New blog!

Hey, I started a brand new blog about Atheism in america... and rightfully titled, "www.atheisminamerica.blogspot.com" I've been itching the atheism itch for quite awhile (the summer) and most of the people that I are subscribed to the blog are religious, and I'd really appreciate it if you would follow the new ones and give comments. I'd really like to hear your guys' thoughts and it'd be great to have some discoussions and (unformal, and nonagressive) debates.

First Atheist President

Note: This isn't supposed to offend ANYONE

Is what I'd love to be. I think that would be pretty amazing.

Alot of presidents have been accused of not being theistic like Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson and even George Washington. 3 of our countries greatest leaders all possibly Atheists. I think everyone has a very slanted view on Atheism that needs to be sorted out.

"Why don't Atheists just shut the hell up?"

Well, we've got to listen to a lot of religious stuff, for Atheist students... every day. "I pledge allegiance, to the flag of the United States of America. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation UNDER GOD indivisible with liberty and justice for all" and not to mention the "In god we trust" on the currency.

Atheists are similar to a minority group. We all fight for the seperation of church and state. I don't believe that religion has any place in a court room, legislature, or even in the executive office.

One thing that needs to be cleared up is that Atheists are not anarchists... just because we don't want the ten commandments in front of a court house doesn't mean that we want murder and incest to be legal. We just don't believe that it should all be based soley because "god" talked to a group of people very conveniently when no one else was around... and these people just happened to be strong leaders.

So, as the first Atheist President... I would, open the pledge of allegiance so the word god isn't in there, take it off of the currency, pass laws based on morals and ethics... not based on what the bible says, and not let religion control the government like it is right now... because after all, religious wars are just about who has the better imaginary friend.


Also, one thing I'd like to point out... I'm 100% atheist, not agnostics... Agnostics are unsure of the existence of god. Atheists BELIEVE there is no god. I do not know if there is a god or not, however of what evidence I've seen... I believe that there is no god. And you can't call me agnostic because religous people don't know if there is a god or not... they just believe there is.

Success

Hey everyone!

Well, I'm back home finally. It's been a pretty amazing week. I did some workshops and I absolutely got the edge.

Taking home an 8th place Trophy for Help Desk was no small feat. I competed against the elite 100+ students from 50 states plus the U.S. Territories. I was excited to know that I was in the top 10 out of the NATION. I feel that nothing can stop my success now.

And now that it's over... It's time to start again. I am going to be recruiting for FBLA for my high school for the 2009-10 school year. If you are a) at my highschool and b) interested PLEASE let me know as soon as possible. I'd like to get this ball rolling.

FBLA NATIONALS!

Hey everyone!
In Anaheim, CA right now for my FBLA National competetion. I just found out I made it to finals top 10 out of 100.

Hail Washington!

Stop acting like dumbasses.

Okay, so my farewell; end of the year blog is going to be discussing... high school teenagers; not all of them, but a majority. I'm pretty pissed off right now, so

First, don't fuck around with relationships.

So many people feel that it is an obligation to have a boyfriend / girlfriend; and then you take the popular stance "I'm going to focus on other things than boys/girls", and then go back to what you were doing an hour later because you "fell in love". Well; what you all consider "love" isn't love... I'm not even sure it's enough to call it lust! Remember, what you do in college decides what happens later on. If you want to work at McDonald's cleaning up the diapers in the bathroom for 8 hours a day making less than 12 bucks an hour... have at it. Everyone knows the world needs some deep friars.

Now if you are 14-25 with this job, it's acceptable as long as you're planning for something else. Everyone should want the best out of themselves. Settling for less is called quitting. You are never stuck in a position you cannot get out of. It's not going to be easy, but you can get out of it. Take for example Chris Gardener, who was portrayed by Will Smith in the pursuit of happiness. He struggled with being homeless and raising a son alone in San Fransisco, California. Today he is a millionaire and makes a lot of money telling people his story as a motivational speaker.

There are many people in this world that will tell you "there is not a situation you cannot get out of, if you try hard enough."

So going back to relationships... obviously there is an attraction between young men and women... it's not rocket science; it's biology, but that is beside the point. Don't feel desperate to have someone to date.

I'm not saying that all high school relationships are a bad thing... but a lot of them end in fighting. Just remember... take it slow.

Second, my history teacher's favorite quote "Excuses are like armpits; everyone's got them... and they all stink"

In social situations, I evaluate people on how much they bring to the conversation... if you just say "iran is entering a civil war" you're not doing much, but if you can clearly explain why, and can talk for awhile about it... A+ for you. People who call themselves "clutzy, stupid, dumb, bitchy, etc." piss me off because they are putting them selves down to a level they think they need to be at. Not listening to someone while they are explaining stuff because you say "oh, I'm to stupid to understand that" well... you're probably not. But the fact you won't listen tells me that you are!

Now; many people I know have excuses "I'm fat, I'm too skinny, I'm not smart enough, I don't understand that, I was raped, I'm too poor, my parents don't like me."

Those are stupid excuses, get rid of them. Chris Gardener applied for an unpaid internship at a business, he used a made up address and no one know/could tell he was poor. It didn't matter, he was human and he didn't want any sympathy from anyone because he was poor. So I don't care what happened before... I just want to know, what's going on from here?

If I ever start my own company, you can sure as hell bet that will be my philosophy. Excuses don't make the cut. I guess my stepdad's old boss used to say "I don't care about the problem, tell me the solution."

I strongly live by those.

I hope this helps some people... Just remember, no one cares about excuses... you may think I'm creating an exagerated generalization... but it's not. No one cares.

Open the windows... It's time to vent.

Okay, so I got an e-mail this morning from my teacher, telling me that we need to take down a video that I worked EXTREMELY hard on off of our website, and stop showing it to people because it is offending the regular classroom teachers at my school. I'm not mad at my teacher, or the admins that told me to do it... but the teachers that (and I quote) "be hatin on us".

The program I am in right now is considered to be a technology academy, it was started by my district at the middle school level to test this theory of Small Learning Communities, Project Based Assessments, and Technology in Everyday Life.

So, they started it for incoming 7th graders, they looked at WASL scores, Test scores and other things... and they were considerablly high. They said "Okay let's keep this going" and opened it for 8th graders... Two levels of this program were getting amazing WASL scores and test scores. So the second semester of the second year of the program... they used the mother school that hosted this program... and gave every student a laptop, and transformed the school into a larger version of the program; guess what?! IT WORKED!

So they said "well, if it works here... then it must work everywhere" so now, in 2009 every 7th grader has a laptop and they're demonstrating it... and even though I do not agree with it... It's still the implementation that the District believed in our program... so they used it!

I've said it in past blogs... but I'll reitterate. The classroom enviroment is changing. Teachers don't sit up in front and just sit there... Students teach themselves many new things every day.

So back to what I was venting about in the first place.

The person who (I have no idea, nor do I care) complained about this video had no right to complain to the school district administrators. Most of the reason why I am mad at them is becuase they had to go out of their way to complain about it. The Admins and my teachers only complied with what they had to for their jobs.

I dont know what makes them think that we think we are elitists. I mean, we were test subjects that passed the test.

I really am going to miss that video; I put bytes of my blood, sweat, and tears in there...

However, I love the challange of making the next one.

Soceity Lecture

Okay; here we go... I've been thinking about the philosophies, and here is mine. It's "Walkerism" great name, even better solutions.

The basis of Walkerism, is that we all stive for 1 common goal, success of humanity.

The technology will supplement soceity; computers will be for organization.