Survivor Synthesis: Drug Dealing

Six-Word-Slant



140-Character-Claim

• Those who dare to paricipate in the act of drug dealig risk their life, family, and reputation all because it is advertized as "easy money." (140 characters)

Theme Word 2012

My focus for 2012 is that I will be a much nicer person. I tend to have a bad attitude toward most of my family so I want to be nicer in 2012, which means less fights and arguments.

If there were less fights and arguments then I would be much happier more often. I would also feel better about myself. I would feel proud and accomplished instead of having a feeling of anger for no reason through out the day. There would be less fights wit the person I care most about, my boyfriend. This would mean I would not get mad over the little things that bugs me about him, at least I do not think so.

Also people would gave the same attitude they get from me, which is a much nicer one since I would not be little miss bad attitude all the time. this would also mean way less fighting going on. but most importantly, I would be a much happier person, leaving out all the people who I normally fight and argue with. it does not matter if people are around for me to have a bad attitude wit or not for some reason I am  still in a bad mood. it is not good to be like this all the time, that is why I have made the dission to be nicer to people.

Another reason I am choosing to be nicer to people in 2012 is becouse I do not want to look back years down the road and regret being so mean and having a bad attitude toward all my family. I do not know why I am the way I am toward them, I guess my family just annoys me a lot. I have realized me being so mean could really change my life in a way I do not want my life to be changed. For instance, my family might disown me, it has happened to my cousin and I do not want it to happen to me. This is also another reason why I should be nicer I do not want to experience and go through what my cousin has been forced to go through. I know it sounds strange but I am truely learning from my cousins mistakes.

I do not want to loose my boyfriend, who I love very much just because I had a bad attitude and made him believe he was unwanted. To me loosing him is not worth the bad attitude. I wonder many times where I would be with out him, what kind of person I would be and, what kind of trouble I would get myself in to if he was not there to in a way control me. It is not the kind of controling that is normally in bad realationships its more of a disapline controling and I really do thank him. I would be much more crual and have a worst attitude if he was not there to put his foot down. I do not want to loose some that great in my life.

I am setting out to accomplish my goal of being a much nicer person. I know it this whole post sounds really wierd but its really not. Most people my age have issues wit there attitudes, I do not know what it is about the teen years, but we develope the worse know it all, can not be told anything attitude. For me I am just growing out of the attitude and growing up.

book review: The Christopher Killer

This book is by far the best book I have ever read. It is all about forensics and crime scenes. The details in this book are so vivid you can almost smell the dead bodies when Cameron, a young forensic science freak, goes to the crime scene to investigate.
Cameron Mahoney reminds me so much of myself. She is super into forensics and crime scenes. She is 17 years old and a Jr. in high school. She  doesn't care much about clothes and pretty things, all she worries about is forensics. Cameron only has one best friend Lyric, a carefree hippie who is all about love and peace. Cameron never quits when it comes to her work, she will  ponder on certain things until she comes up with a logical answer that's the only difference between her and I, I can not sit and ponder until I understand something I do not know why but I have never been able to do that.
Cameron Mahoney is a girl who studies forensics religiously. her father is the county coronor in small town Silverton in Colorado. Earlier on in the book Cameron's father, pat, asked Cameron to work with him as the assistant to the coronor. Of course, Cameron is ecstatic her father would ask her such a thing. Her grandmother is very against her being involved in her fathers business, she is always hiding Cameron's books and throwing them out. Cameron gets called to a crime scene but its a shocker when she gets there, its her best friend that she works with, Rachel. Cameron is devastated but she finds the power in her to work her hardest to find the killer who took her best friend and her co-worker away from her. Cameron narrows three people down as suspects, one the new deputy Crowley who was in the same town as two of the previous murders  the second a physic who flew to silverton after he supposedly had a vision bout Rachel and the third a strong new friend Adam who pushed his way in to Cameron's group of friends just shortly before Rachel was murdered also Adam had a huge crush on Rachel. The ending is a surprising twist and almost ending with Cameron losing her own life.

Arguement: legalizing marijuana

Assertion/Claim (Topic Sentence) = Main Idea

• Marijuana should be legalized

Evidence -Concrete Detail:

• legalizing marijuana would make it easier for terminal illness patients such as those who suffer from cancer,eating disorders,insomnia etc deal with symptoms of their disease 
  • Commentary 1: the THC in marijuana reduces vomiting and nausea which can be useful to cancer patients who are going through chemotheropy. it also alleviates pretreatment anxiety.  
  • Commentary 2: marijuana also helps to improve anorexia patients with their appetites. the THC in the marijuana is chemicaly similar to the chemical in the body that tells the stomach that the persons stomach is empty. Being chemically similar it binds to the "hunger" receptor which stimulates the same signal cascade which fools the brain into thinking the toker is hungry
• marijuana is less addictive than many legal drugs
  • Commentary 1: Contrary to common belief marijuana is not a gateway drug and according to studies by the FDA and other organizations is less addictive than cigarettes which are shown to be more addictive than cocaine.
  • Commentary 2:  I know several people who toke everyday but it is not the marijuana they are addicted to it is simply the fact that everything is more enjoyable after partaking in a doob or a bowl. Some may call that addiction and they may be right but if so it's comparable to someone being addicted to coke, it's not the caffeine it's simply they enjoy the taste.

Opposing Claims/They Say:

• They say marijuana is a gateway drug
•  They say marijuana is illegal because it is dangerous

My Rebuttal/I Say:

• Although I agree with these statements to a certain degree I cannot in good concious accept their conclusion. True for some marijuana may open the doors to harder drugs but you cannot blame that on the marijuana it is the choice of the user as to what drugs they use of their own free will. marijuana was not prohibited because of fear of the short list of common sense dangers it entails but from fear of immigrants being attracted in hopes of transporting the herb into the country and a pheasable excuse for deportation in the early to mid 1930's

My Paragraph
Legalizing marijuana would make it easier for terminal illness patients such as those who suffer from cancer,eating disorders,insomnia etc deal with symptoms of their disease.
The THC in marijuana reduces vomiting and nausea which can be useful to cancer patients who are going through chemotheropy. It also alleviates pretreatment anxiety. Marijuana also helps to improve anorexia patients with their appetites. The THC in the marijuana is chemicaly similar to the chemical in the body that tells the stomach that the persons stomach is empty. Being chemically similar it binds to the "hunger" receptor which stimulates the same signal cascade which fools the brain into thinking the toker is hungry. Marijuana is less addictive than many legal drugs. Contrary to common belief marijuana is not a gateway drug and according to studies by the FDA and other organizations is less addictive than cigarettes which are shown to be more addictive than cocaine.  I know several people who toke everyday but it is not the marijuana they are addicted to it is simply the fact that everything is more enjoyable after partaking in a doob or a bowl. Some may call that addiction and they may be right but if so it's comparable to someone being addicted to coke, it's not the caffeine it's simply they enjoy the taste.
My Thinking:
my thinking is inductive because it is likely they will legalize marijuana but it is not certain

Source:  http://marijuanatoday.com/pros.php

The effects of setting

Chunk #1:  Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting of the novel is very modest. It effects Jim because he wants to go out dancing with girls when it is not socially acceptable for a young man like him to do so. Also, people did not have fancy cell phones, TVs, cars, or computers, they had to appreciate life around them in stead of being caught up in the technology like many of us are today.


Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
The Christmas season really has a great effect on me. It makes me realize what really matters in life and what really does not. Many people are especially materialistic during this season. They associate Christmas with new toys , clothes, and other things. other than realizing what really matters, I love the wonderful cold weather. When it snows it is like nothing could go wrong. I love to see lights on the houses and beautifully decorated trees in windows. What lightens me up most of all is watching it snow at night and seeing the bright lights reflect off the snow falling to he ground.

Book Review 1: Wake

Wake is by Lisa McMann and it is about a lower class teenage girl who's mother is an alcoholic that sleeps all day and never comes out of her room. at a young age the girl starts getting sucked in to these dreams of other people and she doesn't know why. it begins to happen more and more the older she gets, she cant control it and soon it starts happening so much she gets sick and weak she cant eat or sleep. at her job at the nursing home she gets to know this sweet old lady who is paralyzed all over her body they become very close friends but just a short time after they become so close the lady dies. a few days later the girl goes in to work to find that the lady left her a box of her belongings when the girl opened the box it was all bout the things that the girl had been experiencing like getting sucked in to dreams not eating or sleeping. she reads every note there was to read. the lady had notes on how to control the dreams she got sucked into and how to change nightmares.the girl practiced over and over trying to change dreams and control them and she couldn't at first it was so hard for her but soon she got better. the lady had one note with things written down from the police department and soon discovered that she worked trying to catch criminals through their dreams and another note saying it was a good idea for her to fallow in the old Lady's footstep helping out the police. she goes to talk to the big boss at the police station and explains how she found out bout it all and they give her a job. in between the getting sucked into dreams she meets this strange boy who is also working with police undercover to try to bust drug dealers, they fall in love and he is very supportive of her and he would do anything to help her.

Wounded Warrior Project

I think the Wounded Warrior Project is a really terrific way to help out the ones who risked their life for our country.

The wounded warrior project has many oppurtunities and events for wounded soldiers who have been injured in war and are disabled in some way. They also spend lots of time helping the soldiers to over come challanges of readjustment. Soldiers can participate in almost any sport or fitness activity to regain there confedice and indepence, I think this is a really great thing, I feel good knowing that theres so many opions for our injured soldiers and there not left feeling embarresed because of there disablity.

There are many people that help out with the wounded warrior project. Most of the time people get together and have all kinds of events to raise money and to help support out injured troops...This is far beyond awesome. I love the fact that so many people are willing to help a soldier and a hero out, I think it really shows what kinda of country we live in these days. Back to the subject, sports tournament, run/walk, benefit dinner, concert, and motorcycle and car events are just a few events they have.

I think the Wounded Warrior Project is a great thing. They've helped so many people who could not get the help for themselves.