My Decisoin to Leave Georgia State

I have debated for a long time whether or not to stay at Georgia State University. I am came to the conclusion that as of August of this year I will be attending Georgia Southern University. I have come to the realization that this school is too close to home. My family is worrisome and stressful. I stay at home now because my grandmother had to pay my sister's tuition. Staying at home is not what I wanted to do but I wanted my sister to go to school. I know that going away to school will help me live my own life. I am so tired of my grandmother trying to live it for me. She does not want me to be independent but I am not settling for that any longer.
But now since I am transferring schools I have to go to summer school so that I will have enough credits. I really do not have the money to attend summer school so now I have to take out a loan. This is something that I do not mind doing because I am ready to get out of this house and be on my own. I have to claim my own life and take the opportunities as they present themselves. Georgia State is just not the school for me. I have really tried to make it work but it is just not going to. I did not enjoy last semester and I am really not going to like this semester either. I just wish Georgia State was the school I wanted to attend for the rest of my years in college and was not so close to my home.

Facebook Is For Some but for All

When i first arrived at Georgia State I did not have a Facebook. I felt like some of the doubters in the article. I did not want to be totally consumed with the site. My R.A. in the University Lofts said I should get a Facebook so that she could keep in touch with me but I still was not intrigued with the site. My roommates eventually talked me into it. Since I am a person that has a Facebook I can testify to how great the site actually is. It allows you to stay in touch with people that you do not always get to see. The author of this article establishes a credible argument when he compared the site to cell phones. Cell phones have not always been popular but eventually everyone has one. If a person was to admit now, in this day and age, that that they do not have a cell phone that will b made to feel like an outcast. I can speak for myself that when I leave my cell phone at home I feel naked as if I'm missing something. Facebook has not always been a popular site just like Myspace. But now just like cell phones one will b made to feel out of place if they admit that they do not have one.

The article provides a good argument when it talks about how people can see what is posted on your wall before you do. Facebook is not private like Myspace, this is where I find the flaw. Yeah you can erase it but that does not change the fact that people can post anything on your wall and you not know it until you log in. If this problem was fixed I would like Facebook a lot better.

The American Dream from my eyes

My definition of the American Dream is not the picket fence and fairytale life that it used to be. With time the American Dream to me has changed because opportunities now are limitless for everyone. The American Dream is anything that someone strives to do or be and it is possible here in America. The American Dream to me is to live life with no regrets. If I never get some of the things I want before I die if I can die with peace than I have lived the American Dream. For our 44th President to be an African American is not my American Dream but to have witnessed it is indeed a--dream. My American Dream is being able to live comfortably economic wise, and having a job that I do not dread going to. America may not be a lot of things but it is still home to--Opportunity.