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.