Final Blog Post

It has finally arrived it is our last few weeks as being a senior and not a college "freshman". So excited I do not know what to do. St. Johns is my next step with a major in sports management. Now let’s imagine here its coming to the end of the first college year. It time to reflect on some if the things I went through. It was fun believe that all the parties and social events. However, I am missing a lot of things from home. My family is most important though they get on my nerves I still am used to looking at them daily. My friend’s awe may no longer with them every weekend. The boos and babes that I have. I will miss them. People taking my stress away now I have to find another stress reliever.
The blog posts are something I will not mind leaving in the past. I have to do posts for two classes and I have to say that this is why my grades are a little low. It is kind of a superfluous task in my eyes. I do not like busy work a huge pet peeve and I feel like this is one of them. However, I did like some posts that I posted but my favorite I would have to say is the one about the Tea Cup Yorkie. I say this because many people are ignorant to the subject and everybody loves those types of dogs but do not really know how long they last or the health conditions they have. It is a much ignored subject. Many people want to charge people especially Michael Vick but not all the thousands of rich people who claim to have a Tea Cup because they do not want to sincerely take care of their dogs.
I am very proficient when it comes to the media. I will kindly advocate for people to have access in their states however I will not make it a priority. This class is all about technology. In contrast, not everyone has the power to use it. In the senior’s last class we talked about digital divide. The main issue with this topic is the age and availability. My mom and grandparents are very up to date with technology for some odd reason. I do not agree with the fact that they put technology in only the eastern part of the U.S. There should be methods in place to spread access but not right now due to the budget and the many layoffs. I think the way one describes this class is very important. We do need to be literate to the social media. Everything is based off this new way off communication now-a-days. If they are to attack us we are still able to live on technology.  It is also very important because soon we will just run off of technology and anyone who is not prepared will be left behind.

Digital Divide

Immigrants or Natives which one are you? That is a very good question to ask oneself. Many people would say immigrants if you were born before the 80s. Many peoples grandparents do not know how to work technology today. They have a problem with computers as well as cell phones. Though age might be a problem a bigger problem is access.

In class we spoke about rural areas vs. urban. Many rural areas do not have access to technology. This is a huge problem for America. A lot of things are accessed through the internet such as college and job applications. The people in the rural areas are not accessible to such things.

We read about a young man who had to download each page he had to use at home. His mother did not believe in using the internet because she was not able to utilize it and they would have made her pay $70/m for a connection that could not be reached. This is a figth for the country many people believe it should be a right however I do no think so. It is a problem but U.S. has many other issues that they need to face before tackling this one.

Cyber Warfare

The world has found many ways to attack their enemy. But cyber warfare. This is truly showing the growth of technology. Many people agree that this will be the next step when it comes to terrorism. In class we discussed the possibilities and actions of such warfare. Their is a big proportion of people in this country let alone the world that relies on technology. Any attack on our system will destroy this country.

In class we also watched a video. The video basically spoke upon how vulnerable United States would be upon attack. The man who used to be ahead of technology for the country spoke upon the different ways people could get in our system. I feel like that was very stupid on his part because he is giving other countries the go ahead in where and how to attack the U.S.

We also watched a video that discusses how we have already been attacked. Another man spoke upon how they took a whole library of Congress of information away from us. This shows how weak the country is from a standpoint. In addition to that, our school lost power for a couple of hours which affected us greatly and if technology affected a school that much for that 2 or 3 hours it will definitely affect the country if someone decided to attack us through technology.

File Sharing

Everyone at one point in time download music illegally from the Internet. No one would have ever thought that the United States would crack down on such actions. Well they did. They are suing the owner of LimeWire, Mark Gorton for $75 trillion. That is a lot of money however, the owner is not a some poor man living in this country. He has over a $1 million real estate.

Lets take it back a few years ago. They had asked him for years to come in partnership with the 13 record labels he was ripping off. He refused that offer and he hired a lawyer Cohen to defend his agreements. Cohen tried to advise him on taking the deal but he still refused the offer. Years alter he was sued for the big amount of money. One may feel sorry for him but he knew the risk of getting caught when he first signed up for the illegal act.

We all understand that he was suppose to be a an example to the rest of the file sharing companies. However, there are still many websites that let people download music free and illegally. So what did the judge succeed on? I believe that they will always be a way to download music illegally and no one will truly be able to put a stop to it. 

Osama Bin Laden

The United States killed Osama a few weeks ago. This is the man that killed over 2,000 people during the terrorist attack September 11, 2001. They invaded his house in Pakistan where he was hiding in a mansion. The military killed him and others in this process however, no American troops were injured.

Now many Americans are acting very ignorant to the whole matter. They were out celebrating his death in the streets everywhere. Not recognizing that they are committing the same act that the Al Qaeda did when the killed the Americans. People do not understand that the lack of sympathy is only going to make their attack worse. Though America has stopped many attacks from them now does not mean that they will not get wiser in their attacks.

Obama is in a very happy stage at this point.  This was one of his biggest promises he had during his elections. This will put him back into the race for his reelection. In his speech he spoke about the reassuring of his duties and how he fulfilled his promise. He also spoke upon the the uniting of the American people and to be on guard but he does inform the U.S. that he has things under control.

 However, some people are just not satisfied with peoples word. They want evidence of his body along with other things. Though they have provided the truth through the DNA Americans want pictures. This information is something that the government refuse to disclose and I agree with their decision. People need to put some type of trust in Obama and the government.

Kyocera Echo

People are always looking for the next big thing in technology. Well bloggers I have found it. The new Sprint Kyocera Echo. This phone is advertised slightly but will later be available on the Sprint network later in the spring. The phone will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract. It is a dual screen phone. One screen of the phone comes up to 3.5 inch and when you put it together it adds up to an 4.7 inch screen. It has a 5- megapixel camera and a 720HD video camera.
This phone comes in four different modes. They are standard, tablet,optimized, and simultasking. In the standard mode in works as a regular touch screen phone would in the tablet mode lets one view app and other things on both screens. In optimized mode one is able to view an app on one screen and go more in depth on another screen. Simultasking does the same however, more advance using two apps on the same screen. This mode is only available for the seven main apps that come wit any phone.

There are several concerns with the phone such as the battery life. It lasts up to 5 hours however Sprint provides the buyer with two batteries and a charger. Believe you will run out of room doubt it. They install an 1GB internal memory and provide an 8GB memory card with the device. They however, have comprimised the 4G availabilty due to they wanted to keep the cost down. There are still questions arousing. What is the warranty on this particular phone? How fluent is the web and app life? Lastly, can the screens be easily broken?

Anti-Bullying

Bulling has been occurring for decades. Many people have ignored or have excused children behavior when it comes to this subject. Obama has decided to start an anti-bullying campaign to stop this type of behavior. In his conference he had in his first address to the situation he speaks on how he used to be bullied while he was in school due to his name and his ears. First lady Michelle Obama, stated the concerns of such behavior from a parents perspective.  They also address the parents who children committed suicide because of bullies. Many organizations have been formed to prevent these issues within the schools.

Another article stated that many homosexuals were being bullied due to their sexuality. The article shows the statistics of  the various forms of bullying that has occurred towards homosexuals. Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, speaks upon the little action that is taken to prevent this type of bullying to continue in the schools. Many schools have not addressed this situation was due to Section 28 in the government policy to ban promotion of homosexuality actions in the school. However, this section was repealed in 2003. One of the many young men that committed suicide due to his sexual orientation was Justin Aaberg in Andover, Minn. He was 15 and found hanged after being victimized for the last time. However, the most famous cases of suicide was committed by Tyler Clementi, He was a freshman at Rutgers University. After being exposed of his sexuality through the leaking of a adult tape he jumped off the George Washington bridge on September 22, 2010.

Ezine Articles have provided all of the following statistics;  over 75% of high school students are bullied through the internet. 20% of students have admitted to being a bully or participating in similar activities. 100,00 of the bully victims have brought guns to school for protection. 28% of the gun holding population have seen/witness violence action in their own household.  Many homicides dealing with high school students occur due to the retaliation of being bullied.  The top 5 states that these statistics come from are New York, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Obama is trying to find multiple methods and ways for all the percentages in this statistic goes down drastically. He is able to be a spokesperson/inspiration for people who are victims of this matter due to the fact that he is opening up and sharing his stories with the country.

A few ways that schools can prevent bullying period is for people to speak out against it teachers and students. Do not let it be watered down to horseplay. One way people can prevent gay bullying is by taking action as well. especially since Section 28 was repealed and gave homosexuals the same rights as heterosexuals.