The First iPod

Intro

"Hello everyone, I'm Dre and I'll be talking about the first iPod. So before we even talk about the first iPod we have to understand what life was like before that. In 2000 and 2001, there were mp3 players but people had problems with the designs. They were bulky, they had no storage space and they were expensive. Some MP3 players would only have some problems with 2 or 1 of these problems but they would be more of a problem. For example, the Nomad Jukebox had $500 for 6GB of storage space which is about 2,000 songs but it was hard to carry around. The smaller options i2Go EGo were easy to carry and had 2GB of storage which is about 500 songs but was $2000. Unless you're rich you're not buying that.

First ipod

So who here listens to music on their phone? Yeah all of us if not most of us. Now in 

Eight Values of Free Expression

The Eight Values of Free Expression

Now when talking about America we have a lot of documents that try to protect our rights As the people and to protect us from the government being too powerful but also the state being too powerful and being able to balance each aspect of our checks and balances. There are documents like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and all types of rules and regulations that each part of this checks and balances that we have to follow and abide by. 

So when talking about things that are protected by law one thing that is highly talked about and always is debated about is the 1st Amendment. The 1st Amendment protects a lot of things that the people can say and also doesn't protect some things that the people cannot say. One of the things that can protect is the speech theories and one of the speech theories is the eight values of free expression.

One of my favorite of the eight values of free speech is to check on the governmental power. Checking the power of the government could be a government as a whole or a branch of the government that is not so powerful and controlling. The government tries to find different ways to be able to control what people do or say. With us trying to check the government's power at all times, we can ensure that we as people can always have a fair society in our power and what we think our system should work. Even checking the power even at the state level with federalism and keeping the balance with both levels of the government to make sure we as people can have a say and neither one of those levels can prevent us from expressing ourselves or giving information to others.

Another one of my favorite eight values of free speech is the promotion of innovation. Promoting innovation and stopping the government from people throwing out their ideas and trying to create something helpful for the world can really hurt us as a society. Everyone has ideas and not every idea is a great idea but we cannot find the good ideas until everyone goes through all their ideas and we can make an invention that is actually helpful. 

The last one I want to talk about of the eight values of free speech is individual self-fulfillment. Being able to say what you believe in and what you believe is true is very important for society and people to be true to themselves and express who they are. The First Amendment protects people from the government having them make compelled speech or compelled affirmation and forcing them to be someone else or be someone that they're not. They also cannot have prior restraint on what people say or what they believe in before it has been said or written.

I do believe all eight values of free speech are important and are a great part of the First Amendment but these are the three that I would like to focus on because I believe these are the three most important ones that hit each aspect of the First Amendment. If we make sure that we as a society keep our power and is able to have the freedom that we should as a democracy then we have fully demonstrated what the First Amendment has given us.

U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court

I have had previous knowledge when it comes to the law and a little bit of the Supreme Court system because I have been in a law and justice class before and have gone to courtrooms For what lawyers do for what the judges have to do but that's just at the trial level. And I haven't been able to really research the Supreme Court system in how they work. 

After watching the videos part one and part two about the Supreme Justice system I have gained some new knowledge about the Supreme Court system. There are some things about the Supreme Court system that I didn't really think about until it was brought to my attention after these videos. These videos talk about what the Supreme Court system does and the point of view of one of the judges who has been appointed to be in the Supreme Court system.

One thing I didn't think about with the Supreme Court system is the judges who are part of it have to get used to how much power they have and how big their job is because they're they are the last system for certain cases to go through which talk about if the trial before was constitutional or did the lower court apply the law correctly.

Even though I was not aware of how long the judges in the Supreme Court actually stay I'm not surprised by that fact because of how much power they have. Being a judge in the Supreme Court system is such a big role I could see why judges would stay there for at least more than a decade. The average being 16 years with some actually going for twice as long makes sense for the power of the role. These are people who are not just placed in this role but are appointed by presidents who believe that they have the skills to make these decisions.

My Top 5 Sources

When finding sources to learn about news, the choices can be overwhelming. Over the years I have gathered different sources and sources I can trust. Not all of these sources I use to gather hard truth. I always research to see if the news is true before I believe it. 

5: Twitter

I use Twitter's exsplore page to see what the top stories of the day are. I would say that It's not my favorite way of finding out the news because the top hashtags could be something that is not important in any way but at times can be helpful. If I know there is a big event that day I will go on that page and see if anything interesting or important has happened.

4: ABC

I use any ABC News station depending on where I am to see what I happening locally or globally on ABC. I typically watch it for an hour once a week because they can sometimes play the same news over and over again so I don't have it on long. It's something I have in the background while doing something else so it can be convenient. They normally talk about local news but since it is close to election day they talk about politics a lot.

3: Google News

I use Google News to check for specific news that I am looking for. If I see something on another plate form and want to know if the news is true, I use this to find different articles and see what I can gather from each one. This is very good for any type of news I am looking for, whether global or local. It's a very good resource for doing more research on news.

 2: Tiktok

I use TikTok for news within the social space that I am in and global news. Now TikTok can be unreliable with global news but I follow specific news sources on TikTok that I trust to keep me aware of what I happening around the world. The accounts I follow on TikTok give updates and news over multiple days which is not what every news account does.

1: Instagram

I use Instagram the most to see the news when it comes to global news and the news that I am in the space for. I follow accounts for music because I make music and I am part of the music space but I also follow some news accounts that talk about global news that happens. Use it to follow the news in the sports world like the NFL or the NBA because I also love sports and used to play sports like basketball and baseball.