Jealousy and honesty

So where is the line drawn between jealousy and honesty. Are people ever just truly honest, or does our true human nature make us envy what other people can do better than us, so we just put them down. For example, when Kanye told Taylor Swift she did not deserve to win, it is funny that he said Beyonce should have won. I feel like he was just jealous that a new artist won, and he did not even get a nomination. I mean, it is not her fault that he is a dying artist and basically no one listens to him anymore. Also, when kids who do AP and hate IB, talk poorly about IB, is it because they are jealous that we can handle a hard class in every subject, and have grade point averages through the roof, or do they just honestly think AP is better? Well I think they are jealous, since AP is specialization, and I thought that was what you are supposed to do in college when you pick a major. In conclusion, I think that our human nature causes us to be brutally honest when we are truly envious of someone else.

Tiger and Elin Woods

So yeah... everyone has heard about this. It prompts talking about marriage, cheating and divorce. So... what was Tiger Woods thinking? He had everything going for him. His wife is beautiful, he has two kids, is the best golfer of all-time, and is worth like one billion dollars! I guess everyone has their skeletons in the closet, but I just cannot believe he had so many mistresses. I think he was quite an idol for many young athletes, but I think he destroyed a lot of respect that people had for him. I can respect him as a golfer, but that is it. He's a total sleaze. It reminds me of the Bill Clinton scandal. He was a great President, and was a very smart man, but a lot of people did not respect him after the scandal, with good merit. I still respect him as a President, but not as a person- that sort of act is just wrong. Furthermore, it upsets me that a man and a woman can marry, cheat and remarry as many times as they want. Yet people want to preserve that, something that fails fifty percent of the time. It just does not make sense to me, but I guess there will always be selfish people in the human race.

Choosing A Career...

This is something that I am always thinking about, it's such a hard thing to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life. At first, I wanted to be a lawyer because apparently I like to argue, but that just does not interest me anymore. Then for a while, I wanted to be an international businessman, but business just seems like unless you are someone, you are no one. Then for a while I wanted to be an english teacher, but most of my friends did not like that profession idea with good merit. They think that becoming a teachers is too easy nowadays, and that the teachers who are actually good are not widely recognized for what they do, and are under-compensated, and I may be losing jobs to people who are less qualified than I am. So conclusively, there are pros and cons to every job, which makes it hard to decide what I want to do. Lately, though, I have noticed that I most enjoy helping people, so I want to do something with that aspect, whether it be a teacher, a doctor, or even some sort of therapist. There are a lot of options out there, and I just want to make sure I pick the right one for me.

Let's rate my teachers

This may not be legal, but I seriously don't care. This will be a discussion of teachers for the core subjects. So bio- Miss Pavicic does a wonderful job of preparing us for the internal and external assessments. She grades the labs as they will on the internal assessment, and she makes us do syllabus statements which will prepare us well for the external assessment. Mrs. Walker teaches math, and has successfully made it the most fun math class ever, while we still get the material we learn. Mr. Price teaches History. He does a great job of keeping the class conversational, yet keeping it at the high standard of a higher level IB class. Mrs. Hilston teaches english. I have learned so much about writing this year, and I see literary aspects everywhere. She's making us read books that appear on the test for IB and AP, and has continued to fuel my love for english, that Mrs. Lindley started last year. Mr. Horvath and Mr. Peters are both great guys, but they go over material much too slowly, and I feel as though we should move at a faster pace. Now, the substitute teacher for chemistry... In this class period, I've touched my shoe to my foot. And yes, I'm getting away with writing this journal in chemistry. So far... people have been texting and swearing... and it's ridiculous. Maybe I should pay attention to these presentations before I have to give mine. In short, I have some great teachers, some good teachers, and one horrible substitute.

Yourperspective.org

So an old friend of mine visited me the other day. We talked about quite a bit and caught up and everything, but one thing that really caught my interest was yourperspective.org. It is a website that he, as a 16 year old, has created, and probably one of the best websites out there. As America's youth, it is pertinent that we are aware of the issues around us, and what we face with our political, social and economic issues. This website is designed for kids our age, or his smart friends, to post informative and fact-based information on the ten designated topics for the month. As I'm in the IB programme, it will be nice to have some place to go where I do not have to verify the source, and I know it will be keeping up with the latest and hottest issues. The articles are only to be a page or so long, and will be due monthly, so it's flexible, yet it keeps up with the times. If anyone feels like writing for this website, if you reach him via his contact information posted on the website, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to let you. I have a feeling it is going to be a huge success.

Christmas music and nostalgia!

Sorry these are a day late...

So there are plenty of things that strike nostalgia for me, just as I'm sure it is different for everyone else. Whether it be some old nintendo system such as Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo or Gameboy Color, or it be my Grandma's house on her birthday a few days before Christmas, Nostalgia always feels great. But something hits home even more for me, and that's my parents' Frank Sinatra CD of Christmas tunes. I love the CD, of course, and whenever I hear it, I just date back to the times of being a kid, where I could sit there, eat chocolates out of little dishes, and play video games while that CD played in the background. However, most Christmas music makes me think about when I was young, and how much I miss it. It is not like I don't like life how it is now, but there is something about that youthful, innocent and pure stage that is really enviable. Jingle Bells by Frank Sinatra is the most nostalgic song for me on that CD, probably because as a family we never got through much of the CD, and that is the first song. As Christmas rolls around, it is always fun to share memories, so there is mine and what it means to me.

Forrest Gump

So I think this is one of the most intriguing ideas for a movie of all time. It is a classic, after all. It is really a movie about history, with some comical historical aspects to it, however, it is all seen through a person who is mentally retarded. It has Forrest who is mentally retarded. He meets a girl named Jenny who is sexually abused by her father. He goes to school with kids who are not mentally retarded because his mom sleeps with the principal. He only goes to college because he's good at football. He fights in WWII, and becomes a war hero. The movie mocks and reflects so many different aspects of different americans' lives, that it is really a worthwhile movie to watch. It also has comical scenes of Forrest telling the President he has to go to the bathroom, or him meeting Jenny in the reflecting pool by the washington monument in Washington D.C. Although it was about the twentieth time I have seen the movie in my life, I think it is one that is worth seeing for its individualistic characteristics.