You never really know someone until you live with them!

You never really know someone until you live with them. I remember hearing this time and time again from people who were having problems with the people they were living with. I also witnessed this same idea on television shows such as, Judge Mathis, where former roommates were suing one another because someone did not come up with the rent money. I finally experienced the troubles you could have with a roommate when I moved on campus at the beginning of the school year last August. I moved into a four-bedroom dorm with two of my best friends and one girl that my best friends and I went to high school with. Many people warned us about rooming with this particular person but we figured everything would be okay. Little did we know that she would stir up major trouble in our dorm. She would complain constantly about people leaving their shoes in the living room, about everyone being too noisy, and just about almost everything. It has gotten to the point where she is extremely disrespectful and inconsiderate of people’s belongings. Instead of asking someone politely to move their jacket off of the couch, she just throws it on the floor along with other items that do not belong to her as if it were trash. My two best friends and I no longer speak to her. We wish we would have listened to everyone that warned us about rooming with her. Now I know what people mean when they say you really don’t know someone until you live with them!

Me, as a believer and a doubter

The article, by Farhad Manjoo, is arguing his idea that Facebook is becoming a very large part of people’s daily lives. Farhad points out that more and more people are joining Facebook every day. He compares Facebook to having a cell phone. When almost everyone began carrying a cell phone, there was no reason not to have one unless you were trying to prove a point. Farhad says the same is happening with Facebook. The only reason someone would not have an account with Facebook is because they are trying to prove a point. Farhad says that Facebook is almost essential to social interaction because it helps you to connect with people that may be thousands of miles away.
In the article, Farhad directly pointed out who his intended audience was-people who were not on Facebook-and it came off a little aggressive. It seemed as though Farhad was against Facebook and anyone that had an account with Facebook. Farhad includes opinions about Facebook from people who did not have accounts to further his point since most of the opinions were against Facebook. It seems as though Farhad changes his opinion throughout the article when he begins to describe how he, himself uses Facebook almost every day for social interaction. Not only did Farhad say Facebook was useful for social interaction, but it was useful for work as well. Facebook helped him write this article because it gave him a chance to connect with people that were against joining and got their reasoning as to why they decided not to join.

What I believe the American Dream to be

When I hear the term “American Dream”, I think of a large house, nice cars, and lots of money. This may not be the definition of the American Dream to many, but in my opinion it is. For most people, they work hard almost all of their lives in order to achieve a certain level of success. Usually with great amounts of success come large paychecks. Many people look forward to this aspect of being very successful. Many people strive to be extremely successful only for the idea of one day having lots and lots of money. Some people may work hard every at their job or have a career that they hate only for the simple fact that they make a lot of money. It’s sad to say but many people believe that having a lot of money can make you happy and everything else will just fall into place. Even though my definition of the American Dream has to do with someday reaching a level of success that guarantees a large amount of money, our class discussion in class last Thursday opened my eyes to other definitions to the term “American Dream”. I realized that the definition for the term “American Dream” is unique to every individual. What I believe the American Dream to be may be the complete opposite of what someone else considers the American Dream. Some believe the American Dream is just to be doing whatever makes you happy with no concern for ever having a lot of money at all. In my opinion, there is not just one definition for the term “American Dream”. Anyone can have their own version and definition for what they believe the American Dream to be.