficult to monitor.” The removal of Google+ primarily struck a wave of negativity from the student body and faculty alike. Google+ was used widely by teachers as an open classroom forum. Google+ was also used as an informational bulletin for multiple clubs and student activities. The sudden removal was a major setback for many who relied on Google+ for communication between adviser and club members. Most students place the blame on those who used their chromebooks irresponsibly and were caught by the administrators. “I think people who were immature ruined it for everyone,” Molly says. Instead of the administrators completely blocking the sites, apps, and extensions for every single student, the school should take an approach that wheedles out the specific students who are inappropriately using their chromebooks when in school. Wilson students are being jailed in from every angle, limiting the reach of our resources. “It shouldn’t affect everyone,” says Erin Thiry, junior.Bring down the prison bars, Wilson! |
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