homecoming prank

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/09/whitney-kropp-opposing-teamtown-rally-around-bullied-teen/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/29/community-cheers-victim-apparent-homecoming-court-school-prank/

 I think that as teenagers we can have some very immature moments and they can be hurtful. This is one of them. When I read this story on a girl whole was it appeared prank notated to be homecoming queen I was crushed. Why would you do that to another person?

But Whitney didn’t let it get to her that much. After considering suicide she instead turned the tables, and took her place as one of the homecoming court. She cre4ated a Facebook page to help her prevent this from happening to other people and the community gave back to her by providing a dress and haircut and styling. 

Music can speak louder than words

Music it’s a way of life, It can begin where words fail, it can tell stories that just need to be told with more emotion.  It is a thing that most people take for granted with their iPods today. You used to have to go to a concert hall or play an instrument just to hear good music.

You can’t truly define what music is but it will bring people together.  On this web site I found a lot of surveys on how music is listened to and what people thought about it. I think these graphs all show we have opinions about music not matter how old we are. http://www.smartgirl.org/reports/2226868.html

Music like books comes in many forms, from hard rock to soft classical music. It can be made to fit any kind of person that’s one for the reason it’s so special. Another is that you don’t need to read or understand the words you can just listen to the notes of the music. This is why music is so special, it can define a generation. If you look at your parents what kind of music do they love to listen to? Do they love the 70’s the 80’s or are they pretty okay with the music of today?

 When you look at a person’s song choice it can tell a lot about them. Like if they love to hear a hard drum, or if they are open minded and will listen to almost anything.  It can tell you if in their past they loved someone but they left them for someone else.  If you were to look at my iPod you would find a se4lcetion of odds and ends of music. I have a lot of soundtracks of musicals, but I also have a lot of Taylor Swift who is my favorite artists. If you were to look at all my sounds I do love that slow ballad feel of today’s contrary music.  You can gain all that from my iPod song choice not even from the beat of those songs or the lyric’s. That is the power of music. 

Why do we have homecoming?

http://www.active.com/football/Articles/The_History_of_Homecoming.htm

http://prom.about.com/od/formalfaq/qt/What-Is-Homecoming.htm

I found this when I Goggled what is homecoming

  “home·com·ing/ˈhōmˌkəmiNG/

Noun:

An instance of returning home. A high school, college, or university game, dance, or other event to which alumni are invited.”

This isn’t what homecoming his to me. Homecoming to me is a week event with a lot of planning and you feel a little stressed the night of the dance.

Homecoming was last night for me and it was a lot of fun. I got to dress up in a pretty cute dress wear heels, and go dancing. I saw my friends and we a looked great. That’s one of the best parts about the dance. Now this week I spent the whole having fun dressing up and doing different themes to show spirit for our school.

          How did this all get started and why do we do all the things we do now. Like last night my grandmother stated that homecoming to her was just a dance in the gym after the football game.

What I found as I looked at some websites is that homecoming is a celebration of our school. Wither you go there or you are alumni.  I also found you don’t have to do it just for football. It can be for any sport you just have to plan it once a year.  

Homecoming king and queen are also a big part. This year it felt better to vote because I knew some or even most of the candidates for the court. They are just two people in the senior class who are very involved and well known at school.

Well we won’t talk about homecoming till next year, now onto shopping for a dress for prom. 

Schools in the home

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/09/25/nyc-public-schools-provide-birth-control-to-students-should-the-government-be-involved-in-teens-sexual-activity/

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/york-city-plan-contraception-teens-school/story?id=17310468#.UGSReI1lRSQ

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/best-birth-control-method-teen-girls-iud-implant-american-college-obstetricians-gynecologists-acog-article-1.1167893

This is not an okay that they are offered Plan B, without parents okay or even the parents could not even know. The idea that parents are okay with this is an idea; I can’t wrap my mind around it. Now do I think some kids didn’t show the permission slip to their parents? Yes I do.  This is a bad idea.

To think that some schools may be doing this bothers me. I would say this because it just makes having sex easier.  If you can get the birth control easier and with less people knowing you got it makes you feel better that no one would know. 

It also can lead to a jump in STD rates. The more teens are having sex because they think they can’t get pregnant, the more STD will come.  The implant birth control is also available and it still doesn’t protect against that.

To be on birth control for that long and not have a medical reason like those that some teens have is just wrong. This also means that tax payers are paying for teens to have sex.  

We are hungary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IB7NDUSBOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXL2eheEqP4&feature=related

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/legislation/cnr_2010.htm

These two links show two total different sides of one story and that is that one policy fits all, we see this today all the time. Policy that were built to fit everyone and affect everyone but not always in the best way.  The “Healthy Hunger-Free kids Act of 2010” has impacted every kind of school not matter if you are in  high school or just starting out in  kindergarten.  

            This act was passed in 2010 but I’m now starting to notice the effects, my team mates and friends have started to bring home lunches because the food offered at school is not enough to fill them. We know that because I see it in school, kids buy two lunch.

            Now there are people who are fat, but with this policy those people who are working out for 1-3 hours a day need a lot of calories. The “We are hungry” video says we need “2000-5000 calories” if you’re an active student. For some people lunch at school is there only meal a day, “750-850 calories” are not enough.  Being in high school upperclassmen can leave campus here, this means that some of my class mates are running to fast food joints everyday just to get a meal that feeds them.

            The other video that I have is the one that Mrs. Obama filmed to tell us about this policy. I feel like this video was mostly propaganda on a policy that is making me starve if I don’t bring my own home lunch. She says that there will be new health food. I feel like all I got was the same canned food and a lot less protein.

With that a one policy fits all standard just doesn’t work, mostly because of the true fact that no two people are in the same exact boat on food. 

ZOMBIES!!!!

http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead

We are always hearing about it now, “The Zombie Apocalypse”. The idea that the world will end with the dead rising is a little crazy but we are hearing about all these books, movies and even one very popular TV show. The “Walking Dead” is a popular TV show on AMC is set in Georgia and it shows what happens after the first panic. Then we have built up to how are we going to move on with our lives and survive our new reality.  

            The main characters each try to understand what has happened and if they can move on from all the change. Like how you watched your sister get bitten and die right before you, or are you going to just give up and end it before you can meet an end you didn’t want.

            Now the movies have taken different ways.  In “28 days later” the zombies are people with a virus that makes them very made the virus itself is called “rage”.( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/ )  “Shaun of the Dead” on the other hand takes a funnier approach and makes the zombies their classic deadness but he tries to get his ex back. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/  )

            Zombie books have also started taking a spot light in the ring of books. “World War Z” by Max Brooks is set in now but says that there was a time when zombies were taking over the world and the testimonies of those who survived it.  We are now taking books of the past and mixing zombies in to them. In “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” it’s a mash-up of the classic book and zombie fiction ideas.  One of my favorite zombie’s books would be the book “Married with Zombies” (http://www.jessepetersen.net/married-with-zombies/) it’s the idea that even with the zombie apocalypse going on you can still save your marriage. It is a series of books and they are great so I would recommend you read then.

            A book that might be handy to have would be “The Zombie Survival Guide” by Max Brooks. This book is a book that when you read it you will start wondering if you might need to run to the store and buy some stuff to protect your home.

                 We may never have a real zombie apocalypse but you  can sure make a living making up what might happen.

A tiger jump

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/23/new-york-city-man-mauled-by-tiger-in-bronx-zoo-charged-with-trespassing/

This article is very interesting. You would think that they wouldn't charge him for trespassing on the grounds of the fact that he got attacked by the tiger. i believe that the tiger had every right to attack that man when he jumped into the enclosed area. This was of his own free will, he wasn't pushed, and I would say that this was a crazy idea.

One reason I think they should press charges against this guy is that it not only put his life in danger but that of the tiger. The tiger is only an animal so when it attacked him in its own home you would say it had a right to. This man was trespassing in the tiger’s home.

A thing that needs to be checked is this man’s mental health before they charge him. I don’t think a person who is thinking clearly, would never jump into a tiger pit.

I don’t think this was not just a non-suicide attempt I think if he had died this man would have been okay with it. This can be backed by the fact that when he was asked what he was doing he replied “I wanted to touch the tiger.”

When you think about it he showed the signs. The article says that he would comment on stuff about animals and how much he liked them.