Facebook: For Better & For Worse

Facebook has obviously taken over everyone's life, for better and for the worse. Facebook is a way of communicating with family and friends that you haven't been able to associate yourself with. But it also comes with its negatives. It can interfere with your school, your social life amongst many other things. I've realized that Facebook comes with a great deal of drama that I am trying to avoid. I am now going to make sure I get what I need from this social media site. I am trying to cut down on it, knowing that I go on about every five minutes. I must focus on other things in life besides what goes on in cyberspace.

Sex Ed!

Tonight's episode of Glee was all about being "sexy" and sex. They talked about how important it is to know what is behind sex. While watching the show, I was text messaging my fourteen year old cousin, which I find her to be extremely naive. She's the definition of a total tomboy. She mentioned she really enjoyed the song "Do You Want to Touch" by Joan Jett. I thought to myself, she hasn't had sex ed in high school yet, she probably doesn't even know what this song means. So, me being me, I asked her. Her response "I wasn't born yesterday." With her response, I remembered how children are learning things that are way beyond their years. The media has promoted such behaviors. I know that in my hometown, there are 17 year old girls with children as old as 4! This isn't right at all.

"Welcome to King Burger, Where You Can Have it Your Way, But Don't Get Crazy!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdcYlOn5M

"Bon Qui Qui at King Burger" is a comedy sketch from MadTV. I know every word to that rap, but when I think of it, everyone from my hometown does as well. It was once I came to the school that I realized not everyone knows of "ghetto". I grew up in this sort of environment, and to be honest, I'm glad  I did. Although my hometown is not as "ghetto" as this video is, there are people that talk in this matter. Growing up, I lived in a very quiet south suburb, with the majority being white and Hispanic with little African Americans. With that being said, the African Americans did take over with "ebonics". Attending school with students that talked that way helped me grow not only my vocabulary in words I obviously do not need, but it helped me build character. Students that I have come across are very stuck up and don't believe that what goes on in this video really does exist in real life. They aren't willing to understand what it all is, and I feel as if this is an advantage on my part because knowing where it all comes from helps me socialize better now and in my future.