Texas finally made a move

More than 400 children were removed from the compound of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints earlier this month by the Texas Child Welfare organization. My question is, "What took so long?" We can not let people corrupt something as beautiful as religion for their own sick beliefs. People have hide behind religion as a defense for a long time. Did we not learn anything from David Koresh and his followers in Waco. I really feel like break away sects and cults are a serous problem in Texas.

Just today Prakashanand Saraswati,(the founder of the Hindu temple Barsana Dham in Hays Co.) was arrested on 20 child indecency counts going as far back as 1993. What the hell is going on here? Does the state of Texas just give child molesters a free pass if the live on a "religious compound". Are we so afraid of offended someones religion in order to let innocent children be abused. Here is an idea. Children are not allowed to live on a religious compounds, period. You have to be 18 to live there. It might seem harsh to tell a parent that a child can't live with them. But too bad. Leaving children alone with men is just a bad idea. I don't know how else I can put it. Thank you Texas for trying to clean up the problem. But every time we bring another child abusing religious sect down, another one takes it place.

Top 10% arguement

I disagree with Eduardo about the top 10% of highschool students getting automatically accepted to college. The main argument is not every highschool is equal. Some highschools are more challenging than others due to their economics and size. If you go to a poorer school, you generally need a lower GPA to be in the 10%. Whereas at a richer school, that is more competitive, you need a very high GPA to make the top 10%. Also, the size of school can be an issue. A small school with a graduating class of 100 only gets 10 kids automatically accepted to college. A larger graduating class of 300 gets 30 kids automatically accepted. Now who is to say which kids truly deserve to get automatically accepted, because the math does not take in account of the difficulty of the school?

Sometimes kids are not ready for college right away. Again if you didn’t go to a competitive highschool and got to be in the top 10% because you had a large graduating class, doesn’t mean you are ready for college. In highschool you don’t learn time management. I propose using just your GPA, SAT scores, and an essay exampling why you should be automatically accepted to college would better judge to person to see if they are ready for college.