Learned about the reading

I learned that Egypts leader just walked out of office after protests.

Skills as a writer

Since I apparently never did my post about my paper, I will comment about it here. In writing, I lack description. I don't like to be very elaborate or descriptive. I prefer to be straight to the point much like how I speak. This is bad in writing because the reader needs details and imagery in order to completely understand what it is I'm writing.

My writing probably has not improved since our first paper. I think if I write more drafts though it will help my writing. It allows me to get my ideas on paper first and then go back through and add details.

Two important things

Our gender debate was important because since men are declining and women are going up, women should technically be opening the door for me and let the man go first.

I learned I'm not the only person who plays contract killer.

Awesome article

This article is awesome because it talks about the prevalence of women suicide bombers and terrorists. When someone thinks of a suicide bomber or terrorist, they normally think of a male but about 30% of all suicide bomb attacks are women. This is something that has been happening but no one really thinks of a woman doing something like this. Normally we think of the man sacrificing himself while the woman takes care of the family but in reality it might be the other way around in some cases.


Mother. Daughter. Sister. Bomber. (cover story). EBSCO
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=119&sid=a760ea36-7c67-44e6-a314-0945f178cbc4%40sessionmgr111&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=18838904

The most interesting thing in class for me today was the fact that 90% of people in South Sudan live on less than a dollar a day. While the average for everyone is around $3.27. This disparity will be a real problem for the new country.

Service Day

Helping clean the park and the house on Thursday was a great experience for me.  I am from Sioux City so I heard about the flood almost everyday, but going out and seeing it with my own eyes on Thursday is really something you can't describe.  It was crazy to see how some of the residents literally tore everything out of their house in order to preserve it.  The house we went to looked like it was currently being built, but really the owners probably tore out all of their carpet, trim, etc.  Seeing these homes really put into perspective that these people will be out of their home for a long time and not everyone is able to find a different place to stay.  Before Thursday I didn't really think the flood was that big of a deal but I definitely do now.

Immigration Readings

The first two readings mainly contain statistics of immigrants into the U.S. and different laws that the U.S. has imposed on immigration.  Whereas the last article is taken from actual immigrates points of view.  All three articles talk about the decision to either show compassion towards the needy people who come to the U.S. only because it is the only way for them to survive or to follow the laws and deny them access.  There are good arguments for both sides which the three articles point out.  For example, the first article talks about how bad the economies and governments are in some of these countries.  This is why people have to immigrate somewhere else.  They don't have any other choice.  Yet on the other side, the U.S. can't let every single person come into the states because there is simply not enough money, resources, or space to hold them all.