Finding a nice Jewish boy

I am a college student at the ripe age of 21 already looking to meet someone to "settle down" with. That term sounds miserable. The minute I hit 17, my family already started pushing the marriage wagon. I obviously thought they were cray cray. I was dating for fun in high school like your supposed to? I didn't care if the guys were Jewish. When I brought a goy home to try to rebel against my mom, she cleverly said in her Moroccan accent "its okay, I know your not going to marry him anyway." But now apparently, I am serious. I experienced a shift. Seeing family members not get married who are nearing the end of their 20's, I realized I need to get a move on. College is prime time. We have an Aish, a Hillel, and a Chabad. All prime meeting places for Jewish boys. At what other point in my life will I meet this many single, Jewish, eligible, optimistic, attractive men within my dating pool? Never. This is the time. I don't want to miss this opportunity but I also don't want to be crazy obsessively desperate either. In an age of technology, the only place these opportunities can spring up is the internet. People have lost touch with the idea of meeting new people in person. We are fearful to talk to strangers. Even I find myself obsessing over a text message. People could have crushes on each other and never know because we are a generation of scared dating wimps. So where does that leave me? Constantly going to Jewish functions to meet guys. I know I am not alone in this. Not that these functions don't have other purposes like instilling pride of my culture, but they have unique benefits when it comes to marrying Jewish. And I have not even began to mention what pressure for marriage looks like. An example from Lag Ba Omer during the dancing around the fire. My mom turns to me and says "Shai, you having too much fun, its no fun if you marry goy." She doesn't want me to lose out on the fun if I marry a none Jew. When I go to Israel and hang with her family there, they are always fantasizing about me marrying an Israeli guy and coming to Israel. In their minds, a goy is not even an option since they are surrounded by tribe members. On top of this, a few summers ago I went to what I can "Orthodox Training Camp" aka Jewel where all they could talk about is marriage. Some of the stuff was actually pretty interesting. But still tiresome on my mind. But here is the kicker, my dads family is the most pressuring. I went to Great Neck, NY for one of the infinite amount of weddings they have within my dads community. One of my dads older relatives came up to me and asked me if I was married and said she had someone for me. I was only 17! On top of that, every event I have gone to since then, someone always comes up to me and said in a thick Persian accent "I hope the next one is for you!" Its ridiculous. One night, my dad sat me down for a talking to. The whole time he was telling me how he wanted me to date and meet people and be pretty so I can get married. Like it was the end of the world if I didn't. Maybe its coming from the fact that he did not marry my mom till he was almost 40. But all of this and then my dads wife always asking me about dating stuff.  But the thing is, we all want to be loved and to be committed to. So I feel obligated to listen to all of this because I do want to meet someone special. But do I want to waste my heart on someone who is not going to be there for the long hall? This is why I feel almost having to date for marriage and to really take my dating life seriously. But this pressure does not clarify anything. Jewish ladies, if you know what I am talking about give me a AMEN! *emphasis on the men*

Measuring Ourselves

Part I: About the Station

* Give the title of the module/station : Measuring Ourselves
* Who was in your group? Joe
* The group is trying to figure out the relationship between height, wingspan, and foot size.
* we went outside and measured each group member and recorded the results.
* I helped make sure the tap measure was lined up while the other group members got measured.

Part II: Your Work




# Is there a relationship between height and wingspan? The height and the wingspan are very similar. Each student had a difference of 3 inches or less.



# How can you tell from the graphs? We can tell by looking at the imaginary line of best fit. All the plots are near the diagonal cutting the graph.

# Is there a relationship between height and foot length? The taller you are, the larger the foot size you have.



# How can you tell from the graphs? We see that the higher the height, the farther the person is on the foot size scale.

Part III: What did you think?

* Answer the following questions individually:
o What did you like about this activity, if you were the student? What about if you were the teacher?
Student: I would like this activity because it lets me physically do something. I have to get out of my chair in order to get everyone measured. This also lets me get a better understanding of where the data came from.
Teacher: It lets the teacher see how well students interact in a group. I think teachers like this because it puts the kids on a path to independence. Its also a good breather for the teacher since we can be relaxed because we watch and help the students. Its a behind the scenes task.

o What did you not like about this activity, if you were the student? What about if you were the teacher?
Student: I didn't like the program we used to graph. Yes, it was easy to use, but, its like teaching a student English and in the middle of the year telling them they can only speak in Spanish. I feel that if you start the kids on a simpler graph program, when they get to excel, it might be confusing. So I think it would be best if they were in 5th grade to use excel.
Teacher: Personally, I feel like I might forget to bring enough tape measures to class. Other then that, I liked the activity.

o What were the most interesting and/or surprising parts of this activity?
I am not sure what to be surprised about. We have done things like this in the past so I have already seen the results. I also was surprised by how much I enjoyed doing it again. Its nice to feel like a kid again. I still feel like a kid inside so I want to preserve my youth through eduction.

Engaging Our Youngest Minds

http://k12online.ning.com/video/engaging-our-youngest-minds

The lady in the video is telling a story about a girl who was invested in changing the world. Her passion was saving animals and collecting change to keep them alive. The shocker of this video is that she is in preschool. The person mentions there is a lack of passion among youth. She talks about how schools are pushing students away from passion. She wants passion to truly thrive in our schools. She wants to keep the natural curiosity of the youth for as long as possible. She thinks it’s the most important to help conduct learning. The lady wants this little girl Hailey to publish her ‘books’ online and communicate with scientists. Technology isn’t what is engaging, it’s the passion that helps them engage with the learning. Technology is going to connect them to their future. This lady is giving Hailey the tools she needs in the future to push her passion as far as possible. The parents wrote a note about how learning never ends and they hope that this lady will keep helping Hailey like she has been so far. In the end to sum up what she has been saying is a clip of this adorable boy. He is playing Jason Mraz on a guitar and he looks to be about 4 and a half years old. Overall I think her message was that passion is what drives this world and we need to make sure our youth don’t forget it!

Teachers Webpage

http://myfunteacher.com/index.htm

This is a myfunteacher website that highlights miss powels classroom. I don't think she has a sponsor for this site but she seems to be connected to Beatty elementary school in Vegas. The reason she put this site together was to aid students and parents with the education process. She puts in many resources for parents that will help there students complete the class. I love the design of this web page because she makes it known that it gets constantly updated. Her theme on the homepage is valentines day which is right around the corner. The tabs are clearly and easily labeled for easy navigation. This is a personal page and there is no obvious adds posted on here making her motivation soley on her students. I don't think i would use it in my class but i could use it as inspiration for my own web page as an educator.

Teaching Sites

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

The website I chose is Teaching Ideas. The website seems independent from any large organization. This website seems to be created by Mark Warner who's name appears all over the site. I would assume his motivation is to help teachers with lesson plans. If a teacher is stuck on what to do for class, he/she can go on here and get ideas from people who have taught the subject before. This website was made as a took to make teachers lives a little easier. The website does look slightly outdated though its pretty easy to navigate. I only saw 2 adds on this page. This makes me think he made this website more for teachers then his own personal gain. This is valuable because I can talk to other teachers who have been in my shoes before and get their valued input.

Yup yup! That’s me! And as you can see I LOVE talking! I’m always the one to make life just a little bit louder! If you ask anyone that truly knows me, my voice is loud! Not necessarily in volume, but in my message. I’m never scared to speak my mind for those who have lost their voices. This branches out to my fight with the civil rights and equality. My voice is the tool I can share with the world for the better of all human beings. All I have to do is be loud enough to be heard! My goal in life is to always learn. Yes we learn every single day no matter how old we are but how many people live their life open it? I know that I come to school to learn and its more important then grades themselves since grades are supposedly a reflection of how much we learn. But it seems like society will never let me do that since all academic courses need to get grades. I know that colleges want to see those two numbers and either your in or your out. They don’t care about how much growth I’ve had since my freshman year yet they do care about how many AP’s you take or your 4.5 GPA and 33 on the ACT. I just wish that for once people graded me for what I’ve become. And I want everyone to consciously be learning for the better of themselves and not just for money.

I really wouldn’t change much. Yes I have learned a lot but I am still the same person. But that doesn’t mean sociology didn’t have an impact. It changes the way I have looked at race and social class. One major change would be who cares if school don’t grade you on your growth. I’d hope then when I finish college, then all my life lessons will help me find the jobs that those people who didn’t grow wont get. As long as I know I learned I am happy.
Sorry if you expected more, but I am still the same great person I was before but with more knowledge on the world.

everyone's *truely* a little bit racist

we all judge no matter what, some people are just much worse.

First off, I rarely get to see any people of my race in movies or shows so seeing a Persian family in crash really hit home to me. It reminded me so much of my family and it stinks to know that many people don’t know much about my race.

“Everyone's a little bit racist
Sometimes.
Doesn't mean we go
Around committing hate crimes.
Look around and you will find No one's really color blind.
Maybe it's a fact
We all should face
Everyone makes judgmentsBased on race.”

… is what I think! Race will never go away. We all look different, so what! it’s the ones who learn to oppress the bit of racist they got in um who are the strongest. I think over time people will grow to be less racist because society keeps changing.