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Archive for April, 2008
April 24, 2008 at 11:51 am · Filed under Uncategorized
In my family, I try my best to keep a very close relationship with everyone, especially with my parents. Even though I sometimes think that what I need from my parents are materialistic things, it’s the smallest and simplest things that matter the most. The love, encouragement, support, and the appreciation from my parents is basically all that I need. Many others are very negligent about how much affection and dedication our parents put in to supporting us and we may take it for granted at times. But realizing and knowing that my parents do all they can to love & support me reminds me that everything else just doesn’t compare to that. Time is also something that I need because being closer to my parents can help me build a stronger relationship with them.
April 24, 2008 at 11:32 am · Filed under Uncategorized
My family comes from a Vietnamese background and there are many different aspects of my culture that I would like to learn about. There is just so much about Vietnam that fascinates me, and I would like to dig deeper into how and why everything is the way it is today. Vietnam’s history is what interests me the most. Even though I’m pretty knowledgeable about certain events in Vietnam’s history, I know there’s so much more to it. Knowing that my home country is crippled by political injustice, my interest in Vietnam’s history will emerge me to learning so much more about the origins and roots of how everything began. Another aspect of my culture that I’m interested in is the lifestyles of the Vietnamese. It would be great to learn about how the people in Vietnam work and live. Much more is still on my mind about the Vietnamese culture, but that’s it for now.
April 8, 2008 at 11:52 am · Filed under Uncategorized
My background/heritage is Vietnamese. Three aspects that I favor and respect about my culture that I would want people in the future to know about is the fact that the Lunar New Year’s is celebrated (Chinese & Vietnamese New Year). During this time, festivals and parades are very common with nightly celebrations filled with lantern decorations. I am also fond of the different kinds of Vietnamese art. Paintings, lacquer, and other styles of art created are amazing. One more thing my culture has that I find interesting is the musical instruments incorporated into Vietnamese music. There are many different types of musical instruments that are very unique that separate them from the other cultures.
April 8, 2008 at 11:48 am · Filed under Uncategorized
For me, success means several things. Knowledge is an important one though. Being a sensible individual with sufficient amount of knowledge will help me be a successful citizen. Education, family, and love are other things that I would consider as “success.” Having a good education helps me gain knowledge to deal with the world and get a good job. Having a family I would consider successful.
April 2, 2008 at 9:33 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The case of New Jersey vs. TLO was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1984. Events that led up to the case being brought up to the Supreme Court began at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Two female freshmen attending the school were caught smoking cigarettes in the bathroom by a teacher. They were later interrogated by the assistant vice-principal (Theodore Choplick) at the school. One of the two girls had admitted to smoking while the other, known as TLO, had denied the accusations of her smoking. Choplick had not believed this girl at all, and later began to search her purse and belongings. Cigarettes, marijuana, and other drug-related paraphernalia were found. TLO had finally confessed when they took her to the police station. However, TLO didn’t go down without a fight. She argued that the search of her purse went against her rights stated in the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.Because of this, the case was later appealed to the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court decided that the search and seizure by school officials without a warrant was constitutional as long as it was justifiable. When the assistant vice-principal was searching the purse, it was believed to be upon probable cause. Probable cause is “a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed.” So, the court decided that the search was reasonable because under the circumstances of that situation, reason to suppose TLO had drugs was justifiable.
I agree with the decision of the United States Supreme Court because everything was justifiable. When the other girl had already admitted to smoking, suspicion had arose with TLO and how she denied the accusations. Having the fact that suspicion led to the search and seizure, it was later proven justifiable with drug paraphernalia found in her purse and because of probable cause.
