July 2012
9 posts
“I think that a sixteen-year-old who has had comprehensive sex education and...”
– Jessica Valenti (via piranhaheart)
Part of my research for the essay will be mirroring the argument for same-sex marriage as was seen during the Civil Rights Movement. Many arguments against same-sex marriage were used by bigots and white supremacists during the 1960s and are just as foolish today as they were then. “If we let blacks and whites marry, people will marry their dogs next,” sounds an awful lot like...
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Research
I am looking for RELIABLE reference material for my honors admission and scholarship essay to FIU. The topic is an argument FOR same-sex marriage. I am looking for legal references to immigration law, adoption law, last will and testament law, hospital visitation, etc. Cultural examples including television shows displaying these are good as well. I will be using at least four episodes of Queer As...
“It turns out your conscious mind — the part you think of as you — is really the...”
– David Eagleman (via kateoplis)
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Clubs; Should I Join?
As someone who is not a fresh out of high school college student, it is hard sometimes to understand that we DO have value to these organizations. At first I was reluctant to join anything. I felt out of place. After the first semester I had a high GPA and was invited to join two clubs as a result. The Honor’s Committee does charity work and promotes academic achievement and community. ...
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Financial Aid
Some changes have been made to the financial aid process this year that are affecting millions of students. The main changes are designed to prevent fraud which had been a major problem for the honest average student. Still this process is creating challenges even for the ones who are in the right.
My experience with this hiccup is far from pleasant. I go to school full-time, though part-time...
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Turning In Papers
Ok, when I was in high school, turning in a paper was simple. You either hand-wrote it in VERY neat handwriting, or typed it up IF you had a computer or typwriter. (Yes, in the mid 90s not everyone had a home computer.) Your teacher would read said paper and give you a grade hoping that you had not bought it from someone and thusly plagerized it. Now they have plagerism software to detect...
This is a place for me to talk about experiences...
I’m a returning student. This means life came up and I had to quit college to make sense of it all a few years ago. Now at 32 I’m back. I hope to share information about my experience with real people, and genuine friends I’ve met along the way. I hope to share information I find about scholarships, living expenses made a little easier, and how to be involved without losing...
