Saipan is my home, but
Saipan isn't Home Sweet Home to me, right now it's the last place I want to be at.
Saipan used to be the tropical paradise where tourists could relax on the beach and enjoy the blazing sunset in "peace".
Saipan was a place where an abundance of tourists would visit, to witness the beautiful sights like
Bonzai Cliff, and the under water paradise known as the Grotto. Though this all changed, because of how much of a tragedy the economy is.
Ever since the economy became a downfall, we have locals robbing tourists that visit the island. An example is how a tourist and his wife got robbed while they were enjoying the sights of
Bonzai Cliff. This makes other tourists scared to visit the island. There are probably more
boonie dogs in the island than the number of tourists arriving. Tourism has been decreasing lately, and when it does it impacts the economy in a bad way. Another reason that causes the economy's downfall, is Capital Flight. The reason for this is because
CUC can't even keep the power on. An example is how Hollywood Theaters closed down recently, luckily fate was so kind that Hollywood would reopen this coming
Friday, May 23.
Tragedy and misery are two words that describe how the power outages affect my family. Tragedy is the first reason because instead of buying things we actually want, me and my family have to be buying either batteries for lanterns and flashlights or candles. Not just for one day, but almost every week, because who knows when
CUC is going to shut off the power again. No matter how bad I want to do my assignments it's difficult when the power turns off, because not only is it hard to see, but also I don't have any
Internet access. This leads to affecting my grades, by causing me to fail or either my assignments are incomplete. The second reason is misery, because me and my family have to suffer not getting enough sleep because we have to placate are little siblings all night, to stop whining because of the heat that causes them to shed tears and sweat. Me and my elders have endured having to hear the annoying sounds of are neighbor's baby, whining all night. Though despite the fact that my family doesn't get enough sleep, they still wake up early every morning just to go to work, so that they can put food on the table.
7 comments:
Your content is good, but the mechanics are off. Read what you wrote out loud and listen for ways to make it better. Remember to edit and revise regularly.
You should check out what students suffer in Afghanistan and some countries in Africa. A little thing like a power outage would not even be noticed.
So it might help to put this in a larger context. Move beyond your own experience. Ask your parents and grandparents, research on-line for other places and times.
And then re-evaluate.
I like how you write about concrete details, like theft from tourists (you could link to a newspaper article), and your family's consideration of moving.
Your emotional response (tragecy and misery) seem overblown to me. :-)
Nice blog.
I asked them to write how the downturn in the economy and the power impacted them because the teen perspective is seldom heard. Your suggestion might be forthcoming in a future assignment.
One of the issues they researched for instance is the situation in Darfur.
You have good content in your story. There are some problems you might have to fix, but most of the synopsis are pretty good. Great Job. Try and keep up the good work.
well.... you have good charts and good pictures that support your essay. and I like your post, I agree with that.
I think you are right. And i can totally agree with you cause i go through the same thing.
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