Childhood Obesity:((

          Childhood obesity in America is increasing with the years. Childhood obesity is a condition where excessive body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. In my opinion, children that are obese they get it from their parents. It all starts inside of the home. If the parents do not watch or manage what their child or children eats then the child will eat whatever he/she wants. It is not all about just watching what they eat, but also making sure they exercise right. A child should eat like a child not like an adult. If you are a parent, your child should not be eating what you eat. There are some effects to being obese esp. if you are a child. The kid can be emotional depressed, talked about, made fun of, have high blood pressure, sleep problems, heart disease and a number of other things. Having those types of problems as a child, can spill over to when they become an adult. Going through that when you are a child is very depressing because you do not  know any better. The parents are to blame, they fed and fed and fed their child sometimes just to get them out of their face or to shut them up. So, since the parents are not doing anything at home, I feel as though the school should try to do something to prevent childhood obesity from increasing.

      

Guest Speaker*

           In class, on Thursday we had a guest speaker named Margie Newman. Ms. Newman came to our class to speak about different types of websites and also how to work them. She also talked about how technology has changed. I really enjoyed listening to her speak because what she was saying was very exciting. She said some things I have not even heard of before like for example the website www.namechk.com . It is amazing how you can type your name into the search box and get all these different types of websites that may be linked to you rname or username. The website also tells you which websites are not linked to your name, which you can create something on that website if you would like to. Ms. Newman brought up another website called www.aboutme.com , this is a website where you can say whatever you want about yourself, upload a picture and others can view it. She also stated some things which opened my eye. They were about online privacy and also putting your personal information on the internet. I always wondered is everything you put on the internet protected? After listening to Ms. Newman, she answered my question. She stated "nothing on the internet is private, whatever you put on the internet you are putting it out there for whoever to see it." That REALLY opened my eyes because I should really watch what type of pictures and also watch the things I say on the internet. Even though I, do not put anything personal on the internet, some of my friends and family do. After, our class on Thursday I should really explain to my friends and family about how putting personal information is not good to put on the internet. Lastly, she talked about how colleges can look on your Facebook, Twitter, and etc. pages if the know you are applying to their college. If they see anything they do not like that could be your chance to not get into that college, just because of one little thing you put on that website. By, saying that watch what you put on the internet, because even though the internet is a safe place, it can also be a very dangerous one as well. I really enjoyed Ms. Newman and wish she would caome back to speak to us again.

VIOLENCE!

       After reading This article  I was very disgusted. This article talks about a cop's raped confession. I hate when people get raped, esp. kids, it turns my stomach. A police officer is suppose to stop crime not make it. So, for a cop to rape somebody is terrible. Really it is terrible for anybody to rape anyone. A cop who rapes someone is an hypocrite because I know he probably arrested somebody before for rape and turns around and does it. I feel that whoever rapes someone else should get seriously punished. Also, get sent to jail for a very long time. I stop reading this article because I got very emotional.

My Familyy

      My family means more to me than the world itself. I do not know what I would do without my family. My family is not that big, we are big but not like huge. My intermediate family is who Im with alomost everyday. My famiily and I have our ups and down just like your family or the next. Most of the time when I am with my family I always ahave a smile on my face and I am happy. But sometimes my family can get on my last nerve. I hate when my family fights or argue, because I feel like I am in the middle. I am the babygirl of my intermediate family, thats why I feel like I feel. When they start arguing I feel it is my place to try to get them to stop, but most of the time whne I try it does not work. Despite all of the bad, the good times out number the bad times. By saying that, I would be lost without my family, I would take three or more bullets for them and laStly kill for each one of them. I JUST LOVE MY FAMILY!

Violence on trains!

     When I finish reading this article on the My Fox Dc website, I was not surprised. This article was about the violent fights between teenagers on the Metro Trains. Since I am, an Metro rider I know exactly what they are talking about. Some teenagers just mess with people, just to do it or to be funny. When they mess with other people, they do it while they are in a group. They never ever do it while they are alone, because most of them are punks. They always want to put on a show in front of their friends, except when nobody is around. The fights on the train is getting out of hand. There needs to be more transit inside of the trains and the stations as well.

Abortions

       I do not understand why females get abortions or why they would even think about it. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy. If you did not want to have a baby you should not have had unprotected sex. There are many ways to not have a baby/ not have an abortion. I personal do not like abortions because I do not like the fact that you are KILLING a harmless baby. That baby did not do anything to you or anyone else. Also, the baby did not plan to come in this world, so therefore its' live should not be taken away like that. By having an abortion, it sometimes hurts your body. Depending on how many you have, a females private area can be damaged and therefore leaving you when you are ready to have a baby you can not produce one. As research shows out of all pregnancies 24% end up in abortions. By looking at that statistic, that is ridiculous because 24% is closer to 50% rather than 0%. I feel that their should be a law banning abortions in every state because the numbers are growing by the year. More and more females under the age 45 are having abortions. The only reason I can understand why someone would have an abortions is if they have been rapped. Other than that, abortions should STOP! Read this article and you will get a better understanding of abortions.

T E C H..nology Has CHANGED Our World!!

          After reading this article about how communication has changed really made me want to research it more. I agree with this article when they said "technology affects almost every aspect of our lives." I agree with that because whenever you look almost everybody has a cell phone, ipod or some other form of today's communication technology. It is amazing how wired our world is today. Not only is people wired at work but also at home. In conclusion, since technology has been invented it has changed with in the years. Before most things had to be done manually but now you can research or do almost anything on the computer. You also don't need to only listen to music on a radio in the car or in your house, it is portable now.

Reaction to the Internet

          On Tuesday, in class we talked about what the internet really is and we also saw video clips of what it is and how it works. One video we saw, was an eye opener to me. The video talked about how before 1994 the internet was different than it is now. I was really shocked when they said by the time you get in your third year of college the things you was taught in your first year will be out dated. The other thing I was shocked at was that they said during the time of that presentation 68 babies were born in the United States. Technology is growing yearly meaning that almost every two or three years a new form is spread around the world. Lastly I was surprised to see the stats about how technology is changing year after year. Overall, it made me look at the technology and how it originated differently.