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Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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A father’s dedication to his family/son is in the news for how much he’s giving up for his son. In order to see his son play at the World Cup, the father quits his job after being denied time off. Of course, this may seem to be an exaggerated case with World Cup being such a big event and the honor of being involved is much greater than any other game; however, how many fathers/mothers would actually give up something to support their family at such events? In America, family ties seem harder to strengthen due to the emphasis on individual success as well as financial needs. Due to these emphases, family gatherings are minimized, and in some families, family dinners are rare as well with focuses on work and individual schedules. For instance, if their son/daughter had a performance at a show, would they stop their work for one night just to go and support them or would they just say they’re too busy to show up? What would you do?

- Vivian

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Abrupt Introduction to Society

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

In the recent issue of the Switched-On Magazine, Ally discussed the life of those in the foster care system after being removed from it. As noted in the article, youth under the foster care system are often left on their own after they hit 18. I agree with Ally that this poses a problem. As much as people at the age of 18 like to claim that they are “adults” now and try to tell their parents to stop controlling them, truth is, most of them are not able to live and support themselves independently at that age. Aside from the introduction of college and new responsibilities, the removal of a source of comfort, the foster family, will inevitably put more stress on the individual. Having to deal with such an incredible amount of stress at one time might be easier for some than others but either way, it could potentially lead to undesirable situations when they make the wrong decisions while under stress. Thus it may be the best for some programs to be established to provide further assistance for youth after they are emancipated from the foster care system and provide them with some support, however minimal it may be.

- Vivian

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Winter, Winter, go away!

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

It is winter. I know this is not breaking news, but I just wanted to clarify this before I went any further. Winter means that it is cold outside for most of us out there, which means that most of us will try to stay warm for the next couple of months no matter what. I don’t really like the cold because it is unpleasant and involves too much preparation to do normal things. I can pretty much handle any outside weather, but the temperature inside seems to be my biggest problem. The arguments that have ensued over the appropriate temperature in my home are enough to destroy any family. On top of hourly arguments over the temperature is the struggle to be comfortable with the temperature when trying to fall asleep. I go from being too hot to too cold at least 5 times a night. This requires me to get up at ridiculous times of the night to either get/dispose a blanket, turn up/down the heat, or silently weeping until exhaustion puts me to sleep. This is why I hate winter.
-Ruben

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Living life one day at a time

Monday, May 18th, 2009

People who are much older than I am often remark to me how I should enjoy my youth because in 22 years I will, according to them, look back on these years as the best of my life. And true, there are many things about being young that make it enjoyable. But at the same time, for many youth what we experience now is also the hardest (so far); it is the difficulty of being a young person now that will make our generation.

 

As for me, I don’t believe it’s good to be constantly in some faze of nostalgia. Why look back on one specific chunk of your life as the “best” when you can expand that your entire life? As lame as this may sound, I really do believe in living life one day at a time, because from my experience, it can be lost at a moment’s notice (if we are so lucky to even have such notice). To live life without hang-ups, even if the circumstances of life tell you otherwise, even if the fear of what may happen sometimes outweighs the desire to live each day to its fullest.

 

As my parents always tell me, “Don’t obsess over the past; you’re only as old as you feel inside, even if your heart, hips, and knees don’t agree”.

 

-Allyson

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