I read an article called "Hard News, Angry Administration. Teenage Journalists Knows What It's Like." The article covers how teenage journalist (mainly referring to teenagers who publish or work on school newspapers or publish their journalism online) struggle when it comes to Administrative authority. Teenagers feel like their freedom of speech and voice is being taken away as they are criticized for their works on sensitive subjects like pregnancy, relationships, and school shootings and more. Publications by students in are called "disrespectful and sensationalistic" or "inconsistent with the shared values of a civilized social order." Students wanting to voice their opinions and administrative authority continually clash. I think this article is very interesting and brings forward issues that come with publishing "sensitive" work. Students are more likely to be put down for their work as they are usually teenagers still under monitoring of adults. Though even some teachers and administrative wants to help and seek justice a little for their students.
I read an article titled: "Hard News: Angry Administration. Teenage Journalists Knows What It's Like." Which as an article speaking on how teenage journalists that publish or work on things like school newspapers or websites where they record their journalism. The article centers on students who have gotten into trouble or/ and was forced to take down their publications that spoke on "sensitive", "poorly written", or as the article reads "inconsistent with the shared values of a civilized social order." Fourteen states in America have set in place laws to protect school publications from interference. Students argue on how they are not allowed to voice their opinions. Things like sexuality, pregnancy, and relationships and other things have been in school newspapers and have upset parents. Principles and administrative have made students take down these works. The articles main idea is to show how students opinions and voices in public works like the ones mentioned can be overshadowed or controlled by school administrative or authority figures around them. Students and even some teachers feel upset by this.
I asbestos interested in “The Stress Sweet Spot” by Richard A. Friedman because I find myself often stressed by activities in and out of school. Therefore, this “sweet spot” that Friedman writes about is where I would like my stress levels to stay. For example, when one’s stress levels are at the “sweet spot,” their bodies secrete adrenaline and cortisol at levels which improve performance without harming parts of the body, such as the hippocampus. Now that this information has been introduced to me, I am thankful of those teachers and others in my life who had stressed me in order to help my improve in an activity.
“The July 2018 Blood Moon and Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways”
By Nicholas St. Fleur
Space has always fascinated me. I love stargazing and seeing how many shooting stars I can see in one night. Something about the endless sky has always intrigued me. When I heard about all of the different types of moons that can exist, I immediately clicked on this article.
This article is about all different types of moons that Earth has seen. Everything from blood moons, super moons, and lunar eclipses have all occurred. It is so amazing to learn about the phases and types of moons, especially because I cannot even begin to understand why it happens. They are all beautiful and unique in their own ways and I can't help but be transfixed every time I look up to see the moon.
I hope to one day be able to look through a powerful telescope and see our beautiful orb up close, to be able to see every crater on its lovely face is a long time dream of mine. I sometimes use space as an escape from my life; I just look up into the dark abyss and wonder about what life would be like up there.
I highly recommend this article to anyone looking for a little escape, or to someone looking to learn something new about our moon.
The most interesting article in this week’s New York Times is “Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Is a Streaming Giant,” by Ben Sisario. The article starts of declaring Drake the king of music streaming. As his newest album “Scorpion” shatters streaming records get 170 million plays on apple music just after 24 hours of being released. On the music streaming app, Spotify, there was 132 million streams within the first day of the albums release. Both music streaming platforms promoted the new album heavily, “as Apple, which has had a close association with Drake for years, put Siri to work with a list of his nicknames. Spotify made Drake the face of dozens of playlists — even some that contained no Drake songs.” This shows just how competitive these companies are with one another. This article interested me so much because Drake is one of my favorite artist of all time and I enjoyed listening to the album Scorpion a lot.
An article I found to be interesting in the New York Times, was "'Why Do You Hate Us' He Asked. 'Because You're Mexicans,' She Replied." by Sarah Mervosh. I found this article very interesting because of the topics of racism that were discussed in it. The article is about 27 year-old Esteban Guzman who (along with his mother) was verbally attacked by a stranger's racist remarks about Mexicans. The woman had insulted them by calling them "Rapists. Animals. Drug dealers." What I found interesting was that (although it is not very surprising) incidents such as these keep occurring in our country. Even after history has repeated itself so many times there are still ignorant people who are so quick to misjudge others based on ethnicity, race, or skin color. It is situations like this that prove how crucial it is that we become educated and try to educate others. Racism is not something that should be taken lightly and, as mentioned in the article, is a problem that everyone should work together to put an end to.
After exploring for hours the article “Why a Picture Book Now for Young Kids? Let’s Just Say He Could Feel It in His Bones” was able to catch my interest. The article is a Q and A that is mainly about how Jeff smith makes a transition between drawing comic books and shifting into making picture books for kids. I thought it was a good article to read if you plan to have a profession in the arts and wonder how its like to shift your style a bit. I actually do plan into getting into the art world making drawings. I’m not all that sure about whether i’ll be making illustration for books or comics though this article was able to give me a bit of insight. The article itself is easy to read and follow even if you’re not all that sure on who Jeff smith is. As the article progresses he states that making the shift took work and took a while to adjust as comics have more script than picture books. Now i know what its really like for someone to change drawing fields, it’s not easy but if you end up liking it and if it works out it seems worth trying. Jeff also shared how he first started to form the characters in his comics. He mainly got his inspiration from Disney characters, he started at such a young age and made me wonder if i could ever be as good as he is one day. I think sometimes its helpful to know what others in the same field are doing as it can let you know where is a good place to start off as well as that they can give you inspiration or courage to try something new.
The article i chose to comment on today is , “Motherhood in the Age of Fear.” The title caught my interest and made me wonder what kind of article this was. Basically, this article informs readers on how mothers are being wrongly accused of endangering their children simply because they leave them alone for a couple of minutes to do an errand. As i read further, i felt bad for the mothers’ that had gone trough this experience. It also made me wonder if these kinds of situations of being wrongly accused would become more common by the time i decide i want to be a mother. I always thought being a mother was hard and then having this to worry about too just makes the job of caring for a kid more difficult. Once I stumbled upon the section where the article compares the situation of a mother leaving her child alone for a couple of minutes versus a dad doing the same and the results being different i got a bit mad and frustrated. I don’t understand why it would seem partially okay for a dad to leave his child alone for a couple of minutes but should be unacceptable for a mother to do this. This seems a bit sexist and i feel as though parents should be given more support equally and people should not be so fast as to judge them without trying to comprehend the whole situation and understand why they do as they do. By the time i decide to become a parent i would like to know that i have support and not just be afraid of people judging my parenting.
The article “Who Was the Real Lorax? Seeking the Inspiration for Dr. Seuss” caught my attention as i remember enjoying many books made by Dr. Suess. As well as that I remember watching the movie “the Lorax” both at home and in my biology class. This made me curious about the article wanting to find out more behind the making of “the Lorax”. The movie itself is lively, entertaining and partially eduacational as it informs the viewers of what could happen when eliminating such an important aspect of life; trees. The article describes both the envirnonmental issues that the movie depicted as well as possible animals that could have given Dr. Seuss inspiration for the Lorax. Reading this article helped me understand that people can get inspiration to create something from many kinds of things whether it be a place or a species. I will try to keep my eyes open to my surroundings and not only my experiences when trying to create something of my own whether that be children books like Dr. Seuss or forming illustrations and a story for manga or anime. Not only that but the article informed its readers on different ways to view the lorax’s character and different reasonings in trying to justify his way of being. In the end the article really focused on the environmental message the movie portrayed stating in the end the inspiration doesn’t really matter what is important is how we can effect the environment both in a negative and positive way. I really enjoyed reading this article.
One article that caught my eye was :
Infinitesimal odds: A scientist finds her child’s rare illness stems from the gene she studies
This article is about a girl named Yuna and she has a brain development illness. Her Genes are different than ours and she has FOXG1 mutations. Her mom figures this illness out . I think that this article interested me because i would want to become a doctor when i am older. This is a very inspiring story and it really gets you thinking. Why weren’t the doctors able to figure this problem out? Not normal doctors can figure this problem out only neurological doctors can figure this problem out . Yuna’s Mom is a developmental biologist and works with Neurological Doctors. I really liked this article and it was very inspiring to me.
By : Ananya Saini
Throughout the New York Times, the Article that caught my attention was " Gina Haspel’s Rise Is No Victory for Feminism." This article was attempting to point out the flaws in Donald Trump's choice of the new director of the C.I.A. The flaw was not that she was a woman, but rather the woman who oversaw the torture of prisoners. The author is an Egyptian feminist, who is irate with the U.S.A. allowing under the table operations in countries in the middle east, including Egypt. She claims that Haspel's promotion is no victory for women, and I agree with her. A woman being director of the C.I.A. is a step forward in equality, but Haspel directing is a mistake. She played an important role in the operation, "extraordinary rendition.” This operation was the kidnapping and torture of suspected militants.
This article caught my eye because a woman as the director should be a step forward. I wanted to see the authors argument. Finding out that Egypt was assisting America in the capture and torture of other people (Not to mention fellow Muslims) did not only make me ashamed to call myself an American citizen, but also an Egyptian citizen. In my opinion, having someone like Haspel as our first woman director of the C.I.A. will hurt feminism more than anything. Sadly, this is not a step forward, but rather a step backward.
After browsing through the New York Times this week, the article “Delayed Arraignment for Suspect in Massachusetts Police Shooting” had caught my attention. This article was based off of the death of the Weymouth police officer, Michael Chesna, who was killed in an attack by suspect Emmanuel Lopes during a gunfight on July 15th. The suspect was said to be driving out of hand and recklessly. When an officer pulled up to the scene (Michael Chesna), the suspect engaged in a fight with him by throwing a rock and eventually taking his gun, shooting him and after looking to fight with other officers on the scene, eventually leaving a bystander dead.
Living in Massachusetts, I feel that it is important to know what is happening in nearby cities and towns. Seeing this article in the Times and noticing that the shooting occured in Weymouth made me eager to read into it. In my opinion, it is extremely appalling that innocent people are being hurt by the violent actions of someone else, especially in a place so close to my own home. Police officers work to save our lives and it is a tragedy that Michael Chesna was taken from us on this day because he was said to be “a great family man” and “a great officer”. This man was not only an officer, he had a family and people that needed him. Tragedies like this happening close to home or even in your own town and city can definitely have an impact on the way one views the world around them.
For my article this week I chose, “Ever Felt Jealous of a Friend’s Achievement? Here’s How to Get Around It.” I decided to comment on this article because in highschool I have noticed that students, including myself tend to get jealous when someone does better. Although we want to be happy for our friends, but we also feel the need to be better. What I’ve learned is that this feeling that students get is okay, and that it is normal. It also taught me that we can use that jealous feeling to figure out what we can do ourselves to be better. @[email protected]
I chose to comment on “The Power of Positive People” because i know this one impacted me the most out of all the articles i read today. This article talks about socializing, hanging out with the right people, and how this can also affect a person’s health. The article starts off by pointing out that a person’s well being could be influenced by social networks. As i read this i thought of how true this statement was. My head began to be filled with varies flashbacks of the many ways different people and social media had influenced me through out my life . While i was a sophomore I remember watching my friend draw bodies , i told her “ i wish i could draw like that”. I remember her saying that I’m a good artist and with more practice i would be able to draw bodies the way i want. This made me feel as though i could actually do it , i just needed to work harder and practice more. I recall having similar experiences with my other friends and realizing just how much somone can impact your thoughts, your feelings and basically just you in general both in a positive and negative way. Now i see why it really is important to surround yourself with positive, hardworking people. Since lets face it, if someone were to always be surrounded with people who were negative, didn’t care about your well being and just wanted to give up, then that someone will start to lose themselves and want to give up as well. This of course could make someone unstable leading them to health issues.
I chose the article "Male Critics are Harsher Than Women on Female-Led Films, Study Says." From the title, I chose to read this because I am very interested in the movie business and I am a strong believer in equal rights. This article states that there are more male critics than female critics and this has an impact on the way films directed by or starring women are reviewed. Males are harsher on women and female movies often get lower ratings. Also, women tend to rate female-made movies higher, just because they are biased. Both genders are terribly biased in the movie business and this is why female-led movies are rated lower. Although women rate the movies higher, the films are still rated lower because female critics are grossly outnumber by the males.