The Essay that I'm about to write is on a recent article that I've read. With that I've decided to write about the Trayvon Martin Shooting.
I read the article about the death of Trayvon Martin,and it shows an important problem in america. There is still injustice in america just upon the way we look.In the article, George Zimmerman claims that Trayvon looked suspicious as he was walking alone on a rainy day,claiming that the boy was "high and up to no good". In truth Trayvon was walking to the store to pick up snacks,scared because he was being followed by a stranger.In the end Trayvon was shot,a single shot to the chest ending the youths life,while Zimmerman gets away with this injustice by pleading this act was done in self-defense.
After reading this article I was both saddened and angry because of what happened. It may as well be said if someone looks strange we have a right to kill them,if so most of america would be gone in a night.Is it really okay to have a law that says it''s okay to shot somebody in self defense?This "Stand Your Ground" law protects you when shooting minors? If so we might as well shot everybody if they so much as touch us. Where would we be if this law was passed all over america,then this would happen: "I shot him out of self defense,so I'm free to go right?"
In all honesty, if Trayvon was white, this would probably never have happened. As much as people try to deny it, racism still very well exists today. A teenage African American walking alone in the rain with a hood on in a neighborhood with multiple break in, of course the boy would be targeted. It still doesn't give them the right to shot him for looking the way he did. It leads me to wonder if things were different in the past,would things turned out differently for Trayvon?
All in all,we can't change the past. But we can try to prevent something like this from happening again,as many people have been doing in the Trayvon Martin "Million Hoodie March" where people show their support. It just goes t show what can happen to you based on how you look.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Never Plagiarize
I have just finished reading my ELA teacher's blog post on plagiarizing work,about what a crime it is and why It's wrong.After reading a students work who had been caught,I saw the mistakes the kid made,and I want to point out how this kid could have not gotten into trouble.
This student,instead of copying word for word,could have just cited their source and used it as an example by paraphrasing or adding quotes.
Here are some examples on how the student could have done this:
"I remember the description Bran had given of the wildlings in George R.R Martin's book,A Game of Thrones in his recollection from Old Nan's Tales: "The wildlings were cruel men,she said,slavers and slayers and thieves"(13)
or("Game of Thrones" 13)
Then at the end the student could have constructed a list of all sources they had cited.
Three ways to avoid plagiarizing are:
This student,instead of copying word for word,could have just cited their source and used it as an example by paraphrasing or adding quotes.
Here are some examples on how the student could have done this:
"I remember the description Bran had given of the wildlings in George R.R Martin's book,A Game of Thrones in his recollection from Old Nan's Tales: "The wildlings were cruel men,she said,slavers and slayers and thieves"(13)
or("Game of Thrones" 13)
Then at the end the student could have constructed a list of all sources they had cited.
Three ways to avoid plagiarizing are:
- Be original with your work
- Cite your sources correctly
- Just don't steal another persons work
Old Blogs,New Ideas
For this assignment,I was told to read two blog posts from my fellow students.The two posts that I decided to read were by Jake L. and Alexandria N. I enjoyed reading both student blogs because each on had given me new ideas on what to work with in my blog posts to come.I am to list two elements that I favored from each blog and why I enjoyed.
In Jake's blog post he spoke of the connections between characters and the details that he found important to the story.I liked this because I mainly focus on the characters and why they are unique and interesting,and how you may relate to them. Like Jake I notice the details and relationships they have but Jake exploits then in his post. Alexandria's blog post is much more on the plains of being deep and meaningful. She takes a lesson or quote from the story and thoughtfully explains them while trying to make a connection to the reader's life while doing so,while I do nothing of the sort in my posts.
From reading these two blog post I can see new ways to make my blog post better and find new things to work with from my reading.Next time that I write a blog post I may try to show of some details that I noticed in the story like Jake,which I hadn't done before because I didn't want to give bits of the story away to potential readers.Or I can connect a lesson or quote I read to real life like Alli. After reading these two blogs I learned some good new ways to improve.
In Jake's blog post he spoke of the connections between characters and the details that he found important to the story.I liked this because I mainly focus on the characters and why they are unique and interesting,and how you may relate to them. Like Jake I notice the details and relationships they have but Jake exploits then in his post. Alexandria's blog post is much more on the plains of being deep and meaningful. She takes a lesson or quote from the story and thoughtfully explains them while trying to make a connection to the reader's life while doing so,while I do nothing of the sort in my posts.
From reading these two blog post I can see new ways to make my blog post better and find new things to work with from my reading.Next time that I write a blog post I may try to show of some details that I noticed in the story like Jake,which I hadn't done before because I didn't want to give bits of the story away to potential readers.Or I can connect a lesson or quote I read to real life like Alli. After reading these two blogs I learned some good new ways to improve.
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