Weekly news: Children react to EU referendum results

Parents and teachers have been bombarded with questions from youngsters and schools have rearranged lessons to discuss the key issues.
Suzanne, from London, said her eight-year-old son Sam's school held a mock referendum and voted for Remain. She then said when the real results were revealed, he put his head in his hands and said "pooey, pooey, bum, bum". 
EnglishRose1320 said her 10-year-old daughter packed a bag and said  "I'm moving to Canada, I don't feel a part of the UK anymore.
Andreea Okoye, 10, thinks children should have been given a vote because adults only have to live with the result for "20 or 30 years more". "No offence", she added.
From a "brexits" point of view, they would argue that children and young people have been brainwashed by those who wish to remain. Children have been made to fear leaving the EU by telling them the worst of the outcomes and exaggerating them, children wouldn't say such things otherwise. 
From a "remains" point of view, they would argue that it is good that children are eager to get involved with politics and care about their future. 

Children believe that they should also be allowed to vote. 

The Untouchables

How The Untouchables can be used as a case study for:


Disability - In this film, disability was exploited as it was used as a weapon to escape from the police and prevent them getting into trouble. It portrays that having a disability is a good thing and can be used to help and benefit others when really it's an upsetting and torturous way to live. Another representation of disability is that they don't in fact require other's sympathy or need people to pity them, which goes against stereotypical ideas about those who have a severe disability. Many people assume that feeling sorry and treating them specially is the right behaviour when really all they want is to interact normally with others regardless of their lack of ability and for their disability to not hold them back. It shows this when Philip is in need for somebody to care for him, as he explains himself that he doesn't want to hire people who will pity him, which is why he chooses Driss as he doesn't treat him any differently to people without a disability.


Ethnicity - This film represents black males in a stereotypical way as Driss is a common 'thug' who has a difficult lifestyle. This is the stereotypical lifestyle for black males. Driss is also treated differently when being interviewed. Everyone else (white males) were asked simple interview questions whereas Driss was asked many more questions as if they were trying to put him on the spot. This is possibly because they were curious about him due to the fact that he is a black male dressed unprofessionally.

Dog found by the roadside next to a carrier bag containing her dead puppies :( (Mail online)

A town councilor discovered a heartbreaking scene in Midville, where a three year old mother dog, now named Carly, was by the roadside with her dead puppies inside a carrier bag. The town councilor, Paul Skinner described the dog as 'having tears in her eyes'.


 'I was out cycling with my friend at the time, said Skinner. 'We spotted on the verge something that looked like a dead bird, but as we passed it it moved. It was a small spaniel without a collar. We looked around in case anyone was in trouble. It was set back quite a long way from the road. The dog was on its own, sitting licking the contents of a fish and chips carrier bag.'

'The bag contained four dead pups. It was heartbreaking. She had tears in her eyes. I could not believe anybody could be so devoid of humanity to do something like this.'

He alerted the police and RSPCA, which came to the rescue. The spaniel cross puppies were also resuscitated. The vets believed that they were born alive on that morning and have been left there since early hours. The puppies were unable to be resuscitated, but the mother is now being looked after. 

The RSPCA have launched an investigation following the discovery. Inspector Becky Harper said: 'It is a terribly upsetting incident. It looks like this little dog has been cruelly dumped along with her newborn pups. We don't know whether the puppies were stillborn or whether they died because of the cold.'

The issue here is a horrific type of abuse towards animals, which is neglect. It seems as though a pregnant dog was thrown out by an owner shortly before she gave birth to the puppies. However, she could have been a stray who had become pregnant but couldn't provide for her puppies in order for them to survive. Either way, the issue is that no one had rescued the dog and puppies, and by the time she was found and reported, it was too late to save them. 

In my opinion, I think that more could've been done to prevent the puppies' death. As they were alongside a road, many people and cars would've passed by and could've easily stopped to even take a look. It was in daylight and the dog must have been crying and howling for help and it surprises me that she wasn't heard or seen for hours.

On the other hand, the RSPCA and all the other members who are now caring for Carly and looking further into what happened, I believe are doing a very admirable thing. I think it's good that they aren't ignoring what happened.