first blog for final paper

I will be doing my final paper on the closing of Owen Elementary School. I chose to do my photo essay on this topic as well. The closing of Owen was a recent event and it greatly affected my community. It was closed due to a failed attempt to pass a bond for Trenton schools. Students were forced to switch to one of the other elementary schools. This caused more students to be attending each school. Here is a website telling more about the closing of the school.

-http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16837697_ITM

The bond, which was failed to pass, also affected the high school in Trenton. The bond was for 2 new elementary schools and technology upgrades. Because the bond did not pass, Trenton schools did not get an upgrade in technology. The schools are forced to use out of date technology which affects education greatly.

photo essay

The closing down of Owen Elementary School in Trenton has greatly affected those who previously went to that school. Owen Elementary was decided to be closed and torn down due to an inability to pass a bond. The residents of Trenton voted "no" on a proposed bond to increase money for Trenton schools. Because of this, Trenton was forced to close one of four elementary schools to save money. Since the school was closed, Trenton decided to start tearing it down. Students who went to Owen will now go to an elementary school down the road. This may be a reasonable distance for some students. This will also result in a greater amount of students attending the closest elementary school, Anderson Elementary.




The empty sign of Owen Elementary School.

Bulldozers tearing apart Owen Elementary.










Playground and bulldozer.



The playgrounds at Owen will not be torn down.

Neighborhood across the street from Owen.

Sign located along Owen Elementary property.

The wreckage with homes in the background.

Sunday afternoons

Sunday afternoons are pretty sweet because I usually spend them either sleeping or watching something sweet on tv. There are usually good basketball games to watch on Sunday afternoons. During the fall and winter months football is on every Sunday afternoon. I enjoy watching football games all through the afternoon on Sundays. When it gets warmer out, I usually play basketball outside. Sunday afternoons are sweet baby.

soccer

Right now I am watching a soccer game between the United States and Ecuador. The match is a friendly match which means it is a game for practice and fun. Friendly matches are still very competitive though. The United States has been dominating the game but the score is tied at 1 to 1. There is less than 30 minutes left in the game. I love watching soccer games. The best games to watch are the World Cup games. They are the most exciting for sure. Too bad the World Cup only comes around every 4 years.

photo essay rough draft

First of all, my pictures are all over the place. I do not know how this happened but I will fix it later. So give me a break.

The tearing down of Owen Elementary School in Trenton is almost completed. Owen Elementary was decided to be closed and torn down due to an inability to pass a bond. The residents of Trenton voted "no" on a proposed bond to increase money for Trenton schools. Because of this, Trenton was forced to close one of four elementary schools to save money. Since the school was closed, Trenton decided to start tearing it down. Students who went to Owen will now go to an elementary school down the road. This may be a reasonable distance for some students. What the property will be used for is unknown at this time. My guess is that the property will be used to build more homes.

sportscenter

SportsCenter is an amazing show. They bring together all the best highlights of all different sports. They focus on the main sports such as football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. They add a little golf, tennis, soccer, and nascar as well. Everyday brings a new episode of SportsCenter so you can catch up on all the news in sports. My favorite part of SportsCenter is when they show the Top Ten Plays. They are always fun and exciting to watch.

march madness

The NCAA tournament brackets came out tonight. All 65 teams have been selected and placed in the tournament. There are four sections of the bracket. The four cities for these sections are St. Louis, East Rutherford, San Jose, and San Antonio. Michigan State's basketball team was given a 9th seed ranking. They will be playing the 8th seed in their section which is Marquette. I hope Michigan State does well in the tournament. Either way though, I will be enjoying the NCAA tournament for sure. March Madness is amazing.

in class freep post

The local issues getting the most coverage are Stephen Grant and the killing of his wife, Comerica pulling out of Detroit, a serial killer convicted of killing a prostitute, and other stories. What stands out to my in the coverage of the Stephen Grant murder is that he may have used his child's sled to scatter parts of his wife's body which he mutilated. This guy is insane and will spend the rest of his life in jail. I remember watching him on tv before they knew he killed his wife and he was weeping. He wasn't just crying; he was weeping. He was just putting on a show since he actually was the one that killed his wife. The only news going on in the city of Trenton is something that happened a while back. A 17 year old student in Trenton pulled a woman out of her car which was sitting on the train tracks and a train was coming. The lady had hit a pole and then backed up and was stuck on the tracks. He recieved a 2007 American Red Cross Heroes Award.
A story I might want to look into for my photo presentation and last paper needs to be interesting and full of information. A story such as Comerica getting out of Detroit might be a story which I could use. I'm not sure if I really want to use that story though. I want to find something that is more interesting to me. Comerica heading out is a big deal but does not catch my interest completely. An event located in the news a lot during this month is March Madness. If I could do my last two papers on March Madness, that would be very sweet. I love playing and watching basketball. March Madness is very exciting. The tournament is the greatest event in college basketball. Only 65 teams make the tournament. Almost every game is full of excitement. I am going to try to find a way to use March Madness in my final papers. I hope this is possible. Sadly, I have just found out that I am not going to be able to use March Madness. I need to find an issue involving the news to write about. I will continue to look for stories I could possibly use.

news in class

I went to the free press website and two things stuck out to me the most. On the Detroit section of the news the first story listed was entitled "Ex-student arrested for gun at Redford High". This news shows that this neighborhood is not the greatest. A story that stuck out to me the most was entitled "Slower drivers stay right? Ohio gets it". This story is about how in Ohio the left lane is only for faster drivers. They are bringing the law down on the slow drivers. Michigan should also do this because some drivers need to start driving faster or get out of my way. If you are gonna drive slow get yourself in the right lane.

studying

I have a hard time making myself study. I had the whole spring break to study for a test and I only studied about 5 minutes. I couldn't make myself study because my test isn't even on the first day that I go back. The test is on Tuesday and when I know I have an extra day to study, then I won't study the day before. I always end up waiting until the last day to worry about studying. This is a very bad habit but it is a habit that I will most likely never break.

spring break

My spring break went by way too fast. It is already Sunday and my break is almost over. I basically spent my whole break sleeping and hanging out with friends. The break was sweet because I had no responsibilities. I slept in almost every day and would stay out late every night. Spring break is awesome but now it is over. I cannot wait until school is out for the summer.

spring and summer

I want the weather to start getting warmer and for winter to end. When winter ends I plan on playing basketball as much as possible. Last summer I would wake up and play basketball for anywhere from 2 to 5 hours straight. When it gets warmer I also plan on playing soccer. In the summer I would play soccer on every Monday. I'm also planning on working a lot in the summer. I want to go on vacation to Florida or take a road trip so I need to start saving up money. I will most likely be taking a couple trips to Canada as well. It needs to get warm right now.

job

I need to find a job for myself but don't want to. I want to work but I also want to concentrate completely on school because if I don't, I will most likely fail out. I want money to buy many things and have good times. I want to buy a system for my truck and a new video game system. My friend has the XBox 360 and it is amazing. He just rented Hitman for it. In the game you go through levels by figuring out how to kill certain people without everyone else around knowing it was you. The game is sweet. I want to buy an XBox 360 but don't want to get a job. I think I'm just going to wait until school is out before I start working again.

restaurant

I went to Detroit last night to eat at a restaurant in order to review it. The restaurant I chose was Mexican Village. The food was great. I ordered Trio Enchiladas which comes with a beef and cheese enchilada, a chicken and cheese enchilada, and an all cheese enchilada. The service was great. The waitress was on top of everything the whole night. The atmosphere in the restaurant was calm and relaxing. There was music playing softly in the background. The prices of the meals were inexpensive. The restaurant was very clean. I'm not getting into details here because I'm going to use many details when I write my review. Overall, the restaurant experience in Detroit was great.