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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday writing exercise
Due by 5 pm today!
Please post (in the comments), your proposed title and the first paragraph of your paper.
Title: legalization of drugs: making it safer for everyone
Drug addiction and violence from the black market and the dealers has increased over the past decade. The government spends billions of dollars on drug control, yet there has not been improvement regarding drug users and the crime rate involving drug violence. In our court system today, a drug dealer will do more time in prison than a person that committed murder or manslaughter. is this right? Although drugs are addicting and harmful to the body, the legalization of those substances will eliminate the black market, significantly decrease drug violence, stimulate the economy, and solve the problem our country faces of overcrowded prisons.
There has been many reported violent crimes that children are actually the do-ers, however, violent shows on Tv and the media are not to be blamed for the violent acts that children perform, but rather parents themselves. Today there are plenty of graphic volient shows on TV but it is crucial that parents know how to control what their children are watching.Mike Males makes his argument clear that parents, and the children's surroundings are the ones to be blamed for children's violent acts.Although it is true that vioelnce on television can influence a child's mind, it is their surroundings and adult figures that trigger the violect actions.
English has been on the forefront of American language, but the nation has been fueled by other languages as well. Some believe that English is the correct and proper language and should be the sole language in every aspect of the American nation and its people. S.I. Hayakawa, in his article "Bilingualism in America: English Should Be the Only Language" argues that the English language has been the driving force in unification of the American people as a whole. He conveys how multilingualism would be costly and that American would function better without it. However, multilinguaglism proves to be an integral part of every citizen's life even though they may not speak a second language. Multilingualism provides for unification among the American people and allows the nation to function even with a diverse background.
The idea of legalizing drugs is now something that is knocking on many American’s door. Would it be a smart idea for America to let this idea in and fully accept it? In the article “Why you can hate drugs and still want to legalize them”, by Joshua Wolf Shenk many claims on the prohibition of drugs lead the author to believe that there is more harm then good from illegal drugs. While reading the article Shenk makes valid points, that although drugs are harmful substances, the legalization of them could cut down on crime rate, eliminate the black market, and cut down on countless dollars wasted on incarceration for drug affiliated crimes.
I Learned it From my Parents Whose to blame for the Virginia Tech, or Columbine Shootings: video games, television, the shooters, or their parents? Today's society has everyone believing the media is turning our teens violent. When in reality, it is the parents actions that define a child's character. Mike Males makes his point clear that a children's environment, and their parents actions are the one responsible for such actions.
The illegal drug trade in America has negatively affected society in many ways. It has increased the crime rates in cities and threatened the lives of several innocent people. The exchange of drugs may not be best for our nation but whether legal or illegal, drugs will be present and available in any street corner. Government regulation could make restrictions and limitations on the production of drugs and better yet eliminate the more dangerous underground drug trade. In the essay " Why You Can Hate Drugs and Still Want to Legalize Them," Shenk states that the legalization of drugs will reduce the profits of the black market, violence in inner cities and federal costs for prisons." Legalizing drugs will not only promote a safer society, but it will also allow our economy to grow.
Violent Parents or the Media: Which is responsible?
In “Stop Blaming Kids and TV,” Mike Males asserts that children imitate adults. Therefore, if domestic violence exists in homes then children are more likely to be violent, and thus the media is not responsible for how parents are rearing their children. Although parents are the main source from which children learn, the media is also responsible in influencing children to a certain degree. Some children do not have a parental figure to look up to, and so they imitate what the media portrays.
Television has become part of a child's everyday life. It is no misconception that many people rely on television as a mean of entertainment. Explicit content is allowed in some shows and children are always exposed to these. Mike Males introduces the issues of violence among children. He blames everything on the lack of parenting, and the environment kids grow up in. Although his statement is knowledgeable, television displays shows that portray bad images and explicit material. Sexual themes and swearing, are among the themes that cartoons nowadays, display.Unfortunately, television shows display more absurd material that involves kids mimicking some of the characters. Television is among the leading contributors that have children acting violent and following bad footsteps.
Stop Pointing Fingers Teenagers are eager to become adults, but when forced to live among people who are a bad influence, they fall short from being individuals and follow others. In this article named “Stop Blaming Kids and TV,” written by Mike Males, he argues that the people in their environment and not media impact children’s behavior. I grew up among many troubled Hispanic teens that made wrong decisions in life. Through this article I was able to conclude why many of them acted a certain way and why those ideas were still being continued by the younger generation. A child tends to produce what is familiar and normal to them, if violence and drug use is common, the child will grow up and do the same. Sure, there are also television shows that expose the bad behavior, but ultimately parents, family members and friends will have a higher authority to be able to manage the future behavior.
Help Through Drugs and Reform Drugs are and have been an issue in society for hundreds of years. An individual's use of whatever substance it may be has always made non users uneasy, which they have a right to be. The drug industry, so to speak, is filled with all sorts of scandal; having to buy from a street dealer, the drugs having a varying potency, violence occurring over issues related to the drugs, and people who become addicted to their preferred substance that become a nuisance to society. This is precisely why we must legalize drugs. Getting rid of the the street aspects through legalization would take away many of the problems due to rowdy drug dealers and would let the police focus on the true crimes of our streets rather than petty users.
The United States is a country of immigrants who have been united by the English language.Lourdes Rovira, author of "Lets Not Say Adios to Bilingual Education", criticizes Californian voters for passing Proposition 227, terminating bilingual education in the state. According to Rovira, denying students the option of bilingual education isn't simply a poor educational decision, it is an outright injustice. Rovira is correct when she states that bilingual education is beneficial to everyone, empowers and enriches living, and raises world awareness.
When California voters passed Proposition 227, it terminated bilingual education in the school systems. Bilingual programs were meant for to enrich a student's mind, they were seen as remedial classes. This is one common misunderstanding that bilingual education is exclusively meant for immigrants. In the article, Let's Not Say Adios to Bilingual Education," by Lourdes Rovira, the author states that studens are empowered by knowing more than one language. Being bilingual is not only an advantage in a political and economic sense, but it promotes cognitive development and creative thinking.
Jennifer Melo ACE Writing 1 Robert Krut Welcome, Bienvenida, and Bienvenue The United States of America is home to many immigrants. The first people who discovered the New World where from European descent, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the country belonged to them. Many other people migrated from other countries to the New World to seek new land and to have freedom of religion. Therefore, anyone who set foot on the soil of the New World can be considered an immigrant; that is to say, someone who comes to a country to take up permanent residence. The United States is unique because it is made of different cultures, religions, and languages. English is the language many citizens have in common but denying the right to a bilingual education is absurd. Learning another language helps many student to acquire proficiency in English and allows them to be aware of another culture.
On top of the numerous Americans already dying of drug use on a daily basis, additional Americans are dying as a result of the black market drug operations behind them. In his article “Why You Can Hate Drugs and Still Want to Legalize Them” Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that drugs are more problematic to our society when they are illegal to use. Drugs will be forever present in our society and nothing we have done as a country has had a large impact on the war on drugs, as gangs and drug lords continue to dominate our lower class areas. It is a time for reform, by legalizing the use of illegal substances America will be making it harder to drug dealers to make money and essentially eliminate them from our society while presenting other benefits to society. The elimination of drug prohibition will no longer tempt our youth to drop out of school in an attempt to make money as drug, our prisons will no longer be overcrowded with non-violent criminals, our economy will receive a much needed boost from taxing drugs, and less money will be spent housing drug dealers in our prisons. Though there may be some casualties in the legalization of drugs, the pros far outweigh the cons.
Crack is ok? Just like cigaretts? It's been a struggle for society and the government to decide whether or not drugs should be legalize. Is it normal to see kids huddle together smoking weed or a crack head shooting it up at Mcdonalds? In the article "Why you can hate drugs and still want to legalize them" tells us the benefits of legalizing drugs and how it can be better for the community.
As a bilingual student in elementary school, I can remember being utterly confused by the fact that I had to learn two languages. Why couldn’t we just speak English? After all, that’s what everyone else spoke. I didn’t like it all. It wasn’t until years later when I found myself building a resume and looking for a job that I understood the importance of speaking two languages. Although some may think otherwise, bilingual education is something that benefits all students, not just immigrants as it thought of. In the article “Let’s Not Say Adios To Bilingual Education” by Lourdes Rovira, the author discusses all of the benefits of bilingual education.
Title: legalization of drugs: making it safer for everyone
ReplyDeleteDrug addiction and violence from the black market and the dealers has increased over the past decade. The government spends billions of dollars on drug control, yet there has not been improvement regarding drug users and the crime rate involving drug violence. In our court system today, a drug dealer will do more time in prison than a person that committed murder or manslaughter. is this right? Although drugs are addicting and harmful to the body, the legalization of those substances will eliminate the black market, significantly decrease drug violence, stimulate the economy, and solve the problem our country faces of overcrowded prisons.
written by,
Cody Bills
There has been many reported violent crimes that children are actually the do-ers, however, violent shows on Tv and the media are not to be blamed for the violent acts that children perform, but rather parents themselves. Today there are plenty of graphic volient shows on TV but it is crucial that parents know how to control what their children are watching.Mike Males makes his argument clear that parents, and the children's surroundings are the ones to be blamed for children's violent acts.Although it is true that vioelnce on television can influence a child's mind, it is their surroundings and adult figures that trigger the violect actions.
ReplyDeleteGladis Rojas
"America Loves Multilingualism" (Working title)
ReplyDeleteEnglish has been on the forefront of American language, but the nation has been fueled by other languages as well. Some believe that English is the correct and proper language and should be the sole language in every aspect of the American nation and its people. S.I. Hayakawa, in his article "Bilingualism in America: English Should Be the Only Language" argues that the English language has been the driving force in unification of the American people as a whole. He conveys how multilingualism would be costly and that American would function better without it. However, multilinguaglism proves to be an integral part of every citizen's life even though they may not speak a second language. Multilingualism provides for unification among the American people and allows the nation to function even with a diverse background.
Andrew Wililams
Do not make a big deal about a simple deal
ReplyDeleteThe idea of legalizing drugs is now something that is knocking on many American’s door. Would it be a smart idea for America to let this idea in and fully accept it? In the article “Why you can hate drugs and still want to legalize them”, by Joshua Wolf Shenk many claims on the prohibition of drugs lead the author to believe that there is more harm then good from illegal drugs. While reading the article Shenk makes valid points, that although drugs are harmful substances, the legalization of them could cut down on crime rate, eliminate the black market, and cut down on countless dollars wasted on incarceration for drug affiliated crimes.
I Learned it From my Parents
ReplyDeleteWhose to blame for the Virginia Tech, or Columbine Shootings: video games, television, the shooters, or their parents? Today's society has everyone believing the media is turning our teens violent. When in reality, it is the parents actions that define a child's character. Mike Males makes his point clear that a children's environment, and their parents actions are the one responsible for such actions.
Isidoro Medrano
Drugs Are Safer Legal Than Illegal
ReplyDeleteThe illegal drug trade in America has negatively affected society in many ways. It has increased the crime rates in cities and threatened the lives of several innocent people. The exchange of drugs may not be best for our nation but whether legal or illegal, drugs will be present and available in any street corner. Government regulation could make restrictions and limitations on the production of drugs and better yet eliminate the more dangerous underground drug trade. In the essay " Why You Can Hate Drugs and Still Want to Legalize Them," Shenk states that the legalization of drugs will reduce the profits of the black market, violence in inner cities and federal costs for prisons." Legalizing drugs will not only promote a safer society, but it will also allow our economy to grow.
Violent Parents or the Media: Which is responsible?
ReplyDeleteIn “Stop Blaming Kids and TV,” Mike Males asserts that children imitate adults. Therefore, if domestic violence exists in homes then children are more likely to be violent, and thus the media is not responsible for how parents are rearing their children. Although parents are the main source from which children learn, the media is also responsible in influencing children to a certain degree. Some children do not have a parental figure to look up to, and so they imitate what the media portrays.
Honey, I Blame TV!
ReplyDeleteTelevision has become part of a child's everyday life. It is no misconception that many people rely on television as a mean of entertainment. Explicit content is allowed in some shows and children are always exposed to these. Mike Males introduces the issues of violence among children. He blames everything on the lack of parenting, and the environment kids grow up in. Although his statement is knowledgeable, television displays shows that portray bad images and explicit material. Sexual themes and swearing, are among the themes that cartoons nowadays, display.Unfortunately, television shows display more absurd material that involves kids mimicking some of the characters. Television is among the leading contributors that have children acting violent and following bad footsteps.
Jorge Perez
Crystal Arellano
ReplyDeleteStop Pointing Fingers
Teenagers are eager to become adults, but when forced to live among people who are a bad influence, they fall short from being individuals and follow others. In this article named “Stop Blaming Kids and TV,” written by Mike Males, he argues that the people in their environment and not media impact children’s behavior. I grew up among many troubled Hispanic teens that made wrong decisions in life. Through this article I was able to conclude why many of them acted a certain way and why those ideas were still being continued by the younger generation. A child tends to produce what is familiar and normal to them, if violence and drug use is common, the child will grow up and do the same. Sure, there are also television shows that expose the bad behavior, but ultimately parents, family members and friends will have a higher authority to be able to manage the future behavior.
Help Through Drugs and Reform
ReplyDeleteDrugs are and have been an issue in society for hundreds of years. An individual's use of whatever substance it may be has always made non users uneasy, which they have a right to be. The drug industry, so to speak, is filled with all sorts of scandal; having to buy from a street dealer, the drugs having a varying potency, violence occurring over issues related to the drugs, and people who become addicted to their preferred substance that become a nuisance to society. This is precisely why we must legalize drugs. Getting rid of the the street aspects through legalization would take away many of the problems due to rowdy drug dealers and would let the police focus on the true crimes of our streets rather than petty users.
Forgetting Our Roots
ReplyDeleteThe United States is a country of immigrants who have been united by the English language.Lourdes Rovira, author of "Lets Not Say Adios to Bilingual Education", criticizes Californian voters for passing Proposition 227, terminating bilingual education in the state. According to Rovira, denying students the option of bilingual education isn't simply a poor educational decision, it is an outright injustice. Rovira is correct when she states that bilingual education is beneficial to everyone, empowers and enriches living, and raises world awareness.
Television: Friend or Foe
ReplyDeleteImitation is the key form for any child's path to begin adulthood, but what happens when they become violent, who is the culprit to this? Usually fingers will be pointed to the cliché idea that it is the media’s fault and this causes parents to make an issue out of false truths. Adults should not be pointing fingers at media but on the contrary be pointing them towards a mirror. If one thinks about the idea it will make some sense, because children try to imitate older people, so is it not the "role models" fault for giving a negative perception towards them. Television is not to blame for violence among children; parents are their role models they look up to so the ones to blame for this slightly growing epidemic is the adults they are around.
-Frank Machado
Say no to English only
ReplyDeleteWhen California voters passed Proposition 227, it terminated bilingual education in the school systems. Bilingual programs were meant for to enrich a student's mind, they were seen as remedial classes. This is one common misunderstanding that bilingual education is exclusively meant for immigrants. In the article, Let's Not Say Adios to Bilingual Education," by Lourdes Rovira, the author states that studens are empowered by knowing more than one language. Being bilingual is not only an advantage in a political and economic sense, but it promotes cognitive development and creative thinking.
Abigail Chaidez
Jennifer Melo
ReplyDeleteACE Writing 1
Robert Krut
Welcome, Bienvenida, and Bienvenue
The United States of America is home to many immigrants. The first people who discovered the New World where from European descent, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the country belonged to them. Many other people migrated from other countries to the New World to seek new land and to have freedom of religion. Therefore, anyone who set foot on the soil of the New World can be considered an immigrant; that is to say, someone who comes to a country to take up permanent residence. The United States is unique because it is made of different cultures, religions, and languages. English is the language many citizens have in common but denying the right to a bilingual education is absurd. Learning another language helps many student to acquire proficiency in English and allows them to be aware of another culture.
Not All Supporters of Legalization Are Users
ReplyDeleteOn top of the numerous Americans already dying of drug use on a daily basis, additional Americans are dying as a result of the black market drug operations behind them. In his article “Why You Can Hate Drugs and Still Want to Legalize Them” Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that drugs are more problematic to our society when they are illegal to use. Drugs will be forever present in our society and nothing we have done as a country has had a large impact on the war on drugs, as gangs and drug lords continue to dominate our lower class areas. It is a time for reform, by legalizing the use of illegal substances America will be making it harder to drug dealers to make money and essentially eliminate them from our society while presenting other benefits to society. The elimination of drug prohibition will no longer tempt our youth to drop out of school in an attempt to make money as drug, our prisons will no longer be overcrowded with non-violent criminals, our economy will receive a much needed boost from taxing drugs, and less money will be spent housing drug dealers in our prisons. Though there may be some casualties in the legalization of drugs, the pros far outweigh the cons.
Randy Ou
Kimberly Romero
ReplyDeleteCrack is ok? Just like cigaretts?
It's been a struggle for society and the government to decide whether or not drugs should be legalize. Is it normal to see kids huddle together smoking weed or a crack head shooting it up at Mcdonalds? In the article "Why you can hate drugs and still want to legalize them" tells us the benefits of legalizing drugs and how it can be better for the community.
“Bilingual Education Can Benefit Gringos Too”
ReplyDeleteAs a bilingual student in elementary school, I can remember being utterly confused by the fact that I had to learn two languages. Why couldn’t we just speak English? After all, that’s what everyone else spoke. I didn’t like it all. It wasn’t until years later when I found myself building a resume and looking for a job that I understood the importance of speaking two languages. Although some may think otherwise, bilingual education is something that benefits all students, not just immigrants as it thought of. In the article “Let’s Not Say Adios To Bilingual Education” by Lourdes Rovira, the author discusses all of the benefits of bilingual education.
-Liliana Diaz