Controversies

A line of students wrapped around the desks. Why are the other students even trying on this? This is so easy, why would they be worried? I cockily thought to myself while walking towards the line. I did not think that it would matter where I stood in line, so I smugly took my place behind everyone else. I was going to qualify for the spelling bee anyways. One year before, I had qualified for the Big Springs Spelling Bee, and finished in the top 6, the highest placing for a fourth grader. Among…

William “Bill” Gates developed software for the personal computer. He founded Microsoft, making him one of the richest people in the world ("William Henry,” p. 232). Gates was born in Seattle on October 28, 1955, and is yet to pass away ("Gates, William," 1999, p. 360). He began exploring computers in middle school and invented the first computer virus ("William Henry,” p. 233). William Gates’s first notable project was a BASIC interpreter for the Altar brand of computers ("William Henry," 2004,…

One of my sources is an article called: Mental Health of Children and Young People at Risk in Digital Age. The paper doesn’t as such give you a final answer, but sets out the facts about social media’s effects on young adults. It is an article I found in The Guardian and was published on Wednesday 5th November 2014. The fact that it is only a year old is a benefit, as it is recent and talks of the problems of the world today with recent figures and facts. The text itself includes its own…

Defining the Problem/Question Task 3 was to design and test a series of superabsorbent pillows to identify a quantitative trend that can efficiently clean-up spills of heavy metal ion solutions. This investigation has value to companies or people they want to find a way to efficiently clean-up spills of toxic metals in bodies of waters that could damage species in and around these waters. Experimental Design and Procedure In order to efficiently clean-up spills of heavy metal ion solutions…

I wish we had more of a timeline from when the two had their conversation and when Joe went to HR. Just because Bob told Joe “to do his job” is not a hostile work environment. Bob is his boss and Joe questioned him (I would be mad too) and if he had a stern tone with him that is not a hostile work environment. If having a stern tone is the making of a hostile work environment then every unit I have been in would be hostile. Without knowing what Bob is telling Joe and how he is telling him, I…

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, we see the narrator, Holden Caulfield, sink deeper and deeper into his mental instability. This began when Holden lost his brother, and went on as he started his adventure, fearing he would lose the rest of his family as well. Though this causes him not to be a very reliable source, it does make him more relatable to the book’s teenage audience. In your teenage years, you begin to question not only yourself, but the world around you,…

Animal Experimentation Animal experimentation- the process of using animals to test the safety of products in order to better understand the workings of the human body. Did you know that 95% of the animals used in experiments are not protected by the AWA? (animalresearch.thehastingscenter.org) This includes rats, mice, birds, fish, and many other creatures common to animal experimentation. 80% of the world allows animal testing for cosmetic products; however, approximately half of the global…

I would like to thank everyone for replying to my discussion post. I have received some good points and answers to my questions. Perla, you and I agree with a lot of points from the video. I still do not believe people's opion's should not affect the decisions of jury members. Other students of class class agreed with me that we all felt bad for Ronald Cotton. He missed his prime years of his life because of what happened. Clayton, I also thought about DNA, we live in a different time where the…

Newsflash: Google Music is simply better than Spotify. There is possibly room for a different opinion here, but Google Music has everything Spotify has and more. Both of these music platforms stream music and allow users to pick and choose from various artists and songs. WHY GOOGLE MUSIC IS BETTER THAN SPOTIFY For starters we will start with what Google Music and Spotify have in common. Both of these companies have their subscription prices at $9.99 a month. Both of these platforms allow…

My Argument Essay Is social media responsible for the risky things kids are doing just to become internet famous? Indeed that is what some parents might think but, besides who should be watching their kids while they are doing this stuff. Kids are filming themselves doing dangerous stunts to get famous online, and many kids are getting hurt in the process. Some people think that social media sites like YouTube are to blame. Others think that it’s not social media’s fault. For starters people…