Millennium Goals

The goal that seemed to catch my attention was the goal to Achieve Universal Primary Education. School is something that's extremely valuable, because knowledge is what perpetuates a society. We as Americans often take our free education for granted. I know that I do, because words aren't enough to describe how ready I am do be done with school. There are so many kids that would give anything to have what we do. Without education we would have nothing. Promoting the ability to learn should always be a priority.

Research Topic

Going into this I had no idea what to write about, but after reading a multi-genre paper titled Happily Ever After in the Media, I got an idea. This piece highlights the stereotypes that are embedded in classic fairytale's. While I do believe that in some cases these princesses can give children a false sense of reality, I don't agree with what she writes. The majority of the example and claims that she makes are overly based on feminist beliefs. I agree that no woman should be dependent on someone or something, but in this she takes it too far. Fairytales are called fairytales because they're not applicable to real life. She argues that because of Princess movies, little girls believe that they'll never have to do anything for themselves, and that if they find prince charming that they will live happily ever after. Yet she provides no examples of how it's had such effects on children. Her work has made me want to do real research on how these fairytales influence children. I don't believe that they instill such stereotypes, but I'm going into this open minded.

Start Something That Matters

One of my favorite ideas was Good Spread Peanut Butter. They created something that you don't have to rely on involvement for. Everyone loves peanut butter; it's a practically a basic kitchen necessity. So when people buy this peanut butter they're giving back to people in need, whether that's their intention or not. It's not that I think people would ever be opposed to helping those in need, just that this makes it easier for people to do so.


Momba was one that appealed to me because it's something that would be useful to me. I'm not in college yet but even as a high schooler I think it's a great idea. Having those random things that you'd never think to by during your normal trip to the store available at the ready like snacks in a vending machine would be great. Not only on college campuses, but in the work setting as well. Sometimes we just don't have the ability to make a quick run to the convenience store.

I have kind of mixed feelings about Half 4 the Hungry. I think the concept is great. It could help with obesity in America, while eliminating wasted leftovers and feeding those who need it. The issue is that I don't think it's realistically possible. Americans simply love food too much. The obese people the intention is to help wouldn't be the ones giving up half their meal. Plus there's no way for the person giving up their meal to actually see how its helping. The concept is great but I think there's a few kinks that need to be worked out.


Answers to Mycoskie's Questions

If you did not have to worry about money, what would you do with your time?

I'd probably travel the world to learn about different ecosystems and animals.

What kind of work would you want to do?

I'd work with animals, and people. I wish that people better understood animals and the impact they can have.

What cause would you serve?

I'm not sure what specific cause I'd serve. It'd be something exciting though.

Article 1 Response

The article included the explanations of many commonly made grammatical mistakes. I was more aware of some of them than others. Some of them, I found to be confusing. For example, he writes, "When you're writing about a non-true situation — usually following the word if or the verb wish — the verb to be is rendered as were." He follows this with the example "If Hillary Clinton was were president, things would be a whole lot different." Then he includes, "If you are using if for other purposes (hypothetical situations, questions), you don't use the subjunctive." Which he follows with the example of " If an intruder were was here last night, he would have left footprints, so let's look at the ground outside." Both sentences include a reference to a hypothetical situation using the word "if." I don't understand why one requires the word "were" while the other requires "was."
The thing that stuck with me was one of the least explain. The subject of when to use "I" versus "me," in situations such as "Joe and I went to the fair." rather than "Joe and me went to the fair," is something that I truly began to understand a few years ago. The way I've always remembered it is to say the sentence with out the other person. For example, the proper sentence would be "I went to the fair." not "Me went to the fair." Or if I was going to say "There's a picture of Gracie and __." Which is correct: "There's a picture of me." or "There's a picture of I." So, in that case you would use "me" not "I."


I probably made multiple mistakes in my grammar in this post, but I tried. Plus, everyone needs a little irony in their lives, right?