History Does Repeat ItselfWritten by Jason Liptow
One of my biggest philosophies about history is that it does tend to repeat itself. Whether this is good or bad can be debated forever, but it is a phenomenon that also occurs in field of economics. In fact, events of a historical period often influence economy of time. One of greatest examples of history repeating itself is current war between United States and Iraq. Consider following. During early 1990's, President Bush, Sr. invaded Iraq. At time economy of United States was pretty strong due to Reagan era. Shortly after invasion of Iraq by United States, economy began to falter and there was ultimately no conclusion to this invasion as United States pulled out after quickly declaring a victory. Compare this to current Iraq invasion. The United States' economy was doing very well during Clinton administration. There was even a surplus of billions of dollars instead of usual deficit that this country has seen so often. Unfortunately, terrorist attack on 9/11/2001 prompted current President Bush to first launch attacks against Afghanistan where it was believed Al-Qaeda was headquartered. Next, President Bush chose to attack Iraq for various reasons -- weapons of mass destructions, ties to terrorism, etc. Thus another war with Iraq and United States began. Since then surplus of US economy has disappeared and is currently at a deficit. The United States found no weapons of mass destruction and has never found Osama Bin-Laden. Fortunately, Saddam Hussein was captured. Now
| | Stop School Bullying: Do You Think Bullies Deserve a ‘Clean Slate'?Written by Paula McCoach
Stop School Bullying: Do You Think Bullies Deserve a ‘Clean Slate'? By Paula McCoach http://www.bullyzapper.comDo you think hardcore bullies deserve a "Clean Slate" at beginning of school year? You don't? You don't believe in a 'clean slate' for these students. You feel it only puts students who have put of with them for years through yet another tormenting start to school year. Unless there is convincing evidence that these bullies have "changed" over summer, you feel their history of bullying should follow them into new school year until their behavior proves otherwise. Immediately at start of school year, you should identify hardcore bullies - Kids who you have tried repeatedly to stop bullying other students and who they continued right up to end of school in June. I develop this plan over summer and talk to bullies on first day of school or even have a conference with bully and their parents to discuss bully having a successful school year with a change of his/her behavior. Create a plan for dealing with these bullies starting with first week of school. Plan Ahead for Your Hardcore Bullies! You don't want to let them loose on other kids. One idea could be to place them on a Behavioral checklist with specific behaviors dealing with bullying. It they are not marked with a positive check on those behaviors, they receive a consequence.
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