Tuesday, April 17, 2012


The article "Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School"is about a Shamsia Husseini. One day she was walking through the streets to a local girls school when a man pulled beside here in her sister on a motorcycle and asked them are you going to school? Then he pulled her burga from her head and sprayed her face with acid. This attack against Shamsia and 4 others including students and teachers was ment to terrorize the girls to stay home. Most men in Afghanistan believe that all women shouldn't go to school and be stay at home moms. But this plan failed when nearly all of the wounded girls went back to school. Even though Shamsia's face was burt so badly that she had to go abroad for treatment. Her parents told her to keep going to school even if she gets killed, because shamsia's mother cannot read or write like nearly all of the women in that area. Then they made another attack. Three pairs of motorcycle circled the school. The used spray bottles, squirt bottles, and a jar. They had hit 11 girls and 4 teachers and 6 people went to the hospital. In my opionion I think that this is wrong! Women should be able to learn the same way that men can. People aleays think women are weak and are only made to be house wifes but that’s not the case. Women can do everything men can do and even beter in some cases and that’s what men need to realize. Acorrding to the article Banning girls from school was one of the most notorious symbols of the Talibans rule. 

Friday, April 13, 2012

Zimmerman Arrested!








In a recent article George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with 2d-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin is talking about The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He is now arrested and is charged with 2nd degree murder. According to the article, Second-degree murder is typically brought in cases when there is a fight or confrontation that results in death but involves no premeditation to kill. It carries a mandatory minimum of 25 years behind bars when a gun is used. It took over a month to arrest Zimmerman.I believe that he should have been arrested because he killed somene.
 Acoording to the article, Treyvon Martins parents showed relief that Zimmermen was arrested now they can sleep better at night knowing that the man who killed there son is being punished. Trayvon's dad says that "The question I would really like to ask him is, if he could look into Trayvon's eyes and see how innocent he was, would he have then pulled the trigger? Or would he have just let him go on home?" 
In my opinion, I think that Zimmerman ment to hurt Treyvon! It wasn’t self defence because he was bigger that him and Treyvon didn’t do nothing to get shot. In my opinion I believe that Zimmerman should get 1st degree murder instead of 2nd degree murder. He should get life in prison! If the tables were turned a black man would have been in jail the next day and would have life. However I am very glad that Zimmerman is locked up and we have justice for treyvon Martin.