More and more children have trouble focusing in school and are prone to stress, hectic schedules, and obligations at a young age. Creating a world of healthy, more peaceful, and well adjusted children should be our top priority so kids can accomplish whatever their goals are! Healthy minds and bodies go hand in hand!

I am starting this petition because American youth must have the best chance of receiving a solid math education during grade school years.

In the state of Georgia when you are convicted of vehicular homicide the minimum sentencing is 3 years, while the family and friends of the victim serve a life sentence. Let's give these murderers the time to reflect on their crime in prison!

We want what Obama promised us (To Label Genetically Modified Organisms), and what others around the world have. Progression, not regression, of human knowledge and health! Healthy Food is a Human Right. Follow the link. 1 minute proof! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqaaB6NE1TI

The University of Tennessee and Aramark are proposing that all students be forced to purchase a $300 Dining Dollars meal plan, including students that do not use dining facilities or even live on-campus. AGAIN. Even after student outrage at the proposal in Fall 2013 caused it to be taken off the table, the administration and Aramark are attempting to pass the proposal through the Board of Trustees with the mandatory meal plan component still intact.

I did a research paper on the links between animal abuse and human abuse and found through my research that animal abuse will almost always lead to human abuse. Many domestic violence, rape, homicide, and other human abuse cases first started with animal abuse. Many interviews of said criminals said they confessed to starting with animal abuse before starting human abuse. If we as a country are allowing these abuses outlined in this petition to happen in our own communities on a daily basis, what does that say about us? I also just have a great love for animals and don't understand the extent to which we, as a country, have let these problems get so out of hand. Please Don't Shop, Adopt!

Keelin, Christina, and I are working to end the injustices of childhood poverty. This starts by creating a new standard for the poverty line, so that it better reflects the cost of living today.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has proved he is running the FCC totally at the beck and call of the big telecom industry he once worked for. The citizens of the USA need and deserve a free and unfettered Internet. Net neutrality is THE free speech issue of this moment in US history.

Principals and teachers who recently administered Pearson-developed Common Core-related tests in New York have asserted that they are barred from speaking about the test content and its implications for student success because of “gag orders” written into the testing contracts. These gag orders and the lack of transparency are fueling the growing distrust and backlash among parents, students and educators in the United States about whether the current testing protocols and testing fixation are in the best interests of children. When parents aren’t allowed to know what is on their children’s tests, and when educators have no voice in how assessments are created, and are forbidden from raising legitimate concerns about the assessments’ quality or from talking to parents about the these concerns, Pearson not only increases distrust of testing but also denies children the rich learning experience they deserve. Parents, students and teachers need assessments that accurately measure student performance through questions that are grade-appropriate and aligned with state standards—especially since standardized tests have increasingly life-altering consequences for students and teachers. By including gag orders in contracts, Pearson is silencing the very stakeholders the company needs to engage with. Poll after poll makes clear that parents overwhelmingly trust educators over all others to do what is best for their children—educators’ voices, concerns and input should be included in the creation and application of these assessments. (Read the full letter the AFT delivered to Pearson's board of directors here: http://www.aft.org/pdfs/press/ltr_Randi-Pearson042414.pdf)

PEOPLE NEED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES!.. I don't care if it is a right to carry guns.. IF THERE ARE GUNS AROUND..MY FAMILY AND I WILL N O T! BE THERE! nor will sane friends and family either.

Physician assisted suicide is when the physician prescribes the patient a lethal medication and the patient takes the medication with the means of intentionally ending his/her life. This is an act of killing an individual and needs to be stopped. A physician's role is to help heal their patient and not help kill their patient.

I believe true health starts with nutrition.