Lira Ari's Blog

  Nobody likes having time taken away from them, especially time they could have spent sleeping. This happens every year in March. This time is called Daylight Savings. But have you ever thought about the consequences of Daylight Savings? (Well, except feeling tired all day). Here are some positive and negative outcomes of taking away this sleep depriving holiday.  Well first off, one of the main reasons people want to get rid of Daylight Savings Time (DST) is based on sleep. Kids wouldn’t be as tired and they would be more focused and motivated. A lot of teens already don't get the normal amount of sleep they need, and taking away an hour of that sleep doesnt make it better. If people weren't as tired there might not be as many car accidents and injuries that could prove fatal to some people. We could solve solve this problem by taking away DST.  On the other hand, the main reason people haven’t done this yet is because there is more sunlight in the evenings and you ...

       Animals becoming extinct is a big problem. One animal that almost went extinct nearly forty years ago was the bald eagle. Here are some ways people handled the problem.  I'm sure you have all heard of the bald eagle. Well, some forty years ago this bird almost went extinct. The government realized the problem and made new laws to help. They made a program to breed the eagles in captivity before letting them into the wild. They monitored their nests and protected them during their breeding season. Here are two of the main reasons the eagles were endangered and how the problem was solved.  One of the main reasons the eagles were going extinct was because even though bald Eagles mostly eat fish, some people once thought that the birds eat the livestock they raised, so they would shoot the eagles and destroy their nests. The government solved this problem by passing the Bald Eagle Protection Act in 1940. This act stopped people from killing, selli...