Upfront Magazine(Is this story fair?)

          In the Upfront Magazine, there is an article called "Smoke Signals." In this article it talks about teen

smoking and e-cigarettes. Some doctors believe that e-cigarettes help stop smoking. But, studies have

shown that teens that smoke e-cigarettes even twice, then they are more likely to become regular smokers.

           I believe that this story is fair. What I mean by fair is that it is a reasonable article. It is not bias at all.

It uses only facts. I think it has a lot of reasonable facts to support its claim. So, this article has all the

ingredients to be considered fair.

Independent Reading ( Is this story fair?)

          The book, Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock to me is not fair. It mainly attacks McDonald's 

out of all the other fast food restaurants. So most of the blame of America's weight issue goes to McDonald's

in this book. All the other fast food restaurants aren't as popular as Mickey D's, but they still have a big role 

in causing America's problem. 

          Morgan Spurlock could have done his social experiment a little different. He could have ate from 

different fast food restaurants, and not just McDonald's. So, McDonald's took a big hit after this social 

experiment. They stopped serving super- sized orders. That, I agree should have happened. The option to 

super- size your meal is just crazy! This story is not fair in most cases.  

Social Issue

          Parental supervision is a technique that involves looking after, or monitoring a child's activities. A lack

of this constitutes neglect. Some parents are not aware of of need to supervise children from ages 1-18.

Children start making their own decisions, and sometimes it's not the right decision. This is mostly how

children start to smoke and use drugs.

          Sometimes a neglected child can feel as if their parents don't care about them. Also, this is how

teenage girls sometimes become pregnant when their "alone". Complete neglect of a child doing or watching

inappropriate things. For example, the kid might watch something really violent, or might even watch

pornography.