HELP ELIMINATE ABUSE PLEASE (H.E.A.P IT UP) By Jason Doyle

              

STOP THE ABUSE NOW! CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE.

CHILD ABUSE IS WHERE YOU ARE TOUCHING AND MAKING A CHILD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

CHILD ABUSE WILL HURT THAT CHILD BY MAKING THEM DEVELOP LOW SELF WORTH, LOW SELF CONFIDENCE AND THEY CAN ALSO DEVELOP MENTAL ILLNESS.

CHILD ABUSE IS WRONG.  IT IS HARMFULL TO THE CHILD.

IT HURTS THEIR FEELINGS, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE MEMORIES OF THE ABUSE AS THEY GET OLDER.

 I BELIEVE THAT APART FROM PUTTING THE ABUSER IN PRISON, THEY SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH ACCORDING TO WHAT TYPE OF ABUSE IT IS.

SOME WAYS TO STOP ABUSE OF CHILDREN ARE:

1. PROVIDE SAFE ENVIROMENTS FOR THEM WHO ARE IN DANGER TO GO. 

2. TEACH YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN FORM A YOUNG AGE WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHES.

                                               

explicit music on youths

“Boy shoots friend after listening to Eminem” - This is now a common newspaper headline throughout the world, as more and more youths and children listen to explicit music. Music plays a substantial role in the socialization of children and adolescents. Popular music is present everywhere and is freely accessed through radio, various recordings, the Internet and new technologies, allowing adolescents to listen to it in different settings and situations, alone or shared with friend.

         More often than not, parents are ignorant of the lyrics to which their children are listening. This is the result of the constant downloading and changing of songs. Research on popular music has explored its effects on school work, social interactions, mood and affect and particularly behaviour. The effect that popular music has on children’s and adolescents’ behaviour and emotions is of paramount concern.

          Lyrics have become more explicit in their references to drugs, sex and violence over the years, particularly in certain genres. For example a song like ‘On My Level’ sung by Wiz Khalifa featuring Too Short says that it’s fine to drink and not care about anything. A teenager’s preference could be correlated or associated with certain behaviours. As with popular music, the perception and the effect of music video messages are important, because research has reported that exposure to violence, sexual messages, sexual stereotypes, and substance abuse -- alcohol, illegal drugs and the like - in music videos might produce significant changes in behaviours and attitudes of young viewers; caretakers and parents should be aware of this. Furthermore, with the evidence revealed in these studies, it is essential for us to take a stand regarding music lyrics. Parents should monitor the type of music their children are listening to and song lyrics as this knowledge can benefit them in the future. I thank you for spending a few moments to take the time and reading about the possible harm of explicit music.

By Justin Robinson

Consequence of overdoing it

 

By Tenisha Smart

technology Topic

By Akheron Sam

Techno Info

 

Technology

 By Bridgette Pierre

      Technology include the use of electronic devices used for many different things. We use different forms of technology such as: computers, ipods, cell phones, mp3 etc. These devices benefit us in a lot of different ways, such as us making us able to communicate with persons in different parts of the world through the use of cell phones and computers. We are also able to listen to music, watch news, and get entertainment through ipods, psp, and ipads. Children also use the internet to do research for projects, homework or just for their own benefits.

     There are also a lot of disadvantages to technology. Some of these are:

Distractions- children are being distracted by facebook, games, and porn.

Face book- this is a distraction because children spend more time on face book than they spend doing their homework.

Games- they are distractions because children get addicted to them and this may cause health problems like you may go partially blind and would need glasses.

Porn- it’s distractive because it causes your hormones to act up which causes you to want to have sex. This may cause you to go out and have sex at a very young age which may cause teenage pregnancy and a spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs.

     I think technology is good, it helps us to get work done faster and it is also bad because it causes a lot of addictions (to drugs and cites) and distractions. Some solutions to these problems are: limit the amount of time you spend on the computer and cellphone.

                                    Don’t get too addicted to online games and music.

                                    Stay away from pornography cites.

                                   

                                        

Music on our minds

Effects of the music industry on youths

By Sayie Ollivierre

Music is a very important part of the lives of most people in the world today. Some persons cannot go a day without some sort of music. It has become a very important aspect in the world and has taken a hold on the youths of the society. It has become a very big issue in schools, churches and other institutions.

  Back in the old days the music that was popular used to be conscious and understandable vibes, things that people can relate to and understand. Artistes such as ‘Bob Marley’ ‘Whitney Houston’ ‘Celine Dion’ and others produced nice, understandable and meaningful music.  The music in this generation can be good, but, the majority of music has negative effect on our youths.  Nowadays artistS such as ‘Lil Wayne’ ‘Vybz kartel’ ‘Popcaan’ ‘Eminem’ ‘Drake’ ‘Rhianna’ ‘Niki Minaj’ and not forgetting ‘Jay-Z’ and others, who the majority of young persons look up to and are attracted to, produce a whole bunch of lyrics that people cannot understand, things that don’t make any sense at all, and we seem to like that music because our friends like it and because it is the “new thing’ and everyone seems to love it. I strongly think that the music industry has a very negative effect on the youths today.

  I feel this way because I see it everyday. I see everyday young people are being transformed by the music they listen to. They are influenced by the song writers, these artists who produce these songs that are popular and have a very strong effect on young people who buy these songs and help these singers to make a lot of money. Although there is Christian music and other conscious music that some young people listen to which help to uplift them, and there are some persons who don’t really listen to music but do it when they are bored to keep them occupied, the music these days still have a very negative effect on us. For instance when some artist sing songs and say things such as “shoot him in his head”, “kill him and watch him bleed” and “I cant take it anymore, I cant take life I just want to die”, young people think in the way they think that the artist is thinking and they begin to relate it to what is going on in their lives. So example someone who might be going through a little problem would intake this and even have the urge to do something violent or something that may cause harm to them.

  Some songs produce bad lyrics towards women, they speak about women as if they are a bunch of useless people or some sort of toy and they can do anything to women as they want to. Even some female artists degrade themselves in that manner. When persons like “2-Pac”, “Biggie Small”, and “kartel” sing about “smoking my weed” and those sort of things influence the young men especially who look up to them that it is okay to do. These young men sit down and worship these artists and suddenly, unconsciously at first they start thinking about doing what the song says. They might end up actually smoking, or doing something else what the song says to do, therefore leading to them forgetting who they really are and doing what they listened in that song.

 Additionally some songs influence our young people into sexual activities. The artistes sing so sexually and raw that they make young people think and feel that what they are saying is okay. It then suddenly seems okay to a young man or woman to sing along to these songs and it even gets more okay to do what the song is saying. Therefore these behaviors lead to our young generation becoming degraded, young women can get pregnant and mess up their lives and education, STI’s could pass around like wildfire, it can even turn some persons crazy when they come to realization of how their lives have changed , it can also be the cause of some young people becoming juvenile delinquents.

  We have been looking at how music these days affect us; here are a few illustrations of how this happens:

When we were kids growing up now starting to know ourselves our parents dressed us in baggy clothing and anywhere we go what type of clothing did they men wear? Everyone knows the answer to that “The baggy pants”. And the women: “bell bottom pants”.

 Some years ago a trend came out and even some songs sang about favorite artistes they sang about the well known and popular “PENCIL FOOT”.

I find it a little funny that because and artists sang a song about a pants and then suddenly everyone starts wearing them. Another example from back in the day also; when we were kids we never ever wanted our parents to put a “SNAP BACK” on our head, no child or young person would want their friend to see the down the road in one of those hats. But Look at what is going on now Tyga and Popcaan these famous artist sang a song on that old time hat and now young people are paying up to $100 for one of those hats!. So we can clearly see the influence that these songs have on our young generation.

 

  To try and solve these problems here are some of my solutions; I strongly think that parents play a vital role in monitoring the type of music that their children listen to. They are the ones who should bring up their children in the right way and we all know that music is part of a child’s life when he/she is growing up.

 Also parents should not only monitor the music that their children listen to, but the behavior, we all know that music can change an individual so you as a parent should know how you trained up your child  to be and they way you want him/her to grow up. Music can change a child’s behavior and make them become completely different individuals. So it is the duty of the parent to make sure that the child’s behavior is stable. For example; take a parent who is a Christian, very strict and extremely religious, by the time they see that their child’s behavior has changed just a little they would take immediate actions to get their child on the right track. On the other hand take a parent who is not that involved in their child’s life they leave them to make their own mistakes and learn from it if they see a change in their child they might not have the urge to bother with the situation although it might be on their mind they would not seem to take action until it is very serious, to the extent that the child might do something crucial to him/her self. So basically what I am saying is that parents play a vital role in everything their children do , no matter if you are a single parent or a parent who doesn’t want to tell their child how to live their lives, so they let them make good or bad decisions, a parent who is strict and on guard. All parents have the duty to protect their child from harm and danger and from becoming the individual they didn’t train them to be.

 Another solution is that if you are a person who believes that listening to this song is totally wrong, and then you have control over yourself to not listen to that song. Some religious people don’t listen to music at all, period!! Some people who listen to music have the power and authority that if they think that a song is inappropriate they should not listen to it. There are some persons mainly adults who listen to the type of music that these artist produce so the artist themselves won’t stop making songs that they know would make money, however they do know that young people listen to their music so I think they should try and produce some music that is appropriate at times.

   In conclusion we have looked at the negative impact of the music industry on our youths today and a few examples. Now if those artists are the type of persons who this generation of young people look up to then for my opinion I would say that this generation of young people is getting worse and worse each day. These artists don’t have any respect for themselves or the persons who listen to their music. All they care about is making their money from us they don’t care what happens to the youths or the world. Let’s make a choice, let’s choose right from wrong.

 

To be or not to be

By Nelisha Balcombe

GOD MADE ADAM AND EVE HE NEVER MADE ADAM AND STEVE!!! Nelisha Balcombe

The act homosexuality has raised the discussion among our youths; is homosexuality wrong? What causes it? How can it be dealt with?

   Homosexuality, which is the romantic sexual attraction or behaviour between members of the same sex or gender, is wrong!

 I take you to the book of Romans chapter 1, verses 25and 26; yes quoted in scriptures evidentially that God made men for women and any one that goes the opposite he will give them over to a reprobate mind, to do those which are not convenient, for those who commit such things are worthy of death. Youths, the world is sweet for you today do you want to face that penalty? Yes God made Adam and Eve; it was never Adam and Steve.

   It is stated that persons that are homosexuals are born that way. Youths do not let Lady Gaga brainwash you with the thought that they were born that way. I strongly disagree because my research tells me it can be caused by emotional and physical problems. First of all let’s look at the first one

      One of the most reason today why youths especially men having sex with men is because of materialism. Their eyes ‘get long’ when there are stuff like blackberry, mp3, Clarks and all sort of stuff, you don’t get these and you’re a considered to be a “non human-being”. The boys can’t afford it but wants to keep up with the trend and they want to be the center of attention, so that others will ask them at school “ah wey yo get dah new clarks dey darddy” he wants money in the pocket to keep up with the “shotta” life, and tends to go all out to have it just for “popularity”.

Their mother or father doesn’t have in so instead he gives himself away to other guys.

  Music plays a vital part in youth of today that influences them to take part in homosexuality, Girls having favorite role models artist like Britney spears and Madonna kissing each other bringing them to be copycats whatever those artist do they do it also. Katy Perry Singing “I kissed a girl and I like it” clearly gives Girls the “OK to go and experiment, turns out it’s not only kissing but it’s what happens next.

Parental figure…a youth growing up without a father or any male parenting of any sort, as he grow up he never had that experience of fatherly love so he builds that desire to be loved by a man, and because of lack of the experience as a result he becomes a homosexual. This tells us it happens because of how he was brought up.

   Sexual abuse is another aspect  because that itself can mess up with a persons mind making he/she feels confused as to what gender they should pursue or is accustom too. A male/female relatives or even a friend introducing teenagers by taking advantage of them engaging them in sexual activities those teenagers now becomes victims because they were welcome by that feeling and goes publicly thinking its “OK” and take away the innocence of others of the same sex that method is called adapting and therefore it becomes a motto that is hard to restrain from.

   Youths who had experiences with the opposite sex because they are young come to the conclusion that, maybe this isn’t for them. The boys comes to despise women and vise-versa, then he/she comes into intimate contact with the same sex who has the same problem starts comforting each other, spending quality time both becomes attach and feel ‘happy’.

   Youths who are reading this or even those of you young people who are homosexuals, do you ever take the time to study how it can affect your lives, your future even your family? This act can cause depression, always have to be thinking “what do I do? No one is going to accept me for this. I will be the center of attention.” They get so depressed and confused that they become suicidal and may even take their own lives.

   Nobody likes the feeling of being rejected because of their status. Think about you being rejected from getting a job, the career you always wanted just because of this homosexuality. It becomes frustrating because you can’t be independent and things get rough.

   Your friends at school despise you. At church, the members wouldn’t want to sit down next to you because you’re considered “unclean”.

 Youths would you like to face these consequences? Would you like your friends to go through all this pain?

 

   My youths, there is not a single person in this world who was born a homosexual. Pray without ceasing for the Bibles says “With Him ALL things are possible.” Go to a counselor or a therapist where you are more comfortable expressing yourself, they would listen and understand and help carry you down the right path.

I have known of friends who were homosexual at the end of the prayer, counseling and support, they are now asking themselves “what was I thinking?”

The devil is a liar”.

Remember no one is born a homosexual. It is never too late so please take my advice.