Some people believe that getting plastic surgery are going to live a happier life. That might actually be true considering how jugmental and superficial people can be. But despite all that, is what we have on the inside what truly matters.
Plastic surgery has become a very popular procedure. (A few years ago, plastic surgery wasn't for everyone.) First of all, people didn't know as much as they do now about it, it wasn't as affordable as it is now, and it wasn't as safe. For the most part, men and women who would have plastic surgery done would do it because they really needed it, it wasn't as much as a "I don't look like a super model" thing but a "I have a medical condition" matter.
There are doctors out there that don't have any working ethics and don't tell their pacients about the risks and side effects of getting surgery done. (Young people these days are growing up in a world where being a size 0 is the ideal look, it doesn't matter if you have to starve yourself and do exercise for hours and hours to achieve this goal.) We have learned that we need to do whatever it takes to look like the models we see in magazines or we will not be accepted in the society.
A long time ago people wasn't as obssesed as they are now about getting plastic surgery. There are people that become obssesed with it put themselves at risk getting things done that don't even need, knowing how dangerous it is to go under the anesthetics.
What we really need to learn is that it doesn't matter if we don't look the way we want, or weight what others say we should weight. What matters is that we accept others for who they are, what they can bring to our lives and how they can make us better people. What matter is to stay healthy and be with people that will love us for what we out on the inside and not what we look like or what size pants we wear.
P.S. I didn't know how to underline my main points so I used parenthesis!! Hope you like my essay.
Friday, April 18, 2008
about better man...
We had to answer three questions about the lyrics of "better man" by Robbie Williams for our 8th level english and here they are...
What's the man in the song asking God for?
He's asking God to help him be a better person. He's in a lot of pain and he thinks that's the way he has to make up for what he's done wrong.
Is love important in your life?
Yes, it is. Love is the main thing for me, because I think that if I didn't have the love of my family and the people around me, and I didn't love them, I wouldn't be strong enough to go through the toughest of things.
Do you like the song? Yes/no. Why?
I do like it! I'm a very religious person and I tend to like the songs that have something about God in them, even if it's just a little bit. I think we all need to have someone or something to turn to, to ask for help and forgiveness, and we all definately need something to believe in.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Teen Pregnancy & Parenting
I wrote this essay because I know many young girls who are not informed and end up being teen parents...
You sit there tense, your face is turning cherry red, your eyes are fixed on the little white machine, and you feel like the suspense is killing you, two minutes seem like forever. All of the sudden you see a “+.” You’re 15 and pregnant. What are you going to do now? Jessica Inhoff, a junior at Grant, tells us what she did when she found out she was pregnant with her son last year. She said that she was overly surprised and didn’t know what to do. She didn’t want to have to be there when her parents found out, so she just left a note on the table and went to work. Luckily for her, her parents were remarkably supportive, and still help her out as much as they can with her son. Her mother watches Kyle every day while she is at school, and will baby-sit one night a week, so Jessica can go out and still be a kid. According to the Oregon Health Division, during 1997 in Multnomah County, 654 girls between the ages of 10 and 17 got pregnant and kept their babies. Between 1974 and 1998 pregnancy for teens between the ages 15 and 19 increased by 200 percent. Also once the babies are born to teen mothers they are more than twice as likely to have a lower birth weight than those born to older mothers, which can cause major health risks. It makes babies more likely to die within the first 2 days of life. All those unwanted pregnancies among teens cost U.S. taxpayers almost 7 billion each year. One question you should ask yourself before you decide to have sex is; Am I ready to be a mother or a father? If you can answer yes to all the questions below, you are ready to go out Saturday night and decide by having sex with them, to tell your boyfriend/girlfriend, “Hey honey, I want us to have a baby!” 1. Could I handle a baby and a job at the same time? Would I have enough time and energy for both? 2. How would a child interfere with my growth and development? Would I finish school and would I be able to go to college and get the career I want while caring for a child? 3. Can I afford to support a child? Do I know how much it takes to raise a child? 4. Am I willing to give a great part of my life – at least 18 years – to being responsible for a child? And spend a large portion of my life concerned with my child’s well being? 5. Do I like doing things with children? Do I enjoy activities that children can do? Do I like cleaning up children’s messes and do I want to have a child around me 24-7? 6. What do I do when I get angry or upset? Would I take things out on my child if I lost my temper? 7. Could my partner and I give a child a good home? Is our relationship a happy and strong one? Do we want to have to be connected for the reast of our lives, until death do us part? As Leslie Clark, an alumnus from Grant, figured out, having a baby and being in high school is a hard job. She had to skip the last couple months of her senior year to have her baby, which put her behind a year and not able to graduate with her class. She had a hard time raising her son Allyn on her own for the first five years, but luckily after that she and Allyn’s dad started dating again, and ended up getting married. Seventeen years have now passed, and she is a happily married certified public accountant. Jessica Inhoff is now experiencing the responsibilities of being a teen mother, which she says, are “endless.” A normal day goes like this for Jessica; she gets up at 6, after being awake half the night (with her son’s wake up calls at 12:30 and 3 A.M.), and goes to school. She goes through six rigorous classes and then leaves during seventh period to go home and take care of her son, so her mother can have a break from babysitting. For the next three hours she changes diapers, cleans up his messes, plays with him, and does her homework all at the same time. At 5P.M, she makes them dinner, and feeds both herself and her son. Then from then until 8:30, they take a bath, play, and she gets him ready for bed. At 9P.M, he’s usually finally asleep. Now she has a little time to herself to do her homework and maybe watch TV until she falls asleep, to wake up again at 12:30 and calm a crying baby. There are many ways that you can try to prevent pregnancy, but the most effective is abstinence. Other methods of birth control include condom use, Depo-Provera, the pill, and a few that other not as popular methods for teens (for example Norplant and a Diaphragm.) For more information on how to prevent pregnancy you can talk to your doctor or pay a visit to Grant’s School Based Health Clinic, where everything is confidential. Try to be careful, and hopefully you will never have to go through the rigors of being a pregnant teen or parent.
You sit there tense, your face is turning cherry red, your eyes are fixed on the little white machine, and you feel like the suspense is killing you, two minutes seem like forever. All of the sudden you see a “+.” You’re 15 and pregnant. What are you going to do now? Jessica Inhoff, a junior at Grant, tells us what she did when she found out she was pregnant with her son last year. She said that she was overly surprised and didn’t know what to do. She didn’t want to have to be there when her parents found out, so she just left a note on the table and went to work. Luckily for her, her parents were remarkably supportive, and still help her out as much as they can with her son. Her mother watches Kyle every day while she is at school, and will baby-sit one night a week, so Jessica can go out and still be a kid. According to the Oregon Health Division, during 1997 in Multnomah County, 654 girls between the ages of 10 and 17 got pregnant and kept their babies. Between 1974 and 1998 pregnancy for teens between the ages 15 and 19 increased by 200 percent. Also once the babies are born to teen mothers they are more than twice as likely to have a lower birth weight than those born to older mothers, which can cause major health risks. It makes babies more likely to die within the first 2 days of life. All those unwanted pregnancies among teens cost U.S. taxpayers almost 7 billion each year. One question you should ask yourself before you decide to have sex is; Am I ready to be a mother or a father? If you can answer yes to all the questions below, you are ready to go out Saturday night and decide by having sex with them, to tell your boyfriend/girlfriend, “Hey honey, I want us to have a baby!” 1. Could I handle a baby and a job at the same time? Would I have enough time and energy for both? 2. How would a child interfere with my growth and development? Would I finish school and would I be able to go to college and get the career I want while caring for a child? 3. Can I afford to support a child? Do I know how much it takes to raise a child? 4. Am I willing to give a great part of my life – at least 18 years – to being responsible for a child? And spend a large portion of my life concerned with my child’s well being? 5. Do I like doing things with children? Do I enjoy activities that children can do? Do I like cleaning up children’s messes and do I want to have a child around me 24-7? 6. What do I do when I get angry or upset? Would I take things out on my child if I lost my temper? 7. Could my partner and I give a child a good home? Is our relationship a happy and strong one? Do we want to have to be connected for the reast of our lives, until death do us part? As Leslie Clark, an alumnus from Grant, figured out, having a baby and being in high school is a hard job. She had to skip the last couple months of her senior year to have her baby, which put her behind a year and not able to graduate with her class. She had a hard time raising her son Allyn on her own for the first five years, but luckily after that she and Allyn’s dad started dating again, and ended up getting married. Seventeen years have now passed, and she is a happily married certified public accountant. Jessica Inhoff is now experiencing the responsibilities of being a teen mother, which she says, are “endless.” A normal day goes like this for Jessica; she gets up at 6, after being awake half the night (with her son’s wake up calls at 12:30 and 3 A.M.), and goes to school. She goes through six rigorous classes and then leaves during seventh period to go home and take care of her son, so her mother can have a break from babysitting. For the next three hours she changes diapers, cleans up his messes, plays with him, and does her homework all at the same time. At 5P.M, she makes them dinner, and feeds both herself and her son. Then from then until 8:30, they take a bath, play, and she gets him ready for bed. At 9P.M, he’s usually finally asleep. Now she has a little time to herself to do her homework and maybe watch TV until she falls asleep, to wake up again at 12:30 and calm a crying baby. There are many ways that you can try to prevent pregnancy, but the most effective is abstinence. Other methods of birth control include condom use, Depo-Provera, the pill, and a few that other not as popular methods for teens (for example Norplant and a Diaphragm.) For more information on how to prevent pregnancy you can talk to your doctor or pay a visit to Grant’s School Based Health Clinic, where everything is confidential. Try to be careful, and hopefully you will never have to go through the rigors of being a pregnant teen or parent.
FORZA AZZURRI!!!
You are probably wonder why I posted this picture.. Well, I'm a soccer freak :D and since my whole family is italian.. well, I love the italian soccer team. This is a picture from the last World Cup, which by the way, WE WON!!! FORZA ITALIA PER SEMPRE!!!
Better man
Here's the link and the lyrics to a song we had to listen to in class, it's called better man, hope you all enjoy it as much as I did... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbQpSUzEn6I
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man
Go easy on my conscience
'Cause it's not my fault
I know I've been taught
To take the blame
Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I'm in pain
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man
Once you've found that lover
You're homeward bound
Love is all around Love is all around
I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doin' all
I can To be a better man
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man
Go easy on my conscience
'Cause it's not my fault
I know I've been taught
To take the blame
Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I'm in pain
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man
Once you've found that lover
You're homeward bound
Love is all around Love is all around
I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doin' all
I can To be a better man
Friday, April 4, 2008
This is me...
this is an 8-line poem that I had to write for my level 8 english class. Is about me so everyone can get to know me a little bit. Here it is...
Carla ....
outgoing, trusting, pasionate, and loving. daughter of Patrizia
who loves music, soccer games, and good food
who is afraid of mice, ghosts, and airplanes
who wants to see the countries not go to wars, no more poor people, and no racism. She currently lives in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Mother Nature
Here's another poem so you can see what I think about nature and how much I like it...
Nature
Beautiful, enyoable
Refreshing, awakening and relaxing
Nature is overwhelming
Healthy
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