Presidential Candidate

So, this morning at 11 i went to carter hall and listened to Dr. Bennett, one of the presidential candidates speak. I think that she made some very good points and she had some great ideas for the future of USI. There was a question and answer time at the end and many people had some great questions, and i felt that with it being on the spot answering, Dr. Bennett did a good job in answering the questions the best that she could. I personally got up and asked her a question about the greek community and how she plans to get us more involved on campus and to get more student involvement with organizations and I liked the answer she gave. She said that she had put into the budget to have more on campus jobs so that students can still work while in school but this way more students can stay on campus to be able to work. I think that Dr. Bennett had some great points and im interested to see who our new president is gonna be!

Topics for Class

I'm excited to get this semester finally kicked on in class tomorrow. Our first meeting we discussed ideas that we wanted to talk about this semester and I was pretty excited about all of them so I cant wait to get to class tomorrow and start discussing! We are a small class so i think we will be able to talk more deeply about stuff.

how ppl decide to vote...

I think that the way that people are going to vote has a lot to deal with stereotyping the candidate instead of listening to their ideas. Yes, some people will vote strictly based on what the candidate plans to do when elected into office. But most people that i hear talking say that they wont vote for Obama because of his name, or because he's black. Or they wont vote for McCain because he is so old, and they don't want Palin to be in office. Everyone in our world now is stereotyping almost everyone they see, so i think that is what most people will do when voting. They won't really fully pay attention to everything the candidates plan to do, they will look at their appearance.

Honors Outing

So, i highly doubt anyone will read this...but if you do, i just wanna say that im pretty excited for our class hangout....i think it will be fun! we all seem to get along pretty well,,,and this will give us a chance to see how everyone "really" acts...cause we all know we're all on our best behavior when in class...haha....so i'd like to see how everyone acts when we arent sitting in desks talking about worldly issues, just about teenage issues! I hope everyone comes and that everyone else is super excited as well!! :)

Oil Prices

Honestly...I dont really know a whole lot about why the gas prices are so high. I know a little but not enough to really tell the someone the bad reasons about it....last week's class was honestly a big learning session for me. For most it was just brainstorming about a topic they knew about, not for me. I'm not gonna lie i dont really pay attention to the news- i know thats bad- but it bores me. Im def. not the type of person who likes history or likes the news...i would rather watch reality shows, or dramas, or cartoons....i like to be entertained. ok...totally getting off subject here...my bad....oil prices- yea it sucks that they are so high and keep getting higher. but honestly is that going to stop people from buying gas? because it hasnt so far. Personally, i dont even pay attention to gas prices, when my car gets to E, i put gas in it...so i would say that i think it sucks taht gas is so expensive....but then again the clothes and food i buy are expensive to, i just deal with it.

IRAQ

I personally don't like the fact that we still have a ton of troops in iraq. I dont like the fact that my brother and very close friends have gone over there, i dont like thinking of my friends in a dangerous situation. I fully support them as individuals because its their choice, so i support them, but i dont support the war. In my opinion it has gone on way too long. I hope that the new president can figure out a way to get our troops out of there, because i know too many people who are risking their lives and i'd rather not worry about them for a cause that i dont feel is worth it. that's really all i have to say, i dont like the war going on and i think it should end so that everyone we know can come home!

English Papers

I hate english papers, but lets be honest-who really enjoys them?? im pretty sure NO ONE does! haha!! I wish you didn't have to have a length requirement. I think that if you can get your point across in only 1 1/2 pages that should be fine. Making a paper have a minimun length of 3 pages just sets you up to have people ramble and repeat themselves. i understand that an essay should atleast be 1 page, because otherwise its pointless to read. but still, 3 pages is sometimes just too much.