summary and reflection about a post

By now you're thinking that the whole system is rigged and it's not in your favor. So why play?

This is why you need to participate in this democratic system. The price of withdrawing is

simply too high. Abdicating your civic responsibility means that

those concerned more with their

own interests than that of the public good will have their way.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/how

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shopping

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harms

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lungs

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california

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children#.mnZ1RMAKe

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A page of summary and most importantly, your reflections

W

rite

a

reply

of

250 words

to the following post (about what you think of the article and if you

agree

or not)

For my article, I chose, “The Haves and Have

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Nots of (Electrical) Power in California” this

article caught my attention because over the week many people in Northern

California have been

dealing with having no electricity. This has had an economic impact on millions of people and

some of them don't know what to do. This blackout has put people out of work and students out

of school. Money is being lost and students are

not getting their education which has made many

people become worried. Considering wildfire season is approaching the power company said this

blackout was necessary in order to prevent wildfires which is understandable because the past

few years Californi

a has had one of the most deadliest and destructive wildfires yet. However,

this has also caused millions of people to face major financial hardship. This affected both

wealthy and poorer areas, however, in the article it mentions that many people used gen

erators in

order to keep their utilities running like their refrigerator, lights, charge their phones, etc. I see

this as economic privilege, the wealthy are able to buy batteries, gas, generators to keep their

utilities running, but how about those in poo

rer areas they have to keep their heads up and use

what they have in order to get through this blackout. Millions of people were not prepared for

this blackout as well as having an economic impact on their lives.

In my opinion, I have pros and cons abo

ut this whole blackout. I see this as a really effective way

to prevent wildfires because these high winds mess with powerlines that can cause fires. This

does lower the chance of a fire possibly happening. As the article mentions, this blackout was

surely

seen as an economic privilege. The wealthy are able to purchase and provide electricity

for themselves using generators. People in low

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class areas weren't able to do much about this

situation because of money or other situations they might have had going

on. I believe there

should be some sort of company or program that will lend generators to those people who need

them in times like these. This outage has caused one death because twelve minutes after the

power outage a man that was on home oxygen stopped

breathing. This affected millions of

By now you're thinking that the whole system is rigged and it's not in your favor. So why play?

This is why you need to participate in this democratic system. The price of withdrawing is

simply too high. Abdicating your civic responsibility means that those concerned more with their

own interests than that of the public good will have their way.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/how-our-shopping-harms-the-lungs-of-california-

children#.mnZ1RMAKe (Links to an external site.)

A page of summary and most importantly, your reflections

Write a reply of 250 words to the following post (about what you think of the article and if you

agree or not)

For my article, I chose, “The Haves and Have-Nots of (Electrical) Power in California” this

article caught my attention because over the week many people in Northern California have been

dealing with having no electricity. This has had an economic impact on millions of people and

some of them don't know what to do. This blackout has put people out of work and students out

of school. Money is being lost and students are not getting their education which has made many

people become worried. Considering wildfire season is approaching the power company said this

blackout was necessary in order to prevent wildfires which is understandable because the past

few years California has had one of the most deadliest and destructive wildfires yet. However,

this has also caused millions of people to face major financial hardship. This affected both

wealthy and poorer areas, however, in the article it mentions that many people used generators in

order to keep their utilities running like their refrigerator, lights, charge their phones, etc. I see

this as economic privilege, the wealthy are able to buy batteries, gas, generators to keep their

utilities running, but how about those in poorer areas they have to keep their heads up and use

what they have in order to get through this blackout. Millions of people were not prepared for

this blackout as well as having an economic impact on their lives.

In my opinion, I have pros and cons about this whole blackout. I see this as a really effective way

to prevent wildfires because these high winds mess with powerlines that can cause fires. This

does lower the chance of a fire possibly happening. As the article mentions, this blackout was

surely seen as an economic privilege. The wealthy are able to purchase and provide electricity

for themselves using generators. People in low-class areas weren't able to do much about this

situation because of money or other situations they might have had going on. I believe there

should be some sort of company or program that will lend generators to those people who need

them in times like these. This outage has caused one death because twelve minutes after the

power outage a man that was on home oxygen stopped breathing. This affected millions of