Wednesday, November 21, 2012

16 AND DRIVING?!?!?!

   In the article Should 16-year-olds drive? By Ted Gregory he explains why teens that are 16 year old really shouldn't drive. He reports that raising age would save lives but some people think that the age 16 really wouldn't be a problem. A Hinsdale Central High School sophomore said  Monday before hitting the road for her driver's education class, "I don't think it matters what age you are, as long as you have the practice and experience." on the other hand some people do think that the age 16 would be a good decision , Lund said, "were're still losing a lot of teens in the road each year, motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers a year."

      "This is kind of the next logical step," Lund said of the insurance institute's push to raise the minimum age. "Do these teens need to be driving as early as we are allowing them to drive." If people are saying that teens the age of 16 should not be driving then that's a good thing. It's teens out in the world who probably are driving now and in the snap of a finger the could be killed. My honest opinion is if teens are driving at the age of 16 then this means that they could be using the car for no good reason. For example if a 16 year old went to a party and drove their by their self then that means if the teen gets drunk and doesn't have an designated driver to get back home then that teen will be killed because she/he will be driving drunk.  

       For teens they make think that having a car could make them cool or just having a car just to show it off. Just because a teen past their driving test doesn't means that they could prevent themselves from getting on a car accident. Their are many other reason for teens to get in car accidents. Drinking and driving , not paying attention, and the latest one texting. If parents really wanted tier teens to be safe then they would wait a certain age to give their teen a car. I think that they age for a car should be 18-19. But people do have public transportation now (Septa) and it is less expensive than paying for a car or paying insurance from a your teen getting in a car accident.

                                              THE AGE SHOULD BE CHANGED!!!!!




Monday, November 19, 2012

Taking Drugs Is A Good Decision!?!?

   In the article A ‘Party Drug’ May Help the Brain Cope With Trauma by Benedict Carey people are studying about if the party drug that surfaced in the 1980s and ’90s that can increased pulses of euphoria and a radiating affection. Back then and now the government made the drug criminalized. Meaning if someone was caught smoking or just taking the drug anyway then they will be arrtested. The only reason why people are searching this drug to see if it's safe to use as medicine or anything else to help cure.In hundreds Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are not only stressed but could be reallt hurt are looking for sothing to help.

   In the article A "Party Drug" May Help the Brain Cope With Trama" it seems obvious that one it is about a party drug and that two it's being involed with somthing in your body. Usually people would say "Say NO To Drugs" or "You Shouldn't drink this ir smoke that." I think if taking drugs was the case then I wouldn't take. Specially if you already have a nice and healthy body. If the party drug does take care of and brain cope with trama then I would widh the luck of many people.

   You never know what would happen if people were taking drugs as medicine to help cure their problems it could cause death like party drugs does now. Or even worse, I think that studies should find another solution to cure Irag and Afganisatan veterans.

Monday, November 12, 2012

R.I.P America ??

   In the article Yay! Boo! So? Reactions to Obama win vary by Peter Mucha people agreed and diagreed on Obama's win on being re-elected as President on November 6th, 2012. As some people celebrated and even cried due to Obama's win on the other hand Romney's voters wasn't happy at all about Obama's win. From the article one of Romney's voters Chuck Rihl ,51 of Hadden Heights said "I'm not happy, I haven't had a job in over a year." Another voter said that she is worried about Obamacare , her stocks and other issues.

  I think that it was a good decision that Obama was re-elected as President. Only thing is I didn't quite understand what went on when Romney and Obama was having the debate but I did watch it. What I'm saying is if I barely understood what was going on during the debate how could I be happy about Obamo winning? What if he was having some suggestions that I thought were wrong or not quite right? I shouldn't be happy that he is re-elected President because he is African-American that's not a smart reason. 

   This is why teens around my age might be happy that Obama is President, just because he is African-American that maybe the reason teens around my age aren't allowed to vote. I have watched the debate between Romney and Obama and did hear some good and wrong answers from Obama.

 The reason I didn't like any of Romney's answers and the reason he may not have been elected President was for families who need extra help and get food stamps Romney said he would take the food stamps away. Another reason for Romney not  being elected was he was going to take away plan parenthood. Where women weren't able to have abortions or birth control pills. Women would have to stick to the baby and raise them theirselves.

  Lastly, all I have to say is was this a REALLY GOOD decision that America has choosen? Or was it a mistake for America?

Friday, November 2, 2012

Mother Nature Takes Over

       October 31,2012 article "Will Climate Change Get Some Respect Now?" By Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, The New York Times it could be true that Mother Nature and her children ( The Storms ) could be starting to take over.After Hurricane Sandy it's said that there could be even worse storms. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the New York says he told President Obama the other day that it seems"we have a 100-year flood every two years now." The NY Times has reported that three of the 10 biggest floods in Lower Manhattan since 1900 have occurred in the last three years.

        A NASA Climate Scientist , James E. Hansen says " For the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change."

     If weather was to get worst there could be rain and more flooding since climate changes add moisture to the atmosphere , rising seas create higher normal sea height for future storm urges. Reasons like this could cause a lot of damage if storms like this do happen. Storms could cause important things to be pushed back such as voting, important school programs or something could be happening at adults' job.

     My honest opinion is that maybe it could be the people on Earth causing the climate to change. It could be pollution, littering and people just not taking care of the Earth. If a climate change was to struck Earth right now and destroy it people would cry and be sad because they lost their homes, jobs places they really care about. Only thing is if people were causing the Earth to have this climate change then why not start changing now.

This article kind of reminds me of the movie 2012. Strange how all these storms and other destructions are happening in 2012.

Could this be people causing this problem of climate change?
Or could it just be regular mother nature causing this climate change?
Questions, Questions.