David why! I think school days should be changes from the regular requirements, but David does not agree. Here is his opening statement: click here to go to his post.
"In my opinion, the number of years required in school should not be changed. One of my reasons is that if the years required in school were shorter, the student won’t really learn much.''
I do not agree with david becasue I would like to change the requirement for the days of schools we have to go to. We learn a lot and we can learn it in a shorter amount of time. What we would have to do is do everything a little faster, but it would be better becasue we get more freedome.
"The more intelligent a person is, the more that person has to offer to the world. And if the amount of schooling required is decreased the student will not learn as much and will not have as much to offer."
This is not true there are many succesful people that have not gone to shcool all the way. Your opinion really did not contribute to the world idea. Make sure that they are not a generization or just opinions. The idea can go with your debate, but it doesnt aply to evryone and I think it doesnt make sense to go with your statement.
"Public schools spend $10,377 per pupil. That's a little above the national average of $9,435."This means that public schools are spending a little more than they should. If school was longer, schools will have to spend a lot more than $10,377 depending on how much the required years in school are extended. This can lead to more economic issues than we already have.
This qoute talks how there is too much money being put into schools and how much they are spending, um HELLO!!!!!!!!! why are so many schools closing down then? I think nnot enough mony is being put into schools, and how could schools spend a lot of money if they barley have enough to maintain their students?
I don't ythink this fact is correct.
But, your blog was persuading and thats good.
Okay I think I have enough words.
People who make movies, television shows, or are just stars overall should not be models for people their age. People look up to them and they have to be able to be the best they can.
Kids look up to actors no matter what they do, even if they do something crazy like shave their head (Britney spears!) but hey, I have nothing against her. Celebrities know that a million people watch them everyday and whatever they do impact every person who is watching them. Whatever you do, (the celebrities actions) will influence teens and others to do what they did. Sometimes it can be a good thing, but sometimes it can be bad.
I think that celebrities should be role models because no one is in charge of them, they live their own lives. Most of their lives are planned out the whole way, by what they have to wear to what they have to say. They know a million people watch them everyday, why not do good things that can influece people( going for kids and teens)
The reason kids think of these stars as role models? I don't have a specific answer but I do have some ideas on why. First of all, they like the celebrity, such as their cute and the hottest person on earth. Example, Justin beiber: Everyone loves him and think he the hottest, but hes not! hes just cute. Here is a qoute of inaproppriate things some celebrities have done that are not good to follow. It is from
''I’m not equating headline-making behavior that ranges from hitting a woman (Brown) to simulating sex on network TV (Lambert). The first example fills me with repulsed disgust; the second, amused bafflement.''
All ihave to say is, celebrities have done things that may not have been so great, but hey people still love them.What I think people love is not actually what the celebrity is but what he or she prodeces, such as music, arts, videos, tv shows,etc. An example is from hannah momntana. She was an idol to every little girl in the us. Perfect daughter, sister, student, and friend. But, that is just shown on her tv show and not what she really is in life....
My opponent has brought up Miley Cyrus's controversial photo scandals she has been involved with.
Unlike other celebrities, such as Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus has apologized for her offensive photos. This can add to her good role model standpoint because girls will take after her and learn from mistakes they make and learn to be apologetic. Young people can CERTAINLY emulate this behavior. this came from an online debate: click here
Hanna Montana is not the only star that has had faults, but my main point is all celebrities should be models to kids their age. That could help teenagers strive to go in the right direction and be better people. Celebrities are looked up to and they put themselves into a position where they have to take responsibility of what they do.
Okay thats my blog!:)
I really don't know what to write about in my free blog so I will just write what I did this whole entire day up to the pint where I am writing this blog.
I woke up in the morning and I was really tired. My feet were really cold and I wanted to stay in bed.(as you can see i do not like waking up early) First I got ready for school, after that I ate leftover pasta (i know its not the best breakfast to eat) but its sooooo gooooood it was Tortelloni ricotta and spinaci
I think thats how you spell it?. Then my dad drove me to school. I got out the car and went to my first period class Mr Higashi! I was really mad about having to be at school, but then my friend told me it was friday so I got happy! Yah fridays!
When wewent to math class we had a sub so we took notes and talked aftefr we finished our work. I put up stanleys hair in a ponytail haha! but he looked adorable! Then we went to histpory and then my favorite subject.......... LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were suppose to got to interact but Ashley and me walked aroung campus and then played apples to apples with a whole bunch of people in mccoys room. Sahber and fermin were funny cause they didn't know how to play the game adn we had to keep on elping them, but it was fun! Then it was corbally and PE. I played volly ball and then we played duck duck goose with most of the freshman! (I know your laughing but yyou know you love to play it!!!!!!!!)
After school I went home and slept!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so tired. I ate ice cream after I woke up and called my friend. I took my dog out for a walk and met some of my other friends at encinal and walked around Alameda. When I got home I remembered I had to finish my blogs so I turned on my computor and started to write this blog!
Okay bye!
So i found this uote in Karissas blog which I am dying to blog about! Its a bout missing your friends and I miss my friends a lot!
I really miss my ffriend and I wish she was here at ASTI. We have been best friends since the fifth grade and now I haven't seen her since I started the school year! I don't know what to say sometimes because it might be that she has moved or she doesn' know what to say. We have only talked online but we haven't seen each other in person. I really miss her. the last time I saw her was at a party in the summer!!!!! Thats a really long time. Anyway, highschool is great, but it keeps me apart from my friends.
Now, I haven't talked to this friend in a really long time. I miss her, but she doesn't really seem to care. It's kind of sad because she was one of my closest friends in middle school and now we never talk. Just like the quote said "[People] end up having nothing to say to each other, even if they were best friends the year before."
I think I might hang out with them more often and we can call each other so we keep in touch.
My best friend and I were really close friends and we knew each other since first grade. We know each other’s birthday and I still remember the first birthday present she gave me was a hello kitty glasses. Cough* I told her I love hello kitty ! Back then every morning she would come to my house have breakfast with me and we would talk and talk. Those were the good times. I thought I was going to see her again after the sleepover, however that was the last day I’d seen her. :(
Jessica also responded and I really do miss my friends and sometimes cry when I think of them.I remebmer the fun times we used to have having sleepovers and parties(but getting in trouble by the nieghboors) haha!But i really want to spend more time with friends and have good times again. Anyway, I don't know what else to write so i will write about what i am doing at this second at this second i am typing this blog that explains what i am typing ! mysterious, huh? okay well i think thats enough. Bye!
In class we read seven debates on which college to go to. All of them were really good and were persuasive in their own ways.
The most persuasive essay in this whole set was Access to Money and Power. In this essay Anthony P. Carnevale taks about elite collegs helping you have a better chance of getting a better outcome of it then any other regular college. Although, I do not agree with his point I find that his reasons can be thoughtful and persuade people to his opinions. As en example Carnevale writes,
''Elite colleges are economically and personally productive for individuals lucky enough to attend them.''
This is his main reason and clearly states the individualism of a studenet being lucky to attend a elite college.What I really thought was persuading was the facts he had in his paper.
''those who score 1200 out of a possible 1600 on the SAT -- 96 percent of those who go to the selective colleges graduate, while those who go to the least selective four-year colleges graduate at a rate of 78 percent. Second, spending per student increases with college selectivity, exceeding $50,000 per student at the most selective colleges, compared with $15,000 at public four-year colleges and roughly $10,000 at community colleges.Students at the wealthiest, most selective colleges pay as little as 20 cents for every dollar spent on them, while students at less selective and community colleges are required pay 78 cents on every dollar spent on their education. While the average elite university graduate earns almost $54,000 in an entry-level job, a graduate from one of the least selective four-year college institutions earns $37,000''
Now I know these are a lot of facts from Carnevale, but he still has more. The number of facts he got make it really persuading knowing that there are facts to back up on his opinion.Carnevale also gives a great outcome of going to an elite college that a regular colllege. He gives a life long effect that will help people in life.
''While the average elite university graduate earns almost $54,000 in an entry-level job, a graduate from one of the least selective four-year college institutions earns $37,000''
I would really like to earn more money in the outcome after college!His points really would agree with my own opinion of the conflict, but he has his reasons that commit to examples for peoles lives that are relistic. This is why I found Carnevale to be the most persuasive in his essay.
In this debate I also had an essay that seemed the least persuasive which was Merit and Race Luis Fuentes-Rohwer . I didn't even agree with his points, nor thought what he wrote really helped students figure out what college to go to. What he wrote just talked about people being racist and that is why some do not get accepted into elite colleges.
''The question is similarly complicated with respect to Latino applicants. For example, should Cuban Americans with on average higher socioeconomic status be treated the same as Mexican Americans or Puerto Ricans? How about recent migrants from Central and South America?''
Okay, seriously? Like he just had to go with the lationos?I don't find it racist or think he is trying to be facist but not evryone is latino. Most people are going to be able to connect with this unless their Lation and have experiance this conflict.
He also does not give mmuch advice on how to choose a college which I find unhelpful. I also noticed that all what he talked about was race and how it makes conflicts with college choosing/acceptance. This is the last sentence where the end conclusion is given ...
''This is another way of saying that minority applicants should think long and hard before turning down admission to elite institutions.''
Okay evrey one knows that they have to think hard and long before turning down admission to elite institutions! But what does that have to do with choosing a college?!?! This guy seriously just did not make sense in his ideas or purpose of this paper. That is why I found this paper to be the least persuasive.
