Article of the Week

                 This week's article is entitled, " Teens Sexual Assault Survivors Felt Isolated and Alone. Now They're Uniting to Protect Others,"talks about how rape victims come together to form a program to help teens girls. Four girls from different parts of the country dealt with similar haunting stories about being physically assaulted. The four girls all dealt with feeling alone and unloved, but now they have come together and formed a program to inform students about rape and assault. The program is called Safe Bae and this program is formed to allow students to inform others about sexual violence and assault in their schools. This article is significant because these four girls turned their negative situation into something positive. They are informing students about sexual harassment and violence to make sure that what was done to them does not happen to anyone else.

Article of the Week

       This week's article is entitled,"Death by Selfie." The article shares that more people have been killed taking a selfie than by shark attacks in the past year. Some deaths have been caused by photo-takers falling off cliffs, crashing cars, being hit by trains, and shooting themselves while posing with guns. These events have gotten so bad that countries have banned the use of selfie taking like Mumbai and Pamplona. This article is significant in today's society because people are killing themselves to get the "perfect" picture. They are willing to risk their lives and the lives of others to save that one epic moment. No selfie or photo is that important to put your life in danger. It is very baffling to see that individuals don't realize how foolish their decisions can be. It is okay to take a nice selfie, but when people are dying just to get the coolest pic, a selfie is not worth it.

article of the week

           This week's article is entitled, "Sleepy Teens Are More Likey to Engage in Risky Behavior." A new study now suggests that teens who do not get enough rest tend to do risky things that will cause injuries. 500,000 high school students were surveyed and some of the choices that these teens made were: texting while driving, not wearing a helmet when on a bicycle, not wearing a seatbelt, and riding in a car with a person who is drinking and driving. The results from the survey showed that these teens only got 7 hours or less sleep while teens who got 8-10 hours did not engage in such risky behavior. The National Sleep Foundation says in order for teens to get enough rest, electronics need to be removed from the bedrooms and the Center for Disease Control suggests that you should go to bed and wake up at the same time each day. This article is very significant because every hour of the day a young person gets into an accident because they did not make the right decision. Studies have now shown that insufficient rest is a big factor in making these risky decisions. We should be promoting getting enough rest to teens today in order to prevent them from potentially losing their life at the wrong time. This study shows that it is important to get enough rest. Not getting enough sleep can be fatal to an individual.