Cracking Teenagers

This article is about teenagers today and the internet. In the article researcher Danah Boyd, who believes that the internet is a safe haven for teens these days, she states in the article that as a kid at times she felt very lonely and the internet was an escape for her. She meant so many people and it made her realize that there are so many people out there who are smart just like her. Boyd says often on the internet children can get mentors and friends. Boyd believes that parents are worried about the wrong things these days she says that now the internet is more safe than ever, because children are now "reacting online largely to social changes that take place off line".

"We need to give our kids freedom to explore and experience things online that might happen". In the article Boyd argues that times are now better than they were when she was a kid, she thought she would be dead before the age of 21 because of how much classmates she lost to drug overdoses, suicide, accidents, and a murder". Boyd grew up in a divorced home so for that she felt that the internet was her saving grace , because it helped her realize that there were so many other smart kids out there, and helped her not feel alone.

Boyd thinks that the internet can be a safe place for kids like it was for her, but me not so much, even though studies and statistics, and test say that the violence level before was way worse, I don't think so; even though I'm only 14  to me it doesn't feel that way. I believe that if parents today let their teens "Experience" the internet they risk getting harassed, stalked, or injured. I just don't think its a good idea, I understand that maybe times have gotten better over the years but I just don't think were there yet.

Joe Paterno's death

Im sure by now we all heard about the death of the longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who died on Sunday at 9:25 am, at the age of 85.

Joe Paterno was the coach of Penn States football team for a very long time, he won more games then any other college football coach. He was recently fired(after he announced he would retire) for not reporting the chid sexual abuse scandal he knew about, This ruined his legend and made millions question his integrity. After being fired Paterno Told his team to finish the season with "dignity and determination".

"The 84-year-old Paterno has been engulfed by outrage that he did not take more action after a graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, came to him in 2002 and reported seeing Sandusky in the Penn State showers with a 10-year-old boy. Paterno notified the athletic director, Tim Curley, and a vice president, Gary Schultz."

Some think that because Paterno did notify some one he shouldn't have been fired but obviously the trustees(the ones who decided Paterno's fate) did not think so.

74 days after Joe Paterno was fired he died. It was really hard and shocking to believe, for many people because of how ironic the story is, first he gets fired(ironic), then right after he got fired we find out he has cancer(ironic), then he dies(ironic).Paterno has been Penn States coach for 46 years and 74 days after he gets fired he passes. Some think its depression, stress or anger that led him to have serious complications with his lung cancer.

vh1's hit shows

2011 and 2012 has got to be two of the best years for the channel vh1(video-hits 1). Almost every night a new episode of a hit show comes on, shows like Basketball wives LA, Mob Wives, Love and hip hop and T.I and Tiny:a family hustle.

"Basketball wives LA", which season just ended was a very popular show. It's a show full of basketball player wives,girlfriends, friends, dancers, and some who are just groupies. Basketball wives LA was ranked one of the most social shows in 2011. I think it got so many viewers because of the clashing personalities and drama along with it.





Another hit show of Vh1's is "Mob Wives" which was also ranked one of the most social shows in 2011. "Mob wives" is a show that shows the life of  f a mobsters wife. The cast includes Renee Graziano who's father  and exhusband were mobsters and , Drita D'vanzo who's exhusband is  a mobster who is currently in prison, Carla Faccciolo, a wife of a former mobster, and Karen Gravano who is the daughter of "Sammy the Bull".

"Love and hip hop", a show that follows the lifes of wives and girlfriends of husbands in the industry. This cast includes the girlfriends of  Jim Jones(Chrissy), Fabulous(Emily), Juelz Santana(Kimbella). The show also includes the manager of Jim Jones( Yandy) and a singer in training (Olivia). The show is such a hit because of the fighting, arguments and the parties on the show.

Last but not least "T.I" and Tiny:A family Hustle", which is a show about the rapper T.I and his wife Tiny getting use to raising their children together after T.I getting released from prison. The show is very positive and funny which is why I think it gets so many viewers, because it shows T.I in a different light.

Timeline of Beyonce's pregnancy

Of course bye now we all know about Beyonce and Jay-z's new baby girl Blue Ivy Carter. Even though I am happy for them there has been some talk about how this whole story seems a little fishy and mysterious. The thing about it is when Beyonce first announced her pregnancy at the video music awards late August. Then she later stated that she was due in february in her interview, which means she would have been around four months pregnant. She later said the truth was that she lied to throw off the media so she can have her baby without all of the extra. Later when the 'Oh Baby' video and 'Countdown' video was shot beyonce said she was six months pregnant and that would means she would have had her baby in december some time around christmas. Ever since the interview Beyonce's pregnancy has been the topic of every conversation and has been suspicious to millions.

Another reason why everyone thinks something is a little off with this whole  beyonce pregnancy is because of a picture of he that was taking a day after she announced her pregnancy, in the picture her stomach was a lot smaller than she let everyone believe.

The big interview when beyonce leaned over to sit in her chair and her stomach folded when she bent over. So for that everyone said her stomach might have been fake and she was faking the whole pregnancy.

Along with all of that there has been some talk on wether beyonce has a surrogate mother, which really disappoints and shocks her fans because any time someone choses a route to surrogacy they are looked at as selfish people and loose respect.

The BIGGEST story of 2011: The "Oprah Winfrey show" coming to an end.

Out of the millions of big things that happened in the year of 2011 the Oprah Winfrey show ending has got to be the biggest. For me it was the worst story of 2011 because I love the show and believed that I could never possibly live without it. However on the bright side after 4,500 shows and 30,000 guest she can now get that well deserved break after 25 years. On the show Oprah has always said that ending would not be bittersweet but all sweet, but for me and probably half of America it is all bitter.

Oprah used her last show to thank the people who have been there with her throughout the years (me).her mission for the last show was to inspire her fans to pay it forward wherever they are. On the "last class" she thanked the 30,000 guest that was on her show and shared their secrets on the show. One of the most suprising things of the "Oprah" show finale was that there were no suprizes for the guest, she stated that she just wanted to thank every viewer with her words. This was the biggest story because not only was this something that lasted for a long time but because she is the queen of talk shows and like the mother of all talk show host. Since the show has always been there for like a billion years nobody ever imagined it to not be there.