Today you will be accomplishing two goals.
One is that you will work on #5 of the Storytelling Unit paper. Look up short stories, go to the library and take out books of your intended writing genre and write your responses.
The other goal is that you will have time to research the news, find an event that is interesting to which you would like to know more about and check out at least two news sites regarding it. Then write a blog post about what you learned (the quality info, name the two sites), reflect on it (leisure/time to think about the quality info) and the act on it--write a blog which will highlight your conclusions, and perhaps give suggestions as to how this issue should be dealt with.
Some suggestions: Middle East Protests--chose a country, find out what was happening in the country that is making them struggle for democracy, and what they are going through/hope to gain.
Reporters being attacked while reporting the news. The reporter, Lara Logan from CBS was attacked this week and is recovering in the hospital. Why are writers, poets, reporters, etc easy targets for people trying to silence a revolution? Research reporters who have been attacked, kidnapped or injured doing their work, what does this mean to society when people showing what is happening are being attacked?
Enjoy your break...next week. Today WORK. :)
I have checked multiple sites on how many different things are being taxed today. Some things that are being taxed are expected to be taxed like income tax and sales tax, yet some things that are being taxed are ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI checked Aol.com and some things that I see should be taxed, but many things are just unbelievable. Some things that are being taxed are bagels, haunted houses, and candy.
Also after checking CNN.com I found that playing cards and blueberries are also being taxed. After finding these things that are being taxed and many more I am realizing that many things that are being taxed really shouldn’t be taxed.
After looking at other websites to see things that are being taxed in other countries I realized that our taxes are nothing compared to some countries.
For example, in Sweden there is a tax if your baby’s name is declared unusual.
It is amazing to me to think of all of the ridiculous things that are being taxed around the world today. A news post on aol.com shows some of the ridiculous taxes. Also, some of the strange taxes are here in the USA.
ReplyDeleteSome of the taxes are obvious such as sales tax and such but others are much more ridiculous. Some of these taxes include tanning, buying candy, haunted houses, and even dying! What’s even more amazing is that all of these are in the US!
In Seattle if you die, you have to pay $50 in order to have all of the paperwork and permission to have a burial. The haunted house tax is a tax that if the admission is more than 10 cents, you have to pay sales tax. The thing is in New York (where this applies), you don’t have to pay tax for musical comedies, operas or chamber music shows!
Though the US isn’t the only place where there are odd taxes. In Sweden, if a baby name is deemed “strange”, you have to pay a tax. In retaliation to this some Swedish people have named their children Metallica and Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116
On January 25, 2011, the people of Egypt began a revolution, in which they overthrew their old government. As of February 16, 2011, there was at least 365 deaths, and thousands more were wounded. After the revolution was a success, several other countries around Egypt also began their revolts. These countries are filled with mostly uneducated people, so the government sees these protesters as a large joke. But that could prove disastrous for the world, as the countries that are revolting produce about 5% of the world’s oil total.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012803144.html
-Logan Fahrenkopf,PhD
To think that there are people in this world that would kill people who are voicing their opinions is horrible. I read a story about a group of people who were mourning the loss of their fellow protestors and the government forces open fired and shot them. Five people were killed and many were injured. Then a helicopter killed a reporter and a videographer who were filming the scene. After that, the protestors began to chant antigovernment slogans or continued to mourn for their fellow protestors.
ReplyDeleteWhy would someone do such a thing? I do not understand why the peaceful protestors had to die or be injured so. They only became angry and violent after being shot at. But that was probably the plan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/middleeast/19bahrain.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2011/s3142572.htm
Yamen was the latest Arabian state in Tunisia to organize a protest. So far, they've had six successful days of protest. They are trying to get rid of President Saleh. There are 2000 police who are trying to block students from protesting at Sana University. That is wrong because everybody has a right to protest. The students have a slogen, "Leave, leave the chair you are sitting on has become rusted." Some pro-government people came and attacked the protesters with stomes and batons, injuring ten people. The students and others who were there, never fought back. One person said,"If those in Tahrir Square want to kill me, that's ok because we will still be peaceful."
ReplyDeleteThere are young protesters who got together by text-message and Facebook. There were security forces with stun guns and a couple of people were injured.
Protesters in the south seem to be more violent than the ones in the north.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/world/middleeast/17iht-yemen.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=middle%20east%20protest&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/middleeast/14yemen.html?scp=1&sq=tunisia%20protesters%20in%20yamen&st=cse