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In the article Why the Engineering, Computer Science Gender Gap Persists  Jenny Marder of Scientific American it is stated that the amount of men enrolling in engineering degrees is double that of women and the amount of men getting a masters is four times as many as women. One college professor says when she grades her students essays on what engineering means to them that she says when reading the papers done by women they cite subtle discrimination and that the scarcity of women to be isolating.

The amount of men enrolling in engineering degrees compared to women is astonishing. We need more women enrolling in these fields so that the women who have gone into this field will be more compelled to stay. The women who have studied engineering tend to get doctorates or masters instead of the run of the mill bachelors degree.

I think that there probably is some subtle discrimination in the engineering field, but that shouldn't discourage women from entering it. Did discrimination stop them from entering the military no it didn't. So why should this be any different from that? The article also says the scarcity of women is isolating and this is exactly the reason we need more women to join these types of fields so that scarcity turns to equality.

The engineering industry will need more women in the near future so that technology will advance faster because of the difference in views that women have compared to men.

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One area where gender roles are prevalent is the computer engineering industry where the males dominate and the women have little to know interest in joining the field according to the article Bridging the Gender Gap: Why MBridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineersore Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers by Judy Woodruff of PBS NEWS. Women say that the field just isn't interesting and both men and women tend to say its a guy thing.

The person being interviewed in this article , Maria Klawe, seems to think after her research that women don't care much for the computer engineering industry. One reason she says is women are more prone to go into areas with chemistry or biology than math and physics related areas. because computer degrees are pushed on guys more than women, the chance for gained interest has been lessened considerably. Maria also believes that we are shutting out the feminine perspective which will cause us to have a whole different set of products coming out of this field.

This was stated during the interview too both men and women agree that computer engineering is a guy thing. I personally believe that this huge set back of women entering this field is caused by our society who pushes women to take caregiving jobs that need motherly skills so to speak and men to take the seemingly more complicated ones with break through technology.

The computer engineering industry needs more women in it so that we can have both points of views. Do you think computer engineering is a guy or girl thing or both.

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In the article “Iran May Be Within30 Days Of Nuclear Weapon” by USA TODAY’S Oren Dorell it is stated that Iran is less than a month away from having enough weapons grade uranium to make a nuclear weapon.

Israel has made a report that Iran is increasing its amount of nuclear centrifuges so they can enrich uranium faster. Israel also stated that if the UN didn’t take action that they would be forced to use military power to slow down Iran’s breakout time, time until capable of nuclear weapons. Even though Israel says that Iran is a month away Obama says that they are still at least a year away from having enough uranium to make a bomb.

Iran is keeping by their story that they have no interest in nuclear weapons. They are stating that they are using the uranium for nuclear fuel, even though they continue to build more enriching stations, centrifuges, and making weapons grade uranium. They have cut off inspection of two facilities suspected of researching and enriching uranium to weapon grade, which breaks the treaty they signed guidelines.

This can be connected to us trying to keep Kim Jong Un from developing intercontinental missiles capable of hitting the U.S.

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In an article by The Dallas Morning News tells of a strike in Mexico over a education reform. The Mexican legislature passed a law to defy the old style political machine that is The National Teachers Union.

 The Mexican teachers have decided to go on strike because of this defiance. They flooded the street blocking one of the main streets that lead to a major airport forcing people to leave their cars and rush through the streets on foot in order to catch their flights. Mexico spends more than any other industrialized nation per student yet has the lowest academic achievements.

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In a recent article whose author is unknown that was published in the New York Daily News entitled "Shutdown Impact: 13 Days after the federal government closed, affects are felt across many agencies, “the author informs his reader that the shutdown has affected just about every aspect of our lives. One being education. Another one being all the national parks have shutdown except for the ones which the state they are in picked up the tab to reopen them.

Overall the affect of the government shutdown has been relatively minimal on education, but there has been some damage done like some university researchers cant apply for grants or access government databases. With out grants from the government research may come to a screeching halt. The lack of access to databases could also be catastrophic to the research that is going on at universities.

The affect on the national parks is huge the only ones that are open have to be funded by the state they are in, and even this is temporary because the states only have so much money that can be spent. Barricades have been put up at the entrances to all closed parks to keep people out. School field trips are being cancelled, veterans cant go see memorials, and vacations are being cancelled all because of a few men in Washington cant get along.

This has happened in the past. The government also shutdown back in 1995-1996 when Bill Clinton was president.

The government shutdown has had a giant affect on our lives from education to relaxation. We have had to put our lives on hold.

A Dive Into My Mind

In my English 11 class I will be writing a short story about a futuristic general that is fascinated with the medieval times so him and his troops wear modern armor styled after medieval armor. Whose name is Carlos Montoya.

The creating of the character was the easiest part because I just let my mind run wild for a whole class period. I believe that the rest of the writing assignment will be fairly easy, because of my crazy imagination.

The most difficult part of the assignment so far would have to be writing this very blog post. I foresee lots and lots of difficulty ahead. I don't normally write fiction for the reason that it normally turns into a bunch of randomness, and pointless blabbering

Carlos Montoya faces down foes with such a ferocity that is rarely seen in men who do good in this time and day. He has been known to take on foes twice his size and outnumber him four to one and still come out of the battle no worse for wear. The one man that can match him in a duel would be the mad scientist doctor Huyntinstien.

I hope you come back and read my short story once we have finished this assignment.

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On the Minnesota Daily website in an article Threat to the American Dream by Ashley Goetz explains why college tuition rate increases are affecting the American Dream. The jump in tuition prices has been off the charts. President Obama supports $4,000 tuition credits for students who do community service every year.

Tuition over the last two decades has gone from $2,232 in the early 1990's to $10,000 today at the University of Minnesota. That is an unprecedented hike in cost of education there is no wonder why most students are up to their eyes in debt as soon as they get out of college and can not pay off that debt until they are in their 30's. This is a huge threat to the American Dream, because with out a college education a person can not get a good job so that their family can prosper.

President Obama said that he will support a $4,000 tuition credit for people who are willing to give up their time and do so community service. This is good for students about to leave high school for college, Because community service though sometimes difficult to do and to make time for is fun most of the time if they do it with their friends. This gives the young Americans hope that they just might be able to achieve their American     Dream.

Other countries in Europe are investing huge amounts of money into their college students and colleges insuring that they will succeed. Those countries have the highest populations of scientist and engineers. This should be a good enough reason for the goverment to get involved and lower the price of going to college so that the young people of America can go to college and achieve their American Dream.

The rising rate of college tuition affects me tremendously. I want to go to a great college like MIT or any of the other major tech schools but unless something is done to lower tuition cost I might have to settle for a lower end school like ITT. This is a big deal because if I went to MIT every robot design company in the country would be coming to my door to offer me a job, but if I have to go to a college like ITT I will have to go hunting a job and I might or might not find a job.