I was on the fence when it came to immigrants coming into the United States illegally and getting paid for jobs. I mean it’s annoying to think someone who is here illegally is getting paid for a job that someone who is here legally can be getting paid for, right? I mean don’t you think if I did the same in a different country they would be annoyed that this foreigner was taking a job from one of them?

Sam out this lecture into good perspectives for me, the way he initiated the pears from that harvest that were wasted because we neglected wanting the use of immigrants working. It’s a shame to think how much is wasted each day, each month, each year, and we, as Americans, are still in this recession struggling. Well then why are we struggling, when we are wasting so much at the same time? It starts to piss me off as much as the next person because I’m not someone coming from wealth or who has it all planned out, no I need to constantly work for any time of reward or even spending money. So I do not pity anyone who doesn’t have the money, or who is homeless, or who asks me for change on the street. I’ve been working since I was twelve, that’s not even legal but guess what, it shaped me into who I am today. Would I change my past in any way, working as young as I did? Absolutely not. I am a more driven, more responsible human being. I know what I need to get done in life and how to provide for myself. This leads me to my next point.

If we don’t allow immigrants into the United States, these jobs that the immigrants are doing, people on welfare should be doing. Why the hell do we pay taxes to allow so many relax on welfare with their daily checks or food stamps to supply for themselves and their families. Anyone can argue with me but I work for a non-profit organization and I watch people come in for their checks and go to Rite Aid to buy a pack of cigarettes. That’s messed up. Why am I, a high school graduate, pursuing a college degree, and working every minute of it why am I constantly struggling with money to have as spending money. It’s so frustrating when I pull up in my shitty 95’ Malibu, to volunteer at food drives and there’s people pulling up in their Escalades collecting food. Now don’t tell me there’s nothing wrong with this picture.
Now as much as I disagreed with having immigrants taking jobs from people legally in the United States, Sam did steer my mind a little with how much is wasted in the mean time. But honestly, why can’t people already in the United States legally get off their ass and get a working class job like the rest of us.

I really wanted to comment on you response! I feel this was a great way to tie in what we were discussing in class with such recent news in the media! Also, Ben needs to realize how much money he's losing for himself and the Steelers by the minute!

I agree with both responses! It's scary to think where techonology will take us next or what younger generations will be born into. But I do have to admit when it comes to facebook, we are all guilty.

I completely agree with your response to diversity in the newsroom. The movie we watched in class really spoke to me, especially the realtionship between the anchor and his camera man. It's funny how the anchor never really thought about their differences, but the camera man did, they just never spoke about it. Their newsroom made the first step, which is communicating!

I really enjoyed reading your blog about 'blogs!' Blogging is definitely becoming more and more popular right before our eyes. But I agree with you and your comment, 'keeping your comments to yourself." There is a time and place for everything!

When Sam showed us pictures from Robin's trip to Iraq, she had many pictures with families. Sam said these families would come up to her and ask to get their picture taken as a gift for Robin to share. Then Sam asked us if we would ever do that. For some reason, I did not believe this story. I don't know if it's just me, but most of the time in this class I feel too realistic. But I know in this day and age, I need to be realistic in life. I need to look at situatiosn with common sense and know how to overcome them. I need to realistic to survive. I feel like this class has some unrealistic content that makes it hard for me to relate.

I can honestly say I don't know as much as I would want to about the war anymore. I feel to comment on this is hard for me to agree or disagree. But I will comment on the facts that did bother me.
The Jihad video really angered me, I grew more and more disgusted everytime they played the sound of a bomb. I did not sense any fear, just plain anger. There's so many messed up things in this world.

I guess I can say todays class really bothered me, and it was something I was just not ready to talk about, watch films of, or see gory pictures. I'm not really sure how todays lecture fit into this semester. Yes we talk about religion in class, but never just pointing the finger at a single one. And I know Sams been all over and apparently 'knows about this stuff' but how much do we really know what's going on inside our government. They're the ones behind this and the ones who have the most to hide.

Don't get me wrong, I know what we talked about in class was something to be clearly stressed to us, My best friend is in Afghanistan. It's easy to sit back and say you don't agree with the war and all the soldiers fighting in it, but when you have a loved one, who you can barely talk to besides recent emails, you see a bigger picture. It changes this war, from something political or religious, to something too close to home, and there are tons of us who feel this way, on both sides. There's not enough time to think about the 'what ifs' or penalties our loved ones are facing, we need to live in the moment for their sake, boast encouragement, and send them our love.

From today's lecture, I really did learned a lot. Through this I became very angered at times, and saddened at others. But frankly, I walked away from class thinking, where the hell was the attendance sheet?? Then I turned to my friend and asked what was with Sam's rage. All he did was scream in class.