Tuesday, July 17, 2012


Many struggles can be seen by reading Wong's struggle to be an All American Girl. Wong wanted her readers to understand her struggles with being American on the inside, and Chinese on the outside. I feel Wong is speaking to young readers who may be going through some of the same experiences she did. These experiences include: walking to the school that lingered of mothballs or dirty closets, sitting in an empty auditorium in small chairs, and seeing the American flag, knowing what it stood for, and comparing it to the flag of her heritage. An intriguing fact about Wong is although she was Chinese, she still aimed to be the All American Girl. Wong was set free from the Chinese way of life allowing her to pursue her dream of being the All American Girl.

Obama Care is a plan to change health care insurance, and make it more affordable for everyone. There are so many thing to consider when looking at Obama Care. There are so many people including me that do not understand how Obama Care is going to work. I have been reading thing form the internet, and there are some positive, and negative points. The major positive is more people would be insured, and there would be lives saved because they could go to the doctor sooner. The negative side for me is will it really be affordable to the hard working middle class because just

because the government is saying it is. I know from when I was out of a job and on unemployment it was hard to pay rent, and utility bill. If I would have had to pay for health insurance It would not have been affordable if it had been 10 dollars.

I have mixed feeling about Obama Care. Yes I can see the upside and the downside to the plan but when it comes down is it going to work the way it should. I hear people say it not right for the government to tell us we have to get health insurance, but how is that different than having to have car insurance.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Academic integrity is nothing to play with as a student in a college or university. It is taken very seriously. Teachers and professors expect students to do their own work so that they can take advantage of their education. If a student uses information from any source available to them, they must cite this source. If they do not cite sources properly it is considered plagarism or cheating. Plagarism and cheating is not, nor should it be, tolerated. If a student uses someone elses ideas or words, they need to own up to it and not try to steal it. Everyone works just as hard as the next person and should get credit for that work.