https://docs.google.com/a/wostudent.net/document/d/1-h_H0itzU2WDJmSLmrPLlBnacMpfdjqcJHqsYqarXv4/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/129532803561/ive-dated-white-people-ive-got-white-friends

This really impacted me when I read this because it is very true. I think most white people consider themselves to be better than people of a different race. It has died down over the years but it is still occurring today.

Donald Trump, as you all know is running for president in the upcoming election. Trump is telling Americans that if he had been president during the early 2000’s, 9/11 would not have happened. He said since he is so big on immigration that those people flying the planes would have not been in this country. He kept tweeting about Jeb Bush and asking him to stop trying to defend his brother George Bush (who was president at the time of 9/11.) Then we were all faced with an important question: Is Trump right about 9/11? This greatly affects me because I would feel so much safer on airplanes and we wouldn’t be afraid of people like that, and who knows, maybe ISIS would have never been created if 9/11 did not happen. This also greatly impacts the world because terrorists attacks would probably not occur as much and the world would be a more safer place if countries trusted other countries.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/18/politics/donald-trump-jeb-bush-9-11/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iref=obnetwork

On Thursday of this week, Principal David Weeton of Leaguetown High School will be holding a drug and alcohol awareness forum for parents and community members.

After Sam White spoke to the students in February, more than 500 students signed a pledge to be drug and alcohol free.

“Basically, we will inform parents that they are breaking the law if they allow underage consumption, other than their own kids, on their property,” Principal Weeton said. “Unfortunately, I think many parents are ignoring the signs that their child may be using drugs or alcohol.”

Students at Leaguetown High School can very easily have access to drugs such as marijuana, and cocaine. They’re even exposed to prescription drugs such as Adderall and Xanax.

“You can get alcohol any weekend in Leaguetown, and I’ve been offered Xanax at several different parties,” junior, Robert Earl said. “I didn’t realize how quickly addictions can happen, and I guess I never thought about the possible consequences.”

Principal Weeton invited several former addicts to the school to talk to the students.

“Sure those speakers had good messages and were kind of scary, but most students don’t drink or use that much,”  senior, Kiki Deeds said. “Drinking on the weekends isn’t going to turn you into an addict.”

Parents were very happy about the meeting that Weeton set up, but a number of them were shocked to see how many students are doing drugs.

“I am very grateful that Principal Weeton organized this meeting,” parent, Stephanie Mulshoe said. “The parents and the community need to know what we can do.”

Many of the parents were very happy about this meeting because most of their kids to their surprise were using drugs.

“This meeting is going to be a wake-up call for parents,” parent Robert Deadmond said. “We’ve had our blinders on for too long.”

A 57 year old man by the name of Captain Michael Johnston  was flying an American Airlines fight from Phoenix, Arizona to Boston Massachusetts on Monday morning. During their course he suddenly became ill, shortly after the co-pilot managed to land the plane safely. The whole crew of the plane took extremely good care of Michael until he died and all of the passengers the whole time. Once they got Michael to a hospital for an autopsy they found that his death was caused by natural diseases. This event really affects me because I am going to be on a plane during Christmas break and that is very scary to think about the pilot of my plane dying. This event should impact the world to kind of wake everybody up and let them know that there are accidents all the time and people can die a any second of any day.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/us/american-airlines-pilot-death/index.html