Blog Post #4 (Bio)

My biggest motivation is my son Khalil. Although I'm only 19, I am not different from any other parent. I still want nothing but the best for my child and I want him to have everything that I didn't have, plus more. Before becoming a mother making the most out of my life wasn't really on my agenda. I knew that education was important, but in my eyes it wasn't urgent. Now that my son is in the picture my education is not only urgent, but VERY important. I know that in order for Khalil to have everything he needs and everything I feel he should have, I need to be successful.

Got Milk??

I recently read an interesting article called, “ ‘Don’t Have a Cow’: Dad Goes on All-Breast-Milk Diet. “ This article is about a blogger named Curtis, who is documenting an experimental diet about how long he can sustain a diet of only his wife’s breast milk. Curtis and his wife do have an infant daughter, but his wife is not longer breastfeeding and has a surplus of milk. Generally his wife donates her milk but she hadn't found a needy mother, so the milk remained untouched in the freezer. Thus Curtis sparked his idea for the breast milk diet. When reading this article I was a little disturbed mainly because I am a mother who breastfed, but the thought of someone other than my child drinking my breast milk is unimaginable. However I must admit Curtis made an interesting point he said “I mean, cow milk was made for baby cows, why not drink human breast milk that was made for baby humans.” I believe that this statement is valid. It would make perfect sense that we would drink milk from our own species. Personally I don’t like milk in general, but I have tasted my own breast milk and I must admit that it is a lot tastier than cow [milk]. However, the only problem is that breast milk can only sustain a human baby for so long therefore an adult human can definitely not be sustained by milk alone. Also the main component of breast milk is fat, which is why it is so nurturing for a baby. Clearly an adult male shouldn’t be on any diet that is mainly fat, unless he wants high cholesterol.

My Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dad-breast-milk-diet/story?id=14571860

Blog Post #2

I attended a very interesting school in Utah called Sorenson’s Ranch School (SRS). This is a private boarding school/behavior modification center. First off let me say that this school is literally in the middle of nowhere, mainly to keep students from running away. You can take being sent to SRS as an opportunity or a punishment, being that it isn’t really a school you willingly choose to attend. Some would say that SRS is like boot camp, because if you don’t cooperate and follow the very strict policy your consequences will almost always be physical. However if your focused on your education SRS would be a great experience for you. Small class sizes make for more one on one help, even though the classes are primarily independent studies. Although you teach yourself the curriculum, there is a high expectation in the quality of your work. SRS only accepts A’s and B’s for graded assignments anything less than that is an ‘incomplete’. I feel that because the school has such high expectations it actually motivates you to set a higher standard for yourself, because you know exactly what your capable of. Attended SRS was not the best experience, but I have to admit it was a blessing in disguise.

Blog Post #1

When I speak I often mix a bunch of lingo, because of where I have lived and the people I have associated with. Generally I believe that the people that I associate with have influenced the language I use. I have never really spoken “proper English” per say, always using some kind of slang. For instance I was sent to Utah for 2 years, for schooling. Everyone in Utah told me I spoke “ghetto”. Mainly because I used many slang terms that they had never heard of.  However when I returned home my family and friends told me I spoke like a valley girl, because I was pronouncing all of my words completely (i.e.  Instead of saying “goin” would say going). Luckily because of this experience I now know how to code switch when I am in different settings. When I’m with my friends I speak freely. If I’m at church or with elders I clean up my language a little so that I can be understood.  Being at Year Up is a new experience and I’m still working out the kinks so that I can effectively communicate with staff and my colleagues. My slang slips out every once in a while, but I’m sure that with due time I will have no issue.