Appreciate Groves

   Upon arriving at school Friday morning, I greeted many of my acquaintances. I discovered that everything that they were talking about seemed negative in one way or another. I feel that the closer we get to our graduation day the more we may want everything to be perfect, which is nearly impossible. I just wanted to take the time and remind everyone why we should try our best to find the positives in every minute that we get to spend at groves..

   We, as students of Birmingham Groves, are very lucky. we have a nice and respectable learning environment and not only that our academic program is above average. We get to express ourselves everyday in more ways than one. We a re also lucky enough to have a staff that take their jobs really serious and our dedicated to making the students and parents feel good about being apart of the groves family, this is very important to have in a school setting and many high schools seem to be lacking the quality.

   I'm not saying that because we have a good school we should walk around as if we have a perfect life because I'm sure we have other issues. however, maybe we should focus on the good rather than the bad in our lives. If we do this i guarantee we will have better days.

Guns

We Americans love guns, including me. They're pretty fun to shoot, but I think they should be limited. I don't think there any reason why there needs to be guns with a mag over 30 rounds or fully automatic settings. You use those guns for hunting people not deer. Really all you need for deer hunting is a .308 rifle or a shotgun. Not military grade assault rifles. I also think it's way to easy to get a gun. There needs to be universal background checks, and the gun show loophole is just stupid.  

Gun Violence

Gun violence is the most talked about topic in America. 

 Will there always be Gun violence in America. I don't believe it will. I think gun violence comes from people who think its okay to solve there problems with guns instead of thinking out rational responses. If we as people want to stop us from killing each other then we need to have  a stronger system for gun control.There would be less people dying from guns if we stop thinking that guns solves everything because in reality it solves nothing it only cause more people to use guns. There is also those of us who may be mentally ill and decide to use guns  and start mass shootings in schools.

I think that the world would be better if we didn't have guns.I understand that the military and ect. needs them to fight wars. Gun violence can only happen if we let it happen.

Fast Food

I hate and love fast food at the same time. I hate it because I feel like crap after I eat it, but I love it because I've grown up with it. For me fast food kinda has that nostalgia factor. It reminds me of the good old days when I was like 7 and getting all hyped for Star wars Episode III. It reminds me of a time with less problems. It also makes me think that this is why so much of America is fat, and I feel like crap after, but for those 10 minutes of Whopper it feels pretty good. It's pretty addicting honestly. Not that disgrace of a burger the Black Halloween Whopper though. That thing is a monster.  

Without Advertising there would be no Brands. There would be no Nike or Coca-Cola or anything, and I think the world would be really boring without these. I think a lot of our culture as Americans comes from advertising, almost as if advertising is modern day art. I also think it can go to far. For example in the movie, the company was thinking about making song books, or making song an adjective. Besides the fact that those make me not want to fly on the plane, I think that's a bit to far. (This is in response to Daijonay's blog on advertising because you can't hyperlink comments.)

Advertising

Advertising is something that happens everyday. You may not know it but you are advertising when you wear the designers clothes and shoes. You also advertise with the kind of food you eat. Advertising is a big deal in the economy today. There are lots of advertising in movies , commercials, TV shows, and billboards.when you really think about what does advertising really mean.this a commercial ad about Pepsi.I wonder what the economy would be like if nobody advertised anything would  people be as successful as they are without the world advertising there product.

Detroit State of Mind

   Despite the many unfortunate aspect of the motor city, I know a particular place the uplifts the city. They have great faith when it comes to the improvement and uplifting of the city. That place is Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences . This school not only educates young kids from all areas of Detroit but they allow many electives and sport to give students the opportunity to show there talents and express themselves through their work. I attended this school from kindergarten all the way 6th grade. I took many creative and performing arts cases, such as art, music , piano, choir, and dance. Anyway, my point in writing this blog is to acknowledge a positive aspect of the city that seems to make Detroit citizens fairly happy is the success and potential stored within this school. over the past year the DAAS choir has had many accomplishments. one of those accomplishments were  that the choir got a chance to perform disney world last year. Since my little cousin was a part of this i got me and my brothers got the chance go and watch her perform. Last year, Ellen DeGeneres surprised them with  a Skype call and actually paid for them to perform at disney world. She also featured then in her season 12 promo. the last but not least thing that makes me so proud of DAAS is the Detroit State Of mind video. This was made a year after I left was extremely happy to see my former choir members do something so huge.