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Sunday, 15 November 2020

''Lock down'' is 2020 word of the year

 The word ''lock down'' is Collin's dictionary's word of the year.

Experts say that they chose the word because many can relate to it because billions of people had to restrict their daily lives in order to contain the virus. People who work on dictionaries found over 250,000 usages of the word. 

One of the many other top 10 words that made it on the list was ''tiktoker''

Sunday, 8 November 2020

Man In NY Falls into sinkhole full of rats


 A man in New York  fell into a sinkhole infested with rats.

Leonard was waiting for a bus in the Bronx and the concrete suddenly cracked open sending him in a hole.  He immediately fell on a pack of rats and broke his arm and leg on the fall. 

He later said that he couldn't move and didn't want to open his mouth because he didn't want rats crawling inside. 

It took firefighters half an hour to take Leonard out of the hole with no rats along.  He was taken to a hospital where he is recovering. 

How Do TV Commercials Influence American Culture?


Today I read an article with my class written by Garth Sundem, called ''How do TV Commercials Influence American culture?''.  This article was a real eye widener for me as I failed to realise how much influential advertisements can really be. 

When reading, I found if it makes the viewer look cooler, better looking or bring back a positive thought or memory, they would most likely buy the item. One of the many amazing thoughts Garth Sundem had was how most TV commercials were idealised.  As in perfect