Say what? Better hearing takes practice

I think the structure that organizes this article is spatial order. First it give the description then examples and last illustrations. The tone of the article seems that the author agrees with what she is writing about. The article is explaining that scientist think that part of the problem of hearing loss has to do with our brains. Age related hearing loss can come from disappearance of sensory cells in the inner ear. As people grow older their brains slow down. One side affect is that they can't process fast-moving parts of speech. Most likely they can't process consonants in the beginning of words such as "b," "p," "g," and "d." In the article it says that "As we get older our brains slow down, a natural part of aging call neural slowing." "Having conversation in a nosy restaurant can be difficult, and for elderly people often impossible." "But with a little practice, the brain can learn to hear above the din, a new study suggest. This means that elderly people that can't hear well can go to classes and learn how to hear better. I think this was a good article because I didn't know you could hear better by going to classes. 

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Televison make lonely people feel less lonely

The organization structure of this article is from the most important information to the least important information. The tone of this passage sounds like the author was very interested in what she was talking about. The author seemed like she agreed with the information about that television makes lonely people less lonely. She put more information about the positive side and just two sentences about the negative side. The article is about that scientists think that watching television makes lonely people feel less lonely. Psychologist have the idea of “social surrogacy” to explain that television can take up the same role as friends and family. In a study, psychologist found out that lonely people are more likely to watch their favorite tv show when they’re lonely, and they feel less lonely during the show. Scientists think that lonely people are most likely to enjoy positive tv shows. If you go online and read comments of tv shows, that people comment “worst show ever” negative comments like that,  are probably satisfied with their life. Lonely people might have better connection with tv show characters or tv shows then people that already have a lot of people in their life.

I think that the article was very interesting. I never thought that television can make people less lonely. But I honestly don’t think television can have the same role as family. It can probably have the same role as friends I guess. Reading this article might make lonely people consider watching tv when they’re lonely.

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Public speaking

Are you the type of person that hates talking in front of people? Then you would probably hate being in a public speaking class. Just by hearing the words “public speaking” you’re probably not so excited about it. But have you ever thought about the future? Thoughts as in If you want to go to college or what job you would like?

People should take a public speaking class. Public speaking is a useful class, believe it or not. Sometime people think during class that why they are learning this if they probably won’t need to know this in life. But in a lot of jobs it requires public speaking. If you’re selling something you want to have good public speaking skills.  You need to be able to talk to the people in a way that well capture their attention. Where do you learn good public speaking skills? In a public speaking class, being in a public speaking class is good practice.

You have a lot of activities that you need to stand and talk in front of the class. People get so nervous about this. But the people you talk in front of are your classmates and they have to do the same activities and stand in front of the class. If you take this class you can get used to talking in front of people. Sometime in your life you’re going to have to talk in front of people; and you don’t want to sound all nervous. You want to sound confident and look like you know what you’re talking about. Public speaking isn’t that bad. I mean for the people that hate talking in front of people might think so. But when you go in front of the class more than once, you start getting used to it. That’s the point. Because when you get used to it you start not being so shy and nervous.  People should really take this class, especially the shy people. The activities you do in public speaking depends on the teacher, I guess.

Like I said, public speaking is a very useful class. Always remember that sometime in life you’ll have to speak in front of a group of people. So if you can pick your classes, and public speaking is a choice; make a goal to stop being so shy when you’re talking in front of people. And take the public speaking class.

Public Speaking

Have you ever had a project that you had to demonstrate something your good at? Well in my public speaking class we had a demonstration project; and with that project we had to do an outline. This consists on an introduction, thesis statement, significance overview, the body and the conclusion. When we present our demonstration, we had to basically say the information that was on our outline. We had to explain step by step how to do what we were presenting. We had to act like we knew what we were talking about. Many people did easy demonstrations. Some people did Power Points and others demonstrated how to do something threw video because they either cooked or did something that they couldn’t do in class.


What I did for my demonstration project is how to text. I did that because I couldn’t think of anything else and I thought it would be very easy. Since I text every day, I basically know everything you have to know in order to text.  All I did was look up a cool fact from the internet about texting, make up steps of how to text, then writes them down in construction paper, and write information on a notecard about texting. I really didn’t need a notecard but I put information on there in case I forgot what I was going to say, or had trouble remembering something. I wrote the steps on the construction paper so I could get a piece of tape and tape  it to the board so everyone could see it. That helped me because it reminded me what each step was without looking at the notecard. I guess my  presentation went okay.

We Read

In class, I read an article named Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip. It said that Google rejected a request by the White House to reconsider its decision to keep a movie clip. On Tuesday, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in a siege on the embassy in Benghazi. They were killed because the movie clip showed Prophet Mohammad as a fraud and philanderer. White house officials had asked Google to reconsider whether the video had violated YouTube's Terms of Service. Google said that the video was within its guidelines.

I honestly think that the video should be taking down. I know that there’s freedom of speech and that probably the guy that did the movie clip probably thought that way. But people that believe in Mohammad didn't like it.

 On the YouTube terms and policy it says that "We encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. But we don't permit hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity). This is what I think is hate speech because it makes fun of Mohammad, and some people believe in him, and they took that offensive. Because of that movie clip, the U.S. Ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Well I think that video should be taken down because it offends people who believe in Mohammad.

Random Post!

I turned 15 on July 26. In my whole family, when a girl turns 15 their parents make her a big party called a "quinceñera. My sister had a quinceñera when she turned 15. Now my sister is married. She got married on April 28 2012. My family had wasted a lot of money on her wedding. My birthday was like about 2-3 months later. My mom asked if I wanted a quinceñera but I said no. I never was the type of person that likes a lot of attention. I didn't want my mom to waste a lot of money on decorations, the place it would be at, food and so much more. People mostly didn't bring good gift and wasting all that money, I didn't see the point.

When my parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I wanted money. Because I have everything I wanted. I took Drivers Ed before school ended. When I went to get my eyes checked, they said I needed new glasses. But I wanted contacts. I told my mom that I wouldn't ask her for nothing on my birthday if she bought me them for a year. They were really expensive because they were special contacts. They're thicker than ordinary ones, because my eyesight wasn't so good. So she bought me them.

 But when it was my birthday, she knew I wanted money. So she took me shopping and my sister's husband gave me a lot of money. I bought many things. I had fun with my family because we went to eat at a restaurant and I went shopping with them. I spent the whole day with my family. I was so happy because I got more things on my birthday then I would've got if I would've had my 15th party.

A Book I Read- Always Running

The main character Luis, is still talking about his family's past. He says that his older sister Seni was his father’s daughter from one of his earlier relationships. Seni's mom died giving birth to her. Luis's father was handsome and athletic as a young man. Luis's grandpa was a general in the Mexican army, once disowned him when dad fell for a women and neglected his studies in medical school to be with the women who would become Seni's mother. 

Its talks about how his brother would treat him bad. At school they placed his brother in classes with retarded children because he didn’t speak much English. They even held him back a year in the second grade. Then his brother took his rage out on Luis. Luis’s mom would force Luis into playing with his brother. One day they were both playing on the rooftop of their house. His brother told them to come here because he wanted to show him something. When Luis got close, his brother pushed him of the roof and Luis struck the ground with a loud thump and lost his breathe, laying deathly still in suffocating agony, until he slowly gained it back. Another time Luis’s brother made him the Indian to his cowboy, tossed a rope around Luis’s neck and pulled him around the yard. He stopped barely before it choked the life out of Luis. Luis had rope burns for weeks.

I think that it sad how Luis’s own brother treats him like that. I don’t see why Luis’s brother takes out his rage out on Luis about being held back a grade. It’s not Luis’s fault that his brother didn’t know much English. The way his brother treats him is not safe or right in my opinion. When his brother pushed Luis off the roof, Luis could’ve got hurt really bad.