What teenagers really do on social networks

This is based off of a article called "Cracking teenagers' online codes". This article is about how Dr. Danah Boyd figures out what goes on with teenagers online. Dr. Danah is a social media worker, she researchers stuff about teenagers and how they act. Dr. Boyd also dresses like a teenager, so i think she relates to them more than other adults to actually figure out how teenagers feel.

Dr. Boys talked about how parents need to give teenagers more freedom so they can experience and explore more thing online. She said that most teenagers don't get the freedom to go outside because parents think it is more dangerous outside then it ever was before, but actually the decade we live in isn't the worst with murders, rapes, and other violence activities. She says that since teenagers don't get freedom, they like to go on the internet and talk to people and talk about things they would talk about if they were hanging out.  Dr. Boys also mentions that parents shouldn't worry so much, if they give their kids a little freedom, it would be okay.

I think Dr. Boyd is right, Parents should give teenagers more freedom. My mother never really lets me go out sometimes because she thinks its dangerous and not safe for me. Sometimes I understand that she wants me to be safe but you should let your child get some freedom to explore and have fun and their young days. Dr. Boys probably is one of the only adults that actually understands what teenagers go through, we want privacy like everyone else too.

Gay rights in New york, law passed

New York finally passed the law to let Same sex get married. The law was passed July 24th 2011. New york rejected same sex marriage on December 2nd 2009 with a vote on 38-24. Legalizing same sex marriage will gain over $210 million in the three years. Some people are scared that legalizing same sex will cause more people to get AIDS. New York is the sixth and largest state to legalize gay marriage.

I think that it is very great that they finally legalized. Gay people should have the rights to marry who they want. I do believe that people should be able to marry who they want and that they are born that way. If they like the same sex, that just what they like. Gay couples are going to exist either they get married or not, it doesn't hurt you so why should it matter? What would be your first argument anyway? Are you that evil to ban a human to be happy and marry another person? Just because you have the power to ban something doesn't mean you should. There's no bad things that will happen against gay marriage.

“I apologize for those who feel offended,” Mr. Grisanti said, adding, “I cannot deny a person, a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of my district and across this state, the State of New York, and those people who make this the great state that it is the same rights that I have with my wife.” 


I think what Mr. Grisanti said was beautiful. He is telling the truth and i am glad that a man doesn't feel ashamed of saying that and agreeing that it is okay for gay people to get married. For all the people who voted for gay rights in New york to be approved and the law to be passed should be proud that they made such a big difference in someone's live. 

Teenagers relationships

Benoit Denizet-Lewis of the New York times made an article called "Teaching Kids How to break up nicely." Benoit researches how teenagers break up, and how it isn't so nice.

Teenagers like to break up with each other on "Facebook". After they change their relationship status to single and wait until their partner sees it and get a broken heart. They also will unfriend their partner. The article says that "racing to update your relationship status after a breakup is a healthy behavior."

I think that is unhealthy to have a "Facebook" based relationships. If you rush to break up with somebody on the internet that is very unhealthy and that seems like you never cared about this person, teenagers will still do the same thing because of the decade and time we live in.

I had a relationship which they guy put single as his status, but i hardly got into all the Facebook things. He was mad of out break up so the exact next second he changed his status. I think that it is very childish of anyone to do that.

This Article did kind of make me think about the topic. It makes me realize how childish teenagers are and how they should grow up and stop being petty about a break up. This article made me wonder why teenagers can't grow up sometimes. Nobody wants someone that cant handle a situation.

Biggest story of 2011.

The biggest news story of 2011 is the death of Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden is the founder of a terrorist group Al-Qaeda, which people think did the september 11 attack.

Osama bin Laden was born March 10th 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He had 20 children and six wives. Osama was on the FBI's most wanted list and he was a major target for about 10 years. He was a very wanted man by the government.

Osama bin Laden was in hiding in a "safe house" for years. Barack Obama ordered a small group of navy seals to go into his safe house and find him. As soon as they saw a man that they thought was Osama they imediatley shot him in his head. Anybody that they saw in the safe house was shot and dead. They took his body to Afghanistan to identify his body and make sure that was him and then they buried him at sea. The government wouldn't tell what sea they buried him. 

America celebrated the Death of the Terrorist because he would no longer be able to harm anymore. I think that the government set all of this up, even 9/11. The things that i've researched just doesn't add up to me anymore. The way that the twin towers fell and doesn't make sense to me. The twin towers blew up to big and massive that its hard to believe. RIP OSAMA BIN LADEN.