quarter two post ten

today i read an article about a girl that was walking in the snow and  she died. the father of the girl is being charged because he made his children walk ten miles to their mother's house after his truck was caught in the snow. One of the children was found in long underwear because he was apparently delusional from hypothermia. the father did not call the childrens mother to tell them that the children walking.  i think that is rediculous that the father did not first call the mother of the children, and secondly did not le t the children stay in the car/ truck since it would have been warmer than the cold, thirdly who does this to their kids, let alone on christmas day. if you are a parent i think that you are supposed to take care of them and not let them try to walk  their mothers house when the weather ranged from "27 degrees above zero to minus 5." . read the article here!

quarter two post nine

today i read an article about privacy rights, to be specific privacy rights for naked people. I personally think that it was hilarious because the guy taped his girlfriend naked and thought it would be O.K., without acknowledgement . To me i think why would you do this, and wouldn't the thought of getting into trouble cross your mind. personally if i were her i would be pissed off, and we would never speak to each other again. He was sentenced to three years' probation and six months in jail, i think that is to much time for the crime, since they were in a relationship, but when i think about it maybe with the changing of times and technology that punishments will change. i also think that when you are determining a crime that you should put yourself in the shoes of the other person and try to see it the way they see it.

quarter two post eight

today i read an article on cnn.com it was about the sun and depression. according to the article some people have seasonal depression, or depression that changes depending on the season (mainly winter). there is a specific gene for this type of depression. there is a way to combat this type of depression, it is light therapy. light therapy involves the person undergoing exposure to light that are closely related to the sun. the "disease' is officially know as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). i think that it is intersesting that people can be affected by not getting enough sun, when people are talking about getting too much sun and how it can cause skin cancer. i also think that is cool that the sun has such a big affect on our lives, in more ways that one, we need the sun to survive, so i think the sun should get a little more respect.

link; http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=8053012894346183000

quarter two post seven

i read an article about a teacher who punched an eight year old and picked him up and shook him because the kid broke a crayon!!! The student then was ordered out of the classroom where the student told another teacher the story who told him to learn not to complain. The other teacher states that the boy would not tell her what happened, though she could tell he was 'visibly upset.' the cops do not know who to believe.

i think this shows a lot about the school. the fact that they'll hire anyone (the teacher is also under investigation for hitting three other children) and don't even look into their backgrounds. i think it shows that schools aren't doing their jobs if that is the only kind of people they're hiring.

what else would they be doing with their time if not finding good teachers?
isn't that the whole point of learning? you need a good teacher.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/26/teacher.arrest/index.html

quarter two post six

Today I read an article on retailers being affected by the economy. The article was on time.com, and it focused on circuit city filing bankruptcy. The article talked about how circuit city will have to close 155 stores and cut a large amount of the workforce. According to the article this is not uncommon for retailers to file for bankruptcy during these harsh economic times. I think that it is the retailers faults for their own bankruptcy’s because they know that the economy is not the best, but they still try to push more things into consumers eyes. They could cut hours and focus on selling stuff that is appealing, and affordable but the retailers don’t get it, they want to get expensive items to make a large profit, which I think is greedy. I think this is also their fault because the consumers are going to be the ones bailing the companies out. 

quarter two post five

As i looked through my bookshelf, i realized i had nothing good to read, so i quickly turned to All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, a book that some enriched english students are reading.

Big mistake. I'd heard that it was not a very good book, but i didn't think it'd be so boring. I barely read the first chapter (which was very long) and i wanted to put the book down and never touch it again. It's about a young man names John Grady Cole who runs away from home with his friend Rawlins to Mexico because he wants to find freedom.

I don't know about you, but i think that John Grady Cole was very immature to run away. I think that maybe he should've just stuck it out at home. He ran away partly because his dad wouln't listen to him about quitting smoking. Which doesn't make sense to me..

Why would you run away from home to prove to your dad that your right and that he's going to die?

I do not think that you should read this book. :)

quarter two post four

Today I began reading the Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan.

The first book (the vampire's assistant) is really good so far. It's about a young boy who goes to a freak show with his friend and sees a really good act. Then, he meets the guy who performed the act and finds out he's a vampire! Now that he knows, the vampire turns him into a half-vampire and making him his assistant. Now, he has to fake his own death just so he can live with the freak show.

It's a lot better than it sounds, haha. I think that everyone should read this series because it's an actual good vampire series, not just those stupid books that tried to copy the Twilight series, which is also, so i've heard, a good series.
It shows vampires in a different light than i think books usually do. They aren't killers, except for some of them..it's really hard to explain. But super amazing to read.