AP #2 Forbidden books The Outsiders

Intro

For my Forbidden books class we learned about censorship and how it affects society. Some books we read were Fahrenheit 451, The absolutely true Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and the Outsiders. At one point all these books were banned. We also learned about the types of people to ban these types of books and that was really interesting it see their reasoning behind this. One of our FEs we meet this author who got her book banned from prisons. She told us how she was shocked about how this happened and her book was in a list of thing which were a lot more offensive. The other FE we went on was to a bookstore called Women and Children First. this was a kind of left wing bookstore that had a lot of books about gay rights and other stuff like that. One big thing that was banned was a book about Donald Trump that he didn't want published and they sold it there. I found this class to be very interesting.

AP #2 Forbidden books

GCE Lab school

The Outsiders 

Drug abuse and violence. It's interesting to think that's something so common to see on TV nowadays can cause a whole book to be banned. This book, The Outsiders took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965 but this is never stated in the book. The main character Ponyboy, is attacked by a group of Socs, which are the greaser’s rivals. These are the the the rich kids who life on the west side. The Socs, gang up on Ponyboy. Then they threaten to slit his throat.One night Ponyboy and his brother Darry (who kind of raised him) got into a big fight and Darry slaps Ponyboy and then Ponyboy runs away. When he was out he ran into some Socs in a park and got into a fight with them. Johnny who is a friend saves ponyboy from being drowned by killing one of them. After this they go to a guy named Dally who gives them money and a gun. He also told them that there is a church that they should hid out in. they stayed there for a few days until johnny decided it would be better if he just turned himself in. On the way out the church caught on fire and there were some kids in there. These kids were not greasers or Socs they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. So Ponyboy saves them but gets knocked out doing so. Johnny killing the Soc raised the tensions a lot higher and both sides were just waiting for something to happen.then darry the guy who helped johnny and Ponyboy hide robbed a store. The police ended up killing Darry because he wouldn't surrender.Also johnny died in gang fight which caused Ponyboy to pass out. When he woke up he had an agreement to stick with his brother Darry.When Ponyboy goes to school for his paper he writes this story. The theme to this book is to stay loyal to your brothers and the close ones around you and to not betray them. This book was considered to be controversial because it contained violence and drug and alcohol abuse and kids that came from broken homes. This book was banned for reasons that are common themes of books and TV shows now.


This book has been very controversial. George Washington Elementary a school is Eleanor West Virginia banned this book in 2001 because it promoted gang activity, and they didn't want to show kids this in a book and for them to think that it is ok. This book’s diversity mainly covers socioeconomic boundaries because of the Socs and the Greasers. The Greasers don't have money and the Socs do. “We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too”(Hinton 4 ) But there is not real evidence of racial diversity in this book. Over the years alot have books have been banned by the government to keep the people from not knowing what that author believes and thinks about a certain concept. The first book that was ever banned was in 259 B.C. by The Emperor of china about Confucius' writings. Some books have been banned because of racist reasons like the book The Color Purple. There are some books about the whole idea of book banning and how it could affect the future. Fahrenheit 451 is a good example of a distorien time where books have been banned. Even books like the Breakfast Club were banned because of use of drugs. These were banned because the government thought it would be better if the general populous didn't have these books for many different reasons.     


Next, some people found some content in the book to be offensive. There is quite a bit of violence in this story. One instance is when Ponyboy is jumped when walking home from the movies by himself. A knife was held to his throat "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?"( Hinton 6). This was said to Ponyboy by a Soc with the knife against his neck. This type of violence is bad to promote to a young audience and could definitely be seen as too violent for some. Another example of this book being offensive is the talk of drugs and alcohol. Everyone smokes in the book and it is mentioned quite a bit and a few get drunk also. There are references to getting “smashed” or ”stoned”. "When we stomp the Socs good, me and Stevie here are gonna throw a big party and everybody can get stoned. Then we'll go chase the Socs clear to Mexico" ( Hinton 93). Some people didn't want this book promoting these habits of smoking or drinking to a teenage audience who would read something like this. Even though it is around a lot today they had more censorship back in 1960s. Most of this was about the socio economic differences between the Socs and the greasers. A quote from SE hinton is "I think The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just meant to write it" I could imagine her frustration after having her book banned because she is so sure that this book had to be written which is a cool way to think of it.

Finally, my opinion on the matter at hand. Truly that this book should not be banned. Every book should be able to be read if the reader wishes to. No one should tell someone what someone can and cannot read it should always be up to them. Someone can understand why some people thought that the violence and the alcohol and drug abuse were a reason to ban it. If one were a parent would they make this book be an example of the type of things that do not promote a successful lifestyle ? Another reason why this book should be banned is that teens should be exposed to these things at an age when they are mature enough to make the right decision. Now censorship is not a good thing but common sense is. No one wouldn't make a 4th grade class read this but anyone in 8th grade of above can handle this and can learn a lot though this.

So basically this book shouldn't have been banned. Although it talks about some mature content like drugs, alcohol ,and violence it shouldn't be not read. If one does not want to hear about any of those topic it is simple as just not reading it. Every book should be able to read if wanted to.  


Work Cited


“Banned Books: Young Adult Novels.” From McFarlin Tower, 13 Mar. 2014, orgs.utulsa.edu/spcol/?p=3254.





BIEDENHARN, ISABELLA. “'The Outsiders' 50th Anniversary: S.E. Hinton on the Book's Legacy.” EW.com, 24 Apr. 17AD, ew.com/books/2017/04/24/the-outsiders-anniversary-s-e-hinton/.





http://nisbah.com/summer_reading/the-outsiders_se_hinton.pdf





Parr, Ali. “12 Fascinating Facts About S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders.” Mental Floss, 25 Jan. 2018, mentalfloss.com/article/62766/11-fascinating-facts-about-s-e-hintons-outsiders-its-50th-anniversary.

Wolf , Ryan. “Banned Books Awareness: The Outsiders.” World Leading Higher Education Information and Services, 9 May 2011, world.edu/banned-books-awareness-outsiders/.

TheeErin. “‘When I Stepped out into the Bright Sunlight from the Darkness of the Movie House, I Had Only Two Things on My Mind: Paul Newman and a Ride Home.".” Flickr, Yahoo!, 1 Mar. 2009, www.flickr.com/photos/theeerin/3319626950

Disease AP #2 by OL

Disease AP #2
Oskar Landise
Nicotine Addiction

For my second AP for Disease class I researched nicotine addiction.
Through this class we learn about different mental issues such as autism or addiction.
I learned alot about nicotine addiction through this project such as that cigarette smoking kills
480,000 people a year. In this AP I will show you how when addicted the brain craves this substance

Timeline Breakdown

Throughout this project I learned a lot about nicotine addiction. It was really interesting that people get addicted to this in the first place knowe the consequences. It is horrible the damage that it does to your physical health and mental health. It also affects your social life in many ways. If it was up to me this substance would not be legal because it is so harmful.



Sources

All pictures with information written was done by myself.

Aspa. “Nicotine Addiction and Your Health.” Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction | , Department of Health and Human Services, 20 Aug. 2012, betobaccofree.hhs.gov/health-effects/nicotine-health/index.html.


Polito, John R. “Nicotine Addiction 101.” WhyQuit.com Banner. Want to Quit Smoking Cigarettes or Stop Using e-Cigarettes, 9 June 2014, whyquit.com/whyquit/LinksAAddiction.html.

Forbidden books 1st AP

Forbidden books 1st AP

For my Forbidden books class we learned about being a "gadfly" which means to annoy someone to get information and there opinions. We learned how Socrates was a man who went around and was a acted as a gadfly to try to figure out the societies ideas and belief. it worked very well trough this process he confused people and made them contradict themselves. What me and Dylan did is we talked back and forth on the topic of if safe spaces are safe enough.

Script

Chevy: You hear about what happened in Florida last week?

Godwin:  Yes, I have heard, it was a horrific incident.

Godwin: We must make public spaces safer. I am tired of hearing people getting hurt where they should be safe. It's ridiculous that people can't go out in public without worry of getting hurt. They happen way too often don't you think?

Chevy: These horrible tragedies like Florida only happen once in a great while, but for the most part, public spaces are safe.

Godwin: What about the people in Columbine and other such places, even the incident at the concert in Las Vegas? These things actually happen quite often actually. People need to be able to defend themselves.

Chevy: I still don't think people should carry guns because they could accidentally shoot someone. We should still wait for the police to arrive so they can solve the problem.

Godwin: But the police didn't stop the shooter until it was too late. The average response time for police across America is 10 minutes. That's a lot of time considering what is going on. Why would a police be any better than a citizen?

Chevy: I really don't think just any person with no training could take down a guy with an assault rifle.  I feel like it would just cause more victims. The normal assault rifle has 30 bullets to shoot, and I know all those bullets won't hit your target and they could hit other things.  

Godwin: I see but you have to keep in mind that we would train them, I agree that nobody without training should be in public with a gun, but that won't be the case. Haven't you heard of training?

Chevy: I suppose that if they were trained then it wouldn't be any worse than police plus they would be right at the seen. When I think about it I think that a bystander who has the proper trainer is good to have a firearm because a person committing a crime wouldn't suspect it which also adds the element of surprise to the table which is definitely an advantage.

Godwin: There are multiple examples of people with guns saving lives such as the Jeanne Assam who killed a gunman that was attempting to shoot into a crowd of thousands exiting a church. This would have been an event the size of the Florida shooting but nobody heard because someone with a gun stopped the shooter. Did you ever hear that story?

Chevy: Wow I never heard that story, I guess there really are people that have guns for the right reason. I guess you've been right all along and guns in the right hands really can save lives.

Godwin: Thanks for talking to me Chevy! I have to go catch a plane, to England! Thanks for talking to me today and I hope you take my words and apply them to your everyday life.

Chevy: No problem Godwin I really appreciate you helping to explain your point of view to me. I really look at this topic differently and I hope that I could use your technique with other people. I really learned a lot from this discussion.

Godwin: Goodbye

Chevy: Goodbye

I had a lot of trouble trying to get the video on the blog so here is the link on You Tube.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eP7rr6k10KA

In conclusion I learned about how a gadfly operates in a dialog and how he or she tires to convince you of the other opinion by solid facts supported by evidence. I thought this AP was pretty interesting I kind of enjoyed being opposed to people having guns which is a side I usually don't take but I kind of went into the mind of someone who feels that they are unsafe and bad.

Disease AP

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Disease AP

I am studying colon cancer for my disease class.Colon cancer runs in my family, there is a trend of people having it. Through this, I have learned how this disease affects a whole line of people I know and how it is genetically passed down over time. I will go over in this research paper how it affects the person, from their physical health to their daily life. Also I will go over its treatment and how prevalent it is in the population.

People who eat a lot of gluten and salt and have other unhealthy diet choices have a higher chance of getting it but is is also a genetic disease so you would have to have it in your blood line. Stress physical and mental, like anxiety can bring it on.  Also African- Americans have a greater chance of getting it. Colon cancer is not transmissible because it is genetic and passed down. It is a multifactorial disease because it is genetic but environmental factors trigger it. This is a polygenic diseases. This disease affects the colon and large intestine which is in the digestive system. It also affects the immune/lymphatic system. You get stomach ulcers in your large intestine, maldigestion and chronic diarrhea. It affects their daily life by restricting their diet, and their daily activity they have very little energy and must rest a lot because of the diaraha they have to limit their activity and where they can go. Extreme cases involve surgically removing the colon and rerouting the body waste into a colostomy bag. This is very disruptive to every part of a person's life and work. My patient only had ulcerative colitis and it didn’t progress to cancer she is on daily drugs for the rest of her life and has a 1 in 8 chance of having the gene for cancer but hopefully would prevent this. The daily use of mercaptopurine suppresses the immune system and makes the patient more susceptible to other diseases.              

Before we go over the  interview, I want to inform you a bit about colon cancer. Some symptoms are bloody stool, diarrhea,stomach pain,and extreme loss of energy. Some words that you should know are colonoscopies, sigmoidoscope, mercaptopurine and, Crohn's disease. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines, especially the colon and it is associated with ulcers or polyps in the stomach. Mercaptopurine medication is used for cancer and autoimmune diseases - specifically it is used to treat lymphocytic leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia also Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. Sigmoidoscopic is an examination of the sigmoid colon by means of a flexible tube inserted through the anus. A colonoscopy is a procedure in which a flexible fiber-optic instrument is inserted through the anus in order to examine the colon. It finds pre-cancerous polyps so they can be removed.

I interviewed a person who has experience with this disease, she had ulcerative colitis and all the symptoms that would point to cancer. She has a close family member that has the disease and had to get a colostomy. Her grandfather died from it.  Some things this person said was, it is inconvenient and you have to be careful what you eat but you can manage it. This disease happens in a greater degree in the Eastern Hemisphere where they eat salty foods and eat soy which has a lot of salt which may contribute to the disease. It seems to be present in the UK where they eat a lot of meat. “My grandfather and aunt had it, I have a 1 in 8 chance of having it”. You can learn to change your lifestyle to be healthy and not to be a worrier and be careful about diet. Pay attention to your gut. If you’re in a flare, huge loss of energy and pains in gut. It can't be prevented but it can be managed through colonoscopies, diet, and an anti cancer drug. You can see how this affects the daily life of a “normal” person. I really think that it would be difficult emotionally to know that you have a disease like that in your bloodline and just have to hope that you don't get it. knowing it's like a 1 in 8 chance given my genetic history. Also, I think it would be difficult to watch what you eat all the time because if you want a quick snack you have to make sure it won’t causes issues with your system.

“Colon Cancer.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 31 Oct. 2017, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/colon-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20353669\

TRL Mapping AP Employment on the South Side

Employment in Chicago’s South Side


Oskar Landise





For this semester I was in a class called thin red lines. We didn't really learn about geography it was more like demographics of certain things being mapped like people being affected by gun violence of hunger in a certain area.





Past


For my first map about the 1910 to 1950 employment I printed out a map of the south side and included things from the past. Some of these things I added where the stockyards of chicago which employed 40,000 people. Another thing I included was the steel mills which employed 10,000 men. The number on the maps are the different wards. I choose red because I thought it draw more attention to the viewer and shows where the main focus of the map really is. The red area mean areas of high Black employment. Notice how number 41 is not colored in at all meaning this area was low on employment compared to the others. This map stretches from navy pier to 138th street in the south side so it cover quite a lot of space. I had to draw the stockyards out of the map because it was right on the edge of it and isn't included on the printed one. one, it was the source of a lot of jobs back then.





The steel mills were also a large job source but the unions kept a lot of Black people out.





Present


The second map I made was a map of the present. This map is cut off at 79th street because there was no need to include the stockyard and the steels mills because they are no longer operational. This map shows the percentages of current joblessness in the south side the orange areas are the areas with the most joblessness. It is recorded that these areas have 60 percent to 80 percent joblessness. The yellow shaded areas show only 50 percent of 60 percent. I choose these colors because I felt like orange draws more attention than yellow and again that brings people's attention to the main areas than the other ones. It is interesting to see how the job amount went down over the years in some certain areas such as 41. This was originally not a great spot for a job now it is a lot better than some of these other nearby areas that were originally a lot better. This is a growing problem but I think it will improve over time.





Future


The final map I made was of a predicted future for the south side which could really change it for the better. The major changes needed are to create jobs by getting businesses to open and to train the local people to be able to work there.The red dots are employment training center which already exist so that could play a major role in helping people find jobs.If they started training people.





The orange strip is an enterprise zone that would be on 63rd street and would have beat cops walking around to make people feel a lot safer so businesses would move in there. This would make people life a lot easier knowing that they can shop or go to the bank or any type of daily business without having to fear the possibility of getting robbed or anything like that. I think that is what is going to make people go there for the needs have police stationed on that strip to patrol it. Also we can give the business a tax cut if they higher from that area.





The green dot is the Obama center which is going to need people to work there. Also we need people to build it so there is more jobs.The Obama center should also have internships to train young people how to work.


The blue on the map is a light industry zone right now it is just cement and fields but we could put a steel mill there and increase the amount of jobs for people in that area. The reason I choose the red sharpie for the Job training center is because I think that is the first step to completing all of this. Because if you have a good enough training center these people can pretty much get any job that is on that enterprise strip or in the steel mill.

"Over the stars"

For my STEAM class I took Rocket Science. Overall it was quite interesting and I learned a lot. We took a few FE's for this class. One of them was to the Adler Planetarium. That was fun and very informational. Another FE we went on was to the Science and Industry Museum. We spend about 40 minutes in the space room and looked at the rockets and the shuttles that went into space and got recovered. We also learned about people such as galeena balashova. 

Forrest Preseve

For my third AP for population I researched about nature reserves. Pretty much what population is it is a STEAM class where I learned about different species and math that relates to it such as combination and permutations relating to different traits about them. I already know about  forrest preves I have went to many of them. I also researched some reasons why they need to be here.   

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