Overcoming Odds

The article I read is from the denver post online. It talked about a girl whose mom became pregnant in high school and had to drop out. This girl was raised in poverty because the mom had nothing. But in the end the girl ended up getting something more then materials. She had a mother who loved her deeply and told her and made sure she did not become pregnant. This girl overcame the odds of joining her mother and other teen girls in her town by not becoming pregnant in high school. I think in high school more then ever you have to overcome so many odds. For example, parents except ( well I guess not really "expect" but like know) that there kids will drink or get into drugs. When a teenager can go into high school and come out having never done that, they've beat the odds. I think its good that their are programs like DARE to help each individual try to beat the odds. 

Love

When I typed in "Love" in the google news search an interesting article appeared. It was an article called, "65 reasons we love the madness of NCAA Basketball Tournament." That is a certinly a werid thing to write an article about someones love towards it. I guess i have a love towards music and hockey, so its not crazily weird. But this article really shows how so many people look forward to this time of year and how memoriable it is to many people. People always say not to love material things, which i dont't, but there are things that I love that don't nessararly love you back. For me, love is the way you feel about something or someone you are passionate about. I mean i'm not saying have like a passionate love towards your brother, thats weird but like that you would do just about anything for the safety and being of him. And that there are things you are so devoted to in life that you can't see yourself without.

Drug War

Basically I don't want to go to Mexico, heres why. They are not nessarly fighting a war with anyone, its something, drugs. The whole deal is that mexicans are going crazy and killing people all over the fact that the drug deals has cut down. And that security around the world is really getting tighter when it comes to drugs. The thing is the though, is that these insane people are making there way into states like Arizona. This really scares me because the fact that people are obsessing of drugs like cocaine is creepy and crazy. In some cases its not that the person is actually doing it, they are the ones selling it. I would not want to ever get caught up in that. The people that are selling are in just as much of a hole as the people addicted.

Colonization!

Psychological effects of colonization still present? Thats what the article I read is called. I didn't know that there were psychological effects of this. Well in the article it talks about how colonization has been one of the worst things ever. I guess it has been bad, like how colonies started slave trade and that unequal stuff. But without colonization half the countries and stuff we have today would not be here. I suppose there is effects that really change how people are today. If there exprience was bad they still probably have post problems. I guess this whole idea could go either way. Personally I don't care about colonization, I'm going to be honest.

Global Issue

The article I read is called "How We Can Afford Global Health." The overall idea of the article was that a bunch of doctors and important people talked about where are country is headed health wise. They focused on alot of different diseases and how we need to find a cure and figure them out. Also it talks about how the Global Health program is trying to create vaccines. This is a major global issue. Every year millions of people die to HIV/Aids and alot of other diseases. It is much needed that everyone could have a vaccine or cure for them. Lots of people's lifes are dependent on these cures. There are so many poor countries that need help in this category too. If everyone can donate a little bit of money once a few months to help out scientists to find a cure it would help the world out as a whole. 

Holidays

A new Holiday for California? People in California are trying to sign for a new holiday. The holiday would be known as, "Harvey Milk Day." The reason for this bill trying to be passed is to create a holiday for someone that people think they deserve it. Like MLK day or something of that sort. The reason why Californians think this should become a holiday is because this man was the first official to admit to being gay in 1977. People think that this is more then just rights. Its about creating a day for people who think this man is truely historic. This is hard situation. The gay rights laws right now are very shaky. People are trying to have these laws passed. Many people are against them because they believe that it is wrong. Personally, I don't really care. In a sense this holiday could be nice for some people. 

Bollywood

Bollywood profits hit all time low? The article I read talks about how this spring is going to be very tough for the Bollywood film production. The box office is registering at an all time low. The revenue has been dropping since December of 2008. I guess I can see how this is happening. I mean the economy is making it hard to do extra things like spend 8 dollars on a movie ticket then 8 more for food. I can't imagine that even Hollywood is doing to well. I have only seen one Bollywood film and I actually kind of enjoyed it. It was the one we watched, Bride and Predjiduce. I didn't think I would like it just because its not from our culture and it could be not that great but it ended up being good. Hopefully profits in the movie industry will rise again. Because it is movies that help us get through hard times. We are able to be in a mode of thought that we are in another life and that is what helps people make it through the day.