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In this picture it seems as though Barak Obama is thinking hard about my blog's topic of changing or keeping the same drinking age in the US.
Obama definitely has a huge role on the controversial topic of the drinking age. And although he has a lot of other huge problems he needs to be working through, the drinking age is definitely something to discuss too!
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Completely unrelated to my topic; but it is crazy to think how fast my freshman year of college flew by... I didn't do too well with my grades my first semester because I think I needed a little time to adjust; and I was for sure right. This semester I have just about all A's and so excited to bring my GPA back up to where it was all throughout high school. Looking back on high school is crazy to think about. I feel as though it was yesterday that I was standing at my locker waiting for the "late bell" to ring. Now I'm almost out of my teen years and thinking about my future career! (As a dentist) It is SO exciting but nerve racking at the same time. This English Writing class, although just a gen ed for me, really helped improved my writing skills especially with the help of Benjamin!
If the drinking age were to be twenty-five it would lessen the idea of college drinking and partying. There is great stereotype that comes along with being a college student, and I know first experience. You are pressured and always around partying and alcohol because half of the people in college are legally allowed to buy and drink alcohol. By rising the age the States would also be shrinking the idea of underage college drinking. Once you eliminate the transportation of the twenty-one year olds buying the younger kids alcohol you will eventually destroy underage drinking in general.
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I think this post really changed my perspective on weather to lower or raise the drinking age. After reading this post, my opinion swayed. Maybe the drinking age shouldn't be changed. Like the post says "Pick your poison." Anything out there can kill you and although raising or lowering the drinking age would alter drinking legally, there will always be problems with under age drinking and drinking in general. So overall this post changed my overall opinion on the whole topic.
There are definitely many different views on changing or keeping the drinking age the same in the US. One perspective is if the US were to lower their drinking age to eighteen there would be tremendous health issues that correlate with the change of the law. Alcohol is a toxin and too much of it can eventually kill you. Introducing alcohol to the still developing brain can eventually lead to many health issues later on in life. Keeping the legal drinking age at twenty-one will at least, help minimize the issues involved with alcohol.
"I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I'm doing my thang" This is a prime example of how there are songs out there that influence drunk driving and act like it's not that big of a deal. Changing the drinking age can definitely monitor or hurt the percentages of drunk driving and accidents on the road.
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I think it was number 8 of Unit 1 that we had a generative writing assignment to write about our social context. At first i didn't have a lot to say but exploring my context throughout this whole course I've been able to build more.. To mix things up I'll write it up a different way than in bubble form:
S wim team all throughout high school
T een (just for a little while longer)
E astern part of Worcester, MA
P art of the crew team in high school
H appy to be Lebanese!
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This blog "Anxiety is Stressing me Out," really interests me. Even the title intrigues me to read more about the topic.
1) It appears that about 5.5% of females ages 15-24 and 2.8% of males ages 15-24 are being treated for anxiety.
2) Alcohol can help you temporarily “forget” about some of your problems, maybe even some that are causing you some anxiety.
3) Social support can come via the ways of friends, family, or someone else that you feel comfortable talking to.
Some of these facts on her blog actually relate to my topic about the drinking age in the US. I think this topic interests me mostly because as a college student, I do undergo a LOT of stress and sometimes can encounter anxiety attacks. It's scary but reading this blog helps me relate to people that are going through the same thing
Raising Awareness
Two events that happen EVERY single year, is New Years & your birthday. On these two days or nights, the majority of people are influenced to drink the most the ever had. New Year's Eve is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. It is a celebration of a new year coming, which is understandable. But what comes with that is the argument of wheather or not it should be okay for underage kids to be able to drink on such an occasion. Is there too much pressure to drink on New Years? Or even you're birthday where it's supposed to be all about you?
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I have not yet talked about this side of my topic; addiction. There are tons of people in the world addicted to alcohol; alcoholic's. Would lowering or raising the drinking age effect problems this country has had to deal with dealing with alcoholism? Lowering the drinking age would allow younger people to experience alcohol at a younger age giving them more of a chance to develop a tolerance and create alcoholism. But it could also help the generation because if it was in your family's history you would be able to catch it maybe earlier on?
For my outside source I decided to post a picture of my Blarney t-shirt. Yes, I attended Blarney Blowout.. Did I get arrested? No. I was one of the students misrepresented by the media because I actually acted responsibly that day.
I know for sure that this piece of media is not already circulating around tumblr because I just took the picture with my phone two minutes ago :P
And while it may be inappropriate, I think the “Keep Calm and Drink On” slogan is pretty clever. My parents sure loved when I strutted around the house wearing this shirt during spring break…
So i feel this message relates perfectly to my topic. For my topic strippers choose their job, they chose to do what they do, no one is forcing it on them, besides for the economic state that they are in. I feel like while some of the stuff, like mentioned above may be inappropriate, I feel like they still have a right to do what they want to do.
I reblogged this from Magic Mike because i think it relates to my topic for sure. The Blarney blowout was a huge controversial issue in the town of Amherst, especially this year. There were close to a hundred arrests that involved under age drinking and violence. Some people argue that this event has been happening for years & is a tradition while others argue underage drinking is straight out underage drinking.
Once you turn 18 you're aloud to do many things, including go into the army & die.. buy cigarettes that are arguably more dangerous than alcohol, and not to mention if you were to get in any sort of trouble.. you are now a legalized adult in the jail system. But still not aloud to buy yourself a drink?
(via http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=7jr9R5Y0spM&u=/watch?v=GvgJEznqtms&feature=share) This youtube video is a recent popular song that has now been WAY over played... This relates to my issue of drinking age because the song has influenced many under age kids to drink and "pop bottles like a g-6." There are many songs just like this played every other second on the radio, influencing under-age drinking and forcing many kids to believe the drinking age should be lowered.
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Critique!
To the ignorant individual behind this image…
Personally, I find this image and the associated message it is trying to communicate to be unnecessary and ignorant. The image is trying to convey the message that marijuana, or weed, is not a dangerous drug when juxtaposed with many other pharmaceuticals commonly used by the general public. While this very well may be the case, the artist behind this image does not communicate his message in a tasteful manner. He portrays the doctor in the image to be an ignorant and perhaps even stupid individual, as he simply labels the marijuana as “dangerous” and hands out the list of many other pharmaceuticals in a casual manner, as if they are all safe and come without any health consequences.
Yet, this is not the case and medical doctors who have received an extensive medical education on various types of drugs and drug interactions are very aware of this. They know as doctors that any drug taken as it is prescribed can be helpful and beneficial to overall health, and it is only when this drug is abused that the dangers occur. Moreover, this image could be offensive and hurtful to some individuals who may have a personal experience with some of the listed so called “harmless” drugs. When abused, these drugs can cause addiction or death, and if an individual is personally connected to these drugs in terms of a personal tragedy, then the image is not portraying anything less than stupidity and cruelty. Doctors and the general public know that weed is not the only dangerous drug on the market, and are well aware of the caution and care that must be demonstrated when taking any kind of drug, even the many listed in this image.
Doctors take great caution and care when administering drugs to their patients, and I do not believe that it is fair to portray them as ignorant and careless when it comes to drug administration.The artist displayed the doctor in the image as an ignorant individual who is largely unaware of the consequences of most pharmaceutical drugs, yet it is in fact the artist who displays the most ignorance in this instance.
I was scrolling down the English Writing 112 page & found that a student posted this. This relates directly to my social issue about changing or keep the drinking age in the States. It argues the point that while some dangerous and death leading drugs are legal, alcohol which is far less harmful (in most cases) is not. Marijuana is illegal even though taking a overdose of any of the pills a doctor could give you would definitely have more harmful effects on your body. It really makes you question what should be legal or not.
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A single cigarette will do more damage to your body than a single beer or glass of wine, yet you can buy cigarettes at 18, but alcohol at 21. Fucked up.
This is crazy to think about really. It's true, I'm eighteen and I'm aloud to buy a pack of cigarettes that will eventually lead to addiction which will eventually lead to cancer and even death. There are facts that argue alcohol can do the same, but why are they legalized at different ages?
Remix of GW #20
For this writing assignment I was asked to discuss and give a definition of "research." It's kind of a weird concept to think about in my opinion. When you sit down to write a research paper, your job is to look up other peoples research papers and opinions on your topic. The ironic thing is once you're done with your research paper, your paper then becomes research for other people to write their research papers on. I find it also pretty interesting that research can be almost anything; a letter, an essay, a picture or even a video.
Generative Writing #34
White Privilege
For Generative Writing #34 we were handed a packet with 50 examples of the daily effects of white privilege in the States and were asked to choose two.
3) If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an area which I can afford and in which I would want to live.
I chose this one because it's not talked about much but neighborhoods are relatively split by either racial groups or social economic class. I can speak from this point of view because most of the people in my neighborhood at home are people of my own race.
25) If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven't been singled out because of my race.
I chose this one because I can closely relate to it. I've been pulled over about three times now for either speeding or running a stop sign.. Every time I've gotten away with it with just a verbal warning. I'm not taking it for granted BUT I don't know if that would have been the case if I was a person of color.
