Many of us use the words deceive, receive, conceive and more during regular conversation, but did you ever wonder what they all have in common?
It turns out the root word ceive is of Latin origin, meaning to conceptually take or catch. It can apply to both figurative and literal objects, so receiving can be physical, while conceiving can be completely thought based "catching of ideas."
Pretty nifty, huh?
Try using the word ceive in a writing prompt or assignment someday!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Electoral College System
So once in a great while, you look online and see articles that interest you. You continue to look around, and find things that make absolutely no sense. To me, the Electoral College system is a prime example.
I remember writing an essay back in an earlier time of school in support of the system, but it seems just nonsense now. For starters, why would we spend additional money employing people to represent states?
I found a lot of reasons in favor, including a popular one saying that all states need equal representation on a grand scale. I disagree, however. I don't think the states need any representation at all. If a popular vote took place, the states should not be competing, it should be a people thing. If there's more people in one state, and less in another, then so be it. More people in one state will vote than another, but we're not voting for Governors or anything. The entire United States is voting for someone, and the popular vote would be a very correct way to determine that.
After consulting a friend, I was informed that the Electoral College was created for the reason of protecting stupid people from screwing up the election system. Now it all makes sense, we'll just blame it on the original illiterate and uneducated people from the past for creating the necessity of the system.
I guess the reason it's still around is why change something that has worked for quite a while?
I remember writing an essay back in an earlier time of school in support of the system, but it seems just nonsense now. For starters, why would we spend additional money employing people to represent states?
I found a lot of reasons in favor, including a popular one saying that all states need equal representation on a grand scale. I disagree, however. I don't think the states need any representation at all. If a popular vote took place, the states should not be competing, it should be a people thing. If there's more people in one state, and less in another, then so be it. More people in one state will vote than another, but we're not voting for Governors or anything. The entire United States is voting for someone, and the popular vote would be a very correct way to determine that.
After consulting a friend, I was informed that the Electoral College was created for the reason of protecting stupid people from screwing up the election system. Now it all makes sense, we'll just blame it on the original illiterate and uneducated people from the past for creating the necessity of the system.
I guess the reason it's still around is why change something that has worked for quite a while?
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