Website Evaluation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802279.html

In the Washington Post website, the article "Drinking Age Paradox" by George F. Will talks about the controversy of the drinking age. In the article he explains how the effects of the drinking age being twenty one and backs up his statements with supported evidence, and credible sources.

The article contains given links that are functional and are sources that actually backs up each one of his statements. Also the statements of McCardell, the president of Middlebury College. George F. Will also included his contact information by including his email address at the bottom of the article which shows that he can be trusted. Working for a well trusted organization in the Washington Post, shows that his article can be trusted as well. This is a current article that I can use in my research because it was published April 19, 2007. His purpose for this article was to persuade and inform his reasons why the drinking age should be lowered.

Therefore in the article "Drinking Age Paradox" this website is credible. The website has successfully passed the "CRAAP" test and can be trusted to be used in my research.

Thesis Statement

The life of others and the life of our owns, should not be left in the hands of an irresponsible eighteen year old. The drinking age therefore should remain at twenty one due to the maturity level, the irresponsible acts, and all of the inexperience of an eighteen year old.

Survivor *Sarah Palin*

I would like to vote Sarah Palin off the island. The main reasons for choosing Sarah Palin is because I personally think she is not fit to be a politician. Yes she has all the education it takes to be one, but she doesn't have a politician's mentality. Also she has shown poor business management and fiscal skills. As Governor she provided little guidance and direction to the legislation on budgets. Sarah Palin also displays poor people skills and leadership. She tends to ignore others viewpoints and only is concerned with her way of thinking and ideas. In the 2006 general election campaign for Governor of Alaska, she skipped 6 important debates. As she ran for a more important position as Vice President of The United States, her lack of politician skills became more evident.

Being that Sarah Palin Is being voted off the island and out from the public eye, and never to be seen again, will cause tabloids to have to victimise someone else in the 2012 election. This will eliminate her from running for president and making a complete fool of herself. This will also allow her to explore other career fields and use that brain of hers that she has failed to show. Such as a grocery store manager, a pre school teacher, or enter a beauty pageant contest and become Ms. Alaska. With Sarah Palin gone, will allow the 2012 campaign to be taken much more seriously.

My personal choice to vote Sarah Palin off the island, was that I'm against her lack of seriousness in the political world. There are so many issues in our economy that we do not need another airhead in office. Sarah Palin displays everything a politician shouldn't do and be. She has shown poor leadership, management skills, and lack of integrity, which shows she is unfit to be in office as any position. She has been involved in scandals, lies, controversies, failures, and more.

Choosing a Topic

1. Abortion: I'm interested in this topic because it's a controversy that cant just be summed up in a 30 minute discussion or a 500 word essay. Also because it's a very broad topic that has many different view points. It's a topic about life or death, right or wrong.
2. Driving Age: I'm interested in this topic because it effected me personally. I was one month away from getting my drivers license when all of a sudden they added three more months to how long you must maintain a learners permit. Also because I do understand where people who say teens on the road are much more of a risk are coming from.
3. Gambling: I'm interested in this topic because I like gambling myself, I like the risk factor. For gambling to be illegal in some cases and legal in others is very concerning to me. But I also see how in many cases gambling has lead to deaths.
4. The Death Penalty: I'm interested in this topic, because like abortion it's very broad. It's about the system taking matters into their own hands. It's many ways you can look at the topic.

There're Some Things Money Can't Buy

In the movie "Runaway Jury" taken place in New Orleans, there're a lot illegal activities going on outside of the court room. You have attorney Wendell Rohr and Lawrence Green apart of the legal team that has filed a law suit for Celeste Wood, whose husband has died from a homicide case in which a semi automatic handgun was used. The law suit is being filed against the gun company that has been selling semi automatics at a rapid pace. The gun company has never lost a court case The case is not just the prosecutiting side and the defense side. You also have a jury pool with Nicohlas Easter, who is in a risky search to make a lot of money with the help of his significant other Marlee. In which they are trying to bride either side that they can persuade the jury pool one way or the other in the case.

I think the overall outcome of trial will be that the jury consultant Rankin Fitch will take Nicohlas and Marlee's offer and pay them to persuade the jury pool their way. Only to find out that the they didnt have total control of jury pool. The reason I think this will happen is because Rankin Fitch is more of an impatient type and he seems like the type that looks for the easy way out of things. Also most rich people think that there is a price tag on just about everything and that they can buy their way through and out of situations. The prosecuting side seems like they already have their minds made up on not taking that offer and decides to shred and burn the offer. Wendell Rohr seems like the type thats all about doing things the lawful way. I also think the jury pool ends up finding the defense side guilty. In which Nicohlas and Marlee then tries to move out the country with the large sum of money they encountered from Rankin Fitch. And Rankin Fitch becomes highly angered about what just happened.

The Pride of 2 Lions

My topic is the comparison of Simba from the "Lion King" and myself. I chose this topic of comparison because I've been compared to Simba many times throughout my life.The purpose is to show that I have somewhat the pride of a lion, because we have similar personalities, we tend to learn the hard way, and we both take after our fathers.
Learning the hard way is something Simba and I share in common. When Simba chose to go against his father's word and went to the elephant graveyard, he was attacked by a pack of hyenas and was chased around the graveyard until he was cornered and then luckily saved by his father Mufasa. I also chose to learn the hard way many times, when I was told multiple times to be in the house when the street lights came on. One night I decided to stay out even though the street lights were on and was later taken home by neighborhood security for being outside past curfew. Simba also went against his own word to his daughter Kiara and the suggestion of his wife, that his daughter could go hunting alone. His daughter ends up running away from the pride lands once she found out that Timon and Pumba was sent to spy on her by Simba. His daughter Kiara ends up falling for a trap where she was surrounded by fire set up by Scar's side of the family. This time Simba was the one doing the saving.

"I'm a Product of My Environment"

The statement "I'm a Product of My Enviroment" is a powerful statement of belief and support that encapulates my life and my aspirations for my life. Landover, Md where I grew up really played a huge part in raising me, because I grew up without my mother.

Growing up in Landover, Md without my mother left me with many questions as a child, but my grandmother, father, and neighborhood really supported me through the rough times. I wouldn't give all the credit for my succes and failures to the environment I was raised in, but it did play a huge part. Growing up in the type of environment I was raised in allowed me to be a kid and not to worry. While playing around outside and staying active I was trouble free with no worries. I also lived in a neighborhood where many of my relatives lived, and together gave me that mother figure that I needed as a child. Even though I still searched for answers as I continued to grow up, the neighborhood kept me from that fine line of being depressed as a child. It was more like a stimulus being at home in my neighborhood. The environment wasn't always easy growing up in. There aren't many of people that can say they made it coming from Landover, which can be looked at as a positive or a negative. In my case I took it as a positive to become something which is why this saying is an aspiration for my life.

Therefore the saying "I'm a Product od My Environment" is a powerful statement of belief and support, that encapulates my life and my life aspiration, because the environment in which I grew up in , gave me that stimulus that allowed me to be a kid and the motivaztion to want to become succesful in life.