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         Twelve years old is too young to have an iPhone. First, smart phones are a huge distraction in today's society. Giving a child an iPhone at the age of twelve exposes them to the harsh world of the internet. At that age children are very naïve and would assume that they have to live up to the internet expectations. Apps are commonly used on iPhones, they can be very distracting and time consuming. Furthermore, it will cause a child to lose focus in school. Instead of having an iPhone young children should focus more on reading books, staying active, and doing extra curriculum activities. Some may insist that a child would need an iPhone to have a way to contact someone in the case of an emergency. However, at the age of twelve children should not be left unattended and should always be under adult supervision. Twelve year olds should focus their education and discovering themselves. Therefore they should not be allowed to have an iPhone.

Summary      The article, "When you throw a party and nobody comes", is about a group, PCTA, who throws parties and no one attends. The group could not understand the lack of attendance. PCTA never once considered their party throwing skills were the problem. The group came up with three possible factors of the lack of attendance. The first being isolation from big population. The second being isolation from big roads. The last factor being isolation from a social scene. With those possible problems the PCTA also came up with possible solutions. The solutions include: hold more parties, more outreach, and send experienced volunteers from other sections of the trail to lead and mentor new local volunteers in isolated areas.  Questions 1. Could the lack of attendance come form the purpose of the parties? 2. Could it just be that the PCTA is bad at hosting parties? Facts 1. Through the Goat Rocks and William O. Douglas Wilderness, the PCT is in bad shape