family vacation

Back in the summer of 2005 my family and I took a two week trip to New York. The first week we stayed at a condominium that we got in our timeshare. And i knew from driving 45 minutes up a mountain that this condo was far from civilization. The city was not your typical place either it was going to be a long boring week. We road on a old train that took us around the mountain. It was a pretty view. My brother and dad went fishing alot. Mom and I just stayed back and rested and relaxed. We watched alot of movies as well. A week went by very slowly. Finally we where ready to leave to go to my aunt and uncles house. We arrived and it was good to see them, because it had been a couple of years since our last visit. We basically went out to the biggest mall I have ever been in. We also took a trip to Niagara Falls which was the high light of my week. We got to the border of the states and Canada, and it was so time consuming with checking IDs and stuff. But after a hour we finally got through to Canada. My family and I got to ride on the boat that takes you right up to the bottom of the falls. It was very wet and a rush to be under tons of water just coming down. We went to the Hershey chocolate store where I bought like everything you could think of thats chocolate. That weekend we went to my cousins wedding. I love getting all dressed up! The reception and food was delicious. I was so ecstatic after the wedding to leave and go back home!

first day

Well spring break is over unfortunately. And coming back to a normal schedule of college classes was overwhelming. But yesterday, which was a Monday, we got to start our first official day of our service learning project. We have to do a total of 2 hours every time we come to volunteer. It felt like the longest 2 hours of my life. We got assigned to clean dog cages. We had to spray some kind of chemical soap and then scrub them down with a brush then spray with water. After we got started it was not so bad, it did take up the most of the 2 hours. The people are really nice and polite, and put us to work on the spot. And we finally are getting to work and actually start our project. For the past 3 times we have been there, they have either had to many people already or they forgot to mention that we had to work a minimum of 2 hours. So to finally be able to accomplish one day and get 2 hours out of the 12 hours we are vounteering was an awesome feeling. I am looking forward to next Monday to see what they will have in store for us to do.

Race, Power, and Privilege

In my opinion, race is not an excuse for power and privilege. If a person is well qualified for a certain spot in a job, they should not be judged on skin color or skill. With Barak Obama running for election is a huge step towards the African American culture. Because if you look back there has never been a African American running for president of the U.S.A. Even with Hilary Clinton being the first women to run is amazing. Back in the day African Americans had the lease opportunities in the work world, because they were looked down on skill and ability. White people had the jobs of being the doctors, lawyers, jockeys, and teachers. It is just unbelievably to think that just because of color they were judged with their abilities without even given a chance. But i am glad to be living in a era where there are giving all sorts of races the same privileges to live the life that everybody should.