Missouri vs Oklahoma

For the past 2 years in the Big 12 Championship game it has been the same 2 teams battling for the Big 12 crown. Those teams are the Missouri Tigers vs the Oklahoma Sooners. This season Missouri dominated the Big 12 North with wins over Nebraska, Kansas State, and Colorado. There only blemish in Big 12 North play was a very close game that Missouri lost to their arch rival Kansas. So there season propelled them into the championship. On the other hand we have Oklahoma who went undefeated all year besides the early loss in the Red River Rivalry to the Texas Longhorns. After that Oklahoma went on to beat Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and a pretty solid win against Cinderella story Texas Tech. In last years championship Oklahoma dominated Missouri on both sides of the ball. This years game was no different. In the game Oklahoma scored over 60 points for the 5th strait game which is a NCAA record. Oklahoma did come out victorious. It seems to me that the kryptonite of the Missouri Tigers football team are the Oklahoma Sooners. We can never beat them, they just always get dominated and I hate it. Yes I will agree that Oklahoma is the one of the top programs in the country, my only wish is that someday Missouri will beat them for a bog important game. If that happens I will cherish that win for a long time.

Portfolio Assignment

So last night ater I made all my revisions and tried and made sure my papers were up to par for the portfolio I realize that I then had to type up a 3 page paper telling them why I made the revisions I did and tell my strenghts and weaknesses of my writing. This assignment was pretty difficult and challenged me pretty well. All year I thought I was writing solid essays that met the criteria for an A paper...............boy was I wrong. My highest grade on all 3 of the papers was a 75 and its the paper that I spent the most time on and was the most serious and the one I most cared about. On the object essay I got a 69m, which again I thought was pretty low for all the work I put into. On the ad paper which is the one that I really thought I understood the most and could do a really good job and fill it with awesome detail and overall have a pretty solid paper..............wrong again I got a 52. So I guess I need to stop thinking that Im doing good on these papers and stop thinking I understand the material. So maybe if I have the mind set that I dont know what Im doing that will get me a higher grade. Overall I was pretty disappointed with my grading.

College Playoffs

In College football there is what called the BCS, which stands for Bowl Championship Series. This consist of 5 major bowls. They are The Rose Bowl, The All-State Sugar Bowl, The Fed Ex Orange Bowl, The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and finally the BCS National Championship Game. 8 teams will make one of the 4 bowls excluding the championship by there record on the year also there strength of schedule. Teams that can qualify for the national championship game have to be from one of the major conferences like The Big 12, SEC, ACC, Pac 10, Big 10 etc. Smaller more intermediate conferences like the MAC, WAC, Conference USA, etc teams in theses conferences have a harder time qualifying for the major bowls, becuase there strenght of schedule is never very high, or never is the same as the bigger more prominent teams. If a team in the major conferences goes undefeated then they should get an automatic bid in the national championship game, but there have been exceptions like 2003 when the Auburn Tigers when 13-0 and did not recieve a bid to the game, while a team with one loss did. Overall, the BCS needs to be reformed in some ways. So that in the future we can be certain that the top 2 teams in the nation will play for the college crown.

FInals Stress

Finals are never a calm time in any students life. Finals are the cumilation of all you have learned throughout the semester. You have to go back over all your notes, and packets, and past tests to try and be prepared for the final. There are many no stress tips that students can participate in. Whether or not they work, thats up to the person them self. Finals can also be a lifesaver if you are not doing so well in a class and you need to do pretty good on the final to raise your grade to a more acceptable grade then finals can do that. On the flip side finals can also hurt you because if you just go into a final cold turkey and do not study really or even at all then it could possibly cause you to fail the class which in turn will mean you will have to take the class again which is never fun. Finals are also a sign that a break is near, and if you get past the week of intense studying and nervousness then you will get to a much needed time of rest and relaxation, where you can spend some time with your family and friends that you havent seen in quite a while. So in a way Finals are a reward for what you have done all semester and what you have worked towards. Hopefully when you recieve your grade from your final, you are pleased with the result, or you are disappointed and realize you need to work and try harder.

Presidential Opinion

On November 4th 2008 Barack Obama won the election to be the 44th president of the USA. This is unique because he is the first African American male to win the presidential election. I do hope that in the next 4 years he does his best to turn on our country around and get us on the right track. I hope he figures this whole economy thing out, and he works on the national debt our country has, I hope he works this war out and figures out the best possible solution for the future. I wish that all the people who did not vote for him, will give him a chance and see what he can do for our beloved country. We dont know what he is capable of unless we give him a chance to either pass or fail. Lets not make pre assumed assumptions that he will automatically fail. I also hope that all that did not vote for him because of his skin color will look past that and realize he won, and we have to give him support in order for our country and for our population to be successful.

American Language Changing.

In todays world, the american language is changing dramatically. There are new words, and phrases being created on a daily basis. Many words most of us will never hear of nor will we use in a sentence or conversation. I would love to think of what a person from another country trying to learn the complex language we call our own. I mean the english language has so much slang that its hard for someone learning the language to know what word to use in a certain context or situation. I mean I can sit here and tell you many variations of the word car= vehicle, automobile, ride, wheels, whip and so on I mean the options are wide open. Im sure this confuses alot people trying to learn our language. Think of when you were in elementary school and you are learning new vocabulary words coming from a book authored by some old guy who thinks that todays youth is going down hill. When really you wont use any of those words, and instead will go home and watch nickelodian or cartoon network and mimmick what the characters say and start to use their words in your everyday life, because you want to branch out and be different and there is nothing wrong with that.

Do Words Matter

I think with words, there is a fine line that many people cant see when it comes to saying the correct term, politically correct term. This case is very evident when talking about african americans, should we say blacks, colors, minorities? I really don't know what is correct, or what african americans prefer to be called. This is also evident when talking about about females, when is the correct age to start calling a girl a woman, and how professional does a woman have to be before she becomes a lady, or does she have to be professional at all? I have abosolutley no idea. This is also can be said about when to stop calling a boy, a boy and start calling him a man, or when he actually becomes a gentlemen. What about when someone has a few pounds more than someone else on their body, obviously fat is inappropriate and would hurt there feelings, but should we say obese, or overweight? When it comes to someone being mentally challenged, I really dislike the word "retarded", and I dont, and I try to teach all my friends not to say it either. So I prefer the word disabled, or handicapped.

My Brain Has a Sex.

It appears to me after this reading this article, that our brains do learn differently, and possibly even have a certain sex. Studies have shown, that schools that only have one sex student body do learn better and have higher test scores on standarized tests. But in argument of that I went to a public high school with a male and female student body of about 1000 kids, and I can tell you, that I really enjoyed my highschool years. It was an absolute blast around every corner, whether it be in the class room, athletics, clubs, school plays, what ever the case it was fun, and I'm glad my school was the way it was, because I would have been seriously bored with just guys around all the time. Im not trying to sound immature at all, but as a teenager I need some females around to both keep me focused, and distract me from time to time. Will we ever know if our brains do have a certain sex? Who knows, but if it does happen in the future I hope my brain is a guy.

Gender Differences

Are girls smarter than boys? Do girls have more advatnages in the class room than boys? I really dont think so. What I think is there is a fine medium of both. While yes studies have shown in the past few years that girls do make up more of college populations around the country and that they are earning better grades in the classroom. But this not exactly true all over the country. At my highschool, we didnt recognize a validictiorian or salutatorian but if we did, first place would have gone to a male, and second place would have went to a female. And those 2 individuals just happened to be dating for much of our highschool years. Funny huh. I also believe that most females might excel in certain areas in the classroom, like studying, taking tests, understanding the material more, book work in general. Where males tend to learn and understand more of real life lessons. Building things, fixing things, maybe improving something that is sub par. Running a farm, or fixing cars. Women do like to read directions more, males just try and wing it and see what happens in the end. (I'm guilty of that). But each gender does have there pros and cons, and thats what makes our society and our country a diverse and successful one.

Facebook

Facebook seems to be a must among high school and college students, and now even full grown adults. With Facebook you can meet people from all over the world, the country, the state, or even the city you live in. Say your heading off to college and you want to talk to some people that already go there. You can get on facebook, and look those people up then ask them questions about the school, then once you get there you might start a friendship with that person that helped you. Facebook is also a good way to keep in touch with your friends, both close and ones that you might not have talked to in a while. Facebook is also a way to meet new people that you may be interested in dating. Maybe you meet someone out on the town one night, you can then go back to your Facebook and see if they have one, and start getting to know one another.

Facebook also has some downfalls. Users on Facebook who are under age typically tend to post pictures of themselves doing or participating in illegal activities. (Beer, Weed, Sex..etc) This stuff should not be posted for the public to see. Also you never know who you can meet on Facebook, and if that person is really who they say they are. Thats why someone should not post personal information like cell numbers, or e mail, or addresses.

Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is a very popular topic in todays world. It seems that it is most popular on the west coast particulary in California, Las Vegas, etc. I really dont have a problem with plastic surgery as long as people dont go overobard, and start cutting themselves more than a thanksgiving turkey. If someone feels that need to fix something on their bodies, and they have the financial stabiliy to pay for it, then more power to them. I really dont see myself ever getting any kind of plastic surgery, because I believe my problems if any can be fixed naturally with hard work, and not with a quick fix. Plastic surgery has become such a popular topic that on todays tv there are many shows on different networks that are all about plastic surgery. They show different procedures, different doctors, problems afterwards, success afterwards etc. One of the shows I know is Dr.90210 on the Bravo network that is all about plastic surgery and its patients.

Body Image

Body Image in our country is everything to most people. For girls, they think that they are fat even if they are nothing of the sort. For guys, we have to have the washboard abs, the large biceps, and just overall be in shape. While yes, it is important for everyone to be healthy and live a strong life, some people just dont want or dont care to have the "perfect body". They totally fine with not being perfect, because if we all were then this world would be very boring. I myself do no the perfect body in the world, and I could use some improvement in some ways, but I also dont think that I need to be perfect in any way. I like being who I am, and thats the way more people should feel too. There is a famous quote that says "I would rather be hated for who I am, then be loved for im not". That quote is so true, just be who you are and live your life. If your happy then thats all that matters. Now, im not saying that if you dont have the perfect body that you wont possibly get made fun of or looked at differently, but again that stuff shouldnt bother you. Now, if you do have the so called "perfect body" then more power to you for taking the time and effort to make all that progress, and see the pay off in the end. I might someday have a body like that but who knows I guess we'll find out.

My Mother, My Hair.

While reading my mother my hair I was sitting there thinking I'm so glad I am a guy and this never has and never will happen to me. Because my mother doesn't really care what my hair looks like as long as it's not totally out of control, and it suits me. I usually wear my hair pretty short on the sides and back, and about finger length on top. I have been using this style for quite a while and I really like it. Its good for both going out and gelling it up, or putting a hat on and just chilling. I could never imagine my mom telling me how to cut or wear my hair. I also feel sorry for any kid out there whos mother does tell them how to wear, or cut their hair, or how to dress, act, think, etc. I think those parents need to sit back and realize that their children are their own person and they need to make their own decisions on their life styles. Enough said.

Rewritten Intro

Maybe somewhere in this big world we live in, there is someone who thinks that a Chevy Truck and my self are very similar. This opinion would come straight out of left field but to each it's own. Funny thing is I don't mind being compared to a Chevy truck because if that's the case then I must be hard working, dependable, and trust worthy. All of those qualities are phenom, and would only add to the person I am trying to become.

Old Intro

As the song says "Like a Rock", that's what I like to think I am. Just like Chevrolet trucks I am striving to be hard working, dependable, trust worthy, and not burn a lot of fuel. (ha ha) When citizens of this great country we live in, go shopping for a new truck those are the main qualities that the new truck should possess.

Affects of a Loss

Our newest essay is about a loss that has happened in your life, and how the loss has affected your life. This essay can bring many different points of view on what a loss is to different people. A loss to someone could mean a loss of a friendship or a loss of something you really cared for like an object. Or to someone else it could mean a loss of a parent to death, or someone close to you. I have chosen to write about the loss of my father at the young age of 7, and how losing my father has affected my whole life. Also more in depth detail of how the loss of my father has affected certain things in my life like sports, school, graduation, work etc etc. Any other person who has lost a parent, especially a father should be able to connect and agree with me on all the points I make in essay. I really hope I do this essay justice and produce a very good paper. I think I have the material to do that.

Object Essay Continued

So now after visiting the writing center twice, and getting some awesome advice from barry my writing center tutor and having my group conference with my class mates and Robin. I really do think that my Object Essay is pretty good for my first ever college essay. I have always been told that I can write pretty well, and I really believe that once I finally sit down and just start busting out thoughts and ideas from my head. I really think I can work words and sentences pretty well. Now someone who reads this (Robin) might think that I am pretty confident about my work, but after you grade my paper, it might show something different. I think it is very important to have confidence in your work no matter that be a paper, or a mowed lawn, or even a cleaned bathroom after many days or weeks of dirtyness. I just hope that my true hard work and me getting through problems while trying to finish this paper shines through. I guess we will see. I can only hope for the best.

Jordan's Blog

So this Object Essay has come at me a little more difficult than I expected. I did not know that thesis and paragraphing could be so challenging. Now, I'm not saying that it's something I can't handle, but because this essay is my first college essay, I find myself wanting to do very good on it, and complete it correctly. Following all the guidelines and criteria. In this essay were supposed to compare ourselves to an object. So I decided to compare myself to a Chevy Truck because it's hard working, dependable, and has special features that I think I possess as well. The length of the paper is supposed to be about 2 to 4 pages, but when I found myself sitting down and typing up all of my ideas and thoughts I was no where near 2 to 4 pages. I have thought of some ways to add length to my paper, and also just make it a better piece of work. So I hope I do good on this first essay.

Jordans Blog

Thesis......hmmmm! To some this is a very scary word full of unknown and alot of thinking. (Including myself). Others can simply sit down and write or type a paper full of points supporting their thesis of that particular paper. I find the whole process of trying to back up my theis in papers very challenging. I have always had a problem with it. I think I have had such a hard time with it because, there is no clear cut way to effectively execute it. To me you are just thrown out there and told to back up thesis. That doesn't do anything for me because I will probably just end up gettting mad and blow it off until the last minute, then I will work on it really fast and try and get it done. Which in conclusion turns out to be a horrible paper because I rushed through it so fast because I did't know what the heck I was doing. I hope that this year on all my papers I can do a good job with all the elements of writing. I also hope that thesis comes to me a little bit easier as I continue my education.

Political Cartoons

I look at Political Cartoons as a comical way to look at some pretty serious and intense top new stories in the headlines. These cartoons can be used to illustrate some events that are minor, maybe just for a small city, town, or county. But also they are usually used to illustrate much more major problems that effect whole countries or continents, or possibly even the whole planet. I think in our society we allow Political Cartoons because were sick and tired of seeing so many many scary or seriously disturbing stories on the news or in magazines. For once we some humor to be shed on some serious issues like stem cell research or, abortion, or same sex marriage, possibly even some war issues. But don't get me wrong, some political cartoons out there are just plain pointless, or totally rude and vulgar. Most people my age (including myself) don't even fully understand political cartoons because we usually aren't bothered by the world's issues at our age. We just want to think we understand them to look more mature or more intelligent.