Interviews Gone So Wrong!

This is a perfect example of interviews gone wrong. I don't know about you but being on your cell phone and saying you can bring "sexy back" is not the right way to respond in an interview. These are some funny job interview answers. Hopefully none of these candidates were hired.

MySpace Outage Leaves Millions Friendless

This article was very interesting; over the years the term “friend” has gained much more meaning. Everyone knows that one person with over two thousand Facebook friends, but the question is dose that person actual have a friendship with all those two thousands friends. My assumption is probably not. I think that social networking has changed our view on what a “friend” is. Don’t get me wrong I think Facebook and other social networking sites are great. They help you remain in contact with friends in your country as well as in other countries.  I think some people go a little bit over board when adding friends. To me a friend is someone who I could call and have a comfortable conversation or someone I could call in an emergency, not somebody who just pops up occasionally in my news’s feed. If Facebook disappeared I know I wouldn’t become friendless. I would still maintain my close friendships. 

Commencement Address

The reading I enjoyed most this week was the Commencement Address by John Stewart. I thought his piece was not the typical speech you here at graduation it had a little bit of a twist. He stressed that the real world is very flawed which is very true.  The most inspiring part of his speech was when he reassured the graduates that no matter what happens in their new lives they are smart and sharp enough to find solutions to their challenges. I really enjoyed this piece because it made me reflect on my graduation. At my graduation I was honored to give a speech because I was vice president of the class. My class lost two students to death both my car accidents, one our senior year and one our sophomore year. The president and myself gave a speech that we not only conquered high school we learned coping skills and real life challenges. High school isn’t meant to be perfect and sometimes you learn skills out of it that you never would before. John Stewarts speech to me was excellent and very though provoking and honest.  

Assumptions of Community

Only In A Perfect World! 

 I do not agree with the assumption that communities accept you for who you are. I think naturally we all change to fit in with our communities. Everyone naturally wants to be accepted. While discussing this assumption in class I immediately thought of the movie Mean Girls. The main character was a down to earth girl who drastically changed into a popular girl without  even realizing she was changing. In a perfect world communities would accept us for who we really are. I think everyone should stay true to themselves. I know it today's society that is a hard task, but how can you be happy if your not being your self? 

My visual collage is coming along well.  I have all the pictures and words I am going to be using. I just need to work on the design portion of it. 

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My favorite reading from this week was the High School’s Secret Life. I found that the reading was very relatable to my high school experience.  It was interesting how the writer used the term tribe to describe the different groups of friends. When I reflect back on my high school experience that’s exactly how it was. I went to a vocational school; all the different shops would sit together. I was in Dental Assisting and our shop ever year sat in the exact same table every year. Every shop sat in there own section just like a tribe would. I believe that who you hang out with in a way shapes your identify whether you want it to or not. Who you hang out says a lot about you. Usually you hang out with people with common interests. For example if you hang out with a group of people who parties, people are going to perceive you as partier.