Commentary on Anna's Political Page

I am commenting on my colleagues blog on "Science Curriculum up for Debate." Evolution has not been scientifically proven and Creationism has not been disproved. There have been atheists who went on a mission to disprove creationism, (A Case for Christ, Lee Strobell), and ended up becoming a Christian during their research. The reason evolution has not been scientifically proven is because no one witnessed the beginning of human life, which means the people who believe in evolution have faith that we evolved from a different species. So I would suggest that both theories are faith-based. In the documentary Expelled, produced by Ben Stein, he talked to highly accredited professors who have wrote books on evolution, but when he asked them where we came from, they could not give an answer. They had come down to the cell where we came from, but they could not tell him where the cell came from. So when the blog stated, "when it comes to teaching our kids; they need to know what has been scientifically proven", then we should not be teaching them evolution either because it is not scientifically proven. I think it would be fair to teach evolution as a theory, but not as scientific evidence. I believe that only teaching evolution is close minded and judgmental that Creationism does not exist. If they are going to teach one, then they should teach them all.

Nurses on Strike

Who will take care of us when we get sick? That is the question in mind because nurses have just about had it. The California Nurses Association has been organizing nurses in Texas . Last month the Tenet's Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center in Houston accomplished a successful union vote for the first time in the history of Texas. Supposedly the CNA is headed for Dallas now.
I was wondering, why would nurses want to be a union? So, I interviewed my mom because she is a registered nurse in Texas. She expressed to me how her as well as her co-workers feel as if they are at the mercy of the hospital and they are being worked until they have nothing left. She works 12 hour shifts on the night shift and sometimes she does not even have time to take a bathroom break. When she is on her way home in the mornings it is often very challenging for her to stay awake. I work 8 hour shifts and I am tired after that, I could not imagine 12 hours straight on your feet. When a group is a union they have more control of what is going on in the workplace because they have a louder voice. Nurses in California went on strike at one time and if the hospitals do not lighten the work load there might be more. The reason hospitals make their staff work 12 hour shifts is because they do not have enough employees to schedule 8 hour shifts. I understand why people are not running through the doors of hospitals to turn in applications, it is not exactly a dream job by any means. The bad thing about wearing employees out is that they are more prone to make mistakes, serious mistakes. At the hospital that my mom is employed at they sent out a note to the staff warning them that if they were caught on the premises having anything to do with the unionization then they would be escorted off the premises.
In the article that made me choose to write my blog about this by Jason Roberson, a nurse by the name of Rossia Avery said,"money isn't the issue, it's the workload." My mom second that comment by saying, "I don't care about the money, I just want my quality of life back." I do believe it is an added bonus for an increase in payment. In California union nurses are paid 18% more than non-union nurses. I think the hospitals should give major incentives and lighten the workload for their staff. Then maybe more people will be willing to work at the hospital so they can put less work on each employee.

Commentary on TX Government: A breed of its own

Samantha's statement, "TAKS,a measure of success? Not really", makes a lot of sense to me. I never thought anything about teachers trying to prepare us for the test and only the test until I read the blog. I completely agree with this based on personal experience. When I look back at my entire school life we were always preparing for the test. In eighth grade I remember my teacher telling us that we were going to have to write a persuasive paper for our test, so we wrote a persuasive paper over and over again until we had it perfect. Therefore, we did not learn to write any other style of papers that year. I totally support the statement that TAKS is not a measure of success.