To whom much is given, much is tested

I incited a debate, sort of. Well my blog did, which now makes me slightly important on the grand scale of things. Ya me! And in other more personal news, I had a pop quiz in euipment for process technology class, I didn't exactly fail but it sure as hell isn't going to make onto the fridge. College apps are the most exciting thing I've got going on right now, which is pretty pathetic but hey, I'm a high school senior and I'm allowed to feel this sense of dread and anticipation.

More at 3:25
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It's actually a day later because well, I'm a flake and I do things like that. I have a few topics to cover here that don't really relate to anything so here it goes:

Rap music. I like some of it, my brothers used to play mixed tapes all the time so I grew up with it. Living in Philadelphia it's hard not to like the lyrical genius of underground rappers such as Meek Mills and G.D.K. I know there are people who object to rap, especially underground because of lyrical content and its use of derogatory terms. I know it's really ignorant and naive to say that when a rapper refers to a girl as a "bitch" he isn't talking about me but I don't know him, I was raised with the idea that it's not what you're called but what you answer to. I know a few girls who are proud to be called a bitch (don't ask me why). Society doesn't protest when kids each other loser's, trust me that is just as negative a statement. We let them get away with things like that when they're young then it escalates by the time they reach high school and then we all scramble to put the blame on someone or anything else: blame the TV shows, the music, the media, the urban books. No one is willing to take the blame, and we honestly can't blame just the parents anymore. Kids spend 8 hours and school and about 4 hours outside after that. If we took head from the statement "it takes a village to raise a baby" and got more involved with our neighbors and maybe volunteered somewhere to help the misguided youth we can't stand change will possibly come.

Also, I took what could be considered as a personality test in class, not really relevant to the paragraph above but who cares.

First write down your favorite color. Then write 3 words to describe that color. Next write down your favorite animal and 3 words you would use to describe said animal. Now write down a mode of transportation ( i.e. walking, cars, bus, etc.) and three words you would use to describe it. Finally, any body of water (river, ocean, tub whatever you can think of, specifics such as Atlantic or pacific ocean are not necessary) and another 3 words to describe that. It of course is not 100% accurate and interpretation will be necessary after I tell you the categories.