Online publishing

This tragic story of Nikki is a prime example of the online explicity. Her story is only known to those who have read the article or those who like grusome things. I dont think that her pictures should be allowed to be published every where online. But how are you gonna fix it. It is so hard to figure out who is on a computer especially if it is a public computer. But i do think that they should try and those police officers should have been in more troble then they got into.
If it was my family member I would be really mad. Especially since at the sight they didn't want the family members to see yet it goes public within that week. I would have taken the same action that her family did. People need to know that even though they are on the web they need to be cautious of what they are putting out there for everyone to see.
I think our internet should be filtered a little bit. These photos could scare almost anyone. I don't know how they could filter them but we should. This is not a good image for anyone to be seeing.

Earth Day

I think that the writer is somewhat correct. I don't think that people being eco friendly is going to have a big effect on the earth if they are only concious about it for one day. People are not even remembering about it. I think that we do not acknowldge the day until someone says something to them. The only people who normally remember that it is earth day are the enviromentalist. But i think we should still have the day, just like we have mothers day. To recognize the beauty's of the earth.
I did know that today was Earth Day, only because i looked at a calander this morning. I think that it is completely under played. Its not going to effect the earth if everyone only cares for one day. It needs to be a continuous cycle of people caring.
Today we actually do nothing to protect the earth.

Things not to learn in school

Out of the eight things to not learn in high school, I have learned none. I am one of the select few who has not been taking my education lightly. I understand that to reach my goals, I have to accomplish something in high school. It doesn't matter to me what my peers are thinking about how they are barely gonna get by. Most of the time, I like to do things to the best of my ability. The only time that I do not do the best thing for me is when I completely forget about something thats due, or every once and awhile I dont do certain assignments. I think it could be the fact that I was enrolled in a lot of the college prep classes which taught all of the students that we can not just sit by passively through our free education. My parents have also always taught me that I have to be an above average student to not get in trouble at home. Those are the things that have taught me not to just sit by and let my high school years pass by!

Economic Problems

This hard economic time has brought families closer or tear them apart. The recession that we are currently in is making families think about what they spend on a daily basis. They are making budgets and sticking to them. People are trying desperately to stay above the water in the debt they have to repay while also trying to feed their families. All america wants is a break.
My family is dealing with the economy like any other family. My parents are trying to buy a house and because the economy is so low, they are getting better deals on them and have a lower payment on the loan they will need. Along with that, they are sticking to a budget with all the entertainment things they do and staying in a lot more. Which isn't a problem for them, they like to be home.
I haven't stopt doing anything really. The only thing is i do not spend a lot of money are other people like i used to. They don't like it but its what has to be done in order for me to get through. I used to pay for people when i took them any where but now i have to draw the line.

Piracy

If the U.S. follows a similar law to the one in Sweden, it would affect the way teenagers recieved a lot of there entertainment. In today's society, people have gotten used to being able to retrieve what they want by illegal downloading. In the U.S. today, there are certain sites that allow people to download music or movies when they feel like it. There are a couple of site that i have been told of that you can download movies before they are even released from the theatres.
Personally, if they decided to enforce this law, it wouldn't affect me that much at all. The only thing I do that is close is burning cds, but i would gladly go and buy them or even get a membership to a downloading site like itunes. I think that it would be a good idea to make the people pay for the entertainment they are recieving for free.
Intellectual property is something that someone has written or copyrighted that is their property for ever. Even if they die, there children then inherit it. I think it is so important because they introduced a new idea or song or movie that made other people want to see it. Its so important to give the person who wrote it what they deserve for making such a piece of art. It would be like stealing the mona lisa. Intellectual property needs to be recognized by everyone, and have them know that it wasn't there idea but someone elses. People need to give credit where it is due.