Traveling

I am passionate about travel, and am excited to go travel and study abroad this summer. I have been out of the country several times, but this will be the longest time. I am going to Britain and am studying Children's Literature. Last year I went to Scotland and and France and absolutely loved it. I think this will be a new experience going with friends and staying on my own away from my family. We stay for one month and all live together in a large dormitory.

Grey's Episode

So here are my thoughts on tonight's Grey's Anatomy episode. (This will make no sense unless you watch the show) I think that the little girl Meredith is trying to help before she falls in the water is a metaphor for Meredith. Meredith is helping the little girl find her mother, in the same way Meredith longs and is searching to "find" her mother. I think just like the little girl finds her mother at the end of the previous episode, that tonight Meredith will in some way get to experience her moether's presense in a perfect place (i.e. heaven) The mother will die tonight and Meredith will get to be perfect and mroe than oridnary for her mother in heaven. So really, there is a lot of concern that Meredith is going to die in this episode, but I don't think that is the case. They can't kill her off, I mean-it is GREY's Anatomy...

Greek Life

I think the stereotypes made about Greek life are ridiculous and pety. I joined one over the past year, and have loved every minute of it. Others often make generalizations about Greeks and claim to be so superior. For example, the Alcohol Awareness course Greeks are required to take at Southern Miss. I feel being required to take that course simply because you are in a particular organization is not only personally offensive but enforcing the stereotypes that are already so popular regarding Greek life. I guarantee you can find plently of alcohol or drug related problems on this campus apart from Greek life.
When I tell someone I am in a sorority I often get horrible looks and immediate dissatisfaction. Sororities promote academic sucess amongst their members, while implementing opportunities for community involvement and social growth. Greek life here has bettered me as a friend, student and person. Each person is an individual regardless of what organizations they are involved with or activities they participate in. Sisterhood is something amazing, and I honestly wouldn't trade it for the world. I try my hardest not to judge or assume things about people before I know them, and sometimes I wish all people would do that. Nothing is more hurtful than being hated for something you love.
I suppose one blog entry won't change the way people view the Greek system, but I personally feel a little better. It sounds cliche but, I would rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not. Sisterhood can be sumed up in one sentence: "From the outside you can't understand it, from the inside you can't explain it." I guess I'll just have to remember that the next time someone offends me or judges me simply because I am part of the Greek system here at Southern Miss.

Paper Question

Here is my question about my curren English 102 paper. The paper is about the comparison of "Samuel" and "Cathderal". I am comparing how humans treat and judge strangers. In what other way are these two strories similar in the way they describe human interaction?