Investigative Journalism article

“Human Rights.”
By: Gabriel Chavez

Torture/abused

          You know that each and everyday there are people who are breaking the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” The “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Then, in December 13, 2016, Ahmad Ishchi told the New York Times that, he had been rape, and tortured, “Tuesday that he had been tortured and raped with an assault rifle after being abducted by General Dostum last month.” Ahmad Ishchi said that General Dostum, “ I can kill you right now, and no one will ask, General Dostum told him. He claimed the Vice President stepped on his throat and pressed down after he had already been beaten and bloodied.”, this shows that the VP of Afghanistan was abusing a human being. This explains how VP of Afghanistan has done something really horrific, and broken a human right, but the VP something else to say, “General Dostum’s office. This website  “Claiming Human Rights ”, it explains this human right, “ No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

Slavery

            People in the whole entire world are still being slaves for the lasts 100s of years. The slave owners are breaking one of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”, it says that,
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”, this explains how people shouldn't be slaves no matter what. “There are tens of millions of people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today.”, says “ United for Human Rights.”. All over world they're millions people trapped in many places, according it says, “There are tens of millions of people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today.”, this explains how they're people trapped in many places.



Education

             Kids all over the world could have an education, but they're lots of kids that don't attend to school, according to this reading, “GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP for EDUCATION.”(GPE) it says that, “In total 121 million children and adolescent are currently out of primary and lower secondary school worldwide - a number that has remained essentially constant since 2007. 78 million opt these children live in GPE countries.” This explains how millions of children all over world cannot attend school, but in the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”, it say that, “Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.”, the GPE are trying to help, the article says that, “Promoting the use of GPE funds to ensure that more children get access to a quality education.” This explains how the GPE are trying to help kids that don't go school, so they are promoting funds. This is one of the ways that kids could attend to school.

Nonfiction book

The nonfiction book that I'm currently reading is “Hallucinogens”  by Ann Ricki Hurwitz and Sue Hurwitz. This book is about there is some different types drugs like marijuana (pot), mushrooms, Special K, and etc, could make you hallucinate after using it. Some of this drugs might even last longer than others.

The thing that I found interesting in the passage was when it said , “For centuries, naturally occurring hallucinogens  “ Magic mushrooms,” and marijuana have been used for medical, social and religious purposes. More recently, synthetic versions of hallucinogenic drugs have been produced, such as PCP, LSD, ecstasy, and “Special K.” Many people think that the abuse of hallucinogens was a problem only in the 1960s, but the truth is that use today is on the rise, particularly among teens. According to a 1998 study, 49 percent of twelfth graders---that's almost half---have tried marijuana”. I found this interesting because it talks about how there is some drugs that can be help to humans like for medical reasons.

The thing that I won't forget about this book is that there is lots of different drugs that would make you hallucinate after using it. Like marijuana, special k, mushrooms, ecstasy, PCP, and LSD. These drugs would make you really addicted and it would make you feel like you're impossible to defeat, but you're possible to defeat.

Thankful blog

I'm grateful to have my friends, and family for being in my life. I'm grateful to have my mom and dad because they have been through all the bad things that I have done to them, and they just keep going no matter what, just like a robot, this is why I'm really grateful to have them in my life. I'm really glad to have my two younger siblings because they have done a lot for me, so much that I can't count how many times they have saved my life, like they have taken the blame if I did something bad, or even when I lose money they will give me some money.

I'm thankful to have my friends because they be with me since start. When I was in kindergarten, I meant my friend Alex C. He was the first friend I ever had in my elementary school. He's still one of my friends to this day, after 8 years. This goes along with two other friends that I had in kindergarten, Carlos C,  and Melanie R.

I'm honestly I am happy to have Thanksgiving as a holiday.  This is where share I could share my true feelings to ones that I truly love, and thankful for. This year might be the year that I really care about Thanksgiving. Other years, I'll just be like “Thanksgiving is boring” or even “Thanksgiving is the worst holiday of all time”. Now I really care about this holiday

Article of the Week Impressions

During ELA class I learned many things. An example is that scientists have found a planet in our solar system. They call this the "Super Earth" because this planet is 10 times bigger than planet Earth. The scientists also found out that this planet is a billions miles away from the dwarf planet Pluto, which means that the sun is not putting much light on it. This is why scientists can't really see the planet, but they have lots of evidence that it's real.

Another topic I learned is that in New Zealand just had a horrific earthquake. The earthquake’s magnitude was a 6.3. This magnitude was the highest earthquake magnitude in New Zealand history. At the beginning of the earthquake only two people had died, but after a little while, there were thousands of dead people because the earthquake started a tsunami.

Election Reflections

After the 2016 Presidential Election, I thought this election was very competitive, but overall I thought it was rigged because Hillary Clinton should've won, she could've been the first female president in US history, she also confident, competitive, and straightforward, but her opponent Donald Trump a person who lies, a racist, and tells people that women are objects, won the Election. 

I'm very eager for 2020 Presidential Election because I'll be voting . If Hillary Clinton ran for office again I would immediately vote for her, no hesitation. If she doesn't run for office, then I will have to vote another candidate that I think will help the nation. 

I will not involve with politics because I really don't like it. It's also too boring, and  complicated. But this is the first time I watched politics because I was wondering how was it going to down between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. 

Veteran poem

Today we say thank you
Today we raise flags
Today we cheer
at the the parade
We remember you offered your life to our land
You were brave
Today we consider
Today we are free
Proud and clear
Tomorrow will come
But we understand
you gave more
than one day
of the year.

Investigative Journalism

        You know that you could see some disgusting things when you're at a place. For example, on October 23rd, 2016, around 3 p.m. There was a middle school teenager who vomited on a man at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL. The teenager threw up because he ate a bunch of candy before he went on the ride Goliath, and after the ride he just threw up. The teen said “I’m sorry”. The kid felt mortified, and the guy was furious, but he took it like a man and said, “It’s ok”. The teenager helped the guy to get cleaned up. Now you know when you should eat and not eat candy not eat candy, or this might happen to you.

First quarter reflection

For the 10 book challenge, I haven't been reading as much that I should be, because I don’t like read. I think that books are lame, boring, and waste of your time. But I have read some book like about 3-4 books, some books that I read about were drugs, nonfiction , and fiction books. But, one of the books that like the most was DRUGS, DRUG TESTING, AND YOU by Lawrence Clayton, PH.D. I like this book because it taught me that drugs could be in your system for about 90 days. It also says that if a player takes drugs, and gets tested and turns to be a positive, they might be suspended from their team or even the league.

I think I haven't use a lot strategies in ELA. But I have used some of strategies that Mrs. Larson has taught us during ELA. One strategies is when I was in ELA and Mrs. Larson taught me and classmates how to use signpost when we are reading a book. Another strategy that I use is when I'm practicing my vocabulary and prefixes for 1 hour, but in the first 30 minutes I practice my vocabulary, then I practice my prefixes for the other 30 minutes. My finally strategy is working on my homework during The After School Program, so I won't all my homework at home.

I learned that things in the world are taking very seriously. Also, by working hard and  preserving you could be something in life.Then,  by reading books you could be learning new words. Finally, you have to work with what got, and even work with people that you don't like. Finally, you have to get your work done quick so you won't be falling behind or maybe getting fired.

Movie vs. Book

Paragraph 1 compare and contrast: The book The Giver and the movie The Giver are both similar and different one event from the the movie is when Jonas leaves his dwelling in the night ( against the rules) and goes to the nurturing center to get Gabe. Jonas was planning on taking Gabe because if he didn't Gabe would be release the next morning. When he was in the nurturing center Fiona helped his get Gabe and distract the guys that was after Jonas. In the book the author states, “Now at the bridge , hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily “ (163). Gabe is with Jonas's family dwelling and he sleeps in Jonas room. Some ways the movie and book , are the same is by Jonas taking Gabe with him when he escapes and when Jonas left he took a bike.  A difference from the book and the movie she was assigned as a nurturer. Fiona assignment was different because if she wasn't a nurturer Jonas wouldn't be to take Gabe with him and instead be caught by someone else or the guys who chasing him.

Part 2 : There were a lots of differences in the setting from the book and the movie in the ending. For example, in book elsewhere is far away and in the movie elsewhere means is near the edge of the community. In the book rivers divide the communities which Jonas has pass in order to get to elsewhere so located. In the movie they chose to do it this way because the guys that were following Jonas would eventually caught him but since he jumped off the edge they couldn't chase him anymore. In the book they it this way because Jonas would have to go through a journey to get to elsewhere with only the planes looking for him. So because of these changes, it changes the story by, in the book Jonas and Gabe could eat the scraps of the family units in their dwelling. In the movie It doesn't take long to get to elsewhere.

The movie The Giver gave me a better understanding of The Giver. When Jonas and Gabe sled down the mountain and pass the tower, the memories The Giver gave Jonas all went back to the community. It was a better understanding of what happened because I could see it, and I didn't understand how the memories went back to the community in the book because you could see it. The Giver gives the memories to Jonas by grabbing his arms and giving him the memories that he thinks he is in the memories to Jonas the movie gives a better understanding by seeing how he gives Jonas the memories

Giver blog

Paragraph 1: In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas would be a dynamic character. He has a huge change from the beginning of book till the end of the book. In the beginning he didn't like sharing thoughts. For example, when he was going to tell his dream to his family he told himself, “He paused. He knew he had to tell it all, that it was not only all right but necessary to tell all of a dream. So he forced himself to relate the part”, (36). This quote explains what I'm saying because he forced himself to tell his dream to his family. Now in the end of the book he now starts to be liar. Another example is when Jonas is with his friend Asher, and Jonas touches Asher, “He put his hands on Asher's shoulders… What's the matter? Asher asked uneasily… No, nothing. I thought for a minute that they were wilting”... (99). This explains what saying because Jonas was thinking of something else that couldn't tell Asher, so Jonas lied to Asher.



Theme: (Make decisions, choices, unique). I think this was the lesson or message of this book because everybody should make their own decisions, for example when Jonas had watched the released that his father was in, Jonas started crying because now he knows the true meaning of release, “I won’t! I won’t go home! You can’t make me!”(152). This means that Jonas started crying because now he knows the true meaning of release. Also this explains what I'm saying about how about making choices and decisions, and how Jonas is making his own choice not to go home because his father. Another example is when Jonas is about to leave the community, “ He grabbed instinctively for Gabriel; and the new child” (171). This quote shows that Jonas is taking Gabriel because it was his choice, so they won't release him.

The Giver Blog

When I was reading The Giver by Lois Lowry, there were some Memory moment  shared  by the main character, Jonas. One of them I want a to share is when Jonas remembers when they got his sister Lily, another main character. “Though Jonas had only become a five the year that they acquired Lily and learned her name, he remembered the excitement, the conversations at home, wondering about her: how she look, who she would be, how she would fit into their established family unit”. (12) This memory moment explains how Lily came into Jonas’s life.

In Chapter one, there were some Again and Again shared with Jonas. One example of Again and Again is when Jonas’s mother reminds Lily about the “Rules”. “Maybe we should keep him,” Lily suggested sweetly, trying to look innocent. The look was fake, Jonas knew; they all knew. “Lily,” Mother reminded her, smiling, “ You know the rules.” Two children-one male, one female-to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules. Lily giggled. “Well,” she said. “I thought maybe just this once.”(8) This Again and Again explains if you have three child's, you might get a lot of trouble.

Introduction

Hi! My name is Gabe and I'm 13 years old. I go to a school called Heritage Middle School. I like to play sports, and some of my favorite sports are basketball, football, tennis, bowling, and pool table  But I mostly play basketball.