Analysis

Joselyn Garcia
9196-8101

July 7, 2010

In the Article “Arizona’s Immigration Law — a good thing?” the author JT Coyote is writing to persuade readers about the positive aspects of SB 1070. However on the other hand, in the article “The Trouble with Racial Profiling”, the author Raina Kelley examines the negative impact the Arizona State Law will have in Arizona. Both of these articles provide two opposing perspectives. The first article presents a graph that indicates that more than half of the population in Arizona is content with the new law that will take effect on July 29, 2010. Coyote argues that legal immigrants entering the United States should come with a mind set to Assimilate into “Americans.” I will refute that argument because people coming in should be given the opportunity to be different and bring about change. Even though Coyote claims that the Federal Government has done nothing to protect Arizona and that is why they are acting so radically I will use the second article to disprove that the law is an excuse for harassment and cause racial profiling. The police enforcement has the right to question the legal status of an alien under reasonable suspicion. Kelley believes that because the officers will be too busy worrying about how someone looks a certain way then the “bad people” will start breaking the law with a  whole new group of people, not just those who look foreign.

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Joselyn Garcia.

9196-8101

July 8, 2010

Complementary Source:

In the New York Daily Time Article “Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law, SB 1070, comes with how-to enforcement video for police” the author Sean Alfano explains how a video and a handout is given to the police enforcement in order to train the officers to act under “reasonable suspicion”. For instance, if someone is stopped in a stop sign and the officer asks them where they live and they do not know then they will suspect the person is an illegal immigrant. The SB 1070 is using these resources to discontinue that “myth” that the Law will force officers to racially profile an individual. The video also teacher the police officers to learn how to verify someone’s ID. Another tactic also learned by police officers is to drive around the places the illegal immigrants usually are looking for work.

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In the article “The Trouble with Racial Profiling”, Raina Kelley explains how the Arizona Law will encourage racial profiling and increase Arizona’s Deficit. The law will require the police to take courses that will help them determine what reasonable suspicion is. According to the USA today the program will cost about $100 million. One of the reasons why the law came about was to protect the neighborhoods of Arizona by reducing crime and drug trafficking. Kelley explicitly says that the drug dealers would know who the Police is after and use other “certain groups”. In the end Raina Kelley adds to the point where illegal immigrants are low paid workers and thus add to our economy.

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In the article “Arizona’s Immigration Law — a good thing?” the author JT Coyote explains that if the Arizona Law is implemented in a correct manner then it will obligate the federal government to quickly take action as to the illegal immigration occurring in the United States. Coyote adds, that the Government is not following the Article IV section 4 part of the constitution. It says, The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion…” Consequently, Barack Obama attacks the Article IV clause and says, “We are not defined by our borders. House of Representative of California, Tom McClintock argues that the Arizona State Law is nothing like Mexico’s Immigration law. The Law will not try to keep people from coming to America but rather those who come in must come in with the purpose of assimilating into the American culture. In the end JT Coyote believes that this law will benefit America and force the government to take action against immigrants entering illegally.

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In the article “Arizona’s Immigration Law — a good thing?”the author JT Coyote explains that if the Arizona Law is implemented in a correct manner then it will obligate the federal government to quickly take action as to the illegal immigration occurring in the United States. Coyote adds, that the Government is not following the Article IV section 4 part of the constitution. It says, The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion…” Consequently, Barack Obama attacks the Article IV clause and says, “We are not defined by our borders. House of Representative of California, Tom McClintock argues that the Arizona State Law is nothing like Mexico’s Immigration law. The Law will not try to keep people from coming to America but rather those who come in must come in with the purpose of assimilating into the American culture. In the end JT Coyote believes that this law will benefit America and force the government to take action against immigrants entering illegally.

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The Arizona state law brought radical change to the state of Arizona. The law is like a stone thrown into a still pond where slowly but surely the waters move and the vibrations are felt throughout the entire pond. For my perspective project I am going to show how the law is beneficial but at the same time harming. The law is beneficial because the legal immigrants will no longer have to pay for the healthcare of illegal immigrants. Also all of the criminals in jail or in prison will be deported, and tax paying Americans do not have to pay for their security. Both of these situations will help save money. The jobs that the illegal immigrants had will be replaced by legal aliens. Therefore, the unemployment will go down. On the other side I will explain how the law supports racial profiling and encourages harassment. Basically the police enforcement in the state of Arizona will be able to question anyone who does not seem to be a legal resident or citizen. Even if that person is legal but does not show proof of their legal status then they will be charged with a misdemeanor. My solution would be to allow the illegal immigrants who can prove that have had a steady job and have no criminal history obtain their residency papers. On the other hand those who enter the United States illegally should be sent to their country automatically. Securing the borders with the army and navy is much more effective tan simply the police enforcement. I will research who exactly is in charge of securing the border and what is the consequence of entering illegally. In addition, I will address issues such as social security, taxes, healthcare, education, business, and psychological problems. There will be medium in my project of how to modify the Arizona State Law so that it can be adopted throughout the United States.

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http://www.sfa.ufl.edu/isis/1011SND.pdf

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Joselyn Garcia
AP Economics
Period 3
May 22, 2010

BP Oil Spill

The devastating oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010 has both long term and short term economical and ecological problems.  The British Petroleum Company also known BP was at fault. Sources say that after the cement failed both the seawater and the mud mixed and the gas exploded. Unfortunately the rig sank to the bottom of the ocean.  “An estimated 5,000 barrels of oil is leaking through the coast and is headed to the United States.” The oil spill will damage the sea and marine life! Because so many fishes are dying and will continue to die, the sea food business will decrease in value. In addition the oil and fish prices will rise, and the tourism around the Golf Coast will decline. The oil spill is no joking matter and we must learn from this. Hopefully the oil spill will be cleaned up in time to save not only the innocent marine life and the animals that depend on them but also our economy will not suffer to much to the point where oil is looked upon as the only solution for out resources. There are other options such as ethanol but it is a process that can not happen over night and with  gradual steps we can keep  moving forward!

To begin, wildlife ranging form aquatic animals such as fishes, crabs, oysters, lobsters, to birds will die off. Currently the oil spill is headed towards the Florida Keys. The oceanographer Ernst Peebles confirms this. “We saw evidence in mathematical models that the surface oil was starting to become entrained into the loop current and then there was also satellite evidence of the same thing,” said Peebles. The oil spill however is trying to be stopped. The first attempt was unsuccessful. BP tried stopping the oil spill with cement. Now they are going to pump a liquid that is “twice as dense” and will then be mixed with cement. Either way they must act quickly. Animals have no warning against this oil spill and in order to be protected they either must migrate or have the oil physically blocked. Most of the animals in the Golf Coast have already died.  The oil has different chemicals which act as toxins to their bodies and were unable to resist the poisoning. This is going to be a chainlike reaction. All the animals that depend on the marine life will have to move to other locations to find food. Birds for example can not eat the intoxicated fish because then they will also die. This oil spill is going to throw off the ecosystem.

Furthermore, because the aquatic wildlife is dying so will the marine business. Big fish companies such as “Houma-based Motivatit Seafood” will suffer economically. Many of the fish already died but many of them are also poisonous for humans. There will be no consumers for seafood if the customers can not trust the merchandise. If the oil continues to travel a current might even pick up the oil and take it upward toward the eastern side of the United Sates of America. Countries like Louisiana, North and South Carolina, and Virginia will be damaged not only in the waters but also in the fishing industry. These countries economies are heavily impacted by the marine life. If I were the president of these major industries I would definitely sue the BP Company, I will try and fight for more policies against off shore drilling and would try to look for marine life elsewhere. Even though my company will suffer my options are limited and investing in other sites for fish is my only option. Although this just happened the oil spill will be felt in the long run for many, many years. Some questions come to mind. What will happen to those employees that will be laid off, what will happen to the customers who do not trust the company, what will happen to the overall individual economies? I believe the companies might even have to declare bankruptcy because they will need a bail out to pay off bills. With all of these economies crashing the United States might have to depend on the national government for money. This is not going to help the recession we are in. The oil spill is taking out a huge chunk of the economy because it is cutting out the fish industry.

In addition, after the oil spill prices for oil are expected to rise. Oil is a fossil fuel and this is limited. If you take a look at my graphs you will see that Crude Oil, Natl Gas and, Heating oil are going to rise. After any spill oil prices rise because the money that was lost in the spill is costly, there is even less oil available, and because of the clean up. My last graph indicates that in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 1800 thousand barrels of oil are pumped out. Since the oil costs more to purchase the gas will also rise. Gas and oil are inversely related to each other. The oils business makes a lot of money mainly because the resources are limited. Many other countries like China are competing for oil and this incident will negatively affect the United States economy. I assume more safety laws against drilling in the ocean will come about.  To be frank not only will the oil prices rise but also the price in fish. There is a large percent of marine life that has died and will continue to die. If people want a certain type of fish for example tilapia and that fish has gone down significantly in population then price will increase as well.

Also, the tourism in the Gulf Coast will decrease. I do not think people want to travel in oily waters where the water is brown/black with nothing to do. Mexico makes the most amount of its money because of tourism. The oil spill will have a negative effect of Mexico’s and Florida’s economy as well. If Florida’s water gets filled with the crude oil then all of the tourist will not want to get even near Miami Beach. Our Beaches sell and if they are not beautiful then our economy will go down.

In essence, Keyes theory with the multiplier effect can be seen in the BP Oil spill. Since the oil spilled the majority of the marine life died, and the fishing companies that depend on the marine life will go out of business or lose a lot of business. The National Government will have to intervene.

Citing:

ROBERTSON, CAMPBELL – KAUFMAN, LESLIE “Size of Spill in Gulf of Mexico Is Larger Than Thought.” New York Times, April 29, 2010:A14. Edition http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html

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Joselyn Garcia
May 24, 2010
AP English Literature

ESSAY ON THE SOCIAL, HISTORICAL, VALUES IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE

Africa is known as a third world country. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad portrays the African Civilization as the needy, helpless, and ignorant culture. The British are meant to be seen as the “civilized” colony who continues to progress. However, in the novel “Things Fall Apart” Chinua Achebe reveals to the reader that in the African Culture they are cultivated and the “whites Christians” are the insane civilization who ends up destroying a fine African culture. The theme of triumphant bestiality is mocked in both novels.

To begin, not one culture is “correct” or more civilized because every culture is different and has different customs. In the novel “Heart of Darkness” Kurtz has literally lost his mind yet he believes he is a “God”. To him society in the Congo must change to fit his standards. When Kurtz tells Marlow “The horror the horror” I imagine he is saying this because he is warning Marlow of the injustice the British people have in the Congo. The British believed that because they spoke a different language and worked on a monetary system they believed they were the civilized ones. Which in reality, they were the corrupt people who exploited the Africans. In the Story, “Things Fall Apart” Achebe presents the people of Umofia as structured and disciplined. They were fine without the help of the imposing of the religion. When Okonkwo killed Ikemefuna and was later exiled things began falling apart. The “Christians” started slowly but surely changing their culture changing the way they operated things.

Moreover, the title “Heart of Darkness is symbol for the corruption of the British society and foreshadows where the true evil lies. Vaunted intelligence is another term for boasting their own intelligence that in the majority of the cases are ignorant. This is ironic to say because the society who runs on a monetary policy confides in money so much that it takes them to despair. Bestiality is not having manners, is not having a civilized union. However, what in reality is civilization? Civilization is respecting differences, civilization is not taking advantage of people because they do not have the same resources. In “Things Fall Apart” the people of Umofia are taken advantage of because they are practically forced to change religions and are treated poorly.

In essence, both books are written in a form for the reader to interpret whether one culture is more civilized than another civilization. Achebe definitely humiliates the British colony for trying to impose fervent ideas on the people of the Congo. Meanwhile in the novel “Things Fall Apart” we can see that if a leader of group fails to recognize his/her mistake and allows to gradually allow fanatical incorrect views be pushed then they will lose their entire identity and culture.

math

Joselyn Garcia
Jelena Tomic
Analysis of Functions
Period 2

Mathematics is not only a subject we study in school but also a helpful source in life. Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. You will always need math in everyday life. In this project we chose to talk about the good old “Imaginary Numbers”. In this essay we will be explaining what imaginary numbers are, and how they help in life. We are looking forward to learn and experience more and difficult equations, with imaginary numbers.

To start off, imaginary numbers are numbers that are in the form of bi; b is a non-zero, real number and i. This is defined by i(to the second power) = −1, this is known as the imaginary unit. Imaginary numbers (bi) can be added to a real number a, in this case you are forming a complex number in the form of bi+a. The letter’s a and b are called the “real part” and “imaginary part” of the complex number (a+bi). Lastly, imaginary numbers can be used as complex numbers where the real part is zero.

Besides the math portion of imaginary numbers, these particular numbers can help in everyday life. Although most people do not use imaginary numbers in their daily life, in engineering and physics they are used to represent physical quantities, just as we would use a real number to represent something physical. An example can be finding a length of a stick or even the distance from your house to your school. Numbers help everyone once in a while. Another example can be if we look like light bulbs. Light bulbs have devices that measure the amount of electricity that is transferred but at the same time there is space where no machine can measure that force. And that is why we use imaginary numbers. In short, my partner Joselyn and I were completed the project together. We had are own parts. She did the actual power point, while I was completing the essay portion. We took our time into completing, and actually understanding the text.

In conclusion, we have learned a lot of information that we didn’t understand before. From researching and previous years of math, this really helped us. As I found some websites on imaginary numbers, I personally did not include every single example, but I took the main points. Imaginary numbers are a perfect way to improve your math skills. We learned that there are always restrictions between electricity. Sometimes it might take more force for electricity to pass by and the imaginary numbers will be higher.