School Justice?

This week has been a rough week for everyone do to a situation that happened at school. On Monday, there was a situation were a student was hit by a teacher, but in the teachers defense the student was going through the teachers phone. After this happened, the student went to the office and told on the teacher. I was in the room when the incident occurred and I had no idea anything bad occurred. This means that we really don't know the extent of what actually happened, so it became a student vs. teacher debate. The police ended up getting called in and they determined that the teacher was in the wrong, so as of now the teacher has been forced to resign from the school. So today most of the school united and had a peaceful protest in the cafeteria in loyalty for the teacher. I did join in the protest to a certain extend, I stayed in the cafeteria until other students started hating on the school and on the student who told on the teacher. When students started doing this, it upset me because the protest was about loyalty and respect to the truth of the teacher, cause none of us really knew what happened between the teacher and the student. Overall, the school was not at fault. This is because the school was put in the position where they had no choice to make her resign. The fact of the matter is that it is a legal case, which means the police are in charge. This situation is something that should never have happen because it has affected a quarter of the school that has this teacher for their classes. This teacher will be missed and hopefully this does not destroy this persons career.




               I would also like to thank Jon Tressler for listening to me rant all study hall about this. Cheers Jon!

My thoughts on Gun control

After a lot of consideration, I have decided to talk about gun control in America and what needs to happen. In the U.S. gun control is a very difficult subject to talk about. I personally do not see a need for guns in America, because guns on average kill 33,636 people per year. They seem to start more problems than they end. People always say that they need guns to protect themselves from the bad guys, but I feel this is untrue. People in the U.S. are put in fear by horror stories of murders and robbers killing them. This is somewhat true, but it is unlikely it will happen to you. Guns have gotten out of control with new technology. The creators of the bill of rights did not understand how incredibly powerful guns have become. This is because on the U.S. Market today, it is to easy to buy a gun without  a background check. This is called a private sale, this most commonly occurs at gun shows or even on Facebook, no background checks needed, just cash. This causes the wrong people to get a legal firearm without any sort of background check. If I was to come up with a plan to save America from the gun, I would: ban handguns from civilian use, I would also ban the use of assault rifles from civilian use, and I would implement strict background check policy that would prohibit private gun sales in the U.S.. This could help to save lives around the county. Thanks for listening to my long rant about this country, but things really need to change and if we don't talk about these difficult subjects nothing ever will truly change.
                                                                                         Jeremy Cleghorn
Here is a short documentary about guns in America done by the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/sep/16/gun-nation-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-americas-gun-culture-video?INTCMP=inart_docs_gunnation2

Some thoughts on Climate change

Today I would like to talk about climate change.  Climate change is a very serious topic on the global spectrum. The definition of climate change is a change in global or regional climate pattern.  The main cause is from the use of fossil fuels. Some of the common causes/sources are cars, cows, and the use of anything with fossil fuels. A lot of cultures around the world are trying to fight climate change with renewable energy resources such as wind turbines, solar panels and electrification of cars. Some countries such as Albania, Iceland, and Paraguay only use renewable energy sources. My Dad is even on the fight to combat climate change by bringing hydrogen fuel cells to the global market.  Another controversial plan is in the US with 20 high school students suing president Obama due to his lack of caring towards the plan for climate change. Overall Climate change is an extremely serious issue if we you don't make huge changes to our global intake of fossil fuels.

My thoughts on Brexit

This week I want to talk about Brexit. For me I think Brexit is one of the biggest mistakes in British history, this is because it has created a massive racial divide, created a economic down turn and separated UK from main land Europe. First to talk about this racial divide, ever since the Brexit vote Britian has become racist to anyone other than themselves. There are countless videos of British teenagers screaming at a Muslim man to get off the bus. We can not have this type of racial intolerance, all people on this planet are just as equal as everyone else, no matter your religion, race or gender.  It doesn't give anyone the right to be hateful towards you or anyone else. Next lets move on to the economic down turn, since Briton's removal from the EU there has been mounting evidence of economic suffering.  This is extremely troubling for the UK's industry. And finally a breaking from the main land; if Britain does go though with leaving the EU all British citizens will only be UK and will no longer be able to live and work in the EU. This is troubling for me especially because I can no longer live and work in the EU, I would have to get a work visa. Overall the whole situation is very troubling to all UK Citizens who voted to stay. They just cant believe that this small island nation could make such a big mistake.

Car Accidents

As posted in my first post I got in a car accident last spring. If you go to NCHS you might remember but I will explain it from the beginning so every one knows what happened. Heres the story, I was driving out of school and an old man blew a stop sign and ti-boned my car, causing my first car (1999 VW Passat) to be totaled and left me a hysterical wreck. The fire department came along with the police and they determined that I was not at fault and sent me on my way. Later that day I spent hours on the phone with my insurance trying to describe what happened. After talking to the insurance we were given a rental car and told to go find a new car. Finding a new car  isn't as easy as in looks especially when your budget is 3000 dollars. It took six weeks of searching through used lots and car auctions searching for the perfect car, eventually we found it, a 2002 Honda CRV. Finding a car has not been the only problem, my health has also been a factor. Specifically my back, ever since the accident I have been having significant back pain, which has put me through physical therapy twice a week and has prevented me from playing soccer this year. Although this seems bad I am getting better everyday and I hope to have my health back soon. My advice for dealing with a car accident is to not be in one, drive safe!
                                                                         Jeremy Cleghorn