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Marijuana, a Path to Crime Reduction or Not
Ever since I learned about the affects
of marijuana I immediately wanted to know more. In the sixth grade I was
taught what it was in a classroom. I was taught that it was a bad and
it should never be used. But there are facts and proof that show the
exact opposite. In the Netherlands marijuana is tolerated and in result
only 9.5% of young adults which is about 6.4 million people(ages 15-34)
use it. In the United States where marijuana is only legal in some
states for medicinal purposes has a consumption rate of 41.7% (according
to http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/druguse/) which is about 128.5 million people.
These facts are interesting, in one place it is acceptable to smoke marijuana and have a less rate of consumption and in the other it is illegal and has a higher rate of consumption. The mission for the Dutch government is to 1) To prevent recreational drug user and treat the recreational drug users 2) To reduce harm to users 3) To diminish public nuisance by drug users (the disturbance of public order and safety) 4) To combat the production and trafficking of recreational drugs. In the United State we have something called the war on drugs. Which was issued by Richard Nixon in 1971, this created the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency). According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics crime rates have sky rocketed ever since the war on drugs was declared. The job the DEA has is to reduce drug trafficking from the source, from the border, and inside the country. They also enforce drug policies that have been placed by the U.S., State, and Local governments which outlaw marijuana and other drugs/narcotics.
These facts are interesting, in one place it is acceptable to smoke marijuana and have a less rate of consumption and in the other it is illegal and has a higher rate of consumption. The mission for the Dutch government is to 1) To prevent recreational drug user and treat the recreational drug users 2) To reduce harm to users 3) To diminish public nuisance by drug users (the disturbance of public order and safety) 4) To combat the production and trafficking of recreational drugs. In the United State we have something called the war on drugs. Which was issued by Richard Nixon in 1971, this created the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency). According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics crime rates have sky rocketed ever since the war on drugs was declared. The job the DEA has is to reduce drug trafficking from the source, from the border, and inside the country. They also enforce drug policies that have been placed by the U.S., State, and Local governments which outlaw marijuana and other drugs/narcotics.
When prohibition came to affect in 1920 it created a black market for alcohol which made crime rates go up.If crime rates go up than there are
more people in prison. More people in prison means more prisons built
and more money spent to hire staff and basic necessities. Marijuana has
been fought against ever since the proposal Uniform State Narcotic Drug
Act in 1935 which was intended to safe guard ane regulate all
narcotics including marijuana. Haven't we learned our lesson during
prohibition? Marijuana has more than just one purpose, it has another.
It is a safe eco friendly alternative to paper. You can make paper from
hemp which is from marijuana. It will can reduce CO2 emissions because
it take less machinery and energy to cut marijuana than paper. It also
gives the world more oxygen because of more trees being built which
means habitats and more national parks. There are so much more facts and
evidence that proves my point. You can't ignore these facts, you just
can't.
School District Budget Cuts: Cutting the Future
The Philadelphia School District budget cuts are devastating to public schools in Philadelphia. To Governor Tom Corbett (pictured below) these cuts may just be moving money from one place to another, but to us, the students of Philadelphia, they means lost teachers, supplies, our education and our future. At this point, the budget cuts will happen, and that's a given. That being said, there is still more we can do. We can all work hard to educate ourselves on the topic of budget cuts, and we can make efforts to change the budget cuts much less severe. There will be losses, but we should all do our part to try to minimize them. I've recently been doing some research myself.
So far, I have discovered that 12% of all teaching positions might be cut, and at this point almost 400 teachers and planning on either retiring or resigning before next year. Although this is not the most teachers that retired in history, it is still a large amount. I, personally think that these budget cuts are a terrible idea. As you can see, it will have serious detrimental effects on the School District of Philadelphia, and part of the money he is taking from the School District he is using for prisons.
Prisons are used for holding criminals, as we all know. What many of us may not realize is that a large cause of crime is due to an inability to get an education or go to school. While it is not the sole reason, it is still a huge factor and so, essentially, Corbett is building prisons for the future criminals: the students who's education he is taking away today. I wonder if our efforts to make the budget cuts less severe, such as going to Harrisburg and talking to senators, will have any effect on the end result of the cuts. Next time, I hope to research more about the severity of the budget cuts, and the effect it is having.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20110503_Nearly_400_Phila__teachers_plan_to_leave_as_school_year_ends.html
http://www.thenotebook.org/
So far, I have discovered that 12% of all teaching positions might be cut, and at this point almost 400 teachers and planning on either retiring or resigning before next year. Although this is not the most teachers that retired in history, it is still a large amount. I, personally think that these budget cuts are a terrible idea. As you can see, it will have serious detrimental effects on the School District of Philadelphia, and part of the money he is taking from the School District he is using for prisons.
Prisons are used for holding criminals, as we all know. What many of us may not realize is that a large cause of crime is due to an inability to get an education or go to school. While it is not the sole reason, it is still a huge factor and so, essentially, Corbett is building prisons for the future criminals: the students who's education he is taking away today. I wonder if our efforts to make the budget cuts less severe, such as going to Harrisburg and talking to senators, will have any effect on the end result of the cuts. Next time, I hope to research more about the severity of the budget cuts, and the effect it is having.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20110503_Nearly_400_Phila__teachers_plan_to_leave_as_school_year_ends.html
http://www.thenotebook.org/
Government and Budget Crisis
The government are now heading through a midlife crisis that is affecting all american's in the most harmful ways and affecting there citizen's lives and money. This is a hard time for people that are suffering because they do not have enough money to pay for things such as houses because prices have gone up, Gas for cars because they have to pay more and more to iraq in order to use and take oil from them and deport it over to the U.S for us too use.
My issue is the economy and how it is affecting the people in the U.S very badly, i am interested in this topic because it is the #1 story going on in the U.S, everyday you hear people say that the gasoline prices have gone up $0.11 and continues to go up, but that is not the only story out. There are stories that the U.S might have to cut off sports in the U.S because of the budget so that means that come 2012 me might no longer have any sports to watch, and that would mean that the men and women playing the sports will have no job and will go into debt with there houses and bills.
I have discovered that this has been the first time the economy has gone bad since the year of the Great Depression in 1930, and not only the economy is affecting the U.S but it is also affecting people around the world such as in China, Mexico, Etc.
I wonder what things the government are attempting or planning to change and do in order to try and make the economy better than it is, and if there is any ways possible to improve the economy. I also wonder why don't the government help the people in poverty and help them get jobs and homes to live in. My next move is to find out percentages and the amount of people in poverty from one year and how it has changed during a time period, if it has increased or decreased after a long time period.
Poverty In America Oh My!
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!
These websites are a great source!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/faqs/faq1.htm#use
Gay Rights
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
The life of a Pregnant Teen.
We are the World is a project that was created from 9th graders at Science Leadership Academy. Each student chose 1 issue that is an world world wide issue. Our assignment is to share our topic with others. The topic vary from child abuse to gangs in the army.
My issue is teen pregnancy. This topic interests me because teen pregnancy doesn't just affect one or two people but families and communities. People are so judgmental in the world, I want to get deeper into what the pregnant teen or a couple true feelings are really about.
To truly collect research about teen pregnancies, I watched many episodes of Teen Mom or 16 and Pregnant. In these two shows they explained and shown the real side of a teen pregnancy, not showing the fault of a couple. I learned that not only is it a fault of being pregnant but it could also be a blessing. It gives the couple great opportunity and new chances to start over.
My research only shows so much in that it is too much to share about teen pregnancy. It doesn't show what happens after 8 months after the child's born. I want to collect hands on research, such as interviewing the couple or mother, just to find out what really happens and not just what happens in Hollywood's view. I wonder what happens to a family after a couple of years?
I'm hoping to interview families that's been through a teen pregnancy, to find the true meaning of what's happening in the household. To allow people's voices to be heard, not just from Hollywood's perspective.
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My issue is teen pregnancy. This topic interests me because teen pregnancy doesn't just affect one or two people but families and communities. People are so judgmental in the world, I want to get deeper into what the pregnant teen or a couple true feelings are really about.
To truly collect research about teen pregnancies, I watched many episodes of Teen Mom or 16 and Pregnant. In these two shows they explained and shown the real side of a teen pregnancy, not showing the fault of a couple. I learned that not only is it a fault of being pregnant but it could also be a blessing. It gives the couple great opportunity and new chances to start over.
My research only shows so much in that it is too much to share about teen pregnancy. It doesn't show what happens after 8 months after the child's born. I want to collect hands on research, such as interviewing the couple or mother, just to find out what really happens and not just what happens in Hollywood's view. I wonder what happens to a family after a couple of years?
I'm hoping to interview families that's been through a teen pregnancy, to find the true meaning of what's happening in the household. To allow people's voices to be heard, not just from Hollywood's perspective.
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HIV=AIDS fact or fraud!
Hello world, my name is Tyanna Pleasant, I am 15 years old, and I am a freshman at Science Leadership Academy. My issue is about HIV/AIDS; the reason why is I have a friend who just died from AIDS and it was very upsetting. I wanted to explore more about what HIV/AIDS is and how to prevent it so I can spread my knowledge around to my friends and family members.
So far in my research I learned a lot about my topic. I learned that AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus). Scientists first recognized HIV/AIDS in 1981 in two homosexual men, one in Los Angeles and he other in New York. The two men had pneumonia and rare skin tumors called Kaposi's sarcomas. Soon this disease was recongnized all over the United Sates, Western Europe, and Africa. In 1983 scientists described the cause of AIDS, which is HIV, which is an increase in low CD4 cell count.
I wonder if there is any way to stop this disease from spreading and if there is a cure or something to stop it from expanding in their bodies for the ones who have HIV/AIDS. Also, if there are any symptoms that you would have that may give you an idea that you have HIV/AIDS in the beginning stages. Next, I want to go more into detail about HIV and what is it, how does it grow, maybe even what does the cell look like inside of you.
So far in my research I learned a lot about my topic. I learned that AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus). Scientists first recognized HIV/AIDS in 1981 in two homosexual men, one in Los Angeles and he other in New York. The two men had pneumonia and rare skin tumors called Kaposi's sarcomas. Soon this disease was recongnized all over the United Sates, Western Europe, and Africa. In 1983 scientists described the cause of AIDS, which is HIV, which is an increase in low CD4 cell count.
I wonder if there is any way to stop this disease from spreading and if there is a cure or something to stop it from expanding in their bodies for the ones who have HIV/AIDS. Also, if there are any symptoms that you would have that may give you an idea that you have HIV/AIDS in the beginning stages. Next, I want to go more into detail about HIV and what is it, how does it grow, maybe even what does the cell look like inside of you.
School budget cuts are real, and they're happening now
During these next few weeks I'll be blogging about the budget cut happening across the district, how they'll effect our school, and what we should do about it. I want to stay informed, and you can too by keeping up with this blog.
Next year 16% of school district employees will be laid off. The school district won't be offering trans-passes for the students who use SEPTA to get to school in the morning. And on top of that kindergarten will be a half day program in many district schools.
Why are these services, the most basic things a district should offer being cut? There are certainly other ineffective programs that should be cut before all this.
The budget cuts aren't all due to the huge deficit in the district budget, the blame can also be laid on the shoulders of Governor Corbett who has proposed a 1.1 billion dollar cut from schools to help fund state prisons. Should this stand? Can we let Corbett get away with cutting school programs to fund prisons? Doing this will fill prisons with drop outs who don't stay in school due to those cuts.
I encourage you to spread the word about this issue, to save the education of the Philadelphia youth.
Next year 16% of school district employees will be laid off. The school district won't be offering trans-passes for the students who use SEPTA to get to school in the morning. And on top of that kindergarten will be a half day program in many district schools.
Why are these services, the most basic things a district should offer being cut? There are certainly other ineffective programs that should be cut before all this.
The budget cuts aren't all due to the huge deficit in the district budget, the blame can also be laid on the shoulders of Governor Corbett who has proposed a 1.1 billion dollar cut from schools to help fund state prisons. Should this stand? Can we let Corbett get away with cutting school programs to fund prisons? Doing this will fill prisons with drop outs who don't stay in school due to those cuts.
I encourage you to spread the word about this issue, to save the education of the Philadelphia youth.
Property vs. Humanity
Throughout the 4th
quarter of English 1 we will be researching about things that interest us the
most. You and the World is our project where we take everyday issues that
many people don't have much background information about or just put it aside and
make it less of a deal than it really is. These issues that we choose are revealed with its affects toward the world. Although, the topic that we are
researching should regard our curiosity in order to successfully complete this
assignment without us having a monotonous feeling towards it.
Therefore, for my issue there will be talk about Sex Slave Trade. Until about a
month ago, I didn't have knowledge of the existence of Sex Slave Trade. In
my opinion few people are informed about this issue because it is a true event
where many young women are getting and have been traumatized mentally, physically, and emotionally throughout the years.
In Islamic culture men started a practice in the years of the war in Quran. This practice consisted of women who were treated as if they were property. This was similar to slavery except for there was a twist to it. Women were forced to have sexual relations with their “masters” and eventually had to marry them against their will. Sadly this was considered to be legal in the Islamic culture and was brought out to different cultures and parts of the world. This topic is a more severe version of human trafficking, which is an exploitation of young women. The men had to work in dangerous conditions while the women worked in sex industries.
After learning most of this information, many questions come to my mind. Although, one major concern comes to mind. Is this happening in America at the moment and if so in what parts of the U.S.? Next, I feel like that is a concept that I will consider researching as well as were are parts in the world where the Sex Slave Trade is most common.
Bibliography-
http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/women_slaves.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_slavery
http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/women_in_islam3.htm
An introduction to Individualism
It may seem that the term individualism isn't even an important issue in the world. We are constantly shadowed and boxed in by current things like politics, war, school, work, and all residing topics in the daily news. It's almost as if we live in a box, walls stop us from thinking beyond the scene, so we often get trapped in our own daily lives, trying to make ends meet, and basically spend all of our time trying to do things to become functioning members of society.
Individualism is the philosophical, and political belief of the worth of the individual and their desires are more important than what society, family, or institutions expect of them. Individualism is basically about not dealing with humans as numbers, and allowing them to exercise rights to provide for themselves and live their lives freely. The belief is a very narrow, straight to the root theory of how the human race should survive, because the entire philosophy is tied with government, and economy. I believe it is a huge issue in the world because in many parts of the world people are not allowed to exercise the right to pursue themselves. It is directly theorized that laws, family, society, government, religion, class,sex, race, traditional institutions (such as school, churches, etc.), and other concepts fence people in from true freedom.
So far, I've discovered the definition of individualism. I knew that individualism had to be tied into some form of anarchy, so that was certified. I am on the constant expedition on how I will start my paper. Will I start from the smaller part of the spectrum or the lower and grow out. I've realized that the entire project will mainly result in decomposition of capitalism, democracy, and political systems in general, and obviously point towards anarchy.
My next steps are to do tons of more research and plan everything, even though I think I have a plan. My goal in this assignment is not to criminalize everything outside of my topic but to compare it enough so maybe people can realize that it is some sort of issue.
Cites:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/286303/individualism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualism
Individualism is the philosophical, and political belief of the worth of the individual and their desires are more important than what society, family, or institutions expect of them. Individualism is basically about not dealing with humans as numbers, and allowing them to exercise rights to provide for themselves and live their lives freely. The belief is a very narrow, straight to the root theory of how the human race should survive, because the entire philosophy is tied with government, and economy. I believe it is a huge issue in the world because in many parts of the world people are not allowed to exercise the right to pursue themselves. It is directly theorized that laws, family, society, government, religion, class,sex, race, traditional institutions (such as school, churches, etc.), and other concepts fence people in from true freedom.
So far, I've discovered the definition of individualism. I knew that individualism had to be tied into some form of anarchy, so that was certified. I am on the constant expedition on how I will start my paper. Will I start from the smaller part of the spectrum or the lower and grow out. I've realized that the entire project will mainly result in decomposition of capitalism, democracy, and political systems in general, and obviously point towards anarchy.
My next steps are to do tons of more research and plan everything, even though I think I have a plan. My goal in this assignment is not to criminalize everything outside of my topic but to compare it enough so maybe people can realize that it is some sort of issue.
Cites:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/286303/individualism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualism
Really Though?
Homeless people.
How many have to come up to me in the morning and ask me for change before they realize that I barely have enough change for myself?
Come on now.
Don't you see me paying for my fruit salad in pennies?
lmao.
This is what if feels like living paycheck to paycheck.
SMH
How many have to come up to me in the morning and ask me for change before they realize that I barely have enough change for myself?
Come on now.
Don't you see me paying for my fruit salad in pennies?
lmao.
This is what if feels like living paycheck to paycheck.
SMH
Disaster From Mother Nature
This is how the tornado looked like when it was hitting in Alabama.
During the past years many Natural
disasters has happen but the world became as one and helped each other out. The
latest Natural
disasters that has happen was the tornado that had hit Tuscaloosa, Al and the
places around. It wen close to the south of Philadelphia but didn't do as much damage as it did in Alabama. There were 312 tornado's that occurred during 24 hours. That is a lot of tornado's for that little time limit. The amount of people killed was around 340 but i can't say the exact number since more people couldn't have been injured and died today so this is just a estimation. One thing i wonder about is how do people prepare for tornado's. Do they hide in a corner or under a table? Well I'll be back later so we can get on the topic about the earthquake that had hit japan.
By Eric Loth
Materialism
Hi, My name is Isabela and i'm a freshman at SLA.
over the next couple of weeks I will be involved in a project with my english class where we study a world issue that interests us personally. I chose materialism because I wanted to choose something that I could relate to personally. When I was younger, I had a disease called vitiligo. Vitiligo is a disease where your pigment cells begins to loose their melatonin which is what gives it coloring. This disease tends to be caused by depression, and sometimes genetics. It is not contagious. I got vitiligo the summer that my parents got divorced, I was about 9 years old. I had it for around 4 years, and it completely changed my view on materialism, people, and myself. I grew up thinking that what society told you to like and care about was what really mattered. I felt hideous because half of my face had turned white right as I was reaching my teen years. That year I learned a lot about materialism, and a lot about myself. I learned that some people choose their friends based on their looks, and based on what they wear. I spent about 3 years hating myself for not looking the way everyone else did, and all I wanted was to change. I tried dying my hair, wearing makeup, and it all just made me feel worse. Eventually I stopped caring so much, and I started accepting myself the way I was, around then it started to go away. I was lucky that my vitiligo went away, because most people who get it have it for life. What I took from that experience was that no one should be able to tell me what to look like, what to dress like, how to do my hair, or how to decorate my room. None of these things can bring me real pleasure and joy.
What i've learned so far about materialism is that it makes people unhappy. The reason people go shopping, or get haircuts is because they think it is going to add on to who they are. They do these things to appear certain ways and to emphasize who they are. I think that it's okay to dress to express yourself, but often times people are just trying to appear certain ways by dressing the way they do. They think that clothing and makeup and hairstyles will bring them popularity, or make them seem certain ways to certain people. This can be true, but no matter what, material things can't bring anyone real happiness. People who splurge and buy when their anxious or depressed or stressed feel a brief and temporary relief, but it comes back and they feel like no matter what they can never get enough. I read an article on a college experiment that showed that people felt happier spending money on material experiences like going to a concert or the movie theatre than spending it on an object or a piece of clothing.
For my next blog entry I would like to look more into why people turn to material things to feel better, and how stereotypes influence the material world. I would also like to look more at material trends over the years and if advertisement for it can cause people to want to loose or gain weight, or do certain things they normally wouldn't.
RESOURCES I USED:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/01/experiences-beat-possessions-why.php http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/health/08iht-snmat.html
over the next couple of weeks I will be involved in a project with my english class where we study a world issue that interests us personally. I chose materialism because I wanted to choose something that I could relate to personally. When I was younger, I had a disease called vitiligo. Vitiligo is a disease where your pigment cells begins to loose their melatonin which is what gives it coloring. This disease tends to be caused by depression, and sometimes genetics. It is not contagious. I got vitiligo the summer that my parents got divorced, I was about 9 years old. I had it for around 4 years, and it completely changed my view on materialism, people, and myself. I grew up thinking that what society told you to like and care about was what really mattered. I felt hideous because half of my face had turned white right as I was reaching my teen years. That year I learned a lot about materialism, and a lot about myself. I learned that some people choose their friends based on their looks, and based on what they wear. I spent about 3 years hating myself for not looking the way everyone else did, and all I wanted was to change. I tried dying my hair, wearing makeup, and it all just made me feel worse. Eventually I stopped caring so much, and I started accepting myself the way I was, around then it started to go away. I was lucky that my vitiligo went away, because most people who get it have it for life. What I took from that experience was that no one should be able to tell me what to look like, what to dress like, how to do my hair, or how to decorate my room. None of these things can bring me real pleasure and joy.
What i've learned so far about materialism is that it makes people unhappy. The reason people go shopping, or get haircuts is because they think it is going to add on to who they are. They do these things to appear certain ways and to emphasize who they are. I think that it's okay to dress to express yourself, but often times people are just trying to appear certain ways by dressing the way they do. They think that clothing and makeup and hairstyles will bring them popularity, or make them seem certain ways to certain people. This can be true, but no matter what, material things can't bring anyone real happiness. People who splurge and buy when their anxious or depressed or stressed feel a brief and temporary relief, but it comes back and they feel like no matter what they can never get enough. I read an article on a college experiment that showed that people felt happier spending money on material experiences like going to a concert or the movie theatre than spending it on an object or a piece of clothing.
For my next blog entry I would like to look more into why people turn to material things to feel better, and how stereotypes influence the material world. I would also like to look more at material trends over the years and if advertisement for it can cause people to want to loose or gain weight, or do certain things they normally wouldn't.
RESOURCES I USED:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/01/experiences-beat-possessions-why.php http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/health/08iht-snmat.html
Child abuse Hurts a lot!
The project I'm doing is for my 9th grade English class. The project is called "You and the world". In this project I get to talk about thing that people don't really know about. Everyone should know about a few thing that is going on around the world even if it not about them.
My issue that is happening around the world is "Child abuse". I picked this topic because it a topic that is talked about a lot but people just don't care about that much.
From the research I had found and had learned 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. This type of abuse can make a child blame themselves for a that is going on around him/her, and also feel unloved.
Children that are being physically abuse are very likely to have a lot of bone fractures, and also may have high risks of getting cancer. Physically abuse could be stopped if people that see it happen would tell the cops or if the child would go and tells. Sometime the child will not tell because they might be to scare of what would happen if he/she told someone.
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 or sexual abuse are when someone ask or pressure a child to do sexual actives, having sexual contact with a child, making a child make child pornography.
This makes me ask: 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 looking for more information about what I was just talking about and if I can also find out about the question I have.
Sadness is upon us all but what about the kids of today and tomorrow? Is this the world I know or is it the world you made. You may be sad and in pain but what about the kids? You hurt them a lot and by many different ways. You hurt them physically and emotionally. So what about the kids? Are you going to hurt them more? So what about all of us will you stand there and not say a thing? What about US?
Bibliography:
http://dreamcatchersforabusedchildren.com/abuse/emotional-abuse/
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How do you think the animals are feeling?
For this project you and the World we are picking an issue that is happening in the world that you are interested in researching and learning more about. The issue I am doing is animal abuse. The reason I am doing this is because I love animals. My opinion about this is that I will not eat them or hurt them and its wrong that other people do.
Animals should be treated just like a person, You wouldn’t want anyone hurting you well around the world there are people abusing animals and its wrong. Cruelty to animals should be a crime in all states. The use of animals for testing in laboratories has recently become an issue. Some things that are happening are Killing, injures, neglect, or cruel mistreatment.
I wonder what the people are thinking when they are doing all these things to animals. What’s going through there minds? Also why are they doing it? Are there a lot of people out there trying to stop it? How do you think the animal feels? Next I am going to look at different organizations that are trying to stop it and read about different animals and what there stories are.
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Fun Convo's (5/2)
There are many people who you can say the standard introductory words to and proceed on with life but there are only a few specific people that you can uphold a out of the blue conversation with about life in general. There are few people who you can remember most events that are taking place in that persons life, and ask that person about them while they enthusiastically tell them to you. I am glad to have found yet one more person like this in my life. :]
The World and You
For my 9th grade english project, entitled "You and the World", we have to blog about something that is going on in the world, or in our own country. I have chosen the topic of climate change and how real it is.
As the human population increases, and the animal population decreases, something else increases. A special something that can make or break the planet we call Earth. And whoa! You guessed it, green house gases. I am sick and tired of those that say it doesn't exists. How can anyone be that naive? How do you think we stay above-30 degrees every year?. Green houses gases of course. Now as that continues to increase, so will the temperature to the point where the next ice age will happen. We've all seen the movies, "Oh it doesn't look that bad." Tell me that when you are living without food, electricity, anything. It's a frozen hell out there. But people are ignorant. "Yeah I'll leave it for the next generation to figure out" At this rate, there won't be a next generation to figure it out. That was just me venting. On to the point.
WE are talking about the here and the now. Plenty of people are already crying about 2012. Who knows? Maybe the world will end, not from huge tsunamis or catastrophic earthquakes, but from our own acts of greed. Take a good hard look outside your window. All the nice things in life, gone. Hows that for a sucker punch? It doesn't have to happen that way you know. As the saying goes "A drop of water can start an ocean." That isn't happening here. We are going to need billions of people to change their life style, for everyone to unite as one and change for the better. That's not going to happen. Not for a while anyway. In the united states alone, we are responsible for a mass majority of the worlds pollution. Why? Because many many many people are going around living the "American Dream". But they aren't living the "World Dream". That dream keep the world healthy.
Just recently there was a poll concerning how many people in america actually think that global warming is an actual or serious threat. Here are the results.As you can see, The United States cared even less then they did 2-3 years ago. On the plus side, the world cared just a little bit more, which is a good thing of course.
I cannot stress enough how much people love money. Money Money Money. As kiddish as this seems, take TV show SpongeBob for example. There is this Krab (It’s spelled right) that owns this successful fast-food restaurant in the show. Man does he love money. If you have seen the show, he would literally do anything to save, keep or make more money. It's crazy but it paints a perfect example of how some people actually are in the world. Money Money Money..... let the world end for some money. You never know sometimes.
Now how might this affect us if you aren't already asking or if you already know. Either or, I'm going to state it anyways. This affects us in the future. What! the FUTURE?!?! Yup the future. Hard concept to understand I know, but very true. As our class has recently learned, there are several type of energy that are available to us. Coal, Natural Gas, Petroleum (The stuff we use in cars) Nuclear, Hydro, Wind, and Solar. Each one has major benefits and set backs. But the long term effects and short term effects are what set them apart. That could be the line between too late, and just in time. Lets say we were to straight up use Coal and Natural Gas as our only source of energy. The amount of disaster that would create. We might as well go put our selves in the oven and sit there. Not only will the world end faster, but we would run out of the stuff before then. Lets say we use straight up Hydro, Wind, and Solar energy? They may cost a lot and be time consuming to build, but the long term effects will by us more time to figure out a solution to our predicament.
A good example of a very effective dam would be Hoover Dam located in between the state of Nevada, and the state of Arizona. This took five years to build and cost about 50 million dollar. Note that this was constructed during the great depression. As said before, it cost a lot in the beginning but paid for it self eventually. Hoover Dam powers a majority of the west coast. This includes Most of California if not all. Nevada, and Arizona. With every major success, there is some type of major setback as well. Hoover Dam changed the flow of the Colorado river, but prevented flooding as well. Not only that, but it messed up some of the areas around the Dam killing some things off. Mostly fish and plant life. I would much rather have a small area of land be destroyed by a dam, then see a world voided of Humans because people are too greedy and not caring enough to accept change when it’s needed.
Another day, another dollar.
Another year, another summer.
H-man Out
Sources:
Me
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/wbp/portal/rapid-climate-change
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110881/energy_en.html#voordelen
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147203/Fewer-Americans-Europeans-View-Global-Warming-Threat.aspxBrothers In Sport by Rachell Sumpter
I shall live here from this day forth.
My horse is named Sultan Reginald Pinketon VonRavenclaw III.
Day in the life: Brazil- South American Response
Day in the life: Brazil- South American Region
Reflection
When I was 12, I had to worry about the same things that a child in brazil would have to worry about if they are a little above the poverty line. If this is not the case, most children at 12 have to worry about if their parents will ever come home. They would also have the problem if figuring if they have a bathroom that night. I was not really expected to find that sort of information. I would think that brazil had many happy moments. I have learned that a child usually has to worry the most when he or she parents are not around. I expect that at 40, a childs life could be very successful or filled with lot of sorrow. The reality is, your life can go either way it it only maters how you go about moving forward.
When I was 12, I had to worry about the same things that a child in brazil would have to worry about if they are a little above the poverty line. If this is not the case, most children at 12 have to worry about if their parents will ever come home. They would also have the problem if figuring if they have a bathroom that night. I was not really expected to find that sort of information. I would think that brazil had many happy moments. I have learned that a child usually has to worry the most when he or she parents are not around. I expect that at 40, a childs life could be very successful or filled with lot of sorrow. The reality is, your life can go either way it it only maters how you go about moving forward.
A Day In the Life - New Zealand
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Fotos De Comida
Esto es cereales. Tienes pequeñas piezas que sabor a fruta. En la foto los rojo, azul, y verde piezas son lo que están sabor de fruta. Con el cereales yo tomo leche.
En esta foto tengo algo que yo comer para cena. Esto es carne molida de res con macarrones. Es muy bueno. También tienes tomate y pimientos. Se puedes poner queso y ser mas bueno.
Esto es mi favorito. Es una casero queso y carne. Tienes muchas cosas entro una pedazo de pan. Como tomate, sal, pimienta, lechuga, y mayonesa. Es muy bueno y se siente completo rápidamente.
The Environment Kicked my Butt Today
Gotta love allergies! (said in a EXTREMELY sarcastic way)
My day
Today I didn't make it in like I thought I would. I spent my day instead with my dad. This morning we went down to Uarts to pay my deposit. While there we ended up doing questions and working on paper work. By the time we got out and had lunch I would have barely been in school for one class period so dad decided I would go home with him. Though I was sad to miss school today I was happy I did. Being around Uarts made me really happy and I am glad I got in there. It is the same happy that I felt when I first came to SLA and I knew it was where I wanted to be. Also another good thing I am becoming friends with a fellow photography major which will help with being there :)
