amatgumby's blog

I as thousands of other people will be heading off in a few weeks to attend college for the first time. All over again we will be freshman, leaving the comfort of being the "top-dog" in high school. For many this will be the first time being away from family, friends, and the comforts of our own homes.  Read More »

I am a procrastinator, like many teens, and because of this I put things off until the last minute, including college scholarship applications. Now I have always thought that I was just a procrastinator, but my mother believes that I have a fear of success. Is that possible, I know I have a fear of failure/rejection, but a fear of success? I am not to sure about that.  Read More »

Did you know that even in today’s world you can not give blood if you “are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once.” Can you believe this, in today’s modern world homosexuals still can’t give blood. I understand that there is a high risk of
HIV/AIDS but not all homosexuals have HIV/AIDS, and there are plenty of not straight people who do have HIV/AIDS.  Read More »

In my AP English 4 class we just finished reading the book Paradise Lost, by John Milton. We were then assigned questions to be discussed during our Socratic seminar. One of the questions was “Who, if anyone, is the hero in the book? Why?” Well my answer to the question was Satan.  Read More »

This is one of the craziest medical stories I have ever heard about. A man in Ireland used his sons tooth to rebuild an artificial cornea. The article that I read (the link is below) said that this procedure started being done back in the 60’s in Italy . This story is so unique I figured that we would have heard about this “medical miracle” before now.  Read More »

How many of you have ever dealt with being depressed? I am sure at some point everyone has. Now how many have dealt with long periods of depression? I have and let me tell you it is no fun.  Read More »

I know a lot of people do not think it is possible for Caucasians to be discriminated against, well I am here to say that those people are wrong. I am a Caucasian and I have been discriminated against.  Read More »

In today's world there is so much going on. Everyone likes to just relax for a while and go see a movie. The movies in this post are either ones I saw at the Sundance Film Festival over the past two years, or foreign films. I believe that independent and foreign films are some of the best films out there, because they don’t have the big studio heads telling them what audiences want to see.  Read More »