Comment on Priscila's Post

As many people know Texas is known for guns, among other things. Priscila wrote a blog on being able to , with proper licenses, to carry a hand gun. I agree with her point that it is absurd to have this law in effect.  As much as we see that their has been an increase in shootings and an increase in gun violence there was been little to no movement in trying to better this law. I feel that in order for this law to properly work, there needs to be more requirements and more control over who gets to openly carry these weapons. Although some people might be open to this law due to the idea that it might increase safety, it also increasing the amount of gun violence.

Comment on My colleague Berehanu

So on his most recent post, Berehanu wrote over the usage of cell phones while driving. I think that the idea of the police department and of the state to raise the penalty for using a cell phone while driving and while in a school zone is a great idea. This will allow for users and drivers to be more aware of what is going on around them and be aware of their surroundings. We tend to see an increase in accidents and in rates caused by the use of cell phones. The fine for passing a school bus when loading and unloading children should be increased, because one is never aware of when a child may come behind the bus to to cross the street or when kids may appear out of anywhere. It may not be a solution to the use of cell phones while driving but it can definitely increase the awareness of everything that is happening around us,

Will our Child Protective Services get better?

For many problems that we encounter in our life, we try to see if money is an option to fix it. Money is the thing that we rely on to fix at least half of our problems. But why is it that, in order for the children in the care of Child Protective Services (CPS) to receive the adequate care after being abused and after being removed from their families, we see that money is the only way for them to get what they really need.

Texas is willing to tap into its emergency funding and pull fifteen million dollars in order to help the Department of Family and Protective Services fill the gap that they need in order to help these children. As I am reading this article I keep reading that they are hiring a little over eight hundred workers and raising the annual salary of the current workers nearly $12000. Why is it that the money that they are supposed to be using for these children, they are using to give these workers a raise. Yes, it might be key for the workers to stay and not quit due to low pay, but what are the children receiving from this? My question is, why are we not using this money in order to create more community homes for these kids? Or even to help better their education?

On my opinion we shouldn’t be using this money in order to increase the salary of the workers but we should be using that money in order to better the life of these children, especially for those at the younger age that might not fully understand what is happening.