topic into a paper

I was siting around talking to one of my friends the other day about the possesions that we want someday. Later on it got me thinking about how long it would realisticly take me to get something like that. I came to the conclussion that I probably won't be getting anything nice like that for a good 5 years. It really sucks the more I think about the time its going to take to get what I want out of life. Some people call our generation the "now" generation. The reason for that is pretty clear, we want our stuff now plain and simple. Everyday I think, maybe I can hit the jackpot on the lottery and then not have to worry about anything the rest of my life. Problem is that I don't play the lottery, so you can see my problem. Even if I were to graduate in two years, it would still probably take me another 3 years to get to the point where im happy with the money im making. And I think if I held the same job for that long I would rip my hair out.

This subject could be made into a paper very easily. I could talk about how society is more interested in instant gradification more than the old fashion way of hard work. I wonder if this feeling is going to progress over time to the point of no return. Then the day will come when we will be a bunch of unmotivated creepers playing the lottery with high hopes.

Sometimes when I sit by myself I think alot about love and basically life once I'm all done with school and have started my career. I think about having a family, when I will get married, all these certain things. But theres one thing that really gets to me when I think about it all.... and that is the fact that everyone now days gets married and then divorced, or their having kids by themselves and those kids never get to see their father and/or mother. Look at what is happening to those kids, that single parent, everything. These kids grow up, they see it all, and most of all they miss out on something that they should have had to begin with. I am not saying by any means that it's the parents fault that it happens because I understand somethings just don't work out, but I am just saying all of this since I have a nephew who doesn't know his dad. It is sad watching him grow up and him thinking that every black man, or a Wal-mart greeter even is his dad. And especially explaining to him, or lying to him about it because my sister doesn't want him to know his dad.

Another thing that really bothers me with that topic is the fact that most people are so afraid to get married because that word MONEY comes up, and their main focus turns to "What if we get a divorce?"...look at all the time, money, and effort we'll have to go through. It's like love is love, you be with eachother to be with eachother, to love one another, not to worry about something that shouldn't even happen to begin with especially if you love one another, divorce shouldn't come up, but now days it's either don't get married or get divorced. And it scares me because being married and having that huge wedding is what I loved, and always dreamed about.

Just scares me to death because I look back and look at what I was raised looking at and love was everything. Love was going to war, sending letters everywhere, getting married young, doing everything and anything with one another, and still being together and sharing that same love/bond that every single married couple should. The years basically add up and they're still the same happy ones that they were to begin with, if not better. But I suppose times have changed, so I guess that leaves people to change. Just wish you'd see more people getting married, being in love, and having that family that all kids and people in general deserve. Not a single parent having to take on the big tasks behind being that parent, even though having a child is a blessing to most. I give alot of credit for the single moms especially, they deserve it all.

Just makes me ponder alot of stuff that has changed from my grandparents time, to my parents time, to now me and my friends, the most recent time. How time and money has taken over everything now vs. how it was then.

But, I guess I will get over it someday, and who knows maybe I will be the first within my siblings to get married since my brother is 34 and isn't yet, and same with my sister who is 31. It is a "little girl's dream".... to have that perfect wedding, and her perfect "Ken" doll.

Essay ideas

I have been trying to come up with ideas or essays, and I have come up with this. Why do people like comidians that are loud and obnoxiouse, and thats their only bit. They only yell and scream and make goofy assed noises but are basicly talking about the same things a normal person would discuss in daily life. I believe that this could become an essay by talking about the reasons go to comidians and discuss why people would like an act like that.

Topic Ideas

So I am trying to think of something that has happened that has caught my eye to write about as a possible essay and there is one thing I can think of how people park there cars. Everyday I come to school and think that there is an open spot, so as I attempt to go into the parking spot I realize that one of the cars are crooked. One day I had gotten some lunch and was eating it in my car before class and I was watching people drive by and had noticed that there was this one spot that everyone taped on the brakes for and then realized that it was not a spot that it was the bullivard. Well shortly after a few cars had passed someone drove in and parked in that spot. Yes, I know that it is winter and you can not always see the yellow lines but I think everyone should have enough curtisy to part straight. I think that this could turn into an essay just on opinions and I think that there are alot of people who would agree.

Essay Tpoics

I recently had a run in with the Flu today. Its been a while since I had it, but I still remember how to make it less painful. You first need to start out with a hot bath, even though some people say it makes it worst. It sometimes helps if its a certain kind of Flu, and if you start feeling worse then what you did before get out fast.
You will also need to get some pop such as Pepsi, Sprite, or 7 Up to help your stomach relax a bit. What the pop does is that once it looses its fizz it becomes something like stomach tonic that eases the pain. What you should normally do is stay in a ball postion for a couple of hours so that you can shape your stomach to keep the pain in check. However this is not a sure fire way to ease the pain, but it does for a short period of time. Then the pain comes back hard if you leave the position too early, so I reccomend staying in the position till you start to fill pain again.
There really isn't any sure fire way to get rid of the Flu, but you can prevent from getting it by: washing your hands after every bathroom break; eat a well balanced diet and try to stay away from the junk food; last is to always make sure that your not next to someone who does have it.
I know this topic is gross and no one wants to hear it, but a few people might want to. So always pay attention to the smaller group of people.

Rude People

I work at Sunmart so I see tons of people throughout a day, working at the service counter or as a cashier. But everyday I work if someone comes through my line or up to the servive counter, I always say Hi, and 20% of people say something back. It just irrates me that people are so rude. I mean what is this world coming to? People can't even be nice to eachother without knowing one another? Normally when people don't say anything back they atleast smile, but I barely get that. I just don't see how you could take time out of your day to be nice to someone you don't even know, and then have them not even have enough common courtesy to be nice back.

Essay topic.

As i was playing my weekly monday night basketball last night, I started to realize my teammates' jumpshots. Their form was terrible, and their percentage of shots they made was not good! Today during class while trying to come up with a topic, the topic came to me quickly as i was thinking about basketball last night.

Britney Spears

Why is it in this culture that when a celebrity like Britney Spears is going through a rough time gets all the glory she wants. I just don't get why when something isn't handed to them on a golden platter that they just collapse. In my opinion its not worth my time to listen to some actress who is having a mid life crisis. Most people go through them so what is the big deal. I don't know if she could handle just having to live a normal life, I think she is just putting on a good act for the people who actually care about poor Britney. So I would personally like to just forget about Britney and let her do whatever is going on in her sick mind.

You could take this and put it into an essay by giving an informative essay or something. You could start off by giving people information on how not to let fame get in the way of you enjoying life, or how to relax and just have some time to yourself or with family and friends.

possible topic essays

I have been thinking long and hard about a topic essay and the only thing i can come up with is how to make brownies. I am struggling a little bit on this one but hopefully is this topic doesnt work for me i will find one that will. i dont know if we are supposed to write about paying attention to the world around me but if we do have to, i would say that possible essays for later on is why do people overdose and what are some limitations do prescriptions have.. Looking at what might have killed heath ledger i find that there should be more restrictions on prescription medication so people dont overdose.

Possible Essay Topics

Coming up with your own essay topics isn't as easy as one might think, especially a process essay. After sitting in my criminal justice class and listening to how our criminal justice system works, I began to come up with a few different ideas with that alone. Our system doesn't work in a very good way and an essay on how to change it or do it differently might be an option. A comparative essay on how our justice system works compared to another country's is another option. Just a few ideas I had.

Possible Process Essay

Ive been thinking alot on what to write about in my process essay, but its been realy hard. I never have a good idea's. I did come up with a few. I thought maby I could write about Scrapbooking, finding a good daycare, or how to make a paper machae pinata. So I am hopping that this will help me narrow it down.

Process Essay Idea

Saturday I was cleaning out my fish tank and had remebered an african cichlid and a bumblebee cichlid that I use to have that had died. They died one day when I cleaned their tank and changed their water. They were a little over a year old and were the only 2 cichlids I could have in the same tank that wouldnt kill and eat each other. The bumblebee was really cool he was bright yellow and would change completely dark when he got aggressive. I was told because I didnt let the water "saturate" after I cleaned it could be why they died.
Then I was thinking and decieded to do my process essay on how to properly set up an aqarium. For those that are new at it, or others that are changing their tank and dont want their old fish to die.

The only possible topic I can think of would be back in 2005. I had recently bought a modified top for my PlayStation 2. It wasn't all what it looked like over the site, but at least it had the feature I needed to get my plan in motion. The PlayStation model I owned was a Version 7 out of 10, old model types or the models with built in fans, so it had 8 screws before it could be opened.
I began on working to unscrew the top off of my PlayStation 2. The inside of it was just disgusting. There was so much dust and other particles inside it that I had to wait to modify my PS2 because I had to clean it, for about 30 minutes.
I was happy to get that part done, it made me feel like I actually accomplished something. Then, after the cleaning, I started to work on doing the delicate task of removing top off from the bottom half. People think that all the stuff is going to be on the bottom of the PS2, but I learned to be cautious, with any thing electronic.
Once all the delicate stuff was done, I put back together every piece of the PS2 and started to play it. The only thing different about it now is that it has a pop up top and now it has the capabilities to play imported Japanese game titles.

Essay Assignment

Sometimes I wonder how some of the people out on the road are allowed to drive. Usually I find it is the elderly causing the most problems by driving ten to fifteen miles per hour below the speed limit. This leads me to thinking, should you be required to pass a test just once for your licence or should you have take a test every 10 years or so? Just because you pass a test once when you are a teenager doesn't mean you are capable of driving 50 years later.

Another thing that I don't understand is how rude some people are. I personally work retail and sometimes I watch people knock something to the floor, look at it, then decide to just leave it there. Is it honestly going to be too much work to bend over and pick something up? I just don't understand what would make that person not pick up what they knocked down.

Possible Essays

The other day as I was leisurely driving home, I was passed by a car that had to have been doing close to 75-80 mph (guesstimate) in a 55 mph zone. That got me thinking about the possibilities of why that person needed to drive that fast. Do they just like to drive irresponsibly? Do they think they have to pass every car on the road? I would think there would be a good essay to come out this type of thinking. Something along the lines of, "Speeding because...(you fill in the blank)." Then I was sitting in my sociology class last week, and we began watching a movie about the desert and how parts of it are urbanized and how others aren't. But the filmmakers were playing it off with a movie that the people who lived in the un-urbanized area were oblivious to the rest of the world. That no one else was around but them. How do filmmakers get away with doing these types of documentaries? Couldn't they be sued for falsely advertising or libel or something?
I thought of one completely random topic that quite possibly is far fetched but also interesting at the same time. A group of friends and I had gone to the Rock-n-Bowl thing through the school last Thursday. I am an energetic person, and no matter how badly I was bowling, I still was enjoying myself and bouncing off the walls. I had one of the girls say " I was just like the energizer bunny" because of that energy that I had. It got me started on a thinking of what would happen if people were like the real energizer bunny on TV. It was a very random thought but it would possibly be quite the essay to read, no matter how made up it would be.

Essay Ideas.

So I think it was Saturday and/or Sunday that the weather was really nice... the sun was beating down and there was absolutely no wind at all. Perfect. As I was working and people came in the grocery store, I happened to notice how much happier people were than any other normal crappy weather days. It just automatically made my day happier too. As outdoor UV rays can make people happy, so can tanning beds. But people don't realize how bad tanning beds really are. It's basically killing a layer of your skin, so that it won't revitalize itself anymore. People can develop life threatening cancers because of it.

Not too long ago, in north fargo about 5 blocks from my place, a suspect hid in a man's garage one morning and waited until he left for work. The suspect snuck up to him, yelled at him to hand over his wallet or he would pepper spray him. His wife came out behind the man and they both ran away from the suspect. Apparently the suspect was scared off and fled the scene in his green pickup, ancy to run from the cops. What would that situation have been like if he gave him the wallet? If he hadn't even noticed the suspect as he was talking on a cell phone and been kidnapped? What if he had a weapon hidden, and just didn't use it? He probably didn't realize how lucky he was. This brings me back to Dru Schoden (sp?) when she was kidnapped from the Mall in grand forks, talking on her cell phone hardly realizing what was going on. People just need to be aware of their surroundings. What would things be like if she HADN'T been talking on her cell phone? Would she still be alive? If you're waking home from class in the dark, I suggest paying attention. Things will pop up the second you don't realize it. So don't risk it.

I recently volunteered at Rosewood on Broadway Nursing home. I played bingo with the residents, listened to their stories, and helped them get from floor to floor. It's amazing to hear the stories and history they tell. Especially a unique 102 year old man named Bill. He told me stories about his life and his passion for horse carriages. It's amazing how times have changed... he said time seemed to fly so fast, and soon all the prices were going up. It was hard to even afford things. He couldn't believe how expensive gas was... and several other things that used to be cheap. My thought: eventually, college tuition even might get so high, that people will have to either fork out an arm and a leg, or just not go to college at all. Why is it so expensive anyway?.... Once again, times have definitely changed. Everyone would love to live to be over a 100. So I asked him what the key is to live to 102, and he said "Happiness!"

My past week

Hi I have had a lot of stuff on my mind. This last week I have been in the hospital hoping that my father would get better. He had surgery on Friday and he was sent home after three days he was rushed to the hospital in Fargo because his leg was swollen. And it the little town my parents live in the hospital can't do to much because it don't have all the materials and plus I think there are better doctors in Fargo/Moorhead area that deals with this kind of stuff.

After the doctors did tests, they went up to his room and told us that he had a blood clot that was from his groin to his ankle. My family was told it was only in one leg but after my father was in the hospital we seen that his other leg was getting swollen so we told the doctors that we wanted to know what was going on with his leg. The doctor said that they couldn't do anymore it just has to take its course. Now thats where we are right know waiting for him to get better and hoping he will be able to go home pretty soon.

The Weather

Tonight I was thinking about the weather and how nice it was today. It was only thirty-seven degrees outside, but that's still pretty cold if you think about it. I saw so many people running around with sweatshirts and no stocking hats, it's not like it's in the sixties. I mean when we are use to the weather being around seventy to eighty degrees, thirty-seven degrees is freezing. Its just crazy how our bodies' adapt. I am not complaining that it's cold in Minnesota. I love the weather in this state and I could spend the rest of my life here.

Essay Topics

There has been a lot on my mind this past week, much of it being from work. I have a 16 year old that I work with that is jealous of the relationship that I have with a few of the kids(I work at a childcare center). I cannot help two of these kids are drawn to me, especially since they do not have a good motherly figure in their lives. Why is it that certain children are drawn to certain people? Are there certain characteristics that children look for in a person? I have a really hard time with someone is jealous because of something I have no control over and I feel bad for these kids that I speak of.
Another topic that I could touch on is why aren't people just happy with the way they are? I know we all change our hair and dress certain ways but that isn't the issue. Why is it that when you talk to a female that is the size of a twig, they aren't happy. You talk to a larger female and they aren't happy. I know we should all strive to be healthy and fit, but you can be larger and still be healthy. No one is ever happy with they way they are, can't we just be ourselves and quit striving to be something we are not? What has possessed our nation to be this way?
It is amazing how quickly things come to mind when you free write. I drive by a salvaged car lot every day on my way to school, and all I can ever think about is if anyone has ever been killed in those vehicles. Can places like this sell cars like this to anyone on the street to fix up or do whatever they please with them? That is one thing that I would not be able to handle. If the damage is bad why don't they destroy the vehicle, it has obviously already been totalled. I get the chills every time I drive by this place, which is right along the highway. I could go on for hours on how I feel about a few of these things, but I feel I have enough topics for now.

Possible Essay Topic

The other day I was working and an old man came though my line who could not count money he took out a ball of money from his pocket and handed it me and said you count it because I can not count money. What happened if this elderly man runs into a dishonest cashier and he hands him a bunch of money and says you count it I can't and that dishonest cashier takes extra money and pockets the money. The sad thing about that is the old man would not even notice the money missing. Should the elderly be able to shop alone if they can not count money or write there own checks?

Why I believe this would be a good topic to possible write about for an essay is because it is one of the big controversies in today society with the elderly.

Possible Essay Topics

So I'm sitting in one of my classes, and we are having a group discussion. And as this discussion is progressing, I notice how there's a student who has a comment for everything! EVERYTHING! And sometimes the comments make no sense not only to the class but also to the teacher. As this is going on, I got to thinking, why are there those people who need to have a comment for everything? Is it because they think it makes them seem more important or smarter than the rest of the class? Do they comment on everything because they like the sound of their own voice? I just don't get it. Another thing I don't understand is why people, who live in North Dakota/Minnesota, complain about the cold weather? The occasional comment "it sure is cold out today" is fine, but to sit and complain about how cold it is, and it shouldn't even be allowed to be this cold, blah blah blah, I just don't get it. Cold weather happens every year. It happened this year, it happened last year, and I'm willing to bet all of my money that it's going to happen next year. But guess what? No matter how long it lasts, next year at this time, people are going to complain about cold weather. The way I look at it is I'd rather have it really cold than really hot, because when it's cold, you can put on layers of clothes to stay warm. What are you going to do when it's really hot? And you can't say sit inside where it's air conditioned, because you could sit inside during the winter where it's heated. That's all I've got.

Just seeing if I can figure this out...

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Essay Assignment

My 15 yr old sister has been home from school with mono for over 2 weeks now, and the doctor said she will need to be home for at least another 6-8 weeks and will have to get a tutor. My thought was how will her grades and standings be affected by her being home for so long and with her having a tutor helping her with her work.

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Essay Assignment

One day last week, I was in Sun-Mart and there was this mother and her child. I could not help but notice that the girl was acting very naughty and the mother was not doing anything to calm or discipline her. It made me think to myself why is this mother not doing anything? I sat and thought about it for awhile, and then it came to me. The mother could have been scared to do anything. Now a days you cannot even glare at your child, let alone discipline your child in public without people looking at you funny. To me that is very unfair; you should be able to discipline your child without being looked down upon by the general public or worse, getting in trouble with the wrong people. Now a days the parenting world is so hard. You want to raise your children right, but how can you do that with people judging you on how to parent?

Hello My name is Amy

I am just trying the blog out, I hope that I am doing it right it is my first time,doing something like this.

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Possible essay topics

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English 1101-03
Possible essay topics

Being a responsible pet owner- In sociology we were talking about walking a dog and how a person needs to clean up after their dog, and that made me think that that would be a good essay topic. In the essay a person would talk about all the things that come along with being a responsible pet owner and all the thing a person should not do when owning a pet.

Children with divorced/single parents- My son goes away every other weekend with his dad and last Friday when his dad came to pick him up he was sad to leave me but happy to see his dad, it made me feel bad for him because he seemed to be torn between us. I think that would be a good essay topic and a person could talk about how children are affected by having two separate homes.

Process of making a hula-hoop- My sister decided to make her own hula-hoop and some for her kids and my son this weekend and it got me thinking that would be a good process essay, a person could write about the materials needed and how to make them. Another thing that could be in the essay is the fact that the bigger you are the bigger the hula-hoop you need in order to actually do it, and about the exercise you can get from hula-hooping.

Just testing

Hi everyone, just seeing if I could figure out how to blog. I guess its not as hard as I thought. See everyone in class

Trying out the new blog

Just getting a feal for this new blog.

23 below on a Saturday night????

Hey group!
Just trying out my skills on this whole blogging thing. So my name is Ryan, I'm in my final semester at MSCTC and I'm in the Finance and Credit program. And according to wday.com, it was 23 below zero last night, which I believe to be true as I was out and about! Well, that's all folks.

Test.

"Testing: one, two, three." "I'm not sure if the Microphone is on, can I get a new one?"

First blog for me as well

Just trying out this web logging deal.

This is my test page

Introduction

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to make sure I had gotten everything set up right. I also wanted to break the ice, sitting in a class full of people and looking around and knowing faces but no names just kinda bothers me.. I'm Amber. I like to meet new people and make new friends.. Laughter is the best medicine, so feel free to laugh at me. Or with me.
*Amber*

Post Numero Uno

I'm a computer geek (hehe), so if anyone needs help, leave a comment and let me know! It's really easy to get the hang of it :)

this wasnt that hard to do, partially because i had this smart kid help me set it up. Blogging will probly be more useful now i know how to.

My first blog

I have blogged before in my First Year Experince class for Sara Frysile.

First Blog

This is my first blog and it was definitely a lot easier than I expected.

Title. Blog 1

Hi world. This is a practice post. edit and I'm done.

Welcome!

This is the course blog for College Writing I. Each student has access to post to this site. So does anyone else in the world: my friends, your parents, a teenager from Istanbul, etc. :)

Let me layout some basic guidelines beyond what I put in the handouts in D2L:

1. When you create your profile or log-in name, please make it something I'll recognize so I can grade accordingly.

2. Keep posts academic in tone and diction. They can be personal but should not be information you would not want to share with the world.

3. See these sources for help on posting, for directions on linking to another page, and tips on editing your posts.

4. Please do not write about other classes/instructors in this blog unless it is relevant to the unit materials and is not personal/rant-ish.

To get started with the blog, look for an email from me with the subject "You have been invited to contribute to J. Beyer's blog." It contains instructions for joining the blog.

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