Assignment #22 Smoking

1. Stress relief
2. Media influences
3. Self-medicaion
4. Advertising
5. Genetic predisposition
6. Misinformation
7. Parental influence
8. Risk-taking behavior
9. Social rewards
10. Peer pressure

I think smoking tobacco isn't good for you.  In my opinion I think they should make smoking tobacco illegal because its killing lots of people everyday.  People who smoke know that the cigarette is killing them so I guess its all on them if they want to smoke. I don't think theres a really good reason why anybody should start smoking.  Theres many other ways to release stress.  You don't have to depend on cigars to release your stress.  Honestly smoking isn't doing any good to anyone.  I really don't see a reason why it shouldn't be illegal.

Free choice

For the free choice I'm going to write about 4th of july.  4th of july is in about 2 months or so.  4th of July is a really great day to get with family and just have fun.  You could have a BBQ or go to a park and see all the fireworks go off.  You could also just stay home if you want to.

The fireworks here in california are pretty cool to watch.  Even though theres no bottle rockets or such. Some fireworks could be really expensive and some could be pretty cheap.  The expensive ones are normally the fountains and the cheaper ones are normally the fire crackers. 

I personally don't like buying fireworks but every now and then I do.  It's pretty interesting to watch fireworks go off.  Hopefully they allow bottle rockets in California one day. I don't think that would be any time soon though. 

http://www.fireworks.com/

assignment #19 being charitable

The charity i'm choosing is called children of the fallen soldiers.  This charity gives all the support a child who lost their father in war needs.  They try to help the children accomplish their goals.

This charity is important to me because theres many children who are left without fathers because they passed away serving their country.  So in that case the mother of the child has to work even more so they cant meet their needs.  But what this charity does is help the mother out so she wont have to work as much.

This charity is important to me because I've seen how single mothers have to struggle in order to meet their families needs.  I think its a really great thing what this charity does.  It's great that they're giving back to the families who have lost a loved one while fighting for our country.

http://www.childrenoffallensoldiers.org/

Assignment #18 - bucket list

One of the main things I want to do before I die is go on a hot air ballon ride. It looks very fun and interesting.

The second thing I would want to do is graduate from columbia university. I've always been interested in that university.  it would be on of my biggest accomplishments if i graduated from their. 

The third thing I would want to do is zip lining.  It looks kind of frighting yet fun. 

The fourth thing I would want to do is learn sign language.  Ever since I 

was young I wanted to learn sign language. 

The final thing I would want to do before I die is travel all 50 states. 

Assignment #17 - stranded

If I were to get stranded on an island, one of the things I would like to have is a fishing rod.  I would want a fishing rod because I would be able to catch fish so it would be easier to obtain food.  I wouldn't have to go deep into the island and look for food.

Another object I would like to have is a small mirror.  A mirror would help me get rescued because during the day it could reflect sunlight, so any helicopters passing by would see me.  I think thats a better be way of getting rescued instead of starting a fire.

The final object I would like to have with me is a butane lighter.  So I could start a fire to keep warm also so I could cook the fish I catch.  Another important reason I would want to have a butane lighter is so I could boil ocean water and be able to drink it.

Dream Job

When I get older I want to become a structural engineer.  A structural engineer is a engineer that does the blue print of the building.  He's the one that basically designs the structure.

I've been wanting to become a structural engineer since 7th grade.  I want to be able to design houses, schools and big buildings.  I'm really good at drawing so I think that skill will defiantly help me on drawing the blueprints.  I'm also pretty good at math. So that will also help me in being a good structural engineer.

Engineer is a really hard job to do.  But it pays off.  In some area they get paid up too 100k a year, you have to be really experienced in that field of course.  Straight out of the university some structural engineers could get payed 40 - 60k.  Which is pretty good for people starting in that field. 

Becoming a structural engineer is my main goal I really want to accomplish.