Skip College?

I am one of the many who since they could walk and talk was told i had to go to college so i could get a good job and take care of myself but is that really the only option? This article proves otherwise. With the ever growing price of tuition for collage for two years let alone four or more is astronomical and absurd. Personally i do want to go to college if not for the education purpose but for the experience of it, through i do think having any sort of college degree is better than not having one at all. Although i also agree that if i got offered and apprenticeship at a firm that I'm interested interested in i would defiantly go straight for that rather than collage because if it'll help me get a job faster that why wouldn't i want to do it? Everyone is different so the choice whether to go to college or not is fully up to them so whatever they choose, if for the right reasons, its perfectly acceptable.

Good Movies

So i finally saw Iron Man this weekend and it was so awesome. Normally i wouldn't be home on a Friday night but since i have an "unsatisfactory" chemistry grade according to my parents i was stuck there but i must say that watching Iron Man made my night better. To me it had all the things that made a great movie, a good story plot, good actors, some action, and of course some good humor. Robert Downy Jr. portrayed Iron man perfectly and one of the things that made me love the movie so much was his sense of humor.

Another good movie i saw recently was Avatar. I've heard many mixed reviews about it and i wasn't sure what to think but when i finally saw it last weekend over my grandmothers i was amazed. The concept of the movie was a little hard to pick up on at first but once i figured it out i didn't want to stop watching 'til it was over. The animators who designed all of the avatars and scenery did a fantastic job. the tress and the animals were so beautiful and majestic that i wish i could have visited that world in real life. i also thought the movie made a good example of our government. they wanted to destroy everything the avatars stood for just to get more powerful energy. it showed how careless and too military gung ho America can be but with the main characters who lived with the avatars showed how there is still good people in the world.

Formspring

I've never heard of this website until today but i must say i am not surprised. Kids and teenagers never cease to amazing me with how utterly cruel they can be to one another, even to friends. Boys are bad but there is no comparison to how heartless and girl can be when it comes to insults. People post nasty comments to each other already on facebook, myspace, etc. Ive seen my fair share of post battles but i think it becomes a whole new ball park when you can post things anonymously. You could tear someone apart and they'd never know who it was and they could be walking around school surrounded by people but never knowing who's cyber-bulling them. we live in a pretty messed out world where some people can just hate you for wearing different clothes or having different friends or even where you live. i still think that those who attack others with insults are the ones who are the most insecure about themselves or their not mature enough to talk like an adult. I was watching Law and Order: SVU one day and this pregnant girl got cyber-bullied to the point where she took her own life. If that's not messed up enough the person who bullied her was a full grown adult who was made because the girl had influenced her daughter to get pregnant as well. An adult should clearly know better but suicides from cyber-bullying are so common this days its just heartbreaking. Websites like formspring shouldn't be allowed or at least monitored to prevent cyber-bulling or suicides. What kind of person would enjoy that?

Kyleigh's Law

Kyleigh's law is a good law in theory to some but in reality its utterly pointless. Driving is suppose to be a privilege earned and those who do not follow the rules should be punished, at least that's the fair way to do things. the parents should have taught their daughter better judgement so she wouldn't have gotten herself into a situation like that but i guess that's too much to ask. i should have guess our lovely government of new jersey would go to extremes with this law. cops will now be looking for that sticker just too pull over kids for the hell of it thus i assume more tickets will be given out but hey more money for Kristi right? is it really going to take a teen to get stalked and murdered or a girl to get raped for people to truly understand how ridiculous this law is? i hope not but my gut is telling me otherwise. if it was me i wouldn't subject my child to be profiled and singled out. i also feel that the 12 o'clock curfew was perfect. For kids who work and don't get off til 11 they have enough time to get home with out the fear of getting pulled over by a bored cop. i may not have a job yet but i usually don't even leave my friends houses til at least 11 o'clock and since i don't drive its going to be a great inconvenience if my friends are scared to drive me home. i only have my permit as of now and i pray that someone will knock some sense into the government by the time i get my provisional license in September but i know it won't be that easy. until the law does change i will continue to voice my outrage on this "so called Kyleighs law".