South Korean Ship Sunk

The South Korean Warship was sunk by an unknown missile and now the South Koreans are blaming North Korea. The South and North Koreans have been having issues ever since North Korea changed to communism.

The South Koreans are gathering a group to organize a new system of national security and expect a plan to be issued in four months.

The South Koreans have formed evidence that North Korea was the one who attacked their ship and now they're trying to make North Korea suffer.

Marijuana's the in thing?

The use of cigarettes has been decreasing but now the use of marijuana has been increasing. 15.8% of tenth graders have said they used pot in April. And that's not including the rest of the world. Milan, Italy has been shootig marijuana constantly with 200,000 users claiming to use it as a medical need.
The number of drug use has been increasing and will probibly rise to a huge percent of the worlds population because of 1. Peer pressure, 2. Pure curiosity, and 3. Everyone else seems to be doing it.
Scientists have found that pot interferes with the brains memory center which makes you less likely to be able to memorize things that would naturally be simple. Also doing pot causes amotivational syndrome which is loss of interest in activities. Smoking pot makes you have "less fun" as well because if you're not excited or interested then that effects your ways of life.
Some do marijuana to releive stress and get away from situations but it makes matters worse. Our brains produce a chemical which helps 'buffer' stress. Doing marijuana prevents that production which in turn makes you stress out more.
The use of marijuana is just stupid unless it's for actual medical needs.

Gardening Health

Experts have found that chemical sprays can cause cellular changer in the body which causes health issues. Scientists say that using pesticides can cause dementia if used regularly.
To prevent these health issues you can either decrease the use of sprays, try going all natural, or plant geraniums and mint to your garden to help keep the insects and rodents away leaving you a healthy untouched garden!

Breakfast importance

Scientist have proven that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's supposed to be the biggest meal, then lunch is medium sized, and then dinner is the smallest. It's ment to be that way because eating a big breakfast gives your body the energy it needs to stay awake, keep you craving less throught the day, and the human metabilism is working at its peak then after a good nights rest.
America has this backwards and even though it's not something we can just change, I wish to change this in my own schedule. It helps for a healthy lifestyle, better days, and keeping your weight at a healthy level.

Movie in world cultures

Today my world cultures class finished watching a movie that is based off of a true story of what happened in a small village in Iran after Amadinijad became irans leader. Amadinijad changed the ways in Iran from freedom for women to rules and hardship. A womans sister told a French journalist about what happened to her sister. Her sister was married to a man who wanted another. She had four children with this man and he wanted this other girl so much that he accused his wife of adultery and forced some to be false witnesses. The wife is proven guilty and stoned to death (which the movie showed vividly and realistically) by the whole town. By stoning her the men thought that with every rock they threw the more little pieces of honor they got back. She was murdered on false witness and nobody knew until the husband came back and told everyone that the girl that he wanted's father died.
After we watched this movie there was a mix of emotion among my peers. A few were silently crying, some seemed to be fuming, others laughing (dumbies who don't understand life), and those like me sitting stunned, angry, understanding, sad... Everything.
People in America and other places don't seem to get that that is occuring still and that it's actually a part of peoples cultures. Yes it's brutal and crude but it's life.
We need to wake up from our spoiled dream land and just learn to understand.

*Key Issue* Drug Education

The World is vocalizing their knowledge about drug education not being as affective as they hoped.
The world is being taught in school about drugs and their effects on the human body and life, but it seems as though that isn't enough for some students.
I know and hear about many users and deals and all that stuff and then I go into health class and our teachers talk about the drug effects and dangers but yet they don't listen.
It's sad that kids either think they're smarter then the facts, just testing it out, or are addicted to it. We shouldn't be abusing and using substances like that.

Nuclear Proliferation

Currency

I've been thinking of moving to South Korean in the future after I have a good sum of money because of the currency of Korean Won.
One US dollar can buy you 3 sodas there and I've calculated that the cost in american dollars to live in South Korea would be $191 a month. That's a pretty low price compaired to America where renting an apartment can cost about $700+.
It's rather interesting to look up currency's of different places and compairing them to the US dollar.

*Class Discussion* Tiger Woods

Why is he being targeted so much for his actions?
Compared to any other sports player, Tiger Woods, who plays golf, is being badgered for cheeting on his wife with multiple women.
Yes, this is a big issue because it's wrong to cheat on your spouse and it should be made an issue but not just to pick on Tiger.
Also if an NFL player or so had the same issue then it proibly wouldn't be such a huge deal. The company would most likely cover the issues up.
I think the issue with Tiger is that he had this issue building up for a while and finally karma is coming up with him and dragging him under.

PSSA Testing

Our school is doing PSSA testing throughout this month for the state of PA and even though they're easy for the juniors now that they've gone through more classes.
The state of PA wants us to take these tests to see if the schools' are doing well in teaching and that the students are progressing in learning. If the students progression shows then the school gets more money from the government.
I've started taking them along with my fellow students and I found the first day rather easy. The second was easy as well but a few questions stumped me because I hadn't learned about certain things it asked for since last year.
The PSSA's are annoying to take but at the same time they're helping your school and even can show yourself how much you need to look over things or such.

*Class Discussion* School decisions

My school has been having issues with its board and school system.
The PTO is very strict in school activities and they're conservative.
The juniors are going to Ozzys after our PSSA testing on the last day and they almost didn't let us do it. I've heard from two different teachers about the PTO and even parents and siblings. Rumor says that they don't change anything, they don't talk about much, and they don't actually listen to those who go to the meetings to speak.
The PTO needs to loosen up or get a massage because their being concervative is creating a stand still in the happenings and progression of our school.