I found an article in The New York Times - "Facebook wrestles with Free Speech and civility".
Facebook has become an open book into peoples lives. People provide everything to everyone. Their schedules, events, likes & dislikes, pictures, and opinions on different topics.
This website allows people to voice their feelings on certain subjects. Some subjects are funny, some are stupid, and some are very serious. It doesn't matter what the topic is, it will offend someone. So where does Facebook draw the line on what people say is freedom of Speech? They have bullying, people threatening people, pornographic pictures, political discussions on race or religion, etc. How do they decide what to leave up and what to take down?
I feel that Facebook is a great way to advertise a product or business, and to stay in touch with friends and family that live far away. I have an account with Facebook, but I am not a big Facebook fan. I do not go crazy with it or get on it everyday. I just use it to keep in touch with friends and family.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Professors
I have decided to go back to school after 20 + years. I started out slow, with just two classes. While flipping through the choices of professors, my mind is screaming in fear that I will choose the worst ones and have a bad starting experience back into college.
Once i get started with my classes, I find that I made some pretty good choices without any input from other Lone Star students. I have one male professor and one female professor.
I have labeled my math professor the "Knowledgable One". She is prompt with the class starting on time and you stay till she is finished. She has her spot in the class that she goes to. She has her same notebook and marker that she uses every time. She is loud even though the classroom is not that big. Do not talk in her class or she will let you know her irritation. She is approachable, but to a certain point. If you come to her after class about something you do not understand, she will explain it twice, then you are on your own. She does smile, laugh, and joke with the class, but only for a second, then it is back to business. I am impressed with her teaching skills. She shows the problems step by step and in different forms. This gives her students options to find out what works best for them.
I have labeled my english professor "The Overwhelmer". He starts class before its scheduled time, making you feel like you are interrupting and then you are rushing to sit down, so that you can catch up. He schedules a lot of homework and projects. I know this is to better me as a student but I am overwhelmed with what is expected and trying to learn what he is teaching. Unlike Knowledgeable One, he is soft spoken, he walks around the room, and will approach his students. He is young and very hip with technology, pushing us to learn and use different areas when writing a paper. I guess this is why i also feel overwhelmed. I am not a computer person, I am older than he is, and have been taught old school ways.
Both my professors are very like-able. They both teach high school, then come to the college in the evening. It is obvious that they love to teach and enjoy what they do. I am very fortunate to have both of them as my first semester choices.
Once i get started with my classes, I find that I made some pretty good choices without any input from other Lone Star students. I have one male professor and one female professor.
I have labeled my math professor the "Knowledgable One". She is prompt with the class starting on time and you stay till she is finished. She has her spot in the class that she goes to. She has her same notebook and marker that she uses every time. She is loud even though the classroom is not that big. Do not talk in her class or she will let you know her irritation. She is approachable, but to a certain point. If you come to her after class about something you do not understand, she will explain it twice, then you are on your own. She does smile, laugh, and joke with the class, but only for a second, then it is back to business. I am impressed with her teaching skills. She shows the problems step by step and in different forms. This gives her students options to find out what works best for them.
I have labeled my english professor "The Overwhelmer". He starts class before its scheduled time, making you feel like you are interrupting and then you are rushing to sit down, so that you can catch up. He schedules a lot of homework and projects. I know this is to better me as a student but I am overwhelmed with what is expected and trying to learn what he is teaching. Unlike Knowledgeable One, he is soft spoken, he walks around the room, and will approach his students. He is young and very hip with technology, pushing us to learn and use different areas when writing a paper. I guess this is why i also feel overwhelmed. I am not a computer person, I am older than he is, and have been taught old school ways.
Both my professors are very like-able. They both teach high school, then come to the college in the evening. It is obvious that they love to teach and enjoy what they do. I am very fortunate to have both of them as my first semester choices.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Chick Flicks
In the movie "13 Going On 30", with Mark Ruffalo & Jennifer Garner, the flick opens with Jennifer Garner (Jena) getting her school picture taken for Jr High. This is a dreaded event for her for two reasons: she is fighting be known by her real name and not the one the photographer keeps calling her, along with her self confidence. She wants to be known as one of the popular girls in school. Her best friend, Matt (who is in love with her and she does not know it), tries to convince her that she is real and not fake/phony like the popular chicks.
In the conclusion of this movie, it wraps up with the both of them as adults. They get married in the home she grew up in, fades to them moving into their new home, and ends with the both of them on a couch in the front yard of new home eating candy that they both loved & shared together as kids.
In the movie "27 Dresses", with Katherine Heigl & Kevin Doyle, it opens with Jane as a little girl at a wedding. She finds herself taking the role of an adult, who has to take her little sister to the bathroom and fixes the brides torn dress. Loving this as a child, she finds herself helping out in all her friends weddings as an adult. Even going as far as doing a dress fitting for the bride. She finds herself always being a bridesmaid and never a bride.
In the conclusion of this chick flick, she realizes that she is in love with a man that she has been constantly fighting with and not the one she has been longing to be with for years. It ends with her getting married on a beach with a long pier. On this pier, is all her 27 bridesmaids, each wearing the outfit that Jane had to wear at their wedding.
In the conclusion of this movie, it wraps up with the both of them as adults. They get married in the home she grew up in, fades to them moving into their new home, and ends with the both of them on a couch in the front yard of new home eating candy that they both loved & shared together as kids.
In the movie "27 Dresses", with Katherine Heigl & Kevin Doyle, it opens with Jane as a little girl at a wedding. She finds herself taking the role of an adult, who has to take her little sister to the bathroom and fixes the brides torn dress. Loving this as a child, she finds herself helping out in all her friends weddings as an adult. Even going as far as doing a dress fitting for the bride. She finds herself always being a bridesmaid and never a bride.
In the conclusion of this chick flick, she realizes that she is in love with a man that she has been constantly fighting with and not the one she has been longing to be with for years. It ends with her getting married on a beach with a long pier. On this pier, is all her 27 bridesmaids, each wearing the outfit that Jane had to wear at their wedding.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Smoking ban in Texas
To smoke or not to smoke? Actually the question should be...where are you allowed to smoke. The government is now deciding where we are allowed to smoke. I agree that there are some places that should be restricted from smoking, like hospitals. But not beaches, and especially bars. Smoking and drinking go together.
I am a cigar smoker and I enjoy having a cigar with friends or by myself. Before the smoking ban, I was allowed to enjoy my smoke at any bar. Now I have to pick a place that has outside seating to accommodate smokers. So, if it is too cold or rainy outside, I have to find a place that has heat and cover. I feel this is just the start of the government telling us what we can and cannot do. Pretty soon they will be telling us we cannot even smoke at our own house, along with what we can or cannot do in other aspects of our lives.
Not only do I have to fight the government and the non smokers, but I also have to battle the cigarette smokers. Cigarette smokers amaze me with their reaction to my cigar smoke. We could be sitting side by side, both enjoying our smoke, when I get a wrinkled up facial expression and a comment about how my cigar stinks. Really? My cigar is 100% tobacco, where as, a cigarette is mainly chemicals and filler. I don't complain about the smell of cigarettes, so please don't complain about my cigar. Smokers need to stick together!
I just want to be able to relax and enjoy my cigar without getting wet, freezing to death, putting up with complaining cigarette smokers, or having someone tapping me on the shoulder telling me I can't smoke here.
JOSH BAUGH. "Differing studies cloud smoking-ban issue As San Antonio weighs
stricter ordinance, its bars and restaurants look to Houston. " Houston Chronicle
12 Jul 2010,Houston Chronicle, ProQuest. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
"Smoking Bans." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File
News Services, 12 Mar. 2007. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.2facts.com/article/i0600730>.
I am a cigar smoker and I enjoy having a cigar with friends or by myself. Before the smoking ban, I was allowed to enjoy my smoke at any bar. Now I have to pick a place that has outside seating to accommodate smokers. So, if it is too cold or rainy outside, I have to find a place that has heat and cover. I feel this is just the start of the government telling us what we can and cannot do. Pretty soon they will be telling us we cannot even smoke at our own house, along with what we can or cannot do in other aspects of our lives.
Not only do I have to fight the government and the non smokers, but I also have to battle the cigarette smokers. Cigarette smokers amaze me with their reaction to my cigar smoke. We could be sitting side by side, both enjoying our smoke, when I get a wrinkled up facial expression and a comment about how my cigar stinks. Really? My cigar is 100% tobacco, where as, a cigarette is mainly chemicals and filler. I don't complain about the smell of cigarettes, so please don't complain about my cigar. Smokers need to stick together!
I just want to be able to relax and enjoy my cigar without getting wet, freezing to death, putting up with complaining cigarette smokers, or having someone tapping me on the shoulder telling me I can't smoke here.
JOSH BAUGH. "Differing studies cloud smoking-ban issue As San Antonio weighs
stricter ordinance, its bars and restaurants look to Houston. " Houston Chronicle
12 Jul 2010,Houston Chronicle, ProQuest. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
"Smoking Bans." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File
News Services, 12 Mar. 2007. Web. 30 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.2facts.com/article/i0600730>.
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