Education

Some children don't really realize the opportunities they have. I am sick and fed up of children taking advantage of education. Some kids go to school and don't even notice that what they have is a blessing. Everyday I go to school and all I can see are kids in the hallways playing around, chatting and not getting their work done. And, when the bells would ring and I would have to move to my next class all I can smell in the hallways are weed. Many children don't notice that somewhere across the country there is some one dying to take their spot and will actually do their best to learn. It is stupid to throw away you dreams and the opportunity to succeed. Every year, of every day and of every minute kids are dropping out of high schools.The report states that only 52 percent of public high school students in these cities graduate after four years, while the national average is 70 percent. Some 1.2 million public high school students drop out every year, according to researchers.The report finds that, overall, 17 of the public school systems in 50 major cities have graduation rates of 50 percent or lower, and the average graduation rate of all 50 systems is 58 percent. The findings are based on federal Department of Education statistics for the 2003-2004 school year. Many people want to be successful and have the money, the cars, the clothes, everything. But, some people need to understand in order to make paper($) you must have paper(diploma). Education is important.

Women Issue: Single Mothers

When you think of the phrase "single parent," what comes to mind? Do you picture someone like yourself? 
You might be surprised to know how many single parents are out there trying to make life better for themselves and their children. I think single mothers have it real bad. Single mothers have to take on the role of the mother and the father. Single mothers must work up to 2 jobs or more to put food on the table, clothes on the kids backs, and  keep a roof over their head. Most single mothers can't even find jobs.The high unemployment rate for single mothers is a serious problem. But at the end of the day single women all over the world are going to make it through because just by having the thought that one day they can stop the cycle with their kid makes them happy. In addition, to also know that there are other mothers there going through the same things. So for all the single mothers go to this website so that it can help you with your children and to help you get ready for any situation that presents itself.

Teen Issue( Teen Pregnancy)

Over the years teen pregnancy has taken a toll on the nation. "The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually." Thirty-four percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 about 820,000 a year. On Friday, February 5th 2010 on Foxnews.com it was reported that an 11 year old mother has given birth to her baby boy.

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Martin Luther King

"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

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New York Times Electronic Edititon

The New York Times Electronic Edition is a wonderful website.It keeps people informed on what goes around all over the world. In the Electronic Edition it gives you informaton on things that happen nationally and internationally. It tells you about religious services,tv listings, and obituaries. On this website you can also look at more news articles from any month, from any day.

Algebra

Algebra isn't that hard once you think about it. If you really pay close attention in class you'll get the mist of things. 

I have decided to help people solve equations. Its is so easy

When you have an equation like this                         a + 35 = 100

All you have to do is do the inverse                         a + 35 =100      

operation of adding which is subtraction                     - 35   - 35

And you will get                                                           a = 65

If you want to check your answer all you have        a + 35 =100

to do is plug in for a in the equation.                       65 + 35 = 100                   

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General Hospital

General Hospital is a soap opera. I know your probably wondering why I am watching a soap opera.Well, General Hospital is very different. General Hospital is WONDERFUL. Even though its not real, it is great. General Hospital is about people in Port Charles that are trying to survive in a city of gangs, violence, and  killers, while falling in love with their soulmates, being deceived by family members and trying to save lives.I find this soap opera of of the best that has ever been aired.General Hospital has been here since April 1, 1963. I have been watching General Hospital all my life and I have never hated not one episode. I LOOOOVVEEEEE General Hospital. So watch General Hospital on ABC channel 7 at 3:00 on weekdays and at night on SOAPnet channel 64 at 10:00.

WebMD

WebMD.com is a great website. It helps you to get information on how to be healthy and safe.WebMD gives you information on drugs and supplements, eating and dieting. WebMD gives you health in fromation for even pets. WebMD also gives tips to women about pregancy & parenting. WebMD even tells you information about how to keep the wrinkles away. I find this website intresting but I believe only adults should use it, I think if a child have any medical problems they should consult with their doctors instead of giving themselves their own diagnosis. Nevertheless, I fell this website is helpful, but for insurance I think you should also ask a doctor. 

Environmental Defense

The Environmental Defense website deserves not one but TWO thumbs up. The Environmental Defense website not only benefits me, but the whole world. The Environmental Defense website helps protect us from toxic pollution and much more. The Environmental Defense website attack environmental issues.The Environmental Defense website work with businesses, government and communities to find solution to environmental issues. The Environmental website attacks problems such as Global Warming, and protect endangered species. They also restore the oceans, promote clean air, water health, and safety standards.This website also allows people to donate money to help them continue their work. The Environmental Defense website is trying to make the world a better place and believe with our help we can achieve that goal. Anybody can help by donating to the Environmental Defense fund. So go to the Environmental Defense website and make a the world a better place and donate.

JobWeb

JobWeb is a very helpful website. I  find  the JobWeb website very helpful because it helps people to find jobs that best fit them. The JobWeb also helps employers to find the right person for the job. The JobWeb can also help college graduates find jobs,which can help them in long run for paying bill and much more. JobWeb has job outlooks, which are job that you should look out for and it also tells you the salary of that job. The JobWeb also gives you tips about how to do good on a job interview. JobWeb can really help people find jobs so that they can provide for their families.So go out there into the cyberworld and find the job for and you just might get that job in the real world too. So go to JobWeb. Today is your lucky day.I give jobweb a thumbs up.