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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Fidgiting is the New Concentration
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/25desks.html?_r=1&em
The article by Susan Saulny is justifying the experiment that lets young students do what they want as they study in class, hoping to help their concentration. Fidgiting, standing up, tapping, and other knacks are all differnet types of ways someone can concentrate. What I'm worried about, however, are the other students being distracted by their movements.
There are students with ADD and it's helpful for them to move around and fidget all they want, but there might be other students that get distracted by the movement and makes it difficult for them to stay on task.
"Children at the Marine Elementary School and additional schools nearby, are using a type of adjustable-height school desk, allowing pupils to stand while they work" (Saulny). This could aslo distrupt other students learning because of the different heights of the desks spread out through the room. It could be difficult for students, who might like to sit and learn, so see the board or hear the teacher if someone else is obstructing their vision.
I didn't really like this article because it only showed the reader the positives and left out anything negative, no matter how rational it is. It's just pushing the idea of the "stand-up desks" and not delivering all of the baggage that comes with it; there's not a lot of information is given.
The article by Susan Saulny is justifying the experiment that lets young students do what they want as they study in class, hoping to help their concentration. Fidgiting, standing up, tapping, and other knacks are all differnet types of ways someone can concentrate. What I'm worried about, however, are the other students being distracted by their movements.
There are students with ADD and it's helpful for them to move around and fidget all they want, but there might be other students that get distracted by the movement and makes it difficult for them to stay on task.
"Children at the Marine Elementary School and additional schools nearby, are using a type of adjustable-height school desk, allowing pupils to stand while they work" (Saulny). This could aslo distrupt other students learning because of the different heights of the desks spread out through the room. It could be difficult for students, who might like to sit and learn, so see the board or hear the teacher if someone else is obstructing their vision.
I didn't really like this article because it only showed the reader the positives and left out anything negative, no matter how rational it is. It's just pushing the idea of the "stand-up desks" and not delivering all of the baggage that comes with it; there's not a lot of information is given.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_he_me/med_global_cancer
Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says
by Mike Stobbe
Reading this article was kind of a reality check for me. Seeing the increasing rate of cancer among the globe's population is horrendous. I don't know, I just wonder what people could possibly be thinking sometimes. They know it hurts them, but they do it either way. It all comes down to the essential question of, 'Why, if it makes me feel good or tranquil, is it considered bad?' This could be the case for multiple things: drinking, drugs, cigarettes, pills, self abuse, pornography, even coffee, ect. It could range from anything really.
It's just crazy to believe that even though people know the consequences they still do it disregarding the facts and sticking to their personal philosophies. I've heard a huge array of excuses from my peers when it comes down to smoking cigarettes, "We all die anyways," "There's nothing else to do in Newtown," "It's easier to get than drugs and alcohol," "It's not as easy to get in trouble for like drinking and drugs are," the list goes on. I guess, me being in the same situation, I can understand where these people are coming from. At first it was just that they wanted to smoke, but gradually it snow balls into something greater and then they start to need it, more and more until they can't stop they don't want to stop either. The reason is hard to understand and hard to explain. Ask any smoker you see why they started, the most popular answers might be because of stress or being around friends all the time who smoke constantly.
It may not seem like a big deal to them, but the numbers are adding up and it's spiraling out of control.
Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says
by Mike Stobbe
Reading this article was kind of a reality check for me. Seeing the increasing rate of cancer among the globe's population is horrendous. I don't know, I just wonder what people could possibly be thinking sometimes. They know it hurts them, but they do it either way. It all comes down to the essential question of, 'Why, if it makes me feel good or tranquil, is it considered bad?' This could be the case for multiple things: drinking, drugs, cigarettes, pills, self abuse, pornography, even coffee, ect. It could range from anything really.
It's just crazy to believe that even though people know the consequences they still do it disregarding the facts and sticking to their personal philosophies. I've heard a huge array of excuses from my peers when it comes down to smoking cigarettes, "We all die anyways," "There's nothing else to do in Newtown," "It's easier to get than drugs and alcohol," "It's not as easy to get in trouble for like drinking and drugs are," the list goes on. I guess, me being in the same situation, I can understand where these people are coming from. At first it was just that they wanted to smoke, but gradually it snow balls into something greater and then they start to need it, more and more until they can't stop they don't want to stop either. The reason is hard to understand and hard to explain. Ask any smoker you see why they started, the most popular answers might be because of stress or being around friends all the time who smoke constantly.
It may not seem like a big deal to them, but the numbers are adding up and it's spiraling out of control.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Halloween Hulla-Baloo
http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081014/NEWS01/810140328&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
What Ron Haven's was trying to do with his display was to ultimately get people thinking about the political debates and show first hand that Obama is being treated poorly by the McCain campaign. Although I feel that Haven could have come up with a less discriminating way of speaking his mind, since it did show McCain dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member chasing Obama with a bat; his choice in the matter, however, definitely got people's attention, even if some was for the worst.
I thought it was cool that Murray, the journalist, recorded past Halloween set ups that Haven has done, also. It got me more into his idea of putting together a set and showing people via Halloween costumes instead of just going around ranting and raving about his beliefs. It's creative, which is something you don't see a lot when it comes to politics.
'"McCain has been rabble-rousing, calling Obama a terrorist and a Muslim. The McCain campaign has gotten so ugly. That's what the message is. I can see how people could take this the wrong way. I'm not advocating anything. It's sarcasm."' Haven's words are so nonchalant and make him seem so laid back about something so conflicting. What the McCain campaign is doing to Obama is serious stuff that people should take note of but some are over looking it, and Haven is trying to bring their eyes back to the problem at hand. I just show respect for people who go out on a limb and take a chance to share their beliefs through something creative.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Begining..
Hey, so this is a new blog I just started with my journalism class today.
Just wanted to test it out, ya dig?
xoxo
gossip girl
hahhhaaa just kidding.....
Just wanted to test it out, ya dig?
xoxo
gossip girl
hahhhaaa just kidding.....
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