Diversity Event Reflection

The diversity event I attended was Invisible Child.My roomate and I attended the seminar together. She is very passionate about this kind of thing but I didn't know much about it. First we watched a documentary, it followed 3 teens on their trip to Uganda as they helped kids in east Africa that have been affected by the war. The documentary was made by the Face-to-Face program. They raise money to fund the Invisible Children Legacy Scholarhip and to build new schools for the children. The documentary its self was very very eye-opening. You could just see the hurt in the childrens eyes and could almost feel all the pain they were feeling. You can go to http://www.invisiblechildren.com/ to donate money or buy a product they have. Not only did we get to watch the documentary but Asimwe Proscovia spoke to us. She was apart of the scholarchip program. Hearing her story was so amazing. It gives you hope that things are getting better over in Africa. That maybe more and more children like her can have the chance to do something great. I am extremely glad I went to this diversity event, it opened my eyes to so much that you don't hear about.

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Good evening everyone! I hope everyone has had an awesome day, (which ever day it is you’re reading this).  I am going to promise to keep this as positive as I can. J For the simple fact that things week of twitter is over! This is the part where I’m jumping up and down in my room yelling “woo hoo woo hoo”.

I will admit it wasn’t the worst; it is basically like updating your facebook status. I know many people will say, “Ya it’s exactly like facebook”. It’s most definitely is way different than facebook though.  There are many differences between the two. If you prefer one of the other that is okay, more power to you.  I am sitting here racking my brain for wonderful amazing things to say about twitter and the exciting fun things I learned. Sadly, I have nothing. I didn’t really learn anything? What is there to learn? 1. There is no like button! L booooo! (Only one of the single most fun things on facebook). It was exactly as I thought only posting “tweets” about what you are doing. Slightly boring…. I want action, funny comments, ridiculous pictures, stupid posts about other people and their dumbness!  

So in conclusion, slightly…. okay extremely boring. I use to much of my time wasting on facebook no more of that twitter for me.  No, I will never use my twitter again. Tis already deleted ladies and gents. To close my wonderful I would just like to say….

Twitter, you are very much NOT Gucci! 

 Keep it real YOZZ!

(that’s for you guys, Chad & Abdul) J

You Are The Best Thing Thats Ever Been Mine:D

I will tell you with complete honesty that I had no idea what I was going to write this blog over. I accomplished many things in high school. Being involved in over 20 extra curricular activities made it next to impossible to never to accomplish anything. Somehow none of those accomplishments seemed all to special. I'm proud of all of them, and i gave my best in all of them, but I was never at my best. I finally decided on a time when I felt the best about something, or when I got the best thing ever. 

My high school guidance counselor is the most amazing women I no! She helped me find my major, teach me many great things about books, and was one of the most kind hearted person I no. I love her almost as much as my own mom. I spent everyday of senior year in her room I was her "work intern" or assistant would be a better way to explain it. I did anything I could to make her work load smaller and help out in anyway.  

One day she showed me a scholarship opportunity. The Christina Hixson Opportunity Award. I won't explain because obviously you ALL no about it. :) And yes now you all no where this is going... the day I received that letter. Before I get to that day I will explain a little bit more. 

My guidance counselor Jhonna (yes, we were on a first name basis) had the most faith in me than anyone. I'm going to flat out tell you all I have no way to pay for college, loans scholarships and grants are it. That being said I have to pay for all of it, and everyone in my family told me going to a community college would be best for a couple of years. All of my life I've wanted to go to a university. I had my mind set that no matter what it takes I was going to a university, I would figure out how to pay for it later. I applied to Iowa State and waited. Applied for the scholarship and waited. Once accepted to Iowa State stress started to kick in as I waited for the letter stating... We are sorry to inform you.. 

One day I went home to find an envelope sitting on the table and I saw the sticker on the back. It was a good thing no one was at home or they would have thought by the scream I let out that I was dyeing. It took me probably .000034 seconds to open that letter, its amazing I didn't get a paper cut.

Well, its no secret that I won or i wouldn't be writing this. The happiness i felt on that day was indescribable. I live around 6 blocks away from the school and was there in less than a min.. (with 4 stop signs) I ran into that school in as fast as i could ran into turned the corner and there was jhonna i looked at her basically shoved the paper in her face and told her to read. As soon as she realized what the paper said she instantly had tears in her eyes and so did I. We hugged and talked for what seemed like eternity. 

I will never forget the feeling of reading that paper and seeing the proud look on Jhonna's face. 

The Beloit Mindset List

When I look at this list I see many things that I have no clue about. Many are about things, places, and people I've never even heard about but, there are also many that i can relate to. The list is very interesting and has a variety of different things.

3  items that i related to most.
-27. Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive.
-57. A purple dinosaur has always supplanted Barney Google and Barney Fife.
-62. Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been normal.

I don't know if I have ever seen a computer without a CD-ROM disk drive. When they came without them my family couldn't afford them. When they became affordable to all of America they included the drive. I remember not a lot of people used the drives because the floppy disk was the popular choice. Now computers are only built with CD-ROM and lack floppy disks.

The famous purple dinosaur Barney was always a favorite of mine. It was one of my favorite shows growing up. Don't worry though Barney Fife is a close second. My mom was very old school and loved the Andy Griffith show. It was a classic and I'm very glad she made us watch it.

I can relate to this last one the most. Cable television and having hundreds of channels are the most common things. It's amazing that the world could even live without it. (sarcasm) Technology is an ever changing and growing thing, it keeps you wanting more and will always evolve and improve. So we embrace it and with that comes 500 channels and nothing to watch. There is always something to watch just not the something we want to be watching at that min.

3 things I disagree with.

1.Few in class know how to write in cursive.
28. They've never recognized pointing to their wrist was a request for the time of day.
35. Once got through security, going to the airport has always resembled going to the mall.

I know how and very often use cursive hand writing. Everyone in my forth grade class learned to write in cursive. It is probably not something that is used very often but I can fully write everything in cursive.

We were not handed cell phones for a long time. The cell phone was just becoming something every teenager wanted and or needed when I was in about fifth grade. Even then parents didn't just hand them out like candy the way they do now. It was something you needed to earn, achieve, or need desperately.That being said, cool watches were a very popular thing throughout middle school. Wrist pointing is definitely a universal what time is it sign.

I lived through 9/11. After that day going into an airport was never the same. I can honestly say there is know way I could walk into an airport like it was the mall. Things have drastically changed and will stay like that for a very long period of time.

Going through the list was a good read and was very interesting. There were some discrepancies that could be made but it was very informative. I am sure that many others my age can relate to the list. It seems weird to look back and think about all of the stuff we've lived through. Hopefully we all have many more years to live through and will be able to reflect on the many more people, places, and things that are changing everyday.