Formal and Informal Dressing

Dressing for a formal occasion is extremely different from dressing for an informal occasion. A formal occasion can mean anything from a ball, to prom, a party, or family gathering. You must look your best. If you are a girl, this often means you need a nice and respectable dress and for men, slacks and a nice shirt will often suffice. Jeans are best left for causal occasions. Women shouldn’t be overly exposed either because this can translate to being trashy, not sexy. The makeup should be nice and not overly done so as you look as if you belong at a Halloween party. Your clothes and makeup should emphasize your natural beauty. Men should be clean and their clothes ironed and presentable sloppiness is not allowed for formal dressing. When you’re dressing informally, you can wear whatever you like. Jeans, t-shirts, sweats, anything goes. The main goal is to be comfortable and confident in what you wear. Still, however, the women should not be showing too much skin. This is never a good look and no matter where you are, people will look down on you for it. The boys may be prone to sag their pants because that is what is “in style” right now, but this look is horrendous as well. The goal of informal dressing is to achieve a casual look and not a homeless, sloppy, or disorganized mess. People will still be looking at you and judging you and whether you like it or not, your clothes will help people make their first impressions about you.

Raw and Cooked foods

It can be astonishing to think that we can ever eat any raw foods but the reality is we eat many of our foods raw and anyways. Fruit, for example, is a food we eat raw all the time. Apples, oranges, grapes, and bananas are all foods that we just wash, peel, and eat. We do have the option to cook them, however, we oftentimes choose not to. Certain types of vegetables can also be eaten raw as well. Tomoatoes, avocados, cucumbers, and pickles are vegetables we eat raw on a daily basis. The other vegetables can also be eaten raw, such as broccoli, but most people like to cook or steam them so as to make them softer and easier to eat. Meats are foods that I would only eat cooked. I have heard that many upscale restaurants serve raw meat as one of their delicacies, however I prefer my meats well-done. I will, however, eat raw salmon. I have tried raw salmon with lemon and I will admit it is delicious. Yet, I hate sushi, which is raw fish. I will never understand how people can eat raw octopus, raw shark, and other types of raw seafood. All the seafood I eat, with the exception of salmon, must be cooked. This includes crab, lobster, and oysters. Our grains, such as bread, pasta, and tortillas are oftentimes cooked as well. We need to boil our pasta otherwise we are unable to eat it. We must heat up our tortillas but in order for them to be eatable, someone had to cook them too and bread is already cooked for us.

Sweet and Spicy Foods.

Oh Sweet and Spicy Panda Express Chicken; how delicious you are! Yet, sweet foods and spicy foods are two completely different foods. It is a miracle they can be combined together to make a dish. Sweet foods play up your sweet taste buds. They can be sugary and well, sweet. The main ingredient is sweet foods is often sugar of some sort. Spicy foods are much different. Spicy foods give you an exhilarating kick that can wake you up at times. The main ingredients of spicy foods are usually some type of chile, pepper, or anything else that can cause a fire in your belly. This is why some people describe spicy food as being “hot” because the spiciness warms up your whole body and if it is an extreme degree of spiciness, you can start to perspire because you really will feel hot. Sweet foods don’t affect your body temperature in anyway. The worst sweet foods can do is male you hyperactive because of the sugar in your bloodstream. Spicy foods have a higher health value than sweet foods do. The spiciness of spicy foods can actually speed up your metabolism and prevent the storing of fat in your body. It can also act as a detox and cleanse your body. Sweet foods have large amounts of sugar and if sugar is not worked off, then it gets converted to fat that stays in your body and causes weight gain and clogs pores to cause breakouts. Sweet foods and spicy foods, however much they may differ, are still two delicious foods to eat.

How weather affects mood

Have you ever noticed how your mood is different when the weather is gloomy in comparison to when it is nice and sunny? That is because the weather definitely affects your mood. If I wake up and see that the sun is shining, the birds, are singing, and there is not a cloud in the sky, my whole outlook on the day just got a little brighter. However, if I wake up and it is raining cats and dogs and I know I will have to venture outside myself and be in the cold wet rain, then I have good reason for the bad mood I would now be in. However, there are other types of weather that can produce moods and not every situation is synonymous with one mood. For example, if it is a blaring hot summer day and the sun burns everything in its sight, I will be cranky because it will be uncomfortably hot. However, if it is raining and I am indoors snuggled under my blankets with a cup of hot chocolate, then I find the rain and peaceful and I even welcome it. When it is snowing, people who are outside may be in a terrible mood because snow makes for dangerous conditions. Yet children rejoice in the snowflake’s fall. The weather affects your mood in relation to what your plans are for the day; if the weather makes your planned activity miserable, then you will also be miserable. Otherwise, you will be able to see the beauty that is nature.

Home School vs. Public Schools

No one can settle on an agreement as to what type of education system is best for their children. The debate includes private, public, charter, and homeschooling. Homeschooling and public schools are not very different from each other. Of course, they greatest difference is that homeschooling takes place in the student’s actual house and the teacher is often the student’s own parent or relative, however at times a professional teacher does do the instruction. At a public school, students attend classes surrounded by hundreds of other students in large buildings that can be run down and dirty. There is a high concern for security in public schools and a student’s safety is not guaranteed because of the high volume of students there are. At a homeschooled environment, children are sheltered and kept under close supervision because they are oftentimes the only ones in the “class”. Safety and security are almost a guarantee and perhaps this leads to a child’s higher success. Peer pressure and bullying is very common in a public school environment but in a homeschooled environment, where there are hardly other students learning together, this problem is nonexistent. Thus students can focus more on their academics and not have to worry whether or not they have the coolest brands of clothes or shoes. They can choose to go in their pjs if they want to. Homeschooled children, however, may not be as social as public school children. Public school children are exposed to a variety of students everyday and can improve on their social skills. However, homeschooled children can be isolated. So you decide, which is better?

Knowledge Vs. Understanding

How does one differentiate knowledge and understanding? Webster’s dictionary defines knowledge as “the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association”. It also defines understanding as “ a mental grasp and the power of comprehending”. These  are two very distinct concepts. Knowledge is when you have gone through an experience and thus you know how something works. Understanding can be considered being “book smart”; you only know what you have heard, read, or seen. You know why something works but you don’t know how it works or how it feels to work. Consider, for example, riding a bike. You can read how to ride a bike and learn how everything works. This is your understanding of riding a bike. However, it is not until you actually ride a bike that you have the knowledge of how to ride a bike. You need understanding to receive knowledge but you don’t need knowledge to get an understanding of something. Yet, acquiring both of them is essential for a balanced state of mind over a concept. Imagine how you would feel if you knew how to ride a bike but you didn’t know why the pedals make the bike move or you know how a bike moves but you have no idea how it feels when it moves. It would be a very transparent intelligence. Knowledge and understanding are two very different concepts but they go both go hand in hand to help each and every human being reach their state of intelligence that we are blessed to be able to have.

the Most Interesting Person I know

The most interesting person I know will have to be myself. Really, it is. Now, I understand this may be selfish and conceited, but it is precisely that that makes me interesting. Who else when given the prompt “Describe a person who is especially interesting” would choose themselves? That’s why im interesting. Well, it’s that and a lot of other reasons. First off, I’m not your typical high school senior with dreams of going to some college. I am a girl with huge dreams of going to New York City. My dream schools are NYU and Columbia and my ultimate goal is to live in New York City. I play tennis and I love shopping. Let me elaborate; I absolutely love shopping! It is my favorite pastime and my best stress-reliever. I am a self-proclaimed shopaholic, no doubt about that. I also love to write. I write about anything and everything, however I don’t write what’s really on my mind. I have always kept that part of me to myself, even from myself. That’s an aspect of me that makes me a mysterious person. People always tell me they would love to know what’s going on in my head because I never let anyone in. I like the aura of mystery that surrounds me but at times it can be complicated and a bit lonely. However, I always pull through. I find that I have a tendency to not care about other people yet at the same time care with an enormous ferocity. This complexity of my persona is what makes me the most interesting person I know.