Arguments

The thesis of the article is that the first class of the day, which is usually before 8am, is a waste of time. The evidences or premises that the author uses to reach this conclusion are that adolescents can’t fall asleep before 11pm and can’t wake up before 8am because of the producing of melatonin. Kalish also give examples of school that have already adopted a new schedule so the first class would be 8:30am and have great grades.

I believe that school should start only 9am since kids are really tired at 7am. In my school some of them don’t even show up at the first class, and the ones that come are so tired that they don’t even pay attention.

 

Kalish, Nancy (January 14, 2008). The New York Times. The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade. Retrieved July 11, 2012, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/opinion/14kalish.html?_r=1

Synthesizing Sources

      The discussion of if video games makes children violent is very controversial (Walker, 2001; Smith, 2003). Walker supports the idea that these games really increase the violence, although Smith believes that movies and TV shows (including kid’s shows) are as violent as games, and that not all games are aggressive. In my opinion video games does not make people violent because people know the difference between a game and real life.

Walker, A. (2001). Computer games and adolescent aggression. In N. Peters (Ed.), Research into 

the effects of computer games (pp. 108-124). London: St Martin’s Press. 

Smith, A. J. (2003). Synthesis. Retrieved October 20, 2008 from The Hong Kong Polytechnic 
University, The English Language Centre Web site: 
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eap/synthesis.htm

Article Summary

       A Jet Ski incident killed Kyle Glover, Usher’s stepson. The boy and his friend were taken to the hospital, thankfully the girl had only a few injures, but the doctors were hopeless about Kyle. As soon as Usher heard about it he went to the hospital, even though Tameka, the boy’s mother, and him are not married anymore.

         Usher’s Stepson (Tameka’s Son) Kyle Glover Declared Brain Dead After Jet Ski Accident. Retrieved Monday, July 9th 2012 from http://gossiponthis.com/2012/07/09/usher-stepson-tameka-raymond-son-declared-brain-dead-after-jet-ski-accident/

Citations

Walker, R. (2000). Frankenfood. Pasadena, CA: Ross Publishers.