Social Awareness Project POST #8

TASK 1
Response on a song:   
  The song "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera is an example of the social issue bullying. The lyrics to this song is powerful and meaningful. You could actually feel and understand how someone would feel when you hear the song.

 "Everyday is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed."

The lyrics in my opinion means that everyday it was okay and like great, but then all of a sudden something happens and then everything stops being great it starts being terrible. Then you are in pain, your crying and your not how you used to be before. Maybe someone is making fun of you, and then you start being insecure about yourself.
      This song is really amazing because in the beginning of the song it was about everything changes for someone out of nowhere and how that person who is bullied is down and sad. But then in the next verses it says:

"I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today"

Although they are being bullied they are still beautiful. Everybody is beautiful in every way. And all the names or words you are calling someone isn't going to bring them down. Because they are strong. And they know they are beautiful, no matter what other people say to them.
     The song is beautiful. I love it so much. Because the lyrics are so powerful and they are absolutely true. People in the world are being bullied, and they should defiantly look up to this song or another song could be "Mean" by Taylor Swift. Mean is another powerful song that i also love.
   
TASK 2
Orginal Poem and Process:
"That Day"

It all started hat day
That day you called me a name
Then it continued
Everything Changed.

I won't forget that day
I remember it as it were yesterday.
The name calling continued
"Ugly, Dumb, Stupid, Worthless"
Was all I ever heard.

I had no friends
My friends were all gone
I was alone
All by myself.

I just want one friend
One friend that will never leave my side.
One that would stand up for me
Whenever I needed them the most.


It all started hat day
That day you called me a name
Then it continued
Everything Changed.

I will always remember that day.

Process:
     I wrote this poem because I feel bad for all the people who were bullied. I kind of know how they felt at that time. I was bullied like once. But it wasn't that bad, other people had it worse then me. I decided to pick the topic bullying because it was easy to write about. I just imagined how I would feel if that was me. When someone is being bullied, they want someone to be there for them, and i decided to put that part in the poem.

TASK 3
Scenes/ Situations: 

• Bakery
• Train Station
• Greenwood Cemetery
• Homeless person
• Cats/Raccoons are loose

Entry about having cats and raccoon's loose:

     Having cats and raccoons loose on the streets is a very serious problem in my opinion. For example if you get attacked by a raccoon you can get seriously hurt. A lot of people have been attacked by them. Cats can also attack and scratch/hurt you. Being near wildlife animals can be dangerous. You should stay away from stray animals. Raccoons can cause diseases. Animals can have rabies. And you can get infected with it too! Being scratched by a animal can get you rabies. And if you do get bitten by a animal you should go to the doctors. Down my block, there is like a big field where its full of grass, and next to the field there are stray cats, and sometimes in the night I see raccoons. There are no lights so when I walk up my block I can't really see. That is really dangerous because there could be a raccoon and I wont know that. So to solve this problem, someone should out lights around that place. Also vet people or the animal shelter should come and collect the cats. See if they are dangerous or hurt, and if they aren't they could be some ones new pet.

Bibliography:

• "TeensHealth." Rabies. N.po, n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.<http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/bacterial_viral/rabies.html>.
•  "Beautiful Lyrics." MetroLyrics. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012.
• <http://www.metrolyrics.com/beautiful I-Iyrics-christina-aguilera.html>
• "Raccoons and Rabies." Raccoons and Rabies. N.p., n.d. Web. 25
• Nov. 2012. <http://www.achd.net/raccoon/raccoonsrabies.htm>.htm>

Blog Post #7 Hurricane Sandy Reading Response

     Hurricane Sandy brought/caused a lot of harm and tragedy to New York. This storm happened on Oct 29th to Oct. 30th 2012. Hurricane Sandy was much worse the Hurricane Irene! Hurricane Sandy had picked up a lot of speed when it reached the Atlantic Ocean. This storm caused about 100 deaths in the United States. Many homes still have no power. 

     After Hurricane Sandy left, the after math of the storm was terrible! Schools were destroyed,closed for a while and some are being used as shelter, trains were flooded and stopped working for a few days, buses weren't running for days also, houses were destroyed and people were left homeless, trees fell, fires were caused, power went out and much more damage. Hurricane Sandy was very harmful but other hurricanes were much more powerful. In the article "After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery" from The New York Times President Obama said: 

“This is going to take some time,” he said. “It is not going to be easy for these communities to recover.”

What President Obama said is true. Getting everything back to how it was before isn't going to be easy, but I'm sure we'll get through it together. 

      My family in New Jersey lost their power for days, and they suffered a lot. They still  have a home though, and they got their power back recently. In my home we didn't lose power, and we had enough food. But most families weren't that lucky. People who were in Zone A had to evacuate their homes and go to a shelter or another house, and in some places the Zone B had to do the same. 

     Hurricane Sandy was a big deal, a HUGE deal! President Obama went to New Jersey to see how they were and help families. This storm was taken very seriously and that's a good thing. about 7,000 trees were broken down/knocked down in city parks due to the strong winds we had. Which is why they closed all city parks so no one can be harmed. Also the Halloween Parade was canceled! More then 16,000 airplane flights were canceled. The article "After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery" from The New York Times Mayor Bloomberg said:

“To describe it as looking like pictures we have seen at the end of World War II is not overstating it,” the mayor said.

As you can see, Hurricane Sandy was very very very bad!

     Hurricane Sandy was a enormous storm. It caused a lot of deaths and harm to many people. My school was closed for a week because the train stations weren't working and so many people couldn't come to school and some homes could have been destroyed so we didn't go back to school until Nov. 5th 2012. Many homes were destroyed, the art teacher in my school, home got destroyed. He has a 5 yr old daughter and my school is helping them out by being generous and giving them stuff that they would need. My class is also doing a bake sale to earn money for the people who need it and who have suffered the most. In the article I learned that the president and the mayor made good decisions during the storm. For example Mayor Bloomberg closed schools for a week because he knew it wasn't safe.