Blog #9

     
                           I believe the drinking age should be lowered to the age 18. Once we turn 18 everyone says we're "legal" so why not let drinking be legal at the age 18. As I read David J. Hanson's titled " Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered?" he went into saying he believes we are not emotionally mature to drink and we wouldn't know how to handle drinking. He considers once we get to a certain age, we should be issued a license that we earned after passing a test that would lets us be able to drink. As I read further down in his article he begins to talk about one argument, which is "Does alcohol damage young brains?". He clarifies drinking at a young age does not damage young brain , I believe it doesn't either. Another argument he stated was "Are those that begin drinking at an early age are more likely to experience drinking problems later on in life?". I agree with this , I truly believe they will have some kind of drinking problem later on in life because it all depends on their emotions and the pain the person has gone through. I agree with Hanson's opinion because I feel if we did have a license that let us drink at a young age more people would be willing to be more careful and not go against the law. I read one more article by William De Jong , titled " Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered to 18?". He first introduced what his colleagues had though which was "I can't believe we're even talking about this". Which is understandable to think because most people believe we're not mature enough to even drive better yet drink. Later on De Jong begins to explain that college presidents believe that the legal drinking age begin at 21 doesn't work. If we lower the drinking age will it result in fewer alcohol related problems? If you asked me I would say NO! If the younger generation were to get drunk they would drink and drive somewhere to try to do something what would happen?  the outcome wouldn't be good. Both articles are good but, I agree with David J. Hanson's article more than I do with William De Jong's article as Hanson is actually giving us a chance.

Blog #8

         I chose Amanda Petrusich's article "Mariah Carey's Rather Perfect Farewell To 2016" because  I like how Mariah Carey is as a person , the way she dresses and the way she does her make-up. By reading this article I found out that  Amanda Petrusich's main point was  to show how the leading events Carey went through ended up not going the way they were supposed to. But at the end, it really didn't matter because she didn't care. In fact Carey said,  "Shit happens" ; all she wanted to do was say her farewell! Petrusich defended her point in this article when she talks about Mariah Carey's launch into her song "Emotions",  an "airy disco track about falling in love", which was released more than twenty years ago in 1991.Petrusich begins to bring up how Carey had to sing in "whistle register" the highest range a human can originally produce, which also leads to define when Mariah couldn't go on with her performance due to technical glitches. Other people believe she could have went on because, there were so many monitors amplifying her music , how could she forget ?.I really like how Mariah Carey says "Shit Happens" because everything isn't going to be perfect , even if you're famous things happen , nothings ever perfect. I've learned so much new vocabulary while reading this article like when Petrusich says "Artists lip-synching during high-stakes live appearance is so ordinary now as to be tedious to discuss" or when she says in the first paragraph "A pleasantly inane variety program broadcast". Amanda Petrusich did an amazing job by stating her point and defending it , Mariah  Rather Perfect Farewell To 2016 was a good read and something I really enjoyed reading. Here is a link to view Amanda Petrusich's article ,http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/mariah-careys-rather-perfect-farewell-to-2016.

A voice I wish too increase

                    One voice I wish I could increase in my life , is my Tia Luisa because she was always so happy and joyful , always made us feel at home and never stopped worrying about us. My Tia Luisa is much like my grandma , ever since I was little I always remember going over to my Tia's house listening to her and my grandma talk about life and drink their coffee. My aunt died a month before my 10 birthday , and every time March 19 comes around I feel as if she's always trying to talk to me , or indicate to me that she's always with me.
               Luisa ALWAYS watched over me and my brother either if it was us being sick or if we needed a babysitter. She didn't speak much English  so we had to learn Spanish but if she did speak English  it would be simple words and not complete sentences. She would always ask if I was hungry and I remember ALWAYS eating chicken noodle soup with crackers along with a coke. It never failed that , that would be my meal every time I would go over there. Her voice was so soft and sweet , I would say like an angels voice. Luisa and my grandma have really influenced me so much and also taught me a lot as a little girl. Every time around Christmas we ALWAYS  had a tradition of making tamales , all my Tia's including my Tia Luisa and my grandma , my mom and cousins would gather at my Tia Luisa's house to make tamales. Everybody had aprons on , listening to music and just laughing at all the conversations that were going on.
               My Tia Luisa's voice is something Ill always cherish , just like ill always cherish my grandmas. They were so much alike in so many ways and its always good to have them in my hearts .They're voices encourage me to do better and become a better person and cherish life.