If you’re a kid who is reading this, let me ask you this:  Have you ever thought about other children’s lives?  Do you think that they all are like you?  Well in this week’s article of the week “In Latin America, Looking at the Positive Side of Child Labor” by Jean Freedman-Rudovsky.  It states all the children who are living in Latin America are striving to live while working out in the sugar cane fields all day everyday.

Are the children forced by their parents for work?  Or that they think that they should because they realize how poor and desperate their family is in need of money.  I keep thinking that the children are forced upon self decision.    I know that many children have been working since they were young and I respect that, but do they think about the down side of working very hard everyday?  I mean, do they realize that they have not developed the body of an adult has?  They could be extremely injured if something bad happens to their body.  And the worst part is, they do not have enough money to see a doctor or get medication.  I think that children who are below 10 and working out in the fields is the most important part of this article because children like me have a very good and easy life compared to them, other children should be aware of this cause.

If I was in this situation, I would most defiantly attend my job as a worker.  And the reason to that is because I need money.  Due to the fact that my mother or father need to work multiple jobs and still get very little pay. I need to do my role are a son to earn money and support the family.  This strongly affects the world because 215 million children are either working out in the fields every single day of their lives, or are forced to do something else that involves mass production.  In this situation, my responsibility is to make sure that I earn enough money, and that I don’t get injuries so that all the families money won’t be wasted on medication.

This article is from: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-01/asia/world_asia_philippines-child-labor_1_child-labor-child-workers-sugar-cane?_s=PM:ASIA

This image is from: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-01/asia/world_asia_philippines-child-labor_1_child-labor-child-workers-sugar-cane?_s=PM:ASIA

I do NOT own it.

Ever wonder what goes in to your mouth?  Ever think that the things that you swallow, isn’t always the safest piece of food?  Well in this weeks article of the week, “BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs, and Fish with Oozing sores” by Al Jazeera.  I noticed that what the article has summarized about the BP oil spill was true, the sea life do all look different from original appearance.  Especially the Shrimp, though it does disgust me a bit, I cannot say that it is their fault what so ever.  I blame it on BP.

If BP has caused this oil spill to happen, did the government or anyone charge them with a high ransom for consequence?  I mean, it’s bad enough that people now have a restriction to eating seafood due to the fact that everything that comes out of the ocean is now basically mutated.  To me, the most important thing here is that, either BP or somebody find a way to either stop this spill, or at least slow it down.  Because if it stays there, who knows what else could happen to the sea life.

If I was part of BP and the oil spill just occurred, I will make sure that the head boss does something to try to stop this problem.  And if the problem is fixed, I’m going to make sure that all our workers are well trained enough to handle and prevent risky situations.  If they don’t know, they best resign or run through the tutorial again.  After reading this article, I’m just very thankful that I’m living in South East Asia, where the ocean is still clean and free of oil spills.  Because I do eat fish and seafood, and if that disappears, it would completely change my daily diet.

This article is from:  http://gizmodo.com/5903021/bp-oil-spill-aftermath-eyeless-shrimp-clawless-crabs-and-fish-with-oozing-sores

This image is from: http://gizmodo.com/5903021/bp-oil-spill-aftermath-eyeless-shrimp-clawless-crabs-and-fish-with-oozing-sores

I do NOT own it.

You can’t ask me to stop loving you

Hey!
It’s me, remember?
The guy who saved your heart,
the one who knew you from first sight

Back in the day at the Candy Shop,
I bought you your first ice-cream,
with chocolate sprinkle on top.
it was like a Christmas dream!

I can tell you have something about me,
There’s no doubt about it
You can’t tell me to stop loving you!
Cuz together, we’re indivisible.

When you run through the park,
your silky smooth hair sparks.
When you stop and stare at me,
I just want to to let it be!

The face you have,
It makes me resemble who I am.
Your action speaks louder than words,
and you’re about to break from your hurt.

Please understand me.
Its gotta be youu,
only youuu,

Has it ever happen to you that someone has made a deal with you to move your property somewhere 50feet away, and still trash your house due to harvesting much more land than agreed?  Well, in this weeks article of the week “Dhaka slum dwellers live under threat of eviction” by Syed Zain Al-Mahmood, shows how the Dhaka government has told the slummer’s give up 10 feet of their land and claim more than 50 feet.

I know that the government is just trying to let the slummer’s know that they need 10 feet of land from them.  But the issue is, they took up more than 50 feet of land.  And in fact, the slummers were well prepared and moved away well over 50 feet.  What’s next?  You guessed it, the government took over 50 feet of land.  How could you do this to poor people earning enough to live and feed their families?  Don’t you have a heart or a soul?  I mean you agreed to what you announced.  I think it is important that you know these people are living off nothing now that the government has told the bulldozer’s to tear down everything in their way.

When I read the part where one 3 year old girl was crushed, literally crushed in to broken bones by a bulldozer.  This made me so sad and sorry for her that it has happened.  She was only so young and trying to save her household, and the man in the bulldozer, don’t you have a heart to at least move her out of the way before you go on?  With everything gone, the people who were once homed in the slums now sleep on the streets with no food, no water, and no toilet.  If I was in that situation, I can honestly tell you that I don’t know what to do.  Most likely, I would try to get whatever was left in the trashed houses, or just simply start begging for money.  There is nothing much we can do really, all of out belongings are gone.  For what god knows, maybe there are some grains of rice left under a block of concrete.

This article is from: http://lingro.com/translate/http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/apr/11/dhaka-bangladesh-slum-dwellers-eviction?newsfeed=true

This image is from: http://lingro.com/translate/http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/apr/11/dhaka-bangladesh-slum-dwellers-eviction?newsfeed=true

I do NOT own it!

Have you ever heard of women being traded to another family just because their family took a life of someone?  Well, in this weeks article “In South Sudan, Girl are given away to settle family feuds” from the daily best, I finally feel the pain inside a women’s heart.  Just because you think women should be treated this way, doesn’t mean they want to be treated this way.  Even if I’m a boy, I stand up and respect women at all costs.  In fact, I respect everyone who respects me regardless of gender.  So, to all you people who think that your gender is considered more worthy than the other, I dare you do change your attitude.

Could you imagine that your family killed someone from another family, isn’t that bad enough?  Don’t you think that trading a women for that death who is ending up being abused by the other family, is extremely crossing the line?  I feel so bad for the women in Sudan who are to be traded to other families because they get abused to bad, they’d try to commit suicide for more than once.  I can almost guarantee that if I was one of the women who is eventually going to be raped and forced to do chores, I would definitely commit suicide on that moment where I was traded.  It’s too much to do and handle, especially if you were the young girl at the ages of 8-12.  They get raped so bad that they could die just like that, or through birth.  I would like to send my regards to Atia Odongi to cheer her life up, even if it isn’t as effective as it should be.  If the military were to over-throw the government, with no hesitation, I would support them in every way I can.  Just to save the lives of thousands of women who are currently being abused and most importantly raped by other family members.  Is there anything that other countries could do to help the women in Sudan?

This article has connected to me in many ways:  First of all, I was born in the 21st century.  At this time, women were all treated better than they were before.  I respect all the girls in my school no matter what race or age they are.  Though I have encountered married couples who mistreat each other.  Most of the time, the male would become dominant and use violence against the women, and that I can guarantee is wrong.  If you don’t respect your wife the way she is, next time, think twice before you are sure before you propose to the women you’re going to spend the rest of your life  with.  Same thing applies in Sudan, why can’t they trade any sex of the family, why must it be women?  I can understand that trading a family member due to murder is a law, but making it so that only women can be traded is ridiculous.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/06/in-south-sudan-girls-are-given-away-to-settle-family-feuds.html

This image is from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/06/in-south-sudan-girls-are-given-away-to-settle-family-feuds.html

I strictly do NOT own it.

My strengths as a writer is to us as many specific words as possible.  I put in that extra effort to find the best word to fit each sentence.  I’m good at making sure I include all my ideas to the topic itself, so that that every idea is included to the paragraph.  Some problem I encountered during this writing was not being able to make it sound like a real Declaration of Independence.  I solved that issue by checking out the example that was posted by Ms. Richert.  In fact, it help me alot to finish this writing.  I came up with the ideas for this writing assignment through peers and ideas that I think should be recognized in this writing.  In class, some students shouted out some ideas towards the topic, and I thought some of them could be useful is my Declaration.  If I were to start this assignment over again, I would change the following: I would make sure I use the correct verb tense to match the sentence.  I’d explain my ideas more clearly to prevent confusion between me and my readers.  Lastly, I could surely change some of my words since their synonyms do not match some parts of the writing.

Ever wonder what it would feel like to witness a white guy shooting an innocent black boy in the public?  Well, in this weeks article of the week “Voice experts say 911 tape supports Trayvon Martin” by John Bacon;  It states a man named George Zimmerman shot a boy named Trayvon.  Okay, in my opinion, I strongly support the fact that George Zimmerman is guilty for shooting Trayvon without a good reason.  In fact, I believe that George should be trialed for murder.  There was this thing called “a tooth for a tooth.”  Well I think that this should be “a life for a life.”  You take some one else’s life away, you give it back.  There isn’t and never will be a good reason to shoot an innocent black boy walking down the street without him committing any crime or violence.  Though I’m very certain that George Zimmerman did intend to shoot Tayvon just because he was black.  Racism hasn’t faded away.  The only way racism is going to stop is when everyone can accept each other for who they are.  Not judging some one by their skin color and thinking they are less worthy as we are.  In conclusion, I wonder what would happen if Tayvon was one second before he was shot at.  What would happen then?  Could he have escaped?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/04/voice-experts-say-911-tape-supports-trayvon-martin/1#.T3r7UqsthBp

This image is from:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/westy559/404135417/

I do NOT own it.

Preamble

When going through the life of a student, it’s certainly necessary to split the overpowered bond between student and teachers, we must explain the reasons why we deserve our independence to the rest of the world.  This requires us, students, to write down a strong Declaration of Independence for the rest of the world to notice and understand why we should be, and certainly will be independent, and have the same and equal rights as our teachers.

Declaration of Student Rights

We possess the truth that is undeniable: that all the students were born equally, and given by their parents the rights of life.  Liberty, and the inquiry of happiness.  To master these rights, teachers should enable students to learn as they wish, and maintain the fact that they still get proper education.  On the other hand, when teachers begin a long term of mistreatment to students, that shows that they desperately want control over their students, it’s our commision to get rid of the control from our teachers, and have them hand us over our independence.

List of Grievance

Until today, students have been very considerate and gentle with their teachers.  But, with such a long term of mistreatment and unfairness by the teachers towards students, it’s finally time for the whole world to know what has been going on all along.

They have given us way too little time for break.

Our first block ends at 9: 15 a.m.  From then, break goes all the way to 9: 30.  Do you really think that 15 minutes is enough? (not including locker time)  The worst part is, break ends at 9:30 and we get kicked out of the gym at 9: 25.  How does that even make sense? We deserve our break.

They only allow us to access the gym on Mondays and Thursdays.

Of the five day weekday, 8th graders are only allowed to access the gym on Mondays and Thursdays.  I don’t see the reason why the whole Middle School can’t enter the gym together.  Most of the girls don’t even use the gym, that means only about half the Middle School does not occupy the gym.  I can understand if we can’t use the gym occasionally, but the gym is like a break we use to occupy our lunch.  Did you know when we use the gym, our brain releases endorphins?  It lets us have a bit of fun.

They give us too much homework to even complete on certain days.

Okay, I know that many people have made complaints about this, but it is true.  The way certain teachers give their students homework is inconsistent.  On certain days, they give too little or none, on other days they gave way too much!  Give your students a constant amount of homework.  If you start giving too little homework and move on to too much, your students have to adjust their pace.

They give us way too little lunch time.

Lastly, the principal give the students too little time to have lunch.  We need that time, it’s the only time for us to eat.  We can’t finish our meals within 20 minutes.  Most of the time, before we can even start, the food stand is already crowded, that consumes time if someone starts at the bottom of the line.  Then they won’t have enough time to eat.  Think about it, there has to be a change somewhere.

Statement of Prior Attempts to Redress Grievance

Well, even after all this mistreatment, we have analyzed how we personally experienced our teachers, and the way they treat us.  However, our accusation have flowed into empty cups, and we have been avoided all along.  We have even demanded our school administrator, but yet again, we have failed.  In the end, we must now proclaim that we are separating ourselves from our teachers to become permanently  independent!

Resolution of Independence

We, accordingly, the head leaders of the whole student body, give out these facts to everyone in our state and to the rest of the world.  With the names and permission of all our fellow classmates, we earnestly write and demonstrate that all of the students should be free from rules and permanently be independent.  We present ourselves the same rights that teachers have, which are the ability to be free and independent.  Backing up our declaration, we honour our lives with the same respect and gratitude an adult posseses.

This photo is from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwatson/5070827/

I do NOT own it.

My strengths  as a writer is making sure I don’t have any grammar mistakes.  I hardly make any mistakes at grammar.  Unless its pass and present tense, they are the only exception.  I came up with the ideas from taking traits that I own myself.  I’m an exciting person who’s very curious.  The challenges I encounter when doing this writing were trying to be as descriptive as possible.  There were times when my mind was blank.  I couldn’t think of any ideas.  I solved this problems by searching it up on the internet and then I asked my friends.  But I eventually came up with the ideas by myself if I start thinking harder.  I set a goal that I must write as descriptive as possible.  I did imitate Ruth Gendlers writing.  I used her description for a brief picture on what to write.  I achieved my goals pretty well.  My writing came out better then expected.  I described my personifications very well on my excitement piece.  I usually think myself as a bad writer, even if other people tell me it’s pretty good.  But on this writing piece.  I approve my own writing to being quiet well written well.  If I were to start this assignment again.  It would depend if I were to do it differently.  If it was a different word then I’d write it differently.  But if it’s some word that’s similar, I wouldn’t do anything different but change some parts.

This photo is from:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/6877728215/

I do NOT own this photo.

<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/6877728215/” title=”Figures of Speech – Personification by Enokson, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6877728215_b3ca6fe5d5.jpg” width=”500″ height=”100″ alt=”Figures of Speech – Personification”></a>

Curious

Curious wears a detective coat with long white socks on. He works as a questionnaire. Basically, his job is to ask people questions. His goal is to learn anything he can get into his brain, doesn’t matter what, even the craziest things like what position you sleep interests his mind. The three words that describe him the best are: talking, asking, and creating. All of those described his daily life, what he does, and how he shares. When you’re unaware, you better watch out for your personal belongings because if it’s left out somewhere, curious would grab it and learn everything you’ve written or described in it. When curios is tired, other words respect that moment because there is a peace of silence. Not because they don’t like him, but it just gives them some time do not hear anything.

Something that keeps certain words away from curious is: fear, patience and panic. They can’t understand and spare curious, when he’s talking, they don’t understand his big mouth. Though it isn’t his fault since that is his characteristics, you can’t change it to satisfy some other words. Curious likes to watch mysterious and educational movies. The fact that they all slowly add up and not just give away the whole movie, that keeps the fire burning in Curious’s mind. In fact, movies reminded curious about the memories he’s had with Creativity. They both once tried to fart through a fire just to show other people how cool it looks. But yet it set their pants on fire! Without a doubt, they have tried many other things, most did not turn out so great. When the experiments either succeed or fail, they process and adds on to Curios’s knowledge. He learns something new everyday!

This photo is from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemonsoap/133308137/