Future at Risk

Childhood obesity like climate change: Outlook is up in the air   

            "Obesity"  has  become  an  epidemic  among  Americans  childs  in  society,  affecting  approximately  13  million Americans  childs,  as  a  result  of  this  obesity  epidemic  is  putting   future  generations   on  a  high  risk  of  having  heart  dicease.  "Does  elevated  blood  pressure  in  a  child  put  her  at  risk  of  a  heart  attack  —  now  or  later?  If  a  chubby  child's  bad  cholesterol  numbers  revert  to  normal  as  she  grows  up  and  slims  down,  does  she  retain  a  greater-than-normal  likelihood  of  developing  cardiovascular  disease?  Will  the  abnormally  thickened  heart  muscle  of  an  obese,  sedentary  boy  correct  itself  if  he  becomes  a  veggie-chomping  gym  rat,  or  will  it  always  threaten  him  with  the  prospect  of  chest  pain,  shortness  of  breath  and  sudden  death?"  (Melissa Healy).  These  are  the  questions  many  people  might  be  wondering  about,  facts have  proved  that  todays  kids  are  having  weights  problems because  of the  fast food  restaurants and  the unhealthy  food  they consume  each  day.  Future  generations  might  not arrive  at  older  ages.

Childhood Obesity They Know the Solution, They Don't do Anything About It

Childhood Obesity 

Childhood obesity, a problem that society is facing knowing the solution but not doing anything.

"40-day Course @ the Wilderness, away from civilization"

For  my  personal  choice  I'm  going  to  pick  "40-day  Course  @  the  Wilderness,  away  from  civilization"  Last  summer  (2011)  I  got  the  chance  to  go  into  a  40 - Day  trip  at  the  wilderness.  I got  into  a program  that  gives  the  opportunity  to  students  like  me  to  go  into  summer  trips  and  experience  situations  where  they  put  themselves   into  challenges  they  never  could  think  of  one  day  doing  it,  also  this  trip  gives  a whole  transformation  to  its  participants throughout leadership  activities.

Getting the Work Done

This is the link of Going for the Look essay

The Story You’ll Never Know

Hey! This is Jop.  I'm a teen of 17 years old.  I'm from a beautiful little  town called Indaparapeo, Michoacán, Mexico.  I've been living almost all my life in Mexico (Best country in the whole world & the most delicious food you're ever eat) until my 14th birthday that my parents decided it be a good idea to move to the United States of America. Every immigrant comes to the U.S.A. looking for the American Dream.  When I first stepped on American territory I didn't know what was going on.  Recognizing my benefit at the age of 14 years old, without having any idea my brother, my sister and I went to school.  Strange people talking in strange languages.  They ask me who am I? Where I come from?  Forced to learn the language without knowing how much was left, like my mom always looking for the exit.  

I’m that type of girl that can be so hurt but can still look at you and smile.  The type of girl who is willing to brighten your day even if I can’t brighten my own.. I’m a down to earth girl when you get to know me, but at first I’m shy and timid.  I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best…  I believe in staying true to my inner self, always keeping my head up high and standing up for myself.  My family is first the rest is secondary.  Material shits come and go through my life, it's better to never get attach to it.  Real friends are the one around when everyone else is gone.  I also think in order to have great friends I must first become one.  I have no regrets of my mistakes in fact that's what makes us humans.  The essential is to always learn from them.  Our journey on this earth is short so I cherish every single day and I breathe like it's the last one.  I love people who can make me laugh I am convinced laughter can cure a multitudes of ills.  Children make my heart melt like chocolate and I enjoy being around them.  I love my independence and have work hard to earn it.  But there's nothing you cannot do if you just put your mind into it.  That's the beauty of the will... Now the big question: What you think about love?? Well, I think love should be about respect, trust, patience, complicity, loyalty and appreciating your other half while you still with them.  I am also convinced that worrying about people in your past is wrong, because there's a main reason why they didn’t make it to your future.  If you need them back in your life, they'll come back.  You have exactly who you need right now, and destiny will put anyone you do or do not need where they should be.  My view on religion is simple: The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world by the way I am Catholic.  And last but not least haters: I think it's pathetic to see jealousy and envy in their eyes they obviously don’t have a life of their own so they badmouth or judge mine...there’s no place for unconfident and envious people in my life.  So that's it my sweets hope this gives you a little perspective of my complex personality.

-"I’m the author of my life;& Unfortunately I'mwriting in pen!"

"Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination"

I just finished reading “Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination” and I am kind of familiar with this controversial situation going around the world.  Basically the article “Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination” talks about stores and businesses hiring people by the way they look, by their appearance and especially by the “American style” and not for their knowledge and experience that is something that a business should look in the people they are hiring.  This article (“Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination”) contains a few examples of people trying to find a job that actually they have the experience and knowledge about the job tasks and they had been rejected because they do not fit in with the “classic American” style businesses and companies are looking for, just because those companies, businesses, stores, etc. think that by hiring persons that have good looking, good experience and have the “classic American” style customers are going to buy their products and their businesses’ sales are going to go up.  Sadly this is true, people buy things just because they see propaganda on TV or in the same stores, or even normal people with nice look, nice faces wearing clothes and shoes looking like models, like on the Billboards or Nuestra Belleza (Beauty Contest) they see the way clothes and shoes look on them and they like it so they buy those clothes and shoes thinking they are going to look just like them or even better.  No matter what the purpose think or do they always going to buy products because of the good convincible propaganda businesses make.  From my own point of view all this thing about the good looking is true.  In all the stores that I go there always white people working just because they qualify for the “classic American” style, but not all the stores, companies or businesses do the same thing as the other companies, some stores that I’ve been in like Levi’s, that is a store where the “classic American style” does not work, the employees in there are Mexicans Americans, Asian Americans , and some white people; but of course they have a good looking and actually they wear Levi’s products making the customers think that Levis’ products look good on every person that wears them.  Some businesses have diversity among their employees and that’s a very good thing because now in days businesses need to have some bilingual employees in any case a customer comes into the store or business and does not have the knowledge of English, also businesses should have on mind that having to hire employees with good looking but not having knowledge at all of the tasks that have to be done it can bring them a lot of problems with their business. Well-known stores are like a models’ foot-bridge, because you basically will find walking billboards around the store. The marketing world is very competitive because now every company has its own models, and people go to those stores where they will find the one who like them most. Now to convince someone to buy something is very easy, because the company just has to have an attractive representative wearing the products and that is it. Appearance is something that counts a lot in today’s world because you will get a job depending on how presentable you are. People will treat you based on your outward show.