Freebie

This is my freebie week for marking period 2

BRAG (FC)

Towards the end of last year I applied for the Brag Scholarship. I had to write an essay on marketing which wasn't that bad, but then we had to do an interview which I absolutely hated. I generally hate interviews because I think they're awkward and they make me nervous, but I knew that i had to suck it up and pull myself together if I wanted this money for college. Even though I was still nervous the interview wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Honestly, I had my doubts about getting this scholarship I just didn't think I would get it, and so you would imagine my surprise when I got the email that I got the scholarship. Applying for the scholarship was one thing, but the actual event was a completely different story.

Two Brag representatives came to our school to tell us about the event, and the one thing that really stood out to me was the fact that it was a black tie event which meant that I had to wear a dress, and if there's one thing people know about me it's that I don't like to wear dresses. Not only did I have to wear a dress but my father had to wear a suit, and when it comes dressing up my father and I are exactly the same we hate it. As soon as we stepped outside we wanted to go back home because we felt uncomfortable and absolutely ridiculous, but when we got to the event we began to feel more comfortable.

Brag holds an event for all the scholarship recipients and their sponsors, where the recipients have the chance to meet their sponsors as well as other important people. My sponsor was the New York Times and I was a bit nervous to meet them, but the man and the woman who came to represent the New York Times were actually really nice people. I actually wasn't very excited about going to the event because I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but as soon as I met up with Georgie, Andromeda, Sucorah, and Kidist all those negative thoughts just seem to go away. I ended up having a great time, the food was amazing, the people were nice, and I got to meet Nick Cannon which was very exciting. I'm just glad that I got to share that experience with my friends.

Research Class (ID)

In my research class I am working along side Andromeda and Sucorah on a project, and the topic of our research is drugs and genetics. We really wanted to do a project that involved drugs, and so when we came across this project on http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ we knew we had to do it. We are going to test what in someone's DNA causes them to have a bad reaction to a specific drug. For this project we are using my cousins DNA, because she has a bad reaction to the drug ibuprofen, as well as my DNA because I have a good reaction to ibuprofen. We are going to send the DNA to the lab and they are going to compare our DNA and see if there is a mutation in her DNA that is causing her to have a negative reaction to ibuprofen. So far we've done a lot of background research and I'm actually really excited for this project. Even though I'm not looking to major in any of  the sciences I am still glad that we chose this topic. I can't wait to see where this project takes us.

Government shutdown (CRR)

In class we read about the government shutdown, and then had a debate on whether or not the government was being responsible. The Republicans and the Democrats are not in agreement over the Obama Care plan because the Republicans feel that people shouldn't be forced to pay for health care if they don't want it. Neither side is coming to an agreement; they are both standing their grounds on this.

My group and I debated that the government was being irresponsible. We brought up the fact that this shutdown is affecting the millions of people who now don't have a job until this issue is resolved, and not to mention the fact that they are not even getting paid for the time they are not working. The government shutdown may also add to the ongoing economic issue that this country is facing. Some of the other groups brought up a good point, that the shutdown shows that everyone has their own opinion and that this shows that you should always stand by what you believe. Even though this is a good point someone else brought up the fact that these are adults and as adults and leaders of this country they should be able to listen to each other and come to an agreement. Even though the other groups made really interesting and compelling arguments I think I'm going to stick to original opinion about the government being irresponsible.