i am poem

I am a friend, a son, a brother, a teenager.
Day by day i watch the years pass by.
The sands of time seep right by my eyes.
I am a friend, a son, a brother, a teenager.

The stress, the school, all this makes me sigh.
My life has changed and i dont know why.
a tear rolls down my cheek as i cry.
I am a friend, a son a brother, a teenager.

I wondered if the fun times would go.
Naps and crafts thats how i use to roll.
Now it is lies, and drama, being called a hoe.
I am a friend, a son, a brother, a teenager.

If i could i would do it again,
Be nice to the girl who would call me Shen.
Now no one will ever read me about mother hen.
I am a friend, a son, a brother, a teenager.

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I was going through the articles when i found one titled VILLAGE SICKO OFF TO PRISON. At first i thought this would be another story of a homicidal murder, but to my surprise it was about a man who performed sexual actions in public. The one thing that popped out to me in this article was the amount of times he was let free for sexual crimes. This is what mattered to me is the amount of times sexual preadotors get out of jail. This specific man was found groping young womens during college. He was also charged for groping an eleven year old girl! Still he gets out of prison even though he has done these sick crimes. Sex offenders should be punished more severly for such horrible crimes. Most of the time they get a few months in prison and then are set back out into the public. This matters to me because i would not want a sex offender living next to me. Not only is he a dangerous criminal but my sister is only twelve years old. Sex offenders need more sever punishments for such horrible crimes.

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I was skimming through the artlicles today and found one title Ex-US sailor convicted of spying in the BBC section. This article talked about Hassan Abujihaad formely known as Paul Hall secretly fed navy information to islamic extremists. He was found guilty of the crime and was sentenced to jail for 25 years. But there is more to this issue then just treason behind this issue, he not only sterotyped all muslims in america but also mis used his power in the navy. What matters from this is trust and sterotyping. Hassan was in a position of power where he misused his knowledge to give terrorists information on navy ships. This makes america think that all muslims are trying to help Al Quadea. NBC has recently started a limited series called "What would you do?". In one of its episode it set up a situation where a clerk at a local food store would not serve a muslim women because of her ethenticity. Though they were actors the clerk was surprisingly racsit to the women. Many people saluted the clerk and called him American. One man even saluted the clerk. Though there were people who stood up for the women many more supported the clerk. It shows that we strerotype people too much and one man like Hassan can give muslims such a bad reputation.

Second semester goals

I have many different goals for my second semester. I would like to end the year with an A in the class. I also would like to raise my C.S.A.P. scores in the class. Right now I am on the wrestling team so I need to be able to balance my school life with my sports life. Though it has been easy in the past It may be a bit harder because I have many upcoming tournaments and practice will be more vigorous.

At the end of the first six weeks of school I would like to have finished any large projects that would be due. I would also like to work ahead in our book projects by reading ahead and annotating the pages so I am ready for any upcoming tests.

In the second six weeks I would want to have either an A or a high B. By then I would have been settled into school. Most importantly in the second six weeks I want to keep using my planner and keep the same organization method.

In the last six weeks of school I do not want to stray off task. More then anything I need to study for upcoming finals and prepare myself for the end of the year. Hopefully I can end the year off with strong grades.

What matters presntation

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I was going through the articles when I noticed a rather sad article on the BBC blog. In big bold letters the words Gunman goes on rampage at US mall. Immediately I knew it was talking about the incident of a young man murdering 8 people and then committing suicide.

Police have identified the gunman as Robert Hawkins, 19, from Bellevue, who committed the shooting. In the past he has suffered from depression and recently lost his job at McDonalds was thrown out of his home and just broken up with his girlfriend. He later resided with a family friend who called him a lost puppy. She also said that he was doing a lot better and was getting back on his feet before the incident. Next to the shootings one of the most sickening things was his suicidal note where he said “he would be going out in style”. Later that day he went to a Omaha mall and killed 8 people and after the shootings committed suicide with the murder rifle.

I know many people who own weapons such as guns or knives. I also know many people who are depressed and very confused. This makes me wonder if a shooting like this could happen at our own school. Throughout 2007 there have been three other mass shootings not including this one.
Oct 2007: Asa H Coon, 14, shoots four people, injuring them, at his school in Cleveland, Ohio, before killing himself.

April 2007: Cho Seung-hui , 23, shoots 32 people dead on campus of Virginia Tech university, Virginia, then kills himself.

Feb 2007: Sulejman Talovic, 18, shoots dead five people and injures four at a mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by police.

In the classroom today and around the world I hope that people realize how precious and rare life is. I hope that people can one day comprehend what is going on around them and that they don’t have to “go out in style” but just live their life to the fullest. In the end I ask the question will something like this ever stop is there any way to help it?

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I was skimming through the older Denver post articles today when I found one of interest. To my surprise I found a surprise titled Denver's dubious award - drunkest city . Intrigued by this I opened up the article and found out that Denver was ranked the "most dangerously drunk city." In the U.S., Colorado springs coming in third and Aurora in nineteenth place!

I found out that an annual death rate In Denver is due to alcoholic liver disease, and an average Coloradoan regularly downs five or more drinks in a sitting!

This not only ruins the reputation Of Denver and the state of Colorado but definitely is a bad influence for younger more impressionable minds. Obviously if a young teenager sees people guzzling a 6 pack of Corona they might think it is okay for them to.

This affects the students in Colorado because many teens have been caught drinking and Driving and some have been killed in fatal accidents due to drunk drivers.

In all this definitely leaves an impressionable mark on Colorado and hopefully we can set up some laws to fix the mess we are in.