Student Opinion | Your Choice!

This time, you can choose any one of the New York Times topics you like! Just keep it fairly recent and don’t respond to one I’ve already posted.

Here’s how to participate:

Go to the NY Times website (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/student-opinion), find an article you want to respond to, read through the comments, and respond in the comment box. (Remember to use your first name only at the NY Times website.)

After your comment is posted (you may have to wait a while), click on the “Link” link under the date, copy the URL, and paste it into the comment box below, following a description of the article you’ve responded to. (Remember to use only your first name and last initial on this page below.)

Posting a link to your well-thought-out response and describing the article you responded to is worth 10 points extra credit.

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80 Responses to Student Opinion | Your Choice!

  1. Thomas says:

    The article I responded to was “How Much Does Your Life in School Intersect With Your Life Outside School?”. It was about your life in and out of school and if they work together in a good or bad way.

  2. Latrell L. says:

    In my opinion, I think parents have better things to worry about than their kid watching porn. I mean, there’s really no way you can stop it besides blocking the site. But then they can just find a different site and the process would just repeat itself. Honestly, a ten year old boy looking at porn is the equivalent to a bear sticking their hand in a beehive full of honey. They’re just curious. Parents can’t stop puberty nor curiousness. So I think it’d be best to just let the kids go through the phase of watching porn.

  3. Morgan A says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/have-your-parents-talked-to-you-about-internet-pornography/comment-page-2/?apage=3#comment-575491 The comment I responded to was How Should Parents Address Internet Pornography?. It was about how parents should address internet pornography to there children.

  4. Thomas says:

    The article I responded to was “How Much Does Your Life in School Intersect With Your Life Outside School?”. It was about your life in and out of school and if they work together in a good or bad way.
    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/how-much-does-your-life-in-school-intersect-with-your-life-outside-school/?apage=5#comment-573404

  5. Ty H says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/have-your-parents-talked-to-you-about-internet-pornography/?apage=3
    I chose the topic,”How Should Parents Adress Internet Pornography?” There are many ways to view the topic my view is posted on the link. I think this is a very good topicthat needs to be discussed.

  6. Hunter B. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/do-you-prefer-your-tacos-authentic-or-appropriated/comment-page-4/?apage=7#comments
    I commented on do you prefer your tacos authentic or appropriated. I talked about what tacos I prefer.

  7. Mychalante.E says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/what-teacher-do-you-appreciate/comment-page-3/?apage=5#comment-576921
    I commented on the topic what teacher I appreciate. It describes how the teacher I appreciate earned that title of appreciation

  8. Shontae W. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/what-things-did-you-create-when-you-were-a-child/?apage=5#comment-577425
    My article was about how a nine year old boy built an arcade out of a cardboard box which was amazing and the forts that children create.

    • mrshawke says:

      Brittany, I don’t see your post in the comments there. Did you use only your first name (their requirement)? Also, you haven’t given a description of the comment you replied to.

  9. Jack says:

    I Commented on the topic of Bully’s

  10. Jack says:

    How Much does your life in school intersect with life out of school.

  11. Ciara K. says:

    What teachers do that i appreciate? teaches help me to learn more important information that i may have not known or had trouble understanding. Teachers are partly responsible for our success because if it wasn’t for teachers we wouldn’t get taught all the extras and new information that was not taught long ago. teachers should be widely appreciate for all that they do. You may not always agree with you teacher s on everthing but try to see eye to eye on some situations

  12. Dadrian Coles says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/when-should-you-feel-guilty-for-killing-zombies/?apage=3#comment-577426
    my article was about the killing of zombies and other things in virtual video and how some of them could be offensive.

  13. William S. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/when-should-you-feel-guilty-for-killing-zombies/comment-page-2/?apage=3#comment-578381
    The article i wrote about is called “when should you feel guilty for killing zombies.” It is a good topic that is in the news alot now, so this is my perspective on it.

  14. Shauna A. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/when-have-you-ever-failed-at-something-what-happened-as-a-result/?apage=8#comment-577664
    I commented on the article “When Have You Ever Failed at Something? What Happened as a Result?” this article was about failure and how it could be a positive thing in some cases but then again it can be a negative outcome

  15. Shauna A. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/when-have-you-ever-failed-at-something-what-happened-as-a-result/?apage=8#comment-577664
    I commened on the article about “When Have You Ever Failed at Something? What Happened as a Result?” Thi s article was mainly about how failure can sometimes have a good outcome to it. Some other times you might not get as lucky though.

    • mrshawke says:

      This must have been the re-post you were telling me about, Shauna. Some people’s comments got stuck in my website’s spam catcher for some reason. :(

  16. Mayra M. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/removing-clutter-and-regaining-clarity/?apage=4#comment-578499 The article I responded to was “What’s Cluttering up Your Life?” It was about what type of cluttering people have in their life for example physically or mentally.

  17. Mayra M. says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/what-teacher-do-you-appreciate/?apage=6#comment-578517 I responded to “What teacher do you appreciate?” it was about explaining what teacher you appreciate and why.

  18. Jose Barraza says:

    I have failed at many things actually, but I’ve decided on one. I was 10 years old, I had been playing soccer for a year almost. My team had made it to the finals and we were tied 2-2. Everyone counted on me on that team, they expected me to do everything. It was during the last five minutes that we got a penalty kick in favor to us. It was up to me to score and win the final for the team. I set the ball up, shot it, and missed the goal. I failed everyone, including myself. After the game, I was devastated, even though everyone was telling me it was okay. I was upset for a while and then I realized that I had only been playing for a year, that I had potential. I realized that there would be many more finals for me to play in and redeem myself. In fact, I am looking forward to one this month.

  19. Omar A. says:

    The teacher I appreciate is my ESL teacher. I appreciate her because of many things. She taught me English, how to read and write. What she did, I don’t think anybody would do it or would know how to do it. She’s a nice teacher, she hleped me with my my homework. I wish I know how to thank her, but I would like to say thank you for everything you did to me.

  20. Raequan Jones says:

    I think that prosthetic limbs for injured people are great. It gives people a chance to live life to the fullest. I think that people should not replace their limbs just beause of a minor injury. A prosthetic limb is just like a machine , it could all of a sudden mess up , or malfunction. If I had a injury like the ones described in the artical , I would consider getting a prosthetic limb. I really don’t have a boundary when it comes to technology because of so much work put into them to help people with everyday life.

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  22. Michael Hunt says:

    No I do not feel guilty about killing a zombie. If they are tring to kill me then I think i should be able to kill them. In violent killing games the point of the game is to kill, and if you buy the game then that is what you should do. I never feel conflicted about killing anyone after I play a violent game, but if you do then you shouldn’t play or buy the game.

  23. Tre N says:

    On the NY times website, i was having technical difficulties so ill post it here. Ill respond to the one on if we should feel guilty killing zombies. I personaly think that we should never feel guilty killing zombies. First the reason being that they are no longer alive. Technically your not even killing it because its already dead. Secondly, killing them prevents the spread of the zombie disease, which is obviously useful for humanity. There is no reason we should feel guilty killing zombies.

  24. Malyk D. says:

    Zombie killing is not really a bad thing. First of all, the people aren’t even real. Second of all, it’s not like I am killing someone forreal. It is just for fun. I could see if the characters weren’t put in the video game to die anyway.

  25. Laith says:

    I responded to “Does Mitt Romneys High School Bullying Matter?”. It is relating to the current issue of same-sex marriage in this country. http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/does-mitt-romneys-high-school-bullying-matter/#comments

  26. Maryam says:

    The New York Times website didn’t let me leave comment there but my comment was ” I think that the technological advances in artificial limbs help those who need it and still help them feel normal.”

  27. Houston M says:

    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/when-should-you-feel-guilty-for-killing-zombies/comment-page-2/?apage=3#comment-579491
    I commented on when you should feel guilty killing zombies. Its about violent video games.

  28. Donnica B says:

    The article that I read was about pornography and how parents address it. I don’t think parents should address it, since kids know about it already and it’s all over the media.
    http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/have-your-parents-talked-to-you-about-internet-pornography/?apage=4#comment-579385

  29. Jasmine F. says:

    I dont think people should prostetic limbs if they do not need them. If your limbs are fully funtioning then why would you need a prostetic limb? There are so many people that are not fortunate enough to have an arm or leg. If you need a prostetic limb, then I see nothing wrong with it.

  30. Regina L says:

    Teachers that know how to have fun while teaching their students is something that i apreciate. I also apreciate teachers that are nice and respectful to their students. Those are the things I apreciate in teachers.

  31. Jaylin W. says:

    When i read this article i had mixed emtions about it . I do think teachers should be graded , and evaluated , but I think it should be done by the students . the reason i said that is because not all student are gonna to take it serious , and might not judge fairly. Still teachers should be graded

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