Posting #6 Annotation Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
“Teens Held In Shooting Of Three In Joliet”. Jun 06, 2008. SJ-R.com. Feb 18, 2009.
< http://www.sj-r.com/archive/x120333499/Teens-held-in-shooting-of-three-in-Joliet >

In this article it talks about how a 3 million dollar bond was set for two teens charged in a shooting. In this shooting a 7 yr-old and his two uncles were wounded. The two teens, 19 yr old Justin Campbell and 18 yr-old Mark Bew were charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. The shooting took place May 21 in a Joliet housing complex. The two men appeared before Will County circuit judge Sarah Jones. Four gang members were seen by witnesses getting into an argument with the two brothers, at least 7 rounds from a handgun was fired by one of the men. The 7 yr-old was striked in the chest while on the couch sitting with his mother.

I think this article helps my argument that not all the teens follow down the good path. Some of the teens do get caught up in their surrounds and follow down the wrong path. Both of the boys that were involved in this went to my school. This leads me to more questions to ask teens that have followed down their paths and whom live in the neighborhood that came from. “How did you get in the position that you’re in now?” and “Do you think the neighborhood you lived in shaped you into who you are today?” are two questions that come to mind when reading this article.

Velasco, Catherine Ann. “Teens Strive To Get People To The Polls” Oct. 02, 2008. Icirr.org. Feb. 18, 2009
< http://icirr.org/en/node/3176 >

The article talks about how two Joliet teens, Arley Castillo and Alejandra Meidna, both 14 yrs-old, stood outside at Joliet’s Union Station asking one question “Are you registered to vote?” The goal was for them to get people registered to vote. The girls were two of twenty-eight volunteers at Joliet West and Joliet Central High Schools. They went to stores, festivals, parades, the train station and door-to-door to get people to register. They didn’t take sides or give their opinion on who should win, they just wanted people to register. The project reached its goal to register 20,000 new voters and hoped to get 50,ooo immigrants to voters to the polls. Another goal was to get teens like these to girls into politics at an early age.

This article helps with my argument that some Joliet teens are doing things with their lives to stay out of trouble. This shows the opposite of the stereotypes that Joliet teens are troublemakers or that they aren’t doing anything with their lives. These teens are only fourteen and are already getting involved in politics. They are not letting their surroundings determine who they are and what path they go down. I think this definitely helps my argument that Joliet shouldn’t be judged based on where they come from.