Don t judge be positive

 My Research was about the cleanliness of New York city, throughout my research I have came across a lot of important information, however I felt like there was  two  part of the research I decided not to include in the final paper.  I felt like it wasn't important although it was relevant to my topic I decided to to include these two sections.

One part my research paper I decided not to include in my final paper was about the Cholera epidemics of 1832 in New York.  New York City had become one of the dirtiest city by the 19 century causing people to become sick. The cholera epidemic killed thousands of people in Europe and North America. According to Robert Mcnamara the cholera outbreak was caused by the lack of proper sanitation, which does is not surprising because it was later discovered by scientist that bacillus which is found in water was the main reason for the cholera outbreak.  The lack of sanitation has been an issue in New York City for a very long time which   has caused others lives. I believe proper sanitation could of prevented the cholera outbreak because if New Yorker toke actions and made sure their water was being cleaned and also New Yonkers could of voiced their opinion to have clean water to drink.

   Another part of my research paper I decided not to include in the final paper was about the tourist New York City and what they think of New York City regarding the lack of sanitation's in the streets. Tourist reviewed New York City as very dirt and smelly city. In a survey they had said that they would often see piled up garbage’s on sidewalk. According to Michael Howard about 11.4 million tourists has visited the united states.  I understand tourist is very important  although they do have their opinions, the tourist still would prefer new York city than any other place . Tourist is good for the economies and so of course the mayor would like to welcome a lot of visitors from outside the untied states. I think the reason why I decided not to include this section of my paper is because I felt like the tourist should stop judging and learn about how to help improve the poor sanitation even though they may not be a resident of new York if the care so much they should help.  I “m not saying that one is not  entitled to its opinion I am just saying that instead of giving bad comments and reviews why don’t you stand up and give solutions on how to help to the cleanliness of new York city. 

Work cited 

Michael Howard "New York City sees Record High Tourism in 2013". December 10,2013

Wsj.com/news/Articles . Web May 17,2013.

Spike Lee

Spike Lee is a famous film director whom I remember showing how Brooklyn was in the movie Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee himself grew up in Brooklyn and his father still lives there. He has strong feelings against gentrification, and would be considered a very good first person source on a paper discussing said topic. While at the Pratt Institute someone asked him about the good that gentrification brings, and he proceeded to give a 7 min speech on the topic. Due to the fact that he is very anti-gentrification I thought he would be of good use when writing the cons section of my paper. I tried to also search for people that were against what Spike Lee specifically to keep this report unbiased. What I found was that Spike Lee was not so much anti-gentrification as he was anti-white people moving into these locations. The impressions he gives is that if minorities were to come and fix up these neighborhood and raise property values he would be more on board. This was too biased for my paper and not justified enough. For my paper I tried to keep race out of the picture because I know that minorities are capable of being a part of gentrification.

Works Cited

watchthis. “Spike Lee Goes On Epic Rant Against Gentrification In NYC Audio.” Video
Youtube. 2014 YouTube, LLC, Feb 26, 2014. Web. March 29,2014

Daddy's style.

     While the New York City's Shelter System should be a reliable and safe place where you can spend the night, many people who have been through it think otherwise. "I was allowed entrance, but I was told I had to give my walker to staff for 'safety.' Apparently, they were afraid that either someone would trip over it or that I would use it as a weapon" The disabled old person who needs the help of a walker to move was not able to do so while in the Shelter. With only the option of having the walker or a place to sleep, she was left with no options. "While it is not the fault of those who run them some shelters are unable to accommodate people in wheelchairs." Public shelters shouldn't be denying the entrance of disabled people. Instead, those should be their number one priority because they are less likely to be able to defend themselves in the streets. This people have no other option but to go by the rules of the New York City's Shelter System or sleep in the streets.

Kylyssa "Why Homeless People Don't Use Shelters" Squidoo. n.d. culture on squidoo. Web. 7 May 2014

No Tolerance for Horseplay

What started in 1994 as a tool to help discourage weapons in schools has become a tool for criminalization of immature behavior. Thanks to the zero-tolerance policy etiquette, many students are being targeted as criminals for simple offences such as horse-play. It was only a few years ago when Andrew Makel, a ninth grade student, was expelled for shooting a few spit wads at a student during a lunch period. The initial punishment was for 10 days, but according to John W. Whitehead, school officials brought local law enforcements “which initiated juvenile assault proceeding for criminal assaults against young Andrew.” Andrew Mikel’s suspension lasted a year.

Some officials like, John Lynn, wrote to the administrators, and claimed that he was not comfortable expelling or suspending Andrew Mikel for the reminder of the year, but he was ignored and the school board disciplinary committee upheld the ruling. Kevin Sieff wrote an article and said that the federal Gun-Free-School-Act mandates that schools expel students who take weapons, including hand guns, explosive devices and projectile weapons to school. Therefore, “Mikel's plastic tube, which was fashioned from a pen casing, met the definition of a projectile weapon because it was ‘used to intimidate, threaten or harm others.’ “

Andrew Mikel’s case is an example of a zero-tolerance policy developing into a tyrannical trend. It is blatant that the policy has become an easy getaway for school’s to throw away students that do not meet the school protocol. Imagination has become a thing of the past, horseplay is a treated a threat, and whatever freedom children had to express themselves with has become a warning bell for schools to slaughter.  Whitehead, president of the institute where Andrew Mikel studied, said, "School officials have developed a very dangerous mind-set that allows virtually no freedom for students, while at the same time criminalizing childish behavior.”

Take for instance, Patrick Timoney, a nine year old, fourth grade student, who brought one of his favorite toys: A Lego toy to play with his friends. Unaware of what was about to happen, the principal caught him, pulled him out of the class, and called his parents. The student’s toy apparently had a 2-inch plastic gun. The Department of Education stated that the principal, Evelyn Matroianni, was simply following the “no tolerance” policy code (Miller). Timoney’s mother responded in an article, “This isn't a safety issue…this is a judgment issue. I mean, what's the worst that could happen? It could poke you in the eye?"

The zero-tolerance policy was never proven to help students. These policies tend to ignore the root of misbehavior in favor a brute ruling. They do not look at the intention of the child, the policy is meant to look at the action, punishing the child without thought of consequence. Whitehead wrote, “Andrew Mikel, an honor student active in Junior ROTC and in his church who had hoped to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, can no longer be considered as an applicant.”

• Miller, Carlin. "Two-Inch LEGO Gun Gets 4th-Grader Patrick Timoney in Trouble; Where's the NRA?" CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 4 Feb. 2010. Web. 03 May 2014.

• Sieff, Kevin. "Plastic Pellet Incident at Va. School Ends in Expulsion, Assault Charges." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 02 Feb. 2011. Web. 03 May 2014.

• Whitehead, John W. "Zero Tolerance Schools Discipline Without Wiggle Room." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 08 Feb. 2011. Web. 01 May 2014.

New York City Bike Share Program

                                                          New York City Bike share program.

Over the course of my research on the final paper regarding the New York City Bike share Program, I came across things that I believe were important but not very significant for my paper.  On the New York Magazine I found a piece describing how conservatives hate the Bike Share Program. The second thing is from my personal experience, I found the best spot in the city to ride bike for fun.

First, the Citi Bike Program is a bike share program that was initiated, introduced, and strongly advocated for and supported by the Bloomberg Administration.  Many conservatives do not share the former mayor views, particularly his political views on environment. Bloomberg has more liberal views on climate change and its causes. Thus, having a massive bike share would help the environment by reducing the car gas emission because people drive less. On the other hand, Conservatives do not think human is responsible for climate change. So we, as human have to leave “nature” alone regulate itself.  According to Amira, author at New York Magazine, “Conservatives hate the bike share program for some well-known reasons: they do not like Bloomberg for his political views, especially on guns. They do not believe in climate change and he does. They believe the French people ride bikes more than any other people, they do not want to be associated with French” (Amira).

Secondly, whether you like the Bike Share Program or not, there is in the city a special place you can ride a bike and fully enjoy it. From my own experience, I like to ride bike alongside the Hudson River. This is the beginning of spring, soon it will be summer.  From time to time I enjoy riding bike for fun, for pleasure as do many people in the city. My favorite part in the city to ride is alongside the Hudson River on the West Side Highway going south. It is the most beautiful place to ride for fun in the city. Here is the river in the middle of the two great cities (New York City and Jersey City). Here is the fresh air coming from the river that I always enjoy. Two cities that I personally call twin cities. There are built in the same spots and they look similar in some ways. One of the most beautiful moments I enjoy in the city while riding bike is around the sunset. It is really fun to ride bike below 34 th Street when the sun is laying down. Contemplating the reflexing of the orange sun rays in the roof of the buildings both in Lower Manhattan and Jersey City make me more appreciative of nature.

Finally for many reasons, New Yorkers have many different views on the Citi Bike Program. Personally, I like to ride bikes only for fun.

                                             Work cited

Dan Amira. “Why Conservatives Hate Citi Bike So Much, in One Venn Diagram”, newyorkmagazine.com, June 5, 2013.  newyorkmagazine web,  May 3,2014.

Just Didn't Work

One part of my research paper that I was not able to include is the personal accounts from people who have been stopped and frisked; also cops personal thoughts on stop and frisk.  These two things will not work for my paper because I was trying to steer away from seeming as I am complaining.  My purpose in writing this paper is to try to examine all facts only to be able to get the reader to really access if stop and frisk and effective or necessary.  Using personal accounts is very bias and one sided because it is a given someone who was stop and frisked doesn’t approve of it.  And on the other hand, cops were not willing to give accounts on stop and frisk and of course are going to give me the politically correct answer because they are not going to speak out about something that makes them look bad.  Another research that I included in an earlier post that I did not use is an article I had found about a cop who was being sued by his prescient for speaking out against mandatory citation numbers each cop has to reach.  The reason why I decided to opt that article out of my paper is again because that does not work towards my argument or proving that stop and frisk is ineffective.  That is because at the end of the day a crime is a crime small or large.  If they are giving out petty citations that they would not give out on the usual just to reach their mandatory amount, for example littering, at the end of the day it is still justifiable.  For that reason I decided to opt out these three elements from my research paper to make it more concise and more factual.   

Impression Management and Cyber Bullying

​Impression Management can be defined as the strategies that we use to communicate by deciding which part of ourselves to reveal. In the movie "Cyber Bully​ A 17-year-old, Taylor, was the main character of the film. Everything started when Kris (Taylor’s mother) gave Taylor a laptop as a birthday gift. She created a webpage in which she was friends to Scott (Taylor’s crush). He then asked Taylor to go to the school dance, and Taylor agreed. When something is very popular, everybody wishes to get it and that’s why Taylor created her Cliquesters page, which is later hacked by Eric (her brother), and that’s how everybody turned up on Taylor. She was being called “whore and slut” and that she was sleeping with guys for five bucks. 

After all the harassment by Lindsey (the girl that bullies Taylor), Scott told Taylor that he couldn’t go with her to the dance. Cyber bully film shows how friendship can be a failure and how it can break up a long lasting relationship. Samantha (Taylor’s best friend) betrayed Taylor by creating a fake identity on Cliquesters as (James), so Taylor would move away from Scott because Samantha thought that he was going to hurt Taylor, since Samantha was dumped by one of his friend. 

Moreover, Taylor posted a video online saying that since everybody hates her, she hated herself too and that she was done. Samantha saw the video and ran towards Taylor which was about to make a suicide. She then tells Taylor that she was the one who created the “James” profile. Taylor attends to a place to get some help; she forgives Samantha which is later the one who’s getting bullied. Taylor, Scott, Samantha and some other characters stood up and made Lindsey stop the bullying.

Work Cited

Booth, Teena "Cyber Bully" July 17 2011.Web. March 22 2014