It's Halloween!!!!!!

It’s Halloween!!!                                                           

Halloween is a fun holiday for kids, they get to play dress up in any characters they desire. Walking door to door and asking for candy have to be lots of fun for all of them. As an adult Halloween left me with a bitter taste because of my experience four years ago. The company I used to work for suggested everyone to dress up because they were going to have a Halloween costume contest. The employee came in with some of the most beautiful and creative customer I have ever seen. To make a long story short, around 11:00 AM that day we felt a sudden calmness in the office, then one by one they begin calling people whether you were wearing costume or not, and little by little I beginning noticing the sudden mood change amongst my peers. The company was downsizing and many employees were getting the pink slip and the sad part was leaving the office while wearing your Halloween costume.

 

 

 

 

Genetically Modified Babies

While watching 60 minutes this past Sunday, I discovered the latest procedure on making babies. There were two people that signed up to have thier babies genetically modified meaning Doctors will use a  technique that will change every cells in the bodies of children born as a result of their use, and these alterations would be passed down to future generations.
The F.D.A. calls them mitochondrial manipulation technologies. The procedures involve removing the nuclear material either from the egg or embryo of a woman with inheritable mitochondrial disease and inserting it into a healthy egg or embryo of a donor whose own nuclear material has been discarded. Any offspring would carry genetic material from three people — the nuclear DNA of the mother and father, and the mitochondrial DNA of the donor.
Roughly 1,000 to 4,000 children born in the United States each year will develop a mitochondrial disease, most by age 10, with symptoms that can range from mild to devastating. These diseases typically prevent mitochondria from converting food into energy and are the result of genetic abnormalities, although some cases can be caused by exposures to toxins. Disorders caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA are passed down from the mother. Their goals are to make a generation of healthy human and eliminate several diseases.
My question is, in the process of making healthy human is it possible we might remove something that didn't need to be removed while playing God.

Stop it!

Saturday morning, I decided to go to the meat market near Lakeworth. I picked that place to shop because the meats are fresh and most of the time never been frozen. The meat market also have other day to day items that I use at home. My shopping cart was more than half full when I proceed to go to the register, I stood there for approximately two to five minutes before the line begin to move. When I reached the register one lady stepped in front of me and asked the cashier if she can pay for three items she had in her hand instead of going all the way to the back of the line. The cashier turned around and asked me if I was ok with that, which I politely say NO. The lady turned toward begin tell me how rude I was for not allowing her to pay for her stuff. I don't believe I was in the wrong for not allowing her to pay in front of me. I was in the hurry just like her and I think I was within my right to say NO.

My opinion (blog 1)

 In the past 10 years, University books has been on the rise. Books went up 85%. Each semester the majorities of universities recommended all students to purchase the latest book for their classes. Most students have to buy those books out of pocket while the only difference between the previous books might be between one or two chapters. This is a rip off!

Here at South University, we are no different than those universities; perhaps a great suggestion to conquer this issue is for our University to provide us a tablet with all the books.

Just a suggestion!

Blogging in school.

I read blog all the time but never knew in a million years that I will be seating here blogging about anything. Blogging in school can be really productive. we get to share our intellectual and our opinion in certain topics. I do not like to write, better yet someone reading and judging my writing skills. after reading several of the blogs from other student I am convince that one of the reason why my English professor created this blog is to force us to write which normally we wouldn't, interesting umh! I am looking forward to share many ideas with you/.

Scholarship program

South University has many scholarship program for severals career choices except Business Administration. I believe if they focuse on student education equality, they might be able to  refocused their reseach. Last week, South University send out a mass email informing and encouragering all student to apply for a $500.00 scholarship while a semeter can cost about up to  $5000.00 or more.