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When the world seemed like a Better Place... ahh Childhood Memories...
Submitted by How I learned t... on Thu, 2005-10-27 20:58.I really don’t like email forwards but this one was sent on me on facebook.com (a college personal profile site)and I really liked it. So here it is for everyone… just to take you mind away from things...
Close your eyes... And go back...
Before the Internet or AIM
Before semi automatics and war
Before playstation2 or X-bOX
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The TOP TEN most spoken languages in the WORLD!
Submitted by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 00:35. languageI know many of us are studying another language, and to each his/her own reason. I speak Spanish and English, and consider them to be pretty important languages to know in today’s society. However I was wondering what the most spoken languages in the world were. My first guess was… English (of course) but I quickly discovered I was very wrong! Here’s the list of the ten most widely spoken languages in the world. Maybe you’ll be surprised too!
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US in Need of Arabic Speakers
Submitted by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-21 20:15. emergenceThe attack on the World Trade Center brought about massive changes and demands to much of the Untied States. One such demand was the increased need of fluent Arabic speakers. Now four years after the attack the US is lacking Arabic speakers, and a huge demand has risen. Statistics show that after 9/11 many Arabic speakers were hired in government intelligence, and security agencies. However many more translator are still needed.
Dell Computers ... What's the problem?
Submitted by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-19 13:07. technologyRecently I told a friend of mine to purchase a Dell laptop, because they are good computers. After maybe two weeks her computer slowed down to the speed of a snail. I visited her during break and tried to fix her computer. During the process of trying to clean out her hard drive all her drivers disappeared. And that’s a really bad thing, it basically means you can’t do much with the computer, because all the important drivers that run the computer disappear. As I tried to reinstall her drivers I asked her for the reinstallation CD. And she didn’t have it. Usually they would come with the Dell computers, I have three Dells and they all have reinstallation CD’s, but my friend didn’t receive one. So I called Dell and ask them if they can send me a reinstallation CD, and guess what they said, “NO”. The consumer assistant told me that Dell no longer sends out the reinstallation CD for laptops, he presumed to tell me that he can transfer me to technical reinstallation support, for only $3.25/ min. I was baffled, turned down the technical support and decided to find another way.
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"Being Smart about Body Art"- Piercings and Tattoos
Submitted by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-17 23:56. HealthOver the break was very daring and got a body piercing! It wasn’t planned, I was just wondering the village in NYC and I walked into a tattoo parlor wondering about them and decided I’ll get a naval piercing. I hadn’t researched or looked up the dangers of piercing until now… I recently read an article that pointed out a growing trend of body art in teens. I though about it and said to myself, that’s always been something pretty popular. However, the difference between me and the teenagers spoken about in the article is that they were getting amateur piercing, from friends,instead of from a licensed professional.
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College and Debt... Where Do You Stand?
Submitted by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-14 23:05.Many college students depend on their wonderful credit cards… for emergencies of course! That is however, never really the case. I solely own two credit cards and know many others who own more then that. I remember promising myself that I wouldn’t get caught up in the credit card thing. And I try hard not to. So just to be aware of what I can get into I decided to look up information on college students and debt…this is what I found. In a college students survey done by Nellie Mae in 2002 the following was recorded:
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2005 MOVE AGAINST AIDS – Dance-a-ton!!!!!
Submitted by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-09-21 17:28. current eventsThis is one of the most exciting things I’ve done in my life! Last year I was part of one of the most amazing events. A
Move Against AIDS Dance-A-Ton that raises money for AIDS victims and research. It is sponsored
by many know companies, and it is ran by the GMHC (Gay Men Health Crisis). And the proceedings earned go to all HIV causes. It takes place in NYC! At one of the biggest locations, this year it’s at the Manhattan center. They transform the space into a complete and total dance hall, celebrities come (Madonna one year), there is a red carpet lounge VIP! Raise more then enough you get to be it in, and the number # 1 DJ’s from across the nation DJ this event. It is truly unforgettable. I’m going to do it again this year, and if you’re interested check it out. You want to give a hand in AID/HIV awareness and help fundraise? If there are enough people interested we can start a group for Bryn Mawr (anyone can join), this way we are registered together and raise money together. We can even rent a Bryn Mawr van to take us to NYC for the event. Trust me you will never forget it.
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Funny yet Real newspaper
Submitted by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-09-09 21:04. journalismThis is a link to a newspaper that runs in NYC. My high school journalism teacher writes for them, and it has pretty funny titles and intresting points. For example, God outdoes Terrorists Yet Again , or this one which has a pretty funny title, Our High Schools May Not Adequately Prepare Dropouts For Unemployment .
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Because I can... MY RAGE PAGE!!!
Submitted by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-09-09 00:46.Ok, I am going to RAGE! Because I CAN, about what truly bothers me about certain things that happen in the Bryn Mawr College community.
First, is my issue with one of the Dining halls at Bryn Mawr, and their "salad bar" working freshmen employees. Now I’m going to state my opinion and what I think is not in the job description: Standing behind the wall and doing NOTHING! It’s like their waiting for a freaking invitation to arrive that says, "Hey girls you know there’s a salad bar to refill?", or maybe a reminder, "Oh, by the way your working... remember?". I’ve become so frustrated to see that “certain” repeated people happen to love working at the salad bar, because guess what? Their getting away with standing behind a wall and getting paid $7.10 an hour for not doing shit! Meanwhile everyone else is serving, grilling, doing dishes or cleaning. And another thing, how funny is it that it happens to be the same people who always seem to actually be doing work! I'd like to end this point with: STOP TALKING ABOUT STUPID SHIT BEHIND THE WALL AND ACTUALLY NOTICE THE WORK THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING! And if for some reason you are one of those workers and find yourself with no work ... look for something to do, don't stand around and get paid, for nothing! While there are people in this world who work for almost nothing, and work ten times as hard as you! I urge all the employees of all Dining halls to do their work, so they can actually earn their salary off of actual work instead of laziness. Unlike, the Dinning Hall employees in a particular
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My Ghetto block...
Submitted by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-09-06 17:50. communityNice suburban housing, little sweet families, and cute little puppies is defiantly not where I came from. Ha, that would be funny. Maybe I should insight you on my housing surroundings... you might find it to be charming... or not! As I walk down the street waving hello to my dear friend who lives on the 8th floor of her apartment building I happen to look at what comes as no surprise to me, another pair of sneakers hanging from the electric wire that runs across the street. Right in the middle of the wire hangs a Puerto Rican flag; I’ve always wondered how it gets there... Well most likely the same people who draw their names so "artistically" across every empty space on any wall they find. For some reason every guy I meet on my block thinks his an artist at war. Detailing his ideas, pictures and name across high roof tops, traffic lights, subways, and basically everything that is able to be climbed, as if to prove some point that he doesn't have. As I keep walking, the vibration of the ground shakes me. No worries, it’s just a car, blasting its subwoofer in the middle of the day! Loud enough that you can actually stand still and feel the earth shake as a result of the car shaking to its beat. In a mixture of city noises I can hear my friend's mother yelling from the 8th floor downstairs at little "papito" to come inside, its 11pm and he hasn't gone inside since he came from school. It’s late, so I head off to bed, then about 1am I hear: BAM!! BAM!! BAM! Ah, the gun shoots echo in my ear, asserting me that I am home...
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A little flash back...
Submitted by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-09-04 21:54.I don't have much time to wonder about my past anymore, the days seem short, and the hours run fast. How did I ever get here? Why am I here? And where is this going to take me... I wonder. But don't we all? To me these questions are as complex as any other, my life (my past) wasn't and isn't the easiest to live. Encountering things that forever change you during childhood forever do change the way you think, grow up, and mature. I was one of those people, the "injured child" as one of our CSEM classes’ detail. However I was never fully injured, at least not mentally. Physically during my childhood I encountered everything, and back then it was mental injury as well.
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Yes your right... its all
by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-12-14 03:45
Yes your right... its all about time management. Im waiting for that time to come... hasn't yet. =(
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-12-13 16:20
“Is Santa black or white or in between?” I heard this question being asked by a 7 year old once and the mother a white women hesitated and said, “Santa comes in all the colors.”
I found it so fascinating to hear what she told him because all around us in the mall the Santa’s in the windows were white. And you know the Santa that comes to the mall every year. Well the one in this mall was black, and of course that confused the little boy. I remember when I was little I thought Santa, like dolls came in your own color, which ever color you may be. When I heard this little boy ask such a question I realized how perceptive children actually are to what is presented around them. This little boy decided to ask a wonderful question, that most other little children would normally not wonder about. Most children would probably believe Santa has to be white due to all the advertisements and the media around them that portray Santa to be white. It is important to educate children of the differences in people and of the simple but important little things. The way this mother answered her son, “Santa comes in all the colors of little boys and girls” was almost perfect.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-12-13 16:02
I believe part of being in this country means that you have to get accustomed to some of these things. Living in NYC I always have to hear other people speak different languages. I am use to riding the MTA subway and hearing different languages. I don’t find it rude I find it cultural. You should be able to speak your own language where ever you want. My native language is Spanish and sometimes when I meet a Spanish speaking person I will speak to them in Spanish. Just because I live in America I don’t feel I need to forget my language and speak English. Many times I’ve been insulted and told, “You live in America talk English.”, and I find that to be rude. I am in a country where I have freedom of speech and if my speech is in a different language, I really shouldn’t be told to change it so that everyone could understand me.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-12-12 21:53
1. Minorities, when expressing the love of their heritage, are often encouraged, but whites are labeled racists. Why?
Every race is encouraged to show their heritage, that is what diversity consists of. Do you think diversity is only consisted of minorities? Think again, it consists of ALL races, regardless of who you are or the color of your skin.
2. Rap music has a lot of anti- White lyrics, but when one white band defends themselves, they are "racist" why?
Give me an example of this? I haven’t heard rap music insult white people. I would say that some lyrics may degrade women but that’s a whole another discussion.
3. We have the First Amendment that allows this type of music. Ban their music, and you throw that away. Would that or would it not be what Hitler wanted all along: a society without a free speech or free press law?
The music these girls sing is different, it is insulting. The National Vanguard who backs them up has derogatory advertisement against other races. What they are doing is their right to freedom of speech, but that still doesn’t cross it out as not being racist.
And how are you backing up your statements? Who is labeling white bands racist?
On the other hand being proud of ones heritage does not include degrading everyone else and telling your people to take over everyone else. As in one song that these girls sing... in which they proclaim for whites to take back what is theirs.
Since at least the 1960's, the white race has been discriminated against…
Are you forgetting that for years minorities were degraded? You cannot compare the discrimination of white people to the centuries of discrimination some minority cultures have endured. EVERY culture is discriminated against, that is a reality we live in today. However, you cannot justify that the discrimination that white people encounter can at all compare to, for example, the African Americans who endures years of slavery and violent discrimination.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-12-12 00:03
Wow that is heartbreaking. If only their stories were like Romeo and Juliet. I would never imagine such a tragedy happening in my life. Sometimes traditional cultural beliefs are hard to understand with modern culture. It’s amazing how families can have so much pride for their name and social class, and forget about their family members, who are truly the most important.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-12-09 01:15
I think everything you mentioned is great food for thought. I’ve often wondered about my security every time I post something on Myspace.com , Xanga.com, or facebook.com . Lately much scandal has been revolving around how safe and how private it actually is to post blogs, or to have profiles that contain information about yourself.
In today’s world I feel it has become more convenient to use technology, but at the same time I feel that my security runs a higher risk. Just think about how easy is it to Google someone’s name and learn much about them. I’ve seen people use facebook.com to search for people, and find plenty of information about them, linking them to other information about the person. It’s amazing how much information is available about people throughout the internet.
It will not be much of a surprise when we start to see criminal records that contain blog scripts. Or even instant messaging scripts. Technology has opened a door to the secret lives of people, or just their lives in general. I think everyone needs to use the internet at their own risk, and be aware of the technology world they are entering. In the real world you don’t talk to strangers, you can stay away. In the world of the internet the strangers find you, there is no escape.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-12-09 00:39
The slimy situation has happened to a couple of people in my hall. What usually happens is that they don’t rinse their water bottles every time they refill them. They basically just add water to them with out washing them or at least rinsing the top of the bottle, where the mouth piece is. And since they don’t do this their saliva builds up and they close their water bottles, and the germs and bacteria start to infest it. Eventually leave it long enough and you will get a bad smell at the mouth piece of the water bottle. The way to keep it basically clean is just to run it in some hot water and rinse out the mouth piece, before you refill it. At least this way you don’t get the slime out and the bad smell.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-11-16 23:11
Dreams are interesting, and I completely agree that they can affect your real life, outside the dream. I experienced a tragic event in my life when I was young and it forever changed me. I always knew that the after affects were very inevitable. One after effect mentioned to me a while back is that I would have nightmares, dreams or flashbacks. These dreams/nightmares would eventually take me back to what happened or even dreams of the future, in which I somehow would find myself in a similar predicament or still on the same issue. It has been years since the incident and usually these symptoms arise years later. It has been a long time since then, and like psychologists have warned me, I have begun dreaming back into my past. I cannot control it, nor did I somehow stimulate it to begin. Instead one night I just had a nightmare. I woke up and just looked around, and realized I was dreaming. I had to remind myself that this event is over with. That I am “ok”, and that it is done and finished with. Somehow the dream left my shook, and I have an unexplainable fear that resulted from the dream. I have even had trouble sleeping, because since the first dream I’ve had many more similar to it. Some futuristic and some from the past. Dreams are something that some of us may take lightly but to me and many others they are tormenting and painful.
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-11-16 22:17
Have you ever received food stamps? Do you know how much they receive because I sure do. And if you would have read carefully... I used the word "really", to infer that no one here "really" goes hungry. Meaning no one in this country "really" starves, like in other countries. Yes there are exceptions but for the most part those exceptions can be helped. And poverty is so much more then not having food. Food is one thing that people here in this country do receive EVEN IN poverty. And speaking as one that has and still lives in it I should know.
"The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about"-unknown
~Knowledge Speaks but, Wisdom Listens~
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-11-16 22:02
OoOoO...If only they had a striptease exercise class at Bryn Mawr!
= )
J/K...lol... although when I think about it...
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-11-16 21:57
Surely in this country there is too much food. Literally food is found everywhere. And it is very accessible to everyone. With government programs that assist you with food stamps if so be the case, no one in this country can really go hungry. At least not compared to the rest of the world.
While we are eating our lives away the rest of the world is starving to death (literally) in some places. It’s a shame that this country is suffering through obesity, and that we need to get weight activist to emerge, unlike in other places of the world where the help of NGO’s is needed to receive and distribute food on a daily basis. Recently, I was with a group of girls and one was speaking about an internship program she was interested in. The program (I will describe briefly) was for an internship in Guatemala, where the intern will spend a whole month in an indigenous environment, tutoring and helping educate the children of the town. She told us how sad it was that the program specifically mentioned that this task of teaching these children was going to be harder then any other, since the children can only afford to eat once a day many are hungry and cranking and do not want to learn. This internship therefore called for people interested who obviously have a lot of patience in a situation where there is very little one can do. I found it extremely depressing, especially when I begin to think of the obesity and the obvious waste of food that goes on in this country. If only food didn’t go bad… we would somehow find ways to ship it to the rest of the starving world.
* I am sorry I cannot link you to the internship in Guatemala it was mentioned to me during a conversation. If I find it I will surely post it up.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-11-16 21:22
I found a google image of the Asian Lady Bug . This is the other type they are a bit different. Take a look that way you know which is which.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-11-01 21:11
OMG! where have we come too...lol
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-11-01 17:42
Talk to you in class?-----You bet I will. -Dre
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 21:46
Simply put… if you can’t handle your drinks then don’t drink... or don't drink so much. CONTROL is the key word if your going to drink. And always make sure you are with a good friend who will take care of you in any case.
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 21:42
Then you shouldn't be posting here... what happened with your life? Huh?
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 12:19
Aliens... I always wonder about those...heres a link to some UFO loving people . And if you've seen one, report it here . =)
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 01:36
YES! Very Clever… always works to send them off to the wrong place… LOL. Unless some how they google you, and there come all your blogs!
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 01:32
The whole time I was asking… Where’s my wand? It completely looked like something taken out of Harry Potter . I really loved it, although it was a little cult like.
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-31 01:25
I completely understand you… in so many ways. I can’t feel more passionate about it! I think it’s so wrong, so sad, and just not needed to display our diversity through every Black, Hispanic, Indian, etc, culture group on campus. That just doesn’t cut it for me, but it does for others. I also understand what you mean when you refer to as being “displayed”. I see that a lot, here and almost at every college, now and during the time I was visiting colleges. It’s as if “us” international or minority students are made to represent (display) something that we stand for, but nothing that the school really has. What is interesting to me is how I know I will never be put in certain things in this school that involve this type of “displaying”, only because I don’t fit the image of what they would want to display. And funny enough this has already happened to me, here. I did a panel for the spec weekend and I was put in the regular panel (the panel with limited diversity), instead of the MOSAIC (for the multi-cult specs) panel. I wonder why I was put in one and not the other…could it be my blue eyes, lighter hair, and white complexion? Maybe. Or I’m just not Hispanic enough looking for them. I wonder ... How will they eventually display ME?
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by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-10-30 23:45
I’ve always loved quotes! Their concrete, concise and powerful. I wish all my readings for my classes were like them.
Some I like:
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." ~ Buddha ~
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-10-30 23:18
It’s time to let go… Parents! The time you have secretly wished for but dreaded is here. Your kids are now adults! And guess what… that means they make their own messes and mistakes and clean them up. So in other words: don’t worry so much! Oh I know I’m being a little disconnected towards the way parents may feel, but I am sorry I have to tell it out straight. Many college students are now adults, weather they like it or not. And that calls for self responsibility, and much more. Parents who read their children’s blogs are not invading privacy. WE should all be smart enough not to have our names on our blogs, and too much personal information, for our own safety (you never know). But a second reason could be that your parents might read them. In the case that they do… you have to deal it out with them, you know what you’re doing… and knew what you did. Next time consider putting it under private blog... that could work better.
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by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-10-30 13:04
Good points both of you, but I’m just not convinced. And if you’re speaking about anything being biased both of you fall into that category as well. Two wrongs don’t make it right.
PS: I'll let you speak to an Onion writer I know... you can ask if its a real newspaper then.
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-29 19:25
Professional journalism is not going to die out. It never will. People depend on news and weather you have a biased opinion or not does not matter, frankly the majority of people looking at the news don’t notice it, or don’t care. People will always want the “just news” cut down and straight to the point. Not everyone will care about everyone else’s opinion (like we do). We have a different understanding, we know that its is better and more informative to hear many sides. Unlike many others who don’t understand the concept, and will forever be enthralled by real journalist, as oppose to bloggers.
On another note, the reason that journalism varies in presented style is because each has an aim for a different audience. That’s why we have so many different (for example) newspapers, like the New York Times , The Onion , The New York Post (known for it’s straight to the point articles and front page tittles), and many more. They all differ because they aim at each of us in different ways. Each newspaper and writer for that matter wants a specific audience. Will a professional with a PhD (in what ever profession) sit and read The Onion everyday? I highly doubt it. But, they will have the New York Times ordered to their house on a daily basis, because they find “real journalism” from the New York Times more credible then The Onion's editorials. The same rule of who’s the targeted audience applies for TV. That is why FOX and PBS are so different.
Fox undeniably is very flashy in its programming, and it’s not so hard to tell why. Fox takes things further then most programmers because they have the idea that “extreme and intense” grabs attention. They are aiming at everybody; they want everyone to view them. They think that everyone wants to watch their programming if it’s extremely attention grabbing. What is sad is that many of us will sit and watch FOX , and hate but love it at the same time.
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-29 18:15
LMAO... this whole argument about the site is actually funnier then the site its self... lol. Come on people... just let it go. And others need to just let go a little and laugh.
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by How I learned t... on Thu, 2005-10-27 21:21
There so many issues that queer people face, and one feeling, like you said, is the feeling that they live a fake life. A friend of mine who is queer expressed to me this same feeling. He feels that back at home he is “fake” and pretends to be someone who he isn’t, since his family doesn’t know he is queer. It is often the case that queer people have to hide for sometime until they are open about it. And like my friend said to me “I live behind a lie”, is the same feeling many would relate too. It’s so sad that in today’s society queer people still face many of the problems faced a long time ago. Hopefully as the year go by it will something that becomes more and more accepted.
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by How I learned t... on Thu, 2005-10-27 20:36
That’s a very interesting title… and I think that it may hold some very small truth too it. But I really wouldn’t want to go into that. Instead I will tell you that I did take the race test, and it told me that I am more inclined and connected with one racial group more then another. I did not expect the results it gave me. I had thought of myself inclined more over to the other racial group, the one that according to my test I least prefer.
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by How I learned t... on Thu, 2005-10-27 00:29
I took the test. Interesting but not so convincing. These online quizzes are always good pass times.
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by How I learned t... on Thu, 2005-10-27 00:19
It’s true, I agree, everyone can’t have their story on the news. Nor do people really want to hear them all. It’s sad because every one of those families affected deserve some type of recognition, and their stories to be told…but to be heard by everyone? Highly unlikely. Like everything in life, it is only the amazing, the captivating, and the brilliant stories out of the already wonderful stories that can get selected for others to hear. This is just the course of things. Everyone has a story. But not everyone will be heard.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 04:10
Do we really need to be that hostile about people’s mistakes? No one is perfect…it is an honest mistake. Please, there is no need to be rude.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 04:06
NYC in house! I too understand the smile problem on campus. But I beg to differ with the New Yorkers. I too am an NYC girl, and I smile at people here, for the most part. I know that in NYC we tend to keep to ourselves, but I do smile at people and get an occasional smile back. Although I will admit that I find it strange when I do. However I think that because I assume Bryn Mawr is friendly environment I smile more then I do in NYC.
On the other hand the comment about New Yorkers being rude… hmm. There can be many sides to that. I can give many examples of New Yorkers helping out if you need the help (even in the subway), because we are generally nice people. And I can also state that we can get a little aggressive over situations, but that’s only because if we aren’t someone is bond to step all over you. But over all I think that to some extent we are nicer because we do learn to live with one another and accept each other.
But, as my friend Lester once said:
“I am not rude I am just from Brooklyn.”
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 03:44
I actually ate only organic food at home for some years. My mother became organic a couple of years ago, and I hated it, with a passion! We went from what I thought of as good canned food (e.g. Beans) to, healthy and organic food. At first (because I was entering my teenage years when this change occurred) all I wanted to eat was junk food and fast food. Anything that was quick and easy I loved. But when my mom started buying food that tasted like nothing I hated it! She got rid of all junk food, and only brought organic desserts. That tasted like they were stale. She had organic meats and poultry. Which made no sense to me, because it tasted the same as any other chicken or meat. Fruits she also brought organic and they still tasted the same as any other fruits. Organic food doesn’t taste much different then other food. Like the author of this blog mentioned, it is all about the way it is produced and kept. The downside of organic food is that it is extremely expensive. I mean sometime ridiculous in prices. But if you can afford it then I guess go for it! My mom is still eating organic, but I on the other hand have stopped eating organic and have resumed to regular food-- that I love!
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 03:23
Once again I apologize if your language may not be up on the poll. This poll was based on the Blog Post: Top 10 Languages … which referred to the top ten most widely spoken languages in the world. Meaning not all of them, just the most spoken. If yours is not up there feel special . That means you have mastered a language that few people know. You are unique, and if I put an “other” options on the poll, the purpose of the poll would have no function, because it is meant to see; how the most widely spoken languages rank among our Weblogers. Not what languages we all speak. Which I am sure, is a lot more then what is up there. = )
Peace and Love- "The Driver"
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 03:06
Yep! I defiantly agree. But where are you from? I know that people from the West Coast, and anyone from hot tropics must be cold, because their not use to the cold weather. But it WILL get worse; sorry to be the messenger of bad news, but it is true. As for the heat in the dorms... THANK GOD! I was freezing in my basement room.
One thing that’s pretty funny and I can’t wait to see is the; new comers to snow. I know I’ve heard many people say they have never seen snow, and can’t wait for it. I heard from an upperclassman that every year when the snow starts all the people from hot areas come out together and play in the snow. Meanwhile everyone else is looking at them outside saying, “I’m not going out there!”— That will be me!
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 02:56
I agree, this show is fantastic…but they did spend 6 months trying to open the hatch. I love it, but I think sometimes is drags a little to much. And at times you can feel a little LOST.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 02:49
Hate me for it, but I don’t like Rent. I think it’s so pointless. I’ve seen the Broadway performance, meet the actors, and still I am not in love with it. The whole time during the show I sat there going… “Ok, this is crazy, and not really funny, just flashy.” I personally don’t understand the hype… I have tried, but I really don’t see it. Maybe I’m just not a Rent person, because other Broadway plays I LOVE! And for the most part I’ve have seen I would say about 85% of them. There are so many more stronger plays out there on Broadway; Rent just never cut it for me.
*I still completely respect everyone else who loves Rent… which is everyone else, except me. = )
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-26 02:37
Honestly, the issues with these little girls, lays further then their mother’s right to teach them. They are extreme symbols of hate and racism, and what they represent is far more dangerous and wrong then what is acknowledged. In reality the girls hold no blame, they are only children, their parents are responsible, but what guides the parents and what is truly responsible for the twins is the society which they are supporting. They are pro-White, white extremist, who none the less follow much of Hitler’s dreams. The National Vanguard is one of the biggest supporters for pro-White extremity, their webpage links to other pro-White extremist, and contains articles on white supremacy and issues that support racism. What I found in their website was really shocking, to say the least.
As I was exploring the website (the whole time stunned), I ran across some of the most racists advertisements I’ve ever seen. One said, “MISSING: A Future for White Children” , the picture shows a cute white little girl. And below it is a paragraph explaining that the Whites in America need to take back their country and what is rightfully theirs. Another advertisement depicted Pres. George W Bush wearing a Mexican sombrero , saying “Los estados Unidos”. Below it is also a description about Mexican immigrants and illegal immigrants who cross the boarders. Once again is claimed that Whites need to take back what’s theirs. Such advertisements are not only racist, but morally wrong! In this day and age ignorance of such kind shouldn’t even exist, but sadly it does.
Out of curiosity I went to the see the “Join” part of the website. Their application asks questions on race, and background, how long you have been pro-White, your age, and your agreement to a money contribution. All the way at the bottom of the application is the following statement: * Persons of Jewish descent, homosexuals or bisexuals, criminals, persons with a non-White spouse or sexual partner, or persons with more than an undetectable trace of non-White ancestry are specifically barred from membership. Amazing, honestly I can’t believe racism of this sort is still happening. I am wondering whether this is even allowed, this evident type of discrimination. The entire National Vanguard society, should it be allowed, or any group of this sort for that matter?
I personally think they should be banned, racism and discrimination are so demeaning, the affects that these racists societies have on people are dangerous. They make people extremist, and others who look on, scared. It’s scary and frightening to think about such groups in existence, and the influential power that they could possibly have on other people. I hope that this world someday comes to realize that there is no need for hate against others, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian or from which ever descent you associate with, there is no need for hate or power over one another. I wonder now, after seeing this site, has the ML. King’s dream really come true? Or do we now need to dream BIGGER?
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-24 12:54
You’re killing me with this article! I love fish! I’m Ecuadorian and for one, we eat a lot of seafood. And from that rises my love for fish. I can remember my mother telling me that fish is really good for me. She actually would cut out articles that said “fish is good” and post them on the refrigerator. If I remember correctly, I recall her reading to me (this was a couple of years ago) an article that said that the more fish you eat the longer you’ll live. Since I was in my pre-teen years, I could have cared less about the time of my life span. Even till today my mom makes fish and she reminds us that its good for us. This article came as a surprise to me. Thank you for the information… now I’m going to tell my mom that fish is bad.
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 14:57
Since reality TV ever started I had issues with it. Half the time it’s anything but real… paradise islands, hot guys, provocative women, servants, what’s real about that? I mean our real world is anything but what they put on TV. It shows how ridiculously entertained we as humans can be by seeing people in all sort of problems. If reality TV has brought anything worth looking at, its human behavior towards these shows.
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 14:37
Diapers ,Diapers, Diapers… I was raised with out them! In my country we really don’t use diapers because they are so expensive. So only the rich people can afford to truly pamper their infants, and toddlers. My mom told me that when I was a baby she used cloth diapers and diaper pins, they look something like this , but it holds together with safety pins. My mom said using the cloths got very messy, and they would have to hand washed them. Well that’s also because there are no laundry machines there either, but that’s beside the point. As I was saying, my mom and all her brothers, sisters and every one of my cousins, including me never used diapers. How interesting…people here, rich or poor get the privilege of using diapers. Now were looking for alternative ways... well check this out... GOT CLOTH ?
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 14:19
Wow! That’s pretty dumb on his part. The man has passion for the player, I mean what else could you say?
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 09:54
I'm sorry : ( but I posted up the top ten, just to see how they rank on the site. I know there's alot more...
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 00:11
That’s hilarious! Only because I know that in my Brooklyn neighborhood we paint the cement green in front of our house to make it resemble grass! Hey don’t judge, what can we do if were in the Spanish Harlem of Brooklyn? Anyway as I was saying, my front “lawn” or what I presume it to be, has a very small dirt space with no grass, and there my little sisters have taken into their own hands the power of decorating. They do so with $1 fake flowers, just like you said your neighbors do. I think they actually save time and if you do it right no one ever knows. Yeah it may be very ghetto, but in my walk of the woods it looks very normal.
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by How I learned t... on Sat, 2005-10-22 00:01
You’re very right about diversity being socio-economical (because that defines much of what is under-privileged), rather then racial. Many educational institutions now-a-days view racial diversity as “needed” and necessary. But in reality what kind of diversity is it really giving to a school when the “racial minority” students accepted are highly educated and wealthy too? I had a BIG issue when I started college this year. And it was particularly about that issue. I felt that many of the minorities I meet I could not relate to, or they could not relate to me. I felt alone in a different bubble of diversity. The lower class minority. The poor minority that understood the stereotypes placed on me, because I had seen them and lived them. I felt that other minorities didn’t truly understand what it felt like to be a minority under the minority stereotype. I guess my predefined idea of the type of diversity a college looked for laid into social economic diversity, and when I got to college I discovered something completely different. Making diversity just racial doesn’t do much, I think you can’t put a bunch of rich people together from different parts of the world and call it completely diverse. It just isn’t. I think money makes and breaks people. Hasn’t anyone ever noticed that having money cuts between the racial differences in people? Money makes racial difference translucent, and many times it becomes disregarded in a society where all have money and are economically stable. On the other hand having no money and having economic struggle, whether you’re Asian, White, Black, or Hispanic, can united people through the commonalties of economical suffering. This should be taken into consideration when colleges look for diversity, and mixture. The boundaries that define inequality in today’s society lay much further then just racial differences; they now encompass economic differences as well.
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-21 23:02
Question: Where did you find out Brooklyn Tech is the 5th largest high school in America? Because I'm from Brooklyn, and I know there are many more high schools in Brooklyn exceeding far more students then your school. Some even have over 6,000 students in each. Fort Hamilton high school in Bay Ridge is one of them. Ahh... the memories of overcrowding. I just loved sitting on the floor (yeah right!).
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-21 22:46
I have younger twin teenage sisters and that, on its own, spells out trouble. As I was growing up my little sisters and I constantly fought over everything! They would always argue that since they are two, they won (whatever that meant!). However as we got older we compromised a lot more. I think that most people during their childhood years have conflicts with their younger or older siblings. I know many family members, cousins in particular, who still fight till this day. As a result they tend to have poor family values. They disregard family events and things. Because of their disconnect with each other their family value suffers. I’m grateful that my sisters and I get along now. I own it to them; they keep me connected to my family values.
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-21 17:23
I’m glad you posted this, I’ve always wondered why my leg falls asleep. The same event has happened to me before. I’ve also tried to walk and just fell, it hurts a lot, but it can sometimes tickles too.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-19 20:32
Who’s to know? I mean you never know when a new type of technology will hit a tipping point and all of a sudden everyone has it. These types of cars could possibly be our near future transportation, your very right.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-19 20:28
I defiantly understand what you mean. I hate running. Every time I run I feel out of breath and have to stop because I truly start losing oxygen. I wish I could run for long periods of time like many other people I know, but I can’t. I did once try to increase my running by going to the gym every time I could, but it still seemed not to be working. So, like someone suggested here I did swimming. I now love swimming and swim whenever I have the chance to. I do get out of breath in swimming but I find it a whole lot better of a work out then running. You should try it too.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-19 13:19
I think it could be due to more people being bored online at night, and so they run across websites that may link them to us. Or it could be that they are typing stuff in google and landing here. Either way more people have time to explore the internet at night rather then during the day.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-18 16:47
You have to expect for people to take certain things personally. A blog is suppose to be opinionated, meaning people write about what they are personally interested in, or opposed to. I agree being anonymous can come in handy at times. But why not want to say what you have to say? I think having a name or a reference to yourself, and saying this is what “I” have to say whether you like it or not , is a far more stronger statement, then hiding behind an anonymous title. People shouldn't be afriad to stand behind what they believe.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-18 16:34
True, living in NYC I’ve noticed marketing competition can get tough…and for that reason many Ads are posted everywhere. I stopped looking at ads a while back, unless, like you said, they are extremely interesting and eye grabbing. I saw this Ad on the train that was only words… one paragraph long. The Ad basically started out like this:
“So you’re bored eh? That’s why you’re reading me…but I bet you won’t stop reading till the end. Come on…I dare you to stop reading. See, you haven’t stopped that’s why you're still reading this….”
And so on... this Ad kept going and going, I was entertained. In the end the ad said, “We never stop – Verizon Super Pages”. I thought it was clever, and defiantly would not have guessed that an Ad with only one paragraph in black and white letters would have caught my attention. Funny how simple advertising works, if its done right.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-18 13:29
Freshman 15? I always wondered about that. For me it was true during high school. After freshman year in high school, I had unfortunately gained the 15 pounds. Maybe I was still growing but I doubt that very much. I have been the same height for a long time, what grew was my appetite. Coming to college I was scared that I would gain another 15 pounds, but I haven’t, thankfully. Instead I’ve lost some weight… might be due to the fact that I walk everywhere. I think however that if you get caught up on eating and not exercising then you may very well start adding up the pounds!
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-18 00:36
That’s why I said “IF”, in case you missed it. I never thought it was real, I was skeptical. I was just turned off at the point they made regarding third world children. Obviously your common sense doesn’t tell you that not everyone finds certain hoaxes particularly funny. People do get offend at things.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-18 00:15
A baby cage? Isn't this harmful to children?
No, All of our products are tested on third-world country test subjects experimentally for six months. After each experiment, each child showed no signs of physical or emotional damage. Using Baby Cage products are 100% safe! None of our products can cause permanant damage to a child or infant.
*This is found in their Q&A about the site.
Wow, I looked at the site and saw this. I think this is completely breaking human rights… They are encaging children. If this site is real, I am appalled. I just refuse to believe this. It says they test on Third world children, what does that mean, that they aren’t worth anything? I was born in a third world country and defiantly don’t appreciate the above statement or the whole concept of baby cages in general.
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-17 10:59
Remember when we spoke about blogs and their tipping point? Maybe we are getting close. I was reading this article called Blogging 101- Weblogs go to school and it spoke about the use of blogging in the classroom. The article focuses on a middle school teacher who uses blogs as part of his classroom. It defends the point that blogs are not only “diary” type journals, but that they are becoming an educating tool in today’s society. Could this be the tipping point that blogs needed?
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-10-17 00:40
Both are amazing movies. Extremely breathe taking and suspenseful, and at the same time very REAL…
I recently saw Crash. I had to see it twice! That’s how good it was. I was stunned at the many stereotypes that movie brings up. The conflicts between the characters, and the way they “crash” into each other is basically real life. Everyday we face new obstacles, new people, and different people. Maybe we like them, maybe we don’t. We might have already a prejudged idea about them, and because of that we may act a certain way to them. I can recall so many times in my life when I was forced to “crash” into someone or something I never knew about. And have to use my prejudged instinct in order to produce a first reaction to them. Crash reminded me of the many things I’ve experienced and seen in my life, and at the same time reinforced that everyone struggles, with one thing or another. No one group of people have it easy, everyone has it hard, in their own way. The hard thing about watching that was realizing that this is how people really act towards each, and how difficult the struggle is to change that.
Hotel Rwanda was powerful…moving and truly incredible. This and “The killing Fields” (another good one) are probably two of the best movies ever made detailing the tremendous horrific events of genocide (in my opinion). Hotel Rwanda made me see past so many boundaries. Shocked throughout the whole movie I sat there and just watched, speechless, ashamed, and helpless. I cried, out of sadness and disbelief. And as I thought of today and the situation in Dufur, I couldn’t help but feel the atrocity that may be going on right now. That movie WOW… that’s all I can really say for now.
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-14 23:47
God and G33K are right...we need to take care of our earth! It's what we have and what our life depends on. I think that people are intrested in everything but their own home and don't see the destruction around us. I'm a Peace and Conflicts major for so many reasons. One is exactly the fact that I just care enough, to live my life towards doing all I can do, for the mess we are in now.
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-14 23:32
I too, grew up with only my mother. I can recall her being out all day. But I can’t remember every feeling left alone, nor did I ever want her to stay at home. I felt my mother did sacrifices that I looked up to. Yes, I had to grow up early, and cook and clean and take care of my little twin sisters, but I did it without complaints. By twelve I already did most of the things my mother would have had to do. I walked myself and my little sisters to the babysitter, and walked back alone. I picked them up from school, thought them, and kept them safe until my mother would get home. I always took on the older sister role. My mother never thanked me for it, but I never waited for that, I felt it was my duty to help her. I look back at my childhood years and remember a hard working single mom. Who did all her best for her children. When she came home her work was not done, she took care of us as best she could. I don’t imagine what my life would have been like if I had a father. My mother is everything I’ve ever needed in my life. Instead, I wonder where I would be with out her…
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-10-14 23:17
Really? I stopped drinking soft drinks about 5 years ago. I don’t consume any type of soda or anything of the sort. I never noticed however that you can loose weight from doing just that. What I am going to guess is that there must be a direct connection between, your daily consumption and how much weight you loose after quitting soft drinks. When I used to drink soft drinks I remember rarely drinking and so when I completely stopped it had barely any effect on me. I didn’t loose a single pound… what a shame!
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-12 19:48
I have never hand glided, but I have been bungee jumping off a bridge. It was the most exhilarating experience in my life, I think! I did it in Ecuador not to long ago. I not sure if it feels the same as gilding but it sure felt scary. I had to plunge head first off the bridge. As I was coming down, I was half nervous and excited. I swear my life flashed in front of me. Once I finished I was dangling there, thanking everything in existence that it went ok. It was an amazing thrill; it stood with me for days. I will never forget it. I plan to go sky diving next time I’m on vacation… can’t wait!
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-12 14:07
Funny that you mentioned that the cloths people wear doesn’t show their wealth. I wish you could tell that to the people I’ve grown up around all my life. It seemed to me while growing up that all people cared about was how they looked, and what brand they were “rocking”, in other words wearing. It was a fashion parade… school was a place to model off your wealth and style. Since I was in 1st grade I can recall mothers who only dressed their children in nice expensive clothing. I was made to feel extremely “poor” because I didn’t have any name brand clothing. However the truth was the opposite. The people wearing these name brand clothing had parents who didn’t even have enough money to pay for their one months rent. They believed that if they can show the world that they can afford these brand name cloths, they could somehow also convince them that they were wealthy. I also thought it was depressing when people ran to the store and lined up to buy $200 Jordan sneakers, meanwhile they lived in a broken down apartment building and their baby was hungry. Trends and fashion really get the most of people pockets, especially those who don’t even have anything or much in their pockets.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-12 13:18
I was spanked as a child. I remember it clearly; my mother would come from behind me and WACK! I would start to run and she would chase me. It looked almost like a cat and dog chase.I read this editorial about Spanking.And the writer mentioned manyinteresting points. One of them was that a studied showed that older children who are spanked grow up to have behavioral problems. This I found to be very interesting. From my experiences I realized that the children I knew who were spanked constantly did have behavioral problems. I think that there is a reason for this, if an older child in its teens is being a spanked and has what so ever no control, they are afflicted, and therefore go out and take their anger out on other children or teens. They feel powerless from the hand that hits them. But they find power in hitting others. I’ve seen this in many of my cousins growing up. They rebel in the society outside their home, and inside they are scared.
The writer also mentioned that spanking is an “outlet for parental anger”. I think this is extremely true. My mother for example and my grandparents for that matter as well, always seemed to take out a bad day on the children around them. They would get aggravated easily and take the anger out on their children. I can recall countless amounts of times when I think I was hit unfairly. Something that never would tick off my mother would all of a sudden bother her if she was having a bad day. She would then presume to take the anger out on me. This pattern become constant. I will say that my mother was very tough on me and my sisters growing up. And I also think that it was my reason to rebel around my teenage years. I grew scared of her, and I did act up anywhere outside of home. Until finally, I would gain the courage and fight against her. I think however if I would have continued to let her hit me to discipline me I would have grown powerless, and I don’t know where I would have ended up.
Spanking, or what that leads to… other types of disciplinary violence, is not necessary to discipline children. Installing fear in children, from their own parents is not the best way to go. Parents are supposed to protect their children, not abuse them. Because of my mothers abuse I grew never to trust her. I am 18 now and I can still not trust my mother. If she gets upset, I leave. Because I couldn’t’ trust her I retained many things from her, things I should have been able to tell her. Now, that I have told her everything I didn’t when I was a child, she regrets doing what she did. She realized now that while she was disciplining me, she forgot to protect me from the other harm around me, harm that I would have told her about, if I could have trusted her to be my protector. When I have children someday I will not discipline them in the fashion that my mother disciplined me. I will use alternative methods, and my first priority would be to have my children trust me. So that if harm was to ever happen to them, they would be able to tell me.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-10-12 12:43
Fate is one of those things that people always wonder about. However fate wouldn’t be “fate” if you knew about it before hand. I think astrologers are interesting people; I have visited them in my lifetime. They have this amazing way of convincing you, and making you actually believe that what they are saying holds some truth. They are also very vague and generalized. For example, if one tells you, “You will get married in then next 10 years.” You may always remember what she told you, and for the next ten years wait upon your marriage. Many times since they are so vague it may seems like their prediction came true if you were to get married in those ten years. However, to my opinion, it just means that your life was moving in its trajectory, getting married is part of many people’s lives, and it is a 50/50 chance that you may get married anyway. So is she really predicting something? I highly doubt it.
What comes of much interest to me is when they give you warnings. Once, some astrologer told me to stay away from, “A young boy, whose 1st name starts with A”. For the few years that followed I stood away from all guys with the letter A. The few guys that I knew that had their name start with A would have never harmed me, but I listened and stood away. Now, that I think about it I laugh, because I can’t think about what harm any of these boys could have done to me. I have guy friends now whose names begin with the letter A, and I’m not scared of them anymore. In the end, as I now recalled much of what the Astrologer said to me when I was 14, I think about how very little of it actually was true. Yet at the time I was amazed, and ran off content that I knew my future, or fate. Now that I’m older I like the surprise’s the future may hold. I wouldn’t go to one again; I want to leave fate, to be fate.
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by How I learned t... on Tue, 2005-10-04 11:19
I can remember the pink trend in guys clothing like it was yesterday. In my school the "cooler" guys sported pink. They all wore similar shirts, a baby pink long plain shirt. No writings, no design, just plain pink. I will admit that at first I was very pulled back from guys wearing pink. For some reason when they started wearing pink, I hated seeing them in pink. To me, pink was a color associated with women, and little girls. I don’t know why seeing guys in pink triggered off as a small offense to me, but sooner then later I was able to accept the color pink on guys. Now I don’t care what they wear, as long as they look nice in it. I just think its interesting how the guys wearing pink shirts use to trigger me to get upset over the matter.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-09-28 01:59
Maybe something needs to be clear here, or maybe some of you just don’t notice that these “jack hammering” workers are not purposely trying to disturb you… their just doing their job. These are descent people who deserve respect, and for that matter have no fault as to what time their told they have to get started on work. I don’t understand why people are being incomprehensible about the situation and refusing to see that they are not to blame! They are workers, just like you and me. I heard many complain about throwing out food in the dinning halls. We are aware other people are bothered by that, and even you may be bothered by it too, but you still need to do your job and throw out the food, like you are told. It may suck, but either way it’s what you’re paid to do, and you have to obey to that. This is what these people are paid to do, it’s their job… you need to understand that.
~Knowledge speaks, but Wisdom listens~
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by How I learned t... on Mon, 2005-09-26 09:42
NYC Stand UP!!!! I Had to put it in... LOL. I love NYC too, I know exactly what you mean, Philly is nice BUT it only goes so far. NYC you don't need to strave if your up late anywhere, because lots of places stay open. Here theres no where to go, places close by 1 am if you lucky.
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by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-09-25 20:38
I feel you, I understand what its like to step into the world where we aren't even looked upon on. I have more to say of this, I will come back and add more. For now Im just going to say that everything in that article can relate to me. This is just my two cents on it at the moment.
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by How I learned t... on Sun, 2005-09-25 14:41
Hmmm, intresting web site, a brilliant idea! When reading this post I was thinking of how "Linked" this site is/ or will be, to basically everything. Another idea that popped up was "EMBRACE", leaning to the idea of helping, and giving one another a hand. Good luck with the site, sounds like a very good idea.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-09-21 19:55
It’s funny how dependent people are on cell phones now a day. If I were to lose mine I’d be worried too. However, I don’t even have a cell phone, nor do I really plan to have one. My whole thing behind it is that if someone needs to reach me then they can call my normal number (my dorm number in this case). I stay traditional, and still plan things accordingly, for example where I will meet someone and so on. Does anyone even remember the times when we didn’t even use cell phones? I just think its funny when people dramatize the fact that they don’t have a cell phone, and then all of a sudden their life isn’t the same. It’s a valuable tool, however there are always was to live without it. (Good luck on finding that cell phone)
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-09-21 12:19
That was comical lol, but I can relate. I get made fun of for my “Brooklyn” accent all the time. People come up to me and ask me, “Are you from Brooklyn or the Bronx?”, and I reply, “Both”, because I live in both. The thing about me is that I speak very “slangy” in causal conversation; I say words that are considered “ghetto” to some people, or just terminology that leaves people going, “huh?” Meanwhile, if I was in New York, no one would say “huh?”, because between teens over there we basically know the meaning of strange words that don’t even make sense. Like the word, “wack” which when used in a sentence would sound something like, “that’s so wack!”, translating into that’s so “stupid”, or “corny”. The funny thing, I think, is that you never notice some of these things until your put with a whole bunch of other people who aren’t like you. I think, personally that its sort of fun to hear people speak different, I like pausing people and asking them, “What does that mean?” Its kind of fun, you learn something new everytime.
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by How I learned t... on Wed, 2005-09-21 01:15
Speaking as a minority, and an underprivileged one, I think I see things a little bit differently when it comes to who’s to blame for the poverty in America. The truth, as you said is very well hidden, many people choose to close their eyes and ignore the surroundings of the poor that live in this country. However, the truth is also that some fault does lie within the hands of the poor themselves.
Let’s say you were to give everyone a good education, and good health care, if the people do not take advantage of these opportunities being offered, what good does it do? Just because it is offered it doesn't always necessarily mean that people are going to use it efficiently. The problem sometimes does not lie on the outside so much, but more on the inside of the situation. Behind closed doors of these minority households, what lies there? What type of parents do this children and teens have? Are they educated enough to be able to take advantage and realize the importance of education or health care? The answers may seem clearer to some, but not to others. Those living outside the minority section of poverty may not be able to understand what truly goes on inside this bubble of poverty. The lack of parental or adult education levels seem to be a huge factor in determining why these people are considered "poor", and why it is that their communities are not achieving anything more then what they are in now.
Consider this, if the parent was not educated what good job could they possibly obtain? They are left to work the jobs other won't do. Low paying jobs, that aren't even enough for the month’s rent. They live on bill-to-bill lives; their main worries tend to be money, and the lack of it. This need for money seems to blur their vision from many other important things, such as, their own children, education, and so on. Since many of their main concerns lie with money many of these households have parents (if they do work), that are working 11, 12, and even 15 hour shift per day. How can they come home and help their children with school, or even for that matter guide them, and give them words of advice, as most parents often do? These parents do not have much time for anything, and many of those that do have the time to help their children won't do it! This is the wrong way to come about raising, what could possibly be the needed “change makers” that these communities need. Instead many become drop-outs, young mothers, and the cycle goes on, children stay without understanding the value of education, and become adults who are unable to teach their own children the importance of it either, because of the lack of parental guidance they lacked during their adolescence or childhood.
The cycle becomes one that is fluid, often occurring, and almost non-stop in these types of communities. Many of the children that are able to remove themselves and their families from poverty are able to do it through education and sometimes it is the only way. And if you look behind them you may see a proud parent/s, who although poor, is/are able to value education and help guide their children in that direction. Sadly, however the amount of parents in what’s considered poverty who think this way are very few. It’s important to look at this, my question is now, can there be, and is there, better ways of coming about bringing change to these underprivileged communities? Maybe, we need to reconsider the ways or ideas that were trying to use to solve these problems and perhaps look at it from a different perspective.
~knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens~
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-09-09 21:14
ok they are linkable now... sorry about that.
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by How I learned t... on Fri, 2005-09-09 20:38
Yes, I'm going to agree with the monkey, my tone wasn't very clam, but forgive me, I was like I said "raging". And I wanted to get those things out there. Apathy, I would be delighted to take your ideas into action. It think that your right, what needs to be done here is take the next step... and that would be exactly what you mentioned above. Here is my e-mail, if anyone else is intrested in helping promote awareness on food waste, or any of these topics e-mail me at xxmissydrexx@yahoo.com. Apathy e-mail me so we can talk...
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