Yay for people who make laws! Lawmakers in Arkansas have finally made texting while driving illegal and there are several people who are very upset over this. I have one question for those people against this law; are you dumb?
Most of teenage deaths involved with cars are due to phones and texting. I'm sorry but if most of our younger generation are dying due to a stupid message that could wait five minuets, then shouldn't something be done about it? Any law that will save lives that is not too restrictive, should be glorified and not criticized.
Some people argue that texting should be allowed in case of emergencies. Well, ok, if its an emergency, pull over and call or text. It's simple. "But what if someone is in the middle of nowhere, with nowhere to pull over?" Good question! Get to somewhere and once again, pull over. If there truly is an emergency, then you have two options. Option one, it won't really matter and the cop will understand if its a real emergency. Option two, pull over because you need to focus on this emergency.
Option three, just don't do it! People don't realize that true, it is your life, but when you're on the road, you are endangering other people's lives. Do you really want to be a murder? So thank you to everyone who helped to pass this law throughout Arkansas and lets spread it to the rest of the country!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Should we ban America's favorite past time?!?
It has been suggested from some scientists that football should be banned because of "health" reasons. These reasons though, are not completely relevant and related to football. Some of these claims have stated that there is severe brain damage due to football because of the "violent nature" of this favorite game.
Football players that have donated their bodies to science are being used to make all of these accusations. Scientists have found rotted chunks of cells in these players' brains. These scientists blame football as the only source of this rotting. Have they even taken into consideration that maybe most of these players used drugs in high school and got wasted after every game? There is no complete way to prove that football alone was any cause of the brain damage. Life style outside of football must be taken into thought when checking and making conclusions about the source of these injuries.
So because of these so called "findings", scientists are now wanting to ban football at the high school level which will basically end football at a college and professional level. They say this will help to end and slow the brain damage, but I completely disagree. Yes it is very possible to get brain damage from tackles in football but some people have the same chance of getting the exact damage from walking down the street and tripping over their own two feet. Though true, the risk is higher if you play football, but this also encourages most young teens and adults to stay on track with a goal of being the best they can be. Football is the only reason why some people stay in school, away from drugs, and going to college.
So sure we could ban football and make some fallen football players' brains prettier when they die, but would we sacrifice the good for when we're dead over having good when we're alive? Once these scientists have actually played football and tested their own brains, then maybe we should look at new options.
Football players that have donated their bodies to science are being used to make all of these accusations. Scientists have found rotted chunks of cells in these players' brains. These scientists blame football as the only source of this rotting. Have they even taken into consideration that maybe most of these players used drugs in high school and got wasted after every game? There is no complete way to prove that football alone was any cause of the brain damage. Life style outside of football must be taken into thought when checking and making conclusions about the source of these injuries.
So because of these so called "findings", scientists are now wanting to ban football at the high school level which will basically end football at a college and professional level. They say this will help to end and slow the brain damage, but I completely disagree. Yes it is very possible to get brain damage from tackles in football but some people have the same chance of getting the exact damage from walking down the street and tripping over their own two feet. Though true, the risk is higher if you play football, but this also encourages most young teens and adults to stay on track with a goal of being the best they can be. Football is the only reason why some people stay in school, away from drugs, and going to college.
So sure we could ban football and make some fallen football players' brains prettier when they die, but would we sacrifice the good for when we're dead over having good when we're alive? Once these scientists have actually played football and tested their own brains, then maybe we should look at new options.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Book Reviews for First Semester
This nine weeks, I have been re-reading some old books and exploring some new Science Fiction books. So far I have read Twilight and New Moon by Stephine Meyer, Fade and Wake by Lisa McMann, and Marked by P.C. Cast.
- With the upcoming release of the movie New Moon, I decided to re-read Twilight and New Moon. The first time I read these books I sped through them just to find out the ending of the series. This time I took the time to pay attention to the words and relations in the story. I really like how obvious everything is to the public but no one notices. I also really like how easy it is to relate to most of the characters in the story. The only thing I do not like about these books is how long it takes for events to happen.
- Fade and Wake caught my attention by the interesting covers. I like how these books take something that is fiction but what if someone could really see other people's dreams? Also there are so many different events going on at the same time. Plus, its a great yet twisted love story.
- Once I read the Twilight series, I began to actually like vampire books, whereas I didn't before. So I started the House of Night series and began with Marked. I wasn't sure of how I would like this book because it had a very odd beginning and to be honest, I'm not sure still if I like the book or not. I like it because of the great "real life" feel there is to the story but I'm not a big fan of witchcraft which is a major part of this story.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Awakening Sentence Analysis: Group 3
Tone Anylasis
Chopin's glimmering realization of her existence seems both uplifiting and sorrowful showing both her true placement in society and the new knowledge deemed only to her that sits so weightfully upon her shoulders.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sentence 12
THE Sentence:
The fight had made Mark something of a hero, and the whole story was going around school in various versions, all different.
from That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
This sentence puts two thoughts together into one sentence that flows very well.
MY Sentence:
The show had made Sally popular over night, and the rumor was no longer true that she stole the main lead, all a lie.
The fight had made Mark something of a hero, and the whole story was going around school in various versions, all different.
from That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
This sentence puts two thoughts together into one sentence that flows very well.
MY Sentence:
The show had made Sally popular over night, and the rumor was no longer true that she stole the main lead, all a lie.
Sentence 11
THE Sentence:
We ran across the schoolyard, crawled under the fence to Deer's Pasture behind our house, climed our back fence and were at the back steps before Jem would let us pause to rest.
from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This sentence is very complex and shows the effort the children placed in their actions.
MY Sentence:
Daniel walked through the store, searched over the aisles with candy behind the clothes, shouted around the people and went to the speaker so he could find Ashley.
We ran across the schoolyard, crawled under the fence to Deer's Pasture behind our house, climed our back fence and were at the back steps before Jem would let us pause to rest.
from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This sentence is very complex and shows the effort the children placed in their actions.
MY Sentence:
Daniel walked through the store, searched over the aisles with candy behind the clothes, shouted around the people and went to the speaker so he could find Ashley.
Sentence 10
THE Sentence:
from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This sentence has two verbs that help to describe clearly the way in which Jem is leaving the house and runs away.
MY Sentence:
Amy bounded from the house and sprinted toward them.
Jem leaped off the porch and galloped toward us.
from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This sentence has two verbs that help to describe clearly the way in which Jem is leaving the house and runs away.
MY Sentence:
Amy bounded from the house and sprinted toward them.
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