Driving Under the Influence: Safety Matters

Community Profile: Cause and Effect

Community profile: Cause and effect 

In the article “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” describes the problem of how there are many road kills and how one-third are alcohol related. What author Addis Abada suggest we do about the problem of drunk driver; we should punish them like those who purposely kill someone. What Addis means by this is that those who kill we punish them by locking them up, but those who are drunk, and kill aren't punished as they should, the author suggest we do something about drunk drivers before anyone is injured. No one should drink and drive to begin with because they know it's illegal and could possibly harm or kill someone. It's very devastating when the innocent one has to suffer what the drunk driver did. I believe we should do something about it now before any more accidents happen. Also, I dislike how people and the maps show when there's a checkpoint, I believe all those who drive under the influence should get caught since someone can get injured. "someone who does an act knowing it is likely to cause death is just as blameworthy as someone who did the act intending to cause death.” I agree with this quote because in the end, both killed someone except one doesn’t do the time as both situations did the crime which is clearly unfair to the victim and their family, during both situations I'm sure they know it's wrong and isn't right. 

Community Profile: Quote Sandwich

Quote Sandwich-The Life of Sonia

            In English 001A, we are learning to insert quote sandwiches into our research paper. Below is a quote sandwich that i wrote about with a little razzle dazzle from a group discussion on "The COD College Experience." The picture inserted is my classmate Sonia who interviewed, she is quite the gal and i see her going places.

Sonia is a on and off student. She is from Salton City. Sonia's first class ever was Menu Planning where it teaches you how to construct a menu and how to price the item in the menu. She took this class to help prepare her for her major which is business. Sonia chose this major because ever since she was twelve years old, her dream was to run her own business which involved opening her very own café. Her dream wasn’t always to run a café but a bakery, the reason that is, is because she loves baking but she admits, “it'll involve a lot of my time and having to cook so many goodies like cakes and having to decorate.” she stopped this dream for quite some time and focused more on working but after two to three year she decided to give college another try and to try and pursue her dream. Sonia chose College of the Desert because she believed it was cheap and wanted to stay close to family, she can't imagine herself transferring but if she did, she would transfer to Brigham Young University in Idaho.  

Bee Tattoo

Bee Tattoo 

    A bee is a small creature that can make a large contribution globally. A bee is a very important insect in our life, without bees we’d lose most of our plants and crops. Cross-pollination helps 30 percent of the world's crops and 90 percent of our wild plants to thrive. Bees are one of the main reasons were alive today since they produce most of our crops, we eat today. This bee tattoo is located on the girl's bicep on her right arm where the black and yellow bee looks as if it's about to land on a flower taking its sweet tasting nectar. I chose this tattoo because it has a lot of meaning to me which reminds me of my grandpa. The reason that is, is because he told me to never fear a bumble bee for, they are special type of creatures that help us survive in this world, without them many plants we rely on for food would die off. My grandpa always reminded me how they are our friends because they help us survive. When a bee lands on you it's because it gathers sun, warmth and moisture. 

There is no saying or words but a creature, an insect on the wearer of this tattoo. To me when I see the insect, I see happiness and a savior other may see an aggressive and useless insect but there's way much more to a bee than what people think, what people mainly fear from a bee is to get stung like lighting being struck; I don’t fear that. When people see the tattoo, they most likely will think the person who got the tattoo has love for the creature or question “why a bee?”. The first thing they’ll see is a bee flying, some may think it looks like it's going to sting the girl on her arm getting the taste of pain, and some may think the bee is flying or about to land on a delicate little flower like a bee. Something they are going to miss is how bees mean more than just a creature that gives us honey or a creature that just stings people for no apparent reason, they miss the part where bees give us more than honey, they give us plants and food. Bees don’t sting people just to die in the end, they do it to protect their hive or fear they are under attack; wasp are creatures we should be more afraid of. I think people should step into the footsteps of others before harming or judging them. Someone today who would get a tattoo would want it to have a lot of meaning and bees are very meaningful since they are our key to survival. If it were up to me, I would get this tattoo since they remind me of happiness and make flowers happy by keeping them alive by pollinating them.