PLN 20

I read an article about how teens in Colorado text while driving, found in the Denver Post. This article talks how about teens all over the state in Colorado text while driving. "Fifty-one percent of Colorado teen drivers admitted to text messaging and 66 percent said they used their cell phones while driving, according to results of a survey released today”. Texting while driving is a terrible habit to do because it can end up being a huge accident or worse it can lead to death. I think that this relates to me because I know older kids that drive and they text at the same time. I dislike that because all those older kids are my friends and I'm afraid that their habit could lead to a severe injury. Teens usually only hear about how young adults, even adults, die in car accidents from being drunk or high or just by an occasional accident. They also never think that something like that could ever to happen to them, even though it could have just happened to his or her friend. Something so fatal never sinks into any of the teenagers brains these days. Texting while driving is a bad habit because you can look down for a quick second and boom everything you had planned on doing that day or night or week or later on in your life time could be in gone. This article relates to the world because I feel that young adults still don't understand how deadly something can be and how it can happen to anyone at any moment.

PLN # 8

I read an article called Do schools have birth-control role found in the Denver Post. This article talks about how six Denver high schools should be allowed to dispense birth control and emergency contraceptive pills, according to a new report by a health task force. Did you know that teen birth rate is more than double the statewide rate, according to 2003 data? Out of every 1,000 girls that age from 15-17 just in the city, 54.5 will become pregnant compared to 24.3 throughout Colorado. The reason why schools are handing out birth control pills is because young adults think that they are ready, but never are because they never think of tomorrows satisfactions. More girls drop out of high school these days because of pregnancy. Also sex is a dangerous thing, especially at such a young age. You can spread diseases faster, diseases you never knew you had until you do it. Another consequence to having sex at a young age is when the girl has the baby. They usually give the child away because they aren't ready for a kid. The "husband" bails out and says he didn't mean to and is not really committed. Young women can't continue on with their education because of their child. Denver Health is only trying to prevent all of these things from happening. Hopefully every couple takes this into consideration and thinks about not only todays satisfaction but tomorrows as well and a few months from now.

PLN # 13

I read an article called "We can stop it", say Calif. fire crew. I found this article in the Denver Post. The article talks about how in Southern California firefighters are faced with a wildfire so large, it burned across nearly 600 square miles. This wildfire is prompting the biggest evacuation California history. The reason for the start of the wildfire is that Southern California is all dry land, hot weather, and lots of wind. "This makes a perfect storm for a fire", said the mayor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Firefighters also stated that they can save some stuff, but can not stop it. I personally feel that this wildfire is a danger to not only the ones in Southern California but those next to it or below it, for example Mexico. In the article they stated that this wildfire can spread all the way to the border of Mexico and to the ocean. I think that Mexico is also pretty dry with hot weather, which means that if this wildfire keeps spreading down towards that border line it is very possible for that wildfire to make its way into Mexico. Homes, offices, stores, and vacation homes, all have been destroyed. As far as we know the firefighters are only trying to save the buildings more then putting out the fire. Its a dangerous experience, and the only thing people can do over there for now is to listen, pay attention, and evacuate as soon as told.