Hello
and Welcome to the first of many articles by Aaron VanBuren on the topic of How
Many Wars Are There? I was given this project called You and the World. Today
was going to be about basics of the United States Military and the Wars we have
been involved in. The sub-topic is War on Terror. I am interested in this topic
because of the new we all heard about on Sunday, May 1, 2011 of Osama Bin Laden
being killed.
Look forward to a continuation of this
topic. The plan for the future is too answer the questions I didn’t answer and
give some more information about the topic. BYE see you next time!
· Drug and alcohol abuse
· Expansion of organized crime
· Illiteracy and lack of education
· Lack of political will to end the practice
· Corruption
· Poverty and unemployment
· Low status of girls in many countries
· Inadequate or non-enforced laws
· Forcing victims into prostitution
· Subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude
· Compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography
· Misleading victims into dept bondage
I wonder what are all these countries doing to stop human trafficking or if some of the countries are doing anything at all. Do traffickers let their victims free or do they kill them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking#United_States
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/what-is-human-trafficking.html
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-human-trafficking
I discovered that there are more than one types of Cancer, and many causes to them. Cancer is developed when the body can’t control the growth of abnormal cells. These cells are also called malignant cells. Viruses, radiation, obesity, genetic problems, excessive drinking, and even excessive exposure to sunlight are just few causes to this life-taking disease. The three most common cancers in men of the U.S are Prostate cancer, Lung cancer, and Colon cancer. Similarly, the three most common cancers in women are Breast cancer, Colon cancer, and Lung cancer. Basically, Cancer can develop in almost any organ in the human body.
In my family, so far I only know 2 people with cancer. They both were my grandpas, and one of them died from it. I never really knew him because he died when I was young, I don't remember the exact year. We also lived in different countries so it was hard to see each other, but I do remember some memories when we were together. My mom always talks about how great of a dad he was to her and how much fun me and him would've had together if he was still living. My other grandpa is still living, but a tumor keeps growing back.I wonder if Cancer will ever be cured other than by the use of Chemotherapy, and if it will be a positive or negative affect towards the world. For example, if the movie “I Am Legend” ever comes to life.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002267/
The
world is a place that we the people live in and is full of problems. For this
project we were to pick a topic based on a worldly issues that we’d like to
discuss.
My
topic focuses in on teen suicide and depression because it is the leading cause
of death. As you grow up, sometimes you hit unexpected events in your life that
you can’t handle. Bullying, because of weight, looks, clothing, and or sex, is
the main cause of suicide and depression. Even though I haven’t been through
the act of bullying myself, I know someone who has.
When
the act of suicide is successful its usually not the first time it was
attempted, in fact researchers have found that plans for suicide are made by 1
in 6 teenagers. 20% of teenagers have thought about suicide itself even if they
weren’t actually going to commit it. Depression is not only caused by bullying,
but also by relationship problems, deaths with family and friends, stress for
school, parental abuse or divorce. These struggles can cause angry emotional
and physical abuse to themselves, sadness, loneliness, and lack of energy.
I
wonder what others did who didn’t commit suicide to better themselves and help
get through their’ deep state of sadness. I wonder if those who did commit
suicide reached out to others for help or even had someone to talk to discuss
their’ issues with.
I
plan to do a lot more research about depression and suicide and talk to my
loved one who has attempted suicide to share her feelings with. No one should
have to go through this so you speak up because someone cares.
For
more info visit:
http://www.teensuicide.us/articles6.html
http://www.teendepression.org/related/teen-suicide-statistics/
1) 3 fotos más de comida
2) Responde a las preguntas abajo (below)
A. Name the food you see in Segmento 1.
B. Respuestas Breves
1) ¿En qué trabaja Martín (el papá)?
2) ¿En qué trabaja Carmen (la hermana en medio)?
3) ¿Dónde trabaja Maribel (la hermana menor)?
4) ¿Dónde trabaja Leticia (la hermana mayor)?
5) ¿Quién es Yolanda? ¿Cómo es su personalidad?
6) ¿Quién es Hortensia?
7) ¿Quién es Jeff?
8) ¿Quién prepara toda la comida en la casa?
9) ¿Quién quiere hacer ejercicio con Martín?
C. Cierto o Falso
1) Martín no puede saber (taste) nada.
2) Gómez es un buen amigo de Martín.
3) El entrenedor (coach) de beísbol es alto, guapo y delgado.
4) Leticia da clases de arte.
5) Andy está interesado en Maribel. Maribel está interesada también.
6) Leticia es musulmana (muslim).
B. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb. VERBOS de BOTA:
C. -GO verbs (have –go in the yo form)
This is the first of five blog posts in a project called "You and the World." In this project we will be choosing a current topic or issue that we care about. Along with writing blogs, we will be debating over other people's issues, and writing a speech.
I have chosen the revolts in the Middle East as my topic, because I think that it is one of the more important events of our time. It seems similar to the countries of Europe overthrowing their monarchies.
The revolutions are called the Sidi Bouzid Revolt, or the Jasmine Revolution. It started in Tunisia when a street vender named Mohammed Buazizi set himself on fire, in a demonstration against the treatment he received from the government after they confiscated his scale, which he needed to support his family. this led to a series of protests that resulted in the Tunisian Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepping down from a post he held for 34 years. This eventually led to a similar series of protests in Egypt that led to their leader Hosni Mubarak stepping down, and an ongoing rebellion in Libya. I believe this is incredibly important, because for the first time, the people in the middle east are refusing to put up with the oppression they have lived with for so long. In interesting thing about these protests is that most of the protesters are very young, and it makes me wonder if our generation will continue to rebel against the things they see as wrong, like what has happened in the middle east.
What I wonder about is whether or not this will lead to protests in other countries, and whether these protests (if they do happen) will be more or less peaceful, or a rebellion like in Libya.
What I will explore in my next blog post is the protests in Egypt, and what factors caused the protests to be successful in Egypt and Tunisia.
Bibliography:
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/14/AR2011011405084.html
- http://www.iar-gwu.org/node/257
For our English project we are doing a project called
"You and The World", we basically had to pick a topic and research
about it. I picked Poverty.
I chose Poverty, as my topic because I think everyone deserves to have a
shelter, food and the need assets to life. But many of us don't have them all.
The main question is why? So I am here trying to figure that out for myself but
for also the people who care.
Poverty - is the lack of basic human needs, such as food, water, shelter,
clothes, education and health care. There are three types of poverty:
* Poverty
* Absolute Poverty
Destitution
* Relative Poverty
The condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within
society or country compared to the worldwide averages.
More than 1.7 billion people suffer from Absolute Poverty. Not everyone sees poverty as a problem in the world but more as a lifestyle they chose themselves to live. On a given night an estimated 672,00 people experiment homelessness. Meaning 22 out of every 10,000 people are homeless. 42% of those 672,000 are unsheltered. 58% live in shelters. 37% of the homeless people are in family units. 63% are individual adults. The rate goes up every year.
I wonder why people don’t take an action and help them. Why is it that it takes a killing or robbery for people to pay attention to what is going on un the world? Is the poverty rate different for different races?
For my next blog I will talk about the level of education and
what poverty endures. So stay tuned!
These websites are great for information!
Gay rights has been an issue since 1924. I’ve seen shows with a gay person being bullied or beat up because of there sexuality. I thought that Gay rights would be a great topic for me to blog about. I’ve discovered a lot of websites about Gay Rights , mostly about marriages , and organizations. I wanted to learn more about the gay rights and what gay/lesbians and even trans gender teens go through.
I wonder
why people have hatred for people who are attracted to the same sex. How
does
that bother other people? There are probably a lot of topics about gay
rights , but it seems to be that there are a lot of websites about the
organizations for gay rights , and same sex marriages. I honestly want
to focus on how Gays are treated by people who dislike Gays. I wonder if
this will go on for the rest of our lives , can we prevent from Gays
getting hurt because of there sexuality?
Tags: English 9, Dunn, You and the World
