Friday, August 29, 2014
August 29, 2014
Blog Post of the Day:
Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.
I completely disagree with what this principal said. He tries to assert that teenagers need to start doing something with their lives instead of participating in recreational activities. As a teen that routinely works 30 hours a week and attends school, the burden of trying to be an adult while in high school can weigh heavily on you. Stress affects teens and young adults a lot more than it affects adults that are already out of school, so it does not make sense to burden them with the same responsibilities. Mentalhealth.org writes "Some teens become overloaded with stress. When it happens, inadequately managed stress can lead to anxiety, withdrawal, aggression, physical illness, or poor coping skills such as drug and/or alcohol use." It is imperative that young people take time to relax.
Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.
I completely disagree with what this principal said. He tries to assert that teenagers need to start doing something with their lives instead of participating in recreational activities. As a teen that routinely works 30 hours a week and attends school, the burden of trying to be an adult while in high school can weigh heavily on you. Stress affects teens and young adults a lot more than it affects adults that are already out of school, so it does not make sense to burden them with the same responsibilities. Mentalhealth.org writes "Some teens become overloaded with stress. When it happens, inadequately managed stress can lead to anxiety, withdrawal, aggression, physical illness, or poor coping skills such as drug and/or alcohol use." It is imperative that young people take time to relax.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
August 26, 2014
Blog Post of the Day:
What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?
What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?
A PSA is an announcement that is intended to educate a group of people so that they can lead better lives. They are constantly being used by local governments to address problems in a community in an effective way. A few marquis examples of a PSA are the campaigns against drunk driving and driving without seat belts. In those commercials, a driver is depicted do something that they aren't supposed to be doing, so they get arrested or get into a crash. PSAs like those have caused a dramatic decline in the amount of people who speed, drink and drive, text while driving, smoke, and do drugs.
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Monday, August 25, 2014
August 25, 2014
Blog Post of the Day:
After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."
I took away that the world is what you make it. He said that people will try and tell you that the world is what it is and there is nothing you can do about it, but they are wrong. The world is the way it is because people make it that way, so if you were to do something to change it, then it will change. The point of his speech was to say that if there is something that you want to do or something that you want to change, then don't listen to the people that say that say that it won't happen because they aren't any smarter or more important than you are. If you just work at something, then eventually you will get it.
After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."
I took away that the world is what you make it. He said that people will try and tell you that the world is what it is and there is nothing you can do about it, but they are wrong. The world is the way it is because people make it that way, so if you were to do something to change it, then it will change. The point of his speech was to say that if there is something that you want to do or something that you want to change, then don't listen to the people that say that say that it won't happen because they aren't any smarter or more important than you are. If you just work at something, then eventually you will get it.
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Friday, August 22, 2014
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