Blog #8 Thanksgiving weekend

1. I am now the leader (w/ my friend) of my Church's acapella group.
2. My pastor had to leave the ministry to fill in as the pastor of another ministry.
3. I made a video for him.
4. I found out that I pissed off a girl and I apologized profusely.
5. I worked on my essay.

News log

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/acupunture-is-safe-in-children/?ref=health



Acupuncture for children has been declared safe. The side effects of pediatric acupuncture has been put down as minimal and mild. The more serious side effects are rare. Now, the very beneficial effects of acupuncture is now officially acceptable for children.


I think that this is great. Acupuncture is a great way to solve bodily problems without the use of drugs. Now that acupuncture has been declared safe for children, I expect that this procedure will be used more and more for pediatrics and a little more good will happen in this world.

Blog #6 Animal

I would be a lamb. I would have no responsibilities. I do not even have to choose when to eat or stop eating. A shepherd takes care of me, protects me, and herds me. My wool makes beautiful clothing and I will eventually be made into a delicious, nutritious meal for my human overlords. Life is simple and easy.

Blog #5 The best thing about this week was...

I aced my math test today. Oh yeah! Holla! If I got anything less than 100%, I would be surprised. I am nearly CERTAIN that I had everything right. Too bad it was only 24 points. The other one was around 50 I think.

Blog #4: Things that bug me

1. Late or no reply texts.
2. Heavy backpacks
3. False compliments
4. My laugh
5. Guilty happiness.

Blog #3 - Courage

Courage is the steadfastness of the heart to do what is right. Will your courage break at refusing to cheat or will your courage break at refusing to steal? It is often not what you WILL do that makes you courageous, but what you will NOT do. For while one moment of courage as you step into the ring with the Goliath is amazing, so is, if not more so, the constant battle of fighting your desires. Even King David was not courageous enough to keep himself from having Uriah killed in battle and then marrying his widowed wife.

Blog #2 My Scarlet Letter

F for Foolish. I am not stupid, but I'm foolish. I know what I should do, why I should do it, and how I should do it, but I don't. My knowledge and wisdom could extend beyond anyone else's, but if my actions remain as those of a fool, then, while I may not be a fool, I am foolish. Opportunities are present in my life and I could reach as high I want in any aspect of my life, but I am shackled by my foolish decisions and lack of will power to change.

MP 2 Blog #1: How are love and hate alike?

Love and hate are two ends of a spectrum. In the spectrum of light, the longer waves are infrared and the shorter waves are ultraviolet. In the spectrum of passion, the positive waves are love and the negative waves are hate. However, just as all waves in the spectrum of light are lights, all the waves of the spectrum of passion are passions. Neither love nor hate are content in being lukewarm; they are either non-existant or burning with intensity. That's why people say "love" and "hate" are strong words.

News Log 9

http://www.nj.com/parenting/guest_bloggers/index.ssf/2011/11/post_26.html

A judge's daughter posted a video online of her father beating her when she was sixteen. The judge said that he was only disciplining her for downloading illegal music. Actually, his actions were completely legal, but he did use a belt to hit her daughter. He claims that his daughter, now an adult, only posted this video because he cut her off financially. The controversy arises now about discipline and abuse and what builds character and causes damage.

Honestly, I am not against corporal punishment. If it is not used too often, then its effects could put emphasis on the message the parents want to get across. However, if it is used as an outlet and stress and it is used to punish everything a child does wrong, then its effect of emphasis wears off and it becomes an obsolete corrective measure and a damaging emotional and physical scar. Especially in today's watered-down community, negative reinforcement has become almost taboo. Perhaps the reason many adults now complain about the lack of respect children have nowadays is that they no longer properly discipline them.

Discussion

From our last discussion, we talked about the woman who was abducted by the Somalians and died. The situation was tragic. I feel that it was a horrid experience for both the woman who had to experience it and the people who felt that they had to do that to her. All of them were probably very scared. We can only hope that the world becomes a better place so that situations such as this never reoccur.