Current Event Activity 1.3

1. Pope Francis delivered a message on many different topics such as immigration, environmental legislation, distribution of money, etc. The speech was delivered to congress along with the thousands of people who either attended these places or watched at home. The story includes many important points addressed by the pope and includes infer on the thousands of people who watched or were excited to have the pope here. Pope Francis was the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress. He was invited by John Boehner.
2. Some people believe racial remarks were made while others claim they never heard any. Moreno and Rojas will not be able to return to the school until Jan. 15 and Breed resigned. Mike Motheral was frustrated because none of the central figures of the incident showed up at the hearing.
3. Sixth-grade teacher John Wetherold was moved parents and students protested outside of East Austin's Maplewood Elementary School. Teachers are being moved from campus to campus in order to comply with class-size limits. Now there is only one teacher handling 30 students. Its hard for kids to adapt to these changes and many classes are going slower for advanced kids since they now have to go at the same speed as the kids who have certain learning needs. Similar protest at Bryker Woods Elementary School were successful and the school allowed the teacher to stay.
4. John Whitmire asked whether the new open carry law will allow firearms to be carried on school properties. The law takes effect January 1st. Whitemire says the law will not be valid in areas that specifically ban firearms. So school's will be allowed to ban guns in outdoor areas but many state gun laws do not consider parking lots, sidewalks, and drive ways to be places where guns can be prohibited. The attorney general has 180 days to answer Whitmire. It may not matter because I believe the law will be in effect by then.
5. "Sheriff apologizes to lawyers asked to remove bras at jail" Two female lawyers wanted to talk to their incarcerated clients but were asked by deputies to remove their wired bras since it would set off the metal detector. The sheriff later apologized and took responsibility for the deputies actions. I thought it was an interesting topic and many people might find some humor in it yet, I wish they had included how the women felt in this situation. In my opinion this story brings up the topics of sexism and feminism so it could have been expanded more. I feel like it was just told and then shrugged off.

        An obituary resembles a biography. They include a lot of information about the person who passed away. Of course, its full of positive facts. For example, the include the person's childhood and successes. It informs people of the good that the person had or did. How the person died seems to not be included in an obituary although many would expect it to be. Although it's a lot of pressure to not mess up and include something offensive when writing an obituary, I think it's an easy task since you just write about the positive qualities of a person.