College OPTION'S

The program, College OPTION'S, is important because it gives scholars a better opportunity to get into college. Also, it gives more insight about how to get into college and the different majors. It is a great and important program for future college students to use.
The program gives more chances to get financial aid. In these troubling times, colleges are cutting admissions and it is harder than ever to get into the colleges students want to go. This program gives these students a better understanding and helps them through the troubling times and into college to start their future.
In Shasta County, only 18.8% have a post-secondary degree. I believe this is because of how small our educational schooling is. Including; high-schools, middle schools. Also, we only have 2 junior colleges close and one private college near. I believe it is harder to get into CSU's and UC's and people just go to junior college.
I believe there is such a difference because these times are so hard and people can't afford a post-secondary degree and just stick with a smaller one. When we get out of these hard times, I believe our county will overcome and get a better percentage and go off and get their post-secondary degree.

The Worst Ads on TV

Stephen King is an accredited novel-writer. He talks about how prescription drugs have major side-effects. Well. if prescription drugs have side effects, don't you think they shouldn't be advertised? I believe they shouldn't. Why take the risk of producing a drug with major effects on the television. It proposteris. If a drug is that dangerous, consumers should not advertise it, nor even people should take it. It mkaes no sense risking your life to make your body more perfect. It's stupid. There should only be drugs to distribute that are safe for the human body.

Samuelson's Theories

Samuelson's points are clear. If we are not careful with our economy, we will begin a 1929 crisis. The same thing happened in 1929 with te stock market crashes. When the stock market crashed, America went into an ugly depression. Causing 25% of the America's population to be unemployed.

He states that in 1929, the stock market crashed causing America to absorb into a recession. He believes, with the $700 billion bailout, we could unfortunately get into a recession and worse, a depression. He then states that the government is taking ahold of the situation a little faster than in 1929.

A few examples that we might be going to into a recession is that the government gave out $700 billion to help with bills. Also, America, in the 1920's borrowed a lot of money cars, transportation, houses and such. Isn't this prettymuch the same thing? Back then, we loaned money. Now, we are loaning money. Back then, we got ouselves into a recession. Now, what will happen?

My Future

What I Am Going To Do Next Year:

Next year I will be attending CSU Chico. I will be earning my bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Minor in Business and Architecture. After that, I will apply to Academy of Art in San Fransisco where I will get my Master's in Multimedia Design and Graphic Design. Over the summer, I will intern with Pixar in San Rafael, hoping to get a standard job and start my career. I have wanted to work technology because I really love it. My hobbies are making pictures movies and photoshop. I really love using technology. I also love making powerpoints. I really want to learn about animations. I have seen documentaries on computer science and it is fascinating. The things they do to make graphics is really cool.

$700 Billion Pay-out

So:

Wall Street is in a "pickle" and they want us to bail them out. 700 billion tax payer dollars. I think Wall Street needs to find there own way of getting the money. I mean, if they got themselves into this mess, they can get themselves out of it.

Binge Drinking

Kids today enjoy the idea of getting drunk and wasted. Underaged drinking is increasing as the seconds go by. The question is, should America lower the drinking age to 18? It's an easy answer, no. The idea of having a law for drinking is for safety. The drinking age needs to stay in effect.

More kids are dying because of alcohol. Just in the past five years, at our school alone, have had 7 student drink-related fatalities. If you give alcohol to a teenager, they are not going to be responsible with it. The will take advantage of the idea of having alcohol and down the road can cause a life or death situation.

Another reason for not changing the age is because of addiction. It has clearly been researched that the more underaged kids who drink will become addicted to the product and die. Addiction is a hard thing to get over. Kids are not ready to have those responsibilities.

Another idea what I want to hit on is responsibility. Teenagers say, well when I am 18 I am considered an adult. But in reality, at 18 teenagers will be only starting to receive the lessons in life to become an adult. I consider alcohol a great power. Someone once said,"Great power comes great responsibilty." I will stand behind that statement 100%. It's so true. Teenagers will not be able to control the power of alcohol.

The government is deciding on lowering the drinking age to 18. If the government proceeds with this new law, it will only start more chaos, more addictions, and more death.

The Energy Plan

The energy plan, I think, has not gone into effect. We still have problems with energy crisis often. I think we are getting the idea of a good energy idea but we are not there yet. I think the solution is to go to wind, solar, and maybe put more study into capturing a lightning bolt. Research says that a lightning bolt could produce enough energy to keep New York running for about 10 years. That's a lot of energy! My family and I have changed our driving habits to help with the dramatic gas prices. We have been carpooling a lot more now. Also, with heating, we only keep one part of the house warm and the other cool. And when we are not there, we leave it off. I say we should study on other ways to provide energy to the world. We have the researches, let's start using them.