1. Paul Ryan is the new speaker of the house and is aligned with the republican party.
2. "Failure to identify becomes an offense, if the person intentionally refuses to give a name to an officer who has lawfully requested information."
3. The Mets and the Royals will be at the world series.
4. Do purchase seasonal, and decorative items. Don't purchase useless seasonal items, or seasonal artwork.
5. I would enjoy going to the barbecue, and I bet so would at least 1/2 of the class, we are texan after all.
Police being stupid (again)
This situation is hilarious and stupid at the same time to me. I thought the police were the ones who were supposed to be protecting the citizens, I was wrong. The fact that some people lack common sense hurts me on the inside, what hurts even more is that those people were employed as police. Its not normal to flip a student out of their desk the way the officer did. I do believe that the girl should have been paying attention in class an not on her phone but the consequence should not be violence but her own results. If she's not going to pay attention, she wont get good grades, go to a good college, get a good job, have a good family, or the best life she can live. She doesn't need unnecessary consequences, the path of her life is dependent on the choices she makes. The amount of brute force police use these days just staggers me and in a way frustrates me. Its a problem of power, when you give someone power and the authority to use, of course they will. Police really need to start understanding why they are there and what there responsibilities are. Sometimes this conflict does come from racism but I would say that not generally as much as it used to, yet still the fact that it does happen for that reason is sad.
We live in a world where everyone is a cinematographer, everyone has a very good camera in their pocket and the right to use it anytime, anywhere. So of course if conflict happens students are going to pull out their phones to record, its pure evidence of the incident. It helps judges determine who created the problem and what the consequences are. Then social media is the way that they get the whole world to see their video. People share it, and those people share it with other people. Social Media is the fastest way to distribute a message to the whole world. The students are smart with using it to get a message out and to show the incident.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Protective Parents Opinion Statement
Some parents are just straight up to protective of their children. I really admire the fact that they care so much for them, but there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. This can cause many changes in the behavior of the kids, causing them to be rebellious or antisocial. Yet at the same time there are parents who don't care enough, and let their kids do literally anything, I personally don't consider those people parents or adults. There is a goldilock zone of protectiveness that can help kids grow up safe and with a good mindset.
Over parenting is one of the hardest things not to do as a parent though. We grow up in a world today where everyone has instant access to the most recent information of tragedies that have occurred. Creating a world filled with paranoid parents worrying about whether or not that could happen to their child. But even with this amount of worrying and protectiveness it really just backfires on itself. By being a overprotective parent, kids learn how to be a very good liar. They learn that other peoples parents don't protect them as much and will start to question the authority of their parents and other adults in their life. Its pretty weird how that works out, trying to keep you kid safe, you just put them in more danger.
Still there is such thing as under parenting, where the parental figure doesn't seem to care at all. This creates a individual who has to much freedom to know what to do with it. By letting them choose all of their own choices, half of the time they won't choose right. The parents that don't seem to care for their kids usually come from a background where there parents were way to overprotective, or didn't care at all. The cycle repeats itself until something fundamental in the relationship is fixed.
There is an in-between zone, where the parent isn't to protective but makes sure that their kid is safe and making good choices. Their is a sense of trust between the adult and the kid, producing responsibility on both ends of the spectrum. By doing this the kids group up in a great environment and get to see the consequences ( good and bad ) of their choices. This shapes their life so they respect and care for their parents, and their parents care and respect them.
My opinion is that the amount of protectiveness parents have in todays world is off and can be focused better. I find it sad some of the lives that kids I know are growing up due to the way their parents have raised them. I'm not saying parenting is easy, but its pretty hard to be that bad at it. Some people these days really need to get it together and start being the responsible parent they signed up to be when they chose to have a child.
This isn't something that can be easily fixed, but it is fixable to a point where we would all live in a better world. My personal idea is that it should be required for both students and parents to attend a class of some sort where they talk about over and under parenting and have the kids and their parents work together to create a fair set of guidelines for each other. This would create a sense of fairness and equality, also showing that the parents care but they aren't going to fix all your mistakes.
Their is a point where there need to be let to them up, kids don't stay kids forever. Parents who treat their adolescent children as kids, is what can turn the behavior of those adolescents into that of a child. There is also the situation when a parent chooses to give their kids certain items like a phone at too young of a age and this can affect their entire life. Giving them access to the information of the entire world basically means you trust them with the information of the entire world. I really despise parents who give their kids things like this at a young age. I got my first phone in 8th grade, and yet still at that age I wasn't as responsible as I should have been with it, I dropped it off a 3 story building and it shattered into a million pieces. I see this happen everyday, Little kids, who have their own personal devices and are playing with them at a restaurant and then drop it onto the floor and it cracks. Kids don't need this kind of technology, they shouldn't be doing anything to crazy to the point where you need to contact them constantly. Get them a pager, pagers are the thing.
Overprotective parents can also make it hard for the child to make friends. Usually because the child is at home because they weren't allowed to do what their friends were going to go do and had the approval of their parents. I was recently hanging out with a friend and then his mom decided to track him on his phone, she didn't even call him first. She called him and he responded to her saying he was where he told her he was, she said she was just checking. I find this insane, parents tracking their kids 24/7, they have no trust there. This doesn't help the kid grow up and to actually like their parents. If my parents tracked me I think I would run away, thats just to far and such a lack of trust.
Parents and their kids both need to start choosing better and thinking about the future. They need to be in a loving relationship where they trust and care for one another. So they both can life as a good hearted and happy people. Once family relationships trust each other, and love one another authentically and understand their own responsibilities as a member of the family, life will improve significantly.
Over parenting is one of the hardest things not to do as a parent though. We grow up in a world today where everyone has instant access to the most recent information of tragedies that have occurred. Creating a world filled with paranoid parents worrying about whether or not that could happen to their child. But even with this amount of worrying and protectiveness it really just backfires on itself. By being a overprotective parent, kids learn how to be a very good liar. They learn that other peoples parents don't protect them as much and will start to question the authority of their parents and other adults in their life. Its pretty weird how that works out, trying to keep you kid safe, you just put them in more danger.
Still there is such thing as under parenting, where the parental figure doesn't seem to care at all. This creates a individual who has to much freedom to know what to do with it. By letting them choose all of their own choices, half of the time they won't choose right. The parents that don't seem to care for their kids usually come from a background where there parents were way to overprotective, or didn't care at all. The cycle repeats itself until something fundamental in the relationship is fixed.
There is an in-between zone, where the parent isn't to protective but makes sure that their kid is safe and making good choices. Their is a sense of trust between the adult and the kid, producing responsibility on both ends of the spectrum. By doing this the kids group up in a great environment and get to see the consequences ( good and bad ) of their choices. This shapes their life so they respect and care for their parents, and their parents care and respect them.
My opinion is that the amount of protectiveness parents have in todays world is off and can be focused better. I find it sad some of the lives that kids I know are growing up due to the way their parents have raised them. I'm not saying parenting is easy, but its pretty hard to be that bad at it. Some people these days really need to get it together and start being the responsible parent they signed up to be when they chose to have a child.
This isn't something that can be easily fixed, but it is fixable to a point where we would all live in a better world. My personal idea is that it should be required for both students and parents to attend a class of some sort where they talk about over and under parenting and have the kids and their parents work together to create a fair set of guidelines for each other. This would create a sense of fairness and equality, also showing that the parents care but they aren't going to fix all your mistakes.
Their is a point where there need to be let to them up, kids don't stay kids forever. Parents who treat their adolescent children as kids, is what can turn the behavior of those adolescents into that of a child. There is also the situation when a parent chooses to give their kids certain items like a phone at too young of a age and this can affect their entire life. Giving them access to the information of the entire world basically means you trust them with the information of the entire world. I really despise parents who give their kids things like this at a young age. I got my first phone in 8th grade, and yet still at that age I wasn't as responsible as I should have been with it, I dropped it off a 3 story building and it shattered into a million pieces. I see this happen everyday, Little kids, who have their own personal devices and are playing with them at a restaurant and then drop it onto the floor and it cracks. Kids don't need this kind of technology, they shouldn't be doing anything to crazy to the point where you need to contact them constantly. Get them a pager, pagers are the thing.
Overprotective parents can also make it hard for the child to make friends. Usually because the child is at home because they weren't allowed to do what their friends were going to go do and had the approval of their parents. I was recently hanging out with a friend and then his mom decided to track him on his phone, she didn't even call him first. She called him and he responded to her saying he was where he told her he was, she said she was just checking. I find this insane, parents tracking their kids 24/7, they have no trust there. This doesn't help the kid grow up and to actually like their parents. If my parents tracked me I think I would run away, thats just to far and such a lack of trust.
Parents and their kids both need to start choosing better and thinking about the future. They need to be in a loving relationship where they trust and care for one another. So they both can life as a good hearted and happy people. Once family relationships trust each other, and love one another authentically and understand their own responsibilities as a member of the family, life will improve significantly.
Friday, October 23, 2015
Personal Essays
1. Conversational Topics
2. Context Opinions
3. Defining a personal perspective, Make connections, Hook the readers, Take your ideas from wherever you can.
THE TRAILBLAZER OPINION
Senior Year: Best and Worst year.
1. Written by Sam Collins
2. Its about the Pros and Cons of being a Senior at McNeil High School and Sam Collins opinon on being a senior at his school.
3. Sam states many times that senior year is hard but he believes that you should make sure you aren't to stressed out. He talks about how the pressure of choosing a college has really overwhelmed him but ow its much more manageable with friends and making sure you have fun.
4. There was no other side of the topic.
5. There was a little wishy washy in the way of addressing ways to help manage with the stress;
6. There were quotes quoting things that he didn't actually document people say but thinks most people think of.
7. The story was written in first and third person.
2. Context Opinions
3. Defining a personal perspective, Make connections, Hook the readers, Take your ideas from wherever you can.
THE TRAILBLAZER OPINION
Senior Year: Best and Worst year.
1. Written by Sam Collins
2. Its about the Pros and Cons of being a Senior at McNeil High School and Sam Collins opinon on being a senior at his school.
3. Sam states many times that senior year is hard but he believes that you should make sure you aren't to stressed out. He talks about how the pressure of choosing a college has really overwhelmed him but ow its much more manageable with friends and making sure you have fun.
4. There was no other side of the topic.
5. There was a little wishy washy in the way of addressing ways to help manage with the stress;
6. There were quotes quoting things that he didn't actually document people say but thinks most people think of.
7. The story was written in first and third person.
Current Events Quiz 2.2
1. The 2 theories of how the fire started in Bastrop was, someone going against the burn ban and accidentally started a fire, or a overheated wood shredder.
2. The reason Allen was nominated to receive the grammy prize is because he is a dillagent, hard worker who really cares for the students and the school.
3. The projected winner for the Formula 1 race is Lewis Hamilton.
4. They labeled the apples as, juicy, sweet, savory.
5. The items listed were , Wild rice, Good dark chocolate, Parmigiano Regianao, Smoked Paprika, Real vanilla, Maple syrup, Olive oil.
Digital Textbooks
This year as an incoming freshmen I had to get a textbook for english. I didn't think much of it since I never use textbooks anyways except for when the teacher asks us to use them and usually in that case we do it online. me and my parents have not thought of buying me a textbook for this year of highschool. I do not think that not having a textbook has been affecting my grades in anyway. Infact having instant online access to the textbook online has helped me. I believe that for the most part switching to digital information for school is a great choice but there are still situations where that can hurt us more than it will benefit. For example if the textbook goes down because its being revised or their web cite doesn't work then we won't have the textbooks. Which is why I think its smart that most teachers have additional textbooks in their classroom just incase something like this happened. I do believe that this transition of switching to online information for education in schools is going to happen all over the world due to all the ways it helps and benefits the students. Which is the exact reason they got rid of hardback textbooks, they weren't efficient enough, super expensive, and were underused.
2. The reason Allen was nominated to receive the grammy prize is because he is a dillagent, hard worker who really cares for the students and the school.
3. The projected winner for the Formula 1 race is Lewis Hamilton.
4. They labeled the apples as, juicy, sweet, savory.
5. The items listed were , Wild rice, Good dark chocolate, Parmigiano Regianao, Smoked Paprika, Real vanilla, Maple syrup, Olive oil.
Digital Textbooks
This year as an incoming freshmen I had to get a textbook for english. I didn't think much of it since I never use textbooks anyways except for when the teacher asks us to use them and usually in that case we do it online. me and my parents have not thought of buying me a textbook for this year of highschool. I do not think that not having a textbook has been affecting my grades in anyway. Infact having instant online access to the textbook online has helped me. I believe that for the most part switching to digital information for school is a great choice but there are still situations where that can hurt us more than it will benefit. For example if the textbook goes down because its being revised or their web cite doesn't work then we won't have the textbooks. Which is why I think its smart that most teachers have additional textbooks in their classroom just incase something like this happened. I do believe that this transition of switching to online information for education in schools is going to happen all over the world due to all the ways it helps and benefits the students. Which is the exact reason they got rid of hardback textbooks, they weren't efficient enough, super expensive, and were underused.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Opinion Writing Preview
Student Sharing
1. The story was written by the editorial of the Lone Star Dispatch.
2. The story is about their opinions on the voice students have on their schedule.
3. They believe that FIT is important but that the punishment for it is to harsh. They also think that it should be every day so students could have more time to work. " I think the the shorter class time is worth the 30 minutes of study time."
4. They addressed what the teachers think about FIT time.
5. At one point they said "If administration really wants to prepare its students for the future, start by giving them a voice now.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
The dawn of the technology age
1. Kelisie Stella wrote the story.
2. The story is about the new features for the office that are available online.
3. They believe that this implementation of the technology in the office being available for all students is very helpful, and creates a better education environment.
4. Yes, for the people who cant access the documents online they still have hard copies in the office.
5. No they did not do any wish washy in this story.
6. There are no quotes in this story.
7. It is in 1st and 3rd person.
I scream for Ice cream, Bluebells mistake
1. The story was written by Nya Martin.
2. Its about the food poisoning situation that happened with BlueBell because they didn't clean their equipment, leading to the death of 3. And their return into stores and Nyas opinion of the whole thing.
3. Nya thinks that BlueBell should have never let this happen, and the actions they have taken to fix the problem is not sufficient.
4. She addressed her opinion on the situation because of bluebells actions.
5. Nya was not wishy washy with her statements.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
The problem with Pep Rallies
1. Annika Holm wrote the story.
2. Its about Anika's opinion on Pep Rallies and how they can be better.
3. Annika believes that Pep Rallies should equally represent each sport, not just football, I absolutely agree with this. She also talks about how they should be on a friday rather than a thursday.
4. She addressed her opinion and thoughts on Pep Rallies.
5. Yes there was some wishy washy in the story.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7 The story is in first person.
Emotional Learning
1. The writer of the story is Melissa Werpen.
2. Melissa writes about her opinion on SEL and what exactly it does for students.
3. Melissa believes that SEL learning time is important but the reinforcement of it isn't done well and could be improved.
4. Melissa did talk about how some people think that SEL learning time is pointless but usually those are the people that need it the most but don't realize it.
5. There is definetly some wish wash in this story, Melissa is definetly trying to encourage SEL learning time.
6. There are no quotes in this story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
A Call for Athletic Equality
1. Amaya Marquez wrote the story.
2. The story is on Amaya's opinion on the unfair representation of sports here at Bowie.
3. Amaya believes that their should be more equal and fair representation of the sports at Bowie and they should get just as much attention
4. Amaya did not talk about the opinion of the other side, probably because their particularly isn't another side, I don't think their is anyone in particular who wouldn't want the representation of sports to not be equal.
5. There was a little bit of wishy washy on how to fix the situation.
6. There is 1 quote in this story.
7. 1st and 3rd person
A. Opinionated stories often are influenced by the writers opinion and thoughts of the situation, sometime changing the message that is delivered. Hard stories are based on facts and exact quotes making it true and telling the full story.
B. The reason there aren't that many photos for this story is because their aren't that many pictures that would relate to what the text was saying.
C. A few topics I think would be cool to see as an opinionated piece would be, climbing Mt Everest, Freerunnning, Cross Country, Over Protective Parents.
1. The story was written by the editorial of the Lone Star Dispatch.
2. The story is about their opinions on the voice students have on their schedule.
3. They believe that FIT is important but that the punishment for it is to harsh. They also think that it should be every day so students could have more time to work. " I think the the shorter class time is worth the 30 minutes of study time."
4. They addressed what the teachers think about FIT time.
5. At one point they said "If administration really wants to prepare its students for the future, start by giving them a voice now.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
The dawn of the technology age
1. Kelisie Stella wrote the story.
2. The story is about the new features for the office that are available online.
3. They believe that this implementation of the technology in the office being available for all students is very helpful, and creates a better education environment.
4. Yes, for the people who cant access the documents online they still have hard copies in the office.
5. No they did not do any wish washy in this story.
6. There are no quotes in this story.
7. It is in 1st and 3rd person.
I scream for Ice cream, Bluebells mistake
1. The story was written by Nya Martin.
2. Its about the food poisoning situation that happened with BlueBell because they didn't clean their equipment, leading to the death of 3. And their return into stores and Nyas opinion of the whole thing.
3. Nya thinks that BlueBell should have never let this happen, and the actions they have taken to fix the problem is not sufficient.
4. She addressed her opinion on the situation because of bluebells actions.
5. Nya was not wishy washy with her statements.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
The problem with Pep Rallies
1. Annika Holm wrote the story.
2. Its about Anika's opinion on Pep Rallies and how they can be better.
3. Annika believes that Pep Rallies should equally represent each sport, not just football, I absolutely agree with this. She also talks about how they should be on a friday rather than a thursday.
4. She addressed her opinion and thoughts on Pep Rallies.
5. Yes there was some wishy washy in the story.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7 The story is in first person.
Emotional Learning
1. The writer of the story is Melissa Werpen.
2. Melissa writes about her opinion on SEL and what exactly it does for students.
3. Melissa believes that SEL learning time is important but the reinforcement of it isn't done well and could be improved.
4. Melissa did talk about how some people think that SEL learning time is pointless but usually those are the people that need it the most but don't realize it.
5. There is definetly some wish wash in this story, Melissa is definetly trying to encourage SEL learning time.
6. There are no quotes in this story.
7. 1st and 3rd person.
A Call for Athletic Equality
1. Amaya Marquez wrote the story.
2. The story is on Amaya's opinion on the unfair representation of sports here at Bowie.
3. Amaya believes that their should be more equal and fair representation of the sports at Bowie and they should get just as much attention
4. Amaya did not talk about the opinion of the other side, probably because their particularly isn't another side, I don't think their is anyone in particular who wouldn't want the representation of sports to not be equal.
5. There was a little bit of wishy washy on how to fix the situation.
6. There is 1 quote in this story.
7. 1st and 3rd person
A. Opinionated stories often are influenced by the writers opinion and thoughts of the situation, sometime changing the message that is delivered. Hard stories are based on facts and exact quotes making it true and telling the full story.
B. The reason there aren't that many photos for this story is because their aren't that many pictures that would relate to what the text was saying.
C. A few topics I think would be cool to see as an opinionated piece would be, climbing Mt Everest, Freerunnning, Cross Country, Over Protective Parents.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Earthquake story
The San Fransico Bay was hit by a 6.2 earthquake at 8:12am monday morning partially collapsing McHenrys Auto Supply killing 2 people inside and injuring 3.
Fireman responded almost immediately and did all that they could. Ropes were used to stabilize the shop which is why it didn't fully collapse. The families of the dead are waiting pending notification of whether or not it was their loved one who have passed away.
Mike Beamer was eating breakfast on a normal monday morning when a 6.2 earthquake hit .
"I felt the ground rumble for about 30 seconds and a piece of concrete flew through my window. Beamer said.
Mikes house is directly across from McHenrys Auto Supply and he claims to have heard screaming come from there.
"Once the concrete flew through my window, thats when the screaming across the street started.
As soon as the earthquake had halted fireman, police, and members of the red cross rushed to the scene.
"Within 4 minutes there were 38 people doing what they could to get people to safety and taken care of." Mike said.
The fireman stabilized the building by attaching ropes to the part that had no support.
"I had never seen anything like it , they were able to stabilize the building in little time but they knew it was a temporary fix and yet still went in to find and help people trapped inside the building." Beamer exclaimed.
The earthquake was felt all over the state, people as far as Las Angeles felt the quake.
"I saw the water in my cup tingle a little bit on the table and felt a little buzz on the ground."
a Las Angeles local said.
Three of the six people on the scene were injured at the auto supply and 2 ended up dying in the incident.
"It was a sad day, the families of the dead are still waiting notification of what happened to their famlily members." Beamer said.
Fireman responded almost immediately and did all that they could. Ropes were used to stabilize the shop which is why it didn't fully collapse. The families of the dead are waiting pending notification of whether or not it was their loved one who have passed away.
Mike Beamer was eating breakfast on a normal monday morning when a 6.2 earthquake hit .
"I felt the ground rumble for about 30 seconds and a piece of concrete flew through my window. Beamer said.
Mikes house is directly across from McHenrys Auto Supply and he claims to have heard screaming come from there.
"Once the concrete flew through my window, thats when the screaming across the street started.
As soon as the earthquake had halted fireman, police, and members of the red cross rushed to the scene.
"Within 4 minutes there were 38 people doing what they could to get people to safety and taken care of." Mike said.
The fireman stabilized the building by attaching ropes to the part that had no support.
"I had never seen anything like it , they were able to stabilize the building in little time but they knew it was a temporary fix and yet still went in to find and help people trapped inside the building." Beamer exclaimed.
The earthquake was felt all over the state, people as far as Las Angeles felt the quake.
"I saw the water in my cup tingle a little bit on the table and felt a little buzz on the ground."
a Las Angeles local said.
Three of the six people on the scene were injured at the auto supply and 2 ended up dying in the incident.
"It was a sad day, the families of the dead are still waiting notification of what happened to their famlily members." Beamer said.
Hunington Story
53 year old Janice Jones was shot in the leg around 10 pm of wednesday in her motor home because her dog knocked the 9mm gun off of a seat and it discharged.
The bullet hit only 2 inches from the gas tank which could have been catastrophic. Tammy Rye and her officers have looked into the scene and learned Jones didn't have a permit for the gun either.
Jones was eating pork chops in the back of her motor home before the incident,
"Yeah I saw her through the window she was in the back licking her fingers while her dog just stared at her." said Tammy Rye
Then the dog knocked the gun off the chair and it discharged.
"The gun couldn't have been on safety or else it wouldn't have fired, this shows how irresponsible Jones is." Tammy exclaimed
The bullet then flew through Janice's leg and the side of her motor home, just barely clipping the gas tank.
"She was 2 inches from death, Janice is a lucky woman" said Rye
Janice was rushed to the hospital and her dog was put in the care of animal control.
"Janice was treated and is fine, but the dog appeared to be very poorly fed and taken care of, in fact there were cigarette burns on the dogs forehead" said Jane Ngo
Jones is being cited for not having a plate for her home, no licensee for the gun, and possibly for animal abuse.
The bullet hit only 2 inches from the gas tank which could have been catastrophic. Tammy Rye and her officers have looked into the scene and learned Jones didn't have a permit for the gun either.
Jones was eating pork chops in the back of her motor home before the incident,
"Yeah I saw her through the window she was in the back licking her fingers while her dog just stared at her." said Tammy Rye
Then the dog knocked the gun off the chair and it discharged.
"The gun couldn't have been on safety or else it wouldn't have fired, this shows how irresponsible Jones is." Tammy exclaimed
The bullet then flew through Janice's leg and the side of her motor home, just barely clipping the gas tank.
"She was 2 inches from death, Janice is a lucky woman" said Rye
Janice was rushed to the hospital and her dog was put in the care of animal control.
"Janice was treated and is fine, but the dog appeared to be very poorly fed and taken care of, in fact there were cigarette burns on the dogs forehead" said Jane Ngo
Jones is being cited for not having a plate for her home, no licensee for the gun, and possibly for animal abuse.
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