Athiests

"It is great that we live in a country where people are allowed to worship freely or, if they so choose, fully reject the notion of a supreme being." I totally agree with Sanders that every person in this world has a right to worship whomever they want if they so please. So why are the leaders of a religion based on treating others with love and respect, showing hatred and discrimination? They did nothing wrong and their reasoning of "intending to reach out to nonbelievers who may feel a little lonely or isolated" is righteous. If those with have are so shaken by the message but on this bus then maybe they should worry less about everyone else's faith and more about their own.

I myself am christian. I'm am not overly religious but i go to church and the important days like Christmas and Easter, yet this ad doesn't phase me in the least. i understand others have different beliefs as i do just they they should understand the same about me. Personally i think this could be viewed as a hate crime in a sense. Atheists believe in something different then the church so they want to attack them in a hope to get them to change their beliefs. Some ministers actually telling their followers to boycott these buses is absolutely ridiculous. The only thing worse then these corrupted ministers is those who actually follow such a silly command. Thinking of priests and nuns being the leaders of a hate crime is kinda funny because of their religious positions.

i had to go to religious education school for years and if nothings else the one thing i will always remember is WWJD. It stands for What Would Jesus Do and I'm 100% sure that Jesus wouldn't discriminate against those who don't believe in him and he especially wouldn't want his followers to do that. Sanders sums everything up perfectly when he says "Just remember that this is America, a land where people can believe whatever they want to believe and a place where even the nonbeliever has a right to bear witness to his or her nonbelief".

Common App

I applied to six colleges over the last few weeks but only one of them, University of Delaware, required the common application. Personally i did find the Common App quite easy to use and i especially loved that i could save my progress and come back to it whenever i wanted. It also showed you on the website when you completed a required section. But i did not go out of my way to use the Common App when i wasn't required to do so. I went on each individual website and looked up the application checklists and used the application provided. I feel like its part of the process of applying to college and it made it almost more special in a way to send each application with the school title in the top corner. Who knows maybe some schools will find i showed more interest in their school by applying specifically to their website instead of using Common App. But like i said i only applied to six schools so doing each online application wasn't that bad. i do suggest though that for those applying to many schools should use the Common App.

Beauty Bias

Appearance discrimination is probably one of the worst yet most ignored issue in my opinion. Young girls are put in a world where they think they have to look like the perfect (digitally retouched) models all over the magazines. Its bad enough they have to suffer through that through the "awkward teen" years but to have to go though that all their life is just ridiculous. Woman in positions of power who may be as old as 74 should be focusing their attention on our government not botox and hair dye. I wish it weren't true but i strongly believe that more attractive people will get a job over someone who is "lower" in the looks department. Department stores are the worst with that kind of thing. They need a pretty face to attract costumers so if your not "perfect" then they ll just keep looking.

My friend was telling me how this actress (possibly Sarah Jessica Parker, i forget) went on a talk show and made a video of her daily routine. She went through hours of make-up (with stylists), a few hours of hair (with stylists) and she took a picture of herself. This picture was also digitally retouched first and she looked gorgeous. then she did her own hair and make-up and took the same picture without any re-touching. she looked completely different and the host of the show asked her why she did it. She said her daughters were at the age where they thought they had to be skinny and perfect and she wanted to show them how much work and retouching goes into making the pictures they see everyday on billboards and in magazines.

If making appearance discrimination illegal will help then so be it but i don't think it will be that easy. You need to change the way people think or they will just be sneakier when they do discriminate.

It's a Jersey Thing

Recently, i watched an episode of South Park that both annoyed as well as made me laugh. In this episode New Jersey had taken over half the U.S. and Colorado was about to become "West Jersey". All the people from Jersey were characterized as those shown on the stereotypical show "The Jersey Shore". i personally hate that show because all the people on it are from New York and give Jersey people a bad rep. This one family apparently used to live in Jersey but moved away and now that they were closer to people from Jersey their "true personality" came out. The boys gelled their hair up and put on tacky jewelery while the girls put on slutty clothes and had a "not-so-friendly" attitude if you no what i mean. Through out the whole show they kept say "its a jersey thing" so almost everything they did. now i personally think that if they really wanted to capture the essence of New Jersey that defiantly should have put in a few Wawa's to make it legitimate. i love South Park with its crude humor so it bashing the show The Jersey Shore was great. The perfect ending to the show was when Colorado enlisted Al Quedas help and they few several plans into the oncoming Jersey attack. Osama Bin Laden won an award for his service then he was shot in the head. i really do love South Park. =)

personal style

What does it mean to have a personal style and what does it say about you. For a while i didn't have any specific style just wore whatever and never really tried to make a statement. Within the last few years I've finally figure out what i like and what fits me. i liked to express myself by wearing bright vibrant colors. My favorite thing to wear is my purple hoodie with black tiger stripes on it. i don't go overboard as to drawn a lot of attention to myself. a bright shirt or hoodie suits me better. i used to think uggs were some of the ugliest footwear that Ive ever seen until i tried a pair on myself and realized how amazing they were. since that day uggs have become an essential part of my wardrobe mostly because of their comfort factor. I, like most girls, love to wear my skinny jeans but nothing beats a lazy day in sweatpants. All those things make me somewhat similar to everyone else but what makes me unique is my love of gauges. I'm currently wearing gauges with brass knuckles in them but they are small enough that they don't make me look trashy. All these things make me Jill and i love the way i dress. i think it expresses me perfectly. I have my girlie days and my lazy days but who doesn't?

Engineering Essay

Why did I choose to try to become an engineer? If I said it was just for the money, it would be a lie, although it doesn’t hurt either. Engineers find ways to make life simpler and they must constantly strive to improve themselves. It’s a career that’s not only challenging but interesting as well.
I’ve always had an interest in technology ever since I can remember. If I or someone in my family got a new cell phone, computer, etc. I’d know how to work it within a half hour. One of my favorite things as a kid was building the Kinex roller coasters or other theme park rides and watching them come to life. Starting back in sixth grade was my first actually technology class where I felt completely at home, whether I had to make a bridge out of toothpicks or design boxes for cookie sales. Everything I did came fairly easy to me and if it didn’t then I strived to figure it out. I was recognized by my tech teacher and classmates and was chosen to be the leader in charge of certain projects, which made me feel both excited and honored.
I stuck with technology as I took the plunge from middle school to high school. I enjoyed taking the first two drafting and design classes where I did well, but it was my third year that really got me hooked. My architecture class was what got me thinking that maybe I could actually have a career that I really enjoyed doing. That class gave me a better understanding of the world around me and I began truly observing my surroundings. I noticed things I never saw before and became amazed with the simplest things, like the arches under a bridge or the way all the rooms in a home flowed together. From there I decided I wanted to be an architect and design houses for a living.
I was very determined until the possibility of becoming an engineer was brought to my attention. They have a broader spectrum of types and they don’t have to worry in the money department which is good for a girl who was always told she has expensive taste. I began researching the topic and found that a civil engineer sounded like a perfect career for me. They don’t create homes but instead they design things such as bridges, roadways, and cities. Being a very big hearted person I liked the fact that I could help people on a larger scale and make their living simpler in little ways. It’s like killing two birds with one stone.
With all that in mind I went into my engineering class with an open mind and was not disappointed. I loved using our new program to create 3-D objects of whatever I wanted and I already have begun imagining creating larger scale things like a robot of some sort. Each project we get becomes a new, exciting challenge to figure out. Some people find making miniature working catapults boring but I think it’s thrilling.

Tyler Clementi

This article was really heartbreaking. It's extremely messed up that kids as young as 13 feel so alone and isolated that they kill themselves when all their doing is being true to their self. Over the years most people have become more open about gays but their are still some people who are hateful towards them but i don't understand why. They are no different then we are and they have the same rights as everyone else to choose who they want to love.

Schools think just by having an assembly once a year will fix this problem but clearly its not. i think school administraters should get more involved in stopping bullying against kids in the GLBT community. They should have stricter consequences to hopefully keep the bullying at bay.

The problem should be helped not just at school but at home too. More people should be like Wendy Welsh who, when her son came out to her said, "OK sweetheart, i still love you no matter what". More families should be like that so even when kids get picked on in scholl they have a loving environm