The petition, "Stop participating in the cruel and inhumane slaughter of alligators," is about the treatment and the environment alligators are kept in so they can be skinned alive to make different accessories for us to wear or use. Their lives are spent in cramped up and very dirty pools along with being kept in very dark sheds that does not have any sunlight, fresh air, clean water, and basic medical care. I hate to see animals be treated like this. What are your thoughts on how these animals are taken care of and how they are treated? Let us join together to help these poor animals avoid inhumane treatments and shine a new light on their future.
(Warning Graphic Video!!!! Do not watch unless supervised or if old enough, watch if you can handle the images)
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Change of title to the blog.
Hey guys! As you can see, I have changed the title of the blog. I will be posting petitions on here and also might be sharing some videos of me and some of my friends working at a Haunted Isle I volunteer at (we raise money for a museum and for animals). I want to help make a change for animals and if you feel the same, feel free to join in! On that matter, here is the first petition: Tell South African Airways to stop shipping slaughtered wildlife trophies.
Animals in Africa are being hunted and killed and then the hunters take home their "trophies" on the Airlines, that allow them to bring them aboard as luggage, decorate their homes. Let's help change this matter!
Animals in Africa are being hunted and killed and then the hunters take home their "trophies" on the Airlines, that allow them to bring them aboard as luggage, decorate their homes. Let's help change this matter!
It's Complicated Chapter 2
In Chapter 2 of, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, Boyd talks about the issue of privacy on social media. She states that the common teen practices of hiding what is on their social media has historically been sure signs of teens unhealthy obsession with privacy or rejection. A friend of Boyd, named Waffles, says that thinking teenagers don't like the idea of privacy is just ignorant and inconsiderate on the adults part. Parents used to just worry about what their teens were wearing when they left the house, but now they worry what their teens are doing on the internet which causes them to look over their children's shoulder to see what they are doing. To me, I like a little privacy once in a while, but other than that I have nothing to hide. If I want to share something I wouldn't want my parents to see then i would not share it at all. I do get the occasional, "Who are you talking to?," or, "What are you looking at?," from my parents. When this happens, I just answer truthfully and they understand if I show them.
Understanding why parents invade their teens privacy needs to be seen too. Parents worry that their teens are putting themselves on danger when they talk with other people on social media or are afraid that their child is going to share something that would put them in danger online. I can understand from the parents view as to why they want to see what teens are putting on their pages. Boyd explains that because teens share too much on social media, it is harder for them to get the privacy they want due to the media causing the want for privacy to be ignored. I agree with this explanation because if you want privacy, why would you go and share things you wouldn't want anyone to see on social media? That doesn't make sense as to why would you throw out your personal lives on social media when you complain that your privacy is being invaded. I say, don't share anything on the social media you would regret later.
Understanding why parents invade their teens privacy needs to be seen too. Parents worry that their teens are putting themselves on danger when they talk with other people on social media or are afraid that their child is going to share something that would put them in danger online. I can understand from the parents view as to why they want to see what teens are putting on their pages. Boyd explains that because teens share too much on social media, it is harder for them to get the privacy they want due to the media causing the want for privacy to be ignored. I agree with this explanation because if you want privacy, why would you go and share things you wouldn't want anyone to see on social media? That doesn't make sense as to why would you throw out your personal lives on social media when you complain that your privacy is being invaded. I say, don't share anything on the social media you would regret later.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
It's Complicated Chapter 1
Reading the first chapter of Danah Boyd's It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, was a little difficult for me to understand to be honest. However, there were somethings I understood like how kids created fictional names for their accounts online to make or find an identity of themselves. I didn't understand why they would hide themselves away from their friends and families if they weren't comfortable with them commenting or sharing their opinions on their accounts. There are teens who want to fit in with the crowd and try to show that off to the public online or they don't want to be isolated from those around them because they don't fit in the click. Others would create and identity to catch up with what was going on in the world and what new items were coming out at the time. Danah explains how she has seen kids follow posts that they thought were good to follow without thinking who can see them follow that post or how people might react to what they followed.
When I first started out on social media, I was not sure how anything worked or what was most popular with other kids at the time. As I grew to understand how things worked, I never once thought about how my family would see what I wrote in my posts or how I communicated with others because there was nothing to hide. Now I understand what this reading was about when it talked about how teens would hide themselves away in their fictional profiles or limit what they do on their profiles to keep their family from embarrassing them or reading the conversations they have with other people. I am not one to be very public with my account, I like to keep to myself or to my family and friends that I am close to. Reading this chapter, I found that their are kids who would block or limit what is shared to people on their pages because they don't want to be embarrassed by that one friend or family member that can not take a hint on how they don't need to comment on your posts. I found this strange because why would you share something you don't want anyone to see to the world on your post? If you don't want a family member or friend to comment on your post, then why would you share or say it?
Being parents with kids who are on their electronics can be hard because their kids are sharing and communicating with others online, but are spending less and less time with their families. My family had to find different activities to keep off the electronics and I thank them for that because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be very social with those around me and then that would be very awkward because you wouldn't know how to communicate with others face-to-face because of how much time you spend on the internet (social media).
When I first started out on social media, I was not sure how anything worked or what was most popular with other kids at the time. As I grew to understand how things worked, I never once thought about how my family would see what I wrote in my posts or how I communicated with others because there was nothing to hide. Now I understand what this reading was about when it talked about how teens would hide themselves away in their fictional profiles or limit what they do on their profiles to keep their family from embarrassing them or reading the conversations they have with other people. I am not one to be very public with my account, I like to keep to myself or to my family and friends that I am close to. Reading this chapter, I found that their are kids who would block or limit what is shared to people on their pages because they don't want to be embarrassed by that one friend or family member that can not take a hint on how they don't need to comment on your posts. I found this strange because why would you share something you don't want anyone to see to the world on your post? If you don't want a family member or friend to comment on your post, then why would you share or say it?
Being parents with kids who are on their electronics can be hard because their kids are sharing and communicating with others online, but are spending less and less time with their families. My family had to find different activities to keep off the electronics and I thank them for that because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be very social with those around me and then that would be very awkward because you wouldn't know how to communicate with others face-to-face because of how much time you spend on the internet (social media).
Monday, September 7, 2015
Who I am.
Hi! My name is Amanda Colon. I am a Elementary Education major at Southern Connecticut University. I'm not sure on how to work a blog, but I will try my hardest. I enjoy playing with kids and would really love to work with them soon as an elementary teacher. I enjoy listening to music, watching criminal and medical shows, and I enjoy making random videos when I get bored. This blog is open to what everyone loves to do when they have free time or when your just bored.
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