"An Alternative Diagnosis to ADHD: Schoolchildren Need More Time to Move" covers the large amount of children being diagnosed with ADHD, and how this may be a misdiagnosis in many cases. The major argument is that with increased education demands children have less time to be kids, and can not handle being forced to sit still for long periods of time. "In order to develop a strong balance system, children need to move their bodies in all directions . . . they are asked to sit and pay attention. Children naturally start fidgeting to get the movement their bodies so desperately needs." (Hanscom and Strauss) The writers' urgency comes from both the underdevelopment of modern kids balance system, and the recent spike in young people diagnosed with ADHD. "There has been a jump in the number of young people diagnosed with . . . ADHD: 7.8 percent in 2003 to 9.5 percent in 2007 to 11 percent in 2011." (Hanscom and Strauss) I agree with these authors on their points. I believe that it's gotten to the point that if a child shows even a bit of restlessness they are automatically treated for ADHD. The school day for a small child has become more about an advanced education than being a kid. Although not mentioned in this article ADHD medications can have adverse health effects over time. If a child doesn't have ADHD a misdiagnosis can be detrimental later in life.
The article I read is about knee replacements and is by Dr. Marc Siegel. In this article the author states partial knee replacements are more effective and allow better mobility. The author wants patients to consider a partial replacement and the benefits. "A full knee prosthesis reduces flexibility and mobility. Where as a partial prosthesis can increase mobility and flexibility." The audience is possible knee replacement patients and people who have sore and strained knees that may need a prosthesis in the future.
I think a partial prosthesis would be better in some situations that other. I think younger more active people would benefit from a partial replacement. I also think that a full replacement would work best in situations with extensive wear and tear and for elderly patients. Either way I think it just depends on what the patient really wants and the mobility of the patients before hand.
A judge in Florida has declared denying same sex marriage licenses unconstitutional. Judge Garcia states that “This court is aware that the majority of voters oppose same-sex marriage, but it is our country’s proud history to protect the rights of the individual, the rights of the unpopular and the rights of the powerless, even at the cost of offending the majority.” That just about explains it all. Even with the majority of people fighting for no gay marriage the judge found that denying them what normal people would not be denied was unconstitutional and wrong.
In my opinion the judge was right and no matter how much people told him to back down, he stood his ground and held his point. He did the right thing because liking the same gender doesn’t change what you are, we are all humans and we all have the right to love who we want to, no matter what the majority of people say thats not going to change and it never will.
This article was written by a mother whose son recently asked about the death of his grandma.This article s direct towards the audience of parents with young children going through death, and all the questions that come along with it. The author goes through many things to tell her son about his grandma. "You'll see her in dreams," or "They live in our hearts but they can't stay on Earth with us anymore." Many other parents believe that their children should be told bluntly and truthfully about death. One father saying "Children understand a lot more than people give them credit for." So what exactly should parents tell children while going through these situations?
I guess ever parent is different and will go about it differently. Most parents are afraid of making their child upset and sugar coat the situation. Although either way you decide to get your child through it they will grow up to face death and the reality of it, so why not introduce them at a young age? I don't agree or disagree with any part of this article, it just depends on the parent and the child.
What gets under the writer's skin? What does the writer want the audience to do?
The author, Maanvi Singh, really gets into how we shouldn't just be upset that plastic isn't all recycled because it does more than we know for the food we love. "Take a bag of potato chips. It's mostly made out of a plastic called oriented polypropylene. 'It's an excellent moisture barrier,' Brody notes. And that's key, 'because potato chips first start to deteriorate by absorbing moisture. People don't like soggy chips.'" Aaron Brody is a food packaging consultant and adjunct professor of food science at the University of Georgia. Singh really goes deep into all the different types of plastic used to keep our food fresh. Different foods need different protection. Companies put in a lot of time to ensure the perfect balance of nitrogen, type of plastic, and whatever else may be needed for the food to keep fresh. Singh wants us to understand that yes, recycling is great, recycling is wonderful, but maybe you should also think about the convenience and freshness of plastic packaging. "And though we're able to recycle many types of plastic, all the nifty packaging that uses multiple layers of plastic is hard to recycle, since different plastics are processed separately at recycling centers." Singh mentions all the difficulties it would take to recycle the plastic and it's just not worth it. She wants the audience to just be okay with using plastic. More environmental plastic is being made as well, so soon enough, we should be able to recycle it anyways. Plastic is a wonderful resource we have here on earth.
I am in a cross between agreeing and disagreeing with the author. I understand that plastic is just such a blessing for us to have, our lives would be tremendously different without it. But I am a firm believer in reduce, reuse, recycle, and we can definitely reduce the amount if plastic we use and even reuse some things. Plastic water bottles, though I am shameful of loving them, are a complete waste. We can use reusable plastic, aluminum, or glasss bottles. Also sometimes plastic ziploc bags are a waste. Use containers with sections to hold snacks instead. She explained the unavoidable uses of plastic, but I'm just pointing out ways to reduce our plastic use. I'm not saying I disagreed with the article, because as a whole, I loved it. It's good to let people know that plastic isn't all bad, but people shouldn't mistake it for using as much plastic as you want.
The author doesn't have a opinion on, it just a more facts. She does talk about how dangerous guns can be with children. She mostly gives facts and statements. I agree with her on the fact that it's dangerous. I also find it kind of scary that 43 percent of the guns aren't locked. She also brings up the fact that toddlers are more likely to shoot themselves and older children like teenagers are more likely to be shot by someone else. And a child is 16 times more likely to die by an accidental shooting in America than anywhere else. And that 84 percent of shootings happen in a family home or car. I find it very terrifying that one they would have guns where the kids could get to them. An two that they wouldn't have them locked up. At the end of the article the author says Gun safety groups have talked about having it so that Consumer Product Safety Commission will have to promote safety locks. I agree that they should do that. The author does hint that it makes them sad, and they wish these laws could be passed. Which at this point would be hard laws to pass because it would go under gun regulation and would more than likely be turned down.
This article mainly talks about how high-crime cities have adopted a strategy of crime-fighting that involves large amounts of focus on petty crimes, such as breaking windows and other things of that nature, and how the people who are “convicted” of these crimes often get a criminal record and have their lives ruined, especially if they are a minority or are an immigrant, in which case, they could be deported, all for a simple crime that really did not matter. One of the arguments the author provides is that even though this policy, “...in theory, leads to greater safety and order,” that is not always the case, with, “the link [being] hypothetical, as many cities and towns across the country have enjoyed historic decreases in violent crime since the 1990s, whatever strategy they used.” Both of these quotes were written by the author, and I think they represent the argument well. The other argument in this article is that this policy negatively affects the younger members of society, with the quote that, “...[this policy has] pointlessly burdened thousands of young people, most of them black and hispanic, with criminal records.” Also by the author, this quote represents the negative-effects argument well. The audience of this article seems to be the government officials of high-crime cities, and what the author wants them to do is think about the policy they currently have in their cities, and if it is something like this, where they exaggerate the severity of the crimes and do not really accomplish anything, then they should change it to a more practical method.
I agree with the author, because emphasis should be placed on more severe crimes, such as robbery and theft, rather than little, insignificant things. Also, I agree with them in that people should not have their lives ruined simply because of some little thing they did as a teenager, just because of this “helpful” policy. So all in all, I agree with the author in their arguments about not focusing extremely on the little crimes, and not ruining peoples’ lives just because of a petty crime they once committed.
What gets under the writers skin? The author of this article is irritated with the fact that the U.S. has some of the highest taxes across the globe. “The United States has much higher corporate taxes than other industrialized countries” (Morici). Other problems of his include the aggressive tactics of the IRS, and the fact that businesses, and ordinary citizens have to pay US and foreign taxes on over seas income, and the difficulty of opening a bank account over seas due to requirements of anti-terrorism policies. “U.S. bank reporting requirements to combat terrorism and tax evasion are so much more burdensome than European countries, and impose such terrible penalties for unintentional reporting errors, that foreign banks will not permit smaller U.S. companies and citizens to open checking accounts” (Morici).
How does the writer appeal to the emotions and self-interest of the audience? The writer appeals to emotions by pointing out many problems small business and regular citizens are facing, due to high taxes and requirements that you have to meet. The US government isn’t dealing with these problems like Obama promised he would, and is causing more citizens to want to leave country. “More and more businesses and citizens will still want to leave America. And Congress appears not to have the courage to take on America’s KGB -- the IRS” (Morici).
What does the writer want the audience to do? The writer points out that less black men graduate than white men because we make black men believe that they aren’t good enough by acting like we are better than them. He wants us to put our bias opinions aside, and give black men a chance to succeed and live a great life. The writer also said that he thinks the parents of black children should be as supportive as possible. “They can wrap them in love to safeguard them against the bitterness of racial suspicion.” If their parents gave them a ton of supports and showed them how much they are worth, the the rates of black men graduating would sky rocket.
Who is the audience? The audience is everyone who are discriminating black people. The writer is trying to make us realize that black men have a right to do well, but our racism makes them believe that they don’t. “ ‘Moreover, federal data suggest a pattern of discrimination in the arrests, with black and Hispanic children more likely to be affected than their white peers.’ ” Black people are expected to not succeed by our society, so he is telling us to support black men. He is aslo reaching out to black men, telling them that they are good enough to be whoever they want to be, regardless what society says.
I definitely agree with the writer. I agree that our society is too bias against black people. I agree that it is wrong to let white people get away with more things because they are white, and arrest black men more because they are black. There are black doctors, black lawyers, black reporters, and etc. Black people have the same ability to succeed as white people. I don’t think that our bias opinions of black people are the main reason they aren't succeeding and graduating, but I think that is does play a big part in that.
#1. What reasons does the author give you to believe an argument? #2. What constitutes the writers urgency?
The authors, Valerie and William Bell, make you believe there argument by sharing there own personal story. This article was about how Ferguson citizens protesting is effecting the grieving Brown family. The authors Valerie and William Bell are the parents of Sean Bell, who was shot and killed by a New York police officer in November of 2006. " Our prayers go out to the Brown family, and we offer Michael's parents, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., our hearts and support. We know how it feels to have your child snatched away, slain by the police. I remember the gut-wrenching moment we learned the details of our son's brutal final moments. As if that wasn't enough, we also had to deal with the public defamation of our son's character, which seemed to be saying: ' He was an animal, he deserved to die.' The killing of unarmed black men has become a staggering pattern across the United States, and for the city of Ferguson, the outrage has reached its boiling point." They talk about how difficult it is to be grieving a child's death, especially when your child didn't go peacefully. The writers are urgent because they to, like the Brown family and many others, know what it is like to try and grieve over a child while the public's eye is on you. They know that Ferguson deserves to protest, but they wont Ferguson to remember the family that is grieving in the midst of this. "Ferguson seems to be in a civil war as Michael Brown's family struggles with the legal complexity of this fight. They are at the core of it all. Many miles must be traveled in their journey for justice. My wife and I know well the transitional process the Brown family must endure. Finding a balance between fighting for justice and mourning the loss of your child can become overwhelmingly challenging. When their time comes to lay their son to rest, it should be a time of peace, giving the family space for grieving and moving forward. Many emotions are running high in Ferguson. However, not one of those emotions can compare with the anguish the family is experiencing; and that should be considered throughout this journey for justice."
After reading this article I agree with the authors that Ferguson, while deserving the right to protest, needs to keep in mind the fact that the Brown's are grieving and the last thing they need is riots going on in there sons honor, where the town is being destroyed and places are being looted.
The article I read: “What is Russia doing in Ukraine, and what can the West do about it?” is an article written by Matthew Chance and is about the conflict in Ukraine that Russia started. The author appeals to the audience (who are more than likely to be people interested in foreign relations) by showing them what is really happening in Ukraine. In the first third of the article, the author shows the reader Russias continuous denial of fighting in Ukraine, even though there is a quite a large amount of information showing they have been fighting in Ukraine. The author then shows the reader that Russia is turning Ukraines influence away from the west, even though numerous sanctions have made the Ruble worth a lot less than an American Dollar. In the second third of the article, The author shows that Vladimir Putin is planning on staying in Ukraine with his popularity soaring, all while the Western world talks on stopping Russia with sanctions, and sending a message of isolation by not letting them host the Olympics. Then the author says that the Western world will exame how to deal with Putin, although direct conflict would not be wanted because Russia is armed with nuclear missiles and Putin is threatening to use them. In the final third of the article, the author shows that diplomacy is the final option to this conflict, as even the last Ukrainian/Russian meets didn't go well.
I agree with the author that diplomacy is the best answer to this problem because the very last thing the Earth and the people of the world need is global nuclear conflict between several world superpowers.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SALHS21-0-3907&artno=0000363587&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Attention-deficit%20hyperactivity%20disorder&title=An%20Alternative%20Diagnosis%20to%20ADHD%3A%20Schoolchildren%20Need%20More%20Time%2E%2E%2E&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N
ReplyDelete"An Alternative Diagnosis to ADHD: Schoolchildren Need More Time to Move" covers the large amount of children being diagnosed with ADHD, and how this may be a misdiagnosis in many cases. The major argument is that with increased education demands children have less time to be kids, and can not handle being forced to sit still for long periods of time. "In order to develop a strong balance system, children need to move their bodies in all directions . . . they are asked to sit and pay attention. Children naturally start fidgeting to get the movement their bodies so desperately needs." (Hanscom and Strauss) The writers' urgency comes from both the underdevelopment of modern kids balance system, and the recent spike in young people diagnosed with ADHD. "There has been a jump in the number of young people diagnosed with . . . ADHD: 7.8 percent in 2003 to 9.5 percent in 2007 to 11 percent in 2011." (Hanscom and Strauss)
I agree with these authors on their points. I believe that it's gotten to the point that if a child shows even a bit of restlessness they are automatically treated for ADHD. The school day for a small child has become more about an advanced education than being a kid. Although not mentioned in this article ADHD medications can have adverse health effects over time. If a child doesn't have ADHD a misdiagnosis can be detrimental later in life.
The article I read is about knee replacements and is by Dr. Marc Siegel. In this article the author states partial knee replacements are more effective and allow better mobility. The author wants patients to consider a partial replacement and the benefits. "A full knee prosthesis reduces flexibility and mobility. Where as a partial prosthesis can increase mobility and flexibility." The audience is possible knee replacement patients and people who have sore and strained knees that may need a prosthesis in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think a partial prosthesis would be better in some situations that other. I think younger more active people would benefit from a partial replacement. I also think that a full replacement would work best in situations with extensive wear and tear and for elderly patients. Either way I think it just depends on what the patient really wants and the mobility of the patients before hand.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/florida-judge-strikes-down-same-sex-marriage-ban
ReplyDeleteWhat are the major arguments?
A judge in Florida has declared denying same sex marriage licenses unconstitutional. Judge Garcia states that “This court is aware that the majority of voters oppose same-sex marriage, but it is our country’s proud history to protect the rights of the individual, the rights of the unpopular and the rights of the powerless, even at the cost of offending the majority.” That just about explains it all. Even with the majority of people fighting for no gay marriage the judge found that denying them what normal people would not be denied was unconstitutional and wrong.
In my opinion the judge was right and no matter how much people told him to back down, he stood his ground and held his point. He did the right thing because liking the same gender doesn’t change what you are, we are all humans and we all have the right to love who we want to, no matter what the majority of people say thats not going to change and it never will.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-what-to-say-when-toddler-asks-about-death-20140719-story.html
ReplyDeleteThis article was written by a mother whose son recently asked about the death of his grandma.This article s direct towards the audience of parents with young children going through death, and all the questions that come along with it. The author goes through many things to tell her son about his grandma. "You'll see her in dreams," or "They live in our hearts but they can't stay on Earth with us anymore." Many other parents believe that their children should be told bluntly and truthfully about death. One father saying "Children understand a lot more than people give them credit for." So what exactly should parents tell children while going through these situations?
I guess ever parent is different and will go about it differently. Most parents are afraid of making their child upset and sugar coat the situation. Although either way you decide to get your child through it they will grow up to face death and the reality of it, so why not introduce them at a young age? I don't agree or disagree with any part of this article, it just depends on the parent and the child.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/07/24/334617901/the-weird-underappreciated-world-of-plastic-packaging
ReplyDeleteWhat gets under the writer's skin?
What does the writer want the audience to do?
The author, Maanvi Singh, really gets into how we shouldn't just be upset that plastic isn't all recycled because it does more than we know for the food we love. "Take a bag of potato chips. It's mostly made out of a plastic called oriented polypropylene. 'It's an excellent moisture barrier,' Brody notes. And that's key, 'because potato chips first start to deteriorate by absorbing moisture. People don't like soggy chips.'" Aaron Brody is a food packaging consultant and adjunct professor of food science at the University of Georgia. Singh really goes deep into all the different types of plastic used to keep our food fresh. Different foods need different protection. Companies put in a lot of time to ensure the perfect balance of nitrogen, type of plastic, and whatever else may be needed for the food to keep fresh. Singh wants us to understand that yes, recycling is great, recycling is wonderful, but maybe you should also think about the convenience and freshness of plastic packaging. "And though we're able to recycle many types of plastic, all the nifty packaging that uses multiple layers of plastic is hard to recycle, since different plastics are processed separately at recycling centers." Singh mentions all the difficulties it would take to recycle the plastic and it's just not worth it. She wants the audience to just be okay with using plastic. More environmental plastic is being made as well, so soon enough, we should be able to recycle it anyways. Plastic is a wonderful resource we have here on earth.
I am in a cross between agreeing and disagreeing with the author. I understand that plastic is just such a blessing for us to have, our lives would be tremendously different without it. But I am a firm believer in reduce, reuse, recycle, and we can definitely reduce the amount if plastic we use and even reuse some things. Plastic water bottles, though I am shameful of loving them, are a complete waste. We can use reusable plastic, aluminum, or glasss bottles. Also sometimes plastic ziploc bags are a waste. Use containers with sections to hold snacks instead. She explained the unavoidable uses of plastic, but I'm just pointing out ways to reduce our plastic use. I'm not saying I disagreed with the article, because as a whole, I loved it. It's good to let people know that plastic isn't all bad, but people shouldn't mistake it for using as much plastic as you want.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/opinion/sunday/children-at-gunplay.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThe author doesn't have a opinion on, it just a more facts. She does talk about how dangerous guns can be with children. She mostly gives facts and statements. I agree with her on the fact that it's dangerous. I also find it kind of scary that 43 percent of the guns aren't locked. She also brings up the fact that toddlers are more likely to shoot themselves and older children like teenagers are more likely to be shot by someone else. And a child is 16 times more likely to die by an accidental shooting in America than anywhere else. And that 84 percent of shootings happen in a family home or car.
I find it very terrifying that one they would have guns where the kids could get to them. An two that they wouldn't have them locked up. At the end of the article the author says Gun safety groups have
talked about having it so that Consumer Product Safety
Commission will have to promote safety locks. I agree that they should do that. The author does hint that it makes them sad, and they wish these laws could be passed. Which at this point would be hard laws to pass because it would go under gun regulation and would more than likely be turned down.
Broken Windows, Broken Lives
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/opinion/broken-windows-broken-lives.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article
This article mainly talks about how high-crime cities have adopted a strategy of crime-fighting that involves large amounts of focus on petty crimes, such as breaking windows and other things of that nature, and how the people who are “convicted” of these crimes often get a criminal record and have their lives ruined, especially if they are a minority or are an immigrant, in which case, they could be deported, all for a simple crime that really did not matter. One of the arguments the author provides is that even though this policy, “...in theory, leads to greater safety and order,” that is not always the case, with, “the link [being] hypothetical, as many cities and towns across the country have enjoyed historic decreases in violent crime since the 1990s, whatever strategy they used.” Both of these quotes were written by the author, and I think they represent the argument well. The other argument in this article is that this policy negatively affects the younger members of society, with the quote that, “...[this policy has] pointlessly burdened thousands of young people, most of them black and hispanic, with criminal records.” Also by the author, this quote represents the negative-effects argument well. The audience of this article seems to be the government officials of high-crime cities, and what the author wants them to do is think about the policy they currently have in their cities, and if it is something like this, where they exaggerate the severity of the crimes and do not really accomplish anything, then they should change it to a more practical method.
I agree with the author, because emphasis should be placed on more severe crimes, such as robbery and theft, rather than little, insignificant things. Also, I agree with them in that people should not have their lives ruined simply because of some little thing they did as a teenager, just because of this “helpful” policy. So all in all, I agree with the author in their arguments about not focusing extremely on the little crimes, and not ruining peoples’ lives just because of a petty crime they once committed.
What gets under the writers skin?
ReplyDeleteThe author of this article is irritated with the fact that the U.S. has some of the highest taxes across the globe. “The United States has much higher corporate taxes than other industrialized countries” (Morici). Other problems of his include the aggressive tactics of the IRS, and the fact that businesses, and ordinary citizens have to pay US and foreign taxes on over seas income, and the difficulty of opening a bank account over seas due to requirements of anti-terrorism policies. “U.S. bank reporting requirements to combat terrorism and tax evasion are so much more burdensome than European countries, and impose such terrible penalties for unintentional reporting errors, that foreign banks will not permit smaller U.S. companies and citizens to open checking accounts” (Morici).
How does the writer appeal to the emotions and self-interest of the audience?
The writer appeals to emotions by pointing out many problems small business and regular citizens are facing, due to high taxes and requirements that you have to meet. The US government isn’t dealing with these problems like Obama promised he would, and is causing more citizens to want to leave country. “More and more businesses and citizens will still want to leave America. And Congress appears not to have the courage to take on America’s KGB -- the IRS” (Morici).
here's the link http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/08/04/when-will-congress-have-courage-to-take-on-americas-kgb-irs/?intcmp=opinion_hcu
DeleteWhat does the writer want the audience to do?
ReplyDeleteThe writer points out that less black men graduate than white men because we make black men believe that they aren’t good enough by acting like we are better than them. He wants us to put our bias opinions aside, and give black men a chance to succeed and live a great life. The writer also said that he thinks the parents of black children should be as supportive as possible. “They can wrap them in love to safeguard them against the bitterness of racial suspicion.” If their parents gave them a ton of supports and showed them how much they are worth, the the rates of black men graduating would sky rocket.
Who is the audience?
The audience is everyone who are discriminating black people. The writer is trying to make us realize that black men have a right to do well, but our racism makes them believe that they don’t. “ ‘Moreover, federal data suggest a pattern of discrimination in the arrests, with black and Hispanic children more likely to be affected than their white peers.’ ” Black people are expected to not succeed by our society, so he is telling us to support black men. He is aslo reaching out to black men, telling them that they are good enough to be whoever they want to be, regardless what society says.
I definitely agree with the writer. I agree that our society is too bias against black people. I agree that it is wrong to let white people get away with more things because they are white, and arrest black men more because they are black. There are black doctors, black lawyers, black reporters, and etc. Black people have the same ability to succeed as white people. I don’t think that our bias opinions of black people are the main reason they aren't succeeding and graduating, but I think that is does play a big part in that.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/21/opinion/bell-michael-brown-ferguson-parents/index.html?hpt=op_t1
ReplyDelete#1. What reasons does the author give you to believe an argument? #2. What constitutes the writers urgency?
The authors, Valerie and William Bell, make you believe there argument by sharing there own personal story. This article was about how Ferguson citizens protesting is effecting the grieving Brown family. The authors Valerie and William Bell are the parents of Sean Bell, who was shot and killed by a New York police officer in November of 2006. " Our prayers go out to the Brown family, and we offer Michael's parents, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., our hearts and support. We know how it feels to have your child snatched away, slain by the police. I remember the gut-wrenching moment we learned the details of our son's brutal final moments. As if that wasn't enough, we also had to deal with the public defamation of our son's character, which seemed to be saying: ' He was an animal, he deserved to die.' The killing of unarmed black men has become a staggering pattern across the United States, and for the city of Ferguson, the outrage has reached its boiling point." They talk about how difficult it is to be grieving a child's death, especially when your child didn't go peacefully.
The writers are urgent because they to, like the Brown family and many others, know what it is like to try and grieve over a child while the public's eye is on you. They know that Ferguson deserves to protest, but they wont Ferguson to remember the family that is grieving in the midst of this. "Ferguson seems to be in a civil war as Michael Brown's family struggles with the legal complexity of this fight. They are at the core of it all. Many miles must be traveled in their journey for justice. My wife and I know well the transitional process the Brown family must endure. Finding a balance between fighting for justice and mourning the loss of your child can become overwhelmingly challenging. When their time comes to lay their son to rest, it should be a time of peace, giving the family space for grieving and moving forward. Many emotions are running high in Ferguson. However, not one of those emotions can compare with the anguish the family is experiencing; and that should be considered throughout this journey for justice."
After reading this article I agree with the authors that Ferguson, while deserving the right to protest, needs to keep in mind the fact that the Brown's are grieving and the last thing they need is riots going on in there sons honor, where the town is being destroyed and places are being looted.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/31/opinion/chance-analysis-russia-ukraine/index.html?hpt=op_t1
ReplyDeleteThe article I read: “What is Russia doing in Ukraine, and what can the West do about it?” is an article written by Matthew Chance and is about the conflict in Ukraine that Russia started. The author appeals to the audience (who are more than likely to be people interested in foreign relations) by showing them what is really happening in Ukraine. In the first third of the article, the author shows the reader Russias continuous denial of fighting in Ukraine, even though there is a quite a large amount of information showing they have been fighting in Ukraine. The author then shows the reader that Russia is turning Ukraines influence away from the west, even though numerous sanctions have made the Ruble worth a lot less than an American Dollar. In the second third of the article, The author shows that Vladimir Putin is planning on staying in Ukraine with his popularity soaring, all while the Western world talks on stopping Russia with sanctions, and sending a message of isolation by not letting them host the Olympics. Then the author says that the Western world will exame how to deal with Putin, although direct conflict would not be wanted because Russia is armed with nuclear missiles and Putin is threatening to use them. In the final third of the article, the author shows that diplomacy is the final option to this conflict, as even the last Ukrainian/Russian meets didn't go well.
I agree with the author that diplomacy is the best answer to this problem because the very last thing the Earth and the people of the world need is global nuclear conflict between several world superpowers.