The Privileges and Downsides of Open Campus

The weather is finally starting to become warmer, while inside school students are impatiently twisting and fidgeting in their seats. Who wouldn't want to get out of school after being there for about six hours a day and one-hundred eighty days a year. If schools had given the students the privilege of going outside of school grounds during break times, it would cure the students to become more active during class.

To begin, not all see it as a good idea to have open campus, the idea is seen as a safety issue. The red flag goes up for some parents and teachers when the thought of their children leaving school to go elsewhere during break. Some parents fear that peer pressure in drugs and alcohol will rise when not under the adults eyes, or becoming a target of others from the streets. While the parents are at work or attending other businesses, they wouldn't want to be worrying about whether the safety of their children is in good hands when the school allows the students to leave campus. This brings us into how the students bring themselves into this responsibility, would the students at the schools trust that they will not cause trouble during school hours.

On the latter, wouldn't it be a pleasure to do as you please during your lunch break, that is of course something appropriate in public. Like going out with a couple of friends to eat lunch at a popular restaurant, or taking a quick drive to home and catching up on things such as school work and other businesses. High school students would be given the opportunity to prove themselves trustworthy to the schools eyes, as suitable young adults. Not only will it bring light to them from the adults point of view, but it could as well teach the young adults the responsibilities of the so called 'big world'. For example, like time management, coming back to school, and behaving in public as not to get the school involved in their trouble. The youth will learn to know that if abusing these privileges, it would make sense that the school will give proper punishment, but if it were to happen frequently the school would come to terms of taking open campus away.

 The idea of open campus can give a student their piece of freedom during the day, while learning the ropes to responsibility unconsciously, it is like killing two birds with one stone. It gives all the pleasure of mind that the students can come to school and learn, then leave school to rejuvenate their minds after a refreshing break, to come back to school again and become concentrated on their class work. On the down side, the safety of those comes to mind as well, while not under the teachers or adults supervision it could only be a wonder what happens during the schools passing time. Personally I think open campus is a great idea because it lets the students have a break outside the schools walls to rebuild their energy and come back ready to finish the school day.

We are Boston Strong

Monday 15th was the annual Boston Marathon, within four hours and nine minutes of the marathon beginning, a bomb was ignited on the Boylston Street. More than a hundred-seventy people were severely injured and three were killed. The killed victims were, Krystle Campbell 29, a female restaurant manager, Lu Lingzi a 23 year old Boston University graduate student, and Martin Richard an eight year old boy who was reportedly killed by the second bomb, also a MIT officer named Sean A. Collier, age 27 . There were two bombs that was controlled by the Tsarnaev brothers, Tamerlan being the eldest at the age of twenty-six and  nineteen year old Dzhokhar. The two were walking the marathon path, though together they had kept a small distance between each other, hidden in backpacks were the bombs and were set off thirteen second apart.

When I heard the news it was heartbreaking, not only had many been injured but there were three very young people that was killed and now including a police officer. On April 15th was my grandmothers birthday, when we had been celebrating we recived a call from my aunt in Tenneessee asking if we were ok. I had asked what she was worried about, and it happened to be the Boston marathon bombing. That day turned to be bittersweet, because though it was my grandmothers birthday we were concerned for those directly involved with the bombing.

My only thought was 'I hope that these guys can be caught soon', what they had done had negatively in packed Massachusetts . Though because of this tragic event had occurred, it had proved  how "strong" Boston really is. All those who had been injured and brought to hospital for rehabilitation had recovered successfully and justice was brought to those who had suffered. Boston had come together once again when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been arrested on April 22, the streets filled and cheeres when the news of the terrorist's arrest had spread. Truly it was a reliefe knowing that the people in the Boston streets had felt safe again, knowing that the terroist was in custody of the police.

Opinion on The Jodi Arias Trial

On June 9th 2008, 30 year old Travis Alexander was found stabbed twenty-seven times, shot to the head and his throat in his Arizona home. His ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias, is being trialed for first degree murder. Though Jodi had lied to the court twice of her whereabouts, the first being that she had an alibi with a boyfriend in California, then visually seeing Travis being murdered by a male and female "Ninja" or people in black, Jodi had told the court she was the one that killed Travis, in she proclaims that it was to her defense to murder, because Travis was abusive and a "womanizer". I asked Rochelle Ober her opinions on the Jodi Arias Case.

#1

Q: Do you feel that Jodi Arias had murdered Travis because it was self defense?

A: "No I believe she was a jealous, and angry because he didn't want to be with her anymore and killed him with forceful rage."

#2

Q: Jodi speaks of going into a "fog" sort, causing her memory to be faded. Do you feel it was from trauma or was it to protect her side of the case?

A: "Defiantly, I feel that she is a complete liar and was protecting her side of the case."

#3

Q: In the beginning of the trial, reporters mention how Jodi is worried about her image, saying how she needs make up before going with the police, and before a prison interview. How does this create her character for you?

A: "My first impression of her is self-centered, ieuand narcissistic. Jodi cares more of her looks on camera than the fact that she took someone's life."

#4

Q: Do you believe Travis was the man that was described by Jodi, an abuser and womanizer, or what other people like close family and friends said he Uwas, the kind heartened person who does a lot of good for people. Do you feel there was a secret side to him that people do not know?

A: "No I feel he was a good person, very genuine and honest. There was proof that the family and friends knew he was a good man. It only seems that Jodi would make up the things of Travis being an abuser because it would create the image that she was the victim. "

#5

Q: Do you believe the prosecutor, Juan Martinez, is doing a good job prosecuting this case?

A: " Although I feel that he is doing his best he can, at times Martinez is going in circles and picking on the unimportant things of the case."

To Read Someones Body Language

      Body language is the process of communicating non-verbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements. It could be through someones hand gesture, the way their eyes show excitement or anger, even the way people turn their body away or towards you.

When making eye contact people would often look you directly in the eyes showing that they are interested and paying attention. When someone is breaking eye contacts it means that they're lying or feel uncomfortable, read their body language. If someone if stiff and not open to you for example crossing their arms and leaning away from you, this is a sign that this person is not interested in the conversation and uncomfortable. Rather to a person or his open with hand gestures that are not threatening, making strong eye contact and leaning towards you. What about pupil size, even though the light and darkness has an effect on your pupil size, how you feel can effect it too. If you pupils are large is means that there is excitement, maybe arousal, anger or deep thought.


How about somebody's posture? Have you tired to strike a conversation with somebody you know and saw at a store. Usually the conversation would pick up and you'd ask 'Hi what a coincidence, what are you doing?' but you notice that the persons body is turning away from you and they feet are pointing away. Probably means that the person was not up to having a talk and was in a rush to leave the store. When a person clasps their hands behind their back indicates that they are about to ask you a question but they are being shy hoping that they wont get the answer they don't want. For example when child puts their hands behind their back and asks their parents for something like a chocolate bar at the store, they are asking kind of shy and nicely because they want something but are afraid of the wrong answer like "no".

http://psychology.about.com/od/nonverbalcommunication/ss/understanding-body-language_6.htm
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/spycatcher/201108/body-language-basics

Fact of the Week

How much do you really know about your body?  Well did you know that....

• One human hair can support 3.5 ounces. That’s about the weight of two full size candy bars.

 

• It takes more energy to be angry than to be happy, because it take 43 muscles to frown while it only takes 17 to smile

• Have you ever wondered what the human body can really do? Well according to Cambridge University research showed that, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteers hvae to be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, olny the wrod as a wlohe.

 

• If you took all your blood vessels and layed them out, the length could wrap around the world more than twice.

• Did you know that when you blush, your stomach blushes to? Blood is sent to the tiny blood vessels on your face and to the blood vessels inside your stomach caused the stomach to be lined in red.

• Acctualy sweat doesn't smell, the cause of the smell is from the bacteria breaking it down that causes it.

Facts on germs, not all things are as clean or safe as some people make it to be.

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