reading this post's title probably had you thinking "what?" but i promise i'll explain. here was my "about me" yesterday:
almost high school aged girl who loves star wars, gladwell, lehrer, radio lab and indie rock and is too lazy to capitalize when typing.
this is my "about me" today:
high school aged girl who loves star wars, gladwell, lehrer, radio lab and indie rock and is too lazy to capitalize when typing.
are you seeing the missing "almost"? i start high school tomorow! aaaaaaaah! no, hopefully i'll be ok. i can open my combination lock in 12 seconds flat (i've been practicing) and all my awesome friends who love me for being a giant nerd (see last parentheses) are going to the same school. so cross your fingers i don't get egged on freshmen fridays (yah, they do do that, but luckily there are only four) and i'll keep writing! i'm definitely not going anywhere.
August 31, 2010
August 3, 2010
referendum day
i am pleased to announce that the next three weeks will have very special blog posts pertaining to non western views of psychology and pop culture because i'm in mombasa, kenya! it's beautiful here, but also sad because of the huge social-economic differences between the different subgroups. however, we might start to see some of that change starting today.
today is referendum day here in kenya, so all citizens have a chance to vote on the countries new constitution, which is looking like it will pass (washington post, 2010). it's so awesome that i get to be here to witness what is essentially history in the making.
this referendum also poses some interesting questions: how would the u.s. be if we did not have the electoral college? our founding fathers designed the electoral college because they worried about the common man not having enough information to make informed decisions in the voting process, however, in today's internet society this is hardly an issue. we all know that the electoral college can be manipulated (he hem, george bush). if we had the chance, how would the u.s. remake it's government? how would you?
PLEASE comment below, i'd love to hear your opinion. you owe me from the last post. read that one and comment too. anything you want me to cover while i'm here? tell me about it and i'll try to get to it. thanks.
today is referendum day here in kenya, so all citizens have a chance to vote on the countries new constitution, which is looking like it will pass (washington post, 2010). it's so awesome that i get to be here to witness what is essentially history in the making.
this referendum also poses some interesting questions: how would the u.s. be if we did not have the electoral college? our founding fathers designed the electoral college because they worried about the common man not having enough information to make informed decisions in the voting process, however, in today's internet society this is hardly an issue. we all know that the electoral college can be manipulated (he hem, george bush). if we had the chance, how would the u.s. remake it's government? how would you?
PLEASE comment below, i'd love to hear your opinion. you owe me from the last post. read that one and comment too. anything you want me to cover while i'm here? tell me about it and i'll try to get to it. thanks.
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