marijuana

In the article ‘Marijuana law just creates criminals’ the author Hakeem Jefferies talks about marijuana and how it is affecting New York and also how 85% of the people arrested are black and Latino. I think marijuana should just be legal because everyone is going to smoke it anyway I’m not saying it’s right but I don’t really think it’s a bad drug where as though you would have to get locked up for it like in the article it says over 400,000 people were arrested for marijuana in the last decade that’s just crazy. I don’t think you should be allowed to smoke marijuana and drive that should be illegal because you could get seriously hurt and so can other people around you. Also if you’re caught with a lot of marijuana that should just be a fine not jail time. People make it seem like it’s a big deal drug like cocaine or heroin. I also agree with the article when it says it should either be a crime or not because you cant be in the middle of a crime either you did it or didn’t.

Power Ball

Leroy Scott

                                                No one wins the power ball

                The power ball that has passed on Saturday no one has got the exact numbers 22-32-37-44-50 and the power ball was 34. The amount given to the winner now is an estimate of 425 million which is the largest ever in lottery history. The article states, “While millions of Americans can have fun dreaming about how they'd spend the jackpot, the odds of winning are 1 in 175,000,000, according to lottery officials.” Before the power ball was only 365 million and it shot all the way up to 425 million. And I agree because the chances of anybody winning is so highly unlikely you might never win every time you play the power ball your taking a chance of losing however much the ticket cost and not winning anything. In my opinion if I could play the power ball I would whenever I had extra money and got the chance because to me there is always a chance that you could win and sometime I feel like chosen or something and to also get all that money just from a dollar or two dollar ticket that’s nothing. Everyone should play.

               

16 year old driving

Leroy Scott

                                    Teens

            In the article ‘Should 16-year-olds drive?’ by Ted Gregory the article talks about kids driving at the age of 16 and is that too young. One quote says “were still losing a lot of teens on the road each year,”

            “Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers every year.”

Motor vehicle crashes do kill a lot of kids but to me if they take away their right to drive at 16 there are just going to maybe be more accidents because usually kids don’t listen and when they are teenagers they think they are adults and adults drive cars when they feel like it. Also if they’re driving and cops happen to pull them over what are the chances of the kids stopping if they know they are wrong and that especially will create accidents? Another quote says, “I don’t think it matters what age you are as long as you have the practice and experience.” I agree quote because I always wanted to drive since I was younger and I was always told you have to be 16. So that’s what I thought plus 16 are a good age to start driving you’re almost out of high school and more mature. Also if you know the book take the test and know how to drive why not have a license. To me I just think 16 is the age you can get a tattoo drive you are almost an adult and those type of things come with responsibility.

everything will be put to a stop

In the article “Curfew imposed on teens to combat crime in East St. Louis” an article written by KMOX, CBS St. Louis. This article is about children that live in EAST ST. LOUIS the talk is about kids loitering outside basically not going to school so the mayor Alvin Parks says if you’re on the street during school hours you will automatically be arrested, minors are to be off the street by ten o clock pm on weekends and weekdays, and the police will be performing I.D checks on street corners and they are doing gun searches. In the article it also says they plan to arrest men and young men who are wearing gang colors parks said “No royal blue, no bright red to be worn by our men or our boys in this community,” Parks said. He also said “Vehicles that are moving will be stopped and searched for guns, weapons, drugs, and open alcohol and any other violations that are taking place.” In my opinion I think all that you can’t wear this color or that color is dumb because if you want to wear red or blue you should be able to wear red or blue. And the other quote like vehicles will be stopped if moving and searched you cannot search any one’s car without a warrant so that will probably be put to a stop. Also I think it’s a good idea to get the kids off the street by 10 o’clock because things always happen to children after dark.

obama won and people have different opinions

Everyone had different opinions on the election of Obama for a second term there were some people who thought that that he should’ve have won, some who disagreed, and some people who didn’t care. The comments about Romney and Obama were either they were happy Obama was president again, Romney should have one he would do a better job like handling things or they didn’t think he did a good job the first time. A quote from someone interviewed about the election was “I knew Barack Obama was going to win. I think he’s more trustworthy. He seems like more of a people person.” And another quote was “I wouldn’t have voted for Romney on women’s issues alone.” I agree with the first person I had no doubt that he was going to win because Romney was taking too much away from the people it seemed to me that he was only looking out for people who had money.” I also agree with the second quote too because the things he was taking away things that would make a woman’s life harder than it usually is like abortions and tampons things girls need to process and also go on with life if they do not need a baby at the moment. I think Obama had every right to win because when he got into office things were already messed up and people were making it seem like everything that was happening was really his fault and when he became the president a lot of things were already messed up.

Climate Change by Nicholas D. Kristof

                Leroy Scott

                                                                Climate changes

Nicholas Christoff wrote an article called “Will climate change get some respect now?” in this article Christoff talks about how the climate is changing drastically everywhere like there are bad storms hurricanes, floods, and more. Like for example hurricane sandy there was a debate and nothing was said about the hurricane and that’s what really matters because the people of America are the ones being affected by this. In this quote “Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says he told president Obama the other day it seems we have a hundred year flood every two years now” in this quote I think the governor is saying that there needs to be action taking if were having the floods way more often than usual ans someone needs to step up. People are losing homes their cars are being destroyed and no one is saying anything about it. Mainly the politicians and that’s what Christoff is talking about all these things are happening to these people and nothing is being said or done. In my opinion I think Christoff is right about everything he is saying the politicians should be talking about the hurricane and maybe how they are going to help the people who need the help get through this. If I was affected by the storm in a huge way I would feel comfortable knowing someone cares like the people who are in charge of this country but if they were not saying anything about it I would start to feel worried.

attention disorder

                Leroy Scott        

                                                                Blog #4 Attention disorder or not

                Studies by Dr. Michael Anderson talks about how people with A.D.D (Attention deficient disorder) and A.D.H.D (Attention deficient hyper activity disorder) usually don’t do well in school and he gives them medicine called Adderall to help. What these pills are doing to the young students in elementary is boosting their focus and gives them impulse control.  A quote from a mother who gives her children this medicine is “she can’t thank Dr. Anderson enough for diagnosing A.D.H.D in her children.”  A side effect that is rare is  the medicine is that people hear and see things which may cause very serious problems like in the article the boy who is 10 was in school and hearing things like people talking about his mother so that cause the boy to fight. In my opinion despite the side effect in the medicine Adderall I think if it’s helping kids do better in school and do better at home such as listening to teachers or parents and doing what’s told to do by parent or teachers.

Everybody wants a goodnight sleep but people like to stay up

Everybody wants a goodnight sleep but people like to stay up

            Using Ipads before bed ‘can lead to a poor night’s sleep by Stephen Adams tells how using Ipads or tablets before you go to sleep will not help you go to sleep or get a goodnights sleep according to the text “Researchers are warning that the blueish light their screens emit can stop users getting a good night’s sleep. That is because this type of light mimics daylight, convincing the brain that it is still daytime.”  So what they are saying is no one should really use those things before you go to sleep if you have school or work the next morning because you will most likely be tired because you will not have the right amount of sleep. They are saying the ultimate solution is to just turn off the devices at night. In my opinion I think if you know you won’t get up in the morning because you are staying up too late on the Ipad don’t use it, but all the talk about the blue light makes since but then again I use my ipad before I go to sleep and I have school the next day. I never have a hard time going to sleep, and I never heard of that before this article.