My Letter to Susan Davis

David A. Ramirez
Student
High Tech Middle Media Arts
2969 Franklin Ave.
San Diego, CA 92113
May 2, 2008

Susan Davis
Representative 53rd District
U.S. House of Representatives
1526 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Susan Davis,

My Name is David A. Ramirez, I am in the 6th grade at High Tech Middle Media Arts, I live in San Diego and I’m important because us children are the future of our government and the earth. I would be fond of you to listen to what I have to say.

I am deeply grateful for what you have done recently about this crisis we’re living in, Global Warming. You’ve strongly supported the CLEAN Energy Act, and co-sponsored many things like the Safe Climate Act and the legislation to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles to 35 miles per gallon, bill H.R. 1506.

I am sure you know the dangers of not using renewable energy, so I will tell you some stuff you might not know. I see that you are doing things about Wind Energy, like bill H.R. 197. But why not invest in other renewable energy sources like Solar Energy? Could you create new legislation that lowers the price on Solar Panels? If that happens, then the public would be able to purchase Solar Panels more easily than before, therefore lowering the use of electricity made by coal and lowering emissions. Then it would boost the economy because when people use solar panels, they save money and get money back when the electric companies purchase it from the people. Then the people will have more money to spend leisurely, therefore boosting the economy.

It might seem bad to switch to renewable energy in the short-term. But in the long run, we’ll benefit because it would lower emissions and the economy would be boosted due to the fact that the public has more money to spend and contribute to the economy. If we don’t switch to renewable energy soon, our economy will slowly get worse because of our dependence on oil. And when the resources of non-renewable energy run out, the economy will go chaotic and the great country of America might fall because of the economic crisis.

So I urge you to create new legislation that might boost our use of renewable energy use.

Sincerely, David A. Ramirez

When have I felt like a Freak...

When in your life have you felt like a "freak?" How did it feel? Why did you feel like a "freak?" Have you treated anyone else like they were a "freak?" What does it mean to be a "freak?"

One time I felt like a "freak" was when I started to play a specific online game. When I went to school the next day, I asked some people if they played that game too, so I could meet them online and play with them. The only response I got from everybody I asked was, "Oh my god, you play that dumb game?","Why do you play that game? Its so gay". I felt very hurt. I was particularly hurt at the adjectives they mentioned. Stupid, dumb, and possibly the worst, gay. Those were some very harsh adjectives that they used. I felt that 75% of them said that because the other 25% had influenced them to think its stupid. For example, only 1 guy may hate it and they say, "That game's so dumb! You're stupid if you play it!". Then everybody else agrees just because they don't want to be "stupid". If they genuinely disliked the game, they could just say, "Oh sorry. I don't play that game because I don't like it that much". Isn't that better than treating someone like a "freak"? I felt bad at the end of that day and felt like a "freak". Just some freak plays a "dumb" online game. I later realized that I should shrug off their discriminatory remarks, and do what I wanted to do, not caring about what they said.

I don't remember ever treating someone like they were a "freak". But that doesn't mean I haven't. I think everybody has treated someone else like a "freak", whether they want to admit it or not. I am not denying that I have done this, because I'm sure I have at least once. Its just that I don't recall it.

-DavidR
mrp

Freak The Mighty, Chapter 1 Response

Today we read the first chapter of the book, Freak the Mighty. My feelings on the first chapter is that Mighty, A large kid who likes to kick people, will have his life changed for the better when he befriends Freak, a very small but intelligent kid. Mighty has built a reputation at the day-care he stayed at before as, "The Kicker". Freak was always crippled since Mighty met him. Other characters introduced in this chapter are Gram and Grim, Mighty's caretakers. They are Mighty's granparents, though Mighty doesnt like them much. These are my thoughts and feelings about the first chapter of this book.

-David
mrp

Rising Gas Prices

The topic I will talk about is Rising Gas Prices. This is very important because we all need to use gasoline for our cars and other products such as plastic and other common items. If gasoline prices go up, everything that uses petroleum (Crude oil) goes up to. Even items you won't expect. Like fruits. You may think, "if gas prices are going up, why would fruit prices go up?". Well here's an idea. You have to get your fruit from somewhere right? So, to mass transport fruit to your local grocery store, you have to use trucks. And to use trucks, you need to use gasoline! And you may think, "So? Why would that effect the price?". The people that grow the fruit need to make a profit to support their selves and families. Lets say you have 100 dollars to start with. You want to grow some fruit. So you spend 30 dollars on seeds. Then you spend 10 dollars on pesticides, fertilizer etc. So you have 60 dollars left. And you want to sell your fruit. So you get a truck and drive it to the nearest grocery store. 40 dollars for gasoline. Then the store buys your harvest of fruit for 100 dollars. So you gain 20 dollars. If you continue doing this, you have large amounts of money. BUT! What is we increase the price of gasoline by 20 dollars? you would spend all 100 dollars you started with, and gain those 100 back when you sell the fruit. Do you gain anything? No. So, to make a profit, you raise the price of fruit by 20 dollars. So you still gain 20 dollars. If the grocery store buys the fruit for 120 dollars, they sell the fruit to the public for a higher amount, so THEY can make a profit. Thats how fruit prices can go up with gasoline. Thats what happens when we're so dependent on gasoline, it affects every fee in our lives. Thats why its important and signifigant.

Here is a chart to show you the rise of gas prices recently.If this reccession in our economy wouldn't have happened, then we would be a lot more wealthy and ecomomically stable.

-David Ramirez