College Tuition

This article was pretty interesting because I am attending a university right now. Unfortunately, I am one of the many people that has had to take out loans to help pay for college. I would love to attend a larger university but they are so expensive. Although I love where I am, a more prestigious place would be nice. I do not really think about the debt that I will be in upon graduating from college. I know that when I accept those loans, I am going to have to pay them back in the future. I tell myself that every time I check the box that says I accept the terms and conditions of the loan. But if there is one thing that I would like to ask, why do colleges charge so much? I understand that they have the necessities that have to be paid for, but if 20,000 students are paying upwards of $30,000.00 a year to attend the university, shouldn’t some limitations be made. I do think that college tuition costs need to be monitored, without this; any college can raise its tuition when it wants to. Colleges already raise their prices almost every year, and something needs to be done about this. I believe that monitoring the costs will help dramatically. 

Morality Pill

Although the concept of this pill sounds pretty intriguing, I am against the idea of prescribing a morality pill. Our independence of will or autonomy is not something that should be messed with, ever. Yes, there would be no crime and many lives would be saved, but can you imagine just how boring life would be if every single person behaved how they were supposed to? I would not want to live in a world with no misbehavior occurring, it makes life interesting. And if there was no crime, there would be many jobs taken out of society, many very important jobs. These jobs help our economy tremendously and I think that having a morality pill will just negatively affect the economy. Although the thought of living in a crime-free society is quite alluring, it just is not the right thing to do. Our free will is what allows us to be who were are, and nobody can control that. Even though many crimes can be quite heinous in nature, this pill should not be authorized by anybody ever. Almost everybody lives for themselves, and changing that would be hard. People live for their free will; you can’t just expect them to take a pill that is going to turn them into a different person. 

Reading 13

I do not really watch football so this reading pretty much means nothing to me but Tom Brady’s comment was unnecessary. Football should just be football, not trash talking. But the trash talk is unavoidable. I honestly think what he said was stupid and that no attention should be paid to it but that will not happen with today’s journalists running on everything that comes out of a celebrities or athletes mouth. Whatever he meant when he said the comment probably was not meant to get as out of hand as it did. It seems to me that none of the other players really care what Tom Brady had to say. Antel Rolle and Mathias Kiwanuka seemed to feel indifferently towards the subject in their comments. Most of the players just want to play the game; they do not want to get involved in bunch of useless drama. The players have enough to worry about. That is why football should just be the game and not all of the fame.  If fame was taken out of major sports, than fewer accidents like this one would happen. But without the fame not many people would be as interested in the game. 

Gay Marriage

Mr. Thompson, the author of this reading, is definitely sure of what he believes in, as am I. I cannot believe when people are against gay marriage. They are just like us; they are not trying to reap the benefits that are granted to married couples. They just want to be seen as normal. For most of these individuals’ lives they have been unaccepted by their peers and as their friends go off and get marries, they stand there with their partner wishing for more. Some of these people dream of sharing the last name of their partner, but they cannot. Although there are legal ways to change an individual’s name, they are expense and just not the same experience. The author also says something about polygamy. Polygamy and incest are illegal because interbreeding can cause mutations in an individual’s DNA which can lead to sever birth defects and even more. Those laws are there to protect a family from the hardships of seeing the child like that. Although I would love to see every single person marry the person that they love, that just cannot happen. But gay marriage can happen and it should be allowed to happen. I am for gay marriage and everyone should be proud for who they are. 

Age Gap Relationships

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with age gap relationship ships. People are allowed to love whoever they choose. In fact, my dad married a woman that is over ten years older than him, and I see nothing wrong with that. Now, there are some exceptions. I just couldn’t accept a 90 year old dating a 25 year old. But I still would not judge if that were to happen. Love is love and you cannot do anything about it once it is sprung on someone. But, sometimes age gap relationships can be for money, or that is the stereotype. As long as the relationship is all love and no greed, then it is okay. Now, if my son or daughter came to me and said he or she was dating somebody my age, I would be a little flustered but I wouldn’t just put it down as if it never existed, I would give the relationship a chance. And like the author said, these types of relationships are becoming more popular, I agree with that. I have some friends in the past and even a few now that are dating people that are much older than themselves. I have never judged them for that and I never will. Everyone should be accepted for who they are and who they choose to be. 

Not Against Headphones

Throughout my life, I have always owned a device that required or could use headphones. I have never thought anything of it. Headphones have been controversial but there is really no need for that. Some people just need to escape from their everyday lives and that is how they do it. They put their headphones in and people know that bothering them would not be a good idea. I have always loved having headphones; they allowed me to listen to the music that I wanted to without having any interruptions. One place that I love to use them is when I am walking on campus. Listening to music makes walking on campus so much more interesting. I am pretty sure that other people do not want to listen to my music when they are on campus also, the headphones allow for this privacy. Not everybody listens to their headphones with the volume all the way up. The children that are losing there are losing it because they do not know they safe zone for headphones.  I do not believe that headphones cause an antisocial tendency, that is just ludicrous. Yes, music should be enjoyed by all but sometimes, people just want to be left alone and that makes plenty of sense to me. Without headphones, many people could not enjoy music when they are sitting in a library or lounging in the park. Headphones make it more fun to enjoy your music. 

Overpaid Athletes

Before this reading, I did not fully realize just how much money the athletes that we watch on television make in a year. To think that these people, who are just playing the game they love, make so much money is just ridiculous. These people do not work; they just play baseball or football all day. Yeah, the sport takes a lot of work and you are away from family sometimes but that doesn’t mean you need to make millions of dollars in a year. Athletes should be paid less, the less money they are paid the cheaper it is to attend an MLB game. Many people do not get the chance to enjoy a really Major League Baseball game in their lives, which is because they are just too expensive. They have to charge a lot to make up for the players salary. I believe that athletes deserve a pay reduction, now. These people are just going to keep asking for more unless there is something done. If money really is not important to you, than why do you keep asking for more and more? You can live just fine with 7 million dollars a year; there is no reason to bitch. Athletes earn way too much money, it needs to stop.