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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Animals for Entertainment?

Animals for Entertainment?

Many Animal are being abused for so called “entertainment”, they make animals just for us Americans for our own purposes. These animals are being mistreated and if they are not doing what their instructor tell them, they force them doing what they are supposed to do. I am against these people treating these animals how they aren’t supposed to be. I Think animals should have a peace state of mine. Animals like elephants are being mistreated by them using for entertainment such as more animals out there. They are being mistreated by marine parks, zoos, movies, or even in your house.

Marine parks: They are being mistreated here by for entertainment like for examples Seaworld Shamu , they punish them if they do what they are trying them what to do. These animals suffer and are being abuse just for us.

Dog fights for entertainment

Zoos: Many animals in zoos feel like the space that they are given are too cramped and they look bored. This prevents animals from there behaviors most animals in zoos are lazy and just sleep

House: Animals get abused at home by their owner like dog fights, cock fights. They do this for their own reasons like money or just for fun or to see who’s better or dominant in some situations. They fight for survival some animals act like this because they are not getting treated right like being hungry and mistreated

Many animals are used for entertainment; There is lots of different types of entertainment too. From circuses, to more, in other places its known as photographic props on tourist beaches and even in zoos and aquariums all over the world, to much to pay for shows like elephants in circuses , The point is here in America, we have right that protect the innocents of animals and those laws should apply to Animal Entertainment.

Friday, December 7, 2012

AOW #2 Miles of Aisles of Sexism (hoffman)

Can Violent Toys and Games Effect Kids on how they Act?

Showing Aggression toward a game.

In the article that I found shows how kids in the age from two through ten can learn much from toys that are violent and video games and how they are also a big influence in kids when they grow up. The article states that growing up with these violent toys can be effective as they grow up and raise their own families. Toys such as action figures, military toys, water guns can make a big impact in many kid ways. Doctor Marilyn Heins says that “I think everybody can agree that society is too violent” I agree with what she says, id say I agree is because when I grew up it is not the same how the new generation is now.

Kids are so exposed to more violent as before. Kids have water guns, rubber guns, etc. Those little things set a bad example for kids that show kids violence and how they should use it. Kids use what gun shapes look like and use it as a example of a gun like bananas , twigs, bottles as a substitute as a gun. By kids learning these items in such a young age shows themselves bad examples of growing up. This sets themselves for the future as in family and raising their own family.

Kids can also affect in by playing video games. Kids play the games and by them playing the games makes they want to do in real life. Also violent video games do lead to kid’s aggression toward others. About 90% shows that kids to the age of 8-16 stay and play video games 13 hours days. Studies show that in the virtual games can affect the aggression in real life.

I agree with the article and how violent toys and violent games can affect kids on how they act. Some long term effects that they pick up from them can be aggression toward others and can be more violent in real life. I think we as people created a bad environment to the young kids and every new generation by continuing making these toys and video games.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

High School Dropout

Why do you think the dropout rate is so high?

Dropping out of high school is an issue is faced by some teenagers this generation. That’s 7,000 every school day one student drops out every 26 seconds. In my opinion there are many reasons why kids would want to drop out of high school. Students don't know the affects that they are doing to the world like for example when a student drops out, people that pay taxes know as tax payers pay for the people that drop out. So students drop out because they think that that can solve their problem in school and an escape from everything. I have plenty reasons why students drop out, some of the reasons are….

Parents: so students in high school have abusive parents. They can have some family problems that accrue during the time period they go to high school , some is because family income, family gets too caught up on the economy problems that they don’t have time to drop their own kids off.

Themselves: they get bored at school, they don’t care, Students say “why do we learn this if were not even going to use it in the future?” stuff like that make them wonder why they even at school sometimes. Some say they don’t learn anything and blame the teachers but knowing it’s their fault for not caring. Sometimes the issue at the school is that they missed to many school days and hard to catch up with their school work. Kids mostly think if they want drop out in is if they fail the 9^th grade because they are already behind and need to make up the credit. And they don’t think they will graduate in time and end up not trying

Pregnancy /Jobs: some guys get their girlfriend pregnant during while they are at school and thinking of the future. Same goes for the girl if they get pregnant that get caught up with the baby and putting school aside and making that baby their main priorities. A job can make the student dropout because they want to money and only care about money.

Bad Influence: once a student joins a “clique” they might peer pressure on doing bad like ditching, drugs, confronting the teacher, posing as the bad kid around school. A gang can change a student from being a good kid into being a bad kids by making bad decision in their life that can affect them later in life.

There are many other reasons why students would want to drop and but I would say in my opinion those are the top reasons why kids would like to get rid of school. I would say students don’t know what would happen later in their life like they are limited into some jobs because they didn’t finish. I would say they also probably don’t know that tax payers have to pay taxes for every kid that drops out.

Source: Reasons Why Students Drop Out