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In the article, ”Witch Hunt: A Global Problem in the 21st Century” (https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/witch-hunts-a-global-problem-in-the-21st-century/a-54495289), Akua Denteh was beaten to death in Ghana’s East Gonja District last month after being accused of being a witch. She was 90-years old and was accused of being a witch of Ghana that was in a group of older women. TheContinue reading “Blog #3”

For this weeks blog, I watched a Ted Talk. It was called “Distraction is literally killing us,” spoken by Paul Atchley. https://youtu.be/S9TwTOtNr60 My topic is about the culture of distraction, so this Ted Talk speaks about how our distractions effect us. The most distracting object is the cellphone, Paul emphasizes. He states that based onContinue reading “Entering the Conversation”

Within the past few years, the issue with guns has reached a devastating point. The United States had never recorded so many school shootings in such short amount of time before. Of course, the argument is about whether or not Americans should be allowed to bare arms. That is a common issue with our countryContinue reading “Gun Control”

This past year has been the weirdest and most interesting. I feel that I was lucky to be in the grade that I am in as well as the classes I took. I did not have to take any AP tests and I wasn’t graduating. In the beginning of the year, I was a littleContinue reading “This Past Year”

Subjects of this novel are totalitarianism, love, and loyalty. Totalitarianism will mostly affect those who stand against the one in complete control. The leader of a totalitarian government does not care about the needs for the people of their country as much as they care about having the power over the people themselves. Big BrotherContinue reading “Totalitarianism in the World of 1984”

The podcast has been on of the most interesting units that we have done this semester, maybe even school year. Sarah Koenig did an extraordinary job at the organization of her podcast. My opinion on the case is specific to what was given by police and people involved in this case. This is because IContinue reading “Blog #12”

The podcast, ’Serial’, has been one of my favorite units in the year. I haven’t been bored while listening at all. I have actually listened ahead, because the suspense makes me want to listen to more. My opinion about Adnan is minimal. It also changes more than it doesn’t. I sometimes believe that he didContinue reading “Serial”

The subject, trial, has always been something that’s interested me, but have never taken the time to expand my knowledge about. Like most subjects that cross my path, this particular one caught my eye. The irony about this, though, is my recent backtrack to having an interest for this topic. A while ago, I hadContinue reading “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”

I feel that if the time were to come, I would choose to risk or give my life for something. It would depend on who or what it was. If it was a total stranger, I most likely wouldn’t. If it was my family, the chances are much higher. The latter of the two isContinue reading “What I Would Die For”

This semester was different than last year and surprised me at times. Sometimes it was easier than last year and had less homework, but sometimes we had days that were packed full and made us stay up all the night. I did well on easy things, creative things, and overall just things that didn’t takeContinue reading “This Semester”