Gender

For the past week we have been learning about gender. What I really enjoyed reading was the story that Mr. Inloes read to us on Wednesday. It was very entertaining and while he was reading it I was thinking to myself how true it was. It is true how girls always over analyze everything, that they need to explore everything in great detail in order to figure out a situation or a problem. On the other hand, for guys, it is also very true that guys do not really think about things in too much detail. It seems like guys' minds wander and think about something completely different than what women are thinking. I loved the end part of the essay where he mentioned the part after the car ride. How a few days later the girl was still analyzing the situation with her friends and the guy was just sitting on the couch and thinking the car ride was something important but does not know what it was. It is weird how society fews men and women and have the sterotypes of each. Not all men and women act exactly like how most of society persieves them. Did you enjoy the article that we read in class? What do you think about how society views the different genders?

"Men Just Want Mommy"

For homework last night we were assigned to read an article written by Maureen Dowd. In this article it was trying to say that most men are attracted to women that do not have a highly ranked job, or position in their job. The majority of men go for women that have jobs such as secretaries, nurses, nannies and assistants because that means they are able to take care of them. Dr. Stephanie Brown quoted "Poweful women are at a disadvantage in the marrige market because men prefer to marry less-accomplished women". Dr. Brown belives that men think that if their woman has an important job, they are more likely to cheat on their husband or boyfriend. I completely disagree with these statements. I don't think that a woman that has a highly paid job, or is a supervisor for a company or the business she works at should effect who she marries. Men are becoming more and more shallow as the years go on and that needs to change. Women should be able to have whatever job they want, and whatever man they want.
What are your thoughts?

Detroit Lions move on

The Detroit lions fired president Matt Millen on Wednesday, more than seven years after the former linebacker and TV analyst took over one of the NFL's most mediocre franchises and made it the worst. "I have relieved Matt Millen of his duties effective immediately," Lions owner William Clay Ford said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. Millen's teams won a league low 31 games since he took over in 2001, but Ford refused to get rid of him until now.

Whether Millen was fired or left on his own doesn't really make a difference as the main thing is that he is gone. I love Attending a Detroit Lions game and seeing the fire Millen signs. Now we all can get rid off our signs, and make new ones that say "Now We Have a chance" its sad that people are so negative about their own home team. My father calls the team " The Dandy Lions" He compares the detroit lions to the dandy lions because their always getting picked and mowed down.

I dont know If anyone even watch the lions anymore? But What do you think of the departure of Matt Millen?

Future Stress

College Essays, interviews, applications. All of this stress that comes with college. Its really hard for a high school student. Its Even worse if you play a sport and you all of this stuff to worry about. Its amazing to think that our life's are starting. High School is coming to a halt and we start all over as freshmen in college. I dont know about you but im scared. Have you ever asked your self would if? Would if I dont make it? Would If my parents dont beleive in me? Or like my college that i will be attending. All of this pressure is unbeleivable. I was thinking about this and i thought to myself i need to just stop. Take a Second and enjoy my last year in high school, because this is it. No more mommy and daddy wakeing you up. I need to suck up the fumes of high school because its almost gone. What about you? What are you stressed about? What college do you want to go to? and what do you want to sudy?

Summer Plans

Over the summer I traveled to Israel for one month. I went for all of July. It was an amazing experience. I learned about the land and the different people that live in Israel. We were able to travel all throughout the country and see how different and diverse each area is. When I was there I became best friends with a girl who is from Israel. Her name was Anat. We had the greatest times when we went shopping and hung out. She would show us around Israel and teach me how to bargain with the people in the flea markets. Also, I never realized that every place we stopped at in Israel had different scenory. I just thought that Israel was all desert with a few scattered trees. I saw that it was nothing like that at all. The rest of the summer i just hung out with friends, but going to Israel was the most exciting thing i did this summer.

What did you guys do over the summer?

September 11, 2001

I remember sitting in my 5th grade classroom listening to my teacher explain to us that something has happened in New York. We were only in elementary school so we didn't understand what was going on. As I made my way home my parents had told me that two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I was too young to understand what that meant to the people of America. After living through September 11th I have realized how close America came together. Everyone began showing their support for the people that died that day and became very patriotic. I realized how lucky I was to be an American, living in a country that shows so much support for others

What were you doing on the morning of September 11, 2001? How did it impact your life?