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Yesterday, I discovered that my thirteen year old brother had a Facebook.  However, he was not the one to inform me.  In fact, no one did.  I had to learn about this momentous occasion by creeping on my childhood friend's page. Clearly, I am an unloved sister; my brother requested Bryce, but not me. 

news reporters are the real terrorists.

The project that I am doing is for 9 grade English called "You and the World". Some people in the world don't know what's going on around the world or where they live. All most people know is that there are some issues that are going. People of all ages should know at least some things that are happening if not all, so they can get a clue to what is happening around them. 

Throughout the years I have been seeing how people treat the animals that are around them. Many people may say that they love animals but behind doors they are treating them with plain old disrespect. And there are no one around to tell them to stop so the animals can live their lives. So to let people know, what may be going on around their neighborhood, I decided to do my project on animal abuse. I am interested in learning about this topic because i love animals. Then to know how some of them are being treated is tremendously heartbreaking. And knowing that some people don't even care about what's happening to them makes you wonder what did animals ever do to them.

For the past days I have been doing some research on how all kinds of animals are being abused. I found out that the elephants that are used in circuses are chained up 23 hours a day from the day they were young. Also that the animals at the circuses are being poked with sharp objects, beaten, and whipped to do their routines. And that 10,000 horses in the US are being slaughtered for horse meat for Europe and Asia but since the last the slaughter plant was shut down in 2007, the horses are know being shipped to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered. And lastly I found out that if animal abuse continues to go on, in the year of 2022, 22% of the animals will be extinct.

I feel as though animal abuse is a problem that should be taken care of right away before it's too late. Also that animals have the right to live just as well as humans. Lastly, I think that we as humans should take action and speak for these animals because they can't speak for themselves.

I will continue to do further research to how animals are being abused and to why do people abuse animals. I will also find out how people can help them and what they can do. And I won't stop doing research until the people know that they need to help animals.

To find more information you can visit this website: Animal Abuse

A tranvestite complimented my shows today. I think they we're homeless and on crack, but nonetheless I appreciated the compliment.

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1ah1W-DZlo7jB_NRPwANPM6jbbsGDJMtnIrJ8Pln4Hu8/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNbylfoH#

Its officially going to be the death of me. 

Wow writing these...not the best use of my time. I don't understand why we do this everyday because eventually I just run out of things i need. This isn't the  least bit entertaining nor do I have the artistic talent to make anything anyone will ever want to read on their down time. It's pointless for me to probably even post this up here. Sadly I need the credit for the journal today so what I will do is leave you with a quote from portal 2. Actually I am too lazy to look it up. Enjoy the gibberish instead sntauhsontehusanotuhsanoteuhsaonteuhsnaoteuhsaonetuhaoeu

In this blog, you will probably have second thoughts about making choices that might affect you in your later years in life. It contains information that is effecting teen’s age 12-19. Hopefully, this blog will change some of the lives of these young people and have them realize that having sex at a young age can affect them physically, emotionally, and financially. 

My issue on this project is teen sex and STD's. I strongly believe that in today's day and age, teen sex has become overrated. To some teenagers, it has become the "norm" to have sex. I am really passionate about this topic and I strongly believe that it's a topic that needs to be addressed to children and especially parents whether they have children or not.

 

STD’s (Sexually Transmitted Disease) are another important issue that are killing the lives of these children. Children as young as 15 are diagnosed with at least one STD. Some even have more than one. Unfortunately, the majority of teens don’t even know that they are walking around these streets with it.

 

Stats on Teen Sex:

•  Most sexually active females that are 15-19 years old have partners who are the same age or 1-3 years older (74%). 25% of girls’ partners were 4 or more years older. · 
•  In 2002, 11% of males and females aged 15-19 has had anal sex with someone of the opposite sex.
• In 2002, 55% of males and 54% of female’s aged 15-19 had engaged in oral sex with someone of the opposite sex. 

·       In 2002, 12% of all pregnancies, or 757,000, occurred among adolescents aged 15-19.

·       In 2006, an estimated 5,259 young people aged 13-24 in the 33 states reporting to CDC were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, representing about 14% of the persons diagnosed that year. 

·       In 2009, 46% of high school students had ever had sexual intercourse, and 14% of high school students had had four or more sex partners during their life.

·       In 2009, 34% of currently sexually active high school students did not use a condom during last sexual intercourse.

 

http://www.sadd.org/stats.htm#sexualactivity

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/sexualbehaviors/

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/peer-pressure-and-teen-sex

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/health_med_fit/article_96d0ee57-e3dc-59d7-a5ec-e5cbc5b71ffc.html

http://www.bhg.com/health-family/parenting-skills/teen-challenges/stds-teens-a-reality-check/

 

Stats on STD’s:

Of the 12 million cases, 3 million cases of STD’s are among teenagers. About 13 percent of youth ages 13 to 19 contract an STD each year. The most common STD’s that youth contract are Chlamydia, HPV, Herpes, HIV/AIDS, and Gonorrhea, to name a few.

 

One in four teenage girls in the U.S. has an STD, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In Wisconsin, the rate of four of the most commonly reported STDs among teens jumped 53 percent between 1997 and 2007. Females and minorities, especially African-Americans, have been hit hard.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/health_med_fit/article_96d0ee57-e3dc-59d7-a5ec-e5cbc5b71ffc.html.

 

I wonder if teens do this for the attention or if they do it because of peer pressure. I also wonder why teens don’t take a stand in what they know is right.

My plan moving forward, is to continue to do more research on teen sex and study STD’s and how they effect the human body.

 

​Me & The World

 

Loving someone and being in a relationship can be dangerous. You can have heart ache, infidelity, and financial issues. Many problems can occur, but the biggest danger in a relationship is Domestic violence. I’m super interested in Domestic violence because Domestic violence is an issue, and many people look over it and don’t care for the problem.

Domestic violence can harm you physically and mentally, it can harm you so bad, that you stay in the relationship. Some people get addicted and get attached to the violence. Domestic violence can come from any sex, male or female. Domestic violence is used to control your spouse or lover, to dominate the relationship. The abuser likes to play mind tricks, and get you really scared. They threaten you, break things, super hostile, and very aggressive.

I don’t understand how you can you love someone, that harms you physically and emotionally. That hits you and insults you, damage your feelings and make you insecure. Someone that makes you bleed your own blood, and taste your own tears. How come so many women and men stay in the relationship? The abuser is the coward not the person being abused because they need to harm someone to make them feel big about their self.

The scariest part of it all, is that people die from domestic violence. People lose loved ones, they have heart attacks, internally bleeding, stress level to high, and more. Also, the partner kills them, if they feel they are losing power in the relationship. Where is the number and statistics, not many?

 

Bibliography:

 http://www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm

I bet your wondering why this blog is even here because of the  sounding title? Well my teacher, Ms. Dunn wanted us to have a view of not only what is in front of our eyes but what is happening in the world also. This blog is dedicated, from my choosing, to Japan and the tragedies that are still going on today.  Each week, we well blog about everything we learn about what we chose. 

This week I am focusing on hardening my foundation on what exactly happened on March 11, 2011 in Japan. I'm interested in this topic because it not only effects Japan it effects us too, mentally and physically, Japan needs us to aid them through these tough times. Many of us have families over there. Others have probably just discovered that a little place like that could be that broken. Japan is tough, they can handle three main tragedies and still stick together as a country. Tsunamis, Earthquake, and Nuclear Reactors. 

So far, I've gathered some quick facts together. Like "did you know"s? There are three major things on the Prime Minister of Japan's mind right now:

        • Trading
• Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
• Radiation

Next week, I want to focus on how Japan is making money and how they are trading. 

I want to keep up with what the Prime Minister is worrying about and what Japan is doing to help fix this.

Here are the links I looked at that helped me with this blog:

• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/japan/index.html
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-tsunami-2011_n_834499.html#s252343
  

You may already know that this nation is struggling trying to make the environment better for people to live. We are polluting our air and our earth by different chemicals and wastes. We are all in danger for the future because with out a clean earth we wouldn't be able to survive very long. There are many health risks underway and we need to take this in consideration. 

For this project I am studying environmental issues. I am studying how things can be 

used differently in order to help the environment be a better place for people to live. The reason why Im interested in studying this is because I believe that it is very important to actually know whats going on in the environment. Many things can affect us and we need to know what we need to do to make this place a better place. 

In my research I learned about the different effects global warming could have on us and how we will have higher risks in getting different diseases from the toxins that are going around in. I also learned that there would be a high change in the weather because of the pollution.  

In order to try to better the environmental issues we all need to make an effort by trying to save all things and try not to pollute the world with trash. It is very important that we do this because if we don’t we will suffer the consequences. We can all help overcome this but we have to be serious and want to make an effort to change.  

http://www.anga.us/learn-the-facts/power-generation/clean--efficient

http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm

http://www.environmentpoint.com/

http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/environmental-issues

A lot of people try to do it,have thoughts about it, and a lot even succeed in it no matter what the age. It's a very serious thing and a lot of people face it and a lot of families have to deal with the lost of there loved ones. I am doing a project in my English class called "You and the World" What this project is about is to pick a current event, that we were interested in and to research about it and blog about it.

The issue I am going to be blogging about is teen suicide. This topic interests me, because I hear about it all the time, I feel horrible and would love to give help to those teens who need someone to talk to. Another reason, is maybe you heard of those two girls who got hit by a train? Well, my best friend was very close to those girls, she knew them for a very long time. I saw just how effected she and all her family was. When I had heard about it, I was in shock. Couldn't believe that something so awful had happen.

After spending some time researching about my topic I learned about 2 million teenagers attempt to kill them self thats just in one year. Can you imagine? I never thought it would get to be this high, something has got to change. I also learned that suicide is the third leading death in 10 to 24 year olds. When I began reading the warning signs of suicide I noticed that it was something so tiny for example "Giving possessions away, making arrangements, setting one's affairs in order."-(http://depression.about.com/cs/suicideprevent/a/teensuicide.htm)could be a sign to something so huge. In my opinion I think a lot of people should be aware of these things, just to be sure so that they can help there loved one seek help.

I am interested in finding out why some kids decide to take their own lives rather then turn for help.I understand that not all of them want to go for help, but I think if they would maybe try it one time and see that they could save their own life and maybe others. Also, I'm interested in finding  why some of the kids that bully are so cruel, and don't realize what there doing is so wrong and how effective it is. 

For me to go forward in this research, I am going to have to do a lot more research. This is a very big topic and there is way more for me to read about. I am even going to talk to my best friend to see if she knew anything else about the two girls.

http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Illnesses/Suicide_Teens.htm

http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/healthcare_services/mental_health/mental_health_about/children/suicide/Pages/index.aspx

http://depression.about.com/cs/suicideprevent/a/teensuicide.htm

I'm really confused about my life.

For the project we had to find information about our topic and talk about it.

 

My issue "Child abuse" I picked this topic because it was what I which to find out more and because this topic got me to the point that it would make me sad.

 

I have learned so far that there are many different types of child abuse like physical abuse, child sex abuse (CSA), psychological/emotional abuse, and neglect.

For a child with a history of neglect or physical abuse they have a very high risk to have psychiatric problem, or disorganized attachment. The hardest to define from is psychological/emotional abuse this kind of abuse and end up making a child blame themselves, feel not loved.

Children that are being physically abuse are very likely to have a lot of bone fractures, and many higher risk of getting cancer. Physically abuse could be stopped if people that see it happen would tell the cops or if the child tells. Sometime the child will not tell because they might be to scare of what would happen if he/she told.

A child that has being sexually abuse (CSA) is a type of child abuse in which an adult or someone older takes a kid for sexual stimulation. Types of CSA is when someone ask or pressure a child to do sexual actives, having sexual contact with a child, making a child make child pornography.

What I want to know is why? Why do adult or older people do this type of things to a child? Why is it that they would even think about this in the first place?

 

I’m planning to find out more about this topic and try to find the reason why they would do this to a child and what they can get out of it.

Matthew Hamilton

5/2/11 

For this project Ms. Dunn told us to pick a world issue and become familiar with it. The purpose of this project is to make us more up to date with current events and world issues.

            The issue that I chose is the Japan earthquake. The reason I chose this topic is because I don’t know much about it and I want to know exactly what happened.

            So far I have discovered that more then 14,000 people died. Another thing that I found interesting is that there was a tsunami and lots of landslides throughout the day. From my research I have learned that it was a very scary and harmful day for the world.

            I have three questions about what happened. They are how many people were lost or are still lost? Was Japan as ready for this as they could have been? And what can people do to help?

            The next thing I will do is try to find out the real story on what happened. I will do more research and will look for news articles from that day to help understand what was happening and when it was happening.

Bibliography:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami

 

I was not able to find anything that said why we don't just build buildings up instead of outward, but I had to give a guess I would say that it is probably easier and cheaper to build a building that stretches outward instead of upward.  I did however find some ways that we can help conserve our wildlife this site. 

Some things that I found out were, one, just how fast wildlife is being destroyed especially over in Africa for example one statistic was that there were 5-10 million elephants in the African plains back in the 1930's and and then by 1989 which is when they were added to the most endangered species list there were only about 600,000 of them left. Statistic from this site.  

For my next post I would like to keep looking for exact reasons why we don't build up instead of out  also more ways for us to help conserve our environment and finally we don't educate more people on this topic.