NationStates Jolt Archive

As I will be joining the UN as soon as my application goes through, I have been reviewing many of the previous resolutions. I must say, some are downright atrocious. Many of these resolutions, which could have been truly great and actually done something had they specified some basic parameters, basically accomplish nothing, as they are too vague.

As a step in the direction of making past resolutions workable, I shall be submitting a proposal to fix the "Free Education" resolution as soon as I get UN membership and whatever else I need.

First off, let's look at the previously passed resolution:

To give every person under the age of 18 the right to a free education

Now, what does this mean? What kind of education? What are we to teach our children for free? It could be anything, or even worse, nothing.

To make this resolution workable, I will specify in a proposal that this free education will require certain basic subjects be taught, and also clear up other problems such as; what happens to High School seniors when they turn 18? A good many of us turned 18 before graduating. By this resolution's wording, we could be forced to pay any price for the past couple of months of schooling, and what of kids who fail a grade? They'd have to pay an entire year or drop out!

There is far too much leeway in this resolution, and it needs correction. Help me out by giving some specifics that you think ought to be added to fix the resolution, such as minimal subjects to be taught, or maximum level. I think we ought to at least teach Mathematics up to Formal Geometry. Your thoughts will be helpful.

Ohh you think that one's badly worded you should wait til you get to some of the others...

However, it is up to your nation how you interpret the laws passed by the NSUN, your nation will comply with the spirit of them (there will be a game play effect on your nation).

The NSUN is what it's members make it.

Simon
Today's spokesman for Nebbyland

I remember this very vagueness coming under attack when the resolution was up for vote. Nebbyland is absolutely correct-- and indeed, UN proposals are often quite atrociously written. But indeed, it is up to individual nations how to interpret resolutions an enact them in their own nations. In light of this, a certain amount of vagueness is actually desirable to accommodate differing government styles or economic models.

Just remember if you wish to "define" free education make it a new proposal. Otherwise it could get deleted by Game Mods. We are working on a way to repeal resolutions and or amend. However, at this time it can't be done. All resolutions that pass are binding and can't be repealed. So, if you want to make a new resolution that would pretty much be the only way to go. However, some may find it redundant given a resolution on free education already exists. However, I guess it's worth a try.

Peace,
Stephanie.

free

Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.
Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.

Having political independence: “America... is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world” (Rudolph W. Giuliani).
Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.
Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.

Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.
Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.
Not subject to external restraint: “Comment is free but facts are sacred” (Charles Prestwich Scott).
Not literal or exact: a free translation.

Costing nothing; gratuitous: a free meal.
Publicly supported: free education.

Not occupied or used: a free locker.
Not taken up by scheduled activities: free time between classes.
Unobstructed; clear: a free lane.
Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank.
Taking undue liberties; forward or overfamiliar.
Liberal or lavish: tourists who are free with their money.
Given, made, or done of one's own accord; voluntary or spontaneous: a free act of the will; free choices.
Chemistry & Physics.
Unconstrained; unconfined: free expansion.
Not fixed in position; capable of relatively unrestricted motion: a free electron.
Not chemically bound in a molecule: free oxygen.
Involving no collisions or interactions: a free path.
Empty: a free space.
Unoccupied: a free energy level.
Nautical. Favorable: a free wind.
Not bound, fastened, or attached: the free end of a chain.
Linguistics.
Being a form, especially a morpheme, that can stand as an independent word, such as boat or bring.
Being a vowel in an open syllable, as the o in go.

adv.
In a free manner; without restraint.
Without charge.

tr.v. freed, free·ing, frees
To set at liberty; make free: freed the slaves; free the imagination.
To relieve of a burden, obligation, or restraint: a people who were at last freed from fear.
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear: free a path through the jungle.

Idiom:
for free Informal
Without charge.

ed·u·ca·tion

The act or process of educating or being educated.
The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.
A program of instruction of a specified kind or level: driver education; a college education.
The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.
An instructive or enlightening experience: Her work in the inner city was a real education.


Definition enough?

The more specific you make it, the more it costs.