Bullying Prevention Speech

             One person, not able to face their day because of the fear that controls their body, all from the top problem in schools today; Bullying. Bullying is repeated, unwanted, behavior, and the bully has a factor that over powers the person being bullied. Imagine everyday of your life when you wake up in the morning and think to yourself will I make it through school today? Or Do I have to go to school today? Many students go through the awful torturing of bullying everyday all around the country. Would you want to wake up every single morning worried that some one is going to hurt you mentally or physically? If you see bullying then you should tell a teacher, your parents, a guidance counselor, a principal, or another trustful adult. Just because you don't see bullying doesn't mean it isn't actually happening around you. Bullying has gotten so severe that people are dying because of this serious issue. Around thirteen  million five to seventeen year olds have taken away their own lives and have committed suicide because they couldn't handle bullying anymore. Seventeen year  old Eric Mohat killed himself because a bully said to him, "Why don't you just go home and shoot yourself, no one will miss you." And that is exactly what he did. Just think about if someone said that to you. How would you feel? Bullying does't just happen in person but also because technology has advanced so much it is happening online. On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblur, and other Social Networking sites bullying happens all the time. Teens and children try to have all the cool new things, and dress cool, and try to be popular but really we should just all be our selves because that's the best person we can be. Our country has started the process to stop bullying but we definitely have a long road ahead of us and many more challenges to face. Should people have to suffer everyday? Do you want to be accepted?

By: Nicole P.

"Are Facebook 'Likes' Protected by the First Amendment" Blog Post

                  Reading the article "Are Facebook 'Likes' Protected by the First Amendment" in Upfront magazine I realize that the Supreme Court of our nation has a number of important desicons to make about new technological advances. The First Amendment says that anyone has freedom of speech. Apparently not for Daniel Ray Carter. "Carter suspected that he lost his job because he'd recently "liked" the Facebook page of the person  running for sheriff against hid boss," ( Brara page 21) Carter realized that it was against the First Amendment for him to be fired so he sued his boss. Unfortunately for Daniel Ray Carter last spring Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the Federal District Court that is in Norfolk ruled in opposition of Carter. Judge Raymond A. Jackson stated that clicking the "thumbs down" icon on a Facebook page is not protected under The First Amendment. I think that the Supreme Court need to either add to The First Amendment or make new law regarding new technological advances like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. If I was one of the Supreme Court judges then I would say that "likes" should now be part of The First Amendment because now we are in the twenty-first century and everybody not just in America, but all over the world needs to start living in this new century where everything is advancing. If someone chooses to think something then that is their personal opinion. Unless this opinion gets out of hand or goes against a law that our country holds then if someone chooses to "like" or "not like" a photo on the internet there should be nothing held against them. Right now people have different opinions about situations similar to this one. I enjoyed reading this article and glad that I have the opportunity to blog about it. What do you think about "likes"?

Written by: Nicole P.

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ELA Freewrite

Free Write: If you could take three people on a trip around the world who would you take and why?


                      If I were able to go on a trip around the world and only bring three people I would bring Sidney H., Kim W. and Quinn K..  These three people are my three of my best friends.These girls are so much fun and exciting. We always have so much fun together and can look at each other and know exactly what the other person is thinking. I know every day that these girls will always be there for me when I need them. We all love to play sports so we could run through the streets of London. The plane rides wouldn't be as bad because we can all keep each other entertained on every single one of the rides. The four of us mostly like all the same food so eating wouldn't be hard at all. All four of us can cooperate with one another really easily. I'm so lucky that I have trustful, truthful, amazing, funny, awesome best friends. I love them so much and I know in the future our trip around the world will be one of the best experiences of our lives! 
                        
                                                                                                                           -Nicole <3 

This is my free write assignment for my english language arts class. I hope you guys like it! :)

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