Research paper topic

My topic for the research paper is about Katrina. About the racism still going on and how it becomes obvious from this disaster.

Some of the articles that I found useful when researching were:

Katrina Exposes Racism - this article is just as the title states, it exposes the neglect towards the people living in New Orleans as most of the peopel living there were African Americans.

Black Witnesses Testify Racism Influenced Katrina Response - this article is another about the racism and this one contains some statements made by the victims of Katrina.

Racism or Relief? - this article is about how the President has declared "zero tolerance" on looting and placed more police troops in the area so that they could stop the people from looting the stores for food and water. So because of this decision many of the people living in Louisiana, many of the African American people as they had to starve. When African Americans went into the stores to get food for themselves and other survivors, they were marked down as "looters", but the White people that did the same thing were said to be finding food for thier survival and it was not considered thievery. Two groups of people doing the same thing, but both are viewed with completly opposing views.

Reflecting At The Halfway Point

I have learnt quite a few things this semester. About the enviornment, about how we are affecting it and about what is happening because of it: Global Warming.

I knew that global warming was taking place, but I never really knew how things were changing. The only change that I noticed was the change in wheather patterns all over the world. I never really thought much into how other places and other life forms were being affected by it.

For example, if I had not been taking this course I probably would not have found out about Antartica. I would not have found out about how a huge chunk of it just fell of. Why: Because I never really paid much attention to the science section and this news was in that section. This is part of global warming, but instead of making it the big deal that it is, they focus on entertainment more. Why: Because people care more about celeberties and politicians than what is happening around the world.

The pictures in the book "An Inconvenient Truth", showed me evidence on how the whole world is being effected and how fast everything is changing. By polluting the enviornment we are increasing the pace leading towards destruction and while we know it, not many are doing much about it.

Taking this course is also making me rethink my decision to go into Business. I'm not so sure if it would be the right field for me. After seeing all of the changes happening around us and how not many people are doing much about it, I want to try to do something. I am already doing little things like recycling my garbage, conserving water and electricity, but I want to start convincing other people to do the same thing. After all every little thing done affects the enviornment.

Destroying Earth

In the Parable of the Unfaithful Servant, the servant is warned by the master that he must defend the house against thieves and vandals no matter what. Therefore, humans have the duty to protect the Earth from those that would rob and damage it.

When I first read this statement I found it hilarious as what we humans are doing is the complete opposite of what we were told to do according to that statement. Instead of protecting the Earth, we are the ones that are destroying it.

By polluting the air, destroying the trees and plants, hunting animals and much more, we humans are the ones that are damaging it. Not only that, but we are also the ones that are taking away the natural resourses from Earth.

Instead of fulfilling our duty of protecting the Earth from those that try to rob or damage it, we are the ones robbing and damaging it. Not only that, but we are also taking away the natural habitats or many other living creatures by destroying the forests in which they live.

Humans are destroying Earth and now we're seeing the results. Recently a huge chunk of ice collapsed in Antartica. It was the 9 times the size of Manhattan. And who is the cause of this collapse. It is us, the humans.

Playing The Hero's Role

My Journey

My passion is to enter the business world. Either as a manager or as an administrator. I've wanted to study business ever since I took my first business course. After getting my associate's degree from LaGuardia Community College I plan on going to a college that focus's on business as its main major, like Baruch.

When I first learned about the problems that our enviornment is facing today, I decided that I don't want to be one of the people that ruins our enviornment. I started to slowly change the way that I lived by using less water, and electricity and by recycling the garbage. I can't change everyone, but I got my family to try to do the same thing as I did and even they started to slowly change themselves.

By learning about the enviornment my family and I changed our living enviornment and made it a bit better and I think that in a way, this has helped our enviornment. I don't know about the world, but I have made my family's world better.

Get Involved - This website offers many different websites that have to do with our enviornment and global warming. I chose this website as it has links to many different organizations that are trying to make this world a better place. to live.

Things I do for my Environment

Brainstorming: Things I did today
1] Get up
2] Brush my teeth, take a shower
3] Eat breakfast (toast)
4] Take out the trash
5] Walk to school

Everyday the things that we do affect the environment and I for one never really noticed, nor did I care until after a certain teacher of mine talked to us about the environment and how we affect it. That was when I was in the junior year in High School. Did you know that out of the five things I did today, four of those things directly affect the environment. From Brushing my teeth and taking a shower which uses up water, to toasting my bread which used up electricity, to walking to school everything practically everything that I did affected the environment.

I try to make it so that most of the things that I do affect the environment positively or at least in the least negative way. I do that by recycling my trash , try to use as little water as possible, use and turn off electrical devices so that I save electricity and walking or taking the train to school instead of driving, which reduces the amount of pollution. I'm still not doing all that I can do, but at least I started trying to help the environment. Did You?

You can start by recycling your garbage as there are many benefits from recycling.

"The Story of Stuff": My Leisure Time

In the short film "The Story of Stuff" Annie, the narrator says that, in the United States, most of our leisure time is used to watch TV, shop, or on the web instead of with your family and friends. And I found out the this little fact is true about me.

A lot of my free time is spent on the web, reading, or watching television. If I were to count up the hours I spend more than 20 hours a week just surfing the net. I have lived this way for a long time now, and its become a habbit now. I go to school, come back home, then chat with my friends on the web, watch television shows, or read during my free time. To me this is normal, and an everyday thing.

Another thing that I've realized is the amount of time I spend indoors. If I were to count up the amount of hours I spend outside just walking around it would be somewhere between 5-10 hours a week. Which compared to the amount of time I spend indoors, is close to nothing.

After viewing this short film, I've realized many things and now i'm going to try to change this. I've already started. Yesterday instead of my usual 3-5 hours I spend on the net, I went outside and walked around the neighborhood and also spent some time talking, REALLY talking with my sisters about stuff. Usually we barely talked with each other, other than when watching t.v. together.

I'm doing my best to change now as I don't want to be the way I am now. I want to change, and I want to change for the better.