Editor’s Note: The Mountaineer approached Tucker Taylor, Big Sandy High School teacher of the 12th grade Government, 11th grade U. S. History, and World History about having his students writing essays on current issues. Each student is required to look at both sides of the issue in their essay. Occasionally, an essay will be published in the Mountaineer. This week Tyler Schwarzbach was selected. His comment after researching this issue was, “it’s difficult to just find facts without opinions added”.

A Nation Divided

By Tyler Schwarzbach

In the United States today, there is a severe divide bet...