Response: RIch and the Poor.

I just read a blog post by Shiyun about the rich and the poor. On her introductory paragraph, there was a sentence that captured my eyes. And it said, “Although rich people may have lots of money, poor people seem to have a much better life.” when I read this part of her introductory paragraph, I just have to disagree with her. Its because not all people that struggle with money have a better life than the wealthier. Many families and people are struggle because of their money problem and many of them ends in disaster. For example, in families or marriages, when they struggle in money the parents or couple ends up in a divorce because of the constant arguing about their finical problems, and about single people when they are laid off work they go to normal to depressed. My point is that not all people that are poor do not have a better life than the rich.
    Also when I encounter the sentence, I had some question in my head.  For instance, where did she get this idea, where are her facts that states that poor people are more happy than the rich?

In addition, I also found another sentence that does not really make sense to me. She said, “...while rich people don't have trustful friends, they are mean, and not independent.” It is another stereotype. First of all, there are many different types of rich people; like the business type- i think this is what she is describing-, born wealthy, and much more.  Yes maybe there are wealthy people that are snobby or rude when it comes to money or status in life, but are  rich people that can be nice, caring people. The citizens just have to get to know them and be sure that they are good people.

I see another stereotype, Shiyun wrote, 

“Although rich people may look very nice as if they will give you anything you might need. I noticed that they are very selfish. They don't seem to share their things. Rich people are quite mean to people that are not as rich as them. They don't care much about others feelings because they know their the best and they deserve anything they want.”

Like I said earlier, it is just another stereotype. How could she possibly know that these are true? Does she stalk rich people and where can she get solid evidence?

Lastly, I do understand her point, but mostly I see are opinion and not solid facts that can be supported with evidence. I just hope on her next writing she writes, she would use solid facts and not her opinion.

Glee Fanatic!

I just watched the new episode of Glee, for their second season. It was great, the songs they sang from beginning to end was phenomenal. I just loved each moment of it, especially the showdown between Charice Pampergo played as Sunshine Cruz and Lea Michele as Rachel Berry. They were in the girls bathroom and Charice “Sunshine” -she is one of my favorite singer of all time- just walked in to fix her hair, while Lea “Rachel” was hanging flayers in the stalls and the walls to let the girls know around the school that there are opening spots at the Glee Club. While Sunshine was fixing her hair the song Telephone by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce played in her music player. Then she started singing and Rachel heard. But Rachel had a strange look at her face, that she felt that she was being treated because Sunshine's singing voice. The showdown started, but to Charice it was just for fun. It started strong, but cut off in the middle because the cheerleader coach walked in and told them both to shut it. That moment was intense because they “battled” through singing rather than fist fight. 

I was wondering that why did Rachel Berry feel treated to Sunshine, just because of her singing? Probably she was thinking that Sunshine would take her spot light away from her when she auditions for a spot at the Gee club. But the thing I did not understand towards the ending of the episode, she let her auditioned. Maybe her conscience made an effect on her that she should have let Sunshine audition. And during Sunshine's audition she sang the song Listen by Beyonce and she is adequate for the spot at the Glee Club,she sang that song wonderful.

In the end, Sunshine derives a vocalist directer and her family got a condo and green cards, but she would not be attending  the Glee Club after all. And also when Rachel gave her the wrong place to meet for the auditions the first time, so she does not trust her after that incident and she thought that Rachel “would make her life a living hell”-, and I would have agree with her because I do not want someone to hate me if it cause my natural born talent and I would not miss a very good opportunity in my life to be a professional singer-.

Vocab list

1.  derive
2. imply
3. impose
4. marginal
5. entity
6. adeuate
7. regime
8. ration
9. revenue
10. acquisition

Repose Post: " Swagga-Style"

I just read a blog post about “Swagga-Style” and i think it is a bit disorganize. First,she started of with questions about who started style or what is style, and then she showed a time line from 1910 to 2010. From this, her post sounded awkward, she said at her first paragraph;

“ ‘If all your friends where wearing this, so would you’[.]Alot of people say its the celebrity's that are the ones to choose the style and change it up as much as they want but reall, it's not the celebrities its the youth them selves, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj Totally Dress crazy and all out there, but every kidd around the street can't mimick there style to the fullest.”

When she wrote this, i got more confused. Because from the beginning she showed a time line and questions, so i thought she will be writing about how style changed , but instead she talked about how it influence people around us. Her transition was not as good and she did not explain a lot of details on “inter racial fashions”, so it had a major gap of explanations. Second, her blog post was to short and she did not even cite the time line. She could of done more explaining rather than asking questions. Lastly, i saw mostly saw about White Americans and African American sense of style, what happened to the other ethnic groups? But there was a part that was promising.

    The phrase was: “I think fashion is an expression of who you are,...” it made me think that fashion became a cultural piece. I taught about this because fashion has its on style, and in other countries they have different ways they dress. That sentence impact me because every one has their own unique style and no one can take it away.

    I think that is what the witter is trying to portray, even tough her context does not connect with one idea. I almost understand the meaning of her blog post. Her post was mainly about fashion and how it changes over time, but she was drifting to a different topic about ethnicity style and that made it more confusing. Aleah just needed to focus on one topic, cite facts, correct grammar problems, and read out load before posting it. 

Free topic: "Kritine-Precious Hearts Romance"

    I just watched a Filipino Drama Series called “Kristine-Precious Hearts Romance” and decided that iI should blog about it. This series is about two sisters that got separated because the oldest tried to go to their grandfather’s ranch to get finical help, but she made a wrong turn while driving and she ended in wrong place at the wrong time. For over a decade their grandfather’s ranch and the other has been in war, the De Silva(the other ranch family owners) and Fortalejo( which are the two sisters and mother’s  family ranch). Days had passed and the older sister had not come home or returned any phone calls or text, so the younger sister decided to go and look for her sister at the De Silva ranch. While she is traveling, their mother has no idea what and where are her daughters because she is at conference meeting at Davao City . As soon, as the mother found out she went to the province to look for her daughters. There is a twist, all of them are in the walls of the enemy. It is hard for three of them to reunite and leave the the ranch alive.

Just watching this drama series it creates tension. Each time the new episode ends I always think what would happen next. With the enemy watching every move they make, it is hard for them to escape. The part I love about this series, that the province they are at, people would find their true love. While they are at the villains ranch they have love partners (not the mother because she just lost her husband), but they cannot be in love with each other because the men they are in love with works or owns the De Silva ranch while the girls are part of their grandfather’s ranch. They cannot fall in love with each other because of the status difference, but in their hearts they truly love one other.

This kind of series I just love. With all the tension building up, questions I ask, and the way the characters act it just makes me melt- it seems I can feel what they feel when they are  acting. The way this series is directed is just marvellous and the scenery is great. I give thumbs up to Director Rory Quintos and producers. The series of Precious Hearts and Roman are based in books turned in to everyday drama series, but one day i would like to the read the book- sadly it is in Tagalog, I could barely read in Tagalog. Watching these dramas are great, but if I have enough time I would like to read the books that is based upon it so I could understand the details clearly and compare it to the drama if the writer cut-off some parts in the book. It would be a lot of fun and better to understand. 

This is the Book version. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfFyGDrFRkk&feature=related

The link will lead you to the trailer of the series. sorry about the bad quality and sorry if you cannot understand Tagalog.

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1.03.01

Francis and Grirzzell's Rebuttal

My partner and I has been in a debate about if sexual orientation is determined at birth. The opposing team has said that sexual orientation is not a choice and it is determined at birth. Well, Francis and I argue that it is a choice to be homosexual or heterosexual.

The opposing team has stated at their opening statement:

“ ‘Being born gay’ as most people say, is in fact not a choice.....There is no such thing as a child waking up one day to all of a sudden say, “I’m homosexual” or even heterosexual or bisexual. The decision has already been made before birth. There are no paths to choose from: you are just born the way you are.”

Francis and I do not agree with their statement, because both of us agree that it is a choice to be gay. This choice can mostly happen through sexual abuse or influence by friends or family. The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality has said:

“NARTH  agrees with the American Psychological Association that ‘biological, psychical and social factors’ shape sexual identity at an early age for most people... There is no such thing as a ‘gay gene’ and there is no evidence to support the idea that homosexuality is genetic or unchangeable.”

With this people can not have gay genes in their DNA because it would not survive the gene pool and can make this choice because of an effect in life. Francis and I strongly agree that it is choice to be homosexual or heterosexual.

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1.03.01

Bullies bully.

I found this quote at Shiyun's blog. 

I think people bully others because they want others to think that they are powerful and strong. They want to let others know that they are weak and they are not able to hurt them. I think people also bully others because they feel bad about themselves, so they hurt others instead to make themselves feel better. Bullies don't want to look weak and in the inside they feel that they are below everyone, ..."

This quote of Shiyun can relate to the ASTI Constitution. In one of the rules it says that we have to treat everyone equally, so it means that we should not bully one another. Shiyun’s quote is relatable to the constitution by not bullying one another. By explaining her quote, people bully one another because they do not want to show their true feelings, so they demonstrate it in terrible actions. Bullies also bully not just because of how they are feeling, but also to make other people feel awful about them-selves. This happens mostly to people that are innocent because they are an easy to target. For example, if you are student that does well in school and suddenly an another student makes fun about something that you did not do, soon enough, the entire class well mock and laugh at you. Bullies do this because they want a special type of attention from their fellow peers. It is the easiest way for them to express of how they are feeling and to think that they are superior of all their classmates. This reconnects to our ASTI Constitution, of how we need to treat everyone fairly and think before you speak or act. By bullying a student or a person can make a big impact on a person’s personality. Like, when a student bully another kid, all the other student knows that the child has no manner and know that they have to be careful around the bully. That we need to think and before we act and that we need to speak up for yourself and others. This explains that we need to help the others that are being bullied and that we need to show we are confident enough to tell our leaders about bullies that are happening. We need to speak for ourselves and for others, that we could stop bullying in our areas. This is an ASTI Constitution: speak up for yourself and others, think before you speak or act, and accept others for who they are