practice current events article

The ideas that are being discussed in the article are how China is controlling the amount of children that women could have. The article further explains how the fertility rate would make a sharp decrease from around six children per women in 1970s, to under two children in 2008. This has occurred in China for around 25 years because a county in China, Yicheng, had a two-child policy during this time. Three questions that I would pose to make the article more sense is to help the reader understand more why this is occurring, is there a history behind this? In order to have a better understanding of the article, a synopsis of the history behind the reasons that China is controlling the amount of children women could have, rather than just start from 2010.

3 newsworthy events

The three events that I remember with the most detail are the 9/11 attacks, second Lebanon war in 2006, and the aid-flotilla that was stopped by Israel. The details that I remember from 9/11 attacks was that when I went to school and when the attacks happened, our teachers told us what happened. When I got home that day, I got more details from my parents and the news. I remember this event because it was a major tragedy that happened to the United State, and has led to the attacks on Afghanistan and the Taliban. The second event that I remember with the most detail is the second Lebanon war in 2006 because when I came home I saw the news of how Hezbollah attacked Israel and captured soldiers. I remember this event because every day I would see my dad watching his Israeli news and what happened in Israel. The final event that I remember with the most detail is the aid-flotilla that was stopped by Israel because this event recently occurred and it sparked many debates within the “news-world.”

The three events that my father remembers with the most detail are the 1967 war in Israel, the Yom Kippur war, and the 1982 Lebanon war. In the 1967 war, my dad was 5 and remembered that in order to stay hidden, his family needed to cover their windows with black paper so no one would know when they would turn off the lights. He also remembers how he would have to wake up in the middle of the night if the sirens would sound because after they sounded, he would have to run to the first floor of the apartment building so he would be safe. The second event that he remembers with the most detail is the Yom Kippur war because he was fasting and praying and heard the army trucks and heard soldiers recruiting other soldiers because they were under attack. He also remembered this vividly because both of his brothers were in this war, one in south in the Suez Canal and the other was in a tank in the Golan Heights. The final event that he remembers with the most detail is the 1982 Lebanon war because his brother was working with the Mosad in England when Ambassador Argov was shot, which started the war. He also remembers this war because he was stationed in the northern part of Israel to help with radar in both Israel and in Lebanon.