Thursday, December 13, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
PLN 26
I read a pretty disturbing post by the Rocky Mountian News and was written by Sara Burnett. It was titled Gunman sent 'hate mail'. It talks about a man who went on a shooting rampage Sunday. He wanted to kill as many christians as he could. He wanted revenge for the Youth with a Mission kicking him out of thier group. He then posted on his blog that the christians desereved it. That he wanted to kill as many as he possibly could. This is scary how many shootings there have been.
What matters: 24 year old Mattew J. Murray killed many lives this sunday. And for what? To get back at christians. It was at New Life Church. But it didn't start at the Arvada Center when he went there and asked if he could stay there. They told him that it wasn' t a shelter and thats when he started shooting. Several were killed and a couple injured. Then we retreated. Then he went to New Life Church and started shooting people who were leaving 11 AM mass. After wounding and killing a couple people he set of a homemade bomb and went inside the church. He started shooting at random and then when the security guard told him to surrender he started a gunfight with her. Murray died from the shooting and also shot himself to make sure he died. Now to people who knew him this wasn't a surprise. His old roommate talked about how Murray would hear voices and talk to them. He had also been advised to see a counselor or someone to just help him but he refused to. He said in his blog between the hours of the shootings "You Christians brought this upon yourselves. Obviously he was mentally ill. The people who saw all the signs should have checked him into a mental hospital because that would have saved many lives.
What matters to me: This is a very upsetting pln to write about because not many people like Catholics either and I go to a Catholic church. I remember when I went to church on Sunday they had us take and minute and pray for all the people who had been killed in their own church. Church is supossed to be a place of peace and happiness. It is a the house of God. There shouldn't be death and destruction in your own church. What really upsets me is that not that many people know about it. People think that it shouldn't be published in the news paper because it might upset athiests of others but I fail to see how this would upset them. Actually it seems that it would make them happy instead of upset.
What matters to the world: When I hear about things like this all I can think is "What is this world coming to?" It upsets me when i hear about school shooting, bombing, and shootings elsewhere. These are attacks to the American poeple from the american people. Why are we shooting each other when we should be standing side by side. We are in the middle of a War and we are still against each other. Something more needs to be done and we are yet to figure out what it is.
What matters: 24 year old Mattew J. Murray killed many lives this sunday. And for what? To get back at christians. It was at New Life Church. But it didn't start at the Arvada Center when he went there and asked if he could stay there. They told him that it wasn' t a shelter and thats when he started shooting. Several were killed and a couple injured. Then we retreated. Then he went to New Life Church and started shooting people who were leaving 11 AM mass. After wounding and killing a couple people he set of a homemade bomb and went inside the church. He started shooting at random and then when the security guard told him to surrender he started a gunfight with her. Murray died from the shooting and also shot himself to make sure he died. Now to people who knew him this wasn't a surprise. His old roommate talked about how Murray would hear voices and talk to them. He had also been advised to see a counselor or someone to just help him but he refused to. He said in his blog between the hours of the shootings "You Christians brought this upon yourselves. Obviously he was mentally ill. The people who saw all the signs should have checked him into a mental hospital because that would have saved many lives.
What matters to me: This is a very upsetting pln to write about because not many people like Catholics either and I go to a Catholic church. I remember when I went to church on Sunday they had us take and minute and pray for all the people who had been killed in their own church. Church is supossed to be a place of peace and happiness. It is a the house of God. There shouldn't be death and destruction in your own church. What really upsets me is that not that many people know about it. People think that it shouldn't be published in the news paper because it might upset athiests of others but I fail to see how this would upset them. Actually it seems that it would make them happy instead of upset.
What matters to the world: When I hear about things like this all I can think is "What is this world coming to?" It upsets me when i hear about school shooting, bombing, and shootings elsewhere. These are attacks to the American poeple from the american people. Why are we shooting each other when we should be standing side by side. We are in the middle of a War and we are still against each other. Something more needs to be done and we are yet to figure out what it is.
PLN 25
Today I read a blog that i discovered while when I was reading my ohter classmates plns. The title is Colorado eighth in suicides by Bill Scanlon. Colorado is not only eighth in suicides it is also 17th in depression. About 800 people die each year from suicide in Colorado. This is a very disturbing thought to me.
What matters:People wonder why Colorado has such a high suicide and depression rate. Some of the poeple figure its because of the cold tempuratures and the altitude. Also the distance from the ocean and some already depressed people come to the mountains as a last try for happiness. But Utah has the highest depression and rate and is 7th on the suicide rate. A weird fact is that Alaska has the highest suicide rate and yet it is 30th on the depression rate. Another weird fact is the the western states are highest in both suicide and depression.This is a very disturbing fact because I have heard of many people who have commited suicide in Colorado or in states close to it. But I hardly hear about people commiting suicide or having depression in other states like California, New York, and Hawaii.
What matters to me: The reason I picked this post is because it came very close to home for me. I suffered from depression last year and many of my other friends did also. I never knew that Coloradians were so depressed and suicidal. It scares me just a little bit. To know that I was one of those people last year scares me. To know that my friends used to be like and some still are makes me fear they will committ suicide. but the reasons they have depression isn't any of the reasons that I stated above. something needs to be done about this problem because I know what depression is like and it was the worst part of my life so I would never wish anything like that upon anyone else.
What matters:People wonder why Colorado has such a high suicide and depression rate. Some of the poeple figure its because of the cold tempuratures and the altitude. Also the distance from the ocean and some already depressed people come to the mountains as a last try for happiness. But Utah has the highest depression and rate and is 7th on the suicide rate. A weird fact is that Alaska has the highest suicide rate and yet it is 30th on the depression rate. Another weird fact is the the western states are highest in both suicide and depression.This is a very disturbing fact because I have heard of many people who have commited suicide in Colorado or in states close to it. But I hardly hear about people commiting suicide or having depression in other states like California, New York, and Hawaii.
What matters to me: The reason I picked this post is because it came very close to home for me. I suffered from depression last year and many of my other friends did also. I never knew that Coloradians were so depressed and suicidal. It scares me just a little bit. To know that I was one of those people last year scares me. To know that my friends used to be like and some still are makes me fear they will committ suicide. but the reasons they have depression isn't any of the reasons that I stated above. something needs to be done about this problem because I know what depression is like and it was the worst part of my life so I would never wish anything like that upon anyone else.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
PLN 24
I came across a very charitable and yet educational post today. Its titled Fight Hunger While Learning Vocab written by Karl Fisch. It talks about a website called Free Rice that quizes you on vocabulary words and every time you get a word right you donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
What matters: This is one of the easiest ways to learn and still help out 3rd world contries. This website is also very easy to work. Its like MAPS questions.They start out with a average question and if you get it wrong they give you an easier question, but if you get it right they give you a harder question. If you get three questions right in a row then you are moved to the next level. There are 50 levels total but its very rare for people to make it past level 48. The website then adjusts itself to your level of vocabulary. Teachers should consider using this website because it will not only teach their students their vocabulary, but it will also help starving people.
What matters to the World: This website could help so many starving people who would do anything to have some food to eat. I hope that this will inform more people of this website because not only is it easy, its also charitable and maybe even fun for some people. We are so blessed to be living in a country that has a stable government, food, and money. So the least we can do is donate rice. This website encourages teachers to teach their students vocabulary also. Also students might go to this website just to help out and do their little part.
What matters: This is one of the easiest ways to learn and still help out 3rd world contries. This website is also very easy to work. Its like MAPS questions.They start out with a average question and if you get it wrong they give you an easier question, but if you get it right they give you a harder question. If you get three questions right in a row then you are moved to the next level. There are 50 levels total but its very rare for people to make it past level 48. The website then adjusts itself to your level of vocabulary. Teachers should consider using this website because it will not only teach their students their vocabulary, but it will also help starving people.
What matters to the World: This website could help so many starving people who would do anything to have some food to eat. I hope that this will inform more people of this website because not only is it easy, its also charitable and maybe even fun for some people. We are so blessed to be living in a country that has a stable government, food, and money. So the least we can do is donate rice. This website encourages teachers to teach their students vocabulary also. Also students might go to this website just to help out and do their little part.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
PLN 23
The article titled Teen booked in phone-bomb hoax is about an 18 year old who told a security guard that his cell phone was a bomb when it really wasn't. This surprisingly happens more often than you would think. But people dont seem to realize the seriousness of this. Security has tightened to the extreme ever since 9/11 and all the school shootings.
What matters: The home of delinquent is very close to us. More specifically Highlands Ranch. The man who caused all the disturbance is named Jordan Wells. It all started when he told a security guard at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock that his cell phone was a bomb and then repeated himself. But when they ran his cell phone through an x-ray and had bomb technicians look at it they reported that it wasn't a bomb at all. Wells was then rushed to the Douglas County Jail and charged with false report of explosives, disorderly conduct, possession of drug parphernalia, possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of fireworks. The most probable reason he said his phone was a bomb was because he was high on drugs or drunk. When they searched his car they found alcohol, parphernalia, and fireworks which just made matters worse for him. All this happened on Thursday morning.
What matters to me: This is not a surprise to me. The bomb claim, the drugs, the alcohol, and the fireworks all don't surprise me. There was a student at my school last year who said that he had bombs in his locker and was suspended from school for a while when the school found no bombs in his locker or backpack. People do this kind of thing all the time thinking its funny when really its a serious matter. Our nation has been through so much already and they don't want anymore to happen. The possession of drugs and alcohol and fireworks is no big surprise because kids my age have those kind of things all the time so I kind of figured that he was drunk or high when he said his cell phone was a bomb. I can't think of any other reason why he would say something like that because no one gets themselves in trouble on purpose.
What matters: The home of delinquent is very close to us. More specifically Highlands Ranch. The man who caused all the disturbance is named Jordan Wells. It all started when he told a security guard at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock that his cell phone was a bomb and then repeated himself. But when they ran his cell phone through an x-ray and had bomb technicians look at it they reported that it wasn't a bomb at all. Wells was then rushed to the Douglas County Jail and charged with false report of explosives, disorderly conduct, possession of drug parphernalia, possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of fireworks. The most probable reason he said his phone was a bomb was because he was high on drugs or drunk. When they searched his car they found alcohol, parphernalia, and fireworks which just made matters worse for him. All this happened on Thursday morning.
What matters to me: This is not a surprise to me. The bomb claim, the drugs, the alcohol, and the fireworks all don't surprise me. There was a student at my school last year who said that he had bombs in his locker and was suspended from school for a while when the school found no bombs in his locker or backpack. People do this kind of thing all the time thinking its funny when really its a serious matter. Our nation has been through so much already and they don't want anymore to happen. The possession of drugs and alcohol and fireworks is no big surprise because kids my age have those kind of things all the time so I kind of figured that he was drunk or high when he said his cell phone was a bomb. I can't think of any other reason why he would say something like that because no one gets themselves in trouble on purpose.
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