I guess I never thought about it!

Before a couple days ago I never exactly thought about the creationism vs. evolution controversy. I had heard about it but I had never stopped and thought about my views or the facts behind either theory. After listening to the presentation about whether or not both creationism and evolution should be taught in schools I realized that both theories have fact behind them and should be taught in public schools.

During 7Th grade when I first learned about evolution in my school, I just figured that that was true and that is what I should believe and that is not the case. Students should not just believe something that they are taught when there is another good theory out there with fact behinds it like creationism has behind it. Before watching this presentation I didn't realize that creationism had facts behind it. And his fact alone changes my thinking about this topic.

After this presentation I feel confident in that both creationism and evolution should be taught in schools because they both have fact behind them and students should decide which theory they believe and makes sense to them.

How a High School Student Changed my Outlook on Cell Phones

The article that I looked at is Cell Phone Rules Actually Make Sense by Shannon Turner. The article is about a student who attends a high school that has a complete ban on cell phones meaning they aren't aloud to use cell phone at all during the day and her view on the rules in her school. She has very interesting views, she unlike most students supports her schools rules. This to me is very interesting because it is so unlike the ordinary student. She says that "However, the more I thought about it the more I realized how sad and pathetic it is that teenagers can’t go six hours, five days a week without being on their cell phones, and maybe the rule was put in place for a reason." What she said didn't completely change my thinking but it did open up a new view for me. Before I read this I didn't really see why there would be a full cell phone ban. But now I can see maybe where the schools are coming from. Teenagers should be able to go six hours a day five days a week without constant contact with their friends. So this article did not completely change my outlook on my topic but it did give me a new perspective on cell phone bans in schools.

When can you make big decisions on your own?

The book I am reading is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piouclt. This book is about a girl named Anna(13) who has a sister named Kate. Kate has had cancer since she was little (she is now 16) and without Anna's kidney is going to die. But Anna has been keeping her sister alive since she was born. And Anna doesn't want to give her sister her kidney because she is sick of helping her sister. The book is about this family's struggle with Kate and Anna.

This book reminds me of a discussion that we were having in class about when you are old enough to make big decisions like Anna's to get medically emancipated even if it meant killing her sister. I think that a regular 13 year old is too young to make their own decisions. But Anna is more mature than a normal 13 year old because her sister has cancer and she has had to deal with that her entire life which had made her more mature.

I think that their is no set age for someone to start making their own decisions. I think that it depends on your maturity level. So for some people that age could be 13 and for others it could be 20. It depends on the person and what they have had to deal with in their life.