Sports Programs

I recently heard that some schools, like Andrew Hill,Silver Creek, and other high school have had their sport programs taken away to save money for the school.
I think that this is a HUGE mistake. A lot of those kids use sports for discipline and to keep out of trouble. What are they supposed to now? And students whose probably only chance to get into college were from a sports scholarship? Already a lot of colleges are dropping their acceptance rates dramitically, making it harder for people who are very talented in acedemics or sports to have a chance in college.
I don't know much about this whole issue, but I do know that these schools can't complain if there are more fights or more suspensions/expulsions form their schools. Again, students use them as a way to steer clear of trouble.

Photosynthesis rap

I think that the assignment we had to do wasn't a total waste of time. We did a project that had captured almost everyone's intrest. Most students don't do many music related projects, and I think that it had us work using a different part of our brain that hasn't been used in a while. I won't lie, though. It was very hard to come up with lyrics that kept time with the beat and still made sense. Half the time I was racking my brain with my partner and thinking of ways to ryhme things with 'photosynthesis' and finding a beat to go with our poorly made song.
But it made the process of the light indepent/dependant reactions easier to understand than before. Doing a lab about photosynthesis would probably make me more confused about the subject than making a song about it.

Science Fair

Science fair projects do not teach science. Most projects that are done are out of curiosity, not to learn he subject itself. Some projects that are chosen are very simple. A project like this is which type of chocolate melts faster. Students may chose simple projects like this that don't require much work to them. But there are projects that are very advanced like checking whether there is a connection o eating breakfast everyday and school performance. It also depends on the total interest of the student who is doing the project as well. One student may express more interest in science and may pick a more advanced topic than other students may.

Stem Cells- Are they Good or Bad?

Personally, I think the usage of stem cells is good. Stem cells are a scientific breakthrough that could help save the lives of many of our loved ones who are currently fighting for their life against fatal diseases. Stem cells are capable of renewing every type of cell in the body. Embryonic stem cells are one of the types of stem cells that may help fight diseases. Coming from fertilized eggs, they can also renew every cell in the human body for anything. This can help restore failed organs in cancer patients so they can revert back to normal health. Another type of stem cell is the adult stem cell, found in everyone. However, adult stem cells are more limited than embryonic stem cells and can only generate one or two types of tissue. One of these tissues are bone marrow tissues, which are greatly damaged by chemotherapy radiation. Adult stem cells can help restore them back to the natural state.
However, you have to pay a price for all good things. In some circumstances, others have to be killed to get these miracle cells. Of course life is precious, but isn't one life given off better than five or more losing their own to something we could have cured?
This whole issue is complicated, but hopefully you can see my side.