Blog #11--sorry it's late!!!!

I have done little with my issues paper. I am a procrastinator to the bone, and I decided to relax this last weekend instead of researching. (The fact I had just bought a movie I haven’t seen in months definitely didn’t help, but that was more of a late night thing anyway.) While I have done little more than choose my controversial issue, I have noticed that articles about it were last published in 2009, for the most part. Little worried there, but I’m hoping it is still relevant enough for me to write on. I know the issue of dropping the D.A.R.E. program was a bit of an issue in Idaho Falls the last few years, but I don’t remember much else—heck, I don’t even know if the school district still sponsors it or if it has been done away with. I have never paid much attention to what goes on around me when it comes to policies—unless it affects me to some extent, or it affects my sisters, who are incredibly vocal when they are objecting to such things.

I also have the issue that I have never been through the D.A.R.E. program myself—I was part of the trial group for a program called N.O.V.A. Since I went through a different program with similar goals, I don’t know if I have an altered view on the issue. I know that the program I went through was effective for me—I still remember the object lessons and the principles of the class. But I don’t know if that would have happened in the D.A.R.E program. I also don’t know if I can actually take a solid stand on the issue. But then, I’m not sure I could for any issue. I have this frustrating ability to be able to see and understand both sides of an issue, and I could argue for both, while making compensation for the other side. I’ve been told this means I’d make a good politician. Pity I am scared of speaking in front of people. Otherwise I’d run for President—NOT!!!!!!!