Themes

I think the theme I would like to do the most would be food. I mean it’s around you every day and everyone needs it to survive. I’m a terrible cook, but in my last year of high school I took culinary class. I even won an award for that class, but I must say I am no chef. My mother, on the other hand, is the best at making everything and anything, from dinners, to chocolate birthday cakes. She has so many recipe boxes and books with all my favorite foods in them. The doctors told me to be aware of what I’m eating though; I am pre-diabetic and must be careful what I eat. I still love to eat and enjoy food! Right now I am a waitress at an assisted living home. Either in the dining room or in the kitchen, there is food there the entire time. I am around food all the time there, the only thing I hate is when they have split pea soup, since it smells terrible, even after I get out of work and into my car! I’m really interested in eating disorders, not only under eating but over eating, since I think at one time I had an over eating problem. Every time you turn the television on you always see food ads, and they wonder why obesity is such a big deal in America. I know people don’t have to eat the food, or eat as much, but it’s hard when they flash it around so much, it becomes such a temptation. I would like to read and write about this topic because it is such a big deal in everyone lives.

I think another theme I would like to do is education. When I was 4 years old I didn’t speak correctly, I had to have teachers come to my house and try to help me speak. I even went to preschool with the prices cut to help me. It’s funny now, because not only do I speak, I love to talk, read, and write. I can’t imagine struggling my whole life with my speech. After learning how to speak I immediately loved my reading and writing classes. I use to practice my letters for hours. Math though, has never been my favorite. I’m terrible at it! My sister is actually a middle school math and science teacher. She loves math and loves her students. She is such a good teacher. It makes me realize how different she and I really are! High school was the best time in my life, so far I think. I wouldn’t want to go back there, but it was a place that held so many good memories. I ended up at BCC because it’s close to home and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to be. Right now I’m in Office Administration, but I want to become a paralegal and eventually a lawyer. In high school my class’s own dropout rate was really high. If you look at my middle school yearbook and then at the high school one, it’s a wonder where all those kids are these days. I also was in chorus class and they were never funded very well. The risers were falling apart, and you had to be careful where you stand because you could easily loose you balance because they were no longer level. It’s crazy how the school couldn’t seem to fund something that could have hurt students. Education is a great thing, and because I plan on being a lawyer I have lots of school years to look forward too!

The last theme I am interested in is crime and justice. This ties into the fact that I want to eventually be a lawyer. I have never been in trouble with the law, but I do know people who have. I know many people, who have been in jail, but some of them are out now, and some of them are still there. I’ve always been interested in crime and justice and watch many programs about them. I’ve been following the West Memphis Three. I really believe that they are all innocent and should have not been in jail for so long, one of them was on death row for awhile too! It’s crazy how the justice system can mess up so badly. Death row to me is a touchy subject. I don’t think anyone deserves to die, but the people that are put on it are usually monsters, but they have loved ones too. Some of them are innocent also and still lose their lives. I think the insanity plea is used too much, so that people don’t take responsibility for what they have done. Crime and justice is a very, very interesting topic, and many people have very different opinions and ideas on how it is run and how it all pans out.