Antonio Hallenbeck

  The question “Is Higher Education Worth the Price?” is a controversial one to most people, but what does it mean exactly? Well it’s pretty self explanatory, should we be paying thousands of dollars for the same education that is given at almost every school? Will paying all of this money help me find a high paying job after college anyway? All of these questions are on the minds of college students every single day, but in order to find out the answer and really understand why we pay thousands of dollars to go to certain schools I had to do some research with the articles I was provided. According to the article “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admissions?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus they state “They are staffed by casts of thousands and dedicated to everything esoteric research to vocational training and have lost track of their basic mission to challenge the minds of young people”, and this quote is describing how colleges have thousands of teachers but they have all ...

                "Should the obesity issue be government regulated or remain personal responsibility?" is a question that can be argued against vast amounts of people, some may think it should be government regulated since it could be easily controlled, and others think people should live how they see fit. Personally I believe that the obesity issue should remain a personal responsibility and people should be able to live the life they want to live. Imagine one day a law is passed where all unhealthy foods from every restaurant is taken off the menu simply because the government believe there are too many obese people, it becomes unfair to those who don't have that issue but really love the foods from their local restaurant that are considered "unhealthy" by the government. In the article "What You Eat Is Your Business" by Radley Balko he states "Instead of manipulating or intervening in the array of food options available to  American co...