BOOOO000ooooo. I haven't updated my blog in forever and now I feel horrible. :(
Anyway, now that that's over with! Here is my new schedule for this year and I have to admit, it feels weird to only be taking 4 classes as opposed to my normal load of 6 or 7. They all seem to be very interesting so far, as I've had one class of each now. 3 classes Tue/Thr and only 1 on M/W. Fridays are free! I don't know what I'm going to do with all of this free time!
Here's what I'm taking:
Social Psychiatry
Forensic Psychology
Psych of Gender and Sexuality
Race and Ethnic Relations
All of my Criminal Justice classes have finally finished after my VERY tough Senior Seminar last semester. All that's left are some Sociology and Psychology electives for my psych minor.
It does feel weird to be in my last EVER semester of college. I'm ready to leave, yet I feel that I haven't spent enough time. Never fear! I will be taking many more trips this year so hopefully I'll have lots of material to update on. I already have new posts lined up from over Winter break so we'll see if I can get those written in the coming months. Bear with me as my regular laptop is with my University's tech crew as they are trying to figure out just exactly what the problem is. God help them.
I am currently typing this on a loaner laptop, which, I have to say is much nicer keyboard-wise than my own despite them being the same model. Maybe it has something to do with my keyboard having been replaced 2x now... -_-
Anyway, apologies once again for not updating. I'll have some fantastic recipes and reviews on the way. If you get bored, head on over to my Shutterbug blog, even though I haven't updated the photos on there recently either. Oh well, I've been busy alright?
Best of luck with your New Year's Resolutions. I personally didn't make any, but if there's something I should be doing more of, it is blogging, so for the sake of you lovely reader(s) <-- not sure if more than 1 person actually reads this... but oh well... I will try to keep up and provide you with insightful little snippets out of my life.
Stephanie, WWT
P.S. Oh and by the way, I just turned 21!!!!!!!!YAY! :) Ok, back to your normal lives.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Updated Class Schedule
Here are the wonderful classes I'm taking this year!!They have already proven to be very intellectually stimulating :D
Senior Seminar (for criminal justice)
Research Methods and Statistics
Arab Culture
Principles of Nutrition
Cross Cultural Psychology
Argentine Tango (a 1 credit fun course!)
So far, I love the nutrition class, cause I'm a health nut :P
My research and senior seminar mostly revolve around research projects so that will be kind of a lot of work. Arab culture is interesting as well, but we have weekly presentations to give, yippee... -_-
I actually haven't had my dance class yet, cause it's only once a week on Tuesdays so I'll see how that goes!
Has anyone else taken similar courses? Hey, let's take bets on which class will be my favorite/least favorite by the end of the year!
Stephanie, WWT
Senior Seminar (for criminal justice)
Research Methods and Statistics
Arab Culture
Principles of Nutrition
Cross Cultural Psychology
Argentine Tango (a 1 credit fun course!)
So far, I love the nutrition class, cause I'm a health nut :P
My research and senior seminar mostly revolve around research projects so that will be kind of a lot of work. Arab culture is interesting as well, but we have weekly presentations to give, yippee... -_-
I actually haven't had my dance class yet, cause it's only once a week on Tuesdays so I'll see how that goes!
Has anyone else taken similar courses? Hey, let's take bets on which class will be my favorite/least favorite by the end of the year!
Stephanie, WWT
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Bullying: Make It Stop
Many of us here in Pennsylvania have now gotten word of the tragic bullying incident that took place in Upper Darby on January 11th. The media has not given the case as much attention until recently, due to the release of the actual cell-phone video of the bullying and the arrest of seven high school students.
See the video here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/211590/nbc-today-show-teen-‘wolf-pack’-accused-of-bullying-boy
The incident goes something like this. Thirteen-year-old Nadin Khoury was walking home from school at around 1p.m. on January 11th when seven of his fellow classmates proceeded to beat, kick, torture, throw him in a tree, and even hang him on a fence by his jacket. Since when did it become okay in our society for seven kids to beat up on one? The cell-phone video lasting almost 20 minutes, filmed by one of the bullies reveals even more shocking evidence. At one point a woman is shown walking by and does nothing to help the boy, not even call the police, despite his cries for help.
Yesterday, the seventh suspect was finally apprehended by police, taken out of the High School in handcuffs, the same treatment that his fellow bullies received. Police Superintendent of Upper Darby Michael Chitwood said, “We took him out of school in handcuffs to send a message loud and clear that any type of bullying will not be tolerated.” I was fortunate enough to actually hear Chitwood speak in a class I had last semester and I know that he will take this incident seriously. Actions taken against the offenders will hopefully deter would-be bullies from partaking in this kind of behavior.
It was discovered that two of the seven offenders have prior criminal records. They attended The Opportunity Center, an alternative learning center, separate from the main High School campus. The bullies are being charged with kidnapping, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment, false imprisonment and assault. They are being detained at the Juveinle Detention Center in Lima. It is sad to me that some of these high school students already have a criminal record. I know it happens, and I'm not trying to be naiive about it, I mean come on, I'm a criminal justice student, I study this stuff! It just makes me sad to hear about cases like this where I often give my sympathy to the offenders as well.
We need to show children and young adults that this behavior is not okay. Bullying used to be something that was never a big deal, sort of an integral process throughout your school years. I was bullied in high school, I'm sure all of us have experience with it, whether we were the victim, or the offender. In today's society however, bullying takes a much more hostile form, as evident by the video taken as proof or some kind of trophy to exploit on the Internet and show off to friends.
Today's technology whether it be cell-phones, facebook, or YouTube provides an easy, immediate way to share experiences. It has decreased our value of the personal face-to-face exchanges that used to be the main way of communicating. What can we do to stop bullying? I think this question has been raised for years and no one seems to have come up with a good answer. Bullying happens outside the reach of parents, teachers, and guardians. It can happen behind closed doors, on the Internet even. I think the police departments "get tough" attitude is exactly what society needs.
We will see what happens today at the right-to-detain hearing scheduled for 10a.m.
Stephanie, WWT
See the video here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/211590/nbc-today-show-teen-‘wolf-pack’-accused-of-bullying-boy
The incident goes something like this. Thirteen-year-old Nadin Khoury was walking home from school at around 1p.m. on January 11th when seven of his fellow classmates proceeded to beat, kick, torture, throw him in a tree, and even hang him on a fence by his jacket. Since when did it become okay in our society for seven kids to beat up on one? The cell-phone video lasting almost 20 minutes, filmed by one of the bullies reveals even more shocking evidence. At one point a woman is shown walking by and does nothing to help the boy, not even call the police, despite his cries for help.
Yesterday, the seventh suspect was finally apprehended by police, taken out of the High School in handcuffs, the same treatment that his fellow bullies received. Police Superintendent of Upper Darby Michael Chitwood said, “We took him out of school in handcuffs to send a message loud and clear that any type of bullying will not be tolerated.” I was fortunate enough to actually hear Chitwood speak in a class I had last semester and I know that he will take this incident seriously. Actions taken against the offenders will hopefully deter would-be bullies from partaking in this kind of behavior.
It was discovered that two of the seven offenders have prior criminal records. They attended The Opportunity Center, an alternative learning center, separate from the main High School campus. The bullies are being charged with kidnapping, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment, false imprisonment and assault. They are being detained at the Juveinle Detention Center in Lima. It is sad to me that some of these high school students already have a criminal record. I know it happens, and I'm not trying to be naiive about it, I mean come on, I'm a criminal justice student, I study this stuff! It just makes me sad to hear about cases like this where I often give my sympathy to the offenders as well.
We need to show children and young adults that this behavior is not okay. Bullying used to be something that was never a big deal, sort of an integral process throughout your school years. I was bullied in high school, I'm sure all of us have experience with it, whether we were the victim, or the offender. In today's society however, bullying takes a much more hostile form, as evident by the video taken as proof or some kind of trophy to exploit on the Internet and show off to friends.
Today's technology whether it be cell-phones, facebook, or YouTube provides an easy, immediate way to share experiences. It has decreased our value of the personal face-to-face exchanges that used to be the main way of communicating. What can we do to stop bullying? I think this question has been raised for years and no one seems to have come up with a good answer. Bullying happens outside the reach of parents, teachers, and guardians. It can happen behind closed doors, on the Internet even. I think the police departments "get tough" attitude is exactly what society needs.
We will see what happens today at the right-to-detain hearing scheduled for 10a.m.
Stephanie, WWT
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