School Uniforms

Sometimes causing a lot of violence in highly gang populated schools or feuds between the well dressed and the not so well dressed, it comes out that the fashion of what student's wear should not have an effect on how he or she learns in school. The main purpose of people going to school is so they can learn but, who can do that knowing that there are at least a hundred other people judging you on how you look. To fix this problem schools should put a uniform rule into effect so that it will reduce the fighting and violence, all of the distractions, and force people to be equal in what they wear.
What students wear in school has a major part to deal with the violence that goes on in the classrooms. Almost every student in school has either been harassed or had their feelings hurt over something that someone else has said about the clothes they wear. Whether it deals with the gangs and the violence that they cause among other gangs in school or the trendy kids who can afford the expensive name brands, there is always fighting or violence in school about fashion. Why should there be any fighting over clothes if there could be something done about it? If violence could be taken out of the student body by just changing the student body into a uniform then it should be done
Also by wearing uniforms, student's look nicer and it helps studnets focus instead of worrying about all of the latest fashions. At some schools, some students are so worried about what they wear it sometimes seems like a never ending fashion show. How some kids worry about the never ending fashion show is a huge distraction and could eventually start to effect their grades. To fix this problem, putting a uniform into effect could help to improve students grades and have less focus on what they are wearing.
One of the main reasons that kids are bullied in schools is because they come from a family that doesn't have a lot of money so they can't keep up with all of the latest fashion trends. It is not right for some kids to be bullied for reasons that they can't control. If there were uniforms that would make every one equal in what they wear so there would be no reason to bully people over what they wear.
If uniforms were to go into effect it reduce the violence and fighting in schools, help students focus more on there school work, and reduce the amount that kids are bullied. In the end, uniforms would all around make schools a better place to be.

Earthquakes,Global Warming, European Storms

Earth Quakes
Last month there was an earth quake in Chile, that killed over 700 people and caused nearly 30 billion dollars in damages. At a magnitude of 6.7 aftershock, the earth quake shook south-central Chile. Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter announced in economic terms that this is the worst catastrophe Chile has suffered. The Public Works Minister Hernan de Sominihac, said it will cost around $1.46 billion dollars to restore the public construction, like the fallen bridges that are slowing reconstruction to the city.

Global Warming
In the dead of winter - especially now this year with its massive snow storms in the eastern United States - its not the easiest time to make the case for global warming. But it's even harder these days to convincingly argue that climate change is a reality. Since 2008, the number of people who don't believe global warming is happening has more than doubled to 16 percent. But, at the same time , those alarmed at the climate change has dropped from 18 percent to just 10 percent, and those who say they're "concerned" has dropped from 33 percent to 29 percent. Meanwhile, action in Congress on climate change has essentially stalled. “The heavy snowfalls this month have been used as fodder for ridicule by those who argue that global warming is a myth, yet scientists have long pointed out that warmer global temperatures have been increasing the rate of evaporation from the oceans, putting significantly more moisture into the atmosphere – thus causing heavier downfalls of both rain and snow in particular regions, including the Northeastern United States. Just as it’s important not to miss the forest for the trees, neither should we miss the climate for the snowstorm.”

European Storms
Rescue workers in dinghies cruised flooded streets on France's Atlantic coast Monday, searching for people still trapped in their homes by storms that smashed through concrete sea walls and killed at least 62 people across Western Europe. The storm, called Xynthia, blew into France early Sunday with hurricane-force winds, flooding ports, destroying homes and leaving 1 million households without electricity. The coastal regions of Vendee and Charente-Maritime, and pledged euro3 million in emergency aid. Floodwaters also submerged streets in L'Ile de Re, a chic resort island of colorful ports, charming cottages and bike paths. The spokesman for France's emergency services, Lt. Col. Patrick Vailli, said nine people were still missing and scores more were wounded. In the southwestern French town of La Faute sur Mer, firefighters evacuated stranded residents by boat Monday and car roofs just peeked out above the floodwaters.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100228/ts_csm/283713

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_deadly_storm

Banning Ipods in School

I don't think it is right for teachers and staff members to ban Ipods from students. After banning so many things from school, it takes away from a student's personality and it could also effect a student's grades. For example, some student's have different study habits. Some people like to study with no sound or distractions and others can learn just as well with music blaring and the TV on. For the student's that can study better with music, they should not be punished for other student's laziness.

Duel

This being Steven Spielbergs first production, it was shot in a square with no sound effects or anything to help enhance the movie. In this production the main character needs to learn how to handle the truck drivers games better than they way he is. He shouldn't be driving at speeds that he cant handle his car in... After he wrecks he did a a good job of calming himself down in the bathroom. Too bad, all of that changed when he saw that the truck came back to the restaurant. I feel bad for the guy since he he has driven him self crazy over trying to find the truck driver and now he has gotten his car stuck under the bus and the truck driver is waiting for him. The poor guy has lost his mind and the truck driver is gone for the moment. I wonder why this truck driver has picked him to mess with all day on the high way.The truck driver is absolutely insane!! No one in they're right mind would go around trying to kill someone on the highway or anywhere at all. This guy has been through enough that would make someone crazy. I'm kinda wishing I knew why this truck driver was trying to kill him?

I don't really know how to react to the movie. I'm kind of confused about why the truck driver was trying to kill the main character. Besides not knowing the main point of the movie, I guess it was pretty good.