Mayor Villaraigosa Protecting L.A Education

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools3-2008sep03,0,7515928.story
Mayor Villaraigosa has high hopes for his schools
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 3, 2008

Summary:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa basically vowed to raise the rate of academic improvement in local public schools in Los Angeles. As the title of the article says that he has high hopes for his schools, he basically said that he has no doubt that he can double the rate of academic improvement. He decided to take 10 of the most poorest-performing facilities and he hopes to put in enough effort for the schools to make a change.

Connection:
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness is the concept of the Declaration of Independence. We learned in class that that above is considered the human rights. Rights that you are born with and that no one in the worlds should be able to take away from you. I think that John Locke's concept is used again in this article. His concept of "Social Contract" plays another part in this even. The mayor was the one person who took action to protect the human rights of the youth today. He basically is protecting and leading the students to life and the pursuit of happiness. By taking action and putting effort into these schools that need the help of the city. By giving them a good education they are in the right direction to setting up their life in the future.

Response:
I believe the mayor is doing the right thing by helping the youth to improve their education. The youth definitely is the future of the world and everyone should be entitled to an education so that they can do what they can to be successful in life. Which i think should be a natural right though Pursuit of Happiness lies real close to the lines of that concept. The mayor of Los Angeles helped those who are struggling and for that i believe that he is doing the right thing.