Not mature enough to leave campus??

  If you don't already know this, at my High School, Mountain view Freshman aren't allowed to go off campus. But even with this "rule" almost all freshman leave campus anyways. Considering this rule doesn't get enforced at all there really is no point to it. I think that it's also a slap in the face for freshman because it's basically saying we are not good enough or mature enough to go out to eat? I mean really, seriously that's a bunch of BS. So this is definitely a topic that I feel strongly about ;)

Media. Good or Bad?

    When it comes to media we all have different thoughts. When I hear the word media I think hollywood and fake. But is that really true? Many people think that if the media doesn't cover a story then it's not news, well I disagree with this completely. For instance if there is a baby that was born or an animal that was saved out of an abusive home the media might not cover it, but it's still news. Maybe not to you or your sister or whatever but maybe to Aunt Sally or Miss Johnson down the street it is.
     I think that many times the Media covers more unrealistic things and fake things in this world than the important things that people should know, for example which is more important, Britany Spears dumping

K-Fed or world hunger? But the media writes what sells and in this scenario it would be the HUGE TRAMATIC breakup between Britany and K-Fed. Of course if an article about world hunger were to show up in the media people would say oh that's to bad and flip the page.

      Media also is in a sense ruining us, making kids misbehave at an earlier age and teaching them things that they shouldn't know at that young of an age like violence, sex, foul language, and hatred. These things in my opinion are bad, one time one of my friends told me about how her 6 year old little brother is saying every foul word in the book and she was laughing about it! That just pisses me off, i'm sorry but kids shouldn't have to hear that stuff at such a young age. So I think that media can be good in some ways like reporting important things at times but I also think that the Bad out weigh the good so yeah.

Difference Between Blogs and Newspaper Articles!

     After reading the articles by Heidi Swift, I decided that there is quite a difference in blogs and newspaper articles. In blogs you can express more emotion and just say whatever you want, whereas in newspaper articles it has to be more civilized and refined. I think this goes along with the changes of journalism we have been talking about because blogging can be a form of journalism, in my opinion, whereas it didn't used to be.
      Blogging is journalism to me, I believe that since it is writing and is about certain topics, that is just as much journalism as news stories are. To me blogging is writing about topics that interest you and you want to share with other people. It is very important to me that people can talk about what they like, whether it's on paper or on the net.
    I do journal and blog! At night before I go to bed I journal about my day and anything interesting that happened!! I am just now starting to blog but so far it is going good! I love telling people what books and movies I like and fun stuff that I do. I don't really care if they don't like what I do or if they don't like me for what I enjoy and do because that's me and if you can't handle it then get over it and leave me alone because that me and that's who I will always be no matter what. I don't take crap from anyone, and I don't give other people crap. Haha you can call me crazy but you haven't seen anything yet because you really have no idea. So anyways Fox told me to let it rip and thats what I just did! Hope whoever is reading this enjoyed it.
                 Sincerely Miss Cowgirlz

Android or iPhone?

Picture: iPhone is represented by the Apple and the Android is represented by the droid.

  If your into technology, I'm sure that you have heard of both the Android and iPhone. But the question is which one is better? Statistics from Mashable.com say that people prefer the Android over the iPhone.
       I don't personally have experience with either of these phones but family members and friends have owned them. My uncle has an iPhone 4 and he likes it, but doesn't love it. He says it drops calls in the middle of a conversation for no reason at all. One of my teachers has an iPhone as well and he absolutely loves it except for the GPS, he owned an Android before and liked the GPS on it more.
          I thought that this article was written quite well getting to the main point right away and showing much factual information. I hope if you have read this it will help. If you would like to read the article yourself the link is down below! Enjoy!

http://mashable.com/2011/04/26/android-preferred-over-iphone/

Welcome to my Blog Everyone!

                                                          Hey there everybody,

My name is Josie, I am a Freshman in High School and I am creating this blog for my Journalism class at Mountain View High School. I am a cowgirl so don't mess with me :)  I love horses and spending time with my Mom and Dad....I have no siblings but many pets, including our dog Bella, two cats Tazz and Spirit, and a Guinea pig named Bugzie. My favorite song is: Two of a kind working on a full house, by Garth Brooks.... My favorite colors are turquoise and brown.... my best friends are Devann, Morgan, and Kymber.... I am in FFA and I might do softball next year..... My favorite foods are tacos from Rigoberto's and Mothers Chicken from Chans chinese resturant:)Well that's about it hope you like my blogs that I post!!!