Senior reflection #4

well, im not really sure what to write.its so wierd that i used to think that high school would never end, and now it finally is.everything has become so hectic with some of my friends from other schools graduating before me, finishing finals, grad parties, planning summer before-college trips with my friends, and having relatives visit. It doesnt seem like there's enough time for anything.everything seems to be happening so fast!I'm actually almost sad it's ending, that this part of my life is coming to a close and now i have to start all over again almost.its scary thinking that ill come back from summer vacation to unfamiliar faces.

current event #4-end of china's cheap labor?-http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/china-s-workers-strike-back.html

A)this article was written by Duncan Hewitt from Newsweek. This article is about how foxconn and Honda, two of china's biggest foreign manufacturers have raised the pay for their factory workers. There had been so many strikes, protests, and even suicides that they had no choice but to finally comply.foxconn was only paying their workers $130 a month!workers finally became fed up and because of the continuously enforced one child policy in china, which gives them the advantage of not having as many able workers, the employess had the upper hand. the company has even offered to double what their workers are currently earning in wages. worker shortages, and a new law on labor dispute resolution, has caused the factories to become more desperate for their workers.Though things are looking up for these workers, companies are debating on whether or not to relocate their factories to different countries, in order to get more labor at a cheaper cost.
B)I chose this article because i found it interesting how they finally raised the wages.still, it doesnt seem like enough even if you double the salary. I cant imagine how even one person could survive on $130 a month let alone whole families.Hopefully these new changes stick because these workers are sometimes doing strenuous labor, and for peanuts!its crazy and hopefully it will change someday.

senior reflection #3

Im actually starting to get scared of leaving.even though i moved around a bit as a kid because my dad was in the military, ive spent a good 12 years here. As much as i used to want to leave when i was little and hated virginia, im actually going to miss it.it has been my home for a good chunk of my life and theres alot of memories here.im also scared because once summer hits, i wont have anything really preductive to get college off my mind for that whole month of july.its all i think about.i keep wondering if ill like it, if itll be like the colleges everyone else is going to, if ill like my roommate,if ill get homesick, etc. it sucks waiting like this i just want to get up there now, im so impatient. and also leaving highschool when ive spent four years of my life here. its weird i wont see any familiar faces anymore, im so used to coming back to school after the summer and seeing the same old people.it was kind of comforting. i mean, i like change alot, but im not sure how much i can handle.north dakota is very familiar to me but at the same time its not because ive never lived there for more then a month before.its scary.i feel like im not grown up enough for college and leaving home and being away from my parents.i guess we'll have to see...

current event #3-http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/health/01attention.html?pagewanted=2&ref=health

A) this article was written by Katherine Ellison in the New York Times website. This article is about how doctors are on the look-out for new objective evidence of ADHD(attention deficit hyperactive disorder). This disorder is being overly-diagnosed by doctors.simply, if one cannot concentrate well, they automatically assume its attention deficit and then go to their doctor and get a prescription for a medication they may not even need. it's simply based on paranoia and the thought of being comforted by the fact that all your problems could be fixed by a little pill.not true.most doctors today dont do actual tests on patients in order to diagnose them. they simply give them a sheet of paper with a number of questions on it relating to basic syptoms that pretty much everyone has had at one time or another.pretty much everyone is going around saying they have adhd nowadays, but do they really have it or are they just being peranoid?The article goes on to describe the new test that has been recently developed to accurately diagnose patients for adhd. in the medical world, theyre trying to step up and make it more effecient and easy for people to get the right medical help they need.

B)I chose this article because I was diagnosed with ADD(attention deficit disorder) a more mild case of ADHD.Ive been taking medication for it since grade school and i have recently discovered that i may have not even needed it, because i pay attention fine when im not on it.so I really do think that there are alot of flaws in the medical world. diagnosis for, not only attention disorders but others are so subjective.doctors have really slacked in accurately treating patients that they just go and prescribe medication right off the bat.It's crazy. we pay money so we can have good medical attention when needed and we arent getting the most out of what we pay for.so many kids today are going around with adhd pills even when they dont really need them and have been improperly diagnosed. the pills have side effects that can be potentially dangerous to those that dont really need the medication.It's extremely sad to think that you can't even trust your doctors to treat you properly.