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 * Should the Newspaper Publish a Front Page Photo of a man About to Die? **Of course not! No newspaper should ever publish such a cruel photo. How cruel could you be? Then, make it the front page too? Instead of taking a photo or video, they should help the poor man who’s holding on tightly for his life. Would //**you**// take the photo? Or would you be a lifesaver and help him out? I see humans, but no humanity. This unfortunate man, who got shoved, died in the hospital leaving behind a daughter and wife.

First of all, even though this man died, he still needs his privacy. Unfortunately, nothing is private when it comes to newspapers nowadays. His family still needs privacy and for them to put that photo as their front page is completely rude. Could you imagine how they felt? That post was completely disrespectful.

On the second hand, does this photo bring up awareness? Something like this could happen anytime. This photo showed how crazy New York could be. This could show to be very careful around there, especially in the Subway. If you aren’t, the consequence could be death. Plus, this post mad lots of money. They mad lots of money, shouldn’t they have donated that money to his family? Even though this brought up awareness they still didn’t have to publish the photo, they could have made a completely different article about it, this was just distasteful.

Second of all, although this brought a lot attention to //NY post//, did they lose a lot of fans? People who read that article raged out on twitter. Things like “Horrible journalism.” “Disgusting” and “Just plain cruel” were said. Well, they asked for it, they are the ones who put it up. The man who TOOK the photo SOLD it to the post. People who read news articles want to know what’s going one in the government and economy; would you want to read about someone’s tragic death? Just by posting one bad article, a business like //NY// could come crashing down. // NY post // should really be thinking about the cruel thing they did. Yes, Newspapers should tell us what’s going on and what’s happening in where we live and other places. Yes, sometimes newspapers include awful photos, but does that mean they should publish them? You decide. The news these days are telling us what’s going on and what we want, but we already know what exactly we want. They try and change our minds in a very sneaky way. Unfortunately, he is one of the people who found that out the hard way. What they did to try and help him and debating what //NY post// did with the photos are two //**very**// different things. Would you want a famous newspaper publishing a photo of//**you**// or a loved one about to die? Now, there are two very different sides from this topic “No it wasn’t fair to the man or his privacy” or, “Yes, it helps raise awareness and //NY post// got a lot of money from this post”. Yes, //NY post// did have a reason to publish this, but did they really have to use the photo? The photo crossed the line. Can you imagine how his family felt? The photographer claimed that he had helped in a way. He said that he tried to get the attention of the train to stop it by using the flash. When it’s a matter of life and death, you have got to do everything you can! Then, //NY post// had the //**nerve**// to put “**Doomed**” as the headline. “//NY post// should be ashamed of its misuse of humanity for its cover photo of a man about to be killed by a subway train” Tweeted one angry protester on Twitter. Overall, everyone is going to have a very different opinion on this topic. Where is humanity? Would //**you**// try to help? Or would you be the cruel one taking pictures? Then, having the nerve to sell it to NY post is just so…cruel. A lot of media observers thought that this had just gone too far. What would you think? Your opinion is valid, or is it? []

Here’s the article: nypost.com/2012/12/05/a-picture-of-controversy/

__//**Is It Wrong for the Newspaper to Publish a Font Cover of a Man About to Die?**//__ Absolutely NOT. It's okay for them to write about it, as long as they have permission, but the picture is just too far. How would you feel if someone published an article and paper of someone close to you about to die? It's not very respectful, just writing about the article is enough. Also, publishing it without permission? That's just disrespectful to the PERSON and their family!

I get serious over various topics. Over how I look like, school, mornings, mondays, not having money, being hungry, the sun, the cold,

It feels as if this whole year has gone by too fast. So many things have happened! New school, new friends, everything. Honestly it feels as if yesterday it was the 1st day of school, and I had no one to hang out with. Literally, I didn't have any friends in ANY classes, and I felt like a loner. I have gotten separated from people, and gotten closer to other ones. But, with just 4 weeks left, it feels as if it was all happening in a flash; a blink of an eye. Since net year I might move I really want to make the best out of it.

5/5/14

Today in **//Dreamland//** Riley went to go visit a place. A place kind of like a "Dream Center" where dreams can be visited, and you could learn about that. Kind of like a "Dream Museum." The book didn't say why she was going, but when I was reading it I thought she had gone there to protest about taking a break from //**Dream Catching.**// Turns out she had gone there to make a dream, but when she told the people who worked at the place, they didn't seem very fond of it. They might have not let her in! She had to go, that's why she had changed her vocabulary to "Dream Visitation." That way, they would let her in. "It's a good thing you're here for dream visitation and not **//Dream Weaving//**because that type of action hasn't taken action here in years. "

(scroll down on my journal to the 1st story that I ever wrote because this is the 3rd part to it.)

All the girls were screaming and shrieking with excitement. I didn't even know the girls! But, I started freaking out along with them. "Okay Guys! Welcome to my sleepover!" shouted Rosa for the 2nd time. She was climbing down from her treehouse. She introduced me to Vivianna, Charlene, and Andrea. We all hit it off right away, we had so many things in common. We each had brought a selection of movies, even though there was a stack. We ended up watching a funny movie called //**21 Jump Street**//. We had so many snacks and junk food. Fruit Salad, chips, juice, soda, candy, and we made home-made Starbucks. As Rose put in the movie to the screen projector thing, we were preparing and passing around the snacks. We dimmed a couple of lights

4/28/14 (scroll down on my journal to the 1st story that I ever wrote because this is the 2nd part to it.)

The door was open and I found a huge, amazing, beautiful surprise! Since she had a big backyard she covered a lot of things with sheets and put christmas lights everywhere to make things cozy. She and her dad had set up a little mini movie theater with snacks and everything. It was honestly so beautiful I was left in absolute awe. "Welcome to my awesome sleepover!" shouted Rosa from to very top of her treehouse. I guess I was **//really//** left in awe because there were 3 other girls behind me.

4/25/14 Today I read about how when you're in this "afterlife pace" (in the book) you get to choose to be something that you want. Kind of like a career. Riley wants to be a "Soul Catcher" and one very important person just had congratulated her, you can't imagine how shocked she was. But, they were just about to cancel soul catching. Riley was a bit more confused than devastated, they had just congratulated her! How could you congratulate her on something she wants to be, and then cancel it? They said that everyone had to take a "break" to just be themselves, but aren't they already being themselves choosing a career that **//they//** want? Wierd. I'm pretty sure Riley is devastated because .....

4/23/14

Yesterday my English class went to the library to check out some independent reading books for us to read. I chose a very nice book called "//**Dreamland**//" I know, it sounds kind of corny and weird but I'm sure it'll be an interesting book. In the back it says that there is girl named Riley and she is in the afterlife. No, she isn't a scary ghost. I'm pretty sure she is in heaven though. When I started reading it it said that she saw somebody kind of heavenly, but certainly not an angel. She finally had made a friend in the afterlife. It didn't say how she died though, which is what had me a bit confused. Maybe towards the end of the book it will? Maybe Alyson Noel (the author) will make Riley get closure so she can go to heaven and be peaceful. But, in the back it said that she runs away to a place where she can dream, where dreams can become true. I wonder where tis place is? I wonder what this place is? (181 words)

4/22/14

One of my favorite things to enjoy are cool, Summer nights. I remember one special Summer night though. I went to one of my friend's house. She had invited me and a couple of other friends to her house. Rosa invited us all to have a sleepover, since it was Summer and we all barely saw each other. She wanted us to either bring a snack for everyone, a blanket, scary stories, pj's, toothbrush, and maybe even one of our favorite movies. When my mom dropped me off at her house, there was a sign that said "Rosa's Sleepover" and it had directions to the backyard. I was a bit confused since she said to bring a movie, which is to be watched indoors. But I just went with the flow. When I got to the backyard door-fence thingy it was open and