In the article "Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he attends to close" Kristen Graham talks about what the superintendent closing many philadelphia public schools being closed. She also tells how he is combining some high schools also.

The article includes facts from what the school district of philadelphia has been doing financially. For  instance the district just borrowed $300 million just to pay bills and give paychecks through the end of the school year. Some of the buildings that are being closed will be sold so they can have more money coming in. Also some school will change there grades so it would go from being K-6 to K-4. Other elementary schools would be K-8.

I think that the school closing idea is horridble because there will be more bulling. If they combine K-8 there would be alot of kids in one school and too many to deal with. There will be alot of bulling going and one principle so she/he would not be able to get to all the students at once. Also they are combining highschools that have a history of fighting eachother. This may lead to teenagers getting shot  or jumped. If this is happening the principle can't suspend evryone. Also alot of teacher would be without jobs after the closings. Classrooms would have to have more than 20 students so it would be hard for the teachers to get to everyone and there would be distractions.

This article reminds me of a crowded auditorium at my school for many reasons. When our school are in the auditorium its very noisy and its not that many of us. teachers go to one person and ask them to be quite then the next person talks and it's very frustrating. It's not that many of us so imagine if 2 big schools and kids in class rooms are combined into one.

Kendrick Lamar was born June 17, 1987 in Compton California. Kendrick wasn't known by many people until he dropped his 4th mixtape Overly Dedicated. Kendrick is one of the youngest hot rappers in the game and he's growing on people. He raps about his life and a girl named "Sherane". Sherane is Kendrick's high school fling. He mentions Sherane in his album g.o.o.d kid, m.A.A.d city. This album is one of the most trending ever. The best singles of the album are "Backseat Freestyle", "Money Trees" and "Poetic Justice." 

On the album Kendrick received some good criticism and bad criticism. Kieran Yates says "Lamar has taken tropes from classic rap albums to make something that felt as exciting as Dr. Dre's 2001 more than a decade ago. Here was proof that Compton's contribution to hip-hop history continues." 

The bad criticism came from former bad boy Shyne. Shyne said that Kendrick’s album was "trash." Kendrick Lamar being mature turned the other cheek and let it go because he knew that there would be some people who dislike his work in life.

Most rappers today smoke weed and drank alcohol. Kendrick drinks but does not smoke. The reason Kendrick does not smoke is because he had a bad first time experience. Kendrick discusses why he doesn't smoke with Mr. Peter Parker radio host. He says he doesn't smoke because the first time he did the seller laced the weed with PCP and started foaming out his mouth.

In the article "All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed" Esther Entin talks about children that will grow up to be depressed and dependent. He say's they will grow up and be like this because their parents don't give them time to play and do things on their own.

The article tells how you don't see many children out in the street playing now a days. You usually see children in uniforms following directions from their coaches. It also tells how 145% of spend the day doing their school work and 168& spend most of their time shopping with their parents. Parents were asked in the article to compare their play time as a child to their children's play time. 85% told their children play outdoor less frequently and for shorter periods of time then they had.

I believe children should learn half of the time and play the other half. I believe this because children don't want to be in school all day then go home and stay in the house. If they don't go out and play with other people they would not be good at socializing with other children. They also should learn because they have to grow up and be something and also be mature. Playing too much leads to immaturity. Parents shouldn't push their children so much because their children will need someone to push them the rest of their lives.

This article reminds me of my cousin Sabria. Her mother always acts like she disappointed in her when she gets her test grades. She always says " good but you could of done better". Because of that my little cousin never goes outside nor does she act like a normal 11 year old.

In the article "Civil War in Syria Raises Questions About When to Intervene"  tells how the war is affecting Syrian people and how they're are struggling. Many people there need food medicine and shelter to survive and many don't have it.

This article includes a quote from the secretary of the state Hillary Clinton saying " We are thinking about all of this. There's all kinds of both civilian and humanitarian and military planning going on but the factors are just not there". It's also states how Syria's president Bashar al-Assad believes that foreign actors and terrorist for the initial revolt and violence . The fighting is taking place in one of Syria's largest cities Aleppo. Only a couple of Aleppo's 200,000 citizens remain in the middle of the bombing and sniper fire.

I think that the U.S Troops should stay away from Syria. I believe they try to help the people they're trying to attack will come to the U.S and try to attack us. But I also feel bad for the innocent people being killed. Also if the troops go over to Syria when they kill the person they're looking for they're also killing innocent people too.

This article reminds me of when the U.S Troops helped kill Osama Bin Laden and Muammar al Khadafi. When they killed these two horrible men his supporters were devastated. They said that they would get back at the U.S for killing their leader.