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  Dating. Ah yes, dating. Such a fun and horrible topic. For me, it has been a topic I haven’t cared about much, due to my lack of desire for commitment, until recently. For me, dating in high school was a waste of time and money. I didn’t understand why I would want to take someone out that I knew I wasn’t going to marry. Obviously, now my opinion on dating has changed a ton.  Throughout high school, and after I graduated until I went on my mission, I knew that my experiences with “dating” weren’t going to go anywhere. I would just go on dates to have fun, and eventually got bored of things never going anywhere with anyone. I only had meaningless relationships. What I mean by that, is there was never any commitment, so it was just a waste of time to be with these girls. I had this idea that I didn’t want anything to get in the way of going on a mission, and I knew that having a relationship could interfere with those goals. So, then I just stopped dating entirely until af...

     Boys and girls aren’t the same. I hope that’s not news to you! And, I have a pretty strong opinion that they shouldn’t be the same, either. I don’t think this as some sort of misogynist that wants to control women; far from it. Right now, and for a long time, we have been trying to make women the same as men, girls the same as boys. Why? You might feel like the differences between boys and girls are what segregate and discriminate. But, I want to show you that these differences absolutely should not have those effects. So, let’s talk about these differences.       First, boys are usually into “things”. As babies, they are more attracted to toys. They have more spatial awareness and interest. On top of that, they’re a lot more active; always bouncing off the walls, with a desire to do as much as they can. When it comes to play time, they're a lot more aggressive and competitive. They have a tendency to break stuff. Also, rash decisions are made bec...

     Without looking up the definition of culture, how would you define it? Would you describe it as tradition, and is that only in your family? I think I would define it as the values, traditions, and habits of a family and society. Google defines it as the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.       Now, how does culture influence our social class? That’s a loaded question, because there are way more factors that we begin to think of when we consider our “class”. Let’s think about how poverty influences us. The way an individual lives when they are in poverty is completely different from the way that someone in the upper class lives. Not only are there initial increased opportunities from birth, but greater opportunities throughout life too. There are many ways to define opportunity as well.       The most obvious to me is the financial opportunity. When an individual has money, the...

  So, I wanted to make this blog a little different from the first one. I decided that I wanted to interview my roommate Kevin to get his insight on this subject today. A lot, if not half, of the interview that I had made was lost, so I'm going to paraphrase what he said. I started by presenting him with the same option that Justice Kennedy did back in 2013 concerning the decision of redefining marriage. In the Supreme Court there needs to be a unanimous vote in order for a decision to be made. Four of the justices were four redefining marriage, while four others were against redefining marriage. I asked Kevin what he would do if he had the Swing Vote, and he was presented with the assertion from the American Psychology Association (APA) that, "not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents." He thought for a moment before he said that he would decide to redefine m...