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According to www.teensuicide.us, one big problem regarding teenagers today in the United States is teenage suicide. What would make teenagers kill themselves? The most common cause of teenage suicide is depression. A teenager may feel hopeless or feel like they are trapped in a life they cannot handle. Other factors that could contribute to teen suicide are parents fighting, young relationships, rejections by friends, peers or even girlfriends/boyfriends, feelings of worthlessness, death of a loved one close to the teenager, peer pressure or bullying. An example of a young relationship going wrong is Romeo and Juliet. The cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death was they couldn’t be together because of the feud between their families.

Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth ages 15-24. 19.3% of high school students has seriously considered killing themselves. 14.5% of high school students actually made plans of killing themselves. 900,000 youth plan their suicides during a period of major depression. Girls think about attempted suicide twice as much as boys, but boys are actually four times more likely to actually die by killing themselves. Girls try killing themselves by over dosing on pills or cutting, while boys may use guns, jump from great heights or hang themselves. Another example applying to methods used to commit suicide is from the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo killed himself with poison which is known for a quick death, but on the other hand Juliet used a more painful and slow method by stabbing herself in the heart with Romeo’s dagger.

It maybe difficult to notice teen suicide warning signs from normal teenage behavior, because the signs are common. Some of the warning signs are lack of eating, change in personality, difficulty concentrating, lack of sleep, problems being bullied, giving away their belongings that meant a lot to him/ her complaining of being sick all the time or expresses the thought that no one cares. One warning sign that was from the play Romeo and Juliet was when Juliet told Friar Lawrence, “ Help me or I will kill myself.” Another warning sign from the play Romeo and Juliet was when Romeo went to Friar Lawrence and said, “O, tell me, Friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack The hateful mansion.”

There maybe some ways to help if you suspect that your teenager may be thinking about suicide. Talk to your teenager about suicide ask him/her if he/she has ever thought about suicide. Try not to be judging. Show love to your teenager make sure that he/she knows that you love him/her and that you are there to help him/her with problems. Had Juliet had an open relationship with her parents she would have been comfortable in telling them that she was already married. Therefore, she wouldn’t have to visit the Friar for unsuccessful plan. Listen to your teenager encourage him/her to talk about his/her feelings. Listen and try to understand, but don’t be judgmental. If you suspect your teenager to be suicidal seek professional help.

Friar Lawrence was the only one she can go to for help because he was the last person she could go to for help. The parents were no use to her because they didn’t like Romeo’s family. Juliet tried to seek help from Friar Lawrence, but instead of helping it caused them to commit suicide.

Jovial

Ordinary

Subdued

Hard headed

Unsophisticated

Argumentative

I got clothes to wash

School to attend

Credits to recieve

I got a dog to walk

Guitar to practice

A gym to workout at

Bed to sleep

Legs to run

I bought a phone to text

A ipod to listen to

A mother and sister to care for

I was given a life to live

All these things, but only little time to have it done.

I always wanted to play guitar. I wanted to learn guitar because i wanted to play my mother’s favorite song for her birthday. I knew my big brother played guitar, but he taught himself how to play so he wasn’t able to teach me the right way. So one day my sister found a program for guitar so I got all excited that they can teach me guitar, but I come to find out the program is for ages 14 and under and i was 15. Finally the instructor said, ”Well make a deal if you help the smaller kids with their homework that they will give me lessons on the side.” So then i was excited again. I became very fustrated because I came late into the program and everyone is better than me, but i started practicing more than the other students. Now I’m really good at guitar, but not as good as the instructor yet. The good thing is I made good friends in this program. This year for my mother’s birthday i will be able to play her favorite song.

I Chose this house because i like house made out of stone and i like white houses

PASSAGE # 1: ” I witnessed hangings. I never saw a single one of the victims weep.”

Reaction: I think it was so cruel how they hanged people and made the other prisoners watch them. Do the germans think their tough because the killing harmless people because if they are that doesn’t mean your tough that means your really sick in the head. Another cruel thing is no one weeped because they were probably scared of the consequences.

PASSAGE # 2: I felt a cold hand wiping my blood-stained forehand.

Reaction: I thought this book was really good but it was a lot of cruelness and it was hard for me to take in what they did to the jews for no reason. It is very upsetting to read how a famous author went through all this cruelity and no one is able to do anything about it.

PASSAGE # 3: ” Then I was aware of nothing but the strokes of the whip, one…. two…. he counted.”

Reaction: When i read this i thought it was so sad and depressing. It really made me sick i almost wanted to put te book down and stop reading, but I didn’t because it was a really good book but very sad. If I had a chance to be in WWII I would be a little scared but I would try to put an end to that madness.

PASSAGE # 4: ” Poor devils your going to the crematory.”

Reaction: For this passage my reaction was why are going to do this to the jews. The jews were innocent they didnt do anything to deserve this treatment. The Jews had it good. They could of lived there lives in peace, but in one night it all changed. All it took was one night, now everything will never be the same.

PASSAGE # 5: “  Every two yards or so an SS man held his tommy gun trained on us.”

Reaction: My reaction to this passage is how can the Germans point their guns at the jews as if they were being trained like animals like making them move on command and so on. I really wish that someone would of became a real man and stood up for himself and others and put an end to all this cruelness.

PASSAGE # 6: ” Yom kippur. The day of Atonement. Should we fast?”

Reaction: In my opinion this passage wasn’t as severe as all the other passages but it is still upsetting. The Germans scared the Jews so bad that they were choosing between if they should celebrate their holiday for not. I think even if someone like the Germans is discrimminating you and trying to take control of you. You should be able to celebrate your own holiday no matter what race or nationality you are.

Everyone is separating!

I didn’t know which way to go

until a man said

Women stays to the right

men keeps to the left.

My heart was pounding

wondering am i going to see my family?

Face to face with the angel of death.

Was no longer known as my real name.

1. I think the Germans started to hang prisoners because when they are murdering a lot of prisoners each day at crematoriums so they can show the others at the camp what will happen to them if they stop working or they will hang them, not giving anyone a chance to go to the cremation place.

2. At the beginning of the story, Elie and his father was really close and wanted to spend time together because they did not know what the Nazi’s were going to do them. Later in the book they have their ups and down relationship. His father was probably really upset because he watched his father get whipped.

3. When Elie’s father gave him a spoon and knife it was a significant act because he knew he was dieing and he wanted to make sure Elie was eating. When Elie said “the inheritance” he was talking about what his father left behind for him when he died.

4. Yes I think Elie’s experience at Auschwitz has changed his faith because he hasn’t been like in the real world in a while, outside the concentration camp. He couldn’t because in the concentration camp he did not know what was going to happen next. The Nazi’s treated them so badly he didn’t even have a chance to believe at Auschwitz.

5. The German worker starts a stampede because he threatened and threw some Jewish people from their train and wants to throw Elie’s father and they don’t. People were thrown from train and got the others upset. His actions suggest that he is mean. This incident suggests that they get upset because they could be the next ones or a loved one thrown from the train.

6. The conflict that arises Elie regarding his father is that he is trying to just give up because he is really sick and he might not make it that much longer. Elie thinks he can make it and that is the conflict that arises Elie regarding his father.

7. January 28, 1945 is the day that Elie’s father last lived. He is very upsetting. But they next day changed history forever.

8. That sentence means that the looked that he gave him he will remember forever.

9. He is trying to tell us to believe and never disbelieve anyone that is trying to tell you something about what has happened to them because it might happen to you.

10. I think the meaning of Night means that it felt like one long night for Elie. If I could give the book another name it would be Elie’s Experience because it’s everything he experienced.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20101128_Eagle_Scout___Sizing_up_the_showdown_in_Chicago.html

This is an article about the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are 7-3 in their season and they lead their division by a game, so that makes the Eagles Superbowl contenders. They will face the Chicago Bears. Like the Eagles, they are on a 3 game winning streak. The Bears have an advantage because the Eagles will now play their third of four games only in an eighteen day stretch. But the Eagles last couple of wins are more impressive than the Bears last couple of wins. They may win or they might lose Also the Bears’ defense is very good. So it will be hard to get by their defensive linemen.

Is Twitter a breakthrough in personal communications or a colossal waste of time?

I think it is a colossal waste of time. First of all, it is not personal communications. I think personal communication is in real life when you see the person you want to talk to, not through a computer. Another thing on why I think Twitter is a waste of time because you can just pick up the phone and call someone, that is more personal then tweeting someone. I prefer Face book. I also think it affects the privacy of celebrities. In the article it states that someone threatened to kill themself over a celebrity. It just isn’t good at all.