As far as the writing aspect of this semester I haven’t learned anything new. That’s not to say that I thought this semester was useless but I’ve been in journalism since early high and all three years of college so most of the topic taught this semester weren’t new to me. The one thing that I did learn about was twitter. I had no clue what this way. I didn’t realize that people were so connected to the world. I also realized how prominent blog is. I guess you can say that I have extremely behind and disconnected from the world around me. Both of these are awesome ways to get good info in a quick and easy way. And that’s what our generation is all about right? Quick and Easy wins the race! The other thing that I learned while working on our paper was communication. Communication is always key in any type of relationship personal and work related. It was a little difficult this semester because most of our staff was new. If they were not new to the staff they were new in their positions. Fortunately since we’re all new to this game we were able to relate and it all came together really well. I enjoyed this semester a lot. The only thing that I would change would be the lack of photography. Seeing as photographs are a big part of the paper there should be more about them and the people of take them.

Rape Crisis Center

Ok so Nov. 11th will be my first day of training for the rape crisis center. I'm a little anxious about it. I really feel passionate about working with people in these situations yet i feel like my passion and sensitivity to their pain they have gone through may effect me to the point where i will be hindered by it. It could cause me not to be able to do my job. What good am i to them if i cant do my job and help them cope. 

There are two jobs that i can volunteer to do: hotline and/or hospital advocacy. I have chosen to be a hospital advocate only. As a person who is planning to be a psychologist i don't think that being a hotline operator is the best experience that i can take from this opportunity. i feel like as a psychologist i will have to see my patients face to face,  i will have to not only read their words but body language too. Also there only so much you can do for someone over the phone. Sometime people just need a big hug. 

Only a few days after i first inquired about volunteering with the rape crisis center i was introduced to the movie/documentary "Call and Response." I was in Jeff Mooney hardcore old testament class CST110 (don't laugh, i know its a 100 level class but he is very serious about us actually reading through most of the OT) when i was introduced. Like i said he is a very hardcore man. For those of you who know him, you know that he is also very dedicated to ending the sex slave trade. So in class one day he shares this preview of a movie called "call and response." I was very interested in seeing the movie. Now im not going to lie, i was getting credit for it but the main reason i was going was to support the cause. All the proceeds of the tickets sold went to the helping the children in the sex slave trade. The movie was actually more of a benefit concert in the theaters. There were artists from Moby to Natasha Bedingfield. I believe that Justin Dillion was the one who started it. He, as a musicians could no longer stand back and let these little child be taken advantage of. Justin's response was to put together  this concert for the cause but he knew that if would be really hard to get everyone together so he decided to film it. And that's basically what the film is, they also have some clips of the reality of the cause. They show some of the brothels where children as young as five were being prostituted. It really horrible! The reason that the children are getting younger is because clients want some form of security that the "workers" are not HIV positive and the younger they are the more likely to be virgins. YES virgin!!! These people go to villages and trick the parents of these young girls to make them believe that they will be sent to a go school and be given a good job. The parents are in poverty and want the best for their children even if its them who isn't able to give it to them. It would sound like a great opportunity that any parent who just be stupid not to take. So they take it and most often never hear from their children ever again. The children are gang raped as a way of "breaking them in" And after they are raped their stuff is sown back up so they look like virgins and also so they bleeding like virgins. They are put to work only a few hours after this process.  UGH! it really hurts my heart to here these things. I cant sit back and do nothing this. I have to RESPOND!

Adultery

ok i was driving in my car this morning listening to the radio... when a commercial came on and boy was i in shock. 

The commercial was advertising for a date service, kinda like eHarmony but not!!!! The site is for people that are in relationships and are looking for some fun or excitement out side of their marriage!!!!!! WOW!!!! What has this world come to? Is nothing sacred? Not only is marriage no longer sacred (which we already know by the high divorce rate) but now they are advertising people having an affair. This isn't the first time i heard about this but i guess since it wasn't a direct advertisement i didn't believe it, but wow do i believe it now.

Im sure there's people out there who say "oh well its not the sites fault," to them i say hell yes it is. They are giving dirt-bags ( and i mean men and women) the easy access to cheat on their spouse. UGH!!! What cowards these people are and by this im talking about both the dirt-bags that cheat and the slime-balls that promote it. 

I guess i really shouldn't be surprised seeing as the divorce rate is like 50%. How horrible is that stat.?

What really sux is the little people who get hurt along the way, because of some pretty selfish parents. As a child of spilt parents i know exactly how it feels to be passed around like a ping pong from parent to parent. Being in the middle is not fun at all. Having to hear all the bad stories my mom would tell me about my dad was hard. It hard for me to see him the same every fri @ 8pm when he would pick me up. All i could do is wait til sunday @ 8pm to be returned to my mother. It really took alot to see my dad in a different light.

I just think that people should think long and hard before they get married because its a serious things that involves more than just the two people who make the decision. And if you do get married in a jiffy, think doubly hard about having kids as soon as you get married because, although i don't promote it, if the decision of divorce is finalized there isn't a child stuck b/w the two of parents.

Believe me its hard!

CHAO!

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