#25 Belonging

I feel like I belong in my CYAC group. This connection is important to me because I have met so many great people through this group and we all have a common goal, to help kids in the hospital. CYAC is sort of like my second family, especially lately. We have been working/volunteering together more lately, what with our handwashing music video and the Ball. These people are definetely helping to make me a better person.

#23 Oscar Pistorius

I think it's fine that he competed at the Olympics, but I don't think that he should have been allowed to complete in the Paralympics too. I think that he should have had to choose between one or the other. NOT BOTH. Being in the both the Olympics and the Paralympics should not be allowed because it completely contradicts. If you're eligiable to compete in the Olympics, you should no longer be eligiable to complete in the Paralympics. I just don't think it works.

#22 can you have "bad" morals and still be a "good" leader?

I definitely think you can have bad morals but still be a good leader, but only to an extent. If those bad morals get in the way of your leadership, then you are no longer a good leader. But if your bad morals don't affect your leadership skills at all, then you are still a good leader.

#21 Lance Armstrong

I don't think that Lance Armstrong is a villian or a hero. I think somewhere in between like most normal people. Sure, he cheated in a cycling race, but he raised so much money for cancer research. I think that if I was more into bike races, I would probably think that the bad outweighed the good. But I do know people that have, or had, cancer and I'm sure that the money he helped to raise, helped them in some way. That is why I think he is more like a normal person than a hero or a villian.

#20 Midterm

So last night, I spent my evening at the London Convention Center. I was there from 4:30 to 10:00 volunteering at the Children's Magical Winter Ball. This ball's purpose was to fundraise for London Health Sciences Center. There were people wearing full lengths gowns. These people paid at least $150 to be there. These are the kinds of people that have money and know how to use it to help others. These people are the ones that think of others before themselves. These are the kind of people that we need more of in the world. I was helping out at the Philanthropy table for the majority of the night, taking the gifts that families had brought for the children that had to be in the hospital over Christmas. The gifts varied from books and crayons to massive gift sets. I don't think the children even understood how much of a difference they were making in another child's life. I also spent some of my night helping out at the craft section. The kids that came, had the option to color and sign a card for a child in the hospital, and some of them even wrote notes. You can tell that even though they don't completely understand the difference they are making, they are still so happy to help.