Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Teen Pregnancy

Lately teen pregnancies in America have been going up. There have been over 71.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 women. These pregnancies occasionally occur around the ages 17 and under. This happens to be a big problem , because these girls live normal lives and are in schools until they get pregnant and then their dreams get ruined. This is also a big problem because some people are having abortions. Imagine getting pregnant and then just giving up your baby, it’s just not fair. You shouldn’t get pregnant in the first place, and also these teens are way too young.

This news story was published, because it’s trying to warn young teens before it’s too late and they get pregnant. There’s just too many young people getting pregnant, and it has to stop.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Diamond Head

While in Hawaii we were able to climb Diamond Head Crater. Diamond Head was once a military base for soldiers in the Vietnam War. In the middle of this Crater was a big hole, big enough for military bases to be held. With 200 meter high rocks around the inside, I would say it was pretty safe.
When we went to Diamond Head we took a full day to climb it, because it was going to take a while and we wanted to go to the top. Inside of the rocks were staircases which lead to the top. It took about an 45 min to get to the top and 15 minutes to get down.
At the top you have to climb through small cellars to get to the very top overlooking the whole city of Honolulu. That was my favorite part because me and my sisters got a really cool picture of all of us overlooking the city.
Diamond Head was a very fun experience, because not many people get to go to Diamond Head Crater, and get to look over the whole city.