Plan B: Skip College

I think that education is one of the most important things in life but I don't think you should be forced to go to college if it's not going to help you at all in the future with the trade that you're interested in.

For example, if you want to be a singer or a songwriter or maybe an actress, you probably don't need too much past basic knowlegde in order to succeed in your future. If you want to be a doctor or a a teacher, however, going to college is an essential part of your life.

I believe that most people should go to college, myself included, but if you don't necessarily need to attend college, than why waste the thousands of dollars for food, board, and tuition?

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman!

So, today is my last day of blogging. D: An unfortunate event. So, I figured, why not blog about one of the greatest men ever?

I guess the first thing I ever saw Morgan Freeman in was either Lean On Me or Driving Miss Daisy but my favorite Morgan Freeman movie, as well as my favorite movie of all time, would have to be Shawshank Redemption. It's a beautiful, powerful story with wonderful acting. Morgan Freeman plays his part perfectly, as he does in most any movie I've ever seen him in. And this is a movie I could quote for days. "Get busy living, or get busy dying."

My favorite line though is, "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."


I also loved Morgan Freeman in the James Patterson thrillers turned into movies, Along Came a Spider and Kiss The Girls. The books were excellent and while the movies didn't stay one hundred percent true to the storyline, they were still pretty good movies, and Morgan Freeman captured the character of Alex Cross wonderfully.

Other Morgan Freeman classics have since come around since his early days with Lean on Me, such as a few of my personal favorites, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Wanted, and Bruce Almighty.

He is a truly gifted man, and hey, Morgan Freeman is just a wonderful actor, I suppose. :]


And so, dear blog, I bid you farewell, and maybe we'll meet again next Monday, or sometime in the near future.

In the wise words of Morgan Freeman.. "If you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving."

And.. why not, another bit of wise words, straight out of the mouth of Morgan Freeman..
"So how do you be good to life? You live it." -Morgan Freeman. =]

Babbling

I'm supposed to free blog for the last like, 10 minutes of class but I don't know what to say.

Uh. I have this insane craving for a cupcake right now and I think I might make some when I get home because, yeah. Cupcakes. <3

They keys on this keyboard stick and it irks me.

I just found out Royal Pains comes back in less than a month and I'm so very excited. It's my favorite showw.

Okay, well. The bell's about to ring, until next time. :]

Formspring

Formspring is pretty stupid and it's even worse that teenagers let the comments get to them. Some people are leaving mean comments just to see how that particular teen will react and some are just saying what they really mean. A lot of comments are flat out lies in the first place and teenagers should stop reacting in such a negative way, they should either take it in stride or delete their account.

One of my friends deleted her account after only a week or two because each and every comment was rude and derogatory. I have an account that I rarely check, but every comment I've had which is about 200 maybe, has been positive save for one, which wasn't even very mean. I think the idea of the website is just pretty stupid.

I didn't like in the article that the one mom that was interviewed signs on to her daughters account without her knowledge. That's an invasion of privacy. I understand that she's worried but her daughter will come to her if she's upset and it becomes a problem. I jsut don't like the way she's going about it.

Kyleigh's Law

There are some aspects to Kyleigh's law that I agree with and many that I do not. In general though, I don't feel that it's fair to target an entire teenage population over mistakes some teenagers make. Not all teenagers drive recklessly, with too many passengers in the car, talking on the phone, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. All teenagers shouldn't be punished for the mistakes some foolish teenagers make.

Having a decal on your car to make you an easy target for police and for predators is indeed, a stupid idea, for lack of a better word. You are then advertising to the entire general public that you may be a 17 or 18 year old girl or boy driving alone at night and sometimes brought a friend along with you. Stupid.

It's also not fair for parents who rely on you to drive sibling back and forth to school or work or friends houses when they are unavailable. With this law in full effect, this will no longer be possible seeing as only one other person is allowed in the car with you as you drive.

From the very beginning this law was unfair. Why? The girl that this law was made in honor of died because she made a stupid decision. Yeah, her friend shouldn't have been drinking, and certainly shouldn't have gotten behind the wheel afterward, but Kyleigh shouldn't have gotten in the car. It was a stupid decision on her part, and now the rest of us have to pay? All teenagers aren't as reckless and stupid as she was, and we shouldn't be punished because of a mistake she made. I don't think her parents realize she is at fault in this situation too, not just the driver.

All in all I don't agree with this law, only because privileges are being taken away from people who don't deserve to lose them.

Politics

I understand that not everyone likes the way the country is run sometimes and may not like some of the laws that have passed, but that is no reason to wish someone dead or threaten their life.

This article, http://www.newsweek.com/id/236196, ticked me off a little bit due to what I stated above. Violence, threats and death aren't the answer if you're unhappy about something. Talking it out, or learning to accept it is the mature, responsible thing to do, and honestly when it comes to the way lawmakers are running the country, it's the only way to handle the situation. You don't threaten someones life using angry, foul and unnecessary language, you should just accept the way it is and try to make the best of it in order to move on with your life.

Tiger Woods

While I agree that Tiger's actions were wrong, I don't think it's the publics place to get involved in his personal affairs. It's something that should be worked out between he and his wife, not the media.

He was wrong in his actions and I'm sure he has payed the price with the amount of attention this whole scandal has caused. I don't believe that celebrity's lives should be made any more public than an average person's live though, and I don't think his mistake should have a negative impact on his career. He may not be the same role-model he was believed to be in the past but he's still an amazing golfer and he should still be able to share his talent with the world, like with this past week in the Masters.

The lives of celebrities have always been made a huge deal, and society feasts on the mistakes they make because it gives them reason to feel better about themselves and a reason to point out to celebrities that they aren't perfect. Personally, I don't see the interest in following around celebrities and learning all the private details of their lives. You know why? It's none of anyone's business.

Pepsi Refresh Project

I think a lot of the ideas in the Pepsi Refresh Project are very good ideas. For example, treating dogs who have heartworm and helping kids from low income families or from foster homes with new opportunites.

My favorite idea is the one that provided foster and low income children with new opportunities. This is a wonderful idea. It's not fair for foster children to have less opportunites than others, and with this program they won't be jipped out of things that they want or need in life. These kids will be provided health and fitness through athletics which is definitely a very good idea and given more opportunites in life that they wouldn't have otherwise.

Sexting.

I think that it's stupid for any teenagers to participate in taking nude pictures and in distributing nude pictures in the first place. They should realize that there are consequences to their actions, and quite frankly it's completely unnecessary for a 14 or 15 year old to be sending nude or revealing pictures of themselves to anyone, whether it's a boyfriend or girlfriend or not. If those teenagers are caught, they should be responsible for their actions, but I don't think that they should necessarily be registered as a sex offender.

Being registered as a sex offender is serious, you end up on that list for years to come for a mistake you made with a boyfriend or girlfriend when you maybe 16 years old or so. You'll have difficulty finding and keeping a job for most of your life because of your record and you won't be allowed in a certain distance of schools or daycares. Sending one picture as a teenager can ruin the rest of your life and the decision will hang over your head forever. I don't think you should be registered as a sex offender unless it's more serious than just sending a picture, unless you're sending pictures of a minor.

This article made me much more informed on this topic and I realize even more than I did before, how stupid it is to take or send nude pictures of yourself or someone else.

Snow!

This past weekend we got about 2 feet of snow, which resulted in a two hour delayed opening today for schools and we're still due to receive more snow on Tuesday night into Wednesday, probably resulting in a day or two off.

The Superbowl was also this past weekend, and the most exciting part for me was seeing The Who perform at halftime, because they have always been my favorite band and I've seen them live twice. The commercials were all pretty funny and the game itself was fun to watch, but my friends and I didn't pay too much attention, seeing as we were playing Apples to Apples through most of the game and goofing off in general.

Going back to school today was tough after being trapped inside Friday night and all day Saturday due to the snow storm and being in a state of emergency, meaning we couldn't get out of the house. I got all of my homework done ahead of schedule, which I guess is a plus, though.

Well, the bell is about to ring, so until next time.. =]

Midterms

Midterms were last week, and thankfully, this stressful time has come to an end. All eight exams, finally over and done with, sadly my grades were less than satisfactory. It's now time for a whole new semester, a time to pick my grades back up, and transition from Health to Gym. A time to hopefully catch up on my sleep and regulate my sleeping pattern to make staying alert in school a much easier task.

With the new semester, comes an end to the bowling season and the chance to once again try to rest my knee in hopes that it will heal after this year and a half long injury. I'll be sad to see the season end but glad to have my afternoons and evenings back during the long, stressful school week.

Haddonfield

After reading the article Haddonfield Board Sued For Off-Campus Policy I realized that it's unfair to punish students for things they do in their life off-campus. While teenagers in High School should not be participating in harmful and illegal activities like drinking and doing drugs anyway, what they do outside of school isn't something they should be punished for inside of school, it's something that should be handled by their parents. It isn't fair to be kicked off of a sports team because you like to go to parties on the weekends with your friends after your team wins the big game.

I'm not a teen that approves of the kind of behavior that most teenagers are subjected to today, like the drinking and drugs, but if they get in trouble at all for something they are doing in society, they should be punished by their parents or the police, not by the school board and their coaches.

Concussion

On Friday morning, I hit my head against a metal ledge when standing up in the school hallway, which resulted in another concussion. While still feeling a bit dizzy today, Monday, I'm quite used to this sort of pain, because I am quite accident prone. I only had a total of four hours of sleep since Thursday night, and sitting here blogging, I am absolutely exhausted, and all I want to do is curl up at home and sleep. Sadly, that just isn't possible, seeing as I've missed so much school due to illness and I have a bowling match after school. Well, it's almost time to go! And it's almost lunch time! =]

Why Is It a Sin To Read For Fun?

I believe that any form of reading is good for you, and unlike what was said in the article about some books being better for you than others, I believe that only you know what books are good for you, you should read the ones that you enjoy. Reading is more enjoyable if you find a book that holds your interest, or even if it's on a topic that interests you, such as sports or music.

Only you know what kind of book is right for you, and following the crowd and reading popular titles such as Twilight may not be what's right for you. The more well written the book is, and the more interesting the plotline, the more likely you are to read it.

I don't believe that it is a sin for fun, and contrary to popular belief, I don't think that novels today are taking away from classic literature, it's just that the generation today has more appreciation for current day novels.

Winter Break

This past winter break was probably the most eventful one, thus far. I was hardly ever home and never without plans. We had sleepovers every night, went bowling and to the movies and had an all around great time every day.

The weather was always cold, perfect for hot chocolate and cuddling in front of the fireplace, watching movies and talking. Not a lot of sleep was had, which makes starting school up again difficult.

Most nights I spent at the houses of my best friends and other nights they spent at my house. I didn't see much of my brothers or parents over break being as busy as I was, but I always kept in touch with phone calls, emails, and texts.

My friends and I sang and danced and played board games, anything to keep us occupied. We watched an entire season of LOST in one night and played intense rounds of Frisbee Golf on the wii at 5 o'clock in the morning.

We stayed out of trouble, and had fun with the little money we each had.

Overall, this past winter break was amazing, and I'm sad to see it end. But now I have s0mething to look forward to... the weekend.