30-Day Challenge

It’s a challenge that people decide to do in 30 days. People are going to choose one thing that they usually don’t do but want to do as a thing to reach in 30 days. It tests if people are perseverant that they can continue doing one thing in 30 days. The thing that people choose to do can be a fitness program, or something that’s fun to do, for example, using 30 minutes a day to read some books. The things shouldn’t be what they always do each day, for example, washing one’s hair everyday in the 30 days. It’s usually something positive and are encouraged to be done.

Twist story - Mistaken Identity

“Hey! Jane” I wave my hands and shout to a dark shadow far away from me. The shadow there seems to be my friend. However the person is ambiguous. It’s already past the appointed time, and I finally see her. “Jane, is that you?” even though I has started asking, I already verify that the person must be her. No one else would walk to a lonely street in the early morning, which the sun has just risen. She seems silent and calm, and her face is not turning towards me.

I dash to her, waving exaggerated and shouting loudly to my dear friend. Why doesn’t she notice me yet? I feel confused and a little bit aggrieved. Her late arrival and her indifferent attitude make me consider if she cares about me. She looks like a quiet machine, which would never respond my passion. Have I done anything wrong? Why does she ignore me? I definitely feel extremely disappointed and heartbroken.

I hear the noise of people's step and stop walking. Then, a gust of wind comes to my back. “What?” I’m been frightened. “What are you looking for dude? I’m here, and sorry for being late.” I look back, and see a familiar face with warm smile. That's my friend. So what is that shadow? I ask myself. However, it doesn’t matter, and I would never tell her about my mistaken identity.

We need you, video cameras! - Final draft

“Oh my god, where is my money?” “Hey, who broke the board in the classroom?” I have heard this kind of voice many times since I had come to Cheshire Academy and the school had no solution to solve the problems for a long time. Students started feeling disappointed to our school’s precautions for accidents’ appearing. Finally, after the spring break, I saw tons of video cameras appeared in the public areas of the campus. Even though some of my schoolmates complained about losing of privacy, I totally agree of having video cameras in public areas, including dorms and hallways, to promote students’ personal property, to decrease crime and to protect students.

First of all, those video cameras can definitely protect students’ personal property. I’m a great example to support my position. Maybe it’s because of my forgetting of locking the door; maybe it’s because of the circumspection of the thief. Before the spring break, I’m a sufferer that I lost 500 hundred dollars and my credit card when I left my room during school time. However, there was no video cameras or other devices that can tell me who the thief was. Although I could make sure that somebody stole them, I could not prove the truth. I felt disappointed and had nothing to do. Lastly, I got the payment information of my credit card and called the police. Then, the police found who the thief was from the video camera of Stop and Shop. It was a long-term process, which took 3 weeks. However, if there were some video cameras in the dorm, it wouldn’t cost that much time to find the thief. Meanwhile, I was so lucky that the person stole my credit card with the money, or I could never find any information about her. As the result, the video cameras can be some nice helpers to promote our personal property.

On the other hand, the video cameras can eliminate the occurring of crime, which contributed a lot to the world police system. When there’s no video camera, there’s no self-discipline in people’s mind since nobody would find it out. When there are video cameras, people would tell them selves that the laws are bind around them, so they must constraints by their owns. Then, the percentage of crimes would decrease. In Paris, for example, the Metro has installed 2,500 video cameras on municipal buses to identify criminal acts as they occur. The cameras caught 83% of crimes and petty crime has declined as a result. In Liverpool, the using of video camera eliminated 25 percent of crime. (Nieto) The examples showed the percentage changes of other places after they use video cameras. The information can prove that it's efficient enough to decrease crimes. Compare it with the condition of Cheshire Academy, the percentage of petty crime, such as steal, might decrease as well. Thus, the data proves that controlling the number of crimes’ occurring seemed too easy for video cameras to achieve.

Otherwise, another use of the video cameras is protecting students from accidents. People would say it is safe enough at school, but accidents  always occurr in normal places. It is sure that nothing is absolute; teachers cannot avoid accidents completely, so it's the reason why video cameras are needed. If students are fighting with each other, the teachers will know immediately. If a student let some stranger, which even he or she doesn't familiar with, get into the dorm, the teachers would know at the first time. Even if some events has happened already, the police would quickly understand what happened from the video camera. For instance, there was an accident happened last semester. I was in my algebra class for taking my algebra quiz, and a teacher came to tell us to turn the light off. The students in the classroom were confused and intense. Nobody has told us what happened that time. Later, I finally know that it might because of a guy got into our building and hidden in the building. If there was a video camera, the school can notice this problem soon, and that position even would not happen. Thus, the life with video cameras seemed safety and relaxing.

Admittedly, it is true that some opponents would think having those video cameras is an invasion of their privacy. However, ones’ safety and property is much more important than ones’ privacy. Otherwise, the cameras are only in public areas that they still have their privacy in their room. Then, some opponents would say they could just lock the door to keep their property and safety. Nevertheless, as what I just said, the video cameras are things to avoid accidents. An accident’s occurring might make people lost more than just a little bit privacy. To conclude, I’m looking forward to the life with video cameras. Feeling free to leave the door open when people leave the room; trusting each other better because of the restraint of video cameras; and relying better on the school’s police system. How wonderful the life will be with video cameras!

Citation:

Nieto, Marcus. "Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool?" Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool? California Research Bureau, California State Library, n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.

What did you change from yesterday and today?

According to the revision yesterday, I add the relationship between other places and Cheshire Academy’s policy for the third paragraph. Then, I add an example, which is about the event happened last semester to prove my points, for the fourth paragraph. Lastly, I add some expectations and things that would happen after having video cameras as a conclude.

Those changes make my essay a full one and more logical. I think the changes are good for me to present my position.

Revise - 2

We need you, video cameras!

“Oh my god, where is my money?” “Hey, who broke the board in the classroom?” I heard this kind of voice many times and the school has no solution to solve the problems for a long time. Finally, after the spring break, I saw tons of video cameras appeared in the public areas of the campus. Even though some of my schoolmates complained about losing of privacy, I totally agree of having video cameras in public areas, including dorms and hallways, to promote students’ personal property, to decrease crime and to protect students.

First of all, those video cameras can definitely protect students’ personal property. I’m a great example to support my position. Maybe it’s because of my forgetting of locking the door; maybe it’s because of the circumspection of the thief. Before the spring break, I’m a sufferer that I lost 500 hundred dollars and my credit card when I left my room during school time. However, there’s no video camera or other devices that can tell me who the thief was. Even though I could make sure that somebody stole them, I could not prove the truth. I felt disappointed and had nothing to do. Lastly, I got the payment information of my credit card and called the police. Then, the police found who the thief is from the video camera of Stop and Shop. It was a long-term process, which took 3 weeks. However, if there were some video cameras in the dorm, it wouldn’t cost that much time to find the thief. Meanwhile, I was so lucky that the person stole my credit card with the money, or I could never find any information about her. As the result, it’s important to promote my property by having video cameras.

On the other hand, it can eliminate the occurring of crime. When there’s no video camera, there’s no self-discipline in people’s mind since nobody would find it out. When there are video cameras, people would tell them selves there’s something that’s looking at them. Then, the percentage of crimes would decrease. In Paris, for example, the Metro has installed 2,500 video cameras on municipal buses to identify criminal acts as they occur. The cameras caught 83% of crimes and petty crime has declined as a result. In Liverpool, the using of video camera eliminated 25 percent of crime. (Nieto) It proved the decreasing of crime occurring percentage after other places installed video cameras. Compare it with the condition of Cheshire Academy, the percentage of petty crime, such as steal, might decrease as well. Thus, those data proves that the using of video cameras is important to control the number of crimes.

Otherwise, the video cameras can be use to protect students from accidents. People would say it’s safe enough at school, but accidents are always occurring in normal places. It’s sure that nothing is absolute; teachers cannot avoid accidents completely, so those video cameras are needed. If students are fighting with each other, the teachers can know immediately. If a student let somebody even he or she’s not familiar with get into the dorm, the teachers would know at the first time. Even if some event happened already, the police can quickly understand what happened from the video camera. For instance, there was a accident happened last semester. I was in my algebra class, and a teacher came to tell us to turn the light off. The students in the classroom were confused and intense. Nobody has told us what happened that time. Later, I finally know that it might because of a guy got into our building and hidden in the building. If there was a video camera, the school can notice this problem soon, and that position even wouldn’t happen. Thus, those video cameras are the best thing to make students stay safe.

Admittedly, it’s true that some opponents would think having those video cameras is an invasion of their privacy. However, ones’ safety and property is much more important than ones’ privacy. Otherwise, the cameras are only in public areas that they still have their privacy in their room. Then, some opponents would say they could just lock the door to keep their property and safety. Nevertheless, as what I just said, the video cameras are things to avoid accident. An accident’s occurring might make people lost more than just a little bit privacy. To conclude, I’m looking forward the life with video cameras. Feeling free to leave the door open when people leave the room; trusting each other better because of the restraint of video cameras; and relying better on the school’s policy system. How wonderful the life will be with video cameras!

Citation:

Nieto, Marcus. "Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool?" Public Video Surveillance: Is It An Effective Crime Prevention Tool? California Research Bureau, California State Library, n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.