1.There was a measure made to make new screening for Syrian refugees. It is popular because there was already politics about this topic. They are going to take up the measure after Thanksgiving. Obama is threatening to veto the bill!!!! HE'S JUST A BILL YES HE'S ONLY A BILL. This will be mean and our economy is based on immigrants.
2.The city council is easing regulations for garage apartments. Garage apartments provide space for people with low income and allow people to live affordably in neighborhoods. Tovo was opposed because it would undermine neighborhood plans. Ates said it was the only way he could live in his neighborhood. I think that people should be able to live where they want to live.
4.Salmon that is genetically modified is ok to eat. They can now eat AuquaAdvantage. There are aguements saying that the fish isn't safe to eat. The approval took a long time because it was the first of its kind. The executive was excited and surprised by the review.
5.Zimmerman wants to block Austin's money from helping Syrian refugees. Casar wants to support the refugees. Adler says that helping refugees and people in austin are two different things. 1225 refugees came to Travis County. Sid Miller compares rattle snakes to refugees. Democrats say that he "fanned the flames of fear".
6.Raphael Holiday set a fire that killed three people.He is one of the 13 people that has been put to death this year. Texas is half of the total murders in the US. Sween says that the attorneys gave up on Holiday.
7.I think I want to do an editorial on the Syrian refugees. This topic is highly controversial and there are many opinions on it. This would be very interesting to readers to get another view.
EXTRA CREDIT:
My All American is about longhorn history. Hi column has a strong opinion.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Craft of Writing Columns
1. Alfred Dwayne Brown was convicted on shooting Charles R Clark.
2.He said that he didn't rob or shoot anybody.
3.The jury sentenced him to death.
4.October 2005.
5.he said he was at his girlfriends apartment.
6.They couldn't find any phone logs.
7.The investigator found old records while cleaning out his garage and he did make the call.
8.There was "one that shows one of the prosecutors had requested the records". I do think she is right.
9.The court didn't do anything for a year.
10.She basically says that trials should be more fair.
11.He will have a happy and fair life.
12.There is a subtle bias throughout the whole article and it is wrapped up at the end.
2.He said that he didn't rob or shoot anybody.
3.The jury sentenced him to death.
4.October 2005.
5.he said he was at his girlfriends apartment.
6.They couldn't find any phone logs.
7.The investigator found old records while cleaning out his garage and he did make the call.
8.There was "one that shows one of the prosecutors had requested the records". I do think she is right.
9.The court didn't do anything for a year.
10.She basically says that trials should be more fair.
11.He will have a happy and fair life.
12.There is a subtle bias throughout the whole article and it is wrapped up at the end.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Restaurant Editorial
1.They hook the reader by describing the terrible conditions that restaurant dishwashers are in. This pulls the reader in by giving human interest.
2.There are higher wages and greater opportunities offered.
3.Restaurant workers have low wages and raising the wages would cause fewer jobs.
4.Children of workers are affected and raising the wage could help bring more people out of poverty.
5.The gap between rich and poor is beginning to rise to levels before the stock market crash of '29.
6.Consumers should not support the restaurants that underpay workers. Lawmakers make minimum wage minus tips be minimum wage and tips will be extra.
7. The NRA is plays the role of allowing restaurants to underpay workers.
8. Restaurant workers say that they don't make much profit and competition so they cant pay their workers well.
9. Kingsbury says that raising wages across the board will not end the competition. Raising wages will cause higher prices in the food but that will cause higher wage for workers and the workers will be more reliable.
10.They don't get paid enough to sustain.
11.This adds an emotional element and makes the reader see a real example about how workers are treated and not just statistics.
12. Restaurant owners don't pay for overtime and pay way under minimum wage, break child labor laws, and even fail to pay workers at all.
13.Wage theft is common all over Boston not just struggling neighborhoods.
14.He should allow restaurants to open easier and that would allow a higher wage.
15. I think the conclusion paragraph should be more powerful. It is not typical.
2.There are higher wages and greater opportunities offered.
3.Restaurant workers have low wages and raising the wages would cause fewer jobs.
4.Children of workers are affected and raising the wage could help bring more people out of poverty.
5.The gap between rich and poor is beginning to rise to levels before the stock market crash of '29.
6.Consumers should not support the restaurants that underpay workers. Lawmakers make minimum wage minus tips be minimum wage and tips will be extra.
7. The NRA is plays the role of allowing restaurants to underpay workers.
8. Restaurant workers say that they don't make much profit and competition so they cant pay their workers well.
9. Kingsbury says that raising wages across the board will not end the competition. Raising wages will cause higher prices in the food but that will cause higher wage for workers and the workers will be more reliable.
10.They don't get paid enough to sustain.
11.This adds an emotional element and makes the reader see a real example about how workers are treated and not just statistics.
12. Restaurant owners don't pay for overtime and pay way under minimum wage, break child labor laws, and even fail to pay workers at all.
13.Wage theft is common all over Boston not just struggling neighborhoods.
14.He should allow restaurants to open easier and that would allow a higher wage.
15. I think the conclusion paragraph should be more powerful. It is not typical.
Monday, November 9, 2015
current event quiz 3.1
1.Texas abortion restrictions law may be reviewed. The public will know on Monday what the supreme court says. Everybody wants to know because they could give no access to abortion.The attorney general doesn't want the law looked at because it could cause medical difficulty.
2.The judge shielded Charles Kleinert from charges. The judge cited a precedent from 125 years ago. The supremacy clause declares the primary law of land. Jens David Ohlin says the case could be "far reaching".
3.The University of Washington did a major culture prep for their to China trip and learned basic Mandarin for two weeks. UT did the same thing to a lesser extent. The game is historic because UT might go again in the summer and in fall to engage alumni. The team has to miss a lot of class time to do this so that is a concern.
4.On Sunday in Myanmar millions of people voted to let military's power to be loosened. The day was peaceful and everybody was happy. Suu Kyi is expected to prevail and this will help the country not be under military rule that they have been under for half a century.
5.Pope Francis said that staling the financial malfeasances was a crime. The pope says that the two books released last week don't help. He is mad because the books say their is greed in the Vatican.
6.The sanctuary cities are Austin, Houston and Dallas.Both of the articles have opinions on immigration and quotes and evidence. The first article gives Greg Abbott's opinions. The second article talks about how people who cross the border are able to come to sanctuary cities.The cartoon basically says that if people can cross the border if they come to Austin, Houston or Dallas is it is totally fine.
These articles are different because they have comics and two views. Also there is no editorials on the page.
2.The judge shielded Charles Kleinert from charges. The judge cited a precedent from 125 years ago. The supremacy clause declares the primary law of land. Jens David Ohlin says the case could be "far reaching".
3.The University of Washington did a major culture prep for their to China trip and learned basic Mandarin for two weeks. UT did the same thing to a lesser extent. The game is historic because UT might go again in the summer and in fall to engage alumni. The team has to miss a lot of class time to do this so that is a concern.
4.On Sunday in Myanmar millions of people voted to let military's power to be loosened. The day was peaceful and everybody was happy. Suu Kyi is expected to prevail and this will help the country not be under military rule that they have been under for half a century.
5.Pope Francis said that staling the financial malfeasances was a crime. The pope says that the two books released last week don't help. He is mad because the books say their is greed in the Vatican.
6.The sanctuary cities are Austin, Houston and Dallas.Both of the articles have opinions on immigration and quotes and evidence. The first article gives Greg Abbott's opinions. The second article talks about how people who cross the border are able to come to sanctuary cities.The cartoon basically says that if people can cross the border if they come to Austin, Houston or Dallas is it is totally fine.
These articles are different because they have comics and two views. Also there is no editorials on the page.
BACON:(
1. Processed meat can cause colon cancer.
2. Environmental groups want warning labels on meat.
3. Putting the processed meats in group 1 means there is a lot of evidence supporting that they cause cancer. The chairman said that people shouldn't be terrorized by eating red meat but they should realize the risk.
4. The guy says that bacon causes cancer.
5.People don't really care about cancer because they like the food to much.
6. I do not eat much meat at all so this doesn't really affect me.
2. Environmental groups want warning labels on meat.
3. Putting the processed meats in group 1 means there is a lot of evidence supporting that they cause cancer. The chairman said that people shouldn't be terrorized by eating red meat but they should realize the risk.
4. The guy says that bacon causes cancer.
5.People don't really care about cancer because they like the food to much.
6. I do not eat much meat at all so this doesn't really affect me.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
LBJ Students Vandalize McCallum
At the beginning of October, McCallum students were surprised to see a series of vandalism was done all over campus. It was later determined that a group of kids from LBJ/LASA High School had done such things to prank McCallum before the football game that night. There were many opinions on this topic from both schools, some students saw it as a harmless prank and others thought that the students took it too far.
The LBJ/LASA students put crushed up plastic on one McCallum’s practice fields in the shape of a penis and also salt on the game field in the shape of a penis. They also put toothpicks and skewers on the main football field as well as tearing down one of the goal posts. Also they drew penises using an unknown liquid all over the courtyard which McCallum has yet to find a way to clean off. “Replacing the goal post will cost from $3,000 to $5,000 dollars.” says Michael Garrison, the McCallum principal said.
No students know the exact reason behind these crimes or who did it.The consequences of these students is confidential as well.There have been rumors that the people weren’t actually LASA students but i has been confirmed that those rumors are false. The pranks were not known to be targeted at any group of students either. Most McCallum administrators say that these actions were uncalled for. “I do not consider this a prank. It is vandalism, criminal mischief, and destruction of property.” said Garrison. Students have opinions on the situation as well. Student Amanda Eller in the LASA program said, “I think it was stupid of them to do it with grease and Mac hadn’t even done anything to us so I think they took it too far and they need to stop caring about rivalries so much”. There are very strong opinions on this topic.
An anonymous teacher comments, “They should have at least made their portraits more accurate!”.
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