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Finding a Major in High School
Tweet Share on Facebook September 5, 2007 Comment (1)It's school season again. This year, your high school freshman may come home with a surprising question: Mom, Dad, what's my major? Nationwide, more schools are asking students to choose majors—as early as in the ninth grade. These choices force students to focus on one area of interest or vocation, ranging from law and policy to janitorial work. But the move is controversial, and groups like the Association of American Colleges and Universities, which lobbies for liberal arts education, believe this is the wrong way to go.
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Animal Cruelty Laws Aren't Uniform
Tweet Share on Facebook September 4, 2007 CommentThe Michael Vick case is playing out in federal court, but animal abuse cases are largely a matter of state law. The Humane Society website has a wonderful listing of laws by state, including breakdowns of how seriously each state takes animal abuse offenses and whether the states ban animal fighting. Alabama is doing a fabulous job of protecting its weakest citizens (i.e., women and children who might be targeted next by animal abusers) by classifying cruelty to a dog or cat as a Class C felony and imposing a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for a first offense.
