violence

Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been violence against women. I remember when my friends aunt was getting abused by her husband. This was about 3 years ago, but I didn't know she was getting abused. They just use to argue so i didn't think it was a big problem until she showed my mom her cuts and bruises.

For decades, people have loved going to the movies. It's entertainment as well as enjoyment, is a way to escape from reality. It can bring us happiness, or sadness, as well as fear, and laughter, movies can do it all. Its the perfect place that we can all relax and enjoy a good show (or bad one depending on the movie). But lately there's been a major increase in violence, some recent events that are just outright monstrous. But could movies really be the cause of some of this violence? And if so, what can we even do about it?

First when I started reading this novel calls, "Down These Mean Streets" I thought there would be something about young black guy who always cause the problem in the community. I can not imagine something else but black guy with a tough body and he would not scared of anything, but always try to do something that challenging. This picture is still in my mind now even though I already knew that it about Puter Rican guy.

My first impression about this book was I thought there was going to be a lot of violence happening in this book because of the title. I also thought the main character was going to have a struggle in their life and no one can help them, but have to live their life by changing their life to the street lifestyle.

The introduction to Things Get Hectic by Philip Kay is very interesting because it relates to everyday life in our world today. He talks about gang violence and how police officers are really corrupted and don't do their job correctly. He explains how youth violence has always been there. I find this book to be very interesting to me because I feel that i will be able to relate to it so much and agree with most of what they are saying. What I have been thinking about in my book since the last time that I read it is, how these kids die so young from bombings on the train to stabbing.

A tweet by @deborahbowman calling out the ‘unknowns’ of schizophrenia directed me to a New York Times editorial by a private practice psychiatrist about the failed approach many people are taking towards dealing with people who suffer from mental illness. Steinberg believes that our world today is more concerned with privacy and staying away from ‘labeling’ others than we are about protecting the regular citizens that have been harmed in an onslaught of school, movie theatre, and shopping mall shootings.

First Draft: Violence in the Real World
People of all ages have witnessed violent outbreaks. Whether it’s in their community, household, or personal experience. However, is the violence displayed on television truly comparable to violence in the real world? We are now living in a violent world, where media plays a major part in social aspects. Is the media depicting a reasonable image of violence, or nurturing viewers into something worse?

I think the article is quite difficult for people to comprehend because looking at the statistics, the less people that there are in jail the less crime there is. Most people would think that there is something wrong because if more 'bad' people are in prison, there would be less crime, but that isn't the case. Another weird thing is that when crime in New York was low, crime in the United States was high and when crime in the United States was low, crime in New York was high. What causes this to happen?

I see violence around me every day. Whether it’s in school, on the streets or television. There are reports every day on the news revolving around violence. They talk about people getting shot, “jumped” and murdered. Although violence is a bad thing, I have realized some of the aspects that can cause it. Violence is linked to economic issues and poverty. Since the issue of poverty takes a while to settle, people get frustrated with the wait. I feel that people try to “solve” their problems by out breaking violently. Whenever there is a recession the violence rate seems to rise.

According to a recent study, "a new brain imaging study suggests that emotional responses to violence appear to diminish in teenage brains exposed to a stream of violent videos." Does this mean that the youth of today are becoming immune to violence through video games and easy access to violent videos via internet? Although the study did not track teens' tendency toward aggression with constant exposure to violence, it did show that the brain grew bored after a certain period of time. This shows emotional dampening after longer exposure to violence.

Is rap music setting a bad example to younger kids?

In today's rap culture all you hear about is sex,drugs,violence,and money. Are all of these things setting a bad example to the youth of this generation? Are kids being pressured by this music because it's "what's in" and in order to be "popular" you have to listen, and act like you " fit in" to this crowed?

Their words pierced the body like knives, but hurts more than the actual wounds.As their screams echo across the hall with undoubtable hatred. Their words killed the mood as the fists begin to fly. By dawn they’re overwhelmed by exhaustion and shame, they lay on the floor with blank faces. Breathing heavily. Their eyes meet and the feeling of nothing but grief swallows the soul. She stood up then walked to the bathroom. She stared at herself then attempted to fix her hair in shards of broken glass. As she looked at herself and said, “I want you to leave.”