December Blog Post

     For Christmas i have many wish i would like to come true. Just like the rest of the kids and adults with big hopes and dreams. For Christmas this year one wish i hope that comes true is the Cure to cancer. Cancer has caused many loved ones to die at and early age or live being in a hospital. Some Cancer patients live knowing their going to die in a few months. Many kids don't understand the severity and shouldn't be afraid to die at such a young age.  
      My next wish is for  innocent people who have been killed. Not only is this hard on families but the community too. People are effected a great deal when a loved one passes away and they are innocent. Like in the news recently there was a two year old boy who was killed in a car crash on Dewey. The driver of the other vehicle was shop lifting and driving recklessly and hit the car carrying the two year old boy. The sad part was that i knew them. The mother now has to bury her son on Friday just days before Christmas. A family is effected a lot after a tragedy right before Christmas. My wish is to end violence and stealing.
      Another wish is to stop animal abuse. Animals should never be harmed in any way shape or form. if a person is not capable of taking care of an animal there are shelters. Or the person can sell the animal. There is no reason to hurt a harmless creature who can't even talk. My wish is to start to end the violence on animals. Using animals as testing tools is abuse in my eyes as well. Animals don't like to die just for their skin or just to be tested with a new makeup product or fragrance.
      My last wish is that everyone stops the murders around the world. To stop slavery in countries such as Africa or India. Slaves deserve to live. If a slave has a child that child should not be punished and sold, when they didn't do anything wrong. People are made to be free and not held captive. Murders and gang violence does not solve anything either. It causes tension in the world and broken hearts through out families.  
      These are just a few of my Christmas Wishes in 2014. I hope at least some of them come true. Even if some are considered "impossible", everything in my eyes is possible. I feel if everyone actually wanted to make a difference the world would be a better place. there wouldn't be any more crying or deaths. The world wouldn't have hurt in it.

Slavery Today

Modern Day slavery is still around today. it stretches across the whole wide world. Many victims of slavery are not captured how they were back in the day. Today victims are tricked into being sex slaves many in different countries are poor and are tricked into "getting a better life" once they get on that bus to go to their better life their passports are taken away and then the only way out is to escape. Modern day slavery doe not consists of shackles anymore it consists of rape, abuse, farming labor, torture, and mental abuse. Today slaves are kidnapped off the streets and taken into sex offenders homes and raped repeatedly. To help end slavery Obama has created "anti-trafficking month" in January 2012. This is to make people more aware about slavery and how serious it is around the world. Many reasons today why people become slaves are because debt bondage, which means they are in debt and have no money to pay. Bonded labor which also means people are in debt and they are in labor to try and pay off their debt and attached labor. Slavery is someone being taken away from heir rights and being used for another persons needs against their own will. Child slavery differs from chocolate slaves is that child slaves do farm work and chocolate slaves work in factories to make and ship chocolate. The top 3 facts that are most important to me about slavery are Human trafficking is the modern day slave trade, 27 million slaves are in the world today, and each year thousands of slaves are trafficked into the united states.

Freedom Writers Review

The movie "Freedom Writers" is appropriate for a Morality course is because it has a lot of inspirational words. The movie also shows how people act around the world and how teachers and friends should understand where their friends are coming from. You should not judge someone based on where they come from. It doesn't matter about race or gender. Everyone is facing their own battles each day. The context and meaning of the quotes " i did what i had to do, because it was the right thing to do." is that you have to go out and fight for what is right and make things better in order to be happy. The second quote is "but even a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room." The context of this quote is no matter where you come from or how much people don't know your name or who you are you can make a big difference in the world. Even the tiniest difference you make can change a whole society.

   

Being mean or Being a bully?

 To know if someone if being mean or just being a bully gets confusing to some. So a lot of people just throw out the word "bully" at anyone. That's not the case though. To be mean is if someone is talking about you or if a teacher assigns you homework being mean is if your boss decides you're going to work your whole weekend. To be a bully is to actually physically hurt someone, like slapping, punching, or stealing their things. I also believe if a rumor is spread about someone that's being a bully. If you're bringing that persons self esteem down in any way, shape, or form that's being a bully. There is a huge difference between these two words that people need to understand they have two totally two different meanings. In the website " thebullyproject.com" some students are experiencing what bullying looks like and they express what it feels like. Some students experience students being mean to them by calling them names.

Thoughts on Miss America Pageant 2014

 After reading the unkind comments about the new Miss America Nina Davuluri, i did some research on what people were saying and why they were saying this. I have come to a realization to which our generation is still immature and making racist comments. Some comments on twitter were: "Why is she Miss America when she's not even American?" Comments like that i don't understand because there are people who come to America to get a better life and most athletes aren't even american but yet we still cheer them on. A good percent of out ancestors aren't even American but we don't blame them for coming to America. What i believe are some people might just be saying these negative comments through jealousy. Miss New York is very is a very talented women and i believe she is a generous lady who understands the problems of america. People should be judging Nina based on what she will do and how she cares for america not because she is Indian.

About Me

Hi, I'm Natalia! I am a Junior in High school. Some things you should know about me is that i am Ukrainian. I love country music, music is my life. I enjoy hanging out with my friends. I am also a Ukrainian dancer. So far my Junior year is going pretty good. I have met new people and made new friends, but just like and High School student i can't wait to graduate. In the future i hope to go to college and be come a Registered Nurse.