Notification #2

Notification #2
By Joshua Williams
Class: 812


I have chosen to listen to the evening news for five days and report on one news event a night. My response explains what I think of the events that have been occurring in recent weeks. All I could possibly say is that there are people in this world who do crazy, stupid things for unknown and selfish reasons. These behavers causes people to think horribly about the people being reported on. I believe that this is the wrong thing to do. In every news article, there have been comments about what others think about some of the terrible and crazy things people do. I believe that this text will help you, the reader, who may think badly about these people, understand exactly why these people did what they did, to see if your opinion changes.
There is one news story that some might be familiar with. The story about the mother who had just been released from jail after being framed for child abuse by her husband. The father of three children had been abusing them for a long time, and the father had the mother take the fall for his actions. This caused the mother to go in jail. Once the children were taken into custody and told the police the truth about who was abusing them the police arrested the father for abuse. Many people believe that the mother was acting cowardly and should have told the police in the beginning that the father was the real culprit. However, I think that they aren’t thinking about this in the mothers perspective. The mother feared that if she told the police, her husband might try to kill her and there would be no one to protect her children. This shows that the mother confessed to the police out of fear and helplessness. Her willingness to sacrifice herself for her kids is what made her a real hero.
Another news story that others might be familiar with is the news story I jotted down my first night. The article reports the Mayor of Brooklyn, Bill de Blasio, was late for the memorial services for the relatives of the plane crash that killed hundreds of people thirteen years ago. The memorial couldn’t start without Mayor Bill de Blasio. He was carelessly late for something so important seems wrong to me. Some people commented that it couldn't be helped, others commented that even the Mayor makes mistakes. Mayor Bill de Blasio's expression once he finally arrived looked like it was not that big of a deal. I think he didn’t take the ceremony seriously enough and he didn’t care much about not arriving exactly on time. This shows how little Mayor Bill de Blasio cared about this memorial proving even the Mayor does selfish things.
One more news story you might be familiar with is the one I got from my third night while watching the evening news. French tourist replaced the American flag on the Brooklyn bridge with the French flag. This tourist thought that it would be fun to take a selfie on the top of the Brooklyn Bridge as a funny joke. He didn’t realize that he was breaking the law. Some people may think that he was doing this as a sign of French rebellion, but I believe that he did this just for the fun of it. Sometimes, people do dumb things and don’t think about the consequences afterwords. This proves how careless some people can be.
In conclusion, these news stories had sometimes harsh and sometimes sympathetic comments. I wanted to make this text about what I thought about the news stories I wrote down. I hope you feel different about the events once you read my response.