Joe Paterno, as much as he means to Penn State, needed to be fired. He is involved in the worst scandal in collegiate history, and that cannot be overlooked. Hoewver, It definitely should not have been on the phone. I cannot begin to write about how disrespectful I thought that was. After sixty years of hard work and basically putting this school on the map by himself you cannot just fire him without looking the man in the eye and telling him what’s what. I know I am in the minority at this university, but when you are dealing with children being molested, all bets are off. However, I do think he became a scapegoat in all of this. I will never understand how Curley and Mcqueary are still employed by the university and Schultz got to resign. Joe Paterno suffered because he was (still is) the face of Pennsylvania State University, and when something this terrible happens, the public wants to see moves being made. Firing Joe Paterno was a move that could have waited a little longer. Out of everybody involved, he knew the least and legally did the most.

Just because you are a football coach does not excuse you from moral responsibilities. However, a lot of the Penn State students and the Penn State community do not see it that way. Joe Paterno has done so much for this school. He has donated him time, money and his life to this school. All of the facts were not collected and a lot of people think Joe Paterno deserved to speak his mind before he was fired. My feeling on the situation is kind of a mix of both.

The last few days have been the craziest, most bizarre days I have ever been a part of at Penn State. When the entire student body is talking about something it is usually something positive like THON or a big football win. We were success with honor, and (supposedly) that meant a lot to this university. I never could have imagined this happening here. Other schools sure, but not Penn State.
So how do people in the world currently view Penn State? Right now it is not looking good. My mom told me nobody can understand why the student body rioted the streets after Paterno was fired. Her exact words were, "You had one chance to make an impression to the world, and you blew it." The whole world sees this case very simple: Children were violated and molested, and everybody who knew and failed to report it should be gone.

Whether it is out of laziness, pride or the job just seems terrible; Americans are not willing to do certain jobs that other people are willing to do. The conditions are so much worse in other countries foreigners do not mind getting their hands dirty and doing these jobs. I am sure the people hiring these illegal immigrants would probably rather want legal citizens working for them so they cannot be get in trouble with the government. It may be a little more expensive but there is no risk. Americans have the advantage, but nobody wants to do them. I feel like I am writing the same thing over and over, but only because I do not understand it. It is so baffling to me. These illegal immigrants do not have basic rights. They are risking their lives to come here and to cut your front lawn, or to clean your toilets, or some other minimum wage job. If I told my mom I was going to walk hundreds of miles in the desert, risk dying trying to cross a border, all to maybe mow a lawn she would kill me. These immigrants are willing to do so much we should just leave them alone. Obviously they should be legal, and that process should be much easier.

I feel perfectly okay with it. Look, it is not like these immigrants are stealing jobs we as Americans are working hard to get and keep. If that were the case our country would see a larger outcry over this. I do not think they are “taking advantage,” because we are giving them the advantage. If Americans wanted these jobs, illegal immigrants would not have them. It is that simple. I truly believe it is ridiculous and beyond hypocritical that Americans are crying and complaining about legal and illegal immigrants taking our jobs that we are too lazy to do. It makes no sense. It is one of the reasons a lot of the world hates Americans. I truly do not understand how people can complain that we do not want to do jobs, we find people that are willing to do them for no money, and then we go and complain about it. If you were upset over that fact then take these jobs! It is not like the jobs they are taking require a huge background with a long resume that only people that with a certain degree can handle. Most of these jobs anybody could do, and if any American is upset with the fact illegal people are taking them, then you should. However, nobody wants to do them.

Being a white male I honestly do not care about immigrants, whether they are legal or illegal. First off, if they are legal nobody should care. They went through the proper legal work and got the right papers and became a citizen in this country just like anybody else. If that bothers anybody then it sucks for you because I do not understand how it possibly could. On the other hand, when it comes to illegal immigrants, I understand why people can be so upset that they are here. People think they are sneaking into this country and reaping the benefits of hard working legal citizens of this fine country. People might think they do not belong, and they might say they are stealing jobs that belong to the people who truly belong in this country…seriously? What jobs are they stealing that you or I would actually want to do? Have you ever seen an illegal immigrant hop the border from Mexico and go on to become a successful businessman worth billions of dollars? Obviously the answer is no. Most of these people come to America because as terrible as these jobs are, they have less of an opportunity in Mexico, or wherever they are coming from, and they want to support their family. They take any job they can, mostly paying minimum wage or even less then that. How are these jobs available? How is it so easy for them to get these jobs? Clearly the answer is because most Americans do not want these jobs. However, these jobs are very necessary for our country to run smooth. Somebody has to do these certain jobs that some people do not want to do.
I am not saying I want illegal immigrants. Clearly it is wrong for them to be here, and they do not deserve to be in this great country without the proper paperwork. However, if they are able to get past our border patrol and get here, and they have a job that helps somebody, I am not against them being in the United States of America. They aren’t bothering me or affecting my personal life in any negative way. All they want to do is help their family, and we should not kick them out if that is what they are doing. Legal immigrants should not even be bothered by anybody, and although illegal immigrants should not be here, once they inevitably get here they should be able to stay.

But we cannot look at this one way. Lets look at this situation but switch the races. If there was a room of only black people do you think they would bring up their own racial issues or would they bring up white people and how they always talk about black people? It is completely contradicting. Everybody likes to talk about other people whether it is to build themselves up or put other people down.
This is not something that can easily be fixed. As far as America has come with overcoming racial issues, I feel as if there are certain types of will not go away anytime soon. Everybody has some type of prejudice or stereotype towards somebody. It is completely inevitable that people judge other people. There are so many places in the United States where racism is so natural in what people believe in. In order for white people to stop being so outwardly racist towards other races and to speak up about their own race issues, there would have to be some major cultural changes.

I feel this is so true. Being a white person I feel like our stereotypes are not brought up as much as others. When I first watched and listened to this question I thought of that classic kid middle school bully. He has deep insecurities but instead of talking about them he makes fun of everybody else. That is very sad I see it this way considering I am white. However, because white people deemed themselves the “superior” race, and they acted upon that thought for hundreds of years, white people thought it was okay to be openly racism towards minorities. White people also did not want to bring up their racial problems because they wanted to be superior.
I also think there is a much simpler way to look at it. People do not enjoy talking about their own problems. It is awkward and honestly not that much fun. However, people do enjoy talking about other people’s problems. As sad as it is, it makes people feel better about themselves for a little bit. Now, imagine a table of ten white people. Do you think they would rather talk about racism amongst themselves and put themselves down; or would they rather talk about other cultures to make the white race seem better? The racism is not spoken about because white people do not want to talk about it. I feel like it is that simple.

The thing about homosexuality is that it does not affect most of the things you do in life. There is just one small part of your daily life that is different. That should not make me want to change roommates or treat somebody differently. I know he would not make a move on me because I am straight and it is a huge misconception that gay people want to hit on straight men. I would care so much more if my roommate was a huge asshole, or a ridiculously messy person. These are the type of things that make living with somebody hard. Their sexual orientation is not. If my roommate came out to me I would have no problems with it whatsoever. As long as he was a nice kid who had good morals I would not care. He would have enough problems as it is, and being his roommate I would not want to make the one place he came back to every night a hard place to live.

However I could completely understand if it bothered some people. For instance, if there was somebody who was very religious and their roommate told them they were gay I would understand if that person would want to switch out. It completely violates what they believe in. In my opinion this issue should not be that big of a deal. I would only have a problem with it if certain things happened. If he waited a couple months to tell me I would be pissed off. I would want to know one of the first days of school, and I would feel like he was hiding a huge part of his life. Also, I would not want to see any kissing or displays of affection if he had a boyfriend. Once again, this is not because I find it wrong, but because I just find it disgusting when two men kiss. As long as we found some medium and were able to work it out I am sure it would be fine.