new face of america

                In the new face of America article it talks about basically black, white, Hispanic, Asian, and others in America and how the face of America is changing. Before in the 60’s America was 89% white and I think the reason is because every other race couldn’t do what they wanted back then they did not have full freedom and when other races besides white did something wrong specifically black they were punished cruelly either they were killed or injured badly and no one was doing anything to stop it so it was always going on, and I think that is definitely part of the reason that there were more white people in America than anything else. Now in 2011 there are only 63% white and I think the reason for this is because blacks and other races started to really get their freedom and got all their rights most of the time unless involving with white people because in the earlier years after the 60’s it was getting better, but white people could still do what they wanted when they wanted and if you were black you were wrong no matter what the situation was. Overtime it got better and they stopped killing off the blacks as much, but in the meantime the Hispanics were on the rise Immigrating and they are the most up in coming race in America. If you ask most people they would probably think there were more blacks than any other race except white, but no that is the Hispanics.

Lance Armstrong

In the article Give Lance another chance it talks about how a seven-time winner in bicycle tours was cheating the whole time and should he be giving another chance. Frida Ghitis says, “His debt his atonement are not limited to the cycling world or to sports. Armstrong still has a chance to redeem himself.” I don’t think he should get another chance to redeem himself and they should take all his trophies and everything because if he was cheating to win the whole time why would he deserve a second chance plus the man cheated seven times not once or twice seven times. Everyone in the article talks about how they watched him for more than a decade looking up to him, but he was cheating the whole time. But in the same since a lot of other people cheat to in sports but just don’t get caught. I think they should just take everything he have ever had or got from winning all those races because if he was cheating he doesn’t deserve it. If they let him keep all his medals and all the things he got I think that would be kind of stupid. Whoever came in second place in all the races should get all those things that he did because in reality they’re the ones who really one to me.

Syria Civil War

In the article Civil War Raises Questions about When to Intervene it talks about whether the United States should intervene in the civil war in Syria I think the united states shouldn’t intervene at all because they have their own problems to deal with and to be worrying about someone else’s is dumb its dumb because it’s like a saying how you going to fix someone else’s house and your house is a mess and not fixed. I’m not saying it’s not good to help people or anything because it’s always good to do that, but what if Syria starts attacking us and was in another war that would be just foolish because the U.S always finds their way into something. The U.S said they would intervene if they use chemical weapons, but what would be the point of that if you are killing someone a kill is a kill what does it matter whether it’s with a gun or a chemical. I think the U.S is just saying that so they can just get in this war because usually in war they use any and everything to kill the enemy a gun a bomb whatever it takes so to me it sounds like they just want to be in it. 

child depression

Leroy Scott

                                                                Child depression

In the article all work no play by Esther Entin it talks about how if children don’t get enough free time they will depressed in their older years. To me this sounds pretty dumb because what does a child not playing have to do with their depression in their older years that makes no since it could probably affect them in their younger years like the child being mad they don’t get to play enough, but when you become a man or a woman usually all that playing stuff comes to an end. But it is true in the article it says in a subtitle play gives a child a chance to develop a connection with their own self I think that this is true because when you are young you find out who you are by interacting with other people and other children. It also says most importantly, play is a source of happiness and I also think this is a true statement because when you’re playing you are happy sometimes even when you’re playing by yourself. I don’t think the loss of play will cause anxiety or depression because I don’t think to any child not playing is the end of the world. And if you don’t play a lot because your parents or whatever reason  you are used to not playing but if you are then most likely you play when you are allowed which is most of the time.

school district

Leroy Scott

                The school district of Philadelphia is talking about closing some of the schools and to me it would be an alright idea. In the article it said the school district is changing the kindergarten through 5^th or 6^th grade to a kindergarten through 8^th grade school. I think it’s a good and a bad idea to change because middle school and elementary should be separated. Also closing high schools might be a good thing because some high schools were not learning anything from the school kids acting crazy not listening to the teachers. Then the teachers stop caring and it would just be a bad environment. The school district is saying for the school kids who have the closing schools will be put into a equal or better school that would be a good thing but if that’s the case for some kids it will be the same thing just a different building because equal would mean the same thing. The reason they’re losing students to charter schools is because most of the public schools are not good so they would rather be in a better school with a future and kids want and need to go to college. In my opinion I think that the school district shutting down schools would be a good thing because there will be more money to do stuff.