Tuesday, April 19, 2016

SNO online papers

Story 1: "The Struggle of Cliques"

1.  Deatrik Bledsoe

2.  The article was about how cliques in high schools are isolating people and discouraging them to make friends with different people
3.  The author does not like the idea of cliques because he said,"trying to be with a group of people might sound fun, but by doing this you miss your chance of making friends outside of your group." 
4.  Kinda because he described what he thought others like about them
5.  No he wasn't. He told us what he thought and gave details about his opinion.
6.  Their are no quotes
7.  1st person.


Story 2: "Why We Should Get Rid of Standardized Testing"

1. Shajid Hasan

2. The story is about the cons to school administering standardized tests like the STAAR, or PSAT and how the tests do not display a student's abilities very accurately
3. "We should not be working towards a system that is as flawed as this.", "Standardized testing has major inherent flaws such as insufficient coursework and unhealthy competition, coupled with the fact that the benefits are almost always inconsistent, shows that there is no actual need for things like the STAAR."
4. They barely addressed the other side
5. They weren't very wishy washy with their opinions at all. They got the point across to the reader that they did not believe standardized tests were necessary or accurate and they stayed persistent on their side of the matter
6. There are no quotes 
7.  3rd person 


Story 3: "Is Uber really safe"
1. Blake Gomez
2. The story is about the safety with Uber drivers and if they can or can't be trusted
3. "It is perfectly okay to be use Uber ,but people should be wary of the high risk involved with using it."
4. Yes, he addressed both why people would and wouldn't use it
5. He was a kinda wishy-washy. He listed all the reasons why Uber was bad then made his opinion that you should use Ubers
6. Their are no quotes
7. 3rd and 2nd person

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