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Parenting Reflection

Before the project I was excited and enthused about it. It had been something I looked forward to in previous years. After trying on the carrier for the first time after Chaz was born and with a backpack on, I had a few different emotions spark. What surprised me was the actual weight and how realistic it can be on your back. It was a good learning experience on what to do and how it should be when taking a real baby places. It definitely makes me think about how I was as a child, and the burdens I placed on my parents. The most valuable things I learned while being a parent was the time it takes that should be set aside to care for your child. At each different age your child requires things that are different than before. And it takes a lot of effort and time to teach them and get them the things they need. Obviously the flour babies were not real, but the experience felt like it. The biggest challenge of being a teen dad would be to live life as it is now. To do things as you would but with a child as well as fathering that child the way they need. Everything would change, and it would not be good. It’s nice having the knowledge about what stage my child is going through. I’m glad I get to help him figure out how he defines himself and his experiences.

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Preschool Years

Chaz is so much fun. I never thought my screaming and thrashing child would learn to grow up. Over the past year or so Chaz is now playing basketball, and I taught him to ski. It’s been great to get out and explore more of the world with Chaz. We’re getting to the age where he knows what to do, and is almost getting to know how to get ready on his own. Chaz is really tall compared to other kids, but hopefully that fits his athletic tone.

My parenting style is authoritative. After doing some research and being raised by my parents, I have chosen to go the authoritative parenting style. It’s important for me to set down rules and expectations for Chaz. I want him to grow up exceedingly well, but also to let him do it his own way while he does. Chaz is himself, and he needs to explore who he is without my towering discretion.

https://www.parentingforbrain.com/authoritative-parenting/

https://www.brighthorizons.com/family-resources/parenting-style-four-types-of-parenting

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Toddler Years

Time flies when Chaz grows up. It’s great to see my boy learning to walk, becoming potty trained, and beginning to form sentences. These past few years have gone by without a hitch and Chaz is loving life. He had a playdate with Thad, and accompanied Dad to golf. It’s great to see such a big smile on my boy’s face.

This year has been tough, my wife and I are getting a divorce. She’s been such a bitch lately and for Chaz’s sake, we’ve tried couples therapy and marriage counseling. I did some research and found out that a divorce at this time can be very traumatic for kids. Their support system as they know it is being torn away from them. It’s important for me to keep strong and good relations with Chaz’s mother, as research shows it’s still important to have both parents present at this time. Chaz has been great about it, and his mom and I are trying to make this move slowly.

The other day I was watching a Ted Talk on the TV and learned about some dangerous things you should actually let you child do. Some of the ideas were that we need to let our kids wonder outside, and let them create bombs in bags. I agreed with some of what the presenter was saying about teaching your child stranger danger and then letting them play outside so they can experience it. But I do not agree with letting my child create a bomb in a bag just to experience chemistry. I don’t think Chaz would like to clean up the mess.

All in all Chaz is growing up very quickly and being a parent is stressful, but worth it.

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Infancy

The first year of Chaz’s life has been great. Learning how to be a single parent at first was tough, but Chaz and I have learned together, and have it down. This year Chaz learned to crawl, and is stumbling around and almost walking. He’s so superior that he likes to roll over five times in a row. He is able to mumble little sounds that form into small words like “dadda”, and his speech is forming nicely. Other than his flu shot, there has been nothing wrong with Chaz and he is developing to perfection. One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a single parent this year was finding the right care for Chaz while I went to work. Daycare was an excellent option with the one-to-one program, and Chaz doesn’t seem to mind spending time with the sitter.

Today I took Chaz to golf practice and he loved every minute of it. He seems eager to play just like his Dad and become the next Tiger Woods.

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Pregnancy

My name is Kyle Hale and I am expecting my baby boy to be birthed into this world on March 4, 2019. I have chosen to name my boy Chaz, as a tribute to his manliness. This is my biological child who has undergone all stages of prenatal development with pure domination. I have made sure that I drank in the other room with the boys while my wife was home, as to not discourage her and to offer my support. My wife and I have agreed that I shall take over the parental duties and I have chosen that Chaz will enter this world through the beauty that is natural child birth. I’m estatic for the arrival of my baby boy, Chaz, and want to praise god for this miracle he has blessed me with. #halleluja

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Kyle’s Family

My flour baby will be coming home to a loving family who lives in Walnut Creek. It will be met by my mother and father, and an accepting sixteen year old sister. The baby will have its own room and will have no pets to distract it or harm it.

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Blog Post #9 Infographic

Works Cited:

www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/trump-bedminster-golf-undocumented-workers.html?nytapp=true&smid=nytcore-ios-share.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/akron-homeless-tent-city.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump thinks border wall construction begins today (but it doesn’t) - CSMBC

Trump’s border wall may soon be dead. It’s another sign of his weakness. - WASHINGTON POST

Trump’s border wall: A look at the numbers - FOX

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Civic Action Assessment of Issue

At our age, it is crucial to take part in our democracy. It is a privilege to live and work in this country and is something we might take for granted. That said, it is up to our generation to become involved in the world of politics and civic action because it is really up to us to take over once this generation takes power.

2. Civic responsibility means becoming a role model and taking part in a bigger cause. Being a model for others can help to get them involved, and might start a chain. As seniors in high school, we are going to be making decisions that will affect our generation for a long time, and it’s up to us to become educated on those issues and to vote on them as we see it, and not how others do.

3. I think that the civic action project has gotten me more involved with my civic issue. If not for the project, I probably wouldn’t be keeping up with the news, twitter, and articles published about the border wall. It’s something I will keep researching after the project is completed.

4. I was selected to go on the field trip, however, it was canceled. I voted in the midterms and became educated about the bills and propositions being passes.

5. I hope to go on the field trip this time around, and will continue to vote, as it is a right not to be taken advantage of.

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Executive Action Assessment of Issue

1. President Trump created the border wall. During the 2016 Presidential election, Trump wowed the public with the idea of a border wall, spanning the entirety of the American-Mexico border. He proposed a radical plan to build a wall to keep the illegal immigrants from crossing our border, and have Mexico pay for it. Today, Trump has slowed his progress as he’s finding it harder to complete this promise.

2. I do think the border wall needs to be fixed in some places, where there’s nothing visible separating the two countries. The wall is there and for the most part is doing a great job. I don’t think Donald Trump’s extreme border wall plan is necessary, however I do side with the idea of increasing the safety and security of our border.

3. The Department of Homeland Security is in charge of protecting our border, and is closely involved in the border wall.

4. The Department’s mission statement is, “With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.”

5. The current head of the Department of Homeland Security is Kirstjen Nielsen. She is the 6th head of Homeland Security. She is 46, went to Georgetown, and is single with no children. She was appointed under John F. Kelly, and is more than qualified to run the department and to keep and eye on the border wall.

6. The closest program that the Department of Homeland Security offers is ISAT. That is the information Sharing Assessment Tool. This allows public safety officials and first responders to identify their own information from across the country at any time. This gives border patrol agents access to information that they can then use to protect the border.

7. To date, there has been little to some executive action taken on Trump’s proposed border wall. I’m not surprised that there’s not much to find on huge progress for the wall. Trump does not want to cut funding from this department, as one of his bug promises is to secure the border and to keep the illegal immigrants out. I personally wouldn’t cut funding to the Department of Homeland Security, as they are a vital role in protecting our borders and keeping America safe.

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Legislative Action

1. a) It’s pretty clear of both Congressman Desaulnier and Senator Feinstein’s perspective on the border wall. In 2006, Feinstein voted for a border fence, but today she criticizes the Trump Administration at the border.

b) Neither have voted on legislation opposing or supporting the border wall, but have openly stated against it. Although, Desaulnier voted for bill H.R.5273, which granted the federal agencies more power to combat violence, improve monitoring, and application tools.

2. a) House Bill 7059, 5663, 5876, and 7073

b) House Bill 7059

c) House Bill 7059 decides whether $23 Billion should go to building the border wall and other immigration enforcement infrastructure.

d) This will give a ton of money to building the border wall, and creating to facilities for immigrant enforcement. Essentially, it projects the idea and image of a border wall backed by money. And it allows border agencies to have more infrastructure, possibly expanding their forces or being able to hold more people.

e) I would vote nay. Only because $23 billion seems like a lot of money to give to a cause that is doing okay right now. I do think the centers that detain illegal immigrants could be updated and expanded, as well as our border forces being expanded. But I don’t think a lot of money has to go to building the border wall, as Trump has said numerous times: “Mexico will pay for it.”

f) The bill was introduced on October 11, 2018. The House of Committees has not voted. The Senate has not voted. The president has not signed this bill. It’s currently waiting to be voted on.

g) I think more can be done on this issue. One of the main reasons Trump was elected was because of his crazy plan to build a border wall and have Mexico pay for it. So far, little progress has been done. I think federal legislation needs to step up and act on it, so that the wall begins construction and rapid completion, or doesn’t get built at all.

3. Jordan, Miriam. “Making President Trump's Bed: A Housekeeper Without Papers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Dec. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/trump-bedminster-golf-undocumented-workers.html?nytapp=true&smid=nytcore-ios-share.

The subject of this article is that an undocumented worker made Trump’s bed sheets when he stayed at a New Jersey golf course. She came to this country illegally in 1999 and secured her job with papers that were phony. She did such a good job that she was left tips, and was eventually issued a social security number and green card. This was created by the New York Times, a liberal news source. The intended audience is anyone that finds it ironic that an illegal immigrant made Trump’s bed, and finds that Trump’s ways of finding illegal immigrants don’t always work. The bias is against Trump, and the fact that people who he has it out against, are all around him.

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State Action

A) Catharine Baker - is against the border wall. Through her two terms as the 16th district assembly woman, she has called for open borders, and an end to ICE. She is strictly against proper border protection and control, and frankly against the idea and thought of Donald Trump’s border wall.

B) I agree with her stance about now using total force and available power to control the border. I think we are doing a fine job right now and only need to enforce tighter screening at the border. However, if a border wall is what will get the job done, then I disagree with Catharine Baker.

C) Baker voted for SJR29, which was a bill for immigration and the calling of the President to acknowledge the separation of child detainees and their parents.

A) Senator Glazer - is against the border wall. He got an F rating with companies that supported the building of Trump’s border wall. Glazer is also for an open border and less harsh regulation and use of power against immigrants at the border.

B) I agree with Glazer’s rating of an F. The rating was given out by a number of Ultra-Conservative groups and companies that Trump has sponsored or given aid to in the past, which is a biased vote.

C) Glazer voted yes on SB54 which makes California a sanctuary state for all immigrants. A law for immigrants and their protection against the government.

2. A) AB-946

B) The bill was introduced on February 16, 2018 by Assembly members Ting and Gonzalez Fletcher

C) The last major action of the bill was prohibiting the boards of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement system from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public retirement funds in a border wall construction company.

D) I agree with the bill, that the boards of these retirement systems should not be investing into new companies or existing companies that are involved in creating a border wall. These boards should be focused on other issues, and how better to invest and spend their money than on the border wall. I would encourage our representatives to support this bill.

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The 3 Ps Assessment: Parties, Political Interest Groups, and PACs

The Republican party has a strong view on the border wall and border protection. They claim that the Democrats are turning their open border views into America’s worst nightmare. If Republicans don’t get out and vote in midterms, they will lose the house to Pelosi and Feinstein who will immediately pass laws to open border policies, and will prevent immigration officials from arresting illegal immigrants with children. The Republicans want great immigration control at the border. I agree that our border needs to be regulated better, and if a border wall will get the job done, I’m for it.

The Democrats are looking to win the Senate, and then pass laws that will take down modern immigration as we know it. Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein are at the front claiming that if the Democrats win, open border laws will be passed. No wall, and no arresting illegal immigrants accompanying children within a 100 mile radius of the border. I do not agree with the Democrats stance on the border wall, open border is a terrible idea. There will be no way to regulate the amount of illegal immigrants coming into our country.

The Libertarian party doesn’t have a stark stance on border wall policy. Although, they claim that human migration and movements are required to be unrestricted by today’s economic freedom. Essentially, against a border wall and for regulated immigration into the U.S. I agree that humane movements into our country should be legal, and that everyone is entitled to an equal chance to live here.

The Green party stands tall for democracy and social justice. Their stance on the border is that all who are living in this country, regardless of their immigration status, are humane. They are against a border wall and believe that everyone has an equal opportunity to immigrate and to work and live in the U.S. Once they do, they are equal under law, regardless of how they got here. I do not agree with their stance. If you’re an illegal immigrant, the government has a right to deport you, and you shouldn’t have all the rights guaranteed to a citizen who has gone through the process of becoming legal.  

The Peace and Freedom party also stands for strong socialism and democracy. They state that they are for an open border, an end to deportation of all immigrants, and full political, social, and economic rights to non-citizens. They are against a wall and more rights for immigrants living in the U.S. I don’t agree that there should be an end to deportation. In certain cases, it should be used.

I agree with the Republican party the most, as border security should be taken seriously and circumstances should incorporate new measures. I would vote for a Republican Presidential candidate.

2) AIC - Americans for Immigration Control

They are a non-partisan grassroots activist organization with more than a quarter of a million members. They are for total security of the border and for using all power necessary to stop the illegal aliens from crossing the border.

The AIC has a very interactive website, where it encourages its users to click on videos and to take polls based on immigration propositions. Five important things the AIC mentions are: strict enforcement, stopping immigration of illegal aliens immediately, promoting campaigns/getting the word out, recruiting citizens, and demanding the federal government to use maximum manpower.

The AIC is endorsed completely by Republicans. Some include: Ed. Royce, John Culbertson, and Charlie Norwood.

They are based in Monterey, Virginia. No local meetings I could attend here in California.

Their website doesn’t publicize volunteer opportunities, but you can sign up for their newsletter and be contacted by the corporation about other opportunities.

I found that the graphic about U.S. population growth compared to the graph of illegal immigrants per year was helpful in determining the future of our country if something is not said or done about immigration.

3) CIWC - California Immigrant Policy Center

This is a state interest group that is composed of many other groups that work together to piece together a statewide response to the changing immigration laws and reforms. They are said to be devoted to increasing the status of life for all Californianas.

Their website is put together nicely and you can tell that the group is funded well. There is interactive pictures and dropdowns and buttons to subscribe to their organization. You can tell this organization is greatly funded and backed.

This organization is backed by Santa Cruz and Los Angeles Sheriff offices, as well as funders from their website. No PAC directly endorses this state interest group.

They are based in southern California, in the major cities of Los Angeles and San Diego. The closest meeting I can attend would be in Los Angeles, where they hold a statewide conference.

In this interest group, there is no volunteering for help, there is only signing up to become a member. You can also donate to their cause.

I found the pictures with the interactive news stories helped to give me an idea of what the interest group stood for as a whole. Seeing each news story published on their website let me knew where they stood on each issue.

4) Comparing the AIC and CIWC, I see many differences. The AIC does not have a well-designed website. The CIWC has interactive pictures that cover the website so the viewer gets an image of what it’s like to be in the organization. The CIWC looks to have more supporters and members compared to the AIC. The AIC has nothing on the website that shows pictures of its members, only pictures of graphs.

5) Republican Main Street Partnership

This PAC is the overall PAC for Republican candidates and Republican groups and interest groups. This PAC does not support Democrats at all and only gives money towards the right side.

In 2018, the Republican Main Street Partnership raised about 1.4 million. They spent $1,312,406. In the end, they have $353,609 of cash on hand.

Their budget states that they have spent $476,300 on Republicans and $0 on Democrats.

Their donor list is comprised of 7 total donors, one of those being McDonalds. These donors are private individuals based in Washington DC that donate a maximum of $5,000.

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Constitutional Issues

1. Could find no case on oyez.org. However, a meeting on August 7, 2018 in the 9th U.S. Circut Court of Appeals, faced a three-judge panel to wave all laws to expedite construction sections of the border wall in the case Curiel V. California.

2. Argument for the 2005 laws had expired, but no executive decisions were made to take down the laws.

3. Curiel argued that the 2005 and 2008 laws that specified how much wall could be built had expired. The National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act were brought up as environmental factors that needed to be taken into consideration when deciding to build the wall. Curiel argued for the city of San Diego and brought up the laws to hopefully take down expedition for the border wall.

4. There was no specified Amendment or Article to the constitution in question in this court hearing, except the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act. 

5. Trump’s proposed border wall does not offend any amendments, which is seen as a problem for anti-border voters. 

6. The decision was made to not expedite the laws, as they had expired and there is little to no progress on the border wall. Security is up and the border is being protected at a large amount, and the need to get rid of the laws was unsubstantial. 

7. The precedent that this hearing establishes is that older laws created in the early 2000s will have precedent to build the wall. They have strong executive orders that if the border wall is approved, it will have to be built, and fast.

8. I agree with the court decision to uphold the existing laws, even though they were expired. There’s no reason to take them down and to make new ones favoring the wall’s completion if it will rarely be completed. 

SACAP: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/akron-homeless-tent-city.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The subject of the article is Sage Lewis allowing homeless people to live on his private property. The author is Mitch Smith, a writer for the New York Times. The intended audience is the public willing to vote for propositions to get rid of homeless encampments, and to save the reputation that the neighbors have complained to the city about. The bias is neutral, and strictly informative. The significance is that Sage Lewis is trying to take homeless people off the streets, and onto his private property. He’s doing a good deed for his community, but he is rewarded with complaints and threats. I agree that he should be able to displace the homeless population on his private property, as he has created his own community for them, and they are harming no one. 

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Blog Post #2

Blog Post #2

Trump thinks border wall construction begins today (but it doesn’t) - CSMBC

Trump’s border wall may soon be dead. It’s another sign of his weakness. - WASHINGTON POST

Trump's border wall: A look at the numbers - FOX

2. SACAP CSMBC:

The subject of this article is to inform readers that there should be no fear of “the wall.” Trump’s administration’s numbers don’t add up and there is absolutely no way that construction will begin anytime soon with little political war over the act of construction. So far it has been a war of words and numbers, not actions. The author is Steve Benen. The context intends to put a fake facts shadow over Trump’s head. The audience is meant for people who seek to find out that the wall will never be built. The bias is somewhat Democrat, clearly against the wall and the things that Trump has said to Mexico and about the development. I agree that from the time Trump has introduced the idea, it has been a war of words and numbers, and that nothing has been done.

   SACAP WASHINGTON POST:

The subject of this article is about calling a bluff on Trump and the idea of his border wall. To this day nothing concrete has been done about the long term future of the wall. It brought up statistics about opposition percentages and that it was a tactic used by the republicans to win the election. The author is Paul Waldman, who works for the Washington Post. The context is somewhat neutral, as it paints both sides of the spectrum with arguments for and against each. There is little bias, if any towards the liberal side in that this article calls Trump’s bluff on the wall. I agree that this could be used as a tactic by the Republicans to win the election, but I don’t agree that the people who voted will now oppose the wall.

   SACAP FOX

The subject of this article is focusing on the numbers involved in the border wall. It’s a visual propaganda technique used to focus on the good statistics rather than the bad. The author is Kaitlyn Schallhorn. The context used few grammatical transitions and makes the article sound like it’s spitting straight facts. Nothing choppy, just straight to the point. There is a Republican bias, as the article mainly points out the good and little bad about the numbers of illegal immigrants the wall will keep out.

3. There are a few similarities between the MSNBC and Washington Post articles. Both call out President Trump’s bluff on his actions with the wall. Both articles point out the war on words instead of the war on actions. The Fox article is the only article that points out the numbers of illegal immigrants the wall will keep out. It’s a conservative source, and used the tactic of straight facts to get their point across.

4. I agree with the Washington Post article the most, as it addresses both political sides to the wall. I do think that Trump has made this issue a war of words and not actions. However, I do believe there is a future for the wall that we will soon find out, or will find out nearing the end to his term.