10-PART POLITICAL YOUTH ROUNDTABLE TALKS

PART 10 TECHNOLOGY:
* SEL Heartmath monitors used on students (sometimes with no parental knowledge)
* Technology apps doing homework for students
* Need more support for trades not just college
* Not being taught cursive - students have to read printed "translation" document next to The Constitution - because they cannot read the Founding Documents in cursive

(This section added 5/29/24)

PART 9 TECHNOLOGY:
* Danger of AI, changing voices & images
* LaserWeeder pros & cons
* AI writing essays for students
* Meat made in labs
* Pushing animal rights and obesity
* Palm pay & Neuralink
* Driverless cars & helicopters
* Concerns if no one in family learns to drive
* Technology designed to make people lazier - Age of WALL-E

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PART 7 FAITH:
* SAT essays with liberal agendas
* Essays need to be graded on mechanics not subject content
* Dissolving the family is their goal

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PART 6: FAITH:
* Leaving public school because of Christian values
* Worried about grades on writing papers with Conservative views
* Teachers awarding higher grades to liberal papers and female students
* Conservatives being ostracized
* Evolution vs. Creationism in schools, textbooks & repercussions

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Part 4 EDUCATION:
* Legal immigrants provide insight on importance of American freedoms
* Drugs like Fentanyl being forced on students
* Vaping is rampant & dangerous
* Solutions from overseas, Quizlet ads & larger fines

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Part 3 GROWTH:
* Needs for the trades (plumbers, electricians) & VoTech classes
* Need for school districts & guidance counselors to expose students to the trades, speakers, job fairs, and education on the salaries and ladder those careers afford
* How to work on changing the perception of jobs in the trades

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Part 2 GROWTH:

* Bill on expansion of work hours for 16 & 17 year olds
* Flexibility for students and homeschool students
* Foster care children still need a way for oversight - anonymous helpline - HOPE course in school - education for kids to know it's okay to speak up

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Part 1 GROWTH:
* Illegal immigration
* School space being used by illegals - displacing students to online classes (NY ex.)
* Traffic, homelessness & illegals not caring about abiding by laws
* Local infrastructure issues and solutions

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PART 8 FAITH:
* Proposed bill to ban those under 16 years of age from using social media accounts
* Rating systems & warnings needed on books and social media
* Pedophiles, suicides, mental health, bullying - all real issues from social media
* Social media drug ads being pushed on minors
* Pornography with no age verification
* Be mindful of free speech, with solutions like filtered content

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Part 5 EDUCATION:

* Furries in schools
* Puberty blockers pushed
* Getting away from religion
* Solution to rid schools of furries

* Pornography still on school shelves - Anime ex.

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* Teachers underpaid & handcuffed by regulations
* Being a proud American is outlandish
* American flag capes banned - but non-binary flag capes okay

(This section added 2/22/24)