As you get older, you are more likely to know more and understand more about current events. What are three major news stories happening in the world right now? How would these stories affect you and your life if you were an adult?
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As you get older, you are more likely to know more and understand more about current events. What are three major news stories happening in the world right now? How would these stories affect you and your life if you were an adult?
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Parker Dasher
1/11/2013 12:34:38 am
Today alot of things are happening. Things that may seem small yet are big to adults. We teens understand what is happening today we just do not realize how much they will affect us as adults. Recently their have been shooting that bring up one major question. What should we do about guns? In Congress they have been debating exactly that. They have been debating over gun restrictions and ammo restrictions.
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Isabella Johnson
1/15/2013 06:11:34 am
Many things are happening in our world today. One of the major events happening is the gun laws. The gun laws have been discussed more ever since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School occured. So many parents were devastated whenever they got a phone call that they had lost their child. If I were older, and had a child, I would be too scared to send them back to school. I would be afraid I would lose them. This is one reason why they want gun laws to be enforced.
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cody ellis
1/16/2013 04:30:11 am
There are many events i could talk about. Im only going to focus on three of them. If i was and adult i would be affected by many thing. Some i dont think i would be able to handle. Im glad im still a kid because i have freedom. Anyway lets get started.
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Brady Douglas
1/16/2013 05:48:14 am
As I get older I will be able to understand more of what people are talking about. There were three things that happened this past week there was a shooting in Conneticat, Walmart was in lockdown, and a nine year old was kidnapped. There was a shooting at an elamentary school in Coneticate. A lot of families lost their own kids during that unfaithfull event. The Walmart in Springfield was under lock down. There were suposedly a bomb inside but really it turned out to be kidds pulling a prank. A nine year old girl was kidnapped by her mother about a couple days ago. The little girl was missing for a week before investagaters found out that she was taken. All of these stories happened for a reason and I am not sure why. If you see something that dosent look right you should report to the athoreties.
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Ravian Johnson
1/11/2013 04:25:18 am
Today alot of things are going on in the world. Some of those are simple. Like, of course alot of people are getting killed. Only because some people who own guns are acting responsible and mature with them. If you are a person that just has a family and big house you are not supposed to go around killing people. I am sure you are only supposed to have a gun to protect your house when there is an emergency.
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Nicolas Newton
1/11/2013 07:44:18 am
There do be lot of things happening today that we are experiencing in this world today.there are people killing other people and sometimes we hear that someones house is on fire or either on fire. that's something that can happen to us or our family. when you get grown and you out there on your own you would be really worried.
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Ben Jackson
1/14/2013 12:44:08 am
In the word today there are many things that . Afect the word today . Also life as we Americains know it today . There are events and catatraphies that happen over sea that effect Us adults and citizens.These things change the prices of everday things that we need . It can also increase the regulations and availabilty of certain items
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Justin Mcdonald
1/14/2013 04:35:49 am
Now, many of events occured as a effect on issues that are going have to have a huge impact in our adult life. Many things in the modern - real world will affect us as adults if we aren't successful. Gas prices are a major issue today in life. Many gas prices raised to $5.00 a gallon or close to that a gallon. Our economy are struggling poorly. If gas rise over $5.00 a gallon the driving will slow down massively. This world is increasing in tax, grocery prices, car prices, and many more. If our gas prices dont decrease many people will be in finace binds if they aren't successful. Do you agree with these details given above and below?
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Justin Mcdonald
1/16/2013 04:30:42 am
Their are many of things that I would change as a president. The first thing that I would change is violence rate because there are so many crimes in the passed year. More innocent people have got killed more than guility people. We need to make a change because if we dont make a change people will just be getting killed for anything. Sometimes people can just be walking to their vehicle and be gunned down that instant. Sometimes its the total opposite because you can have something on your mind excluding dealth and stilled will get charged at. I believe that their should be regstraion on your fire-arm befor you purchase and/or recieve them. Their are so many of people using weapons for bad perposes and reasons.
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Grace Liebl
1/14/2013 06:29:06 am
There are alot of things in the world today going on that effect peoples lifes. Some of these things are little and somethings are big. Somethings that are big are gun rights the flu. Gas prices has even gone up. Those are some big things happening in the world today. Now theses are only a few things. Their are many more though. If you keep reading you will see why these effect the world today.
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Monique Overstreet
1/14/2013 10:09:15 am
Well their are a lot of things going on in this world today and the three major things are with people,money,and prices.Americans have a lot of trouble with this,but sometimes not because it depends how much you get paid at work too.It gets harder to pay for things today than back in the day.Also people can effect your life by how and what they do in life.These things are the main big people struggle in life with.People think these are harder abilities to do in life too.So what. do you thing about all this ?
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John Fort
1/14/2013 10:30:07 pm
There are alot of things in the world today going on that effect peoples lifes. Some of these things are little and somethings are big. Somethings that are big are gun rights the flu. Gas prices has even gone up. Those are some big things happening in the world today. Now theses are only a few things. Their are many more though. If you keep reading you will see why these effect the world today.
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Peyton Boyd
1/14/2013 10:37:05 pm
I know that they are rebuilding the destroyed cities after hurricane sandy. this would affect me by having to work more, money issues, and they government having new rules. I would have to work harder timies would be getting hard. I would also have to get lower pay days because they would take money from me to give to the people. This would also be hard if i was affected by it. this could hurt the family and hurt the budget.
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Lexie Monroe
1/14/2013 10:37:20 pm
Today there are a lot of things that can effect you as you get older and become an adult. The gas prices just keep rising and rising. Grocery prices are also going up more and more. Another thing that is going to effect you when you get older is your job. If you dont have a good school background, your not going to have that good of a job, so how are you going to afford gas,grocerys, and the bills?
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David Oliver Covington
1/14/2013 10:37:58 pm
Often times in society things happen that are less than desireable. For instance, 2012 was a year with a lot of shootings. How about the fact that plenty of people are out of work. Not to mention all of the natural disasters this year.
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Matthew Barbour
1/14/2013 10:38:42 pm
Alot of things are happening around us in the world today. One thing that is occuring alot is killings and murders. They want to make a law that gets rid of all guns. They are afraid of other murders happening and more people getting killed. Several events of major killings has happened in just one year. The government feels that taking guns away may help the problem. Some people feel this is bad because they don't use the guns to kill. Peole use the guns to protect themselves or hunt.
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Chris Mathers
1/16/2013 10:34:06 am
There are 3 things I am going to tell you about that are going on in the world today. The first is about the marine that is finally free today. He got free recently but then got put back into Mexican jail. He was released today. He was sick for a week so he got taken to a doctor.There was a special on it today. I just saw a bit of it because I was eating dinner.
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Chris Mathers
1/16/2013 11:03:20 am
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Cody Hilbert
1/14/2013 10:39:48 pm
They are many things today that will affect us as we are geting older. Some of us kids just don't reallize how much these things wil affect us in life. Some us just say oh thats not going to happen to me when I grow up well your. The taxes can affect your life even gas. The govnerment is one big situtaion that will affect your life to as you get older too. So you have to think about some of these things to. Don't think that this won't happen to you at somepoint in your life.
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Shannon Merritt :D
1/14/2013 11:25:50 pm
The things going on today that i know of is the shootings. When i see them i remember the little kids that died in the school that one day because the guy was sickly ill. I also know about the robery at the store where a woman was shot in the back and she survived. I know there is fighting going on in other countries still trying to get there independnce from the ruler. Also the little girl being shot in the head by speaking out in her country.
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chasidy bryant
1/14/2013 11:42:36 pm
Things going on to day that i know about is shootings.It affect me because when i get older i wouldnt want to leave my house.Never know someone can shoot at me.If they shoot at other people im sure they will shoot at me to.Like at sandy hook elementry school how someone just went in there an started shoot and killed kids an teachers. i wouldnt want my kids to grow up in something like that.
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Alyssa Brinson
1/14/2013 11:43:22 pm
As I get older I understand stuff more and better. Like one thing I remember is the shooting of sandy hook elementry school. Every time i see that I think of all those little kids and there parents. Just think of all of those kids who got shoot and killed, there family and parents life will never be the same. They have to wake up everyday knowing that they cant go wake up there boy or girl for school. On the holidays like christmas and stuff while everyone one else is shopping for there kids there not its so sad. I dont see how that man could do that.
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Makayla Williams
1/14/2013 11:44:37 pm
Today in the world will effect us tomorrow, a week later, even years later. Don't you think so? Just like the people are getting banned and even having it harder for them to get guns. It's because of the shootings in Sandy Hill Elementary. 26 people died that day! So that will very much change for years and years to come.
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Jared Holland
1/14/2013 11:50:26 pm
There are many things happening in the world today. Most of them don't really affect me since I'm not an adult. Some of them however, can affect me. Most of the news happening in the middle east dosen't affect me. News like all of the civil war over there. News on the Conneticut shooting affects me. It affects me because it is in the United States, which is where I live. Some news that also affects me is the hostage situation that happened in Rincon, which is 15 minutes from my house.
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Paige Giles
1/15/2013 12:54:51 am
To begin with, many changes and news stories are happening in the world today. One including the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It didn't happen in my state but it would affect me if I was an adult. Actions like these would make me worried that someone in my city would do something like that! If I had kids it worry me even more about sending them to school. Also, because of this shooting, new gun laws are being considered. This would affect the safety I feel by not being able to get a gun to protect myself with.
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brantley emanuel
1/15/2013 12:55:44 am
Today alot of things are happening. Things that may seem small to us are yet are big to adults. most of them dont effect my every day life because im not an adult. some of the reasons i have seen that prolly would effect me if i was an adult would be like the prices of gas all aroung the U.S. also that conneticut shooting effected me because. now the govermenet is trying tom band weapons such as guns. and the war would effect me because if they need money for sdomething there going to raise thj taxes.
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Dalton Mincey
1/15/2013 12:56:21 am
Older people know more about whats going on around them, such as current events, and problems in society. Older people tend to pay more attention to the things around them. Why, you might ask, because the things around them affect the way they live.Gas prices, food prices, and taxes are good examples of current events that effect older people.
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Dustin Briglin
1/15/2013 12:56:50 am
Recently there have been things happening in America that will change the future. Like the Sandy Hook school shooting. Just recently some whack job busted in an Elementary school and killed twenty kids and six adults. He also killed two other people outside of school. This made the nation cry and in a way to make sure that this may never happen again Congress in talking about the gun laws. They are going to make background checks stricter and maybe take away semi automatics.
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Blake Richardson
1/15/2013 12:57:51 am
In the modern society many things are happening.But what people dont relize ism that thes thigs effect us teens too.Like for example obesity parents and schools are cutting certian food. But what about the people who arent obese. Why should they have limits on what they can and cant eat.That is just crazy because if fat people want to not be made fun of why not just go on a diet. Its their fault for eating fatineing stuff.
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Colbe Fulcher
1/15/2013 12:58:41 am
In our world today, many things are going on. However, I am only 13 years old. I don't understand most of it. Things like our economy, mass killings, and terrorism are just a few. I will probably have to deal with this when I get older, though. I know I will stress out when I'm older!
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part 2
1/15/2013 06:17:55 am
Right now, I have little knowledge of what the economy is. I mean, why don't we just print more money! (see, I don't know anything about the economy!) I will understand it more when I am older, though. I will have to pay taxes.
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Cade Zipperer
1/15/2013 03:42:04 am
There are alot of things in the world today going on that effect peoples lifes. Some of these things are little and somethings are big. Somethings that are big are gun rights the flu. Gas prices has even gone up. Those are some big things happening in the world today. Now theses are only a few things. Their are many more though. If you keep reading you will see why these effect the world today.
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angel harris
1/15/2013 03:55:44 am
Today in the world lots of things are affecting peoples lives.You might even suffer from them.The first thing,poverty.Poverty in this world today has affected many lives and has caused many death's.in america there is probably one third of the population suffering from poverty as we speak.You don't nessisarily have to be a bum,living on the side of the street in a cardboard box.You could look like a normal person,blending in,but live in a small house or trailer.It's hard to get a job in this economy.If I were an adult I would probably would be working at a restuarant as a waitress,but still in college of course.
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Breanna Mullins
1/15/2013 03:56:09 am
There is a lot of things going on to day that will effect me when I get older like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Colorado Theater, and the home invasion. The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting has me thinking about when I have kids of my own and they get into elementary. I have to worry about what will be going on in that school I use to think that schools are a safe place to be but that shooting has changed my whole out look on schools. That shooting killed 20 kids aroung 6 and 7 years old. That goes to show how easy it would be to get into a school and kill 20 or plus kids. So now I will be worry about when they go to school.
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Derion Anderson #9
1/15/2013 03:56:33 am
There are a lot of thing happening in the world today. Like today in effingham county their is a lot of murders and robberies and people being held hostage. Just here in Effingham County. Last night their was a robbery at a conveint store in Guyton. Like 2 or 3 days ago they found a man holding a women hostage in the basement in Westwood in Rincon. They ended up shooting the man with the snipper, and killed him.
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Lorena Moreno
1/15/2013 03:57:11 am
There are many thing's happening in the world today. Most of them don't affect me bcause i'm not a adult. However some of them of them can affect me. Even some of them make me wonder about how it would affect me when im older. Thier are three major event's that happend The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, The Colorado Theater Shooting, and The Sandy Hurricane.
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Chandler Young
1/15/2013 03:57:17 am
Today , in this world are so much news stories and they are effected so many people . As you grow older everyday you experience more and understand more . If we were adults right now , we would very much understand how much of a crisis that few people throughout the world cause . We still understand many things .Like the sandy hook elementary shootings and at the theater . Plenty of places that many crisis have happened that shouldnt be there.
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McKenzie Ansel
1/15/2013 03:57:24 am
Have you heard about any news stories lately? There are a few around here! Do you watch the news? I do sometimes! There are many new news stories. There is one anout that hostage situation. Theres one about a new facebook app! Theres also one about a man in Port Wentworth being arrested! Theres more too!
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Leeanne Donlon
1/15/2013 05:43:07 am
What are three major things happening in the world today? One would be the national debt, another is the militery distress, and one more is poverty. All these topics are very important to almost everyone. These things effect everyone, not just the people who are involved in them. They leave scars and alot of times scars are hard to cover up so when anything happens everyone knows about it soon. It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, they effect you anyway.
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chris adkins
1/15/2013 06:26:12 am
Lots of big things are happening today. things that may not affect us teens right now. but they will. even if you dont think so, they will. like the war in iraq and the sandy hook elementary school shooting. Ill tell you how they are affecting us.
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Simone Jackson
1/15/2013 07:07:34 am
In the news today, there are many things that affect the world. To put it simply, government spending, the Arm the Schools Act, and gun rights are not just effecting the world today, but it is effecting today's adults and youth. These news stories are all causes from the effects of earlier news stories. The gun rights are becoming more strict due to the Sandyhook school shooting and the Colorado Cinema shooting. If I were an adult, this would impact me because this makes it harder for anybody to get their hands on a gun whether it be for protection purposes or anything along those sorts. It also limits what types of guns stores can sell to their customers making it so that if a gun can fire more rounds in a short amount of time it makes it harder to get ahold to. This news is still very controversial. Some believe that it is their right , as a United States citizen to bear arms of any sort; others believe that it is necessary to crack down on these laws as preventative measures.
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bryce young
1/15/2013 08:38:11 am
there is allot of thing i don't understand or take so seriously,but thats just because i am young. somethings that are happening now would probably affect me more if i was older.
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Marci Delcampo
1/15/2013 09:58:48 am
As kids, we ALWAYS wanted to be older. Now as teens, we wish we were younger! There are many things happening in this world that our parents have to deal with, soon we will too. There are three major news stories that everybody is talking about. One of them is the shooting that happened last month in Connecticut. Another is the gas prices. They are getting higher and higher by the minute!! Lastly, there was the Hurricane "Sandy" in New York. All of these things have affected the adults of our country and similar things could affect us when we are older.
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Nick Bingham
1/16/2013 04:25:40 am
one major evemt that is happening right now is debt. we are in so much debt that it isnt funny. im young but i know that we are 16.4 trillion dollers in debt and rising. from george washington to george bush there was six trillion dollers in debt. obamba has gotten us 10 trillion dollers in debt in just 4 years.
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cody yates
1/16/2013 04:32:24 am
it would effect me if i was an adult beacause i would understand more about the situation. i would also care more about what is going on around me and not about playing as a kid. i would focus on more eco problems then about playing eating and all those other things. the things i worry about now is not as important as the things i should be worrying about as an adult........
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shakera
1/16/2013 04:33:32 am
Today there are alot of things going on ..and as you get older you know about them.
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kelsey Disher (:
1/16/2013 04:36:48 am
Many things have happened in our society today. These things might not be that interesting to us teens, but I feel it is about time for teenagers to start reconizing them.
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Jessica Jones
1/16/2013 04:36:58 am
The first major thing that's going on in my life is the gun thing that's going on. There are a lot of people fighting about whether guns should be allowed or not. I've been trying and trying to understand why people keep fighting about it lately. If I were an adult, I'd probably go with the keep our guns thing. It's because I think no matter what, people around the world are dying or sicknesses and such and they will die anyway. Death is something you can't stop so why try? Besides, my family is huge into hunting and we really would be lost without guns! Some of ours guns have been passed down for generations.
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Blaze Burns
1/16/2013 04:38:07 am
One news story that would have affected my life if i was an adult would be the shooting that just occured at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The shooting was devistating for alot of families and took the lives of several kids and teachers. Many parents lost their kid right before Christmas and it was really tough on alot of families. This would have affected me as an adult because it is sad and just knowing what other families are going through. If i lost my kid i a shooting I would be devistated and wouldnt know what to do.
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Jordan Burnsed
1/16/2013 04:38:33 am
If I was an adult, today's issues would probably have a bigger impact on me than they do now. For instance, the "Sandy Hook Shooting" was a big story. I didn't really think that much about just because it was too sad. Although, I know that parents were really upset about it because it made them think of how much they care about their own kids. I wasn't that hurt, but I was still a little bit mad. Also, now there is talk about "Gun Control", which, again, doesn't really matter to me, since I don't have a gun. But adults are upset because there are more restrictions now, and some think it's unfair.
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Derion Anderson #9
1/16/2013 05:49:21 am
sorry i forgott yestarday but im back now.
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Destiny nease
1/16/2013 06:39:06 am
Some of today's issues don't effect me because i'm only a teenager , but if i was an adult things like gas prices, school shootings , and my rights to have a gun might matter to me. teenagers sometimes don't realize how many issues the world actually has and how it might effect our parents.
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Thomas Bowles :)
1/16/2013 06:49:21 am
There are three major events that are going on in this now that can effect my adult life. One is the Obama care thing when im a senior citizen. I want to have a good doctor so that i know that i will be protected. Second is the fighting in Seria when im older im pretty sure the U.S military will get involved and i dont want to gave to worry about being killed bye one of them people. Third I dont want my guns taken away or my amo and im pretty sure no one else dose either i like to go hunt and kill deer. There is more to the guns and amo thing i need to protect my self having no guns is like mustard with no katch up it's not cool . My health is a big part of me i need to be healthy to play sports or even work. if i dont work or do sports im not happy. And the fighting in Seria might involve us one day. it's bad enought that we have bad crime rates and deaths everyday we dont need more.and we need some better teachers not talking about the ones at our school but others. I do see why Obama would take guns away i mean killing those kids and people in the theater not right.
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Sarah Freeman
1/16/2013 08:09:03 am
As people get older they start to understand more about the world around them. People, once there older, might find more interst in the news and what's going on. There are many things happening as we speak,but there are three I would like to talk about specificly. One of them, which I think right now, is the biggest thing going on is gun control. There were multiple shootings that happened in 2012, and if no one is there to stop these shooters killing inisint people, then it could get alot worse in 2013. When the government has to get involved with a shoting that happened at a movie theater, an elementary school and other places, it gets pretty serious. Lots of people and even the government are blamming violent shoting games as an influence for this problem.
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Wesley Fulcher
1/16/2013 08:11:00 am
Adults and grandparents seem to know what their talking about when it comes to events. Its like they were there when it happened. I don't know how they do it but its cool. If I've got to do something on an event adults and grandparents can always help you. I imagine that ill know these events when I get their age too.
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Chevy Griner
1/16/2013 09:36:34 am
The three major events that have happened currently can impact many lifes.Like for example the sandy hook shooting,many parents lost thier kids and right before Christmas! We have sent out our prayers to the families. Also since this is the 3rd major shooting in the U.S., they have upped gun laws.People will soon not be able to buy assault firearms or big round clips. This has hurt all people of america. One thing I am glad about this is that we will have armed gaurds in school.
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Evan Lastinger
1/16/2013 09:49:34 am
A lot of things are going on in the world right now. There is a lot of stuff that teens may not under stand, but we would if we were adults. To begin with, Congress is trying to take guns away. They are trying to take them away, because they think that is why there has been so much violence. They have also looked in to video games being an influence to all the murders. They have not made this a law, but they are looking in to it still. this could affect me as an adult.
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Whitney Ricardo
1/16/2013 10:07:32 am
Today, in America, there are MANY problems. In the news lately, there have been some things that are truly disturbing and then there are some things that don't directly effect me because of the fact that I'm a teenager. There has been a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a hostage held in her own home, and prices have gone up a little in the past few weeks. As a teenager, these problems don't effect me a lot at all, but if I was an adult, these problems would effect me a good deal.
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Ryan Nance
1/16/2013 10:44:54 am
There are many things going on in today's news. Many things that pretain to different people. Sometimes, there are stories and events that are significant to children. For the most part, stories are more important to adults. I believe that this is because adults are more likely to understand and interpret the stories and information. If I were an adult, I would also be able to understand the news better.
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Chris Mathers
1/16/2013 11:01:36 am
I will talk about three things that are happening in the world today. The first thing is A U.S. marine that got captured by Mexico officials, so he got put in Mexican Jail. He got out recently and then got put back in Mexico Jail. He got back out of jail today after being in there for so long. He got sick so he had to go to the hospital for a couple days. He was a U.S marine who got put in Mexico jail. I didn't see much of it, I just watched it during dinner that night.
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Randy nance
1/16/2013 11:07:55 am
There is so much going on in the world today! There are many things that we kids don't understand. Yet, these same things seem to give our parents a really hard time! Parents stress over bills. We don't have to pay bills. Parents stress over gas cost. Yet, we don't have to pay for gas.
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Ravian Johnson
1/17/2013 01:33:46 am
My name is Ravian Johnson, and as i grow up I am getting to know things better to my understanding. There more than stuff that you can imagine going on in the world. These types of things are all around you even if you see it or not. One thing is a man named Chad cut up a mans body and his dog. It was on the news. Another one is a robbery at the gas station. Last, but not least there was a wreck in rincon the other day.
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derricka
1/17/2013 06:01:49 am
s I get older I will be able to understand more of what people re talking about. There were three things that happened this past week there was a shooting in Conneticat, Walmart was in lockdown, and a nine year old was kidnapped. There was a shooting at an elamentary school in Coneticate. A lot of families lost their own kids during that unfaithfull event. The Walmart in Springfield was under lock down. There were suposedly a bomb inside but really it turned out to be kidds pulling a prank. A nine year old girl was kidnapped by her mother about a cople days ago. The little girl was missing for a week beforinvestagatersfound out that she was taken. All of these stories happened for a reason and I am not sure why. If you see something that dosent look rightreport to the police
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Harley Brown
1/17/2013 06:11:48 am
As I grow in life, the world grows with me. Our world faces many complicated crisis' every day. Some of the world news stories that are happening now is poverty, debt, and world hunger. The news of people suffering from poverty and/or the scarcity of food of where they live affects me and many people around me. My friends, family, future colleague,or even my future boss will all be affected by the debts, world hunger, and poverty in the world. As I grow older everyday, these news stories that are happening now will affect me as I mature and grow older. I know this because they will affect me now and in the future just like the Civil War affected the Union and the seceded South.
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Chris Teaster
1/17/2013 06:34:54 am
Most teen's don't know or really care about major news these day's, but this kind of stuff can help us understand more about our goverment, and even our country. Many situations these day's end in gun violence like from Sandy Hill Elementray School, or with a romance online, lot's of intresting news happen's that we don't know about.
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justin hinely
1/17/2013 06:35:24 am
there are many different news stories around the world that affect me. then again there are some that don't affect me at all. i say the three biggest news stories that effect me are the fighting over in Egypt, the president trying to take our guns away, and the third would be a hostage situation in silver wood earlier in the week. all of these affect me in different ways. some affect me more than others.
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Abby Freyermuth
1/17/2013 06:40:14 am
Is there anything on the news today that you are glad that you don't have to worry about? Why don't you want to worry about it? The three things that get on my nerves is most stupid laws, this economy's prices, and immature people in office. Why do they do this? Where are we headed to? What is our country doing? All of this will be answered.
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martha paramo
1/17/2013 07:25:21 am
Right now, many problems are going on in this world. they dont affect me right now because i am still young. one thing i do know is that they affect my parents. i know this because a few years back i had a conversation with my dad. "dad whats so bad about gas prices?" i asked. "they are way too high" "no they arent they are only $2.53" i argued. "now wait untill you have to pay them. Then, ask me if they are too high." And now they are about TWO dolars more! i think that there are many world problems that would affect me when i get older. For example, global warming, the economy, and any type of killing. (murder massacres suicide assassination)
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phillip knight
1/17/2013 07:25:39 am
As we get older we will be able to understand some things that happen in the news today better. That does seem to be the case. Most kids don’t understand most of the things that is on the news. There are some things in the news that we as kids don’t fully understand. Like the Connecticut shooting, the gun law change because of it, and the elections.
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Jeremy Hicklen#20
1/17/2013 07:35:23 am
To start with some thing going on in the world is the shooting at sandy hook eleamentry.That wuld have change how I live I would have made a safe place in school fr people like me.
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Hidayah Morell
1/17/2013 07:41:27 am
There are many major news stories happening in the right now. The main three that i'm focus on is drugs, obesity, and robbery.
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1/17/2013 07:56:27 am
i dont understand this
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ShaLora Maortz
1/17/2013 08:18:50 am
When we were little, there were many things going on in the world around us, but we were so ignorant we didn't even know what was going on. As we get older, we begin to know more about what's going on around us. A good example would be current events. When do we begin to care about current events? Maybe middle or high school, but we're most likely going to care more as we get older; as things begin to affect us. One current event is that President Obama is trying to make a law that makes it illegal to have more that ten bullets in a magazine. To my knowledge, the law that is in act now involves thirty bullets in a magazine.
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Jamie Brazell
1/17/2013 08:20:43 am
In the word today there are many things that . Afect the word today. There are many major news stories happening in the right now. The three main things people should focus on is gaining weight,doing drugs and shooting for no real reason.
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abigail russell
1/17/2013 09:05:16 am
Many thing are happening in the world today, but most teenagers don't think about it or how it may affect them in the future. some of these current events are the Sandy Hook Shooting, Superstorm Sandy, and hostages in Algeria.
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Morgan Hild.!
1/17/2013 09:14:27 am
Have you ever thought about the things your parents have to worry about everyday. May how these thing will effect you later in life or even now. I believe if i was an adult I would understand more, and also care about whats going on more. There are many things going on in this world now a days that might not effect me now but as an adult. Like gun laws, the crime, or even schools. Many teens don't think about how much this stuff can effect them even at this age.
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Todd Beam
1/17/2013 10:31:42 am
There are a lot of things going on in the world. For one, the jobs over in Asia and Latin America is an issue. Many big companies are moving there plants to go somewhere cheaper, like china. This takes away the jobs for the Americans, and it makes the U.S. unemployment rate go higher. Would you like it if your job went over to some other country? I won't like that if my job goes to someone else. That is one of the bad things about working for a large company.
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Jaylen Wallace
1/17/2013 10:45:13 am
There's so many events going on in the world today.msome ar major and some are minor. Some of these events affect the people in the world. Some of them don't phase anyone. There's some events that I think is most important. I thought about how they would affect me if I were an adult. I already know how it would affect me being a child.
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Anna Snooks
1/17/2013 11:04:03 am
There are many issues going on today in the world. Some are good and others are bad. Not many current events have to do with teens,but they a lot of times they do pertain to adults. Three major events that are going on in the world today are gun control, poverty, and crime. Gun control is a really big deal since all of the shootings in America. Especially the most recent school shooting in Newtown, CT. Poverty and crime are also a big problem right now internationally.
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Taylor Biggers.! (:
1/17/2013 11:04:19 am
There are many events happening in the world right now. Some of those are big events and some of them aren't as important. Three important events be the Connecticut shooting, gas prices going up, and Obama trying to take guns away from us. All of these events have effected most of us. As an adult it could effect you a whole lot more than it could effect a kid. Some might not effect you directly but they do effect you.
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1/17/2013 11:40:06 am
There are many things happening in the world right now and they effect us in many ways. But they would effect us more if we were adults. Like when that shooting happened at Sandy Hook i felt so bad for all those parents who lost their children that day and hope that doesnt happen in the future to our kids. And with the gas prices going up nobody's going to be able to even drive anywhere because they are so high.
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KELVIN DAVIS
1/17/2013 12:41:56 pm
Today there aremany things in my life or news stories that really effected me as I got older.Like one I herad last night my sister frind christon cowan God bless th dead died and we were crying.My sister was still crying then me and my mom sarted praying, and we saw an angle came to the door.Then the angle came over ,nd huge Vanassa to comfort here just like my mom asked God.This is one of the news stories that really effected me in a bad way.One of the ways it effcted me is by letting me earasing a death as a friend.That is really one thing that made me turn around to the lord.
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Joseph Wilharm
1/17/2013 09:18:59 pm
there are many news stories that are not good in the world right now. adults probably watch the news everyday. these stories affect adults more so than children. if i were an adult it would affect me greatly. especially since i am a male.
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Hunter Holloway
1/17/2013 09:35:31 pm
There are many events happing in the world. some may effect our life. there are many events happing today. I mean look at the news paper, there are many events. it on the news and weather.
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Cole Fulcher
1/18/2013 05:48:35 am
In our world today, many things are going on. However, I am only 13 years old. I don't understand most of it. Things like our economy, mass killings, and terrorism are just a few. I will probably have to deal with this when I get older, though. I know I will stress out when I'm older!
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Precious Collins
1/19/2013 01:02:55 pm
As I get older i start to understand stuff more.Everything is different now from when I was little.Gas prices started to rise,And other things continued as well .Like right now in the world ,people is starting to change and get more crazier.There is robbing going on,and holding people hostage.
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Jordan Robinson
1/22/2013 05:33:15 am
There are many things going on in the world. Some of us don't realize how much they would affect us if we were adults. Things like the Sandy Hook shooting, the debate on gun laws and the economy are some of the biggest.
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Jordan Robinson
1/22/2013 05:35:27 am
...... laws. We would be affected if we had guns especially if we had assault rifles.
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~Alexis Anderson
1/24/2013 07:39:20 am
happening in America that will change the future. Like the Sandy Hook school shooting. Just recently some whack job busted in an Elementary school and killed twenty kids and six adults. He also killed two other people outside of school. This made the nation cry and in a way to make sure that this may never happen again Congress in talking about the gun laws. They are going to make backgroundchecks stricter and maybe take away semi automatics.
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aaron Castillo
1/27/2013 11:37:19 pm
Right now there is plenty of stuff going on. Lots of it would affect me if I were an adult. And some of it even affects me now. Right now global warming is affecting us. If we dont do anything about it theres going to be another ice age.
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Cody Phillips
2/21/2013 11:55:23 pm
There is a lot of things in the world going on right now. But their is some major events to. Let me explain 3 major events that have recently happened.
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Martha Paramo
2/28/2013 07:43:28 am
THere are many world problems goin on now that wont affect me until the future. for example all of the fighting and war that is going on. it affects me now but it will affect me more in the future. When i get married my husband and/or children may volunteer to go to war. that would affect me directy because they are my family. they will be away from me for a while and that is going to be sad. i wont know if they are going to be o kay or not. they might die at any second and i wouldnt be there to help them. War will definitly affect me when i grow up.
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Hannah smoak
3/3/2013 09:15:13 am
there are many struggles that affect young people.
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DARIUS GARVIN
3/6/2013 09:42:56 am
Whats three different ways that would affect m
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darius garvin
3/6/2013 10:09:11 am
These major events in my life why im getting older will affect me in the future. One of the event that happen was that there not of jobs out there i pick this event because when i get old enough to have a job but they wnt be none unless it improve before i get older. Major events can cause call anybody life.
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Hannah Smoak
3/7/2013 11:07:29 am
There are several events that are being discussed in the media that would affect me if I was an adult. The gas prices keep rising. There are lots of concern with the safety of children in schools. There is also the big debate regarding gun control.
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