Sami's Journalism Blog

Do we perceive beauty? No, we don't perceive beauty. This is because everyone is in such a rush that they don't even bother to waste as little as a second of their time.  Do we stop to appreciate it? No, we don't stop to appreciate it. This is because people have lost their ear for real beauty. Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? No, we don't recognize talent in an unexpected context. It's hard for any talent to even be recognized with being being so busy with their own lives. If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing? We are probably missing a million other things. In the piece written, a lady talks about how a homeless man had died in front of so many people. The ambulance came and everyone just went on with their lives. That's not something little. That's death. 

#1 1.) Delayna 2.) Block scheduling is here to stay 3.)  I do think it is very beneficial to my learning process. 4.) Yes 5.) No, everything was straightforward. 6.) No 7.) First #2 1.) Delayna 2.) Allowances 3.)   I think it is beneficial for the child and is a great reward.   4.) Yes 5.) Kind of, she says,"  I do see how allowance  could lead children to feeling entitled,  ". But, she goes back to her opinion right after," but when children receive money it could help them receive basic skills for math at an earlier age." 6.) Yes 7.) First  8.) This is an opinion piece because editorials are more of a piece to persuade people. 

I don't read much about blogs and such but, if I had to choose a writer I would choose, Lily Kerman, a writer for teen vogue. I chose her because in her first year, she wrote 100 put together stories for the magazine. Editorials new principal possible school renovation teachers ALLOWANCES Allowances are payments that parents give to their children for doing chores and such. This is a form of showing them what having a job is like at a younger age. In my opinion, I think that allowances are great and that they everyone should use a form of it because it can teach children important lessons. Kids should start getting allowances as soon as they start talking about and asking for money. This normally happens at a pretty young age so, you can start of kids with small chores. Such as picking up toys, taking out the trash, doing the dishes, etc. Once they get older, it can change to things like walking the dog, vacuuming, sweeping, cleaning the toilet, doing the dinner prep...

Opinion Writing

1.) 1,840 2.) Pilots need to get a bill of health from an ffa doctor 3.) Lenader- $454 million Bastrop- $88.5 million Lake Travis- $253 million Eanes- $253 million 4.) 50,000 jobs. $5 billion 5.) I would find the short stories scary. LONG RESPONSE 1.) This story is about googles new self-driven car. This car gave a legally blind person the chance to ride alone in a car. This is so they are safe and don't have to rely on themselves when driving. 2.) People that would benefit from this car are the blind. It could even benefit the elderly and/or people who are drunk. 3.) I would only feel safe if the cars had bee tested many times. This is to make sure that they are actually safe. 4.) The next innovation for transportation could be self-flown planes. This is so pilots wouldn't have to stay in places for awhile until they can fly back home.

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1.) J.T. Sparks 2.) ACL weekend 2 3.) the opinions on this is who to go to and who not to go to. It gives the writers opinions on which artists shows were good and which were bad. 4.) no 5.) Yes, when this person was talking about Chances show, they said that they were disappointed because Kanye West didn't perform alongside Chance. The writer says that it the show wasn't bad yet they were just disappointed. " All in all, Chance the Rapper put on a good show. Maybe I’m just bitter about him toying with me about the possibility of my favorite musician of all time coming out on stage.  " 6.) no 7.) First 1.) Micheal  Riemann-Daniel 2.) a freshman who played a varsity game  3.) none 4.) no 5.) No 6.)yes 7.) 2nd  1.) Justin Jalamo  2.) Vandergrift v. Leander game 3.) none 4.) no 5.) no 6.) Yes 7.) 2nd