Sunny Youth Journal

Many compromises were used in American History to help control the nation. In Jonathon Swift’s piece of writing, A Modest Proposal, he proposes a compromise in order to solve the problem of poverty in Ireland. The narrator suggests poor families should sell their children because they are not rich enough to take care of them. The sold children are then made into food for the higher class to eat. The proposal assumes this will both help the poor and provide food for the rich. Obviously, this proposal is just a joke about how bad the poor are treated, and should not be taken seriously because no sane person thinks eating children is good. Three of the most ironic jokes which were presented are the reasoning behind how eating teenagers is bad, how he thinks the proposal will encourage marriage, and why he will not be involved in the proposal.

When somebody else suggests they should sell and eat teenagers too, the narrator disagrees, and his explanation tops the roof for irony. At first glance, one might expect he decided not to eat teenagers because they are already full grown. In just a few years, they will become adults, so why would one want to kill someone just before their life has truly started. Additionally, killing teenagers is also more painful because they are more aware than babies. Instead of providing the “logical” (Nothing is logical in this proposal) reasoning, the narrator says teenagers should not be eaten because they do not taste good. Not because it is ruining their futures, but because they don’t taste good. This unexpected twist is truly ironic.

The second ironic jokes is when the narrator suggests this proposal promotes marriage. Marriage is something which is done when two individuals love each other. Marriage is an achievement in life, and it shows how one is ready to have children and start raising a family. For many people, marriage is a ways to show the bond of love between a family. In the proposal, the narrator suggests the proposal induces marriage because they will treat their children better. In the world of this nonsense proposal, treating their children better translates to feeding their children more so they can taste better when eaten. Feeding one’s children to other people, that doesn’t sound like love.In the proposal, another reason why the narrator thinks marriage is promoted is because it allows them to sell their babies for money to get rich. Karen Salmansohn, a best-selling book author once said, “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.” Life is not something to buy and sell, as it is worth infinite money. Nothing can buy it, and as Karen says, one won’t even dare to give a discount. Irony is shown in every part of this joke.

The last joke is how the writer of the proposal says will not be involved in the proposal. He explains that, “I have no children, by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past childbearing.” His words are basically an excuse that he can not sell his own children anymore. In his proposal, he even writes how it is the best solution ever seen by mankind, and how no counter-argument could possibly poke out some flaws. If a proposal is so “good”, the only possible reason he says this excuse is because he thinks the ideas presented in his proposal are cruel, and he self-contradicts himself. This is ironic because an author with such a strong direct tone towards his claim throughout the entire essay just provides an unresolved counter-argument.

In conclusion, there were many ironic jokes highlighted in A Modest Proposal. His first joke was when he thought eating teenagers is bad because they don’t taste good. His second joke explained that the proposal will promote marriage because the family will want to sell their babies for money. The third and final jokes is when the writer self-contradicts himself without and provides no rebuttal. Ironic jokes are used in literature in many ways, and Jonathon Swift used irony to show that the proposal was just a joke.

I think the idea of a robot healing a COVID-19 patient is pretty useless. I say that because it is completely unreasonable for every patient to have a robot at their side because it would cost billions of dollars. There are many things that can go wrong with this invention. For example if it was not effective, but was in mass production, it would be a waste of money. Another example is even if it did work, I doubt the country can have one robot for the ever increasing amount of COVID-19 patients. Another risk these robots have is their use of UV Radiation. Just find a vaccine for the love of God.

As many people can agree, the newer younger generations do not have a close relationship with the older generation. While this does not pose a serious problem, it does affect certain parts of life. Today, we will be discussing the causes of this.
One of the first causes is technology. Technology rapidly changes, and the new generations follow that change. The new generations will spend more time on that technology, which causes them to spend less time on their relationship with older generations, which do not use technology as often, which is a problem.
Another cause is the academic competition. Many parents have the idea that their child has to be the most talented in every aspect of life, which causes them to pile more and more extracurricular activities onto their children, some of them unwanted. This not only leaves less time to be spent on maintaining their relationship with older generations, but also can build negative feelings directed at the parents, for putting so much pressure onto the new generation.
With this said, the older generations seem to have lofty ideals for the new generation, but they also put lots of pressure on the children to never mess up, while also telling children that it is okay to take risks. This can predictably lead to the weakening of ones relationship with the older generations. I think what we should do is to respect the older generation for caring about us, but also the older generation should listen to the younger generations input, instead of writing them off as too naive or stupid to know about things in the world. The younger generation actually knows a lot more than the older generations think they do, so the older generations should listen to the younger generations input.

Time and time again, adults tell children to act their age or act more mature. What they fail to realize is that children are exactly that: children. Though kids should be more responsible and mature, it is difficult when adults continue to treat us children as lesser-than beings. My parents, personally, have not exactly told me to behave more like an adult, but they have said, countless times, that I need to start becoming more responsible and acting mature because I am “not a little kid anymore.”

It has occurred on the news when adults, specifically baby boomers, feel disrespected by the term, “boomer.” They feel as though millennials and Gen Z’ers should treat their olderldergeneration with more respect, and the term “boomer” simply was not respectful. However, there have been several counter arguments. Such as: “boomer” is just short for “baby boomer.” It is almost like an elder telling younger people not to call them by their name because the elder finds it offensive and disrespectful.

Another example of adults aiming specifically at the younger generation is the fact that answering a question could be considered talking back. It is aimed at the younger generation because many adults believe it is a given for children to respect their elders. Now, this idea may be true in some cases, but not every elder is deserving of respect. Of course, I respect my teachers in school, but I wouldn’t do every single thing they said just because they were older than me; such as fetch them a pint of milk.

My parents are not agonizingly strict, but they do make the imminent future very apparent to me. I am close to entering high school, and my mother, specifically, wants to make sure that I join clubs and am at the very top of my class. Sure, this is ideal. However, it becomes annoying and frustrating when I hear it constantly. Though, being reminded, for me, drives me to work. Only sometimes. When my mother puts in nicer words.

Adults need to realize the sheer impact that their words, or their silence, have on teens and children. The words that come out of their mouths no longer are simply words to us. They are knives. And each of those knives is being thrown at us teens and children and it makes us weaker. Words speak louder than actions, and the older generations need to realize that. Especially during the teenage years where teenagers are still figuring everything out. It is so difficult to go through changes, such as becoming more sensitive and being brought down by heavy words. Respect is earned, not automatically given to elders, and it’s time they realized that.

“The Modest Proposal,” by Dr. Jonathan Swift, is about the a hunger problem and a poverty problem in Ireland and how the poor people’s babies do not have a good family. They have to beg for money and steal to live. The letter also gives a solution to this problem. Although the solution is very inhuman and careless for the poor.

The solution says that they should kill the poor people and make them into food for the rich and treat the poor people as livestock or animals. He also states ways to eat them, like by boiling them, roasting them, etc.. He even had recipes on them.

He also said to make clothe out of their skin. This solution is actually a logical solution IF you were not human, but since we are this solution is out of the question. In the letter it also states the benefits for the solution. It can solve the problem, help the economy, provide clothe and provide food. As I stated before this solution is good if you do not care about human lives.

Gen Z starts in the mid years of 1990s and ends around the early 2010s. A lot of people around the world are in Gen Z. This may relate to some adults (in school) “If you pee in your pants, dont worry we’ll delete this”-From a student. But this Gen Z if just a generation of a year and age group.

I agree with Kimber Lybbert  because she let me thinking why would different ages of group matter? Well it does since the way you act is very different and the way you act to a, different people is different. Say if you are a baby boomer .(1980 and 1994) If a teenager came up to you, then they would be nice and careful of their movements.

But if you are a Gen Z person talking to a Gen z person than………. well, it does, they would be very different than the way they talked to a baby boomer.

In just a few months, it has crossed lines,
Asia, Africa, everywhere declines.
“The virus has killed many,”
Says Mr. Doctor Remy.
Even though its supposed 2 b bad,
“We’re racing to the vaccine,” says Chad.
There might not be one Aircraft carrier,
But there can be a lotta little barriers.
Connor McRad and his colleagues are
working on a robot that needs 4 bars (of Wi-fi)
Ultraviolet light between 200 and 280
“Can change DNA forms
or act like scissors”, says Katie.
“I’ll cut through flesh
and make cuts that are fresh!”
Complex bacteria can fix it
by themselves. But viruses are smaller,
and they don’t have the wits.
Steve has sensors to sense everything around,
With the idea of a disinfectant, COVID 19 goin’ down!
Once the robots r factorized, they’re sent everywhere,
they’re sent inside planes, goin’ in the air.
Once they’re inside China, the problem is slowed.

This is the end of my poem,
and I’m not writing anymore.
Plz don’t tell me it’s 2 short “Ho-Hum”
or I’ll slam the door!

Kimberly Lybbert, a high school teacher and mother of six, claims that students will grow up to love themselves more if adults in their life are more supportive of what they do. She asked some of her students to write down their ideas about adults around them, and one written by a seventeen-year-old girl read, “an idea should not be invalidated by the age of its creator.” Although many parents believe they are doing what is right for the kids, it may actually be dragging them down. 

Commonly, grown-ups will scold children when they do something wrong, but they should actually ask them about what happened. The children already know that they have messed up, so parents should not lower their self-esteem by becoming angry. This will allow students to feel like they are supported, and because they know what they did was not good, they will try their best not to do it again. Asking about what happened will make their child feel better about themselves, making it much better in the long run if something were to happen. Although grown-ups think scolding their children or calling them lazy will motivate them to not do/do things in their future, there are much better alternatives to it. In addition, adults should learn to trust that their kids have ideas that are just as important as adult’s. One example Lybbert gives is about Abraham Lincoln. She says that Lincoln could have become an amazing farmer like his father raised him to be, but he decided to follow his dreams and learn about slaves and ended up becoming an amazing president and freedom fighter. Even though right now, teenagers may seem like lazy people, if they are given trust from older people, they can grow up to love themself more. 

For hundreds of humans did everything using their hands, from surgeries to producing things. Now humans have the robot, a very effective machine to help humans. They can handle UV light, which is a type of radiation harmful to humans and they are mistake free.
When combating the Covid-19, the United States doesn’t have enough physicians or doctors. Alone, the US has only 900 and need 1200 according to health officials. Luckily, there are robots here to help. A robot known as Stevie works in a hospital in Ireland. Stevie helps infected old people. Other robots use UV light to help kill the virus, but using UV light isn’t very safe for humans.
Everybody says it is okay to make mistakes. Like in a math worksheet, and that probably includes a surgery that might cost a persons life. Surgeons are already trained for two to three years to be mistake free. But, what if they, just do a simple error and that person dies. The what if is the most important thing in this outbreak. What if a surgeon accidentally does something wrong? it could cost a life. Robots can efficiency carry 10 of more tools at ounce. They are mistake free unless it gets a virus which is highly unlikely.
Therefore, I strongly think that robots are far more efficient when helping the infected people. They can use UV light and other things harmful to us and they are mistake free.

Corona virus has spread wide across the world and some people have made a robot that can kill it. This was really informative and told me a lot about Voilet. Voilet is a robot like Stevie which the scientist first worked with. It kills the virus with UV lights. But UV lights can causes mutations in your body. It can also cause sunburns and skin cancer.

So UV lights bad for you’re body. But even thought it can still kill the virus. UV light is from the sun and will give you vitamin D. Thought to much is bad. These scientist have been thinking of a way to make Stevie kill the virus since it began in Wuhan, China.

Stevie works in different ways than violet. These robots are really high tech and amazing. If I were those scientist i would find a way to shine UV light at the virus. But find a way to only use a little so it doesn’t harm the patient. That way they can get rid of the virus.