Drums, Girls,and Dangerous Pie

Blog Post January 23rd 2014

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In the story Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by: Jordan Sonnenblick it talks about a 13 year old boy named Steven who is dealing with a lot of problems. He has a little brother named Jeffrey who he finds out has cancer and has girl trouble because of how he likes this girl named Renee Albert. As Jeffrey’s cancer gets worse, Steven starts realizing how his brother means the world to him.

In the beginning of the story, before Jeffrey had been diagnosed with leukemia Steven never stopped talking about how annoying Jeffrey was. He kept on talking about how he was a nightmare. He got really mad at Jeffrey the time he had used his special drumsticks to make “Dangerous Pie”. He never let Jeffrey near any of his possessions, especially his drums. Once Jeffrey gets diagnosed with leukemia Steven starts feeling really sad, yet relieved it wasn’t his fault. Steven changes a lot in the story. For example, there was a part of the story when Steven had invited Renne Albert to his house to tutor him in math. Steven had been so excited since he had a huge crush on Renne and couldn’t wait to spend time with her. But when she came to his door to help him in math, he found out she was sick and didn’t let her in. He didn’t let her in because of how Jeffrey was really sick and couldn’t handle getting any sicker. This was a huge change in Steven. He put Jeffrey’s needs before his. This shows how Steven had changed from the beginning of the book.

In conclusion, this message relates to everyone with younger siblings. Your younger siblings can annoy you a lot but you still have to love and care for them no matter what is in your way.

Airport Mutts

Blog Post January 8 2014

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up-FRONT magazine: Airport Mutts

        "Airport Mutts" talks about how dogs are now being escorted in airports by passengers so it can reduce their stress from hard times rushing through the airport. I personally think that this is a good idea as it helps people stay calm and not rush so they wouldn't have as much stress as they normally would.

             

       In this article "Airport Mutts" it states "Los Angeles International Airport was voted the second most not stressing airport in the U.S after Chicago O'hare since it has stress relieving mutts". Also it states that many airports have started this because of how it had had worked really good and was a success. These are some reasons why this is a good idea and should be enforced in more airports.

       In conclusion, I think that this is a good idea as it helps people stay calm and not rush so they wouldn't have as much stress as they normally would.




        

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.