P3. What's More Important?

            I think that I agree with both sides of the stories’ opinions. It is clear that students enjoy having Nicole Weingard as their teacher but is she really doing what she’s supposed to? In some ways, she is but other she’s not. Throughout school I’ve had many teachers that have made class so much fun, other teachers have made it beyond boring, and then there are some that meet right in the middle of the two. I think it’s more important to have a teacher that knows everything thing that there is to know about what they’re teaching. Nicole Weingard made class fun but some of her student’s didn’t get good test results back. It doesn’t matter what grade you’re teaching, grades are more important than how much fun you have in the class. There’s many classes that I would dread going to but when it came to my exams, I couldn’t have thanked my teacher enough because they knew exactly what they were doing and the correct way to teach it for us all to succeed. I’m not saying that the teacher should want to make the class boring, it should be fun but that’s not what it’s all about. Many teachers do both, not every class is fun but it’s not all boring; they split it in half and half. A lot of subjects are hard to make fun with it; some classes you just need to sit there and learn.  Also, teachers don’t always have enough time to teach all the material that they need to. In my position as a student, I would rather have the class be boring but know what I need to in order to do well in the class and on my exams rather than having fun in class and not knowing what I’m doing. I can see people looking into it a little more in the younger grades because there isn’t that much that they’re learning, it’s more about having fun for the younger grades which I understand. But, when it comes to middle school and especially high school, grades and test scores are the most important thing to focus on, not fun.

P2. Change Has Made It's Appearance

      So much has changed for me since September as far as my goals and my accomplishments. I wanted to be so involved and get my grades as high as possible and I have done the opposite. Last year I watched the senior’s become so lazy and I couldn’t understand how or why they were doing it, if anything they should have been growing up and trying hard in order to prepare for college. Now that I’m in the same position they were, with less than two months until graduation, I see exactly where they are coming from. I have no motivation to do any of my work; I can’t take high school seriously anymore.  Once I got accepted to college, I stopped trying because I accomplished everything I needed to; I didn’t think there was any reason to continue to try because it didn’t matter anymore. I did not get involved like I wanted to with clubs and to help out more, but there’s still time to do some of the things that I wanted too. Back in September I was more excited to graduate and now I find myself terrified to do so. I watch my laziness increase towards school day by day and I don’t want this to happen in College. During the school year I’ll have a test and I’ll keep telling myself I’ll study for it but I always find myself finding something better to do instead and when I receive my grade, I know I could have done better but my laziness got in the way. I am finally realizing everything that I’ve done wrong, especially after reading my blog that I wrote from the beginning of the year. Everything I said I wanted to do, I found myself doing the exact opposite. Even though there’s only two months left of school, I want to try to improve my grades and attitude toward school as much as I can. I know I’m going to miss it so much so I need to enjoy as much as I can before it’s gone.

P1. Changes Within The Generation

I use to watch a lot of television and have show’s that I enjoyed watching every night of the week but that has definitely changed for me though. In my opinion, television shows are nowhere near as good as they use to be. I think a lot of shows make too many seasons and people lose interest because it’s the same drama over and over again such as, Jersey Shore and Teen Mom. As of right now, I find myself watching The Voice, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Friends.  I only watch television at night when I’m getting ready for bed, unless it’s Monday because that’s when The Voice is on. In my house, there are six televisions but only four get the most use. There are many negative when it comes to television, especially with younger kids. A lot has changed from when I was younger, television wise. There are so many shows about teen pregnancy and relationships and partially I think that TV. producers aren’t making it as bad as it should be.  There are a lot of shows and movies that show things they definitely shouldn’t and I think it has a lot to do with how much our generation has changed. Also, television causes people to never get up. There are so many kids that come home from school and sit in front of their TV or sit in there room watching TV for hours, they don’t do anything. I don’t think a lot of people are nearly as active as they should be; TV has a lot to do with it. There are positives to television though, there’s a lot to learn from watching certain shows.  In some cases it brings people together, such as family. There have been many times that my entire family gets together to watch a sports game. I would say that there are way more negatives to TV more than there are positives.

O4. A Good Deed Done

1.       Yesterday I went to the mall to pick up my prom dress and as I walking in I noticed the cutes old lady. As I walked closer, I realized that she was crying. There were two other women walking past her but I thought they were with the woman.  I soon realized that this poor old woman was all alone crying. I walked up to her and asked her if she was okay, she tried to answer but I couldn’t understand a word she was saying due to her crying. She finally said that doesn’t remember where she parked, she had been searching for almost an hour and no one would help her. I couldn’t help but hug her and tell her that I would find it for you. She admittedly handed me her keys to go out and find it. I had my friend stay with her to make her feel better and so the woman didn’t think I was about to drive away with her car. I was searching for about thirty minutes outside and finally, I found the park on the opposite side of the mall. I noticed that the car was taking up two parking spots and beyond crooked. I ran back and walked her back but she didn’t think she could walk the entire way and she asked me if I could go get the car and drive it to her.  I went to get the car and when I got back she had a fifty dollar bill in her hand; she wanted to give it to me for helping her. I absolutely could not take the money from this poor old woman. Doing this made me realize how good I have it. There are a lot of people who are by themselves dealing with problems and I always get upset for things that I shouldn’t.

O3. Mama Woelfle

1.       My Mother is by far one of the most important people in my life, alone with my Dad. When I was younger, like twelve – fifteen, I didn’t have a close relationship with my parents, or the rest of my family. I don’t know why, I’ve learned that many other people throughout those years went through the same thing I did. I kept to myself, I think it’s because I was going through high school and things were so much different than they were in middle school, I wasn’t ready to open up to my parents yet. When I was fifteen my Grandma, my Mother’s mom, had passed away and I think that had a huge effect on our relationship with one another. We became really close and starting getting a greater relationship. Also, right before I turned sixteen, my house burnt down as many know and I think that also brought my family and I closer because we learned a lot about one another. Plus, when you go through a tragedy like that, being there for one of another is the only thing you can do in order to get through it. I’m seventeen now and I’m so happy and proud of the relationship that I hold with my parents. I’ll admit, I’m really spoiled and I could never thank my parents enough for everything they’ve done for me. A lot of my friends have always had trouble and fought a lot with their parents, many of their parents are divorced; and it makes me really thankful for what I have. I give so many people respect for dealing with a divorce or constant fighting. No family is perfect, my family and I have had our problems just like the rest but you always get through it. During high school and life you start to realize that your “best friend” from fourth grade isn’t always going to be there for you like they promised, but family always would/should. I’m so thankful for my family.

O2. Here I Come Medaille!

       After reading the article, I’m really shocked and surprised. I was well aware that there’s a lot of misfortune and poverty still going on in the world but I had no idea that it was to this extent. It’s so unreal that “the probability that a 15-year-old Russian male will die before he is 60 is higher than 40 percent” there is no reason that the world should be this way. I didn’t think college was for everyone, but after I saw the statistics my whole opinion changed. Our economy is really different and it’s not at all easy to get a job today like it was many years ago. Neither of my parents went to college and they’re extremely successful today, the chances of that happening with a high school graduate today, is highly unlikely. “The typical income gap between a college graduate and a high school dropout has never been higher. Today, college grads earn 80 percent more than people who don't go to high school” so in my opinion, I’d recommend every person in high school to at least think about going to college, even if it’s only for two years. I never started to think about college until about, the end of my junior year. I had many career thoughts running through my head but they were constantly changing. About two months ago, I filled out applications to Hilbert, GCC, Medaille, and Daemen, every school that I applied to had a different major which was stupid. I finally came to my senses and decided to attend GCC for two years and major in general studies to figure out what it is I wanted to do. I kept thinking and thinking because that decision didn’t seem right for me, I realized I really wanted to go to school for business. Money has always been an important factor when I think of a career and I like to be somewhat in charge when I do things. I applied to Medaille and the dean called me to congratulate me on my acceptance which was extremely over whelming because I honestly didn’t think I’d be accepted to Medaille College.  Throughout all school I never tried as hard as I could and I’ve always suffered with average or below average grades so this was huge to me that I got accepted. He kept talking and there was more good news, he told me that from my SAT scores that I had earned a $26,000 scholarship to Medaille! I can’t even explain what a great feeling it was and is to know that I earned it from everything that I have done. I’ll be attending Medaille College in the Fall of 2012 for Business Administration.

O1. Rihanna Comes Clean

By Rolling Ston
April 4, 2012 11:15 AM ET
Rihanna has opened up to Elle about her fans' response to her reconnecting with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown despite his conviction for assaulting her back in 2009. "It's very hard for me to accept, but I get it," she told the fashion magazine. "People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that's all right. I don't hate them for it." She says she is unwilling to apologize for her decision because "tomorrow I'm still going to be the same person. I'm still going to do what I want to do." The singer says her experience following Brown's attack before the Grammys three years ago was essential to making her the woman she is today. "It gave me guns," she says of the incident. "I was like, well, ****. They know more about me than I want them to know. It's embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of 'bring it.' I wanted people to know who I am. Whatever they take that to be, good or bad; I just want them to know the truth. "I have more freedom the more people know about me," says Rihanna. "It's like, one less skeleton in the closet, one less burden, one less secret; now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don't have anything to hide.
I honestly give Rihanna a lot of credit for being so careless about what other people think, at the end of the day everyone needs to do whatever that makes them happy. Yeah, she may look really stupid for staying with someone that has hit her, I personally never would. But, it’s important to do what makes you happy, it’s her decision and people should respect it. My opinion on this topic is really in between, it can go both ways. One way, I think she looks ridiculous for going back with him after what he did but no one knows their relationships besides them, and I guess people can change. Another way I see it is, everyone makes mistakes… Some are bigger than others but you have to get through them in order to move forward with their life, which it seems like Chris Brown is doing. I give them both a lot of credit for dealing with the rumors and opinions that are coming their way, I wish them the best.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rihanna-i-wont-apologize-for-reconnecting-with-chris-brown-20120404