abandoned beijing baby

apparently there was a baby that was birthed into a toilet in china and then left there. i can only guess that the mother didn't want the baby. i know that the people in china are limited to the amount of children they have and there is also a tight limit on the amount of girls because they think boys are more useful. so maybe the mother had already reached her limit and didn't want the baby to be taken away from her and killed. so, she left it in the toilet so that it would become china's responibility. i don't know how that would help any, but maybe they'd send it to an orphanage or something so that they could one day be adopted by another family.

idk

britney spears vs the VMA's

i watched a little bit of the VMA's but i didn't watch enough of it to see britney spears' performance. i would have liked to have seen that, though. being as how her last year's performance was a pretty big flop. out of the performances that i did see, the jonas brothers was my favorite haha. they were pretty lame, but they're sort of a guilty pleasure of mine. i usually only watch the VMA's to see which artists win which awards, because i don't think some of them really deserve the award they recieve. i'm disappointed that i didn't get to watch all of it, but it was my bedtime so i had to go sleep.

budget crisis

i don't really understand this whole deal with our new budget. teachers aren't allowed to call in a sub and if a they're ever out, another teacher has to use up their planning period time to watch the absent teacher's class. also there has been talk about us getting more students in our classes and some teachers being laid off. i don't really think they should do that any time soon. or at all. its hard enough trying to get one-on-one time with our teachers with the classes as they are. if there were more student in our classes our teachers would probably be too busy trying to keep the class in order to help us like we need to be helped.

blogging

so far, i have enjoyed blogging for this class. if had my own personal blog it would be A LOT different than this one. but the subjects we've been assigned have all been pretty neat and interesting, so i don't mind it one bit :)

pet peeves

1. when people act like they know everything
2. fake "friends"
3. being rushed

female vp

republican presidential nominee john mccain chose sarah palin as his running mate last week. i think his choice was a good decision that will affect his campaign in a really positive way. hillary clinton's supporters will more than likely be drawn to mccain because palin is female, which, in turn, will provide more supporters for mccain. i think mccain should be our next president.

teen pregnancy

teen pregnancy has increased over the years because not enough parents have taken the time to talk to their children about saving themselves until marraige. i think teens tend to get caught up in having a boyfriend/girlfriend and they start to feel the pressure to have sex. and when some teens make the choice to have sex, they don't always use precautions to keep from getting pregnant. i don't think most teenage girls ever just plan to get pregnant while in highschool. but, it happens and teen mothers have to alter their lifestyles severely to keep up in their classes so that they can still get a high school diploma. having a baby is an enormous responsibility and i think some teenage girls should think more about that before having sex.