I enjoyed reading both of the articles because both were very informing. The first article that I read was the blog by Joy Resmovits and it was concerned about the “race to the top” issue and how President Obama wants to make a one billion dollar program that would reward states for lowering college tuition costs. This program would also include thing such as standards that would be between K-12 and a post-secondary education. This proposition would make it harder to get out of high school and also more difficult to enter a public university or college. The article also talks about how President Obama wants to have an online site where people could go to see a list of colleges and their graduation rate, net costs, and employment information. I think that would be a good idea since it would give possible students a chance to see information that is important for the future and not just the information that the college gives them.

The other article was more about things that Robert Sternberg did not want to happen if Obama were to create a bill and send it through Congress and the Senate. There are ten points that he makes that are things that he believes could happen if the government tries to push a proposed bill through too fast. He saw it happen with the No Child Left Behind Act that crippled public schools and the way that they teach certain subjects like history, civics, and the arts. These subjects were “put on the back burner” since schools are not forced to focus on those areas and schools also became more concentrated on the core areas since they would be tested over them. The tests that the schools gave to the students should not have been given since the tests were too difficult or just have not been revised to make them reasonable. According to his article some schools started lowering their standards once they realized that they were not going to make the goals that the federal government made.

I personally believe that the article by Joy Resmovits was more political than the article by Robert Sternberg. Joy’s article seemed to have statistical data that showed how college tuition has increased and also showed that how the government was taking grants and subsidized loans away from students. It also had quotes from political leaders in different groups of the federal government. The second one was more of the opinion and past history of the author rather than data to support his decisions.

The proposal seems to be beneficial and could help future students get into a school and also be able to get through the education process with as little debt as possible. The government definitely has to do something about the rising tuition prices. I do like the stance that Mr. Sternberg takes and how we wants the government to sit down and take some time to figure what truly needs to be done to help with students debt issues. The government seems to take things too fast and throws in new laws right before the bill passes and then no one knows what they are really voting for. I feel that is what happened with the new medical health care bill that passed.

Both of these articles were discussing whether or not music should have political stances and what if they do take some kind of political stance will it be as good as one that doesn’t.  The first article was about Trinidad and the music that they which is called “calypso.” It is similar to rap and good beats in the back and many of the lyrics are about the government and how it is unfair. Some songs seem happy and upbeat but deal with the Trinidad people hating white people, and the white people that listen to the music have no idea what the song is about.  The other article is about how when political issues are mixed with music and how it is tough to get the right combination of the two to make a good song.

I personally disagree I enjoy having political issues in songs. It is just another way to express the way people think about them and sometimes how to deal with them. It has also made many new types of genres and people have made a lot of money off of those songs. I would also consider political songs like the Grand ole Flag, America, God Bless America. If that is so these songs are great way to mix politics and music into one great combination.

I think that the New York Giants are going to win this Super Bowl.