Reaching for my Stars!

Deciding your “Big Five for Life” could be a tricky decision. However, for mine I’ve known for a while. I knew what my first “Big Five for Life” was when I was only six years old. I knew by first grade that I wanted to be a teacher. Since then I’ve done everything in my power to achieve that goal. My next “Big Five for Life” would have to be to get married. Then I would want my husband and me to travel the world. But, I wouldn’t want to travel the world just by plane; I would want to travel by as many different types of transportation as possible. My fourth “Big Five for Life” would be to have children. And finally I would want to have all my children live successful lives in whatever “success” will mean for each of them. I hope that none of my “Big Five for Life” will change when I get older, since I’m so close to achieve my first “Big Five for Life.”

Don't be One of the Twelve, Learn How Now!

Stalking is a series of actions that puts a person in fear for their safety. Stalkers will find you and follow you. Sometimes they will stalk you online with social networks such as Facebook, or they might call you, or even follow you places, even to your home or dorm. Like the picture above says, one out of twelve college women are stalked on facebook. Stalking can lead into more dangerous actions. For example, they can start feeling comfortable enough to actually hurt you. The first way you could prevent a stalker is if you do have a Facebook, put your profile and everything else about you on private. If that doesn’t work then your second advice is tell someone that could help. There are people all over that will help you. Even if you have the slightest fear, tell someone before it’s too late.

Stalking has got more popular over the years with how easy it is to stalk now in days. As I said before Facebook in my opinion is the easiest way to stalk someone. People aren’t always the smartest and give out too much information. With that information stalkers use it to their own advantage. For example, you can give out your cell phone number and address. On campus I think it would be an awesome idea to do a Facebook aware party in January, stalking awareness month, to tell people how powerful stalking really is and how they can do their part to stop it by not giving out too much information. I am on the board of RHA and we set up parties and give ideas to other buildings and I will defiantly tell them about this idea.

http://www.campushealthandsafety.org/violence/

The Social Network Gone Wrong

In the article, The Dangers of Facebook, by Kashmir Hill, she explains how Facebook is good for some reasons, but on the other hand, it could lead to bad things. Hill says, “It’s a wonderful way to stay in touch with people’s lives, but it can also turn us into virtual stalkers, feeding neuroses and inflaming jealousies that would otherwise lie latent.” That is the best way to explain the whole article.

I think Facebook could be good, yet some people ruin everything. However, that goes for everything. It is a way to get in touch with old friends or even new friends, but to the point of stalking is when Facebook gets dangerous. Also, the dangers of bulling are enormous. I believe that Facebook should go back to only being for college students, or at least for mature users.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/05/18/the-dangers-of-facebook/

Think Before You Drink!

Clearly, driving drunk is not the way to drive. The poster definitely emphasizes the fact that it is not a good idea to drink and drive. If you look closely at the poster, the man is halved. One side of him is him parting and having a blast at a party with a pint of beer. However, the other side of him is him as a surgeon or maybe a patient with a pint of blood he might need if he gets into a severe car crash while at a party and he got drunk at.

In my opinion, I agree with this poster two hundred percent. Having fun at a party or get together is fine, however, do it responsibly and always have a designated driver. For example, have someone ready to drive you when you want to go somewhere or go home yet, they cannot be drunk as well. Another way you can go home without driving drunk is to call a cab. Getting a DUI is horrible. You could go to jail and have to deal with a ton of police. Or, you could have just called an available friend or cab.

"Boys Go to Jupiter to Get More Stupider, Girls Go to College to Get More Knowledge!"

The name of this video Why men don’t talk to women. Basically, this video is showing that all women are bitches. (Sorry SBS) This video was really rude and one sided. All the women that the poor little man went to talk to yelled at him then killed him. This happened continually for every girl he saw. Until he told a girl that he had money, was when she finally accepted him and told him that she loved him. I personally hated this video until the end. I thought that for some girls that would be totally true.  However, the video was brutal and reasonable to say that is how all girls are.

The Celebration of Our Nation!

Comparing and contrasting the two posters from below can be a lot easier then it seems. Take Poster 1, the poster with the American flag; it is much brighter and more patriotic. It honors all who gave up their lives for us, and also the ones who served and came back to tell us their stories. While Poster 2, the poster with the shoe print, is much darker and scary. The idea of Veterans Day to me is to be very patriotic and honorable to all those who gave their lives for us. That is why I chose Poster 1 to be the best poster of both of them.

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Technology for a Grade!

I used SlideRocket for my midterm part 2. The technology is amazing! SlideRocket is much more advanced than the ordinary PowerPoint. In the beginning it was tricky to use this website, however after watching the tutorial it was much easier. I actually think I would do my project much differently. To explain, after seeing how other classmates used GoAnimate, I would have loved to use that website as well. Regardless, SlideRocket is a good website to keep in mind for the rest of my college life, and my future career.

http://portal.sliderocket.com/BBGKK/My-Presentation-1