ted koppel

i thought that ted koppels speech or conversation was very interesting. how he explained what a trillion dollars was actually showed me how much money that really is. i guess i was ignorant to that. an he explained the war in afhganistan which i think was well needed. i think its another vietnam. its not winable we are trying to just kill some certain people. and they aren't even in afhganistan they are in nearby countries. him talking about how the news is more interested about some blonde that went missing in the carribean rather than why we are at war. or why we are in trouble with the baby boomers getting ready to collect medicare and soc. security. i think hes right about the news now wanting to say whats happened the last five minutes rather than the important issue of whats happened a week ago.

revising

i dont like doing revising because i feel that i am writing the same paper twice. but then again i like revising because it makes my paper so much better. it helps me write better in the long run. revising my papers makes me take a second look at it and see whats wrong which is often a lot of things. i like being able to have good papers in the end but writing and rewriting sucks. revising noly takes at the most 30 to 40 minutes so i guess its not horrible it doesnt take that long to do.

images and community

i still have not started this project on the image that we are supposed to have done tonight. i havent had time to get it done i have had so much work to do this week. but i am loking for a picture as i type. i think i am gona do either a picture on ball state or something to do with indiana. i think that would be simple enough and there should be a lot to write about being im from indiana so that should come somewhat naturally. i know what the state is about.

having that week off class came at an awsome time. i needed a little break this semester is taking forever and we havent had a day off in awhile. or even a class. i was hoping the weather would be bad enough to cancel class but that didnt happen. so having those days off for conferences was needed.

diversity

i think diversity has an affect on everyone. everyday we come in contact with someone of a different race or culture. knowing how to interact with people of different cultures i think should be of value. when we graduate and get our degrees we will be out in the "real world" move to different cities and states or where ever life takes us there will be a new culture. new people who value things differently. knowing the bounderies of race and culture will be very affective in our ability to meet new people and perform in our jobs. by going to these different multiculural events it only benefits us. to if not be able to put ourselves in someone elses shoes who might have it differently than we do at least we will know the history of how different races and cultures came from in this country. by having knowing the history we should all have at least one thing in common.