Jonah's Blog

Regarding child soldiers in all regions; imploring amnesty to be given to child combatants upon ceasing of conflict. Dear United Nations: You are well aware of the declination of amnesty towards child soldiers seeking asylum, but the issue isn’t being addressed with the urgency it deserves. My name is Jonah Wimmer, I’m an eighth-grade student attending The American International School of Muscat ( TAISM ). TAISM advocates self-motivated learning, given the opportunity to further examine current events I researched the employment of children in conflicts going on all over the world. After extensive research I came to a substantial realization; that is: the exploitation of children in state and civil militias is the plight of the century. It is imperative that this problem is recognized with the significance it demands. Children are truly casualties of war. They are condemned to a life of war from birth because of their surroundings. In a study carried out in 2000, there were 300...

Jonah Wimmer Mr. Mongardi Media Literacy 23/2/17 Blog Post #8 I have a general outline for my Ted Talk, but I haven’t defined the particulars. I plan to speak about each record and display videos of our attempts, which will, in theory, captivate the audience and grab their attention. Afterward, giving an in-depth account describing the journey that we took to get here. But I can’t help myself but think that the audience will think our project was useless or boring since we didn’t actually break any records. Which is why I’ve decided to assert my full focus to actually breaking a world record. Because of time limitations, I’ve been forced to work at home, which isn’t an optimal workspace, but these conditions have allowed me to practice more. I’ve been looking into buying a chess board that would be easier to set up. The chess board I’ve been using during practice sessions held at my house is difficult to set up and was designed to look appealing. I’d be partial to a plasti...