Todays Journey Into the Depths of Knowledge

Today we looked around for more sources concerning our topic of the children in the Appalachian region of the country. We used a few sources from ABC News, a source from a dental website, and some statistics websites. Once we go through these sources completely, we will weed a few out and focus on the best ones. We don't want to focus entirely on the little things like tooth decay, but that is a minor problem in the overall scheme of things. Tomorrow I will look at more sources and began to dig through them to find the best information we can use.

Charities

We found a list of various charities that are trying to help the people of Central Appalachia. This link below will bring you to it.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/children-mountains/story?id=6845926#.T2s0WuzWKuk

Mountain Children

In the beginning of the year, we watched a short film in my English class about the children in Appalachia. It really shocked me looking at how different their lives were than ours. You always hear the jokes about states like West Virginia. Oh, they marry their cousins. Oh, they live in trailers. Oh, they overdose on anything they can find. This video showed me that those aren't just "jokes." Those are real life problems that need to be focused on.
Nobody wants to think that this stuff is going on so close to home. The United States isn't supposed to have problems like this, which makes the idea hard for people to grasp. So we are considering to bring attention to the problems that are close to home, the Appalachian children suffering from being born into "the wrong place at the wrong time."

Diamonds are Forever

My group for this paper/project is Joshua, Tj, and myself. The Blood Diamond conflicts in Africa seem particularly interesting to us, mainly because of a song we all like. When someone says Blood Diamond, people instantly think of the movie and songs, which is the problem. Our society thinks of social items such as movies, music, and social networking site as their main outlet to finding out what is going on.
These problems in Africa, mostly Sierra Leone, are larger than any movie you will see or song you will listen to. Children are losing their families, limbs, and even their lives. These rebel groups need to be halted to save the lives of these children.