Inferencing

Article Used: Rage At 'DROWN' Horror from the

Summary: The 27 year old mother that drowned her kids did more than just drown them. The newspaper said that she had cut the throat of the oldest child and that they found bleach in the apartment that she might have given the kids to drink before she drowned them. The article also bought out that the mother had been to family court a few times and the judge kept saying that the court shouldn't take her kids but that they were going to give her another chance. The day before the mother drowned/ killed her kids she was supposed to go to family court again because the father of the children had requested to take his kids from the unfit mother.

Opinion: The first day that I saw this headline I thought that this was a sad story. Now that I found out more information about this case it is even sadder to me. Just to think that these kids could have been saved if the judge had made better decisions about this case. I figure the judge must feel pretty bad hearing about the death of these three children. When you stand before a judge you figure they know what is best! You figure judges have been trained to make good decisions, that is why they are judges! In this case the judge made the wrong call in my opinion!

Prompt: What Information can you infer that was not Explicitly stated in the text?

As I was reading the news article the father stated that the mother that killed the children and he had an appointment on the following day. He was fighting for custody of his children. From this information I made two inferences. It Said: He was fighting for custody of his children. He felt that the mother of his children was crazy. I say: When someone takes someone to court over custody of the children it is because they feel that the other parent is unfit. And So: I feel that the father of the children thought that the mother was not able to do a good job raising his children and he could so better, and that is why he was fighting for custody! I also made an inference that the mother killed her kids because she didn't want to loose her children to the father. It Said: The day before court she wouldn't even answer the door or answer anyone's phone calls. I say: When you behave like that you don't want to face the facts of what is really going on in your life. Ans So: I inferred that she killed her kids because she knew that she was going to loose them finally!

Comparing and Contrasting post #4

Article Used: Who's Your Daddy? and Fare Haired Infant Saved

Summary: The articles that I read today talked about a little girl that was left in a cab with a cab driver yesterday February 28, 2008. The baby and her father entered the cab together. Then her father said that he needed to use the phone so the cab driver pulled over. The man walked to the phone and then ran away quickly jumping into another cab, abandoning the baby. Once the cab driver realized what had happened he took the baby to the nearest fire house. The fire fighters there called EMS to come and get the baby checked out. The baby is about 6 or 7 months old and in excellent condition which proves that she had been well taken care of before this incident. The baby girl that still has not been identified has been placed with a Foster Family already!

Opinion: This little girl is so pretty and so precious! I don't understand how people have children and then just do all these irresponsible things to them. I can say that I am happier that this parent left her in a cab instead of killing her or drowning her like the lady did in another blog post that I posted earlier. At least this way someone that wants to be bothered with this wonderful baby has the opportunity to love and adore this child!

Prompt: Comparing and Contrasting two articles

Both of the articles that I read were about the little girl that was abandoned by a man that we think might have been her father. One article I read on the internet from the NY Post and the other I read in the Newspaper from the Daily News. Both articles had similar information. They both included pictures of the baby and a sketch of the man that left the baby in the cab as he ran off. They both told the same story about how the child had been abandoned. The things that I found different about the articles was that it seemed to me that the NY Post told the shorter version of the story. I liked the language that the Post used to describe what the baby had on. It described that the baby was "swaddled" in pink clothing. And the Daily News took the side of the abandoned baby. I guess they can't understand why the man that left her in the cab would do such a thing so they referred to the man that left the baby as a creep! I thought that the Daily News' had a catchy title for this story!

Prediction Post

Article used: Mom Drowns Three Kids in LI

Summary: This article was about a mother that lived in LI that decided to kill all three of her children. According to the NEW YORK POST she drowned all three of her children and then laid them on her bed before calling 911. People that were interviewed in the article thought that the 27 year old mother drowned her kids because she had been stressed out about money. She worked in a department store in Long Island and had recently applied for social services but they denied her application! The Father of the children stated that the mother had used crack and cocaine before and was mentally ill! He also stated that he had been to court trying to get custody of his children so he could have taken care of his children.

Opinion: This was so sad to me! I can't understand what would actually make you kill your own children. I know that there are people in this world that really want to have children and they can't. Then you find a lady like this that was blessed with three beautiful children and she just takes their lives! The fact that she was 27 years old and had three kids working in Kohl's Department store made me wonder about her level of education.

Prompt: The Questions I had before reading this article:
1. I predicted from the title that the mother had drowned all three of her kids in the bath tub.

2. I also predicted that maybe she killed her kids because she didn't have enough money to take care of them.

My Predictions were correct! The article stated that the mother drowned her kids in the bath tub one by one and then laid them on her bed before calling for help. The article also talked about how witnesses said that she had looked stressed lately and had told people that she needed money.

My First Post

The World that we live in is absolutely crazy! There was a time when I didn't listen to the news anymore because every time I turned on the news it would be talking about something bad, or someone that was crazy. I began to realize that no one is promised to make it through a day safely. I don't know if there are more crazy people in this world than sane people....but the news makes me think that we are way out numbered by the crazy people!

Introduction

Hello everyone that has stopped by to read my blog. Who am I? Well that is a very good question...LOL. I am Mrs. Hameed an 8th grade literacy teacher that is currently working at CIS 339 in the South Bronx. The Unit of study that our 8th graders are working on is blogging on interesting information going on in the Media. Our school is a technology school and though I find this unit a little intimidating I am trying to keep up with all the other bloggers and the technology era that we are living in! What other better way than to try blogging myself.....