Boston Strong (the page)

The Boston Marathon terrorist attack was like a dream or a movie to me. I didn't believe it was really happening. I was in such shock that I didn't even react to it. I was scared because Norton isn't that far away from Boston and no one knew where they were going. Seeing the picture of Dzhokar dropping the bag off next to the little boy was really upsetting. How could someone do that and not feel any emotion at all? My thoughts go out to those who were injured. 

Boston Strong (article)

            Last week at the Boston Marathon two bombs went off and two bombs were detonated. One hundred plus people were injured and three people died including 8 year old Martin, who was sitting right next to the bomb. The city of Boston was in shock because this was the first terrorist attack since 9/11. Boston Police reacted quickly to help save injured people. Citizens helped and comforted each other. Runners finished the race and continued running to the hospital to give blood. Everyone was there for each other. The FBI worked hard to find the bombers. Two brothers from Russia were on the run. They stole cars and had a shoot outs. Thursday night the oldest brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed during a shoot out and the youngest brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still on the run. Finally on Friday he was found in a Watertown civilian’s back yard hiding in a boat.

            As a teenage high school student I feel like this is all a dream or some movie I watched at the movie theater. I never thought my city of Boston would be attacked. I was with my boyfriend when I found out. We were sitting in my room watching a movie on my laptop without our phones. Half way through the movie we checked twitter to see a hundred tweets about how something happened at the Boston Marathon. We went downstairs and turned on the news and I was in complete shock. My eyes were glued to the television and I swear I didn’t speak a word for about an hour. I felt like I was watching the wrong television station. If I could ask Dzhokhar one question it would be why? Boston is such a powerful and strong city there was no way they were getting away with it. It’s funny to think that they thought they would get away. WE are Boston and WE are strong.

Interview Assignment Article

                Since 2008 my nana has been battling lung cancer. The sickness has shown up in multiple spots on her lungs. She found out she had lung cancer after going to the emergency room for a heart attack. She said “they took an x-ray to my primary care doctor and there was something there.” It was the most disappointing surprise our family has gotten in a long time. Not knowing much about the disease before she got it, she had to get surgery to get it away. She went almost five years until “it showed up on a different area on my lung. So I went for a biopsy and it was cancer. I went on radiation [and] now its scar tissue.” There have been multiple outbreaks of theories that there is a cure for cancer. I asked what her opinion on that was and she replied, “I heard that a long time ago. It probably is true… all these doctors would be out of a job. But I don’t know how true it is. If they did have one you’d think they would come forward with it.” Usually when doctors tell a patient that the cancer is gone they are so ecstatic about it. My nana said that her doctor just said, “It is just scar tissue don’t let anyone tell you different.” In my opinion that is a rotten way to tell a patient that their cancer is gone.

With New Techonology, Trust Has Been Lost.

            Because of the new technology we have, many parents have invested in car cameras, house cameras, tracking devices and more to see their children’s every move. New phones have apps that can put a GPS in a phone to see where someone is. Car cameras and a GPS to see where their child is going and what they are doing in their car. House cameras to see what their child is doing in every room. Parents go as far as reading their children's text messages and looking through their pictures. Whether it’s going on the website to spy on their child or they leave their phone on the couch to go to the bathroom. Is that messed up or is that just me?

        Parents do not realize how this makes us feel. We feel like we cannot be trusted and we feel like they are invading our privacy. How are we supposed to gain trust if the parents do not trust them in the first place? My father said, “I would never do that to you. It shows how insecure some parents really are. I wouldn’t know how to work it anyways.”

        My opinion on these kinds of devices is that they are really weird. I would feel uncomfortable if my parents ever had one of these for me. I also think that if parents shelter their kids they are going to rebel even more. For instance there is a new show on TV called Preachers Daughters. One daughter, Taylor, is 17 years old and her father will not let her date. He said she can date when she moves out. So she went behind his back and went to a hotel party. Her mother’s curiosity of where she was led her to ask the mother of the girl where Taylor said she was staying. I know my parents would never do this. I think even if they thought I was doing something bad they wouldn’t want to know. 
       Parents obviously want to know what their children are doing but there is a line between being a crazy obsessive parent and a concerned parent. With parents and there children there needs to be trust, and in order to trust your child  you need to set them free. I will never be the parent who looks through my children's bags and room while they aren't around because I know I will need to trust. When is too much, too much?