blog 7

When I worked in a nursing home I took care of a few individuals that were not unlike the boy in "Handling Room 15" These men were born with a disability or came down with some disease. They were left at the nursing home by their families, every night I would go to work to take care of their basic needs, trying to communicate with them even know they couldn't talk back. One man would always smile when you said something funny, another would slap his leg and bark when you told a joke. This would break your heart to see what had happened to these men. when I stopped working their I never went back and like the girl in the story " I wonder if he remembers me" because I will never forget them. A feeling of guilt is always in my heart when I think about this time period in my life.
Like the family in Washington DC I also avoid confrontation turn the other cheek until one day after reading a few articles about what our government is doing with our taxes money, the lack of respect for the American people and the government not taking responsibility in their actions. I wrote a letter to my congressman demanding answers and accountability. "The little girl wrote to the president" I wrote to my congressman I am such not much happened with either letter.

Obama

Even though President Obama is a well spoken, intelligent man, with some experience in government. And the country was looking for a change, they were tired of the wars that are going on, and a bad economy, and all the rest of the government corruption that is going on. They saw a man that promised change. No definition of what change meant just change and since if was presented in such a eloquent way. they majority of the country liked it and voted for it. Now we are faced with so much change that most of us don't like what we see. Policies are thrown together without looking at all the angles that could or should be involved. Rash decisions that will effect the future of our country thus, have left the country in more financial ruin than before, a country slit in half and left us more ununited than ever before, and the laughing stock of the entire world. This is the change that has been voted for, I hope before the next elections the voting population will get more involved in the candidates and make them define and answer their questions, and not vote just because someone can present themselves well.

compare and contrast

Even know in both pictures the girls look like they are happy to be out in the sun with their swim suites on. The girl in the pink swimming suit looks like she works out, eat right, and know how to shop for a swimming suit that flatter her body shape. With those few observations the girl in the pink swim suit will most likely receive 'Hi's" from people or "look how cute she is".

Even know the four girls look like they are having a great time hanging out together. They do not look like they care about working out, or eating right, or learning how to buy a swimming suit that will flatter their body shape. Unfortunately these girls will also receive comments form people, but it is unlikely that they will be nice. The comments may go something like "look at those girls I can't believe they would wear that" or "those whale should put clothes on".

Both pictures show ladies who seem to be comfortable with who they are regardless of that others think

porn on a plane

I believe that porn in any visual type should be on a plane or anywhere else. In the public forum is not a place to view materal like that, unless you are in a place designated for such actives. My children fly around the country and I do not want them to view is type of behavior.ot to view the actions that come along with type of entertainment. If I worked on an airline I would find this exstremly offensive. Not just by seeing the material as I was doing my job, but the actions that come with viewing porn. If you add achohol to that you have set all of the employees up for verbal or physical haressment both male and female and may start " bar room brawl behavior" by passengers that can not controll themselves. if someone choses this type of entertainment is should definatly not be done on an airplane. If you can't wait a few hours to view porn you need to find some type of help, to help with your addiction. until the law on public deceny change that is just the way it is.

blog 3--- eating on the run

blog on " Black Men and Public Space"

As a White Women I can't fully understand what it must be like to be any race other than mine, but some of the things I have read or movies I have watched in a small way might shed a bit of light on the subject. Hollywood tends to portray black men as property stricken, drug using, only thinking of number one, out for a good time kind of guy regardless of who or what it may hurt. As a white women and after watching so many movies and reading different newspaper articles you become afraid of anyone who isn't just like you. You always look behind you if you are walking anywhere alone, instant fear takes hold when you realize you are not alone, the person could be any color but sadly, especially if it a black man. I personally think stereotyping is wrong, but in a small way everyone is stereotyped, if you are overweight people look at you like you can't be educated or intelligent, if you have acne and bad teeth, people tend to think you are on welfare, and are uneducated, if you are a young man with long hair driving a nice car people think his must be up to no good. Any out word signs that you are different then the next person gets you stereotyped. Good bad or other wise, and unfortunately this type of behavior has become the norm in our society. I think what Mr. Staples did was a great Idea about walking casually and whistling, he didn't want people to feel afraid of him, but know one can tell me that in some cases the person following an other doesn't get some kind a thrill to know that they are causing the first person anxiety. Most everyone likes the feeling of power even if it is following someone, pulling someone over for no reason other than they look different, not giving someone a job because they don't look like you want them too, in my though process it is all the same black men getting stereotyped is just as like everyone else who is different then you are.

PROBLEM SOLUTION PAPER

There are many issues facing Healthcare in America, one is people thinking that they are entitled to have free heathcare. Two is that some healthcare problems can be solved by simple life style changes. another is as adults are we teaching children that it is more important to have a lot of activites to keep us busy than to eat a healthy meal and have whole some activites not just activities to keep us busy.
A portion of our tax money goes to help people who truly need a helping hand during a certain period of time, but the in it for life hand outs have to stop. Getting hand outs cause more problems than it helps generations of families using and abusing the healthcare tax money has reach epademic status. Some people think that they can buy nice homes fancy cars and eat in teh best restraunts, but not pay to see a Dr. or better yet go to a hospital because they have a sinus infection, because they have learned that they can be treated with out having to pay for the serivces, thus honest hard working people that pay they bill are forced to pay a portion for there healthcare costs jsut so the hospital don't go under. Many of the Health care problems that face America are self inflicted, supersizing your meals, smoking, drinking, eating fatty foods, to much salt, soda, and not enough exercise. We need to focus on education our families to correct healthy life style choices.