Homework 19- Polotics- Vote Online?

I don’t really think this is a good idea. You’re taking a risk by voting online. There are many hackers out there in the world that could intervene with the voting. they could mess with the counts of vote and somehow mess it up. Also computers aren’t a reliable source they could crash at the last minute. I also think that people may think that the vote counting was a fraud. I’m pretty sure people will start complaining saying that they somehow they messed with the voting. Also I think that it might be an ok idea because this will allow people to stay at home and vote there instead of having to go out there to the stands and vote. But over all I don't think that it's a very good idea.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/FutureTech/Story?id=215802&page=2

Homework 18- Health and Science - Breastfeeding Infants can Raise their IQ

If breastfeeding could help a child raise their IQ then I say go for it. What harm could that do to society? None. What’s the harm in that? Nothing. This could only help raise the IQ’s in children with a gene called FADS2. This gene is suppose to control fatty acid pathways that will help infants use breast milk better. Although I say it’s kind of wrong to say that only children with this gene are the only kinds that can raise its IQ. I think there are many other ways to raise IQ’s not only by drinking breast milk. Maybe a mother can let her baby listen to classical music, I heard that can make your baby smarter. I think there are many other ways to make your baby smarter not just this way.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071105171949.htm

Homework 17 Technology- Robot soldiers?

When I finished reading this I was a bit shocked. Robot soldiers? What are they thinking? These people are crazy to even think about creating such a thing. I think this is an idea that will go extremely wrong. There are too many “what ifs.” For example, what if these robots kill each other, or what if they start killing people because they don’t know whether to distinguished bad from good. The people from the Pentagon already talk about these things and say that they will program the robot so that it won’t do these things, but, even so, it still doesn’t make me feel at all safe. They explain that these robots will not forget their orders, they won’t worry about the other robot next to them that got shot, and they won’t be afraid. This has been the Pentagon’s dream to create these robots. But I say no, fighting in war is a real man’s job not for a robot. Robots will fail; we can’t put trust in them. We can always put trust in man to fight for us in wars. They might fail but at least we won’t be worried about them killing the humans that they are fighting for.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16robots.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Homework 16- Education- Kids Punished for Protesting about War

I agree that the students should be punished because of their protesting, but also they shouldn’t. I agree on both sides of the story. All I have to say is “Ok let’s get honest, the war has been going on FOREVER, and these kids haven’t had protests until now and for what? Just to get out of class? Was it to interrupt? To be rebels? Or was it to be cool?” I’m pretty sure their intentions fell under one of the listed reasons. I don’t believe these kids were trying to do anything except interrupt the school and get out of class. But then again they do have rights. We have the right to have freedom of speech. But see they shouldn’t be punished so harshly. Maybe for them to be expelled was crossing the line. I think that putting them in detention will be fine. I say put them in there for ten days, that ought to shape them up. If you’re going to do protests then you’re, one way or another, going to get consequences, good or bad. And you as a responsible person are going to have to face them. If these kids where so bold to do a protest in front of the school then they should be bold to take in the punishments.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/us/07protest.html?ref=education

Telling Christina Goodbye

Trisha has a best friend named Christina. Christina is a high school student ready to achieve her lifetime goals. She is beautiful and has the best freind named Trisha and a "perfect boyfriend." The only thing wrong is that he isn't so perfect. He controls her and he himself is out of control. One day while Christina's boyfriend is driving and gets into a car accident. Christina dies at the scene. Trisha get out without a scratch, but Trisha boyfriend get amnesia. Everything in Trisha's world get spun around. Her best friend is dead and her boyfriend doesn't even remember who he is nor who she is.