How I would solve the problem of budget cuts is a very courages thing to do, and it would be hard to get very far into the plan. If I got a group of students who know about the budget cuts and feel that this is a wrong choice and we go to a speech and debate orientation with the government, we may have a chance to change their minds. For example, how can they not supply money for schools when they can save up money for a person to win a billion dollars? What are they going to do with all that money? I bet you their first choice won't be donating some money to schools. I understand some of the jackpot money does go to schools, but not a lot. In fact, depending on how much a person spends getting jackpot tickets will determine the amount of money that goes to a school. Another thing is game shows. Yes, they are entertaining, but is it neccessary for these game shows? All that money can be used for better causes and choices, not having a random person come up and guess cases and see which one has a million dollars or spinning a wheel and guessing letters.
This affects me as a citizen majorly. If they lay off teachers, there would be less teachers teaching. When there are fewer teachers and more students come to that school, then more students would be crammed in one class. When this happens, the teacher can't work with a student and help them even more to understand the topic, which may lead to the students having lower grades and not knowing simple logic in the future, or being held back and increasing that class even more! And if the government is brave enough to ratify the budget cuts, what else would they cut?
This connects to the unit of study by how the government represents Anti-Federalists and how students, parents, and teachers represent Federalists. The Anti-Federalists don't agree with the Constitution and the Federalists liked and wanted the Constitution, but in this case, the Constitution represents the money going to schools. Then, there will be a dispute between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, which may mean a huge fight between our own people.
I will try to make a difference by writing a letter to the government explaining why this is a bad idea, and how they can supply lots of money to schools without really giving away the government's money. The letter would contain examples such as the jackpot example, the teacher and class size example, and even the Federalist and Anti-Federalist example, as well as information and opinions from teachers, parents, and students.
