For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage

               I have recently read the article by Joan Deparle and Sabrina Tavernise called, “For Women under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage”. The main idea of this article is to inform people about women under 30 and how 41% of them in 2009 have children before marriage and they become single parents.

               But it wasn’t always like this. There was a time when people had to sustain from sex until marriage. And if they didn’t wait and the woman got pregnant you can bet they were getting married within a month. Nowadays people don’t think about repercussions/consequences they only think of how it feels in that moment. They don’t think not even once that the girl/woman will get pregnant. What’s worst there is 40% of the women who got pregnant in 2011 that ended with them raising their child on their own.

               As I read this it got me thinking about my sister who has a daughter and is pregnant with twins now and the father of her children moved to New York and she’s a single parent. But she still does what she has to do to provide for herself and her children. Which makes me believe being a single parent can be difficult but not undoable.

Trayvon Martins Death? Racism or Self-Defense?

On February 26th, 2012 seventeen year old Trayvon Martin was murdered by 28 year old George Zimmerman. After Zimmerman made a 911 phone call about a "suspicious kind" lurking around the area, Trayvon Martin was killed. When the 911 call was put on the internet there were claims that Zimmerman made races remarks towards the teen, "f***ing coons" he says. But he hasn't been arrested yet because he claims "it was in self-defense” even though he followed the young man after the authorities instructed him not to. Then the teen comes up dead and they don't find that a tad bit suspicious. And Zimmerman worries that if the police clarify that they did hear the races remark that this will be labeled as a hate crime and he was convicted for sure.

I believe that if the tables were turned it was Trayvon who killed Zimmerman it would have been a whole different story he would have been charged and found guilty no questions asked. And if Trayvon was such a threat why wasn't Zimmerman the one screaming for help? And if Zimmerman was so scared what in the world possessed him to follow him , if he looked so dangerous? Why didn't Trayvon shoot this man back ...... oh yes because he didn't have a gun. What was this man afraid Trayvon was going to throw a red skittle at him or make him drink some ice tea? Was he going to kill him with his iPhone? Make him deaf by blasting his Meek Millz too loud?

In China,Human Cost Are Built Into an Ipad

The article I’ve read from the New York Times “In China, Human Cost Are Built Into an iPad” has changed my entire outlook on the Apple Company . The main idea of this article is to inform people how hard workers work  in the process of assembling iPods, iPads and other Apple devices and accessories, work under harsh conditions, an unsafe working environment and lack of safety equipment. This article includes quotes from plant works and safety and health experts. One thing that I found remarkable was that employees would work 24 hour shifts and would stand all day until their legs swelled up. This is just a prime example how they were not treated with respect or any consideration.

As I stated before this article has changed my outlook on the Apple company. Before, I had this idea that Apple was a good company and that they were the best out there. And now I know they have to change the work environment that they provide to their workers or people may just boycott /protest their supplies when this news gets around. I believe this is an important topic because there is a lot of people buying Apple products and they might second think their choice when people find out about how they’re treating their works. If people began to protest and stand up against Apple I believe Apple will make their buildings safer and treat employees better.                                                                                                                           This article makes me think that many companies go to China and build factories because they know that Chinese people would work under those harsh conditions and they know that Americans won’t stand for that. If they fight for themselves and have to speak out against the way they have been treated I know they could make a difference.

I'm a Criminal and So Are You

As I read this article "I'm a criminal and so are you" it had me thinking on if what the author stated was really true. Michelle Alexander is the author of this article "I'm A Criminal and So Are You". Ms.Alexander has been researching on what we label criminals today as of March, 2012. She starts the article saying she had began telling people recently that she’s a criminal and when someone asks what she has been convicted of she says nothing. So people ask "Well, then why do you say you're a criminal?" she responds "Because I am a criminal, I say, just like you.”

             I think that how a person treats a criminal that has been convicted is ludicrous if their crime wasn’t serious like robbing a store or holding/selling of drugs.
Have you never heard the saying, “You do the crime, you do the time. If a criminal has done the time for their actions and has learned to not make the same mistake twice why shouldn’t they be treated like an ordinary person on the street?  Take for instance if a person has been in jail for petty theft and finally they’re released he goes and try to find a nice job at a hardware store or supermarket but does not get hired because of their criminal background. What do you expect them to do if you don’t give them a legitimate way of making a living they’ll have to do illegal things to get cash and other things they need to survive, think about it. Everyone deserves a second chance to demonstrate they are capable of change.

Photoshopped or Not ? A Tool to Tell

           The main idea of the article "Photoshopped or Not ? A Tool to Tell" is really just saying how scientist have came up with way of finding out whether or not photos have been altered and what has been altered. And most people believe if it is false advertisement to sell perfect models, convincing them they want be beautiful until they look a certain way even though they don’t even look like that. In this article they say with photoshop you can, “fix one thing, then another and pretty soon you end up with barbie” meaning if you edit too much soon you won’t look like yourself.

   I think that when you advertise these photos with beautiful, flawless models it sends a bad message to young ladies that lack necessary confidence. Not only are you telling them that if they buy a certain beauty poduct or outfit  and get their hair done a certain way they’ll be beauty when truth is the person they’re striving to become doesn’t even exist.This reminds of this movie I seen starring Monique and she was overweight and she tried so hard to be a stick figure like the models on posters and in magazines.


            Reading this article made me think about when I was at my old school and when we learned about propaganda they showed us a video of a model at her photoshoot and then showed all the editing they did on her photo to make it really “glamorous.”

Facebook Is Using You

              
The main idea of the article "Facebook is Using You" is basically informing you how Facebook sells your information to different advertising companies. And that the information you put on your profile can be harmful and it could be something as small as you email or phone number. It was said in this article that, "Facebook made $3.2 billion in advertising revenue last year, 85 percent of its total revenue" and that allows companies to track your profile and see what you like so they can try to advertise their product.

At first I thought it wasn't that bad because they're only ads, what bad can they really do? But it wasn't until someone in my house had a bad experience with advertisement, when I realized how serious it was. This article reminded me of the time my mom took a survey while on Facebook and it was nothing except yes or no questions she answered. A few minutes later she received a phone call from this company saying she signed up for something. And that was only because her phone number was linked to her account. Which proves that they had to go on her account and get her information?


Reading this article has made me think Facebook can be harmful and safe. It can be harmful depending on what you post or the information you add to your account. If you don't put too much personal information up you'll be safe. To me Facebook is as safe as you make it.