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Q4 Benchmark

Posted by Anthony Byrd in Globalization - Laufenberg on
​Here it is

Reflection

I think the hardest thing about this project was trying to make the connections with other articles. I also had trouble with my laptop so transferring the pictures was the most difficult part of the benchmark. I knew exactly what i needed to do to get the connection between my topics and my neighborhood so I went out and looked around so the pictures that I needed. I knew that for technology, I had an MP3 player and so that was the first thing I took a picture of. My favorite picture is my culture picture because I see it as a symbol of hope for the community and also other cultures all over the world makes candles, pottery, and other things the last for generations and generations and also tell stories. I think that globalization is prevalent equally around all the big states because we all are sort of in the same predicament. We all need cultures, religions, education, technology, money, etc. It's what makes the world go round.

A day in the life

Posted by Anthony Byrd in Globalization - Laufenberg on

A Day in the life


The life of a 12 year old in Honduras is similar to mind when I was 12 years old but there is a slight difference. There life is mainly based on there education level. In Honduras, when a 12 year old wakes up then they are expected to go to school but a lot of things get in the way of that such as, if the child's family is poor, there is limited food for the child to eat, there's a high percentage that there might not be running water (so no shower or teeth brushing), and transportation is "by foot". Because of the lack of schools, little staff members, and cost for material needed for school, the majority of children between the age of seven and fourteen don't go. If the child can not go to school he/she spends most of there day searching for necessary for the house. A 12 year old in Honduras has more to bring to the table then a 12 year old in America which is pretty much themselves.



I sort of expected Honduran children to be in school but I didn't expect so many of them to drop out or not complete there primary education. Based off of my information as to what a 12 year old does, i think that when that child turns forty then they would search for a adult education and try to pursue a dream of theirs. They would probably hitch a ride to another country and search for a better opportunity to better their life. What will have stayed the same is there ability to hunt for what they need and what will change is there results. They would have a lot more options now that they are older. 
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Lobbying number five

Posted by Anthony Byrd in American Government - Laufenberg on
I am lobbying Global Warming. I want the state of Pennsylvania to do something toward Global Warming. As of right now the state of Pennsylvania have no real big supporters to help stop or slow down the process of Global Warming. Global Warming can possibly cause our children’s children to really be in trouble.
Maybe some of the ideas that have  already been presented to help Global warming should be put to the test to help out the ozone. I feel as though if the city of Pennsylvania does something, because of its influence on the United States, that other people would follow and we could possible help out our future children. One of our main supporters are the STATOIL company.
I've looked up my areas legislators which are Vincent Hughes and Anthony H. Williams and I haven't heard or saw anything recent about them stressing the importants of clean energy or a decrease in burning of fossil fuels. Anthony Williams is apart of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee but hasn't spoke out about using less factorial methods of creating energy.

Barbara Adams is another Pennsylvania supporter of stopping global warming. She was under the governorship of Ed Rendell.

I think a good place for me right now is to find away to come in contact with some of our representatives and talk to them about how passionate I am about helping the situation. If they can hear a high school kids concern on the situation it might do some good.

Pennsylvania Firearm Laws: Cam & Byrd

Posted by Anthony Byrd in American Government - Laufenberg on

The bureaucratic task that i selected was the Firearm Laws in Pennsylvania. I made a flowchart according to the laws stating that you need a license to carry a concealed weapon and to have it in the car. The first thing that I had to do was to brush up on the law and the process in which you have to go through to carry a concealed weapon

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