I'm a criminal and so are you

The article "I'm a criminal and so are you" is really interesting to me. Its brings up a good point that people don’t realize. Michelle Alexander talks about how everyone is a criminal, but they just don’t know it. How people think that criminal only exist in ghettos mainly or in jail. That is not the case, because there are criminals all around us. If you have ever broken a law like smoking, or drinking under age you are criminals according to Michelle Alexander.” You are a criminal that just has not be caught, You’re still a criminal, no better than many of those who've been branded felons for life” says Michelle Alexander.

I agree with Michelle, because yes this is true. We tend to think that we are better than people in jail, but we are not because we might be doing the same thing that they were put in jail for. However I also disagree with Michelle. My reason is because she is saying that people should not treat criminals any different. I believe that it depends on what type of criminal it is. For example, I do believe that rapist and murderers should be treated different, because f what they did. I know I’m a criminal because I break laws, but I have never went as far a murdering someone. I think that’s wrong! They should be looked t differently.

Michelle Alexander says that “ Criminals can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded fro juries and legally discriminated against in employment.” I think this should only be toward certain types of criminals.

Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell

The article Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell, is about how alot of people are now photoshopping their pictures to make them look better. Dr.Farid who became interested in the photoshopping problem after reading about the Photo labeling proposals in Europe. He is proposing software tool for measuring how much fashion and beauty photos have been alteres. Seth Matlins who is a former talent agent and marketing executive said that “this could be hugely important tool for measuring the degree to which photos have been altered.

Researchers believe that the images contribute to eating disorders and anxiety about body types. In my opinion, I think that it is okay to edit your pictures. However I don’t think its okay to edit a picture so much it looks like a whole different person. I believe that that’s being fake because its not the real you. People should keep there real beauty in there pictures. In the article Mr.Matlins said, “we’re not trying to demonize Photoshop or prevent creative people from using it. But if a person’s image is drastically altered, there should be a reminder that what you’re seeing is about as true as what you saw in ‘Avatar’. I agree with him.
I think that people should cut back on photoshopping their pictures, and let people see who you really are. People need to realize that their pictures don't have to be perfect. People would rather see a real picture then an edited picture. 

"In China Human Costs are Built Into an Ipad"

     This article is about how companies go to china to make apple products, instead of staying in the United States. They know that the United States has more laws, and they can’t work people as much as they can in china. They work more than 60 hours a week at a company called Foxconn. Employees who were late had to write confession letters. The problem is that the workers are working in an unsafe environment, sometimes deadly. 

     One man named Lia Xiaodong wanted to work for manufacturing companies. So he went to Chengdu, a city in China of 12 million. The city was rapidly becoming one of the worlds most important manufacturing hubs.

     Lia wanted to work at Foxconn Technology, which was Chinas largest exporter with 1.2 million workers. When Lia landed a job repairing machines he noticed that many things were wrong, like the almost blinding lights, the shifts that ran 24 hours a day, workers sitting in backless chairs. The employees were being miss treated and were being worked to hard in bad conditions.

            Foxconn was in charge of a team that maintained machines that polished iPad cases, which made the area loud and hazy with aluminum dust. This dust created an explosion killing 4 people and 18 injured. Lia was killed. However just 2 weeks before the aluminum dust explosion a group in Hong Kong made a report warning of unsafe conditions at the Chengdu plant, including problems with aluminum dust. Workers also reported the problem of poor ventilation and inadequate personal protective equipment.

            I really think that the owners of the Foxconn Factory should be fired! They work people to hard and the are not even making sure that the environment is safe for them. I believe that the owners care to much about money that their workers safety. However I would NEVER stop buying Apple products because of this. My reason is because too many workers our out their working hard making these things so I will always support them. I just think that they should get treated better and paid more. 

Cracking Teenagers' Online Codes

  

    The article "Cracking Teenagers Online Codes" is about a 34 year old lady named Danah Boyd. She is a senior researcher at Microsoft, and an assistant professor at New York University. She is also a fellow at the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society at Harvard.   One important thing about Danah is that she is the first anthropologist who has come from the tribe that she studies. This means that she knows a lot about what she is studying because she has lived that life.
      Danah is studying the online world and how the internet effect teenagers. In this article Danah discuss how parents, teachers, and schools worry about teenagers posting their lives away. Danah say that adults are worrying about the wrong things. She states that "we need to give kids the freedom to explore and experience things online that might actually help them."
     I agree with Danah and I disagree with her as well. My Reason is because, yes, a lot of parents do worry about their teenagers being online and I believe that they should be worried. There are a lot of things that teens are doing online that their parent’s don’t know about. For example they could be online chatting with a child molester. Or they can be video chatting with grown men, or doing something that they are not supposed to be doing. Which a lot of teenagers are doing today. I also agree, because there are also a lot of benefits of being on the internet. You can learn a lot of things from the internet, and it can be helpful in many ways.

Danah says that “Letting your child out to bike around the neighborhood is seen as terrifying now, even though by all measures, life is safer for kids today.

            Yes, I agree. I believe that the crimes have gone down and that’s another reason why I think kids should go out more, instead of spending all their time on the internet.
However I do believe that parents think that all the things teenagers do on the internet is bad. And they believe that we are doing something wrong. Danah says that “Teenagers are not some alien population, when we see new technologies; we think they make everything different for young people. But they really don’t. Teenagers are the same as they always were.
And I agree!
A question that I still have for Danah is why do you think the internet is such a great source for teenagers? Do you know the things that are going on in the world today sue to the internet?
 

"Facebook Breakups"

The article "Teaching kids How to Break up Nicely" is telling about facebook breakups. They wonder should you delete the pictures of your ex after breaking up? Is it okay to un-friend your last girlfriend if you  cant stop looking at her profile? This article states many ways that can make young teenagers break up. Alot of the teenagers in this article let facebook mess up there relationship. Roberto said that "racing to update your relationship status after a breakup is a healthy behavior. In my opinion, I dont agree with Roberto. My reason is because if you are rushing home to change your realtionship status after a breakup that can affect how the other person feels. Maybe they wanted to get back together. Changing the status so fast is just not healthy in some situtions.
I believe that their is a nice way to break up with someone but putting it on facebook is just not a good way. That is just hurtful and some what embarrassing for the person who's heart is being broke. Facebook is one of the main reasons why kids break up in the first place. Mainly because everyone can be in your business and people can post anything on your wall, which can make your girlfriend or boyfriend want to break up.
In the article they say that when kanye West and Amber Rose broke up, West wrote a means song about her. Yung teenagers do the same thing on facebook. If they break up, they write mean statuses about them. Thats why i think people should leave their relationships off facebook!
In conclusion, I say that the nicest way to break up with someone is by being honest and doing it in person, never do it over facebook. It makes everything worst.

Love & Hip Hop : )

Love & Hip Hop is one of the most popular TV shows. According to AllHipHopNews.com "The controversial second season of “Love & Hip Hop” scored high ratings for VH1, which attracted over 4 million viewers." The show Love & Hip Hop follows women who are dating rappers or are in the hip hop music business. The show features Chrissy Lampkin, who is dating Jim Jones. Olivia Longott, a singer. Emily Bustamante who dated the rapper Fabulous. Somaya Reece,  Kimbella Vanderhee ,who’s dating rapper Juelz Santana and Yandy Smith Jim Jones  manager.Love and Hip Hop is one of my favorite shows. Its showing how hard it really is to be in love with someone in the music business and it’s even harder to be IN the business. The girls on love in Hip Hop are often judged and disrespected in their personal and professional relationships.  I think that this show is very interesting, through all the fights and drama its shows how life can be in the real world. Another reason why I love this show is because they show couples real lives and how they stay together through all the drama in the hip hop industry. Some of the girls have to deal with their men leaving them all the time because they are doing business, or they even deal with their men cheating on them. One of the women on this show even dealt with her own mother in law, making a disrespectful song talking about how she dislikes her. And then she made a mean video to go with the song. I believe that this show brings out the good and bad of being in the music business, and that’s why I like it!

2011 judgement day

One of the biggest stories of 2011 was the day the world was going to end. Harold Camping predicted that the judgment day would take place on May 21, 2011 and the end of the world would take place 5 months later on October 21, 2011. Harold’s prediction drew national attention. He was all over the news and radio stations. According to Camping’s website FamilyRadio.com he stated, “What really happened is that God accomplished exactly what he wanted to happen. That was to warn the whole world that on May 21 Gods salvation program would be finished on that day."

I truly believe that this was the biggest story of 2011 for many reasons. Everyone was talking about this day. However many people didn’t pay it no mind. Including a lot of Christians. They believe that no man will know the day or hour the world will come to an end. Only God would know.

This was an extremely important day for me. It affected me in many ways. When I heard Harold’s prediction about the world ending I was horrified. I was one of the people who actually believed that the world might really come to an end, and I was very upset. The first thing I did when I herd about the world coming to an end was went on Google to got more information about. Then I asked my parents what was going on. Everybody would tell me that the world was not going to end and that they always make predictions like this. However, I didn't listening to anybody and I had a feeling that it was over. I kept crying and worrying about Harold’s prediction and it really affected my life. When the day came I sat outside for a long time waiting for the world to end and it never did. I was so happy and it made me dislike Harold for getting people upset and his prediction was wrong. I would never ever forget this day. That’s why I believe that this was one of the biggest days in 2011.