My Final reflection on "Is journalism really what I want to go to school for"

I havn't been writing on here in a minute for the simple reason that I've been thinking very hard on what I want to go to school for and it's really been stressful for me to try and figure it out because I don't want my money to go to waste in college just because I don't know what to do with myself. I've been self evaluating myself in different areas to help narrow down my decision. I've been asing other people what they think, reading comments that other people have left me, sitting at home thinking on my own and I think I've finally come to a conclusion to this whole fiasco. As you've probbably read in my last blog, i had an interest in music as well. I sing in different groups and participate in different musical events. But anyways I've always wanted to just sing or do something pertaining to singing.

BULLING "REFLECTION"

Bulling to me is verbal harassment, assault physical or none, or other methods to concore others by fear or threat or just hurt them. When i stared my topic on "bullying" i thought it would be easy but i got the opposite it was kind of difficult because "Bullying" can be defined in many different ways, For example Cyber bullying, Verbal, Hazing etc.... Bullying can occur in any place such as schools, place of religion, neighborhoods, workplace, and even your own home.These days bullying has taken it to the max it seems to me if it happens in your own home don't you think. Bullying has many attachments to them like facts and the kind of what kind of people that "Bully". Here are so facts that i found interesting about "Bullying" when i was doing my research, *1 Bullying is the most common form of violence in our society and to me there is not alot being done. *2 Since 1992 there have been 250 violent deaths in society that have involved multiple victims to bullying. In virtually every school shooting, bullying is the main factor, *3 Did you know that over two-thirds of students believe that there schools respond poorly to bullying, and that even going and talking to there parents doesn't even help.

Now i just didnt jut learn about the basic bullying when i was doing my research i also learned about cyber bullying and how that effects your life just as bad as regular bullying but maybe even worse. Cyber bullying is a big thing today cause many kids have computers and also have sighed up for those chat places such as myspace, and facebook. unlike bullying which you can get help for cyber bullying can get out of control and fast, not only that but can also reuion frienships or anykind of relationship. Cyber bullying involves, sexual remarks which is the same as sexual harrassment, threats, and pejorative labels over and over again. Sometimes like i said it can get out of control that victims of cyber bullying may even commit suicide if the message the have gotten is very strong and they have been getting them for a very long time. The best thing to do if being cyber bullied is to save all the threatening emails or message that they have sent you save them to a flash drive print a copy out and take it to the police to handle.

Bullying is a big hasle these days and there are program out there that can help likea guy nam ejim jordon he is delivering an anti-bulying progrm that offers tangible content, which is both nessicare , edicational, and of course fun at the same time. So there are poeple out there that are willing to help and you can also find more on gooogle. But :"bulling" is something that i have delt with and my children will have to deal with but hopefully when i have kids and the are in school that bullying won't be as bad as it is today. Im glad we did this project because if we didn't i dont think i would ever figure out that i was a bully myself.

Business Administration: Reflection

As I ended my research to find the answer to my essential question, I feel very satisfied with what I was able to get out of this project. But before I get ahead of myself let me take you back to my essential question, What is business administration and is it the choice for me? After four weeks of researching my topic and all the things that can possibly relate to it , I found an answer....... YES business administration is the choice for me. Many are probably wondering what I mean by, it is the "choice" for me. When I say choice, what I mean is this is going to be the focus of the route I continue to follow the rest of my life such as going to college to get a degree in business and entering a career that's many objective focus's on business. Any and every doubt I had about entering the Field of business has been total erased after I had the opportunity to do some in depth research on the topic and got the answers to all my unanswered questions. I now know that I can definitely be happy and secure entering into a business degree program, which I feel I can handle and graduate without hesitation. That program will then lead me into a carer that I will love the rest of my life, where I can work hand and hand with the community and continue to challenge myself mentally. Any job I decide to pursuit that deals with business will be able to support my life style completely, which in reality is very important. So I know business will be a sure way to get all the doors I need open for me because as I now see it a degree in business is only the beginning and what lies ahead is plenty of opportunity!
I definitely think that this senior research project went in my favor, which I was hoping it would because I was already gong to ECC for business administration this up coming fall. So I feel I had a lot of success with this project which as a big relief and almost a weight off my chest. I'm sure that I have learned my lesson on making such sudden choices when it comes to such life changing decisions. And from now on I voe to find out all my facts before I act on anything. But what I am certain about is where my life is going after high school, which all juniors and seniors should be thinking about. Just because your coming to a end with this journey don't mean a new one doesn't begin. Life goes on with or without you and you have to keep your eye on the prize and know what your next step will be. Luckily for me I made it just on time and know I'm back on track......... College here I come! For I have a date with destiny, I will become a business woman.

Final reflection

Final Reflection:Why do men take advantage of women?
At the beginning of the research I did not know where I was at with this question. So I decided to look more into this question and do more research. Many answers came up to my question but i decided i should move more into my question.

After the first question I begin to switch it around such as why woman let there self's become victimized and why do women take advantage of men just as well as men do. This is when I start finding more information that led me more into my topic. In the beginning I thought men just take advantage but its actually the same. Men still do have more advantage because women let themselves be the victim. Men and women are both manipulative in many cases. Woman and men can be taking advantage not just sexually but mentally. I say that because words are the most powerful to pursue the other. I really didn't answer my question yet because its just not men in articles I found relates to both so now my question is why do both take advantage and what do they do to take advantage.

Men and women are manipulative in situations that causes them to take advantage. In both cases women and men are becoming victimized. The thing I look at is why let somebody get the best of you to cause you to do something you don't want. If you feel uncomfortable speak up before you become victimized. This could be taken any place such as home, work, school and other surroundings. The men always have the upper hand to take advantage in relationships. women often take advantage in encounters will males such as using them for money or cars. Women fall more for words and man fall for what they lower ego want rather its lust or just casual. When both of these things meet advantage is brought up. Either man or woman can be victimized. Men and women have to learn to say no. To me that's the biggest fear because you never know your life could be in jeopardy.

Now I'm down to my last thought about this topic. This project wasn't so easy as I thought. I did finally get down to the bottom of all parts of my question. I found that men take advantage because mostly the partner or women lets them. I agree with that because women can easily say no but it must be something they want out of it to so at the same time women take advantage also. The one thing I learned is that men manipulate more then women and women lure men in to get materialistic things. Pretty much to answer my question from what I learned. Women take advantage just as well as men do so why do men do this is because the women lets them. Also men can be the victim in some cases. The best way to not become victimized is say no to what you feel is uncomfortable. Being easy and giving in is why men take advantage with their upper ego.

Final Reflection-What help can we give a parent who seems at risk to become an abuser?

Researching the topic of child abuse was a very crazy experience. I've learned so many different things about this topic that I never would have guessed. I really became interested in the topic of child abuse after reading the newspaper everday. Every week, I would see an article about a parent or guardian of a child abuse them. While watching the news or talk shows, there are topics of child abuse or child pedophilles. Seeing this, I noticed that this was becoming a big issue and I wanted to know why parents did these things to their children and I wanted to know what help could we give to someone who may feel that they might become a possible abuser.
I learned about how many children in the U.S that have been abused is a higher number than most people think. For example, I learned that it is 3 times more likely for children to be physically abused by the father and is 15 times more likely to occur when spousal abuse is present in the home. Each year, between 1,000 to 2,000 children that die from child abuse. 80% of these children are under 5 years of age and more than 40% are under 1 year old. when I read these stats, I couldn't believe how frequently this happens and how quiet of a subject this is.
While looking up the answers to my questions, I learned that there are signs that an abusive parent shows that most everyday people overlook. For example, the parent may not trust anyone with the child, seem to show no concern for the childs wellfare, over or under-reacts to the childs need or when questioned and expects or demands for the child to act older than their age. Looking up the signs of abusive parent was actually a hard topic to find. I had to change my question in the search engine to find the list that i found.
Looking for what causes the abuse wasnt that difficult to find. I ccouldnt find exactly the causes of child of abuse but at " A Childs Voice.com" I found several different causes of child abuse. Some of the causes that were listed were frustration, parental inexperience, and difficult behavior. Frustration is the number one cause of child abuse in infants five months and younger. the parents may not be able to handle dealing with the infants crying for example. Parental inexperience goes along with frustration and is found mostly in teenage parents. They are children themselves who are stressed over the dramtic changes in their lives. With difficult behavior, these children are more likely to be abused because their parents tend to be more high tempered.
I also looked to find what exactly parents get out of abuse. Finding a answer to that question was unseccesssful. I went to many sites on the internet and couldnt find an exact answer to that question. All I could find was causes of abuse.
While doing research for this project, I came across a couple of episodes of "The Tyra Show". She did an episode about new moms who felt that they may want to abuse their child. I also seen an episode on child pedophilles. On the episode showing the could be abusive moms, I learned that these moms begin to feel abusive due to post parton depression. They feel overwhelmed and stressed because of having to deal with the new responsibilty of being a mom. Child pedophilles prey on children because they (most of the time) have been abused themselves as a child. They also prey on children because of control issues. They probably dont have control over a lot of situations in their lives. With children, rather if the are taking pictures of them, or sexually abusing them, they have full control over the situation.
In conclusion, I found the answer to the question "What help can we give a parent who is at risk to becoming an abuser?" We could talk to the parent first to see if there is anything we could do to help. For example, maybe babysit for them while they go out or rest. The person could also talk to the child(ren) to see why they may be being disruptive. It could be a problem going on with the child. But if the child is physically or sexually being abused, the person needs to go to the proper authorities.
Doing this assingment really opened my eyes to see how much of a problem in society that child abuse is. This happens more than people think it does. People may read the newspaper or watch the news and see chidren being abused. But no one thinks of the children who are being abused everyday that have not been found out about yet. There are more and more children being abused everyday meaning more and more and more are dying every year. I plan to use this information later on in life while furthering my schooling. I want to be a child psychiatrist to help these children and parents so this epidemic can be stopped.

Final week:



Now at the end of my research I learned that it equals out on both side women take advantage just as well as men. Men and women are both Manipulative when it comes to both fields. At the beginning I thought it was jus men that take over,but as I got more into the research I learned more myself that I cant just base this research on why do men take advantage of women so I had to go into more details about my question and had to answer other questions such as why women take advantage and why they are victimized.

Will i get bored or tired taking communications as a major?

Moving on to one of my last post, My search to see if journalism is really what i want to go to school for is coming to end soon but i went on a website called World Wide Learn and looked up some things on communications and it showed me some other career oppportunities that you could do that I didn't know about besides journalism of course. But none of them pertained to me at all.

After speaking with my English teacher I decided slightly alter my question. I really want to know what women can do to prevent themselves from being victimized? I started my search in trying to find out the different ways men victimize women.

I feel like women let there self become victimized because they swallow there pride and let men get there way. Women tend to fall more for the words then what they really want in a man. Men have the upperhand because they lower them in with than upper ego mantality. Most women will fall more for a guy thats spending money and saying what they want to hear and they think they are using them when they are becoming the victim.

Now moving on I found a article that relate to how women view casual sex compared to men: Eden, Dawn. "Casual sex is a con: women just aren't like men." January 14, 2007 .

Another way a women can become a victim is if they are manipulative a recent article relates to this:Feeny, Katherine. "Are modern men more manipulative than women?." January 22, 2008 .

During my school fight week three

During my search this week i found out a lot of stuff and i was really excited. Bulling is an act of indenturing causing harm to other through verbal harassment, and physical. I also found out that even in some U.S states that it is against the law to bully others that surprised me.a question did you know that bulling can occur any were? yup it happens anywhere or example schools of course, religious communities, your workplace Even in your own home neighborhood.Bullying can be serious and even fatal this behavior is a risk that can spike stress levels and can even cause illnesses in some cases can also even lead to suicide. Many kids are facing bully's these days in school about 160,000 percent of children each day refuse to go to school because they dread the physical and verbal abuse and aggression that there classmate or classmates may be casein them. and while on my search i found out that almost 30percent of teens are involved in school bulling as a bully target or just a plan old bully there self.
What is sad about this is that howw many kids are involved in this and what kid of kids that are. Which are mostly teenage boys they are more likely to bully others and also to be the target of others then ladys. While looking up my topic i have found so many facts and have seen so many videos and have read so many stories about kids who have been bullied and it very sad because its all true and people can't say that they can't see it going on around them cause its a lie cause bullies now a days just do it out in the open they just dont care and i know this because i see kids get bullied everday from when i get on the bus to come to school to when i walk of the bus to go home and thats the truth. And another thing i dont think its ever going to stop because there is to much violence out there that is getting in to these young peoples head but thats my opinion.

Ashley Smith,school bulling,period 9 "bullying wikipedia." wikipedia. 2008. 14 May 2008 .

Business Administration: Final Week

As I round the corner to the finish line of answering my essential question, I felt as if I didn't get in depth information on, what exactly is business administration. Since it is basically all of my essential question I wanted to go back and look it up, so I would be able to describe what business administration is in detail. So I went to wikipedia for the answer, there I found that business administration, "consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions. Administration can be defined as the universal process of organizing people and resources efficiently so as to direct activities toward common goals and objectives."(Administration (business) ). I loved this definition because I can see myself doing this type of work for the rest of my life but then this triggered another question that goes into more detail, what does an administrators job on a daliy bases? "Administrators, broadly speaking, engage in a common set of functions to meet the organization's goals. These "functions" of the administrator were described by Henry Fayol.", I also found this info from the wikipedia article. I feel this last bit of research really helped me truly understand the concept of business administration.


*"Administration (business)." wikipedia. wikipedia.com. 14 May 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_administration

Do i have the voice for journalism??

I researched on google on this certain question and found some keys to becoming a public speaker. It's a couple of steps that I would like to mention in my blog. Voice volume is one of them and I feel that i have the proper volume because of the fact i've been told that I was loud. Clarity in your voice is another one of the qualities that you must have to be a good public speaker. Variation, resonance, speaking with confidence and conviction are other qualities that you must have to become a successful public speaker.
Increasing your impact I think is very important because alot of people are good speakers but if what your saying isn't impacting anyone than what your saying is useless. gathering your thoughts together is another important thing you should have because you don't want to just "burble" out anything. That's a weakness for me because it takes me a while to gather my thoughts together so that's something i'm definitely have to work on.
Body language and posture is something that i'm very good at and something that I don't need to work on I think. Communication with others with more ease and less effort is a plus and a negative for me because i think i put in too much effort with more ease. I have it kind of backwards.
Altogether I think that if i pursued this public speaking thing enough that I acn pursue it and make it something that I'm really good at.
www.training-classes.com/learn_k/p/u/b/public-speaking/

Business Administration: Week 3

As I continue on my search to discovering if a degree in business administration is right for me, I realize that my search is almost complete. With every week that passes I find myself being buried in more information that continues to please me. I really am interested in pursuing a degree in business now and I only have a few unanswered questions left. Like I already know what the salaries are like for graduates but what jobs can I look forward to? And even more important would I enjoying working in those positions? So I went to WikiAnswers, there I found that, "Any entry level office type job might be a possibility. Accounting, Human Resources, Customer Service, Sales, Receptionist, or Administrative Assistant." for business graduates (What jobs...?). I like this answer because it means that I have an wide ranger of occupational Fields to choose from. Which really suites me because I like the feeling of freedom I get from having different options available to me, this way I will never feel trapped into something I am not like to do. What's even better is that I like all the jobs listed because I get to work hands on with the community no matter which one I choose. I'm a people person and always wanted a job that included interaction with lots of different people on a daily bases. Also the websites says that with a degree in business, one can "Either go on to higher degrees or work your way up." This means that as I continue with my education and work experience my rank in a company will only rise to better positions and I won't be stuck with the same boring job the rest of my life, but instead be able to continue challenging myself.

All signs point to YES, when it comes down to if a business degree is right for me! I think I have found my calling.

"What jobs can you get with an associate's degree in business administration?." wikiAnswers. 8 May 2008 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_jobs_can_you_get_with_an_associate's_degree_in_business_administration

What Resources Are Available For An Abused Child? What Can Other People Do To Help?

I have found that there are many resources available for abused chidren and there are many things that can be done to help them. The child could tall someone that this is going on or maybe a friend or family member could have noticed some signs. Either way someone can talk to the parent(s) about the abuse.The person should call the police or Child Protective Services (CPS) if the abuse is severe or doesnt stop after talking to the parent(s). Also there is a program called Childhelp, Childhelp is a national organization that provides crisis assistance with other counseling and referral services. They have a 24 hour hotline where you can call to repor abuse or you can call if you need to talk to someone. All calls are anonymous.

Now on to more research....

Now I wanna try to get more into my question. I learned that men do have more advantage, but now I would like to know do you think woman let men take advantage or in some cases do men just lower them in to get what they want. So I took the time to ask some class mates:

First I asked from a female point of view so i asked D Hardy.She agree that some women do because cant nobody make you do something you dont want to do in life.

Next I asked from a male point of view I asked Anthony.He agree that men just lower them in because we know we got the upper hand when it come down to the relationship.

Then I asked Olivia which had a point of view of both parts. Yes i agree because sometime you suspose to let men feel powerful in the relationship. Some women let men brain wash there minds to lead them on and they get what they want.

Finally another male poin of view Corey.I think guys do take avantage,but at the same time all guys arent the same.

Me personally I do agree with there answers. I feel that its the best of both even thoe men do have more power and tend to take more advantage.The women comes in to play because we tend to fall more for words which make us more vunerable to be taken advantage and thats when men get what they want. So I did successfully answer my question.