ESCAPE

When I first starting watching escape I was very shocked and it made me think a lot of what how lucky we are to be born into this world with no body defects, diseases, or impairments. For someone to live like mike did for 30 years is very inspiring and makes me appreciate life and what have in my life more than ever. These video's all relate to the video cli of "escape" because they are all dealing with a problem or an issue of life. They all hit on points of challenges or tasks of a particular persons daily life. These video's can relate to writing through many ways. For instance, if I were to write a biography on mikes life, through his background before birth, to his life strugglers growing up almost 100 percent paralyzed; it would be a very intriguing paper and very inspiring for many. Their would be so many points and interesting aspects to mikes life I would want to write about, the paper would be never ending. Also, the other video's would make very good stories because they all deal with someone or people that are trying to overcome a particular feat in their lives.

Journal entry

Being a person in America that is part of generation Y I have learned some things about how past generations precieve our generation. Generation Y is depicted as lazy, spoiled, un-motivated, and materialistic. We a depicted as spoiled because we were born into a world when the economy was doing very well and our parents wanted us to have a very fulfilled life style just as they were brought up. Sometimes parents would over-buy their kids to many things, thus spoiling them. When kids are being brought up and ask  for something that they want or crave and always get their way, their going to loose there morals of self-worth. We need to teach our children that if you truly want something you need to work for it and that it's just not going to be given to you. Generation Y is also considered to be the laziest generation yet. We are considered to be lazy because we were born into a time were everything is becoming more easier, "user" friendly. Technology has always been advancing since our generation started, bringing more video games, cell phones, microwaves, and so on. All of these factors can contribute to one becoming lazy. Why would one want to actually cook food when they can get it done four times a fast when using a microwave. Also, video games are a big factor because they are very entertaining and fun, without having to endure physical endurance. We are also considered to be very un-motivated when coming to academics and our work-ethics. People say that our public school system is failing and that our teacher's are not pushing their students enough. Teachers are giving their students passing grades so they will not have to deal with them again. All of these points our factors on why and how our generation Y is getting labeled as, lazy, spoiled, un-motivated, and materialistic. Our country as a whole has reasoning for making this generation the way it is. All past three generations have some input of why generation Y is what it is today.

Ghost story

It was October 21st, in a small town in Texas called Boonsville. Back in the early 1930's a serial killer ran a killing spree almost destroying the whole city. On the last night of his killing spree the killer named Ben Dover, set fire to all of the city's government buildings along with their county jail. This caused straight mayhem for the town of Boonsville because many of the prisoners in the county jail broke free. When the inmates were running wild they rapped and killed children and women, and also went after minorities of the town. We later learned that Ben Dover set fire to all of these facilities not for his own personal pleasure, but to distract the police from hunting him down. He knew that when the inmates were running wild through the town causing all sorts of problems that he would have his chance for his final move. Once the heat was off of Mr. Dover he went for the final move of his plan which was to kill the town mayor David Simpkin. He knew after he set the Mr. Simpkin's office on fire that he would be deported back to his house where Mr. Dover would be waiting for him. Mr. Simpkin arrived at his house miles out of town he was by himself because he ordered all police and fire departments to respond on immediately to aid the town and that his safety was not relevant. Once the Mr. Simpkin entered his house hold Mr. Dover was waiting for him. Mr. Dover murdered Mr. Simpkin in a very violent non-human way which disturbed the town and Mr. Simpkins family very much.
                    Ben Dover was born in Boonsville Texas along with both of his parents who met in high school that he also attended. He grew up having a very nice childhood, very supportive family who always provided for when ever he was in a time of need. When Ben was a junior in high school his parents were driving back from a family friends when their car got struck by a pick-up truck and t-boned them into a tree killing both instantly. After this indecent Ben became very quite and lonely; after he graduated high school he lived in his parents old house and took over the family business. He was the only one in his family to live in Texas so he didnt have many vistors besides concerning work related issues.
                   David Simpkin the mayor was a very religious traditional man that didn't like other influences on his town and hated change. He was a man that stuck to his word but sometimes his word wasn't what people agreed with. He did his job with the utmost honor because he wanted to keep the town of Boonsville happy and safe, since he was a Boonsville local growing up as well. The way he ran the town was very old fashioned and some people didnt agree with some of his movements but they never faught to get him out of office. He had moral's that we do not have today especially when it came to becoming an publicly elected official. He belived that his town always needed a person who was republican, who believes in Christianity, and who was a married man, he was a very stern man when it came to his beliefs. These could be some of the reasons that Mr. dover wanted to murder Mr. Simpkin.
                    Eighty years later John Boss who was a Boonsville Texas local was running for town mayor. Now, the town of Boonsville is still somewhat the same from how Mr. Simpkin left it. Mr. Boss who was a democrat and who is part of generation Y had many new views on how he could help the town progress in area's were it lacked motivation. He was very liberal man and had a different out look on the world and his town that many people in Boonsville that did not. He studied at California Berkeley university, which Berkeley as a city is a city of change and new ways, to some people a new beginning. This is where Mr. Boss defiantly got his different perspective on what the world is today. Many ways people live their lives on a normal basis today would be absoulutly apppauling to Mr. Simpkin and the old town of Boonsville Texas. One night two weeks before election date Mr. boss was in his studying going over some thoughts and speeches for the election. He started to feel this sense of someone watching him, as if there was someone in the room with him. After he looked out the window he began back to his study's. Suddenly a rock comes flying through his window and he stands up with great fear in his eye's. He runs outside to see who could have thrown the rock but there was no one to be seen. After a couple hours of going over his speeches he gets sleepy and decides to get ready for bed. As he is walking down his hallway he gets that sense of someone following him to the bathroom but there was no one to be seen. As he enters the bathroom the door slams behind him and a man appears from the mirror. The man that came from the mirror was Mr. Simpkin. He did not look he was in the clothing he was wearing the night of the murder which had blood all over it. He begins talking to Mr. Boss," you are going to win this election, but I cannot let that happen." Mr Boss asks "why not?" Mr. Simpkin reply's  " you are to open minded for a town like Boonsville, I put my heart and sole into this town and even got brutally  murdered for it. I do not like where your morals come from and also I do not like what changes your are going to make to this town. You are a person with no morals's like us old folk, we used to practice respects and dedication. You are part of a generation that is spoiled and un-motivated and I cant let those atributes relfect on the city I gave my life too." Mr. boss reply's "who are where did you come from why are you in my house." Mr. Simpkin reply's " I'am here to kill you Mr. boss, you are not married, what you are going to bring to this city is not going to be for the better and I need to take care of it," the man vanishes. Right when the man left the room Mr. Boss died of an un-known caused heart attack. He was later found in his house the next day by his election comity. He was pronounced dead by natural cause but to this day stories of Mr. Simpkin are still out there and if you get in the way of his city, he will get in the way of your life. . 

poem

                                                                     Draft 1

G-amblers
E-ntrepreneurs
N-ew
R-adical
A-mplifiers
T-emptatious
I-ntelligent
O-pinion
N-arcotic

Y-oung

Gamblers: I choose the word "gamblers" because some of the research I have done shows that past generations think we are risky. That we don't think things through as much as we should  and that we bring on unnecessary problems to our own lives and also others.

Entrepreneurs: Generation Y is a generation of entrepreneurs, we strive to invent new idea's and also strive to improve past idea's. We are a generation that is always progressing through technology; which past generations couldn't do because they did not have the resources that we have today.

New: New is a good word to think of when thinking about generation Y because everything that we bring to America is "new." Generation Y is starting to enter the work-force, and bringing with them many new idea's and new ways of doing things to America's work-force.

Radical: I picked radical as one the words to describe generation y because many of the scholarly articles I used for research on generation y had many arguments how our judgments as a generation are "radical," that we make fast paced decisions with out thinking of the bigger picture.

Amplifiers: Generation Y amplifies the work-force of today in many ways. We are bringing in more minorities because generation y is the largest inter-racial generation in the history of the United States. Also, we are bringing in more workers than any other past generation, which amplifies the work-force.

Technology: Generation Y is the most technologically-advanced generation ever. Growing up in this new day-n-age makes one become's way more advanced with technology; compared to generation x who was born into a world with-out television.

Intelligent: Some of the articles that I did some research on stated from an IQ testing stand point, that we are the smartest generation yet. Generation Y being the most ethnically-diverse generation might have some reasoning why this statistic is true.

Opinion: I picked opinion as one of the words to describe generation Y because we are a very outgoing out-spoken generation. We like the world to know whats on our minds constantly. We have things such as facebook, myspace, twitter, blogging, and many other programs to help us get the word out and stay connected.

Narcotic: Narcotic is a good word to explain how generation Y has not necessarily bad impulse problems but does have a "big impulse" when certain issues are brought to hand. We are a very outgoing generation with many new idea's and ways of living.

Young: Young is the perfect way to describe our generation because we are the newcomers in this world. We are the youngest of the workers joining to workforce and we need to learn as we go because generation Y is young

Generation Y blog 2

Armour, Stephanie. "They've Arrived at Work with a New Attitude." USA Today. Web. 10 Oct. 2011.        <http://www.riverregionchamber.net/AboutChamber/Media/GenerationY.pdf>.


First, The author goes over on who she thinks generation why is and how they are coming into this world. She goes into how there is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Gen Y, also known by some as echo boomers and millennials.  She states that more than 70 million Generation  Y Americans born 1977 to 2002. The author then goes into our numbers in the workforce, Gen Y would be the fastest-growing segment of the workforce. Growing from 14% of the workforce to 21% over the past four years to nearly 32 million workers. She then goes into our attributes and overall thoughts as a generation. High expectations of ourselves, that we aim to work faster and better than other workers, that we have high expectations of employers, we want fair and direct managers who are highly engaged in their professional development. How we want ongoing learning, that we seek out creative challenges and view colleagues as resources from whom to gain knowledge. Our immediate responsibility, we want to make an important impact on day 1. Also, how we aregoal-oriented, we want small goals with tight deadlines so they can build up ownership of tasks. She goes into our financial smarts. She states, "After witnessing the financial insecurity that beset earlier generations stung by layoffs and the dot-com bust, today's newest entrants into the workforce are generally savvy when it comes to money and savings. They care about such benefits as 401(k) retirement plans." She goes into how we always want change, that generation Yers don't expect to stay in a job, or even a career, for too long. We have seen the scandals that happened in the past and we are skeptical when it comes to such concepts as employee loyalty. We have conflicts when it comes to business attire, how we want to casually dress. As a generation used to casual fare such as flip-flops, tattoos and capri pants, and need to learn 
more traditional attire is required at the office. She further more goes into the perks of our generation Y's recruitment into the work place. For example, Xerox is stepping up recruitment of students at "core colleges," which is how the company refers to universities that have the kind of talent Xerox needs. That our generation is way more user friendly to technology than any other past generation. 
                          I thought there were many key phrases and points through out this article. When the author went into how our generation is the smartest generation with technology, and how it is having a big impact on the work force. This is true because we were born into a world that was based of technology. We grew up with many things and opportunities through technology that past generations did not have. When she goes into our attributes and overall thoughts as a generation I though was very key to the focus of her paper. We are bringing many new motivational thoughts and actions to this new age work force.
            I chose this article because it was yet another article that had many thoughts about our generation entering the work force. It has many points that contradict other article that I have been through. It is a good atricle to use in my paper because it has many points that go against other authors points in there article's about our generation joining today's workforce. Overall, this article will be very key for me to prove that some points being made about my generation Yer's are false and that we have many positive things to bring to the work force today, but also things that we need to fix.

Generation Y blog 4

Sujaski, Joanne. "Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce." Comprehensive Employee Assessments by Key Group. KEYgroup, 2008. Web. 18 Oct. 2011. <http://www.keygroupconsulting.com/>.


            The author did a very good job on letting the readers know what the paper was going to be about. In the beginning of the article the author has a brief summary how what he is going to talk about, Also, he has a he gets into how generation Y, is entering the workforce since 1998 and will continue to do so in burgeoning numbers. He gives a overview on how four generations are going to react in the work place together if this is going to be a pain of a transition. Next, the author gives a big over view of on all four past generations. He does this by  pointing out how particular generations and how they grew up with their different, culture and values on life. Also, he goes into to detail about what each generation has to give, their strong points, and positive points because each generation grew up in completly different times. 
           He next goes into how gen Y and gen X  while different, Gen X and Gen Y have some similarities. Both will demand a more innovative workplace, with flexible hours, state-of-the-art resources, cooperative scheduling, and understanding supervisors. They will continue to negotiate a work-life balance. He then goes into offering training opportunities to retain employees of all generations, it is important to appeal to their desire to learn. To emphasize career growth, paid training, and skill development a dynamic workplace
because the incoming group of gen Y employees will be so large, the workplace will have to change to 
accommodate their unique attributes. He further more goes into that they how businesses will have to be creative in developing new motivational techniques if they want to retain their employees and to obtain the highest performance and output. Another point the author makes is how why to build a successful multi-generational environment. To enhance the work environment,  and to recognize that these groups will have different perspectives, and respect that they differ in the view of the world. The writer thinks doing all of these things will support positive relationships among all employees and go a long way toward retaining your best team members. Then there's a paragraph about the other " Dr. Joanne Sujansky, CSP, has over 25 years of experience helping leaders increase organizational growth and profitability by creating and sustaining what she calls a “vibrant entrepreneurial organization.” She is an international keynote speaker, founder of KEYGroup® and the author of numerous books on leadership, change and retention. A 
member of the National Speakers Association, she holds their highest earned designation, Certified Speaking 
Professional. 
              There were many very validating points and predictions of how generation Y will in the force with the past three generation. One of the key concepts I thought was brought up was creating a dynamic workforce. Because of all the incoming group of generation Y employees will be so large, the workplace will have to change to accommodate their new attributes. They will have to be creative in developing new motivational techniques if they want to retain their employees and to obtain the highest performance and output possible. This is a very good point because work environment with problems within employee's will never end well. To be a good employee going into a new work force requires to be responsible. Another good point the author makes explaining how our generations was brought up.  Is how Gen Y was born between 1981 and 1999, which mean they grew up in a time of economic expansion, and until now have never experienced a downturn. Also, that those in this generation have seen more at an earlier age than most in previous generations. Exposure to these events through 24-hour media has brought the world instantly to them. Generation Y is a "techno-savvy" generation who has “seen” the world. 
                   I found this source through Google scholar, I found it very interesting because it's yet another article that breaks down the topic of our generation Y mixing in with the past three generations of the work force. Based on this source I wanted to learn about the arguments and points our fellow Americans think about our generation Y joining the working world and lf we capable to run it. From here I could use this article many ways in my up and coming research paper. Because this article has many points on how each generation was gown up and how our difference might be for the better, thus bringing new idea's to working world. It also brings up many new idea's on how certain programs and seminars could help this big impact of generation Y into the workforce. 


                 

gen y blog 3

Blass, Eileen. "Generation Y: They've Arrived at Work with a New Attitude." USA Today May-June 2005.                This article is yet to be another big picture description of what generation Y is bring to the work force and how its our turn in time to run this country. There is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Generation Y, also known by some as echo work, but they don't want work to be their life, states. (blass). I wanted to start off the summary of this paper with this quote because it is a good picture on how our generation is generalized.  The articles goes over on who generation Y is, they're young, smart, brash. They may wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at their desk. We are a generation of  70 million Americans born 1977 to 2002. Generation X was born roughly 1965 to 1976. The article then goes over on what generation Y has to bring to the work force and what affects they will have on it. As they take their first jobs, Generation Y would be the fastest-growing segment of the workforce — growing from 14% of the workforce to 21% over the past four years to nearly 32 million workers (Blass). This shows how fast our generation Y is taking over the work force. Then the article goes into who we are as generation Y, the good aspects along with the poor aspects we bring to the table. Generation Y has high expectations of Themselves. When in the workplace they aim to work faster and better than other workers. From the employers generation Y wants fair and direct managers who are highly engaged in their professional development. They seek out creative challenges and view colleagues as vast resources from whom to gain knowledge. From day one they want to make an important impact on the business. They want small goals with tight deadlines so they can build up ownership of tasks. The author speaks about  how the generations that have gone before them, Generation Y has been pampered, nurtured and programmed with a laziness since they were toddlers, meaning they are both high-performance and high-maintenance. They also believe in their own worth. The author also goes into how generation Y is financially smart; today's newest entrants into the workforce are generally savvy 
when it comes to money and savings. They care about such benefits as 401(k) retirement plans. It goes into how generation Y on how they have seen the money scandals in our coutry, and that they're skeptical when it comes to such concepts as employee loyalty. They don't like to stay too long on any one assignment. This is a generation of multitaskers, and they can juggle e-mail on their BlackBerrys while talking on cellphones while being online. It finally goes into how generation Y dress-codes concerning in the work place are changing. They think its ok to wear flip flops and t-shirts to work. This another point on how generation Y is changing the work force. Many may not like it which is why past generations are having trouble mixing in with the current generation.
                     There are many key topics that I thought to be very relevant to generation Y starting to take over Americas's new age work force. For instance, they seek out creative challenges and view colleagues as vast resources from whom to gain knowledge. This is key to have an successful work force and economy, because if a past generation doesn't want to learn from the past generations how are the going to learn and gain insights how how past generations made mistakes in certain areas and how they came to over come problems within there professions. Another key point of how generation Y from day one wants to make an important impact on the business. This is true because generation Y was born into a very high paced, competitive world from birth unlike the past generations. We want to be the best and want to rise to higher strengths because that's what we were taught begingining with early schooling to playing sports. Yet another strong point is generation Y has been pampered, nurtured and programmed with a laziness since they were toddlers, meaning they are both high-performance and high-maintenance. I thought this was important because it is true in most cases. We were brought pampered and programmed with laziness, but was that generation Y's fault? In some ways yes, but it was also brought on by numerous things such as: our parents, our country, electronics, call phones, computers, and many other things. Generation Y starting to take over the current work force in my mind is a blessing. Yes, its going to take work mixing in with the past generations rules in law's  but generation Y has so much to bring that past generations don't.
                  I choose this source because it was another very interesting article about how generation Y joining the american work force has many worried but also many exited for the aspects we have to bring to the table.  I wanted to learn more about older generations feelings about generation Y coming into the working world and what were the perks and the downfall of generation Y. From here I could write a research \ on the cost and bnifits of our generation Y joining today's work force

Eisner, Susan P. Managing Generation Y 70.4 (2005). Print
This article is about our generation Y, which analysis three main topics, how our generation is the "echo" boomers, the conflict of generations, and human resource management. With the entry of Generation Y to the working world, the workforce for the first time contains four generations. It covers the idea of how generation Y 


are considered to be echo boomers, the internet technology junkies. The article 


first starts off with and introduction of what the main focuses are and how we 


relate to past generations. After reading the print I came to realize the main 


topic of the essay is the conflict of generations. This paper, seeks to present 


winning strategies for managing intergenerational implications of Gen Y's entrance 


to the workplace  The writer first seeks to explain on how past generations are 


having trouble being able to mix with generation Y. It describes the coexistence 


of age-diverse workers in a transitioning workplace. Considering generation Y in 


the work force the author talks about how in the they are considered to dislike 


authoritarianism and laziness. The paper compares generation Y to generation X by 


stating that gen X is the child workoholic of baby boomers. Also that generation X 


tends not to have strong social skills like generation Y, but do have strong 


technology skills. Generation X tends to be outcome-focused and seeks specific 


constructive feed back unlike generation Y. 


       Generation Y is considered as the most technically literate, educated, and 


ethnically diverse generation in history. Overall, Gen Y is inclined to be 


positive, polite, curious, energetic, and respectful of its parents and 


grandparents. Making a lot of money tends to be less important to Generation Y 


than contributing to society, parenting well, and enjoying a full and balanced 


life. The author states that a recent study found that Generation Y is consuming 


31 hours of media in a 24 hour time frame through multi-tasking. This is true 


because generation Y is used to a fast passed world with all technology and 


information at hand 24/7.


       In the work force, Generation Y tends to favor an inclusive style of 


management, dislike slowness, and desire immediate feedback about performance. 


Technically able, highly informed and confident, but lacking direction, Generation Y is more 


likely to "rock the boat" than any prior generation. The write states Some of Generation Y's 


characteristics may make it easier to manage than Generation X. Generation Y tends to value 


teamwork and fairness and is likely to be more positive than Gen X on a range of workplace 


issues including work-life balance, performance reviews. At the same time, Gen Y's entrance to 


the workforce seems to present some challenges. Although Gen Y workers tend to be more 


positive than Gen X about working in general, Gen Y tends to be less satisfied than Gen X with 


their jobs and employers.  Compared with other generations, Generation Y tends to have less 


respect for rank and more respect for ability and accomplishment. 


                Some key points that have good relation with this article is when the writer talks 


about how other generations are have trouble working with generation Y. Because generation X 


and generation Y are so much different than each other. Generation Y is considered to be very 


sociable compared to generation X he did not grow up with all the "social" websites and did 


not have cell phones or txting which keeps them in contact 24/7. Generation X does have a 


better understand on what it means to want something and achieving it rather then generation Y 


expecting everything to be given to them. I can relate to this because me being part of 


generation Y we did have a way easier childhood than generation X did. We were born into a 


world that has everything planned out for us. Another key point is how a recent study showed 


how we are capable of 31 hours of information in a 24 hour time frame. This is possible 


because we were born into a world of technology. In general most people in generation Y had a 


cell phone and internet access from the age of ten years old. All of these things make a more 


fast passed world which generation Y is accustomed to living in; compared to the past 


generations that did not have these things. 


       I chose this article because it was very interesting how in depth it went on 


generations stronge points and bad points concerning the work force. The writer did this very 


well by comparing generation Y to generation X strong and weak points. I wanted to learn on 


how our generation is doing joining a work force that is filled with the past 3 generations. 


From here i could implicate these points of generation Y and generation X into my paper 


because its a very indomitable subject concerning our countries generations. Also, that it is 


very relevant because this is the time were most of our generation is joining our countries 


work force. 
       

Generation "y"

When reading this artical it made me think l a lot more about our generation and who we are as whole. This quote, " millennials, born between 1982 and 2002, have been depicted more recently by employers, professors and earnestly concerned mental-health experts as entitled whiners who have been spoiled by parents who overstoked their self-esteem, teachers who granted undeserved A’s and sports coaches who bestowed trophies on any player who showed up. I think this statement is a hot-spot of the reading because it's a big opinion about our generation. I don't understand how they can the writer can have generalization's about our generation as a whole. Who gives the other generations the right to pass these judgement's when most generations of the past 60 years were brought up they same way for the most part besides the technology we have these days. "Sports coaches who bestowed trophies on any player who showed up", for a coach to give every player a trophy on a sports team is the right thing to do because showing up is what being part of a team is. Even if your not a starting player there is know "I" in team and it takes a whole team to get the time bigger. This was a point made that upset me very much because I'v been playing sports my whole life and even if your not the best player on  the team or a "starting player" it takes the team to get each other a better player through practice. National Association of Colleges and Employers. “Over 90 percent think they have a perfect résumé. The percentage who think they will have a job in hand three months after
graduation is now 57 percent. I have trouble understanding this because isn't this why we go through all this education? If its so hard to get a job after a 4 years of and expensive college career. There basically implying there system is not working. This was a very interesting read for me because it brought a lot of questions into my mind about me our country/world and our generation.

Liars

White Lie: For example when a mom or significant other ask you if this dress looks good on them. You say yes but truly you don't think that, but you don't want to hurt there feelings.

Deflection lie: Say when we were kids and our parents would be arguing at us for something and we argue back with no true point to defend ourselves.

Facades lies: When some asks you if you are part of a particular sports team and one puts a front on to make them seem as if they were but truly aren't.

Omission lies: When we see a friends girlfriend out at a night club for instance and we see her being inappropriate dancing and kissing on another male, and never say anything to the friend.

Dismissle: One night in chico me and some friends were downtown partying till late at night. My friend that was tired and wanted to walk home, he lived four blocks away but it was 4am in the morning. I told him not to walk home and stay at my house because its not safe by yourself that late at night anywhere. He ended up getting jumped and his wallet and sell phone stolen. 

Ignoring the plain facts: In high school I had a friend that was using the drug oxy-contin. At first I just thought it was recreational and a phase but didn't pay attention to how bad the using of the drug really was and my friend ended up going to rehab.

Stereotypes: Growing up in a very white area had an impact on me when I was a little kid, thinking that all
"different" colored people were dangerous and scary per-say. After growing up and meeting plenty of other people not white like me ended my stereotype on labeling other skin colored people.

Group-thinking: When I worked construction over the summer I was working with my brother and one other fellow worker. We were finishing up the day which was rapidly turning into night. Our boss forgot to give us the key and all of agreed not to call him to some how get hold of the key. We didn't and left the tools hidden behind the work site tool shed and the next morning is was all gone.

Out-n-out lies: A very long time ago me and my brother and my mom were hiking  Tahoe and as we were on the trail I completly saw my brother liter his Granola bar rapper on the ground, and when my mom totally saw him do it he denied it. (we were in the middle of the woods)

Delusion: Last semester I was taking a science class, and Science is one of my better subjects. When the final came around I had a high C for my grade so I told myself I didn't need to study for the final because I already knew it all. I didn't, got a D in the class and currently re-taking the class this semester.

RANTS

I watched the rant on the guy who farted in queen scoopers video. It was a very well put, interesting, and hilarious video to watch, The lady was in a super market is the produce section and a young man farted in the produce section for  everyone to hear. I think this was the "hot spot" of the video because the rant is about on how some one cant wait to not fart in the produce section where all of the food is out and clean. The lady explained how AFTER HE FARTS THE OTHER CUSTOMERS PLUS HERSELF HAVE TO BUY THE POO PARTICAL INFESTED PRODUCE. This is absoulutly disgusting why can't people not be selfish, and self-centered to hold that fart like a normal person in society. I completely agree with the women in the video how she did this the fart was a pretty good one, how it was long and loud which I felt was very funny becauser farting is a part of life just privately. I do disagree withe the lady when she says " the man deserves to wear a bag with an F on it like in a scarlet letter to alert the rest of the public to the fact that u fart in public". No one deserves to wear something that demeaning towrds themselves just because they far, like I said before we all fart and it is a part of life.

Blog Rules

Blog Rules:
1. Show respect to others when writing
2. Use full name on responses to blogs
3. No slang
4. No cursing
5. Be ready for disagreements
6. Make compliments when necessary
7. Do't always disagree
8. No "ism's"
9. Respond to different peoples blogs each time
10. Have fun and learn something!

Make Our Ugly Discourse Better: Join the Civilogue kyle simpkin

This was a very interesting piece that goes into detail about all Americans are labeled in different ways, coming from there political views and beliefs, ways of life, culture and so on. One of the "hot spots" I found in the piece that I find very interesting "To be wrong is not necessarily the same as to be evil. Those with whom I disagree count among their number many whose love of country and adherence to moral standards are as admirable as can be found in many who stand on my side." I find this very interesting and true because being a human its part of life to be wrong and to make mistake and that's how we humans as a whole gain insight and become smarter to not repeat the wrongs of yesterday. One of the arguments that i agree with  "And the belief that government is the best solution to some of our biggest problems is an idea with a long and honorable American history -- one that includes notable successes." I strongly agree with this statement because there are many problems with in our american culture that government can only fix, because some problems are so big that not just the "people" can't fix on their own. I ran in to difficulties in the begging of the piece when he would state things like if your conservative friend said this to you, you reply with this. I felt as if the writer was trying to preach things to us that were not necessarily factual.

Why I like vicious, anonymous online comment kyle simpkin

Today there are billions of people on the internet at any one given time doing all sorts of things. Many people go online these days to write criticism about other things going on in peoples  lives. People do this through blogs and other sorts of information posting sites. I have difficult on why people think they have the right to write vicious comments about things that people post about there lives. People have all the time in the world to post comments on the web about nothing that has to do with there lives, people get some weird feeling of accomplishment doing this in my mind. I agree with the points being made in this piece "The protective force field of anonymity or pseudonymity brings out the worst in some people. They say things they would never say in the presence of flesh-and-blood human beings. You see this phenomenon all over the Internet." People do make these vicious, anonymous online comments because they no what they say will never come back to them, people feel protected. This quote "They show us what the species is really like: the full spectrum of human behavior, not just the part that we find reassuring and enlightening," I feel like is one of the "hot spots" of the piece because what the writers says is very true, these kinds of comments does show human behavior at its best and worst.
 

Two Wars kyle simpkin

When I first started watching this video I had the expectation of it focusing on just how America was in the wrong of involving themselves in this war. After watching I learned that this man was out for other's opinion's to make a bigger picture of what this war on terrorism is. One part that stuck out to me in particular was when the man was talking to a citizen he said " he thought Sadanm was in the wrong". This quote made me inherent a new view on what this documentary was about,  it was about living a free life and gaining opinions on U.S. citizens thoughts on the war, living in a "free" country. The Iraqi makes a statement about how he thinks the war was for the worse not the better because of how much destruction there was and how him and his family had lost everything. I do feel the pain for him his family along with all Iraqi's about there country getting destroyed to a certain extent, but If people look at the bigger picture, there are things that come along with it that were not pleasant, but are necessarily to accomplish what we are striving for, freedom. It was not our right to invade there home country's but it was necessary to take down Sadam because he was technically committing genocide, so being human beings something needed to be done. I did have trouble relating to the whole big picture of this video because i'am personally not a big follower of world events, which should change, and also this is coming from a white California boy that hasn't left the United States his whole life. I wish I had the opportunity to travel around our world and live and learn about other country's culture and way of life and i wish to do so someday.