Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Unit 4 Blog – Tech Crunch

Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Unit 4 Blog – Tech Crunch: "Source: http://techcrunch.com/ I read the Tech Crunch blog website of..."

It is interesting to hear about this because I am pretty much a newby when it comes to technology and I am always asking for help to find out about certain technological things. I am from an older era and don't know much so I definitely need to get as much information possible about technology. It's good to know of this website where I can get some of that information I so greatly need. Information I especially need if I plan to keep up with my children. Thanks for the tip.

Unit 4 Blog - "Parent Bullying"

Bullying

You are probably familiar with the term “bullying.” It is mainly defined as the act of being habitually cruel and overbearing to others, especially smaller or weaker people. This has been something that some say has always existed. Bullying has caught a great deal of attention causing grief and discontent because recently many young adults and children have committed suicide because they were being bullied.
We have mainly heard bullying as students harassing students. Unfortunately, bullying has led many children to commit suicide . I found a blog that talks about a different type of bullying which is not about a student being bullied by other students, but its about being bullied by your own parents. I found this article interesting because I had not thought that the pain and suffering that children go through from being bullied could last far beyond childhood, it can last through the rest of their life.
On this blog you can “hear” the agony in the words of this bullied person. The photograph used is one that makes you feel the emptiness a child goes through when being bullied.
The article served as a tool to remind us of thinking before we speak to our children to ensure that the words we use are not ones that will make them feel afraid, hurt, uncomfortable, or by any means miserable.
　
http://bullyinglte.wordpress.com/

Response to Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Unit 3 Blog: Global Warming

Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Unit 3 Blog: Global Warming: "While I was reading through the two articles I felt that the article written by Richard Lindzen was more of a disagreement of what Al Gore h..."

I agree with you. I felt the same way about Mr. Lindzen's article. I didn't feel it was really focused on global warming, I felt it was mainly focused on what he thought of Al Gore. After a couple of paragraphs I started loosing interest in the article because it was not really focused on what the title was about, "global warming." but I still kept on reading and as you I did not learn much about global warming. He pointed out some statements but as you mentioned they were not backed up by supportive material. On ther other hand, Biello's article was totally focused on the fact of global warming and provided some facts that were supported by IPCC.
Great job.

Comp II - Unit 3

Jacquelina Patena
Ms. Davis
Comp II – Unit 3
December 1, 2010

Global Warming

We are comparing Richard Lindzen’s article to that of David Biello. Mr. Biello’s article to me seemed more convincing because it gives information about what risks we could fall into if we don’t take conscious about what is happening with the global climate. We all use the world’s resources and just because the world has existed for so long, it does not mean that we should take it for granted and that in fact we ourselves could be destroying it.
Mr. Lindzen says that there is no global warming but does not really convince me because instead of focusing directly as to whether we have global warming or not he is mainly focused on the fact that it was presented in a movie by a political figure. He seems more upset about the fact that politicians are involved rather than of what is happening in the world we live in. The title of his article did not seem to have much with what he was really talking about. It seemed more of a political article that an environmental one. When I saw the title I wasn’t thinking of reading politics at the time so I soon lost interest in it.
He says that “nonscientists generally do not want to bother with understanding the science.” Does this mean that just because politicians don’t care about earth issues, then we shouldn’t care either? I did not see much evidence from him providing information to make me think different -that indeed there is no “human influence on global climate.”
The only thing I do know is we live in this world and that we should take care of it. If we have to be scared by scientist in order to start being more considerate of our resources then that is probably the only way we would actually listen to a topic like this. I sure thought about the consequences that Mr. Biello addressed and actually put me to think, what can I do to help?

Unit 2 - is "good Job" not good?

Parenting without doubt is a hard job where you learn as you go.  There is no specific manual that guides you step by step on how to be a parent.  The writer sounded like he did not have any children because on his examples on how to approach children he didn’t use his own experiences (ethos) so I do not believe what he is saying is necessarily true.  With him being a writer and educator does not make him an expert on how to treat children.  His ethos on the first paragraphs didn’t seem fair to me at all, on the contrary, he seemed to be criticizing anyone who ever uses the phrase “good job” with children. 

With me being a mother of three children, soon four, this article of course caught my attention. 

Those of us that have children know that you have to adjust to each child’s needs because each one has their own personality and are motivated in different ways.  The generalization that the writer uses on his article offended me that I don’t use this phrase too often, I can just imagine how offending it was too those that do use the phrase more often.  Actually, I do tend to use the phrase “good job” very often during the early stages of my children and move on to different ones as their vocabulary and understanding expands.  For example, I am not going to tell my one year old daughter the same thing I tell my eight year old, “I am happy you ate all your food so that you can grow big and healthy;” she is not going to understand everything I said.  In this case I would definitely say “good job” right after she’s done eating so that she gets the concept that the praise was for her eating.  As the children grow I think they need a little more than just a “good job” not just because they are older and understand but also because if not it will seem to them they like you are just saying it because you don’t have the time to acknowledge what they are doing and “good job” just seems like the quickest and easiest way to get them off your back.

So, is “good job” a bad thing?  I don’t think so as long as you really mean it and change the praising phrase as your children grow older and they don’t get tired of hearing the same thing over and over.  Children aren’t really looking for a “reward” (like the writer said), they are looking for our attention. 

Response to Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Comp 2 - Unit 1 Blog : Legalization of Marijuana

Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Comp 2 - Unit 1 Blog : Legalization of Marijuana: "Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/22/majority-of-voters-oppose-prop-19-new-poll-shows/ ..."

I have to agree with you on this topic. The argumentation they use to convince voters to pass this law is a very good one - medical cure, but unfortunately that is not the only reason that it will be used for. I think like you that financial interest is the main hidden reason behind it.
People that don't use it for medicinal purposes will start using it more because it will then be legal.
Lowell lives in CO where this was approved and can testify to the fact that people do abuse it. Those that have the license to buy the drug will do so and provide it to those who don't need it. Take for instance where he works as security guard he sees high school students smoking this in front of others but unfortunately can't do anything about it because they have a card that says they are authorized to do so.
Its just like now there are many controlled substances used to treat depression and "not anyone can" them but in reality it is a drug that many people use because it is provided or sold to them by those that "can" use it.

Jacquelin Patena: Comp II

Comp 2 - Unit 1 Blog:

English, the Official Language of Oklahoma

 The United States is one of the major centers of commerce and trade where the majority of the

country speaks English, thus most people assume that is the official language. Well, in

Oklahoma, now at least it will be the official language. On November 2nd, Oklahoma residents

voted yes on State Question 751: English official language for OK? This amendment means

that all state business be conducted in English only, the only exception would be Native

American languages.

Kathryn Harvey with Immigration Reform for Oklahoma. said, "We feel the cost alone for

interpretations and printing of how many people require or request their languages be printed

is an unnecessary cost to the taxpayer."

My question is: Do those taxpayers speak English only? The truth is this country is one of

immigrants. There are so many languages spoken in this country that the United States has

never declared an official language so why should a state have to make its own exceptions. I

don’t really agree with the above but if we consider this push, made by State Representative

Randy Terrill, that came up due to a lawsuit by an Iranian couple of Bartlesville who complained

the state refused to give them a drivers license test in Farsi.

In thus case, he is avoiding unnecessary costs for us taxpayers.

Sources: http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-votes-to-make-english-official-language/article/3510663


http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/med-magazine/May2006/38-UK-US-Culture.htm