we had a discussion today in my Government class about how some brazilian CHILDREN are working instead of going to school, now, My Gov/Eco teacher says that there is a statement in one of those two documents saying we have the right to interfere with that. personally i dont think we should if they want to work instead of going to school then let them... but if any history buffs read this... could you please tell me the statement that says we have the right to put our nose in their buisness, i would greatly appreciate it. ( and i get extra credit points )
2007-12-03 05:28:39 · 13 answers · asked by the_cable_guy90 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
'One of those two documents' they are siting it and don't know which one...? lol.
They are national only. And it sounds like someone needs to inform your school of the government teacher's apparent inability to teach.
2007-12-03 05:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know of the statement that your teacher is referring to, but there are international programs which are designed to stop child labor around the world. OCFT is one that is highly funded by the U.S.
Oh and just a footnote: You say that we shouldn't interfere because we should let them do what they want. I guarantee you that it is not what these kids want. They have no other option. Many children in Brazil start working before the age of 8. They work 10-12 hour days and they get $1.50 per week. Often they have dangerous jobs and lose limbs and eyes. Most people that start working between age 8 and 14 have that job for their entire life because they are working from meal to meal.
2007-12-03 06:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an agrarian society at the time, the early United States laws paid plenty of attention of the needs of farmers to have their children work as laborers.
The pendulum didn't swing the other way until way after the Industrial Revolution in the post-Civil War era, as Ameica became more urbanized and as large waves of immigrants rushed to the cities.
But it is always a good exercise to read the documents you asked about yourself - they are not that long, and they are available all over the internet. Try googling them.
2007-12-03 06:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by Barry C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Declaration of Independence:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
The US Constitution:
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it . . ."
It would be a huge stretch, but that may be the phrase to which your teacher is referring. I would strongly disagree if he or she were arguing that gives the US the power to interfere in the affairs of a sovereign nation but that is the only thing I can see that would possibly support such a contention. Maybe you misunderstood the question.
2007-12-03 06:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the United States it does not explicitly state that Child Labor is illegal (the Declaration of Independence has no legal standing so it is not relevant) . The courts have given out Congress the right to create child-labor and compulsory education laws - when they involve inter-state commerce - otherwise the states have must create the laws. If you live in Brazil you have president who is a great man - which is more than we have here in the USA.
2007-12-03 05:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by hfrankmann 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where your teacher got such information, but there is diddiley squat in our Declaration of Independence or Constitution about child labor laws; in our country or any other country on the planet-- even Brazil. Child labor laws came from the US Congress by statute, not the two documents mentioned in your question.
Putting our nose in other countries' business has become popular with our current administration who seem to assume they can break international law, ignore the Geneva Conventions, and defy the United Nations and the UN's resolutions.
Your teacher must be one of the many uninformed blind sheep who still support this administration, their war crimes and blatant disregard for international law. Seeing as there is less than a 25% approval rating, that must tell you something.
Oh yeah-- Dimes to donuts, I'll bet she/he is a rabid fundamentalist Christian, too.
I find it very disconcerting that there are teachers like this one who spread misinformation. Education is about accuracy, not a teacher's ignorance.
2007-12-03 05:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nothing in the Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Independence mentions our nation's dealings with foreign governments or social systems.
2007-12-03 05:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by Reverend Black Grape 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our Constitution doesn't even ban child labor in the US!
But it does allow the US govt. to make treaties with other governments. We might sign a treaty with Brazil to give them some consideration in return for their banning child labor. A trade deal, foreign aid, or whatever.
2007-12-03 05:44:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your Gov/Eco teacher gets an "F" for her understanding of the Constitution.
2007-12-03 05:48:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ask her to show it to you, I don't think our's deals with other countries. We just have a habit in later years, of sticking our noses in other countries business. It hasn't been that many years, since our own citizens had to quit school early to work and help out the family. You can research this on your own, from your computer.
2007-12-03 05:34:58 · answer #10 · answered by Joan H 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋