Students should not be allowed to have cellular phones in high schools. Since the invention of cell phones many have used them, but have abused the rights of having a cellular phone. Cell phones are a good thing to have when in trouble, but what is the use of having it in school when a student is learning "diddly-squat." Cell phones are used for emergencies, kids think of it as a hot trend, and parents feel more secure when their kids have one, but what is the point when they are distracting to the students from learning. Cell phones cause interruptions of others trying to learn and they many even use it to their advantages in a unlawful manner. I feel that have a cell phones in school is not a necessity for an education like a notebook or a pen.
It is unwise for students to have a cell phone in high school. Cell phones are given to students primarily because it is a good way to get in contact with someone if in case of an emergency. But what good of an emergency is texting in class and playing games when the teacher is teaching. Texting is a quick, quiet and easy for of communicating while in class, without disrupting the class like passing notes, but it distracts the students from paying attention. According to Health & Wellness Resource Center a former teacher Scaccia J. states that " I can tell you that cell phones don’t belong in the classroom. A student with a cell phone is an uninterested student, one with a short attention span who cares more about his social life than education." With technology developing every day, new programs coming out and student being able to add app’s to their phones, like games or even access the internet; encourages entertainment in classrooms rather than listen to a teacher lecture and learn somthing.
Parents allowed their kids to carry a cell phone because they feel closure, that if their child is in danger they can call for help. What the parents doesn’t know it that by allowing their kids to have a cell phone they are attracting danger. Many students are jealous and feel’s the urge to rob or hurt another student for their phone. The fancy phones that the parents are giving their children can be the reason why their child becomes the victim of a savage attack or even lose their life.
Students think that having a cell phone is cool, even though they do not need it. Having a cell phone in the minds of students is a new trend, they just want a cell phone because they want a cell phone. They don't want to feel left out. The students don’t realize is that having a cell phone is may make them look cool, but having one cause disruptions in class. According to foxnews.com, "Bells aren’t the only things ringing in school these days. Cell phones are, too." When a student phone rings in class, it is like a domino affect. Cell phone rings and causes disruption, which causes distraction, which then the teacher loses the students attentions. For the students to be able to learn they must be in a stable environment without any distractions. A simply ring and even a loud vibration can be heard across class.
I think of the major reasons why I think students should not be allowed to use cell phones in school is because many students take advantage of them as use it as a device to cheat. Many people use their cell phones as a way to cheat on tests. A student can cheat off another student even though they are sitting across the class from each other, simply by texting each other the answers to the questions. According to The University of Alabama Computers and Applied Technology Program, there was a situation with two students at Millport High School. "Both Laura and Jessica are in the 10th grade, next door neighbors, best friends and have all the same classes. They were caught by the teacher texting each other answers during a test while one hand was in the lap holding the phone and the other on the desk. They both received a zero." With the use of phones, we can access the internet and people use the internet to cheat on exams.
I feel that cell phones in students possession in school should one day be banned. It is the causation of many problems. There should not be a need for a student to have a cell phone in high school. If a student needs to make a call, they could go to the main office and if parents are concern is their child is safe, they should call the school to make sure their kid is where they are suppose to be. Cell phones in class are doing nothing better for the people of the future rather than causing distractions, disruptions, and students getting into more trouble in and out of schools.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIjbnfYCDFk&feature=related
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Vegetarian Not The Way To Go
Statistics show that there are about three percent of vegetarians in the United States, which is approximately six to eight million adults who are true vegetarians. Choosing to be a vegetarian is an unhealthy and unethical choice, but in the eyes of many it may seem to be the best choice. Many may argue that being a vegetarian is the most healthiest diet a person can consume, which I disagree. Vegetarians may have a proper nutritious diet, but they do not have a balance of the things they eat and may not get enough of the right nutrients or even may not get any at all. This can lead to many health issues and eating disorders. People even become vegetarians because they want to change the way they eat to loose weight, but by doing they’re causing more harm to themselves. Many people do not see or are unaware of the affects of being a vegetarian, until later on in life when all damage is done. Being a vegetarian can even be a matter of life and death. There is nothing worse than when a person realizes that throughout their life they have been triggering their own death, by feeding themselves to death.
Being a Vegetarian can be the causation of why many people have low bones density. In a report from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition many "vegetarians and vegans ( a type of vegetarian who does not eat products from animals) tend to have a lower body mass index, which increases the risks for osteoporosis." Osteoporosis is a medical condition where the bones in your body become fragile. In a study of a total of 2,749 participants, the bone mineral destiny of about four percent of the vegetarians where lower in the neck and spine compared to the people who consumed meat as part of their diet. The vegans have a even higher percent of low bone mineral destiny, at six percent. The reason why many vegetarians and vegans have a higher risk of low bone destiny is because their lack of consumption of dairy food products. Dairy products are high in vitamin D and calcium and that makes the bones in our bodies stronger and heather. Also many people do not even consume the substitutes products like soy milk, instead of real milk because either they may not like the taste or even because of financial reasons.
Vegetarian is the cause of why many people have problems with their dietary habits causing, the people to have eating disorders. In a research done in Minnesota by the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 107 participants from ages 12-20 who are vegetarians and 214 non-vegetarian youths were surveyed. The results of the survey shows that kids who are developing from a child into a adult and called themselves vegetarians, " had higher rates of eating disorders." The vegetarians also "had higher rates of dieting, binge eating, intentional vomiting, and laxative use." The reason why many people start being a vegetarian is because they want to lose weight and it can be a way to "express independence." People used the idea of being a vegetarian as an excuse to themselves that they are being healthy because we have the idea groomed in us to think that being a vegetarian is the most healthiest choice. What people don’t realize that in reality they are hurting themselves and are oblivious to see that outcomes and causation of the eating disorders that comes with began a vegetarian.
Being a Vegetarian may be the right choice in our minds, but in studies shown it is not the correct choice. The risks that comes with being a vegetarian can cause major health issues. A person should not deprive themselves of not having enough of the right nutrients or a vitamins for their body. Everyone should be health and eat a balance of right foods. Many people think that becoming a vegetarian is the best way to lose weight, which is not true. People can loose weight by not becoming a vegetarian by having a balance diet and eat in moderation, while having the proper nutrients to be health
Being a Vegetarian can be the causation of why many people have low bones density. In a report from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition many "vegetarians and vegans ( a type of vegetarian who does not eat products from animals) tend to have a lower body mass index, which increases the risks for osteoporosis." Osteoporosis is a medical condition where the bones in your body become fragile. In a study of a total of 2,749 participants, the bone mineral destiny of about four percent of the vegetarians where lower in the neck and spine compared to the people who consumed meat as part of their diet. The vegans have a even higher percent of low bone mineral destiny, at six percent. The reason why many vegetarians and vegans have a higher risk of low bone destiny is because their lack of consumption of dairy food products. Dairy products are high in vitamin D and calcium and that makes the bones in our bodies stronger and heather. Also many people do not even consume the substitutes products like soy milk, instead of real milk because either they may not like the taste or even because of financial reasons.
Vegetarian is the cause of why many people have problems with their dietary habits causing, the people to have eating disorders. In a research done in Minnesota by the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 107 participants from ages 12-20 who are vegetarians and 214 non-vegetarian youths were surveyed. The results of the survey shows that kids who are developing from a child into a adult and called themselves vegetarians, " had higher rates of eating disorders." The vegetarians also "had higher rates of dieting, binge eating, intentional vomiting, and laxative use." The reason why many people start being a vegetarian is because they want to lose weight and it can be a way to "express independence." People used the idea of being a vegetarian as an excuse to themselves that they are being healthy because we have the idea groomed in us to think that being a vegetarian is the most healthiest choice. What people don’t realize that in reality they are hurting themselves and are oblivious to see that outcomes and causation of the eating disorders that comes with began a vegetarian.
Being a Vegetarian may be the right choice in our minds, but in studies shown it is not the correct choice. The risks that comes with being a vegetarian can cause major health issues. A person should not deprive themselves of not having enough of the right nutrients or a vitamins for their body. Everyone should be health and eat a balance of right foods. Many people think that becoming a vegetarian is the best way to lose weight, which is not true. People can loose weight by not becoming a vegetarian by having a balance diet and eat in moderation, while having the proper nutrients to be health
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thesis Paragraph
Vegetarians vs. Meateaters
Throughout the world, everyone’s dietary habits are different. I would say when it comes to eating there are two kinds of people: the vegetarians and the meat eaters. In my point of view, being a vegetarian or a person who eats too much meat is a risk you take in life. There are many significant differences between the two. Some people don’t realize the effects of being a vegetarian. When it comes to eating, many vegetarians do not have a proper nutritious diet, therefore their intake of calories in their daily lives will not lead to a successful healthy life. The people who primarily eat meat are also in danger just like the vegetarians they don’t have a proper nutritious diet as well. I firmly disagree with people who are vegetarians and people who primarily consume meat. I do agree and think that being a vegetarian or just some primarily meat eaters are two complete extremes. No one should deprive themselves from nutrients that they need for their body to survive and be healthy while having consideration of balancing everything that one consumes. There is nothing worse than when a person realizes that throughout their life they have been triggering their own death, by feeding themselves to death.
Throughout the world, everyone’s dietary habits are different. I would say when it comes to eating there are two kinds of people: the vegetarians and the meat eaters. In my point of view, being a vegetarian or a person who eats meat is a risk you take in life. There are many significant differences between the two. Some people don’t realize the effects of been a vegetarian. When it comes to eating, many vegetarians do not eat properly, therefore their intake of calories in their daily lives will not lead to a successful healthy life. The people who primarily eat meat are in danger just like the vegetarians because they may not be eating in the proper way as well. I firmly disagree with people who are vegetarians and people who primarily consume meat. No one should deprive themselves from nutrients that they need for their body to survive and be healthy, with the consideration of balancing everything that one consumes. There is nothing worse than when a person realizes that throughout their life they have been triggering their own death, by feeding themselves to death.
Throughout the world, everyone’s dietary habits are different. I would say when it comes to eating there are two kinds of people: the vegetarians and the meat eaters. In my point of view, being a vegetarian or a person who eats too much meat is a risk you take in life. There are many significant differences between the two. Some people don’t realize the effects of being a vegetarian. When it comes to eating, many vegetarians do not have a proper nutritious diet, therefore their intake of calories in their daily lives will not lead to a successful healthy life. The people who primarily eat meat are also in danger just like the vegetarians they don’t have a proper nutritious diet as well. I firmly disagree with people who are vegetarians and people who primarily consume meat. I do agree and think that being a vegetarian or just some primarily meat eaters are two complete extremes. No one should deprive themselves from nutrients that they need for their body to survive and be healthy while having consideration of balancing everything that one consumes. There is nothing worse than when a person realizes that throughout their life they have been triggering their own death, by feeding themselves to death.
Throughout the world, everyone’s dietary habits are different. I would say when it comes to eating there are two kinds of people: the vegetarians and the meat eaters. In my point of view, being a vegetarian or a person who eats meat is a risk you take in life. There are many significant differences between the two. Some people don’t realize the effects of been a vegetarian. When it comes to eating, many vegetarians do not eat properly, therefore their intake of calories in their daily lives will not lead to a successful healthy life. The people who primarily eat meat are in danger just like the vegetarians because they may not be eating in the proper way as well. I firmly disagree with people who are vegetarians and people who primarily consume meat. No one should deprive themselves from nutrients that they need for their body to survive and be healthy, with the consideration of balancing everything that one consumes. There is nothing worse than when a person realizes that throughout their life they have been triggering their own death, by feeding themselves to death.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The New Literacy
The article The New Literacy by Clive Thompson is about the way kids, and how they write and what has change from the past. The article states how kids today can’t write and technology is to be blamed. Lunsford who is a professor who disagrees says "technology isn’t killing our ability to write. It’s reviving it and pushing our literacy in a bold new directions." According to her study from 2001 to 2006 she collected writing’s samples of emails, in-class assignments, essays and etc. Based on her conclusions she stated that she "did not find a single example of texting speak in an academic paper." Rather than the technology has hurt us, it has made the kids write more after leaving school, because most people in the past after leaving do not ever write a paragraph again unless it is for a purpose. She also found that the students, when the students write they write for an audience which helps them write better. But when they do in-class writing they only write for the professor and the only purpose is for them to get a grade. I agree with Lunsford that writing on the computer is not harming us nor it is affecting the way we write in class. The new literacy is helping us because many we write more when we are on the computer.
1) What is the difference between writing to an audience and writing for a professor?
2) How is writing on the computer different from writing on paper ?
3) Does writing on the computer benefit us more than writing on paper?
1) What is the difference between writing to an audience and writing for a professor?
2) How is writing on the computer different from writing on paper ?
3) Does writing on the computer benefit us more than writing on paper?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
R U oNLiNe
The article Online, R U Really Reading by Motoko Rich develops an argument, whether kids of the 21th century are gaining any knowledge from reading online, rather than reading books. The standardized tests of many teenagers have been declining, and some people say that the cause of that is the hours that are spent on the internet. The people who disagree say "that internet has created a new kind of reading," which I think is true but the new reading is not what our schools are prepping us for in our lives. Deborah Konyk who is the mother of Nadia Konyk would like her daughter for a change actually read a book, but her fifteen years-old daughter spends at least six hours in her day on the internet reading and listening to music from different sites.
Does this mean when we are on the internet we are reading or are we not? From the way I see it, I consider reading from the internet is more or no less than reading from a book, they are the same. The definition of the word reading is an interpretation of a text, therefore once a person is reading whether from a book or the internet and they are understanding what has been read or abstract the information from the text, I would believe that is reading. But we have to give account for everyone because everyone is not the same. Some people can read a book and some cannot, some can spend time on the computer and read online and others can’t.
Hunter, Gaudet who is sixteen years of age has a learning disability and he finds that reading from the internet is more comfortable for him. It depends on the person, I feel the older generation is having a hard time reading on the internet that is why they are worrying about their kids reading online. I also think that the board of education should spend more money on education for their students. In these days the world is changing and it has been more technologically advance like reading from the internet not the books. So I think the board of education should change the way they test kids and how we have been thought in school. They should adjust to the new ways of learning rather than staying with the old ways. Maybe we would get better grades or tests and better grades in school.
1) Should the board of education change the way the teachers teach and test the kids in classrooms?
2) How does reading online hurt someone’s reading skills?
3) What is the best for kids books or the internet for reading?
Does this mean when we are on the internet we are reading or are we not? From the way I see it, I consider reading from the internet is more or no less than reading from a book, they are the same. The definition of the word reading is an interpretation of a text, therefore once a person is reading whether from a book or the internet and they are understanding what has been read or abstract the information from the text, I would believe that is reading. But we have to give account for everyone because everyone is not the same. Some people can read a book and some cannot, some can spend time on the computer and read online and others can’t.
Hunter, Gaudet who is sixteen years of age has a learning disability and he finds that reading from the internet is more comfortable for him. It depends on the person, I feel the older generation is having a hard time reading on the internet that is why they are worrying about their kids reading online. I also think that the board of education should spend more money on education for their students. In these days the world is changing and it has been more technologically advance like reading from the internet not the books. So I think the board of education should change the way they test kids and how we have been thought in school. They should adjust to the new ways of learning rather than staying with the old ways. Maybe we would get better grades or tests and better grades in school.
1) Should the board of education change the way the teachers teach and test the kids in classrooms?
2) How does reading online hurt someone’s reading skills?
3) What is the best for kids books or the internet for reading?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
New Media
The article "New Media and the Slow Death of the Written Word" talks about two significant views based on the issue of new media, which is the internet. Some people feel that the new media is destroying the old ways of printed literature. They think the traditional printed literature will slowly fade away. Mark Zeltner who is the author of this article favor’s print on paper over a computer screen. He says "computer screens are hard on the eyes," I agree with what he is saying that the computer is the cause of many peoples having eye problems and been on that computer for a long time is harmful for your eyes. On the other hand I also disagree with his statement "I note that you couldn’t fold a computer screen up and carry it in your book bag," but with today’s technology we have laptops that many carry around, with wireless connection everywhere, and we can log onto the web at anytime.
I personally feel that the new media is a better more efficient and faster way of reading and interpreting text. Just because we used to spend hours and hours researching using books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias do not mean we lack intelligence it simply mean, we now have the technology to get researching done faster. We are known in the age where technology is advancing and it is there for us to use to our advantage, but yet we cannot be lazy and have it do all the work for us. The new technology also allows us to make reading more fun, by using videos, pictures, and other new exciting ways, instead of the boring old ways of printed text. This new idea can help us comprehend the works of writers better. Will printed text ever fade away though? In my opinion I don’t printed text will ever be gone. Just like how radios did not go away after televisions were created, printed text will still be around even if the new media is the new printed text.
Mark Zeltner created ten rules for students who are learning to write for the new-media. For the most part I agree with all of Mark Zeltner rules. Im not saying that a writer should follow his ten rules, all I’m saying that it is a good guide for anyone who is writing for the new-media. Today new-media writers should write in shorter articles for people to read, which Zeltner talks about in his first and second rule. But the shorter is not always better, a new-media writer should try to put the essential points needed to be addressed, of whatever he or she is writing about and make it short so that readers do not get bored. When a person scrolls down a page and looks at a piece of work he or she is reading, if text is too long it can affect the "reader’s ability to comprehend and understand what is written."
Rules four, five and six talks about the usage of pictures, sounds, and video clips. I don’t quite agree that sounds and video clips are more important than words, I just think it is more exciting ways of writing and it is a more entertaining way of reading. With rules eight and nine I could understand hyperlinks could be helpful to the writer, but it can’t also side track a reader from understanding what the point is that the writer is trying to make. I don’t agree with rule ten, I don’t see why a new media writer is any different from a person who is writing for printed media. For my views I think writing is writing no matter where it is, if on a paper or a screen, it doesn’t matter, once the writing finishes his or hers point that they are trying to make and the reader can understand what the writer is writing about.
I personally feel that the new media is a better more efficient and faster way of reading and interpreting text. Just because we used to spend hours and hours researching using books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias do not mean we lack intelligence it simply mean, we now have the technology to get researching done faster. We are known in the age where technology is advancing and it is there for us to use to our advantage, but yet we cannot be lazy and have it do all the work for us. The new technology also allows us to make reading more fun, by using videos, pictures, and other new exciting ways, instead of the boring old ways of printed text. This new idea can help us comprehend the works of writers better. Will printed text ever fade away though? In my opinion I don’t printed text will ever be gone. Just like how radios did not go away after televisions were created, printed text will still be around even if the new media is the new printed text.
Mark Zeltner created ten rules for students who are learning to write for the new-media. For the most part I agree with all of Mark Zeltner rules. Im not saying that a writer should follow his ten rules, all I’m saying that it is a good guide for anyone who is writing for the new-media. Today new-media writers should write in shorter articles for people to read, which Zeltner talks about in his first and second rule. But the shorter is not always better, a new-media writer should try to put the essential points needed to be addressed, of whatever he or she is writing about and make it short so that readers do not get bored. When a person scrolls down a page and looks at a piece of work he or she is reading, if text is too long it can affect the "reader’s ability to comprehend and understand what is written."
Rules four, five and six talks about the usage of pictures, sounds, and video clips. I don’t quite agree that sounds and video clips are more important than words, I just think it is more exciting ways of writing and it is a more entertaining way of reading. With rules eight and nine I could understand hyperlinks could be helpful to the writer, but it can’t also side track a reader from understanding what the point is that the writer is trying to make. I don’t agree with rule ten, I don’t see why a new media writer is any different from a person who is writing for printed media. For my views I think writing is writing no matter where it is, if on a paper or a screen, it doesn’t matter, once the writing finishes his or hers point that they are trying to make and the reader can understand what the writer is writing about.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Resources
1)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3621398.stm
2)http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=14639574&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=should-the-legal-age-for-smoking-be-raised--name_page.html#story_continue
3)
http://www.progressiveu.org/165554-should-lawmakers-increase-legal-smoking-age-18-21
4)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/smoking-age-21
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3621398.stm
2)http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=14639574&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=should-the-legal-age-for-smoking-be-raised--name_page.html#story_continue
3)
http://www.progressiveu.org/165554-should-lawmakers-increase-legal-smoking-age-18-21
4)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/smoking-age-21
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