Tuesday, March 24, 2009
NHD Reflection
For NHD I was working on Sandra Day O'Connor and her tribute to the way we look at the fourth amendment rights in school. I worked with Sharde Miller and Shaquille Rankin. We decided on doing a documentary. We recorded live videos and interview people to make are project creative. Although we tried hard and thought we did good we still did not make it. maybe we'll try harder next time.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Cyber Suicide
“Smelly Sally!!!!”
MeanGurl92
“Who r u”
DaVictim01
“Ur worst nightmare”
MeanGurl92
As technology become the center of the 21st century, so has the potential for the misuse of such modern comforts. This generation has been named the Internet age. The Internet has made socializing simpler, accessing information across the globe has been made easier, and locating people has made lives less complicated. Yet, if you look at the Internet age in a different light you’d realize it has bred many immoral practices as well. While some use the Internet for gaining information, others use it for destructing and ruining lives. Some Internet users gain pleasure from intruding Internet privacy of individuals and seek enjoyment from breaching Internet security. Cyber bullying is the name given to these activities.
Cyber bullying is using technology to threaten, insult, or harass an individual. Cyber bullying practices range from simple activities like continuously bombering someone with emails right up to sexual abuse. Passing abusive remarks about some one making him/her the subject of ridicule in online discussion also classifies as cyber bullying.
“Cyber bullying is one of those things you need to take seriously.” Said Amber Boddie a student at Constitution High School “I was never cyber bullied but I heard many stories about people being bullied on Myspace and Facebook.” If you have been watching the news or reading the newspaper than you know about Myspace and Facebook. While both sites are very beneficial there are several problems that rise on these sites. Cyber bullying is very common on Myspace. Hurtful blogs that has the sole purpose of hurting someone spread like wildfire once someone sees it on a person’s profile. Soon everyone in the school has reads the blog and joins in with the abuse.
“Bullying can lead to death,” said Shaquille Rankin a sophomore at Constitution High School. There have been a number of suicides that came from this thing called “Cyber Bullying”. A Missouri mother had to bury her thirteen-year-old daughter Megan Meier who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on Myspace. Tina Meier (Megan’s mother) found her daughter hanging in her bedroom closet. Tina said she noticed the change in her daughter’s behavior before she committed suicide. Megan walked around the house sad and depressed all the time, rarely talking. Tina thought it was a phase her daughter was going through and she’d get over the explicit emails she was receiving, but Megan never did. The emails made Meagan so depressed that she reacted in killing herself.
Cyber bullying should be taken very seriously. If your child is being bullied you should take it in consideration. Cyber bullying has become very common in the 21st century, activities like continuously bombering someone with emails right up to sexual abuse. To help children survive cyber bullying there are many clubs and hotlines. Parents should be aware and question your kids to see if they are being bullied. Cyber Bullying can lead up to death so please be alert, because you can be a victim of
“CYBER SUICIDE!”
MeanGurl92
“Who r u”
DaVictim01
“Ur worst nightmare”
MeanGurl92
As technology become the center of the 21st century, so has the potential for the misuse of such modern comforts. This generation has been named the Internet age. The Internet has made socializing simpler, accessing information across the globe has been made easier, and locating people has made lives less complicated. Yet, if you look at the Internet age in a different light you’d realize it has bred many immoral practices as well. While some use the Internet for gaining information, others use it for destructing and ruining lives. Some Internet users gain pleasure from intruding Internet privacy of individuals and seek enjoyment from breaching Internet security. Cyber bullying is the name given to these activities.
Cyber bullying is using technology to threaten, insult, or harass an individual. Cyber bullying practices range from simple activities like continuously bombering someone with emails right up to sexual abuse. Passing abusive remarks about some one making him/her the subject of ridicule in online discussion also classifies as cyber bullying.
“Cyber bullying is one of those things you need to take seriously.” Said Amber Boddie a student at Constitution High School “I was never cyber bullied but I heard many stories about people being bullied on Myspace and Facebook.” If you have been watching the news or reading the newspaper than you know about Myspace and Facebook. While both sites are very beneficial there are several problems that rise on these sites. Cyber bullying is very common on Myspace. Hurtful blogs that has the sole purpose of hurting someone spread like wildfire once someone sees it on a person’s profile. Soon everyone in the school has reads the blog and joins in with the abuse.
“Bullying can lead to death,” said Shaquille Rankin a sophomore at Constitution High School. There have been a number of suicides that came from this thing called “Cyber Bullying”. A Missouri mother had to bury her thirteen-year-old daughter Megan Meier who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on Myspace. Tina Meier (Megan’s mother) found her daughter hanging in her bedroom closet. Tina said she noticed the change in her daughter’s behavior before she committed suicide. Megan walked around the house sad and depressed all the time, rarely talking. Tina thought it was a phase her daughter was going through and she’d get over the explicit emails she was receiving, but Megan never did. The emails made Meagan so depressed that she reacted in killing herself.
Cyber bullying should be taken very seriously. If your child is being bullied you should take it in consideration. Cyber bullying has become very common in the 21st century, activities like continuously bombering someone with emails right up to sexual abuse. To help children survive cyber bullying there are many clubs and hotlines. Parents should be aware and question your kids to see if they are being bullied. Cyber Bullying can lead up to death so please be alert, because you can be a victim of
“CYBER SUICIDE!”
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Civil War Affect On Families
When looked at the impact of the Civil War many look at it based on politics, on the emancipation, and the elimination of slavery. Few seldom looked at it based on the families. For them the most common impact was the loss of a loved one. The civil war separated families, leaving lives shattered.
*“I still live in hope of getting word from you. I am disappointed everyday in getting a letter if you lack of paper buy it if you lack of envelopes and cannot get them send your letter any way. If you can’t get stamps send it anyhow. If you will write often I will be glad.”(Joseph Jones, Letters from the war) The Civil War tore families apart from each other. Fathers and sons were forced to leave their homes and families to defend their country. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, and Sons were forced to cope with the death of their families and friends. Families, who lost someone special to them, during the war, were forced to rebuild their lives over from scratch. The Civil War like so many other wars was filled with bloodshed, dead soldiers, and disheartened families. The Civil War had a huge effect on the family and friends of soldiers.
“They are about 13 or 15 years old, wear army uniforms and carry war weapons. By all other measures they are still children, but it is not war games they play.” A few children and men have gone to war willingly, out of patriotism, a sense of adventure, or religious reasons. Some were under the impression they would be drummer boys for the American Civil War but nine times out of ten they would be carrying guns instead of drums. Seeing there were not enough soldiers, those that did not volunteer were forced to join. Young boys leaving home to serve their country were something many American families grew accustomed to. Mothers were obligated to say goodbye to both her son and her husband. Young boys under the age of 13 were taken away from their safe haven, placed into a war zone, untrained, barely able to read or write. Father and Son Samuel Wilkeson Jr. and his young son Bayard Wilkeson were both fighting in Gettysburg. While on the battlefield fighting for his own life, there Samuel Wilkeson Jr. discovered his young son bloody, badly injured body. Bayard Wilkeson was dead. This was the reality of many soldiers at that time. Many had to face this during the Civil War. Being forced into a war you did not want to fight is something the Civil War enforced on many families in the late 1860’s.
Receiving a letter in the mail that a loved one was killed or badly injured is a scenario that played out many of times during the civil war. Being there with a love one on their last days was a very important part of the family obligation during those days. So when willows received the news in mail form they must have been hurt broken. “Letters from a soldier telling of a comrade's death were meant to compensate. The letter described the person's last minutes, his religious state at the time of his death, his willingness to die, his belief in God. And it would often describe where he had been buried, in the expectation that the family might want to come and either reclaim or visit the body." (Drew Faust, Library Journal) Not seeing your son or husband in months and your only connection with them was through letters then to hear they are dead was tragic. The Civil War forced this life on many families. Young kids were forced to grow up without their parents. Mothers were forced to raise the children on their own. Sons didn’t have a father figure in their lives anymore. This one war caused million families heartache.
By the spring of 1863 the Confederacy’s War for independence was having a devastating effect on the economy. With the shortage of food and basic supplies, the price of living was increasing. With the soldiers at war, mothers were left to fend for themselves and their children. Food- producing areas of the surrounding countryside was devastated by battles and plundering soldiers, north and southern armies stripped farms to feed their soldiers leaving families hungry. The war not only left families hungry but also homeless. Families were losing everything. Cities, farms, and homes, were all burned and ravaged by cannon fire. Bridges, railroads, businesses, and industries were either destroyed or nearly wiped out. Everything from food to fuel was of short supply. Families dug in burned shell-studded fields for root crops or any other kind of edible vegetation. The ruined houses were used as shelter for many. “Rebuilding was a much lower priority than survival” said Toni Lee Robinson, author of “A Shattered Fairy Tale: The South after the Civil War”. Families at that time didn’t care very much about where they slept, finding something to eat and drink was their most concern. When the Civil War was over many had to start their lives over from scratch.
The Civil War was defined as the greatest war in America history. Millions fought, thousands died, everyone was affect. The war
Affected the soldiers that fought the war, the government that supported the war and the families that were forced to deal with it. When people look at the impact of the Civil War many look at it based on politics, the emancipation, and the elimination of slavery. People rarely look at it from the families’ point of view. Individuals who were there would say the most impact of the Civil War was the loss of a loved one. "The Civil War is a moment that generated an extraordinary amount of historical material because individuals were separated from one another."(Drew Gilpin Faust). Many lives were taken. The price of freedom was high and many had to pay. Fathers and sons were forced to leave their homes and families to defend their country. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, and Sons were forced to cope with the death of their families and loved ones. Families, who lost someone special to them, during the war, were forced to rebuild their lives over from scratch. The Civil War like so many other wars was filled with bloodshed, dead soldiers, and disheartened families. The Civil War had a huge effect on the family and friends of soldiers. So when asked what and who was affected by the Civil War don’t forget about the family.
*“I still live in hope of getting word from you. I am disappointed everyday in getting a letter if you lack of paper buy it if you lack of envelopes and cannot get them send your letter any way. If you can’t get stamps send it anyhow. If you will write often I will be glad.”(Joseph Jones, Letters from the war) The Civil War tore families apart from each other. Fathers and sons were forced to leave their homes and families to defend their country. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, and Sons were forced to cope with the death of their families and friends. Families, who lost someone special to them, during the war, were forced to rebuild their lives over from scratch. The Civil War like so many other wars was filled with bloodshed, dead soldiers, and disheartened families. The Civil War had a huge effect on the family and friends of soldiers.
“They are about 13 or 15 years old, wear army uniforms and carry war weapons. By all other measures they are still children, but it is not war games they play.” A few children and men have gone to war willingly, out of patriotism, a sense of adventure, or religious reasons. Some were under the impression they would be drummer boys for the American Civil War but nine times out of ten they would be carrying guns instead of drums. Seeing there were not enough soldiers, those that did not volunteer were forced to join. Young boys leaving home to serve their country were something many American families grew accustomed to. Mothers were obligated to say goodbye to both her son and her husband. Young boys under the age of 13 were taken away from their safe haven, placed into a war zone, untrained, barely able to read or write. Father and Son Samuel Wilkeson Jr. and his young son Bayard Wilkeson were both fighting in Gettysburg. While on the battlefield fighting for his own life, there Samuel Wilkeson Jr. discovered his young son bloody, badly injured body. Bayard Wilkeson was dead. This was the reality of many soldiers at that time. Many had to face this during the Civil War. Being forced into a war you did not want to fight is something the Civil War enforced on many families in the late 1860’s.
Receiving a letter in the mail that a loved one was killed or badly injured is a scenario that played out many of times during the civil war. Being there with a love one on their last days was a very important part of the family obligation during those days. So when willows received the news in mail form they must have been hurt broken. “Letters from a soldier telling of a comrade's death were meant to compensate. The letter described the person's last minutes, his religious state at the time of his death, his willingness to die, his belief in God. And it would often describe where he had been buried, in the expectation that the family might want to come and either reclaim or visit the body." (Drew Faust, Library Journal) Not seeing your son or husband in months and your only connection with them was through letters then to hear they are dead was tragic. The Civil War forced this life on many families. Young kids were forced to grow up without their parents. Mothers were forced to raise the children on their own. Sons didn’t have a father figure in their lives anymore. This one war caused million families heartache.
By the spring of 1863 the Confederacy’s War for independence was having a devastating effect on the economy. With the shortage of food and basic supplies, the price of living was increasing. With the soldiers at war, mothers were left to fend for themselves and their children. Food- producing areas of the surrounding countryside was devastated by battles and plundering soldiers, north and southern armies stripped farms to feed their soldiers leaving families hungry. The war not only left families hungry but also homeless. Families were losing everything. Cities, farms, and homes, were all burned and ravaged by cannon fire. Bridges, railroads, businesses, and industries were either destroyed or nearly wiped out. Everything from food to fuel was of short supply. Families dug in burned shell-studded fields for root crops or any other kind of edible vegetation. The ruined houses were used as shelter for many. “Rebuilding was a much lower priority than survival” said Toni Lee Robinson, author of “A Shattered Fairy Tale: The South after the Civil War”. Families at that time didn’t care very much about where they slept, finding something to eat and drink was their most concern. When the Civil War was over many had to start their lives over from scratch.
The Civil War was defined as the greatest war in America history. Millions fought, thousands died, everyone was affect. The war
Affected the soldiers that fought the war, the government that supported the war and the families that were forced to deal with it. When people look at the impact of the Civil War many look at it based on politics, the emancipation, and the elimination of slavery. People rarely look at it from the families’ point of view. Individuals who were there would say the most impact of the Civil War was the loss of a loved one. "The Civil War is a moment that generated an extraordinary amount of historical material because individuals were separated from one another."(Drew Gilpin Faust). Many lives were taken. The price of freedom was high and many had to pay. Fathers and sons were forced to leave their homes and families to defend their country. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, and Sons were forced to cope with the death of their families and loved ones. Families, who lost someone special to them, during the war, were forced to rebuild their lives over from scratch. The Civil War like so many other wars was filled with bloodshed, dead soldiers, and disheartened families. The Civil War had a huge effect on the family and friends of soldiers. So when asked what and who was affected by the Civil War don’t forget about the family.
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