Response 13: Argument

     Donald Trump. Did it make you irritated just hearing his name in your head? The man who demanded to see Obama's birth certificate. The same man that said he'd have sex with his daughter if he wasn't her father. He calls himself an American man, but an American man would treat all men and women as equals. I feel that if the celebrities who vowed to leave the United States if Donald Trump became president should not leave the United States and stand up for the people who's voices aren't being heard.

     All those celebrities had to start somewhere, right?? Some started on the streets and some might have started in little leagues, but Donald Trump didn't start in the streets. He doesn't know about the majority of the United States. Remember that time when he said his father gave him a small loan of a million dollars?? Mean while the parents of these celebrities could have been struggling with the rent and to put food on the table. They know what it's like not to have their voices heard. But those aren't the only celebrities that said they would leave the country if Donald Trump became president, Miley Cyrus for example, George Lopez, and Raven-Symoné.

     I know some people, including the people who said it, will say something like "I don't want to live in a country that's controlled by a racist son of a bit*h that thinks he's superior to everyone else." I'm not gonna lie, I agree with that, but he does NOT define all of the citizens who can be respectful to everyone and anyone. I suggest that instead of the celebrities leaving if Donald Trump becomes president they should just stay because nothing is going to happen just because they leave.

Response 12: Argument

Since the 1950's Lincoln High has been portrayed as a "bad" school. Why is it said to be a bad school? I believe it has to do with the fact the the majority of the students are minority's, were not white. The media (students and news) only puts our fails to show. But when the studdents do well it's not put on the news. When La Jolla High has bomb threats, it's not put on the news. Why? Because the the school is full of white people. It's the reporter's children that go there, they don't want the ignorant people who are watching TV from home to think of La Jolla as a bad school. Lincoln is not a bad school that it is perceived to be, it's the media that makes it seem that way. 

To fix this stereo type of Lincoln being a bad school, I think we should let the media in. There are great students at Lincoln High that the media doesn't recognize because they're too busy recognizing the students that are disrespectful, immature, and academic failures. If we were to let the media in and interview what the students think about Lincoln, to let them see the great students that Lincoln can produce, I think we can get better recognition and a better reputation as a school. Another way to change the way people outside of our community see the school is to use the Lincoln hashtags the media was using to post positive things about the school and the students. The media has recently only been posting about the fight on 2/29/16 using the hashtags #thisislincoln, #wearelicoln, and #lincolnhigh. When in reality this is not Lincoln, this is what they see from the outside and the don't know what the cause or story was for it. 

All in all, Lincoln is put down because the school it is full of minority's. I don't think it's just because of the minority's, because the school has always been put down because it is in the ghetto. If the students and teachers work together to bring up the reputation of the school I think the school will be persevere as a great school for students no matter what community it's in.