Senior Project Post

My senior project is based on animal rights and how an animal is supposed to be treated. These days many animals are neglected and treated in a manner that is unethical. They get beaten, starved and performed tests on the animals eyes and whole body.They deserve to have rights like humans do because they have feelings also. They have a bit of rights but they do not have many. These rights let them be broken and the animals suffer.I have gotten my mentor but I have not yet completed the mentor contract or the interview. I am waiting for the person who recommended him to me to give me his number so I can contact him myself because she had told me not to contact him until she instructed me to. I will be volunteering in the humane society for my community service hours. I am hoping that I would actually get to work with the animals and be able to learn on how they work. I also want to research on how to properly set up an environment for different types of pets and what are their necessities. I will aslo study their behaviors being in the humane society and how they use their body movements and facial expressions just like humans do. This will allow me to compare and contrast the aspects of humans and animals. I want to do this project because I’ve always had an interest on animals and protecting them in every way. I used to have fights with my father because he did not believe that animals are something that should be treated equally and I was. To this day I still believe that a person should make an animals life better not make it worse or even be born into an unstable place as would a child.

Into The Wild Final Discussion

Question #1:

Chris's mistakes before he went into Alaska were many. First of all, he did not know anything of Alaska in order to survive in those circumstances. Also he did not have any supplies with him to travel. He should have had an accurate map, tools, and common sense before going. He relied on his "dumb luck" throughout his journey. Also considering the facts that he would go back to the city he did have ways to survive surrounded by people. It might have not been people that would be seen working but they did help him out. Whenever he needed the help or money somehow a job would appear for him. Chris might have been book smart but definitely not street smart. Maybe if he would have used his books to learn about Alaska he might have gotten help again.


Question #3

In my opinion Chris's decision to leave his family was justified. He had lived his whole life pleasing his family with the average Joe type of life which he attended college and was extremely smart on his studies. Soon he found out the lies which he did not like and wanted to get away from civilization not just his family. McCandless did not exactly direct his pain toward them particularly towards them but everyone.  After all  he was going to achieve his dream of going to Alaska and he did make it. Chris might have not survived but he past away at his finish line. The only person whom I did not understand why he left contact with was his sister because he had said that she was really important to him. It might have been for the better but I felt her pain in not having him even speak a word to her while he was on his journey.

Obesity

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZXQGAbnfsaVaHjxoz0N12NXjMaX8VYwr1SQ0QSEUJz4/edit

Obesity Comment Article

Disney’s Junk Food Crackdown

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/06/10/disney-s-junk-food-crackdown.html

Gotten from the blogger b7blogger this article was about how television has been a cause in obesity. The advertisements have persuaded young children to go and eat fast food or persuade their parents to take them out to eat in a fast food place. Disney has been trying to lower the consumption in placed were they have high fat and sugar along side Michelle Obama and her campaign.  They say that kids spend too much time infront of a television while multitasking with a phone or his/her laptop. I knew that many kids watch a lot of television but I did not know that they spent so many hours on it. In my young ages I used to be outside playing in the park with my friends all day until the sun went on but many have changed so much over the time. What I did not know was that it was recommended only two hours a day to be infront of a television set and that it actually makes you gain weight. Including the snacks that children eat while watching television has a big impact on obesity and being on the track to getting type 2 diabetes when little kids are supposed to be out healthy, active and loving life.

Obesity

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0925/Too-fat-to-fight-Is-childhood-obesity-a-national-security-threat

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/health/research/obesity-and-type-2-diabetes-cases-take-toll-on-children.html

http://www.cnbc.com/id/36073283

Influential Rap

There has been many influential rap over the past years especially in old school rap. They did not talk mostly about sex,drugs, and alcohol but on the hardship they have gone through over their years and their experiences that they had to face in order to be sucessful on life. Most started out in the ghetto like the bronx in New York. Most of many appear to be african american. Some examples may be 2pac, Nas, Ice Cube and Notorious B.I.G. that have true stories to tell and have great songs to explain what people go through and let them know that they are not alone. They also explain the hood life and social issues like the famous rapper common which also raps about relationships and spirtuality. Many might think that they are just ghetto people who do bad things in community but in reality they are just exposing the truth and letting people relate to their stories.

Greenhouse Essay

This is my essay on "Going for the Look" stating my opinion on Cohen's statement.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_rZJiD-8XdEgTLVOQpXnxWCfVpzGeuDvOrTLaOuoYTE/edit