The article UNSAFE BEHIND THE WHEEL? by Kate Zernike, is about how America is trying to make driving safer for teens by passing laws, bills and forming associations. According to the article teens tend to overestimate their driving skills and underestimate the road. And they cant multitask on the road like, talking to friends, listening to the radio and of course texting. Teenage drivers' risk of a crash increaes 44 percent with one teenage passenger and quadruples with three or more.
Zernike wants me to think that The United States are trying to keep teenagers safe by making laws and regulations. In New Jersey, they requires 1st year drivers under 21 to attach a red decal to theier license plates to make it easier for the police to enforce an 11p.m. curfew and passenger restrictions. And a bill now before the state legislature would require parents of teen drivers to complete a drivers to complete a drivers education course. Some people dont agree with the red decal on the license plate. Jeffrey Nadel, the nineteen year old president of the National Youth Rights Association says, "These laws are blatantly discriminatory." I agree with Nadel but I also agree with the state because the laws are for the teens safety.
Zernike wants me to feel that unsafe driving can be dangerous and she wants us to be more careful. She included statistics like,"Teenage drivers' risk of a crash increaes 44 percent with one teenage passenger and quadruples with three or more. Two-thirds of teen passenger deaths happen in a car driven by another teen." Zernike also includes facts like, "This summer, Congress got involved, offering highway safety grants to states that strengthen teen driving laws and crack down on texting-and-driving for all ages: Distracted driving was a factor in at least 3,000 deaths in 2010." I think all the facts and statics she included were really great because they made the issue "real"... And I think teens should appreciate and respect the regulations because they are for thier own safety.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Other Words For Loveeeee
In the book Other Words for Love by, Lorraine Zago Rosenthal. This book is about a teenage girl in HS and as she falls for her 1st love she has complications with her family, frienships&sex. i noticed that Ariadna Mitchell doesnt really say her feelings and what she thinks. most of the time say doesnt speak for herself is when the people around her are putting her down.
Family: Ari has a sister Evelyn. Ari has always had a crush on her brother-in-law Patrick. After Evelyn has her 2nd child she enters a crisis because she didn't get a baby girl. Evelyn think Ari wants to take her husband and her kids. Evelyn's son ( says that Ari's food is better than Eveyln's. Thats when Evelyn got really upset and left. Later, Ari's mom said it would be better if Ari didn't got to her sister's house anymore. Ari only wacthed as she thought "Im sorry, Evelyn. Im sorry that you had a hard labor and you didn't get a girl. And I know I shouldn't feel the way i do about your husband, but i just cant help it."
Friendships: Ari like any other girl thinks her friends are waayyyyy more prettier than her. Summer is her "best friend". She's the girl that always has a boyfriend, has the perfect bleached blonde hair, perfect skin, smart, has money, and is envied by any girl. Ari finally has Blake, and summer can't stand it. Ari says " I never have a boyfriend, and i honly have one friend, but you had everything ... and that made you feel like you were btter than me." :O she tossed her hair "I am better than you." <-- that is not something your "bestfriend" ONLY FRIEND would say. not cool Summer.
Ari's life made me think about teenages beacause i think any teenager can relate to Ari at some piont in the book. i know i did, a lot. with the family problems, fake friends, the true frineds you don't value, your first love that went all wrong... alll those this Ari says actually makes you feel like at some piont your reading her journal or something. I really really enjoyed reading this book. BTW:IT TAKES PLACE IN 1985. (So like teens can even relate to another generation) :)
Family: Ari has a sister Evelyn. Ari has always had a crush on her brother-in-law Patrick. After Evelyn has her 2nd child she enters a crisis because she didn't get a baby girl. Evelyn think Ari wants to take her husband and her kids. Evelyn's son ( says that Ari's food is better than Eveyln's. Thats when Evelyn got really upset and left. Later, Ari's mom said it would be better if Ari didn't got to her sister's house anymore. Ari only wacthed as she thought "Im sorry, Evelyn. Im sorry that you had a hard labor and you didn't get a girl. And I know I shouldn't feel the way i do about your husband, but i just cant help it."
Friendships: Ari like any other girl thinks her friends are waayyyyy more prettier than her. Summer is her "best friend". She's the girl that always has a boyfriend, has the perfect bleached blonde hair, perfect skin, smart, has money, and is envied by any girl. Ari finally has Blake, and summer can't stand it. Ari says " I never have a boyfriend, and i honly have one friend, but you had everything ... and that made you feel like you were btter than me." :O she tossed her hair "I am better than you." <-- that is not something your "bestfriend" ONLY FRIEND would say. not cool Summer.
Ari's life made me think about teenages beacause i think any teenager can relate to Ari at some piont in the book. i know i did, a lot. with the family problems, fake friends, the true frineds you don't value, your first love that went all wrong... alll those this Ari says actually makes you feel like at some piont your reading her journal or something. I really really enjoyed reading this book. BTW:IT TAKES PLACE IN 1985. (So like teens can even relate to another generation) :)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
The poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Maya Angelou has a meaning that many people can relate to. In Angelou's poem she tries saying that you should be confident & concur your fears. She uses symbolism and repetition.
In her poem Angelou uses a lot of symbolism. The symbolism she uses can make you wonder what age she is. " Shadows on the walls, noises down the hall, Life doesn't frighten me at all." (1-3) Young children are usually the ones who are afraid of shadows, noises, as well as other things she says in the poem that sound like fears of a child. "Dragons breathing flame on my counter plane, That doesn't frighten me at all." (10-12) LAter on in the poem the fears become more deeper and makes the reader think what the line really means. " I've got a magic charm, That i keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor' And never have to breath."(37-40) This line make the reader wonder if the speaker of the poem is a young adult or an adult, and that the childish fears actually is symbolizes other fears when yur grown up. Shadows and noises can be like bullies talking behind your back. The fire breathing dragons can be like people who can attack you... but all those things don't frighten the speaker, obviously.
Secondly, Angelou uses repetition. She repeats life doesn't frighten me at all a lot of times. The reader can infer that the speaker is trying to find confidence in himself/herself. The speaker mentions their fears but then repeats to themselves each time that they aren't frightened by those things. He/she tries to reassure themselves that they "Can walk the ocean floor, and never have to breathe."
All in all, Maya Angelou tells her message through out her poem using repetition and symbolism. Being confident and concurring your fears make me think deeper about humanity because, everyone is afraid of something. I as a reader of Life Doesn't frighten Me, I think repeating to myself "I will no longer be afraid of (whatever)" over and over again will eventually make me get over my fears and make me fee more confident about them.
In her poem Angelou uses a lot of symbolism. The symbolism she uses can make you wonder what age she is. " Shadows on the walls, noises down the hall, Life doesn't frighten me at all." (1-3) Young children are usually the ones who are afraid of shadows, noises, as well as other things she says in the poem that sound like fears of a child. "Dragons breathing flame on my counter plane, That doesn't frighten me at all." (10-12) LAter on in the poem the fears become more deeper and makes the reader think what the line really means. " I've got a magic charm, That i keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor' And never have to breath."(37-40) This line make the reader wonder if the speaker of the poem is a young adult or an adult, and that the childish fears actually is symbolizes other fears when yur grown up. Shadows and noises can be like bullies talking behind your back. The fire breathing dragons can be like people who can attack you... but all those things don't frighten the speaker, obviously.
Secondly, Angelou uses repetition. She repeats life doesn't frighten me at all a lot of times. The reader can infer that the speaker is trying to find confidence in himself/herself. The speaker mentions their fears but then repeats to themselves each time that they aren't frightened by those things. He/she tries to reassure themselves that they "Can walk the ocean floor, and never have to breathe."
All in all, Maya Angelou tells her message through out her poem using repetition and symbolism. Being confident and concurring your fears make me think deeper about humanity because, everyone is afraid of something. I as a reader of Life Doesn't frighten Me, I think repeating to myself "I will no longer be afraid of (whatever)" over and over again will eventually make me get over my fears and make me fee more confident about them.
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