mini film essay

HealthCare is one of the biggest issues that face the United States today. This is one of the most powerful and wealthy countries except we still dont have universal healthcare. Countries like Great Britain and Canada have universal healthcare but we havent been able to catch up. the fact that we dont have HealthCare affects the lives of many people living in this country. Many people who are above the poverty line still cant afford healthcare. The people under the poverty line have medicaid except medicaid dosent cover everything it should.

assiqnment #2 sicko movie discussion questions

1. The movie is addressing the problem of HealthCare in the United States. The movie compares the United States HealthCare to those in Canda, France and the U.K. Micheal Moore shows us the profits and corruption in the political system.

2. The nature in the movie is the lack of people having jobs, increases in tax payments, and lack of healthcare. The movie entails

assiqnment #1 corporations and globalization

A sweatshop is a workplace where workers are put to extremeworking, not given a living wage or benefits, poor working conditions, and bad discipline, such as verbal and physical abuse. Since sweatshop workers are paid less than their daily expenses, they are never able to save any money to improve their lives. workers can not support their family or keep them healthy.

TREATMENTS OF WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS, AND WAGES

- The government can ease on the immigration laws so its easier for people to get green cards so they can find real jobs and they dont have to work illegally. The government can send people randomly and more often to check buisnesses and see how the workers are being treated. There can be harsher punishments for people who hire illegal immigrants because then they take away those jobs from other people because they get paid less.

REFLECTION FRIDAY 10.2.09

One thing that i learned this week was the importance of letting people be aware of dating violence. Many teens are not well aware of the effects that come from violence. If teens learn more about this topic dating violence will become less used.

Another thing i learned was how to add images to my blog. Adding images to blogs make your blog more realistic. It pictures an image in peoples mind which makes it more interesting.