Seventeen girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies. The school started looking into the matter around October when an unusual number of girls began going to the school clinic to find out if they were pregnant. Several which had returned multiple times to get pregnancy tests, and after hearing the results, some were more upset to find out that they weren't pregnant than the ones that were. After some simple questions, school officials found out that nearly half of the expecting students, non older than 16, confesssed to making a pact to get pregnant and to raise their babies together. One graduate made the comment that they're so excited to finally have someone to love them, which is why they are wanting to have babies. The high school has done perhaps too good of a job embracing the young mothers by offering a free on-site day care center. By May, the school nurse administered around 150 pregnancy tests to the students. Therefore, Gloucester's elected school comittee plans to vote on whether or not to provide contraceptives, especially if they're not going to use them.
In my opinion, these girls are just naive and immature. They do not realize what they are giving up by having these babies at such a young age. To purposely get pregnant before you even have your drivers licesne is just dumb. Accidents happen, and that's ok, but they are giving up their childhood for a child of their own just so they can feel loved. I mean, if that's what you want, get a dog! They have no idea what's in store for them. They are still abiding by the rules from their own parents and at the same time, they will have to make their own rules for their babies, and set good examples for them. It's a pretty tortuous thing if you ask me.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
How to Live with Just 100 Things
vocab words:
1) fedora- A soft felt hat with a fairly low crown creased lengthwise & a brim that can be turned up or down.
2) consignment- Property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment: of pertaining to, or shipped as goods on consignment.
3) musing- Deep in thought, contemplative.
Excess consumption is practically an American religion. The 100 thing challenge is a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items.
Dave Bruno, an online enterpreneur, began the 100 thing challenge. In a country wher clutter has given rise not only to professional organizers, but also to professional organizers with their own reality series (TLC's Clean Sweep), Bruno's online musings about his slow and steady purge have developed something of a cult following online, inspiring others to launch their own countdown to cluttter free-living.
Daniel Perkins, a graphic designer, isn't working toward a quantitative goal, but says he & his wife have instead pledged within a year to only have things they used daily in their apartment.
It comes down to products vs. the promise. People aere finding that their homes are full of stuff, but their lives are littered with unfulfilled promises. People are wanting to take some control over their lives. Decluttering just may be the answer to do so.
It"s a very emotional process. When organizing isn't enought: Shed Your Stuff, change your life, lay out a plan for clearing out both physical & sentimental clutter.
I agree with the article. Cluttered homes make a person feel overwhelmed with life. By decluttering, it helps you to feel taht you have taken some control over a part of your life that is causing you unwanted stress.
1) fedora- A soft felt hat with a fairly low crown creased lengthwise & a brim that can be turned up or down.
2) consignment- Property sent to an agent for sale, storage, or shipment: of pertaining to, or shipped as goods on consignment.
3) musing- Deep in thought, contemplative.
Excess consumption is practically an American religion. The 100 thing challenge is a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items.
Dave Bruno, an online enterpreneur, began the 100 thing challenge. In a country wher clutter has given rise not only to professional organizers, but also to professional organizers with their own reality series (TLC's Clean Sweep), Bruno's online musings about his slow and steady purge have developed something of a cult following online, inspiring others to launch their own countdown to cluttter free-living.
Daniel Perkins, a graphic designer, isn't working toward a quantitative goal, but says he & his wife have instead pledged within a year to only have things they used daily in their apartment.
It comes down to products vs. the promise. People aere finding that their homes are full of stuff, but their lives are littered with unfulfilled promises. People are wanting to take some control over their lives. Decluttering just may be the answer to do so.
It"s a very emotional process. When organizing isn't enought: Shed Your Stuff, change your life, lay out a plan for clearing out both physical & sentimental clutter.
I agree with the article. Cluttered homes make a person feel overwhelmed with life. By decluttering, it helps you to feel taht you have taken some control over a part of your life that is causing you unwanted stress.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
This is my blog for Engl 090
I'm not really interested in computer's and I don't have a whole lot of interest in creating a blog, but we will see how it goes.
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