Giffords Shooting

The recent shooting in Arizona has brought sadness and controversy all over the U.S. The cartoon to the right illustrates how Democrats and Republicans are in a constant debate, only stopping when this thought-provoking incident occurs. What will they do after? Go back to their disagreements. Although Gabrielle Giffords is a Democrat, both Democrats and Republicans have been saddened by this act of violence towards her and the other victims. When a tragedy happens, everything stops, everyone thinks, but the question is: Afterwards, what will change?

Censorship: Huckleberry Finn

The cartoon above is supposed to show how censorship should not be used, in this case in the book "Huckleberry Finn", because it is an attempt to sugar-coat the reality of the time. The N-word that is all throughout the book is representative of how African Americans were disrespected. There still was no true equality, and African Americans were still slaves. The first cartoon is saying that even Jim, an African American, thinks that censorship is a bad thing.
The cartoon to the right is showing how in this present day the book has been censored. People should not try to cover up the speech used in the book. What happened cannot be changed, so the book's message and words should not either.

New Year New Goals

This new year of 2011, I have goals that I want to become habits. First of all, I want to manage my time better than I usually do, and I want to be faster at everything. I am a perfectionist in just about anything and I need to hurry up and finish so that I can move on and do more in the day. Secondly, I need to learn to pay more attention to my teachers. When a teacher starts lecturing, I automatically zone out, just to be confused when I finally start paying attention ten minutes later. If I payed attention, I would get better grades, and if I got better grades, I wouldn't have to worry so much about them. That's another thing to change. I don't want to be worried all the time. I want to relax more and stress less . I also should go to bed earlier so I won't be tired the entire day.