5 Reasons why one shouldn't post-pone freshmen classes till senior year

5. when one is a senior, one will usually go into the freshman class with a disgruntled attitude. 4. when one is a senior, one usually can tell when the professor actually cares about the subject and when he/she doesn't. 3. when one is a senior, one can figure out, usually pretty easily, the minimum amount of work required to get an A, as one is consumed with other work more pertainant to their major/minor and therefore graduation. 2. when one is a senior, one has usually already taken a plethora of upper level classes which deal with the same subject only more indepth, thus leaving the senior feeling either unchallenged or just over the topic completely. 1. when one is a senior, one typically gets swiftly annoyed with holier-than-thou, challenging-the-professor, I-know-more-than-anybody-about-anything, I-am-the-greatest-thing-to-happen-to-academia-since-algebra-yet-I-get-facts-wrong attitude typical of 18 year old freshmen. Yet, one doesn't really say anything because the senior will realize there is no point because said person will not care and will continue to be an annoyance the rest of the semester and will then probably direct attacks to the senior. *let it be known...I haven't said anything...and will not because...I am a senior...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Affects By Effects

I don't know what I want to do. I have no idea. I do know, however, I want to make an impact. What a trite expression. Making an impact. So many people my age use this very term and yet they haven't the slightest idea how. Like me. So first I guess one has to define what "making an impact means to them" (god that sounds like an admission essay, doesn't it?) To me it means taking part in something so powerful, it transcends the "good deed" or  "charitable act" and becomes a metamorphosis of belief and well being. Easier said than done....

Blake Mycoskie, the founder of Toms, came to speak at UNT on Wednesday and I was so inspired by his story. I have always adored the mission of Toms. Not only is the idea of, "One for one" brilliant from a business perspective, but from a humanitarian perspective as well. Nevertheless, this is one of those things that would be considered "making an impact." This is one of those things I want to do.

I have changed since my first semester in college, hell, since high school, and I have realized I have this desire to affect more than effect, or maybe I want to affect by effect. Whichever.

I am so "college-y."  It is just that, I have been, for the first time in awhile, encompassed with this feeling of being able to do anything. And I want to make it count.

That's it. If you made it this far...your probably my mom... :)


Goodnight blog land. May you dream well.

Vegetarianism

I am supposed to be writing a paper for my Moral Philosophy class discussing if society should be required to be vegetarians to stay morally consistent. However, as I do more and more "googling," I am becoming more and more repulsed by what I am discovering. I know the factory farming industry is inhuman and these poor animals are forced to stand in their own poop and their legs and wings fall off and they are confined to such small spaces they can't even turn around but I never wanted to admit that in a way, by eating meat, I was reinforcing this practice.

I am a meat eater. I love me some chicken and osso buco and bacon. BUT I am ashamed of what I have albeit, indirectly, helping.


WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO AHEAD.

This video is from Meat.org, go there to see the bigger version.

It is awful, sick, disturbing, plus a thousand more variations of the same word.

If you are interested in more information about factory farming, watch the documentary called Food INC. It is pretty fasinating.

Basically what I am saying is, I have decided to go veg for one month. I have said this in the past but it was only for the health benefits. Now it is for the life benefits.

 Thats right I will not eat any product made from a cow-including milk, a pig, a turkey, or a chicken-including eggs for one month.  This is my public statement. This will be worth it. So that is all for now. Here are some cute pictures:

good night blog land, may you sleep well and dream of cute animals that share this earth with us.