Plane After Plane After Plane

What is happening with all of these plane accidents? Last week i wrote a blog on the plane crash that happened in Buffalo, New York, and now when i was looking at the news online, there was not another crash, but 50 people were injured on a plane now. On a Northwest Airlines flight from the Philippines to Tokyo, there was a lot of turbulence in the plane from the weather. Four passengers were actually hospitalized for their injuries, and one person had a bad neck injury. 46 other passengers including people from the crew were lightly injured from the turbulence. The bad turbulence began to happen when they were about 30 minutes from the airport and descending down. The people that were in their seats without a belt on were sent upwards to the ceiling from the turbulence. When the plane landed safely on the ground in Tokyo, there were ambulances there to help them and one person left on a stretcher and another left in a wheelchair and a few other people were wheeled on gurneys when they entered the hospital.
Why are all of these planes having problems with their passengers? There have been many plane problems and it worries me a little because i am going on vacation soon on a plane.
Of course the pilots are being careful when they are flying, but i feel like a lot of the pilots or the people in charge of the planes are not taking the right precautions before they take off from the ground.

What do you think poeple are going to do when they here there was anther problem with a plane? Do you think that the flight attendents are going to want to quit their jobs? Are airline businesses going to lose money from all of this? And do you think that there should be a better job on checking weather and the status of the plane before taking off?

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Through the Roof

What is going on? There have been two plane crashes that i have heard of lately and it is a little bit scary. It kind of makes me a bit scared to travel because of these plane crashes. We all know about the one that happened in the Hudson River in New York, but luckily everyone was safe. The new crash that recently happened was in a suburb of Buffalo, New York and crashed into a house on February 12th. There were only 49 people on the plane and all 49 of them happened to pass away with this tragic event. The news said that this was the nation's first deadly continental plane crash in 2 and a half years! How could this happen?

We know that the plane that landed in the Hudson River had birds that got stuck in the propeller, but this didn't happen this time, but there was still a crash, and this was also a Continental Commuter Plane. Ice buildup on the wings of the plane have caused horrible crashed before. Some other pilots that were not on that plane said that they were having trouble because they were seeing that ice was building up on the wings of the plane. No one knows exactly why the plane crash, but they are guessing that is has to do with the ice build up on the wings. One person who was in the house was unfortunately killed. The people who lived in the houses neat by got out safely with a few minor injuries.

What i found ironic when i was reading this article, was that one of the woman on the plane who died, her husband was killed in the World Trade Center attacks. Isn't that sad and ironic?

This is crazy and i am sure that many people are scared to fly again after all of these crashes. Do you think that the plane company who owns the plane that crashed is going to lose a lot of money and passengers because of this deadly accident?

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Correct vs. Incorrect

BLACK VS. AFRICAN AMERICAN

Today in class we were talking about Race and where it comes from and what the definition is for it. Everyone wrote down their own definition on a sheet of paper and it was very interesting to see how many people thought Race had to do with so many things. When i think about Race, i think about skin color and where the people originally come from. But as we had a discussion in class, other people said that Race had to do with a person's heritage, ethnicity, cultural identity, and physical features. Everyone is brought up in a different way and is taught about Race differently. When i was young and innocent, i just assumed people were either black or white. But now as i have matured and grown up, there are a lot of different components to Race other than just being black or white.

But the thing that comes to my mind when i talk about Race is the correct way to describe a person from Africa. Do you call them Black or African American. Some people in the class were calling them black, while others were calling them African American. I have always said black but i never want to offend anyone. So i looked it up on the Internet to see which was the correct name to call them. Some of the sites said that the blacks don't really care what they are called, but some of them, do prefer to be called black. ~SITE~ So which word do i use? Is it up to me to decide because blacks don't necessarily prefer a certain word? What do you think?

How's Your News?

Today i was watching a show on MTV called "How's Your News?" and it is a new show about a group of people in their 20's who have disabilities and are meeting famous people and interviewing them. When i first turned this on, i was wondering if the media put this show on to make fun of the people, or to show the world that even if you have a disability, you can do whatever you put your mind to. I think that it is a good show  for the public to watch because if someone with a disability is watching, then they could know that whatever they want to do, if they put their mind to it, then can do it and succeed. But some of the people that the people who have disabilities interviews made fun of them on the streets of California. I don't think that the show should have aired that part because it's making fun of the people on the show. I think they should cut out the interviews where the people make fun of them and keep the good interviews with the bands and the celebrities. 

Do you think this is just another show to get MTV more money and more viewers? Or Do you think that this show has purpose? Do you think that its just another show for people to watch and make fun of?

Looking Towards Our New Future

How long will it take for the economy to go back up again? This is one of the questions that i think about everday. I was talking to my dad the other day and we were talking about the economy. (Something that we really dont talk about often.) And i asked him how it was doing because i dont really listen to the news or anything. And he said that it was not doing well. He said that in the past, people said that if like the stocks went down like 20% it would be a bad thing and bad for people all around. But my dad said that the stocks have gone down about 40 to 50% and i was shocked. That was a big number and i didnt know what to think. Obama is not the president of the United States and he is going to hopefully birng us out of this bad economy, but who knows how long it will take?

Everyone here living in the North Shore is fortunate to have enough money to stay where they are and not have to move. But what about some of the other people in the world who are not as fortunate as we are? Are these people becoming homeless? This is something that we all have to think about. Even though some of us might be worrying about the economy, there are some poeple that might be forced to move out of their house.

Hopefully the economy will be better soon, but who knows when that will be? I know that everyone is worried right now and doesnt know when it will be better, but is there anything anyone else can do about it in the meantime?