In the article "Give Lance Another Chance?" written by CNN, they discuss the recent finding out of how Lance Armstrong cheated in the professional cycling. Armstrong raised money for many different cancer charity's and was a big hero and inspiration to many kids all over the world. Armstrong admitted to using performance enhancer drugs while he was doing the races.
Many people are disgusted by this but there are also people who believes that he should be given another chance.
Editor of the ESPN Magazine, Roxanne Jones, says that "He is not Trustworthy. She says this because he has been cheating for years now and filling so many peoples head with hope and she believed that he wasn't cheating after all the rumors so she feels betrayed.
Many people feel led on by Armstrong and his lies. He has been cheating for about 10 years now. that's 10 years of lies and deceived winning.
Author of "Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and The Ghost of Dr. King: Blogs and Essays.", Kevin Powell states that "We all have our flaws." He believe that if Lance really apologizes and is very sorry that more people will forgive him. He says that everybody makes mistakes because we are all human and humans make all types of mistakes.
There are people like Powell who make other people maybe want to look at Lance Armstrong as another human who just makes mistakes. i believe that Armstrong should be forgiven because he did raise so much money for all those kids with cancer. He was a hero for many kids and should still be, he should use this as an example to teach other children not to lie.
Shawn Klein, teacher at the Department of Philosophy and Center for Ethics and Enterenurship at Rockford College in Illinois say that "If he cooperates, maybe the lifetime ban could be reduced." Armstrong was banned from professional cycling since the incident, for life. what he did really hurt a lot of people.
Lance did a lot for many others but also messed his entire life up in the process. he owes apologizes, money and much more. he will most likely never see his fame up rise like this again. i think being humiliated in front of the whole world and for years to come is enough punishment. he should be left alone, not given any attention. Forgive and forget.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
kids becoming depressed without outside time
In the article, "All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed" written by Esther Entin, she talks about how kids in our generation today, do not get out as much as their parents did as they were children. She talks about how the lack of free time outside is causing students to be more anxious about things or even depressed.
Adults and parents today might all have memories of playing a numerous amount of outside activities growing up. But when you compare those rates of being outside then, to being outside today, there is a dramatic number decrease.
A big reason of why the kid play time is being pushed back is because of an over protective or self-conscious parent. Parents may be scared to allow their children outside as much is because all of the dangers and accidents involving children that have increased over the past several years. I'm sure any parent would have these concerns.
When children are in charge of their own outside freedom, experts say that the child will grow up to have a better mind with controlling things when they are adults. Experts also say that when children are in charge of their play/free time, they discover who they are or what they want to do on their own.
Children are usually directed around and told what to do, that’s when they automatically get their future life choices from other peoples decisions.
Kids learn to make their own choices, solve their problems, show self-control, and how to listen to directions. All of these opportunities will be given to the child if kids go out more and make their own free time choices.
When children feel freer while they are playing outside they can learn to do and control many more things. Rather than a parents bossing them around telling them what to do, children have the option to go off and make their own decisions that will build them up for a better adult life.
Children not only make more friends while they go outside, they learn how to have friendship connections with other children, learn to handle their expressions/emotions. Also their fears about things will soon overcome because they will be more used to the atmospheric display given to them.
By letting your child miss out on more free time is like letting them miss out on school time. If a child is becoming more depressed or sad, maybe going outside and letting them have control of that time will make them happier and not so stressful.
More children need to get out and breathe the fresh air provided to so many other kids, and they will learn and accommodate many more new traits and qualities.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
the sandy hook elementary shooting
In the article "Do We Have the Courage to stop this?" the writer
Nicholas D. Kristof writes about the most recent shooting massacre since the
movie theatre. One question still remains on his mind "Why can't we
regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?"
A public health specialist from Harvard sates that kids from the ages of 5 to 14 have a higher chance of being killed with guns than other kids from other countries like the U.S.
Many things in school are checked for safety and are okay to be around children. But people don’t take the time to safe proof and make sure the deadly and things that might kill more students are 100% not able to get in schools.
People are taking many precautions on things that do not kill students. The school Safety and Health Administration has a big rule about the safety of ladders in school which kills in the average year 300 people in America. But not even close to as much about guns which kill annually 30,000 Americans a year.
Toy guns have even more safety regulations with the flashy orange strip across the front. The National Rifle Association has the lawmakers scared to confront them about regulating guns like they do the toy ones.
If toy guns are being taken more seriously than regular guns more and more people are going to be killed. There is a simple fact that more people won't be taking it seriously. The gun law needs to be changed. And they need to be changed fast before we see another tragic accident like this happen again.
A public health specialist from Harvard sates that kids from the ages of 5 to 14 have a higher chance of being killed with guns than other kids from other countries like the U.S.
Many things in school are checked for safety and are okay to be around children. But people don’t take the time to safe proof and make sure the deadly and things that might kill more students are 100% not able to get in schools.
People are taking many precautions on things that do not kill students. The school Safety and Health Administration has a big rule about the safety of ladders in school which kills in the average year 300 people in America. But not even close to as much about guns which kill annually 30,000 Americans a year.
Toy guns have even more safety regulations with the flashy orange strip across the front. The National Rifle Association has the lawmakers scared to confront them about regulating guns like they do the toy ones.
If toy guns are being taken more seriously than regular guns more and more people are going to be killed. There is a simple fact that more people won't be taking it seriously. The gun law needs to be changed. And they need to be changed fast before we see another tragic accident like this happen again.
Friday, January 4, 2013
schools closing down
In this article "Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he
intends to close" written by Kristen A. Graham she talks about all of the
schools shutting down and the reasons why. Also how money would be saved and
schools would be bettered.
Many students, staff members and many other people that work or have a job with the schools will be affected badly. There will be 37 schools shut down and $28 million dollars would be saved in the results.
William R. Hite Jr. the School District of Philadelphia Superintendent stated that in June he would like for the schools to be shut down and relocated. "This is a historic moment for us." stated Hite a news conference.
Many jobs would be lost due to the school closings. 17,000 students and 2,000 people who work there would be affected. Students would have to move to schools and neighborhoods that they are maybe not used to. All the people who would be lost from the schools would have a hard time finding new jobs. This will just be a tragedy.
The $28 million dollars that will be saved from the schools shutting down and relocating would be used to pay bills or pay back money they owe. $300 million dollars was just borrowed not too long ago by the School District to pay off bills and pay teachers.
There are many reasons why the school district thinks that shutting different schools down is a good idea. One reason they say it is a good idea is because there are schools that are very big and can hold lots of people and only takes up a little bit of space.
One school that is an example of this is Shaw Middle School in Southwest. This school can hold up to 1,071 students but there is only about 193 enrolled. The school can be used for a different high school with more students.
The school district is going to be at major heat with angry parents. Protesting rates are going to be sky rocketed about many things having to do with the schools shutting down. Other money would be used because students might need more trans passes to get back and forth to their new schools. This will raise people's tax dollars also. Some parents just won’t have it.
Administrators and the superintendent just need to sit back and think of all the problems that this will cause. Also they need to create other ways to save money and not have to shut so many schools down. Many students’ futures will be affected badly; this does not need to be done.
Many students, staff members and many other people that work or have a job with the schools will be affected badly. There will be 37 schools shut down and $28 million dollars would be saved in the results.
William R. Hite Jr. the School District of Philadelphia Superintendent stated that in June he would like for the schools to be shut down and relocated. "This is a historic moment for us." stated Hite a news conference.
Many jobs would be lost due to the school closings. 17,000 students and 2,000 people who work there would be affected. Students would have to move to schools and neighborhoods that they are maybe not used to. All the people who would be lost from the schools would have a hard time finding new jobs. This will just be a tragedy.
The $28 million dollars that will be saved from the schools shutting down and relocating would be used to pay bills or pay back money they owe. $300 million dollars was just borrowed not too long ago by the School District to pay off bills and pay teachers.
There are many reasons why the school district thinks that shutting different schools down is a good idea. One reason they say it is a good idea is because there are schools that are very big and can hold lots of people and only takes up a little bit of space.
One school that is an example of this is Shaw Middle School in Southwest. This school can hold up to 1,071 students but there is only about 193 enrolled. The school can be used for a different high school with more students.
The school district is going to be at major heat with angry parents. Protesting rates are going to be sky rocketed about many things having to do with the schools shutting down. Other money would be used because students might need more trans passes to get back and forth to their new schools. This will raise people's tax dollars also. Some parents just won’t have it.
Administrators and the superintendent just need to sit back and think of all the problems that this will cause. Also they need to create other ways to save money and not have to shut so many schools down. Many students’ futures will be affected badly; this does not need to be done.
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