March 10th, 2010
So I am sure everyone has heard about the earthquake in Chile. (It is like the 4th one this year! Why are so many happening?) But for the earthquake in Chile many people died, which is sad. What I don’t see is that no one is really panicking about it. They did have a bad earthquake many years ago so I guess they are prepared with disasters like that. Then there was a tsunami alert for Hawaii. People were rushed to go inland just for precautions. Nothing really happened that I have heard of. Then a couple days afterwards I hear about a huge storm a hit Europe, especially France. They were definitely not prepared for that storm. Now there is a different issue at hand. Because of the earthquake in Chile the earth’s axis moved 3 inches and the day is shorter by 1 millisecond. I told my grandma all about this news and she said something very interesting. The news is always focusing on the bad stuff. They only do it because they want high ratings. That is why you never hear about anything good.
- Tatiana
March 9th, 2010
Country singer Jimmy Wayne is no stranger to the experience of not knowing whether there will be a home to come back to at the end of the day. As a youth, Jimmy’s family was broken; his mother was incarcerated in a prison, his dad absent from his life. These experiences, along with the increasing number of people displaced by a lack of housing, inspired Jimmy Wayne to launch the Meet Me Halfway campaign.
In January, Wayne set out to walk, single-handedly, from Nashville, TN to Phoenix, AZ in an effort to raise awareness about the plight of youth made homeless. Money raised from the walk will be donated to charitable organizations that work with homeless youth.
http://meetmehalfway.jimmywayne.com/
- Allyson
March 8th, 2010
The recent magazine issue is about loving our flaws. I can probably name good dozen or so flaws about myself. Sometimes I hate the way I look and sometimes I like the way I look. When I hate the way I look, I look at other girls and wish I looked that pretty or that skinny. They have the body type I would love to have. I could have that body type if I wanted to but it would take a lot of exercising and patience. On good days, which is occasionally I like the way I look. I take advantage of that day and take beautiful pictures of myself. I just love it. Yes I do know that no one is perfect and everyone thinks they have flaws. But like the article said: “Loving those small quirks and variations are nothing to stress. Throw away those feelings of insecurity and start appreciating who you are. A positive self-image can entirely change one’s perspective on life and create a completely new experience.”
- Tatiana
March 6th, 2010
Earlier this week, I wrote about how we should change how we see ourselves in order to be more confident in how we look. That sort of change had been a struggle for me when I was growing up, and from time to time it still is.
It’s hard to feel good about yourself when all your friends are complimented on how pretty they are, or how cute they are, while you’re just ignored or called ugly behind your back. People can be cruel without realizing they’re being like that, and it’s never easy to change how you look at yourself when 30 other people seem to disagree.
And it’s something I’m determined to overcome. I keep trying not to care, because I know that even if I were considered the most beautiful person in the world or something like that, I’d still feel bad about myself if I didn’t see myself at least in a similar way.
- Allyson