Hot Sauce

I figure all of the posts will be named "School" if I don't think of unique events for titles. Today at lunch, I ate oven fried chicken with a load of hot sauce, and in the middle of lunch I said "hey if I had a bottle of this, I would totally drink it."

Anyways....

I can't believe it has already been three days into the school year! And I am completely bogged down with work and responsibilities! Let me just say that I am really glad that I quit my job before this all started and that although I am sad about this, I am glad I did not do Atlanta Youth Winds. Just focusing on school work is hard enough with band practice, honor society meetings, and after school Chem labs.

And now for some procrastinating!
Here's a little bit about each class..

Chem:
So far we've reviewed compound nomenclature, Stoichiometry, and the Sciencetific Method/basic chemistry knowledge. It isn't that hard at the moment, but I still have to keep myself on top of everything because this will all change any minute! We have a test on Friday (already, I know! but we've had all summer to review this... so it isn't that bad.) over the first three chapters, and we had our first lab today. I like our class this year. We have some really cool/nice people who are willing to work hard. At least, that is what it seems like at the moment. I'm sure we'll take a few beatings and start to feel differently eventually. The after school experiment today was hectic. It was the most simple lab ever, but I felt ADD and so did many other people. :D Heh heh. But working with the people in the class was really fun. I feel happy about our "Chem Family".

Lit:
Aha. The only class that constantly reminds me about those college apps. I've already started one and written one essay, but the rest is still not finished, so it haunts me. I'm glad Dr. Tilley keeps telling us to get on the essays and fix our resumes. At least that way I won't procrastinate too much.

Economics:
Pretty interesting class. It makes me happy that the one Social Studies course I am taking this year has no history and is more of a contemporary class. I loved Human Geography, and from what I've seen so far, Econ is probably going to end up being the same type of thing. That makes me happy! :) Also, Petmecky is one of the best teachers at Parkview, so I can't wait to have him!

Calculus:
Hm. Calculus takes some getting used to. I was really confused the first day when D Wag said all this about squishing the function with closer epsilon/delta values to get a limit or what not. But I get it better today. One thing with calculus: don't think about what you are doing. Just do it. If you ponder too much, it'll get confusing. Anyways, math isn't bad so I just need to readjust and Calculus won't be that bad either.

Band:
Same as always. Awesome. :)

Physics C:
We actually learned Calculus in Physics today. It was much easier in physics for some reason... *ahem*

So far, I like Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics. But these are my toughest classes... Gotta dominate, yeah? :D

That's about all I have at the moment.
What follows is a "blog entry" for our econ assignment.
Take Care.
--<3Emily

P.S. I really crave Bruster's mint chocolate chip right now...

Josh

wow

?

Emily

wow what

Josh

oh

I looked in my pocket

and I found some crackers

and I think they've been there for a while

because I've never seen this flavor befire

*before

Emily

butt flavored?

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Why Fight Over Globalization When There Are Issues At Hand?

Ever since the Industrial Revolution of 1750, our world has become more and more globalized. People have made it easier and more efficient for societies to contact and influence other societies. Countries have higher standards of living based on an improved ability to manufacture material goods. And diverse cultures originating in specific areas around the world are being transmitted to other places in the matter of seconds. Globalization in our generation refers to the interconnection of far-reaching societies. It has a wide impact on other aspects of human life as well including personal, political, and environmental aspects. Take the environment for example; the impact of globalization on our environment is a controversial issue. Some argue that globalization is bad and should be stopped because it promotes activities that lead to the destruction of the environment. Others say that the economy should be our number one priority, and once countries reach a certain level in economic development, they will have the ability and the resources to protect the environment. Politicians, policy makers, and environmentalists spend too much time arguing over this issue. Why is everyone so stubborn? Can they not see that if we continue sitting around and arguing about something like the environmental effects of globalization nothing will ever get done and both the environment and the world economy will start going down the drain? The key to getting things accomplished in life is to be proactive.

So, instead of being so close-minded, the debators on both sides should take a moment to see the other perspective and understand it. That way, a solution can be worked out to improve both aspects of the issue. Environmentalists should see that although globalization can be harmful to the environment, it can also eradicate unemployment and increase opportunities for people to have better lives. Proponents of globalization should also realize that industrialization does damage the environment, and if they don't do anything about it soon, they won't have a society (much less an Earth) on which to build a global economy on. Without the necessary resources provided for us by our environment, industrialization would not be possible. So you see, if people would open their minds to the fact that life is not all black and white and that issues cannot bend just one way or the other, we can do something about the conflicts between globalization and the environment. In order to truly move forward, we must learn to be open to other ideas, be willing to pay the costs of giving things up, and be cooperative to achieve a united goal for a better future. Wishful thinking, but possible if people would get over their differences.