Final Exam Part 3

    Many parents give children a weekly or monthly allowance regardless of their behavior because they believe an allowance teaches children to be financially responsible. Other parents only give children an allowance as a reward for completing chores or when they have behaved properly.

    I strongly believe that parents should not just give their children a monthly allowance for being alive, especially if they are the kind to go behind peoples back and rebel. They need to limit their kids and not give them cash because the parents pity them. If they are going to give their kids any money, it should be from good grades, doing chores, etc.
   
    Even if the parents are considered to be 'rich' and have too much money to care about, that does not allow them to easily spoil their children. This gives their kids the idea that they will not ever have to work for themselves and can buy whatever their heart desires.

    Having a limit to what to do and not to do builds character and intuition for teenagers. Being reckless and rebellious at a young age will cause regret and damage when they grow up. Like doing drugs and skipping classes, only because they will never need a job or a career and can live off of their parents for the rest of their lives.

   When you are limited when it comes to spending, you have a sense to know what is worth paying for or not, a three-thousand dollar watch is not worth the money like a functional computer or food for the next day is. We know when to stop, when to know "This is enough" and to start saving for your future. We know what our priorities are.

    Going back to giving your kids an allowance, I would certainly recommend giving your kids the money when they deserve it and do hard work to achieve it. Although, that isn't the only way you can reward your kids. Depending on how old they are, you can take them to the park, go to the mall, give them a present they have been asking for, or give them food, food never disappoints.

    At the end of the day, everything relies on what kind of children you have, what kind of parent you are and how much money you have in your pockets. Nothing is the same for everybody, it is up to them to know what is right or wrong hen respecting their kids.

Final Exam Part 2

    Story #2

The 19-year-old Timothy Milan was caught shoplifting, suspect died last Saturday. An autopsy showed that the cause of his death was due to a lack of oxygen to the brain.

    "We are sorry for the death of the young man, it was never our intentions for these kinds of things to happen," Panzer's Department Store manger Paula Smith said.

    A guard at Panzer's Department Store told police he saw Milan stuff two sweaters down his pants legs, then walk past a checkout line and out of the department store. 

    "We went outside to see what was going to happen and we saw the boy get dragged to the ground," Eye witness Sherry Carter said. 

    The guard then began to chase Milan, who ran, and three bystanders joined in the pursuit. They caught up with Milan, and, when he resisted, one of the bystanders applied a headlock to him.

    "Milan should never have run from the guard, we believe he had a run in with police in the past," Police Michael Williams said. "The gentleman who held onto Milan was just being a good citizen." 

    Police today said they do not plan to charge anyone involved in the case with a crime.

    "We are currently looking at revising our policies regarding shoplifting and how we keep these kinds of things from happening," Smith said.

    The police said the bystanders did not mean to injure Milan or to kill him, but that he was fighting violently—punching and kicking at his captors and even trying to bite them—and that they were simply trying to restrain him and trying to help capture a suspected criminal.

    "My wife and I are just in ruins over this," Timothy Milan's Father, Eric Milan. "He was our only child and he had never had problems with the law."

Final Exam

1. Timeliness 

How new the facts are

2. Proximity

The nearness of the fact from your location

3. Human Interest

The drama that surrounds people involved in an emotional struggle

4. Prominence

The news-worthiness of an individual, place or organization

5. Conflict

The meeting of two or more opposing forces (can be emotional, philosophical or physical)

6. Interviews

A recorded conversation with questions and answers between an interviewer & an interviewee

7. Research

An investigation of  materials and sources to receive facts and new conclusions

8. Quotations

Words taken from a text or speech from the original speaker or author.

9. Yes-no question

A question with only one answer

10. follow-up question

We use follow-up questions when responding to a subject

11. Objective writing

A writing that you can verify through facts and evidence

12. Transition paragraph

Connecting two paragraphs with an idea so they match

13. Hard news story

The immediate front-page story/news

14. Soft news story

Stories that focus on human-interest or life style

15. Inverted Pyramid

A metaphor used by journalists to illustrate how info should be structured or prioritized

16. Third-person point of view

The outside perspective, never use "I" or "we" or "us" etc.

17. 5 Ws and H lead

What, Where, When, Who, Why and How

18. editing

Making corrections for a news story

19. attribution

The difference between research and plagiarism; gives stories credibility and perspective
20. paraphrase

To make shorter and simpler to make the meaning clearer

21. fragmentary quotation

An incomplete quote

22. direct quotation

Quotes directly from the speaker/writer

23. partial quotation

A quote that becomes part of a sentence

24. Uses of quotations 

Transcribes what someone says

25. When to use quotations

When explaining a topic from a person's P.O.V. and using their words

26. When quotations are unnecessary or not desired

When they're not wanted or needed

27. Editorial

A story with only one perspective against the opposite opinion

28. editorial page

The page with all the editorials

29. columns

Writer explaining their personal opinions on a column for the paper

30. editorial that criticizes 

One that criticizes a topic or argument

31. editorial that explains

One that explains a topic without any opinions

32. editorial that persuades

An editorial written to make somebody change their opinion on the topic chosen
33. letter to the editor

A letter sent to the public about concerns or issues from the readers

The Big Day

Who- The  Groom, The Bride, and the Traitor

What- The Groom was late so the Bride substituted him for the Traitor

When- Wedding day

Where- In a church

How- The Groom was stuck in traffic

The Groom was late to his Wedding Day via traffic by a slow driver and a train. The Bride was getting prepared, putting on her makeup and veil, but she began to worry. This worried her father, who got mad since he paid 'too much' for this wedding to happen.
     So the dad set up his daughter with the brother of the groom, who they have troubles with. As he finally makes it to the church, the proper groom sees his brother in his place, with his bride giving him an apologetic look.

The Big Day

            The groom, Jonathan Smith, was running late to his Wedding day, disappointing his future Wife and future Father-in-law. What happened at the end could have changed his life.

    “I can’t believe this, I can’t be late,” Groom Smith said. “I am gonna make it on time, I know it, I won’t disappoint her. ”

            Smith was delayed several hours prior to his wedding, leaving everyone biting their nails, patiently waiting for his arrival.

           "I just can't believe he forgot," Bride Samantha Collins said. "He'll come on time, he just has such a long way to go, he lives pretty far away from this church."

           Collins is getting ready with her bridesmaids, they are preparing her veil and dress before the event. Not too many family members are suspicious yet.

           "I personally don't think he's going to make it here on time," Father of Bride Steven Collins said. "He was late to the rehearsal, he was late to sign the invitations, he was always late to family dinners and tonight is no different. I can not have this man marry my precious daughter, I wouldn't allow it."

           Steven is very skeptical about Smith's arrival to the wedding. It does not help the fact that Smith can not possibly make it there without breaking some sort of rule, it is inevitable.

          "You know, I am already late and what happens? The slowest driver on the highway goes on the same road as me," Smith said. "This is all just bad luck, I will make it to the wedding, I promised Samantha this would not happen, I can not believe this."

           Not so long after, a train had crossed his path, adding on to his regret. Samantha and Steven are doubting his arrival and start to think of a plan.

           "I am so sorry my love, but we can not have this joke of a man be late to the biggest day of your life, there is no chance," Steven said. "You see, there is still one man we can substitute, I’m not paying all of this for nothing!"

           For that one man he speaks of is Maurice McLaughlin, the son of the priest, who Samantha knew before the wedding. He always liked her, but she was engaged and could not go through with it.

           "And that is when I saw the love of my life stand next to my poser," Jonathan said. "I never would of thought that I’d see the day that my life would fall apart right before my eyes."