Can You Imagine Being 7 years old?

     Child Labor exist all over the world.  It is viewed as a positive thing from the point of view of the laborers.  But in the eyes of by standers like you and I and the children themselves, it is a negative thing to go through and to exist.  In the article Putting an End to Child Labor which is set in Busan,South Korea 127 million children were working in Asia in the year 2000.  In 2004 the numbers decreased by 3 million.Many children from ages 10 to 14 are doing hard labor.  From my research the child labor age limit is 14 and lower.   Maybe in certain countries the ages are different.Common places in Asia for children to work are carpet factories, brick plants and mines.  From the picture located in the article, a boy was sewing beads into Indian clothing,the caption said ''they work instead of going to school.  '' There are absolutely no good in child labor.If it's taking a child away from their family and education, then what good is it to put your life in danger when you've haven't even lived.

     Reasons why child labor takes place is because families cannot afford to pay bills with their job alone, so they send their kids to work.  As Americans we can look at child labor as something awful and disturbing because America has planted this bug in our heads that we have to have the ''American Dream'' and differentiated people(kids,adults).  It's all about the stereotypes and expectations of children and adults.  As for Asia, they see it as we all need to be working people and age isn't anything but a number.

    Today, child labor still exist but is not a severe issue that it was centuries ago but is still affecting millions of kids around the world.  Statistics from ILO (International Labor Organization) show since 2000 child labor declined by one third, going from 246 million to 168 million children.   In Latin America and in the Caribbean, there are 13 million children in child labor and in the middle east and North Africa, there are 9.2 million.

    Factories are a major source of air pollution.  Pollution may slow down or speed up global warming.  CO2 is a greenhouse gas that may cause global warming and was actually one of the reasons the climate was effected by the industrial revolution.  With factories growing and beginning, pollution was being mixed into our atmosphere.  

sources: 1) http://laborawareness.wordpress.com/child-labor-today/

                2)http://portal.achieve3000.com/kb/lesson/?lid=15495&step=11&c=65&asn=1
                3)http://www.projectcensored.org/3-child-labor-in-the-us-is-worse-today-than-during-the-1930s/

Fact or Fiction?

     Everyone is familiar with the nursery rhyme ''Ring Around the Rosie.'' We've all held hands, turned in a circle and sang the lyrics and at the end fell down. Some say the nursery rhyme is an interpretation of the Black Plague that took place in 1347-1353. Others, like myself, believe that it was just a happy nursery rhyme and centuries later someone came up with and explanation and the world just went with it.
   The lyrics of Ring Around the Rosie was broken down by parts explaining the order of events when a person was infected with the plague. For example, ''ring around the Rosie'' refers to the round, red rash that is the first symptom of the disease. ''Pocket full of posies'' , posies were a flower people thought would immune them from the plague. ''Ashes, ashes'' was the sound the sick people would make when they would sneeze.''We all fall down'' referred to people simply dying from the plague.
     The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosie did not occur to until a woman named Kate Greenaway came out with a book name Mother Goose 

The Repitition of History

         To start things off, the Crusades was a war between the Muslims and Christians for Jerusalem. Both parties told themselves and their men that they were fighting for God. But what they really were  fighting for was LAND. Also both parties believed that killing was what God wanted. Former President Bush said ''I believe God wants me to run for president.'' Now comparing the Crusades to Iraq's Invasion, President Bush and the leaders of the Muslim and Christian armies both had the mentality of kind of being a ''profit'' (someone who is sent on earth from God or a messenger from God.)

       My argument is that history is repeating itself. The Invasion on Iraq is a split image of  the Crusades. Pointless. The leaders from then and now both had this idea of providence. In the article it said, ''Providence can acquire various meanings depending on the circumstances.'' which is absolutely true but it doesn't change Bush's meaning when he talks about God wanting his presidency. One thing that really stood out to me was the irony in both the crusades and invasion: As a country we do not want other countries invading on us or blowing our buildings up. But when we don't get our way, we do it to them hurting innocent people. Now, in the crusades the Muslims and Christians believed in the same God but had different names. Which meant that both parties believed in the 10 Commandments. One of the commandments are ''Thou shall not kill'' but each party went to the crusades to ''fight for God'' and KILL people. Isn't it ironic that the good people think they're doing ends up being a complete contradiction? 

Sources:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/343870/why-did-we-invade-iraq-victor-davis-hanson
Achieve3000.com

Gladiarors vs. Athletes

         Do you ever compare the times from then to now? How huge the gap of differences are and how many people who wouldn't even dare to do what people did during those times. 

The Colosseum (present day)

       So you ask yourself, what does it take ? What are the sacrifices? The rewards? During 100 A.C - 80 A.D The Colosseum was portrayed as something that could bring glory, power and respect. Just like today, society looks to these athletes as if they are some kind of role models but all they're really are are people with talentsthat ascend throughout time.So you ask yourself, once again, isn't the athletes and gladiators the same as the the people in society?
  If you were to compare the times from then to now, I think everyone could agree on the way the rules were and the way the rulers(emperor and president) then affects how we look at superstars, athletes, famous people now. For example, gladiator Verus from the film Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story the emperor gave Verus the title ''the strongest gladiator.'' Now if you look at today, the athletes get called ''MVP.'' You can say the gladiators and athletes resemble each other. Long story short, 

Trial of Socrates

 399BCE, Athens

The Wise Man Who Knew Nothing

       The court was quiet as Socrates entered with his white robe and long stick about 6ft tall.People snuck their petty looks and some even hid a sarcastic smile.  It had been the day that everyone was waiting for and everyone had been talking about for days.It had been rumors that a man named Socrates has been influential on our youth and disbelieving in our Gods.  In a court room full of  people, Socrates stood as one and was being accuse of rumors that had been floating around. The court went off of theories instead of proven facts.They had found nothing to substantiate the allegations.The speeches were measured by a water clock. the jury had the morning to give their speeches , giving Socrates the afternoon to give his speech.

            The Jurors had been rowdy and  Socrates had thought the idea of this meeting  was absurd and uncalled for.He even mocked the court after he was sentenced guilty.The voting was close but unfortunately Socrates still was found guilty.Thus he was executed. 

        Socrates was a wise man but yet he knew nothing. Around the time of the trial of Socrates , Athens was just coming out of a major recession  The Golden Age had just come to an end,which ended in 399BCE. The Oracle had told Socrates that he was the wiser one.And it wasn't as if Socrates went around Athens telling everyone this.He was modest and the people looked at him as if he'd been cocky.But the Jurors saw it in that way. 

      In my opinion, Socrates was brilliant.He sort used reverse psychology on the entire court room leaving them in awe with his brilliant.

An Irreplaceable Link To Our Past

The Freegans: people who collect discarded food from dumpsters.


I guess you can call it ''Dumpster-Diving''. But in a Freegans' opinion, ''the best things in life are free''.Freegans are regular people walking down the street just with different beliefs and how we should live economicly. Although Freegans may live in a nice house or apartment opposed to a regular hunter-gather's choice of shelter, they are still considered hunter-gathers. In my opinion, they are the modern-styled hunter-gatherers.Not only food is recovered from the trash.Magazines, books, musical instruments and even things for the household.A Freegans's purpose is to reduce the volume in the waste stream.

sources:
1. http://freegan.info/
2. http://www.huntercourse.com/blog/2011/05/amazing-hunter-gatherer-societies-still-in-existence/

    This image is telling me that Freegans actually look just like normal people and wear normal clothing.Also, there's levels to this garbage picking. I would not like to live the lifestyle of a Freegan because growing up things just sort of been there in my procession. Also, I wouldn't even touch a dumpster. But I will say that a Freegan's lifestyle is beneficial.You will be able to save money in the long run. So being that you have a good job, you financially will be stabled.

Beheaded for Behavior

Recent archaeological discovery that I found was Mayan Grave Yields Dozens of Mutilated Bodies. -The recent arcehological discovery that was discovered was found on September 11,2013 3:45pm Some objects that were found were decapitated bodies.Heads were scattered everywhere.I can infer that if you commit a crime or any kind of violent action, you would be punished and that leads to being beheaded.This discovery was important because this discovery provided archeological evidence for violent scenes in Maya art.To read more on this story you can visit this site: http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/mayan-grave-yields-mutilated-bodies-130911.htm