Death

How does a family decide what to do when someone is practically brain dead? I spent the night getting a hold of family members that are outside of the country to tell them that their dad was going to be dead in a couple of days. Yet I feel nothing, just empty. How do you figure out what's best for everyone and get a funeral in order? I watched my cousin cry but could not cry myself. Work only lets people off for three days once a death take places, how do you get everything in order and set up in only three days?

Flys

Why are fly's so annoying? They fly around your room making a buzzy sound. They eat their food regurgitate the food and then eat it again. I think that's kinda gross. I get that spiders eat them but they are super annoying to have around. Why do they exist?

Pictures

Tonight at dinner I was talking to my parents about graduation. I brought up how my grandma is probably going to make an album out of all the pictures she's going to get from her grandchildren when we graduate. There's five of us total graduating on my dad's side alone. My mom thinks that my cousins and I should make my grandma poster of all of us graduating in 2013. While that's a good idea I feel like its leaving out the other four cousin. I can't decide if it's a good idea or not, what do you think?

Picking up the peices

So I was listening to this song that's by a British artist and the whole song is about how she's dating this guy but he only sees his ex-girlfriend when he's with her and she doesn't know what to do. So I'm wondering if it's possible to be with someone but only see the previous person you were with and act like the person they're with is the other person.

Left alone

Tonight after the 3-4 class I teach there was this little girl that couldn't find her dad. No one knew where he was. I went to the front desk to see if they could pull up her number but I needed her name. She told me that her name was Youyou, that wasn't her name. When the main instructor came back with the class list we found out that she had an older sister that wouldn't be done with lessons until 8. That meant that this little girl would be left alone for forty five minutes. I don't understand how a father assumes that a little 3 or 4 year old can just sit in a studio where people are constantly in and out alone. She was allowed to hang out with the people at the front desk while she waited. I feel like it was very irresponsible for him to just leave her there.
Do you think it is okay to leave children alone for more then a few minutes without supervision?

The other day at dance my ballet technique teacher called Katie Lewis by my name. I thought it was weird cause most of the time my dance instructors can remember my name since in most cases I'm the only Asian in any number of the dance classes that I am in. I started thinking and realized how strange it was that I thought that. I usually don't notice when I'm the only minority in a room, but I did that particular day.
To what extent does race play a role in everyday life without racism?

Sizes and dresses

I work in a clothing store at Ridgedale Mall. It's a little boutique by the bathroom. All the clothes in there are specific to one type of women. They're all meant for skinny people, a lot of the time tall. The average women is not a size 0. It makes me feel bad when women come in looking at all the clothes and think that they're pretty, yet they can not wear it. I don't think it's okay to single out women's body types but I obviously do not get a say in the sizes that are in there.


On another note I do get a say in the dresses that will be coming in for Snowdazs season and Prom. I know everyone has a different style but I would appreciate it if you could give me some ideas for dresses to bring in. So girls tell me what you would like to wear. Guys tell me what you want the girls to wear.

Children

Today I assisted two dance classes. One class was 5-6 year olds and the other was 3-4 year olds.
Watching them dance it is interesting how different there attention spans are and how quickly they can catch on to simple steps. The 5-6 year olds for the most part were able to catch on to the different "positions" fairly quickly, with the exception of one or two who would rather goof around then listen. The 3-4 year olds were very rowdy. Then again there were quite a few more of them then in the 5-6 class. With only one instructor and two assistants it becomes increasingly difficult to give each one attention. It reminded me of how big some of classes are with forty students but with only one teacher. It doesn't matter how old you get, everyone learns at a different rate. Smaller class sizes receive more one on one time with the teachers and or assistants which makes it easier to teach them what's going. Overall in my opinion I think that in a learning environment class sizes should be at a smaller size to be able help each student.

Lunch Room Changes

Are the new changes to the lunch room efficient?

I think that the old system worked fine. With all the changes that happen every year the lunch room was not need to be changed. From observing during lunch it seems that it takes much longer for people to get through the lines then it used to. I went through them once and it took forever to get from point A to point B. I used to be able to get in and out of there pretty quickly if I chose to. Forcing people to take milk with their meal is wasteful. Many people are lactose in tolerant and can't even drink it. Another portion of people don't even drink milk. By forcing people to take it, it's wasting more then is need to.

Gender, What does gender have to do with anything?

Gender has to do with everything unfortunately.  The minute we're born, we're put into gender roles. Girls are supposed to wear pinks, reds, and purples. Boys are supposed to wear blues and greens. People automatically assume that girls have longer hair then boys, so they put bows in girls hair until it grows longer. Girls are supposed to wear dresses and skirts, if a boy says he wants to wear one it is frowned upon. People should be able to wear whatever they'd like without being put into gender stereotypes. In the workforce men are CEO's of companies more often then women. Even though in some cases women are able to break through the glass ceiling, in many cases they are not able to. While our society has come a long way in society to make men and women equal, there is still a long way to go.

Something to think about, What would you like to change to make gender roles equal?