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Blog #11

One of my favorite blogs was the first blog telling a story about yourself or the sixth blog involving you to choose your own topic. Choosing our own topics led to a wide variety of blogs that week. I found this to be so interesting because by the topics people chose you still learned more about them without even realizing it. I overall enjoyed the blogging assignments and I am really starting to like blogging. Tumblr is one of the best ways for an individual to express themselves without feeling worried or judged because this website was created to respect others opinions and for you to open your mind to new ideas.

When I was in a freshman in high school, reblogging artsy pictures on Tumblr was the cool and popular thing to do. I had my own account but I barely used it because I was too worried what people thought of my reblogs. When I found out we were blogging in the beginning of the year, that worriness came back. I was always shy growing up and I never grew out of that phase until college. I was always worried I would say the wrong thing or opinion on the internet and I would get judged for it. After reading a couple of blogs, I realized I was actually going to enjoy this concept of blogging and sharing my stories to my followers. After the first couple of blogs, I realized this concept of blogging and getting to know my peers was a judgement free zone. This helped me to open up in my blogs and talk about things that are super important to me. I learned a lot about my classmates and things you would never know by just looking at them. This concept of blogging and having new topics every week helped my writing skills strengthen and helped me expand my views and thoughts about certain topics. I would always plan out my blog beforehand so I had a general idea of what I was going to write about that week. I enjoyed writing these blogs no matter how late it was or what the topic was because it was a way for me to express myself and to open up to my audience, allowing them to agree or disagree with my opinion or story. These blogs have helped me become more understanding and respective about others opinions and viewpoints. Also creating a broader aspect on individuals who had a different lifestyle than me growing up.

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When you said that "One of my favorite blogs was the first blog telling a story about yourself or the sixth blog involving you to choose your own topic. Choosing our own topics led to a wide variety of blogs that week" I felt the same way because I felt as if I could express who I am and let others get to know who I am. Then again I don't think that Tumblr is the bet websites to talk about your personal because many people on here likes to judge others because of what they say or do and it can hurt many peoples feelings and maybe even lead them to suicidal thoughts because they may have low self esteem. I agree with you when you said that " this concept of blogging and getting to know my peers was a judgement free zone" because I felt that this would help me express how I felt and allow me to get to know who my classmates were.

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Reflection

Throughout the spring semester, we had different methods towards our writing. From writing to blogging it was an assignment I wasn’t use to. Normally, it’s the same traditional rubric with a boring assignment. We’re to use social media to blog about topics that effects our society and everyday living. We had to blog on multiple topics basely on things we were passionate about. Other ideas took some time out of the box. From time to time we would have other students comment on our work so we can see the improvement and also the progress. As a writer, I improved by hearing feedback from my classmates, professor, and outside sources. Any rubric that is written down for an class, I do the best of my ability to follow the on the paper so I can produce the best work I need for class. I able to elaborate on certain phrases and examples and giving more detail instead of being all sutle with the information. As a blogger was able to focus on the audience rather than myself, so I can engage with those who are reading. They’re things I wanted to focus on and it is some of the structure of the writing and grammar and punctuation. Also being specific about and idea. Taking a broad topic and narrowing down to the main idea. Also want to work on with brining in some individuality with my blogging so myself can be express more. The blogging had helped me with my paper through preparation. Anything we talk about in class, we would blog and it would always prepare for my next esaay. With the tools that I use for class, it with help me in the future.

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when you said " From writing to blogging it was an assignment I wasn’t use to. Normally, it’s the same traditional rubric with a boring assignment. We’re to use social media to blog about topics that effects our society and everyday living" it was the same thing for me and it was also new to me as well. I was always used to the old traditional rubrics and subjects that was handed out. As a blogger for me I always would focus on what i needed to do to be a better blogger from the audience so I know what I needed to work on. When you said that you " wanted to work on with brining in some individuality with my blogging so myself can be express more" I was kind of thinking the same thing because this gave me an idea to work on my ability to be myself more and express myself when I give a speech or blog.

Blog #11

When I first heard about blogging I thought it would be different and throughout my high school years I never did a blog before so I though it was something new and different. when I first began blogging it was kind of awkward because it felt as if I was talking to my self and nobody else. from Blog #1 to about Blog #8 was okay, until blog 9 and we had to start reading each other blog’s. At first I thought it was kind of weird but then as I did it, I got to the chance to actually know who my classmates were and I found that interesting. I think my writing has improved since blog one because the topics has gotten a little challenging and I like a challenge so it made me wanna work harder to do better when I write and by the time Blog #10 came I felt pretty confident that I knew what to write about. I think that my strength as a blogger is the fact that I get more into detail about what I write , and that I try to get at least 400 words. my weaknesses may be when I tend to change the idea and talk about something else and that kind of throws me off guard. but overall blogging has helped me become more confident as a writer and helped me improve also as speaker.

Gender "Men Vs Women"

I believe that Gender plays the most important factor in humanity, it is most often said that one significant attribute is given by a person's parent deciding the factor that determines its gender. Gender is the culturally transmitted differences between Females and Males, this is one of the most major differences between the two. Men are usually the ones who have a higher salary than women according to the U.S system, however through the human body formation Men are naturally more dominant than women. And it is said that Men mostly matures slower than women. Although men are more dominant than women, and makes more money than women, women are more mature and smarter than men lack to the use of the second x chromosome. The reason why men makes a higher income than women because today, our society in the year of 2017, almost more than half of the pay gap between men and women , women tends to work in lower - paying industries, and they take jobs that tens to pay less than men. Men are naturally more dominant than women because it is a known fact that a men are more submissive, which means that men in a way are somewhat more superior depending on the situation. There are many reasons why men are more dominant then woman which is that the male brain is highly specialized, why specific parts of one hemisphere, or even the other to accomplish specific tasks, but the female brain is more diffused and it utilizes significant portions of both hemispheres for a variety of tasks. When men and women are born, they both usually have the same number of fibers. These fibers that both men and women contain, creates a networks that helps us better at learning and developing mentally. Female brans are further along in the reorganization process and may be working more efficiently than a males brain. Based on the evidenced about men and women are treated differently in society based on Gender. I find it fascinating to find that regardless of how intelligent a woman may be that society still shows favoritism towards the male gender, even with men maturity much more slower than women. Statistics prove that men are the more dominant gender this is why woman probably are not given their fair share in society.

Blog #8 "Gender Roles"

I honestly think that Gender roles should be one of the main topics that we talk about because it plays a role that everybody in this world is a part of. And the main reason for it is the people in our society are always judging the way others are to look or are judging them for who they are and what they do instead of worrying about themselves. if a man was to dress up a woman people would automatically assume he was "Gay", but nobody know if he been trough so much I his life that he chose to be that way nobody would know what he goes through at home if he has a family or not if he's been bullied all of his life. Many people goes through may struggles to make them change their ways and make them be who their not. Its the same thing with woman also and the fact that woman already has been through so much in the past years. I believe that woman plays a big part in gender roles because society assume that they have to do this and that but when its men its different men can do anything they want without being judged and when a woman decides to put on a short skirt or even if she was to show her curves in a dress she would automatically be a whore or a slut. so yes I believe that this society is messed up.

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Missing

Recently I have been seeing many stories about the 64,000 black woman that are missing in America. The issue has been brought up because with the disappearance rate of black women going higher, news coverage on the topic isn’t. The founder of Black and Missing Foundation Natalie Wilson was the one to bring about the topic. She brought to the light the fact that the training on missing persons in law enforcement isn’t really priority, and it should be. Also she brought attention to the fact that in many cases black minors who have gone missing end up being labeled as “runaways” and is not further inspected. Even black adults disappearance is said to be mostly related to their crime backgrounds. In the many articles I have read and post that I have seen many people say that there isn’t any for sure reason of the disappearances. Some say for scientific reasons, and others say sex trafficking. I believe this is something we all need to know about because these girls that have been going missing aren’t appearing up dead or returning home, so maybe they could be alive. Our government should be taking this matter serious, if enough people talk about it and its gets the exposure it needs these woman can return home safely with our help. This topic needs to be discussed until the numbers decrease, because there only increasing because no one cares enough. African American woman are being taking from their cars, homes, and public places and never heard from again.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088428/The-shocking–forgotten–toll-missing-black-women-U-S.html

https://mic.com/articles/93780/64-000-missing-women-in-america-all-have-one-important-thing-in-common#.ACGhIJVHg

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I also believe many people are labeled "runaways" when they go missing especially young black adults. I believe it because in today's society many kids tend to struggle to keep a good strong relationship with their parents because their parents are either very demanding and very restricted or maybe it because their parents are very abusive which causes them to be considered as "runaway". Through out the past years I have witnessed many of my friends being abused by their parents because of the littlest things that they have forgot to do such as wash dishes and they would be literally beaten down and I didn't know what to do at the time cause I was only like 10-11 years old and if I would have called the police I thought that I would never be able to see my friends again cause they would probably be taken away into a foster home. I've experienced a "runaway" girl when I was about 8-9 years old and she ended up being a foster child because of her parents so abusive to her. But then again a lot of people end up "missing" either because they choose to run away to a different life or they are kidnapped and never seen again.

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Uniforms ?

In every public, as well as private school, there is some form of formal or informal dress code stating what students can and cannot wear; however school uniforms are not universal. In many parts of the world, children who attend school are required to wear school uniforms. In the United States school uniforms were predominantly enforced by private and religious schools. However during the 1990’s many believed school uniforms would result in the solution to issues surrounding violence, drug use, and academic shortcomings associated with public schools. In this modern world, children have become much more concerned about their clothing rather than their performance in class. Everyone wants to fit in; everyone wants to be perceived as being cool. This may result in a decline in academic success. So the question is: Should public schools adopt a uniform policy? According to the National Center for Education nearly twenty percent of public schools require students to wear school uniforms. However those opposed to the ratification of school uniforms suggests it violates the First Amendment limiting them as a means to express themselves. Critics also believes wearing uniforms takes away a child’s creativity, but this is not the case. School uniforms has indeed become a very controversial issue in the world of education. Although it is believed that the adoption of school uniforms should be applied to public schools. Schools that have implemented school uniforms have been said to see an increase in the student’s academic performance. Students that wear uniforms are more inclined to stay focus in the classroom, rather than worry about what others are wearing. Clothing is in fact, a great distraction. If everyone is wearing similar, if not the same clothing, students are more prompt to focus and pay attention. Also, if one is not so concern as to what he or she is wearing the next day, more time could be used in studying as well as completing assignments. The adoption of school uniforms affects a student’s grades, behavior, and attendance resulting in an increase in academic success. According to International News ,“ In one study at Youngstown University, the researchers found that uniforms improved attendance and graduation rates while decreasing suspension rates” ( Greenwood paragraph 5). Decreasing suspension rates while increasing graduation rates is also a direct correlation with positive effects when implemented correctly. In addition to increasing graduation rates and decreasing suspension rates uniforms improve attendance. A number of students miss school, merely because they can not find something to wear. However, that entire issue is prevented with the implementation of school uniforms. Thus illustrating that, in more ways than one, uniforms are beneficial to a student’s academic success.

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I believe that school uniforms should not define who a person is. I think that wearing uniforms would only makes things worse but then again wearing uniforms can been a good thing at the same time. The good thing about wearing a school uniform is that it gets young kids a chance to be neat and more mature and help get them ready for the real world when they grow up and get a job. But if you think about it there still young and many parents today are struggling to buy tier children uniforms because its either they didn't have a successful childhood or if they were having children at a young age and can afford a decent job to support their child which would cause them to act out in school because they might have to wear the same clothes for a week. Ive been wearing school uniforms since I was in 8th grade in grammar school and ive seen many kids struggle to come to school on certain days because they were afraid that they were going to be bullied because they might of had to wear the same shirt from the day before with the stain on it. I think it affected many of them because some didn't even have a washer or drier at home to clean their uniforms.

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Girl vs Boy

Do you believe of an end to gender roles?

There have been many topics that we’ve discussed in class. One topic that hasn’t been discussed is gender roles. We’ve recently discussed the challenges that women face on a daily basis. The discussion of gender roles were not talked about in depth. I believe this is a topic to bring our attention because there is still general issues in today’s society that we relate to. Gender roles are basically a factor that’s going to be around for as long as we will exist. I feel that these issues started long ago when women rarely had little to none respect. The first cases of these gender role problems started when men felt superior to women. In past centuries females were always considered at lower levels than men. Women didn’t hold value in society eyes the way that men did. Having this occur began as the first steps to what we consider gender roles. Gender roles are portrayed through various factors in society. For example, jobs, fashion, relationships, hobbies and etc. Because there are many factors gender roles can fall into, there comes many conflicts. As females and males we need to be aware of how this is really tearing us apart.

I see multiple gender roles throughout my generation the most. In this society girls and boys are supposedly already figured out. Boys and girls know the “part” they’re suppose to play. The thing that’s irritates me is the fact that we are are suppose to fit into a certain category based on the fact of our gender. Who came up with theses rules that we are meant to follow. The positive thing is that there are multiple people who don’t follow the ideal roles of their gender. For example, girls are subject to play certain sports like tennis, cheerleading and boys are meant to only play basketball or football. In reality there are multiple people who break stereotypes of factor like this. I feel like people don’t pay enough care or thought into the issues we face when dealing with gender roles. If we keep ignoring it and not standing up for it this will be an ongoing issue with no resolvement.

How can we try to change the issues of gender roles?

Do we believe that gender roles help society?

What are the issues that resurfaces when gender roles are involved?

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I feel as if gender plays a huge factor in todays society. It shows the differences from human beings like men from woman and how different we act from one another. But to me I think the biggest issue on gender roles is how the society frames it and today even if a man was to dress up a woman people would automatically assume he was "Gay", but nobody know if he been trough so much I his life that he chose to be that way nobody would know what he goes through at home if he has a family or not if he's been bullied all of his life. Many people goes through may struggles to make them change their ways and make them be who their not. Its the same thing with woman also and the fact that woman already has been through so much in the past years. I believe that woman plays a big part in gender roles because society assume that they have to do this and that but when its men its different men can do anything they want without being judged and when a woman decides to put on a short skirt or even if she was to show her curves in a dress she would automatically be a whore or a slut. so yes I believe that this society is messed up.

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Education Disparity http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-issues-facing-our-youth-today.php, http://www.apa.org/ed/resources/racial-disparities.aspx

"Education is important. Few people would dispute this well regarded fact. A good education (in comparison with a bad one) will provide a child with an increased chance of taking advantage of opportunities to be successful in life. Unfortunately, some people have it better than other. This is not an issue of just one school being better than another school. Rather we are talking about whole classes of American children being denied a proper education that will prepare them to compete in a job market with their peers and have the same access to the American Dream."

"Disparity in educational quality is delineated by race and financial status. If you live in a poor neighborhood or are a minority, there is a good chance that the schools you attend are lacking many necessities. While Asians and Whites enjoy high graduating rates, African American and Latinos continue to lag behind. Not surprisingly, because job opportunities are lessen for dropouts, these two groups have the highest incarceration rates."

"Pervasive ethnic and racial disparities in education follow a pattern in which African-American, American Indian, Latino and Southeast Asian groups underperform academically, relative to Caucasians and other Asian-Americans. These educational disparities."

"Psychological science offers an understanding of educational disparities and strategies to redress them. Developmental psychologists have identified how differences in early childhood education and childcare are associated with academic performance and school readiness for ethnic and racial minority children prior to their entry into K-12 schools."

"Psychological science examining second language acquisition has produced important findings about how linguistic minority children function, identifying the resources they need to perform commensurate with their cognitive abilities. Psychological theory informs our understanding of how immigration is related to educational disparities and explains why some Asian-American groups do well educationally compared to Latinos, despite both groups having large segments born outside the U.S. and a home language that is not English."

"The organization of schools and how students are engaged in their learning are of critical importance for the educational achievement of students across ethnic and racial groups. Educational disparities are evident in markers of low academic performance and graduation rates, as well as the underrepresentation of students of color in gifted and talented educational programs, and psychological theory speaks to how to cultivate academic talent across the range of students in schools."

"The psychology of individual and group differences can inform our understanding of the educational implications of important forms of human difference and exceptionality in educational systems."

Letter Of Complaint To Mayor Brown

Dear Mayor Brown,

During the past few months, there has been non-stop killings occurring in Buffalo, New York. Many young men and women has been murdered either by gang violence or by the police. As you can imagine, we the community are very concerned about everything that’s going on and we do not feel safe being outside a certain times throughout the day. Most of the killings has happened during school hours, weekends, during after school activities, and many other places which makes our community look extremely unstable and out of order. Just a month ago on New Year’s day, Police are investigating the four separate shootings that occurred throughout the Queen City. Three of the shootings were fatal, and two happened on the same block. The string of shootings began early Sunday morning. The first happened at 1 a.m. in the first block of Byrd Way. Buffalo Police say that is where 22-year-old Xavier Wimes of Cheektowaga was shot multiple times and died. Police believe he was involved in a fight with another person. The second shooting happened just a half an hour later. Dozens of police officers rushed to the 2100 block of Niagara Street, near Acqua Restaurant. Police say a 24-year-old man was shot there. He was taken to ECMC where he remains in critical condition. It is clear that everyone seems to be losing their minds and do not know what to do, and we cannot depend on the police neither because they are a part of the issue and is killing innocent people as well.

Many people in our neighborhood want things to change and wants things to be back the same and peaceful. So we decided to meet up and organize a meeting to set up many different neighborhood watch programs throughout the neighborhoods where the shootings are usually happening, but we still feel as if there is a missing piece to fixing the puzzle. We wonder if you can talk to the Buffalo Police Department and ask them if they could help us instead of being a part of the problem. We want to know if they could increase the police patrols at these vulnerable times and maybe if having a couple volunteers remain in the neighborhood on some nights might help. In any case, we just need for this to end and learn to how to put the guns down and protect our community.

We would like to schedule a neighborhood meeting during which you or your representative could discuss what action should be taken. Most of the families could be represented on only weekday evening due to their work schedules. Could you please let us know if this is possible? Thank You!

Sincerely, Marcus Green

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New Beginnings

A day I will never forget was the last hockey game I ever played in competitively. Playing hockey my entire life, it was always a part of my plan to continue playing after high school, and take time off of school. To play hockey in college you have to play juniors and mature before playing college hockey with much older competition. Up until my last hockey game during my senior year at St. Francis Prep High school, I had set to continue playing hockey in Philadelphia and take a few years of school off to hopefully play college hockey. After college I then planned on becoming a high school teacher, something that I had always aspired to be. Rewinding back to playoffs in my senior year of high school, my last game was the semi final against St. Andrews College, resulting in a loss that changed my perspective on hockey greatly. Stepping off the ice with a loss was upsetting at the first glance, but after time passed I realized that hockey lost all of its importance to me. The millions of lessons that I take away from the game are still valued but the greatest lesson I learned was to be able to let go of even the greatest things that I had in my life, hockey being one of them. Not everything is easy to let go of but I realized that continuing to play hockey would still direct me to becoming a teacher, but if I gave up on hockey then I can do so sooner. Growing up and changing perspectives allowed me to realize that being a teacher was more important to me than playing hockey and potentially wasting time at reaching my ultimate goal. I commend the many friends that I made playing hockey, many continuing to play today, and some on their way to bigger and better competition in the NHL, but I have sorrow for those who took the chance I was unwilling to take and fail. Not a day goes by where I don’t miss playing hockey, but I thought it was best for me to I take all of the lessons that playing hockey taught me and run with them while I was still able to. I am happy with the choice I have made and learned how to let go of something difficult, a situation I will inevitably face in the future and will be ready for.

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When I read this I can feel the same feeling you felt growing up to playing a sport that you love. I remember growing up as child I think since I was five years old i used to love playing basketball so much that it came to a point when I wanted to continue in high school. My freshman year I remember rarely even getting in the games because I think the coach had something against me so from that year I kept that in mind. So the next season came my sophomore year, It was the beginning of November ad it was tryouts. I swear I put my all on the court that day it came to find out I didn't make the team and from that moment I knew that basketball wasn't for me. Then my Junior year in high school I played football for he first time in my life and we ended up wining the state championship title and by my senior year we won the Class A title championship and a few months later I was offered a $10,000 scholarship to play D3 football for the Buffalo State Bengals.

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My Week

So I am going to tell you guys about my weekly life. Lets start with school. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I get to drive a 60 mile round-trip to school and back. This would be horrible but luckily I like to drive. I have four classes and know a total of about 5 people ( Perks of commuting, you don’t meet anybody). Tuesday and Wednesdays I get to relax and decide whether I should wait until the morning to start the large sum of homework I had acquired. I have a horrible problem with procrastination as you can tell by this post. Usually I find myself driving to ridiculous places to buy something just because like Thursday I drove to barker (2 hours away) for a speaker but that’s another story. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I work from four to about midnight at a local pizza place. We have good food but the people are usually drunk and miserable that I deliver to. I work for a flat rate of thirty dollars a night, two dollars for each delivery and tips. I get the whole “ Oh that two dollars is your tip” almost every single night. This statement usually follows with horrible service from me and very heavy sarcasm as I try to explain. Driving all night doesn’t bother me. I could Care less about the mileage and gas. As long as I have a decent stereo and fresh music, I’m pretty much set for the night. With delivering I get to throw away every workers garbage, refill all of the pop that we had sold throughout the day from a cold shed around back and make hundreds upon hundreds of boxes before I get to go home. I stop delivering at 10:30 but most nights I get home about 12:30. The job is horrible but the money isn’t too bad. Gotta pay the bills, right? Well that concludes my amazing weekly life, it isn’t perfect but its mine. I hope it was riveting enough to keep you reading. Three stars for you, person who read my whole story.

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As I was reading this story about you I found it interesting that you actually drive 60 miles to and from Buff State every other day. I don't know how you can do it lol because I would of just been going to school online and plus all that gas money. I just wonder how can you still manage your time so well with driving 60 miles, working nights and doing other things. Do you find it confusing when trying to do multiple things at once. Lol I was wondering could you give a few tips on how you do it.

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CWP: Blog #1

Today I want to tell you a story about me that effected my way of living and made me realize the importance of helping others. It was something that I felt is a big part of my life which is helping people or giving back to the community. I feel like helping people what made me the person I am today. We started a club in high school called Glamour Gals and Guys. Our Glamour Gals and Guys chapter was initiated by one of the teachers at my school. That was the start of a club that made me happier every day we did any activity that helped others.

Furthermore, we were asked to attend a meeting if we wanted to join, and at that meeting we decided on leadership roles. I was elected President and that made me feel really proud and happy. Being a president is not that easy of a job. I have to make sure that everything is going right, everyone knows what to do, and that they are happy with their job. I feel really proud about being president of such a great club like this, but at the same time it was very difficult for me to hold that position. Sometimes I have to take advice from my mates to make sure I am doing the right thing. The most challenging thing about me being a president was going to the first meeting and making sure I did well because I wanted to make a good first impression. Being able to work with such great people like my team is the what makes this club so great. I have learned a lot from my team. I learned how to be strong and how to always try my best. I learned to always have a smile on, no matter what. They always helped me to do what is best for the club.

One instance where I went above and beyond as a leader was when I happened to drive by a senior living home. I knew that this was an opportunity to call that senior living home to try to schedule a makeover with Glamour Gals and Guys. This started a chain reaction of members reaching out to any senior living home that they saw. The purpose behind my initial phone call was to spread the happiness that I had seen in the senior citizens who already received makeovers to ones that had not had the chance, yet. We are the only chapter in the area and my hope as a president and a member of this great club is to get bigger and spread. Also, I want to open this club at Buffalo State to make the idea of helping elders popular here.

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When I first started reading your blog I noticed that you said that you wanted " to tell you a story about me that effected my way of living and made me realize the importance of helping others". From there I knew that I can automatically relate to your story because I knew how you felt. Me growing up as a child I was always bullied and i never had a father figure to teach me how to be a man. So from there that told me something and whenever I had seen someone in need I knew I had to be the one who would help. If my future career of being a computer technician, I would love to be someone who can help out and make people in need.

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About myself..

Hello everyone!

I’m 20 years old and I’m currently a sophomore. I would love to tell you all a story about my experience in this school. Last year it was the worst year of my life. All my classes were ridiculously long and there was nothing to do here on campus or out. It wasn’t easy to make friends at all. After I finish my classes, I usually go to my dormitory and play video games. I usually drag so much to my parents through the phone how I don’t like this school and I usually feel upset. I miss high school. Especially being in a program after school or have rugby practice. Life back then was easy but now it’s going well. Last semester I made a couple of friends and hung out with few of them. I really hope this semester ends already. Since it’s the third week of school, I feel something is missing. I got back from South Korea 3 days before school and I wasn’t happy coming back to Buffalo. I went to Korea for vacation for almost a month. I visit a school called “ Korea University”. The campus was huge and it took my breath away. The school has a Burger King and a 711 on campus. I also looked what’s outside/nearby the school. There were many restaurants, super markets, parks, PC cafe, a train station that is literally near the campus entrance, many attractions and etc. Comparing to the school I’m in right now, there’s nothing much to do around here. Especially hearing from so many people, they’re not that happy being here and they usually have nothing to do in the weekends. There’s not a lot of things here that motivates me. Even though I tried to push myself to do something that would make me feel happy, fails. That’s why I’ve decided to transfer overseas. I believe this school isn’t for me at all and, waking up and feeling dead all the time won’t change anything. I know if i was to go to Korea again, my mood would be from feeling dead to being alive/ born again. I know I would have to end this semester working really hard. I promise myself I would do anything to end this semester strong and give up a lot of my time. I can’t wait what the future holds for me next year.

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In a way I feel as if I can relate to your story as just if I was in your shoes but in a different time cause im only a freshman. I understand when you said that when you were a freshmen all of your classes were ridiculously hard and I can relate because between the first two semesters I don't know which semester was more challenging it was so much work in the beginning I didn't know what to do so I just stayed on a consisted and steady pace and as I continued on it became a little less of a headache. Being a Freshmen in college is still kind of new to me because its a new atmosphere and I rarely speak to any of my friends from high school it seems all to me such as if I was being in high school all over. When you said that you've been to Korea for a vacation I actually found that pretty interesting and wonder how does the atmosphere feel down there and would you think about going again?

The Story Of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela who's real name is Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father, Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, was the main advisor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo.He received the name Nelson on his first day in primary school from his teacher Miss Mdingane. When he was 12 his father died and he was raised by the Regent at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni. He was sent to the best schools available and began studying a BA at Fort Hare University. In June 1961 he was asked to lead the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto WeSizwe and it launched on 16 December that year. On 11 January 1962, Mandela secretly left South Africa to undergo military training and to get support from African countries for the armed struggle. He was arrested on 5 August and charged with leaving the country illegally and encouraging the strike. He was convicted and sentenced on 7 November 1962 to five years in prison. On 11 July 1963, a secret hideout he once used was raided by police. On 9 October 1963 he joined 10 others on trial for sabotage in the Rivonia Trial.

He spent 18 years on Robben Island, and while at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town in 1985 he had to go to hospital. When Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee visited him, he had an idea: to see if the government wanted to talk about one day meeting with the ANC.In 1988 he was taken to hospital for tuberculosis. Three months later he was moved to Victor Verster Prison where he spent his last 14 months in prison. He was released on Sunday 11 February 1990, nine days after the unbanning of the ANC and the PAC. Other political prisoners were freed and exiles returned. The ANC began talking to the government about South Africa’s future. For this work he and President FW de Klerk won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and on 27 April 1994, Mandela voted in South Africa’s first democratic elections. On 10 May 1994, he was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President and stepped down after one term. In his retirement he worked on building schools and clinics, highlighting HIV, children and leadership. He died at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013.

Ain't I A Woman

Sojourner Truth "Ain't I A Woman", was a statement that she wrote about that spoke out for women rights and how they felt. She wrote this statement to society to see how they feel about their views on women rights. Her story became a writing piece that was considered almost as a defense amongst many people but really the men who did not show any respect for the rights of women. In her statement she tends to use a sense of humor and a bit of sarcasm give her audience a questionable look on what they belief in.

Sojourner shows Logos because in her statement she gives a message to the people saying " If the first woman God made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!" What she meat by this was that if the first woman made was strong enough to flip the world upside down then women today should come together and stand up for their own rights.

She uses Ethos to show credibility to the audience when she stated in her statement " Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? Intellect, somebody whispers] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights? If my cup wont hold but a pin, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure-full? Then hat little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Chris come from? Were did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him" Truth was explaining to her audience about how she felt about religion and God and where did he really come from.

Truth displays Pathos to show her emotion when she says " That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! Ain't I A Woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I could have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!" what she means by this quote is that she was saying how she never needed nor never had any help as she mostly did everything on her own but still is mad that the fact that men still gets all of the credit.

A Planned Terrorist Attack On Jews and African Americans

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/2/10/white_supremacists_linked_to_the_real

Do your ever wonder why people are just so hateful amongst one another? Ever wonder what makes people that they have the right to kill someone just because of their skin color or what a person believes in? Maybe they been through a lot in their past?

Well about 5 years ago in 2012, a man name Kelly Anne Conway who is also Donald Trump's counsellor was raided by the FBI and they found a full arsenal of assault rifles, firearms, body armor and ammunition amassed by the suspect, who prosecutors later determined was planning to carry out mass killings. Sometimes I wonder what goes on in people minds that makes them want to kill so many people. He wasn't just going to kill random people neither, he had a list of people on who he was going to assassinate including some of the biggest leaders in Michigan and Ohio. He lost his credibility to many people who seemed to trust him when they found out what he had planned. He was only sentenced to less than 6 years in prison and he is supposed to be released sometime in 2018.

Today in many societies, many people are planning to do crucial things to others either because they are hateful, religious, or just innocent. When I hear of a terrorist attack I think of slavery because over the past 400 years Africans, Muslims, Jews, where all kind of in the same predicament and I feel as if why should our people be treated the way that they have been treated. And that's why I looked up to our great leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who changed many people minds including mines on how I view people today.

In the end I feel as if anyone who plans on terrorizing someone or a group of people Is a sign of genocide which many people tried to do such a Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and I feel as if Donald Trump is apart of those people because of what he is trying to do by getting rid of all Muslim's and sending hem back to their country or even trying to kill them as well. And anyone who has such an idea should be put away forever because it can cause so much damage and cause many people to be harmed.

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