Here is a link to an article I read today in the Washington Times:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/06/duncan-silly-to-keep-kids-home-to-avoid-obama-speech/
It's about the President's speech on Tuesday. He is not the first president to give a speech to schools and to encourage students to stay in school. I think the people that don't want their kids to watch this speech are completely ingnorant. It's ridiculous!! If he was planning to push his political agenda, he'd be choosing the wrong place. Kids aren't really into issues and they would tune out to what he was saying if he started to talk about his ideas. Nobody whined when the first Bush spoke to schools about the Iraq war, yet now we have a president that wants to challenge our kids and people are freaking out. People need to develop a little more tolerance in this country. The more you know, the better prepared you are to live in this world, and that means listening to all different opinions. Listening to other views is how we learn respect and tolerance. Sheltering kids from a speech does more harm than good. His speech isn't meant to push his agenda anyway, so it should be a mute point. Ugh, I'm so irritated right now!!
PS - I had fabulous trips this summer and will get around to posting about them some day soon. I started my doctoral program and I start teaching on Tuesday. Life is busy :)
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Better Single Than Sorry
I recently finished reading a book called "Better Single Than Sorry" by Jen Schefft. It's a great read. Jen first appeared on the bachelor a few years ago and ended up winning with a proposal by the wealthy heir to Firestone tires. She ended up breaking off the engagement a few months down the road because she wasn't happy. Later she appeared on the show The Bachelorette and turned down two proposals. She got a lot of grief for it but she what she wanted to demonstrate in her book that she wasn't going to settle for anything less than happiness and she'd rather be single than sorry. I totally agree!Although the book was great, the point of my entry is not to do a book review. I'm 25 and single...yay! Of course, I would like to be married one day but I'm also not willing to settle for anything less than I deserve. I have a lot of goals and dreams and I'm not about to stop them just because a guy is in my life. I'm willing to compromise but I don't think it's fair I sacrifice what I want in life for a man. If the guy is right for me, he'll help me and support me in my goals. Most of my close friends are married and I have seen a lot of the women make too many sacrifices for their husbands and families. I think it's very noble to sacrifice and serve, but not at the cost of your own personal happiness. Many of my friends rushed into marriage, some of them it worked out and some are unhappy and wishing they did more before they got married. When I finally cross the marriage path in my life, I know I have accomplished a lot and I will be ready to settle down.
Why am I mentioning all of this? A recent event happened to really make me ponder on my singlehood. Someone close to me was recently married and followed one of her dreams. It seemed like all was coming together for her and she was very happy. Unfortunately, her husband could not be supportive of her dream and being the noble woman she is, she is putting her dreams on hold for him. Many women do this and it's not necessarily bad, it's just sad to see. I know she's sad and doesn't want to give up on what she started but she is doing it because her man isn't willing to give. I've had a lot of conversations with friends lately and it seems that too many women sacrifice what they want for men. I'm so happy to know that I'm single and in a position where I don't have to put my happiness on hold. It breaks my heart to see my friend have to put her dreams aside. It's just one more reason I'm thankful to be single. It truly is better to be single than sorry (not that my friend is sorry, but I think she would be happier if things worked out different and her man was more supportive).
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
A Woman's Worth
This is a post a did a while ago on my old blog but thought I should add it to this one...
What is a woman's worth? This is something I have been talking about with a friend of mine lately and I ended up teaching a lesson in church about it. What is our worth and purpose? If I look back into my own life and my observations of other woman, I think we don't realize who we are and in turn allow ourselves to be mistreated. I know I have let far too many men treat me poorly and I realized that it's not the men that are the problem...it's me! I have allowed these lame guys into my life and for what? I have a lot to offer and there is no reason to settle or allow myself to be treated bad. I was never trying to settle before, which is why I'm still single, but I haven't always dated the highest quality guys before either. This is something I would like to change. It might result in less dates but I'm okay with that because I didn't get it until now...it's not quantity but quality.
I still haven't answered my intial question. What is a woman's worth? If you've ever seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" the main character's mother tells her that "the man is the head but the woman is the neck and she can move the head which ever direction she wants." That is an awesome statement. Women are strong and we have a lot more influence in the world than we give ourselves credit for. If we could all realize our strengths and use them in a positive way we could do so much. We could even change men for the better...this is only contigent on us recognizing our own personal worth and having confidence in ourselves as women. It's a beautiful thing to be a woman.
I've always heard, you can't change men. This is true in the sense that our sole purpose should not be to change men. If it is then we will be frustrated and men will be annoyed and want to walk away. However, if we change the way we carry ourselves, the way we are around men and change what we expect out of them then they will have to change to be around us. We can't let men take advantage of women. Men will naturally change in a positive way if we are different, not because we are making them but because they will have to if they want to meet our standards and expectations. Our standards should be high and if a man is not willing to come to your level then who cares, someone else will come along and be willing to work for it. As more women raise their standards, the more men will rise to meet the challenge. Men don't want to be with easy women, they want to work for it. I know that because many of my guy friends have told me and my girl friends that have awesome guys made them work for it!
I've always had a theory that the world would be a much better place if women ran it. Although I still think that's true, our roles might be best if we stay in the shadows and use our influence in a different way...by turning the neck :) We do have an influence in the world and on men. More of us, including me, need to use our influence in a positive way. This is a very random blog but us women are awesome and more of us need to realize just how true that is!!
What is a woman's worth? This is something I have been talking about with a friend of mine lately and I ended up teaching a lesson in church about it. What is our worth and purpose? If I look back into my own life and my observations of other woman, I think we don't realize who we are and in turn allow ourselves to be mistreated. I know I have let far too many men treat me poorly and I realized that it's not the men that are the problem...it's me! I have allowed these lame guys into my life and for what? I have a lot to offer and there is no reason to settle or allow myself to be treated bad. I was never trying to settle before, which is why I'm still single, but I haven't always dated the highest quality guys before either. This is something I would like to change. It might result in less dates but I'm okay with that because I didn't get it until now...it's not quantity but quality.
I still haven't answered my intial question. What is a woman's worth? If you've ever seen "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" the main character's mother tells her that "the man is the head but the woman is the neck and she can move the head which ever direction she wants." That is an awesome statement. Women are strong and we have a lot more influence in the world than we give ourselves credit for. If we could all realize our strengths and use them in a positive way we could do so much. We could even change men for the better...this is only contigent on us recognizing our own personal worth and having confidence in ourselves as women. It's a beautiful thing to be a woman.
I've always heard, you can't change men. This is true in the sense that our sole purpose should not be to change men. If it is then we will be frustrated and men will be annoyed and want to walk away. However, if we change the way we carry ourselves, the way we are around men and change what we expect out of them then they will have to change to be around us. We can't let men take advantage of women. Men will naturally change in a positive way if we are different, not because we are making them but because they will have to if they want to meet our standards and expectations. Our standards should be high and if a man is not willing to come to your level then who cares, someone else will come along and be willing to work for it. As more women raise their standards, the more men will rise to meet the challenge. Men don't want to be with easy women, they want to work for it. I know that because many of my guy friends have told me and my girl friends that have awesome guys made them work for it!
I've always had a theory that the world would be a much better place if women ran it. Although I still think that's true, our roles might be best if we stay in the shadows and use our influence in a different way...by turning the neck :) We do have an influence in the world and on men. More of us, including me, need to use our influence in a positive way. This is a very random blog but us women are awesome and more of us need to realize just how true that is!!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I wish I was...
If you're a facebook fan then you are aware of the feature to update your status. Under your name you can write "Amy is blah blah blah." Everyone puts in whatever they want. Last week I put "Amy is wishing she was..." I didn't fill in the rest of that statement and thought it would be fun for people to imagine what I would put there. "Wishing I was..." has so many meanings for me. For example, I wish I was done with school and I wish I was in the warm sun (although I will be in a few days). Anyway, I know that wishing is not always a good thing and we need to be happy and enjoy the present. 
I am happy with how things but I still have my days where I wish for things. I do have to mention that I wish for things that will be realities in time, like finishing school, but it's all that waiting I don't really care for. Patience is not a quality I say I possess but I'm working on it. I have a few other things that I'm wishing for but I think it's best to keep those to myself for now :) I'm going on my family cruise in 3 days!! I can't wait to have fun in the sun!!
I am happy with how things but I still have my days where I wish for things. I do have to mention that I wish for things that will be realities in time, like finishing school, but it's all that waiting I don't really care for. Patience is not a quality I say I possess but I'm working on it. I have a few other things that I'm wishing for but I think it's best to keep those to myself for now :) I'm going on my family cruise in 3 days!! I can't wait to have fun in the sun!!
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