The Walking Dead CharacterChange

Blog Post December 18th 2013

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        In the book "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore it talks about a zombie apoclypse the ruined the lives of many.A group of people are trying to survive from it. The authors reveal MANY characters changing.In this essay I will be talking about why the author shows the character changing.

        The author reveals the character is changing in ways like showing the way the act to people differently.For example, in "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore shows the character Shane changes alot from the beginning of he book. Shane used to be best friends with Rick but when Shane realized Rick wasn't in the hospital he started to go crazy since he was falling in love with Ricks wife and he starting to go crazy saying that no one helps him through this tragedies and started to change on how he was before the zombies attacked.

         In conclusion,the author reveals the character is changing in ways like showing the way the act to people differently.

Blog Post December 11th 2013

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up-Front Magazine, issue Dec. 9 

 Rethinking Juvenile Justice

     In this article "Rethinking Juvenile Justice" by John Schwartz  talks about how people are arguing if young juvenile offenders should be tried in the adult justice system.

     My opinion about having young juvenile offenders get tried into the adult justice system is NO. Juvenile offenders shouldn't get tried into the adult justice system as they are younger then the age of 18. Maybe if the crime is a extremely serious crime like first degree murder or rape then I would say the juvenile offender should get tried into the adult system. For example, in the article"Rethinking Juvenile Justice" by John Schwartz it states that locking up young people with hardened adult criminals would do alot more harm then good. It also states that 90 percent of juvenile offenders do not end up becoming adult criminals.This is why I think that Juvenile offenders shouldn't get tried into the adult justice system. 

     In conclusion, I  feel that juvenile offenders shouldn't get tried into the adult justice system as locking up young people with hardened adult criminals would do alot more harm then good and 90 percent of juvenile offenders do not end up becoming adult criminals.

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

Blog Post December 4th 2013

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THE WALKING DEAD

    "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore talks about a man named Rick waking from  being in a coma and doesn't know what is happening in his town,he panics finding zombies attacking him or on the ground. He then meets a man and a child that help him and tell him about what had been going on with the zombies. They comfort him telling him that his children and wife are all right. Rick then goes to Atlanta figuring his family went then. To his surprise he encounters even more zombies as he comes to Atlanta.

   I feel like "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore is a good book if your the type of reader that enjoys books about this topic. This book is really thrilling and has some boring parts like how the author just continues to talk about Rick encountering zombies and killing them. I would rate this book a 4 out of 5.  

   In conclusion I think "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore is a fascinating book and I would definitely recommend it. As it is a great book about zombies and might just be a good book for you as it was a good book for mr.

up-Front magazine Justice Denied

Blog Post November 20th 2013

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    In this article "Justice Denied by:Dan Barry, Campbell Robertson, and Robbie Brown talks about how many civil right era killings haven't been solved to this day.I feel as if the U.S government should solve the killings and I'll talk about that right now.

    The U.S government should solve these civil rights era killings.For example,it says the law authorized TENS of MILLIONS of dollars but only $2.8 million has came through. That means they have more than enough money to use so they can solve those civil rights era killings.It's not fair that many of the people killing blacks are remained UNPUNISHED.I believe that the U.S government should at least try to continue with these cases even thought there were back 50 years ago.

    In conclusion I feel as if the killings from the civil rights era should not be closed and the should still be investigated upon.

The High Price of Cheap Fashion

Blog Post November 6th 2013

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  up-Front magazine: The High Price of Cheap Fashion

   This article "The High Price of Cheap Fashion" by Patricia Smith talks about how people spend alot of money on clothes from manufacturers like H&M,Old Navy,and Banana Republic come from places like China and Bangladesh. These countries are going through alot of trouble just to send these manufacturers their clothes.

  This article "The High Price of Cheap Fashion" by Patricia Smith talks about how people spend alot of money on clothes from manufacturers like H&M,Old Navy,and Banana Republic come from places like China and Bangladesh. These countries are going through alot of trouble just to send these manufacturers their clothes.For example, in Bangladesh there was a factory that collapsed in April 2012 killing 1,127 people. These people died trying to make clothes for us to buy. There factory conditions are very unsafe and can be paid only 2 dollars a day for their long hours but almost no payment. Another example is in 1911 a triangle waste factory had collapsed killing 146 people and one of the reasonings because of that was because of how the doors to their factory were locked so there was no way of escaping. More than 50 people had to commit suicide by jumping out of the ninth floor window.This shows how many manufactures should make sure the factories making their clothes should have good payment and good conditions if they were to make their clothes.

   This article  "The High Price of Cheap Fashion" by Patricia Smith made me thonk deeper about how life is for the people working in factories in countries like China and Bangladesh.I feel like factory workers should be having better payment and better working conditions.

The End of America's Car Culture?

Blog Post October 23rd 2013

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   up-Front Magazine: Issue 10/7/13

   

This article “The End of America's Car Culture?” by Alessandra Potenza talks about how teenagers are getting out of the habit of cars. It also talks about how teenagers rather prefer there mobile phones and bikes than cars.

Alessandra Potenza talks about how teenagers are getting out of the habit of cars. It also talks about how teenagers rather prefer there mobile phones and bikes than cars. For example, it shows that since 1983 the percentage of teenagers getting drivers licenses went down 20 percent. Also it included that almost half (46%) of teenagers would choose Internet access over owning a car. It also includes that car companies such as Ford, Chevrolet and Mercedes-Benz have all started to produce cars that are basically like moving smartphones. Car brands are trying to make teenagers buy their cars by making them like the things teenagers like. These teenagers parents and grandparents were obsessed withs cars and getting a drivers liscence as their 16^th birthday present. Back then, ALL teenagers wanted cars just as teenagers today ALL want smartphones. In this article “The End of America's Car Culture?” Thilo Koslowski states that the iPhone is the Ford Mustang of today. This shows how back then everyone wanted ford mustangs just as how everyone wants an iPhone today.

This article “The End of America's Car Culture?” by Alessandra Potenza connects to teenages because it shows how teenagers want different things every generation. Just how back then teenagers used to want cars and how everything now is about smartphones and internet access.

Minimum Age and Minimum Wage

Blog Post, October 16th 2013
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up-FRONT Magazine: Minimum Age and Minimum Wage

                               by:JOSEPH BERGER

    In this article "Minimum Age and Minimum Wage" by:Joseph Berger, talks about how child labor has changed from the 20th century. It tells how children used to work in coal mines and sweatshops for long hours and barely any pay. It shows how minimum wage has grown from 25 cents in 1938 to $7.25 nowadays.

    

   In this article "Minimum Age and Minimum Wage" by it talks about how child labor has changed from the 20th century. Sally Greenburg of the National Consumer League notes that child labor "perpetuated a cycle of poverty". She means that child labor continued the cycle of poverty. This cycle is effected today in places like China, India, and Bangladesh. In these countries children are still put to work in coal mines. 17 percent of the children in Bangladesh aged 5 to 14 are work for part of the for only 37 dollars a month. Working Conditions in that country are so unsafe that more than 1,100 people were killed this year in the collapse of an eight-story industrial buliding. Now taht there is no terrible working conditions for children they have a higher minimum wage which is $7.25 nowadays. People are still complaining for a higher minimum wage but if they do that wouldn't be accepting many people to hire. This would make it harder for teens and others that want to start working.

   This article made me think deeper about humanity because it showed how kids were a hundred years ago and how they were put to work in coal mines and sweatshops under terrible conditions and serious health risks.  I am thankful that the FLSA had came through since child labor is extremely bad in my opinion. This article also made me think about how it is for kids in other countries such as  Bangladesh, China ,and India and how they still work in coal mines in terrible conditions with serious health risks.  

YOUNG GIRL SHOVELING COAL IN A COAL MINE

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Up-Front magazine: Where your Cell-Phone Goes To Die by: Leyla Acaroglu

Prompt: Is it acceptable for electronics manufacturers to pay developing countries to take the U.S’s  e-waste? What do you think it would take for U.S Cell-phone manufacturers to change their e-trash disposal practices? Support your response with facts from the text.

   This article “Where your Cell-Phone Goes To Die” by Leyla Acaroglu is about how the U.S is paying countries to take their electronic trash. In these countries such as Ghana, India, and China children are going through cell-phones and electronics digging in to tem so they can sell the parts for a little amount of cash.

    This article “Where your Cell-Phone Goes To Die” by Leyla Acaroglu is about how the U.S is paying counties to take their electronic trash. I personally don’t think that this is acceptable since people in countries like Ghana, China, and India are doing dangerous things trying to get cash from the metal in cell-phones. For example, it says “ In India, young boys smash computer batteries with mallets to recover cadmium, covering their hands and feet with toxic flecks. It also states “Women spend their days bent over vats of hot lead “cooking” circuit boards so they can remove silvers of gold inside”.  This is very dangerous and can exposure serious health risks and is certainly not acceptable. The U.S Cell-phone manufacturers have to change their e-trash disposal practices. They should stop sending their electronic trash to countries. They should try to inforce a law that they would have to recycle our electronic trash.

   This article “Where your Cell-Phone Goes To Die” by: Leyla Acaroglu made me think deeper about humanity because it told me what people would do just to get little cash. How young kids were smashing compute batteries just to get the cadmium. They were harming themselves getting covered with toxic flecks. This is very harmful and this makes me feel so bad about what is happening in their countries. They risk their health for a couple dollars. This is why this article “Where your Cell-Phone Goes To Die” by: Leyla Acaroglu made me think deeper about humanity.

YOUNG BOY GOING THROUGH E-WASTE

Author’s Craft - Literary Devices

"Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer

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"Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer is about the witch trials in the 17^th century. Like I said in my other blog, many women and women were accused of being witches even the judges got accused for being witches. These trials were crazy, day after day friend against friend were accusing eachother of witchcraft and the black arts. Rosalyn Schanzer adds many amazing literary devices that hypes things up a lot. IMAGERY….. SIMILIES…..METAPHORS were all great. The author Rosalyn Schanzer enhances the story with literary devices like metaphors. For example she added “The women had two personalities” the author added this because she wanted to show the reader how the women acted all innocent but really were witches harming the afflicted.

 Imagery helps  create a picture in your head by reading the text. Metaphors and Similies compare two things. Overall literary devices enhance the story real well and authors put them in so the reader can have pictures in their head about the story.

"Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer

Summer Reading Blog Post, September 17th,2013
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"Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer
Rating 5/5 *****

"Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer is one of my favorite books. This book was about the Salem With Trials in the 1600's . With Rosalyn Schanzers amazing quotes, great picture and amazing descriptive writing she told the stories of witches being hanged being put on trial and showing how the afflicted were acting during the witch trials. I love the way Rosalyn Schanzer made the story sound in a way she made some parts look extremely realistic and many things very non-realistic and fictional. In this story she include many parts where you picture the things she writes (imagery) and it created astounding pictures in my head. For example, she was telling people that the kids being afflicted would crawl under furniture screaming about feeling themselves getting pricked by pins and getting forced to sign the Devils book.

Overall, my experience with "Witches, The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem" by: Rosalyn Schanzer
was great. I give it 5 stars, even though there were some boring parts there were many amzing parts that covered those boring parts up. I am a really big fan of The Salem Witch Trials so i recommend this book alot I also recommend "The Crucible". I love this book and I hope this would help to let you like the book just as I.

WOMEN GET HANGED. CHARGED FOR BLACK ARTS 
AND WITCHCRAFT