Outline

• I would start off the video with an introduction of myself and the whole process of how 10,000 solutions works.
•  I would then discuss my problem of how organizations lack volunteers.
•  I would follow up evidence from organizations speaking about this to news reports.
• Then I would state my possible solution to the problem and how it may benefit not only the students as well as the community. I would include statistics, facts, as well as testimonies from students who have been required to do community service.
•  I have also had the opportunity to interview a professor who teaches high school and college students. I will read over the questions I asked him and the answer he gave me. (I will not be able to record my solution and interview him since his schedule is pretty busy).
• I will then use a picture montage with a voiceover at the end to try and give off a persuasive feel as to why I feel that this solution is a good on.
• I will close off with a thank you and to vote for my solution to be chosen.

10000 annotations

-State the problem that I wish to fix
-State facts from my sources

-Share some facts about the club I am in and taking an active role in what I do
                  -Talk about our events, ethics, and ideas
          -show clubs name on my shirt
          -Show links on face-book and speak about other active roles our club has taken in this situation

- Zoom out to a hostile situation happening  between a male and female
          -show how to act and stop the action from happening and stepping in

-finish with talking about more about the problem and how it can be solved
          -Talk about how the nation and even become to the world can start to do this
         

10000 solution video transcript

Hello. My name is Clarissa Campbell and today I'm going to discuss the issue of public assistance/welfare fraud and propose a solution to this very common problem.  I have done extensive research into various points of view on the topic in the past week and have come up with a reform policy that I believe will dramatically increase the effectiveness of the current fraud prevention methods.  First of all, I propose a mandatory drug test for all who are applying or renewing benefits.  I realize that some states have put variations of this into effect in prior years with small amounts of results, but I believe this may be due to people learning to "beat" the system.  In order to resolve this, I propose that all personnel are searched before and after the test and also add an observer as is required for military testing. Additional random testing and a signed declaration may also be very helpful when funding is available.  Another issue that comes up with public assistance is people selling food stamps  to use the money elsewhere or buying purely high calorie "junk" food that is really not needed and is unfair to any children who may be in the house.  To fix this, I believe that people should be given actual food that will provide well balanced meals for all family members.  Another possibility is to create a program similar to the Women Infants Children (WIC) Program where only certain items are allowed to be purchased throughout the month.  My final part of the proposal is to require that all adult recipients either are employed full time or working with a local job center on interview skills and resumes.  This should be tracked so that a certain number of hours each week may be required until full time employment is achieved. I believe that the combination of all of these changes will have a tremendous and positive impact on the issue of welfare and public assistance fraud.

10000 Solutions Outline

• Open fade in on me
• Explain the purpose behind genetic engineering
• Insert quote from source
• Explain why I am doing this
• Go to animated adventure to better explain
• Introduce John (main character)
• Introduce Jane (John's love interest)
• Show that they are in love
• John develops disease 
• Gets on organ donor list
• Doesn't get organ, dies, Jane is devastated husk of a human for the rest of her life
• Fade into me, explain this happens happens
• insert statistics
• Go back into adventure 
• Show the science of cloning and stem cell research 
• Make clone of John while he is young
• Disease happens but instead of dieing John get organ from clone
• John and Jane live happily ever after
• Come back to explain that this is still some time away but can be done
• Use quotes from sources
• End video   

annotations

My first annotation is about the many effects that come with the immunization of illegal immigrants of our Country's Federal Laws so as that makes it okay for them to cross over into the United States legally and don't have to work for anything. This comes to speak about the vast amounts of resources that our poured into the amnesty effect over legal immigrants already over here.

The second annotation will come to speak about the fact of how even though illegal immigrants are working here they are sucking our economy and nation dry. It goes on to explain how that some argue that this could only benefit our country with an anti-argument of how could this help our economy when all of our money is not even being spent here in America but is being sent out of country to families on other countries.

Annotations

http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/cracking-down-welfare-fraud-it-hurting-innocent/nHXBT/

Works Cited

Unknown author, “Cracking Down on Welfare Fraud:  Is it Hurting the Innocent?”  WPXI.com, Pittsburg local news, Tuesday 7 Feb. 2012.

            This article talks about how some of the new laws in Pittsburg that are being put into effect to prevent welfare fraud are taking away and hurting those who actually need the help.  One example that they use is that when the asset test was first announced.  This prevents people that have a certain amount of money in their savings account from collecting welfare.  A retiree testified in the article, though, that it was punishing them for being responsible and saving money.  They then changed the law by increasing the cap for anyone above 65 to 9,000 and 5,500 for everyone else.  This article will help provide evidence on the effectiveness on certain ideas to help prevent welfare fraud.  This will definitely add to the overall effectiveness of my proposal for a solution.

http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=18&hid=17&sid=3986e335-a333-46bb-8075-6b4bb84580bc%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=13383258

Works Cited

Chunn, Dorothy E., and Shelley A.M. Gavigan. "Welfare Law, Welfare Fraud, And The Moral Regulation Of The 'Never Deserving' Poor." Social & Legal Studies 13.2 (2004): 219-243. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Nov. 2012.

                This article talks about another perspective on welfare fraud.  It talks about how prosecuting welfare fraud is leading to the link between government help and crime.  Many people now, when they hear the word welfare, they automatically think of someone using the government money to their advantage when they do not really need the help.  They see someone sitting at home doing nothing enjoying the free money.  This gives a more negative/ opposing opinion to my argument which gives me a different perspective to work with.

“Even When It’s Mandatory, Volunteering Is Good For Kids.” Maclean’s 125.35 (2012):4-5. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Nov. 2012

This article focuses on volunteer work as a mandatory hold on a public high school in Canada in September of 2012. With the requirement, the students had better academic performace, and less anti-social behavior.

 

Gallant, Karen, Bryan Smale, and Susan Arai. “Civic Engagement Through Mandatory Community Service: Implications Of Serious Leisure.” Journal Of Leisure Research 42.2 (2010) 181-201. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Nov.2012.

This article focuses on the study of the attitudes of community responsibility of students who volunteer. While the volunteer was mandatory at first, towards the end the continued to do the volunteer work even after the requirement.

Annotations

The first annotation is not quite researched based but more testimonial. Earlier this year a woman regrew a fingertip through the help of stem cells. Though they did not call it stems cells, due to the fact that it is associated negatively to the human mind, it was regenerative medicine. With that being a step towards the betterment of this science I feel it is only time until we can regrow organs.

The second annotation deals with the facts of stem cells and how they work. To begin the stem cell is an unspecialized cell that has the capability to renew until it is no longer needed. It also has the ability to become almost any type of cell from organ to tissue based. They only need a living host to do their magical work.

10000 Solutions

For my Ten Thousand solutions I would like to introduce my own reasoning and solution into helping fix the economy. First thing is first those who earn a ridiculous salary to do their jobs in office should be cut down dramatically. Why should a Public figure be paid so much money to just throw away when we could be putting it towards something much more useful. How about we control our boarders more and give Americans their jobs back. I know this is gonna catch me on fire especially in college and I am sure lots of people are going to use their one defense for this which is , '' you are a racist against Hispanics". This is not true at all, yes I am against an illegal immigrant crossing into the Unites States unlawfully, which by the way is a federal offense, and taking jobs that could be used by Americans. I am not against immigration as long as it is legal and done the right way not the illegal way. Also those who immigrate illegally do not spend their earnings here in the United States but back in their own country of origin, so tell me how that is to boost our economy when there is no spending here but in other countries? Another way to let the economy grow is not have the government pour millions of dollars into dying businesses, to let the economy grow and expand some things need to die so that others can grow. Here is an example, when a tree dies the little sprouts underneath can now get sunlight and begin to grow, those little sprouts can then maybe grow into big trees themselves, so the death of that one tree gave way so that more trees could grow to be just as big if not bigger then the original.

Paper 3 proposal, Clarissa Campbell

I decided to write my paper on welfare fraud.  The government uses so much money every year to help the people who “need” it.  I do believe that there are some people who do get into situations where they do actually need help, but I also think that there are many people who get the help but do not really need it.  They take advantage of the system so that they do not have to work or so they can stay home and many spend the money on things that are not necessities and not what the money was meant for.  Many also are regular drug and alcohol users and use the money for that cause.  I have several ideas to combat this issue.  One idea is that if it is for a physical medical reason, to require annual physicals and ensure that they are still unfit for the workforce.  Another idea that could help to prevent the drug use is to require drug tests for everyone prior to them receiving benefits.  I know that some states are already doing this to an extent, and that it is not having the desired effect.  For example, Arizona is requiring tests to people who are believed to be doing the drugs, but only if there is reasonable belief which means that not everyone is tested. Other states are testing everyone, but not getting expected results, and I believe this is because the people being tested are falsifying tests.  Kits and instructions are sold in smoke shops all over the United States.  I have several ideas to fix this which will help to make the testing more effective.  The audience will be the general public, but more targeted toward those in charge of these systems in hopes that they will hear my ideas and consider putting them into place.

10,000 Solution

For my third paper, I decided to do something a little different. Instead of choosing a problem within my major, I decided to choose something to help the community. For my communications class, we were assigned to do a community service and present about if afterwards. I thought that it was pointless because I felt that I should not be forced to do something I do not want to do but since it was a grade, I had to. Our group decided on the Andre House which is a soup kitchen as well as a help office for the homeless. I live in West Phoenix so I see homeless people every day and never thought much of it. After participating in the Andre House, it opened my eyes to the lack of volunteers they receive. It also taught me to be very grateful after hearing what these individuals have gone through. So my proposal for the 10,000 solutions is that Arizona State University students should be required to complete 10 community service hours throughout an entire school year. Although it may not seem like a lot, if you think of the amount of students ASU has enrolled, the numbers add up. It helps students learn life lessons as well as help those who are less fortunate around us. The way it can be enforced is through account holds, like the ones they have for freshmen student advising. You can remove this hold after you show your counselor that you have completed the certain amount of hours. I know that many high schools now require community service hours as a part of the criteria for graduation which I think we should be a part of. My projected audience is to faculty, staff, and students of Arizona State University.

Paper 3 Topic

For the third paper I would really like to work on the waiting list for organ transplants via genetic engineering. This would then stem to cloning for the purpose of harvesting organs for the betterment of health. I find this area of science to be extremely fascinating and would love to see it expand in the future. My solution is simply cloning humans so that if one or another person needs a liver or heart there will not be long waiting list for potential donors. The audience for this project would seem to be anyone who would be or is looking into cloning for actual medical purposes not just for the fun of it. My grandmother who is on awaiting list for a liver transplant will most likely not get and will pass away in the near future. This got me to thinking if there were clones of people who were kept in some sort of cryosleep where they would feel no pain and not know that they were alive it would be fine for one of them to be used to harvest organs. Because in the current system we have if one is not rich or famous a lot of them will be not have the transplants need to save their lives. That is base for my reasoning to do the third paper on genetic engineering. I feel that this is not often viewed as potential to save many lives for the sole basis that some people are afraid of the outcome of cloning humans for organs but if given time I think that it could save several people from the heartbreak of losing a loved one from some like a faulty liver.

Have a good day or night (really whenever you are reading this),

Austin

http://youtu.be/OxDCWeaJwco