Reflection: What Is A friend ?

My ninth grade year I learned that everybody is not my friend and every friend is not a good friend. All of my life I have tried to be a good, confidence giving, loyal friend and I hoped that I would get the same in return. I've learned that is not the case with everyone. I came to Parkway West without having any friends or knowing anyone because I am not from West Philadelphia and I never lived here to know anyone. I thought I could find that one person who I would stick with throughout all of my high school years. The fist two weeks of school I tried to bond with everybody and learn the different personalities to see if I could find any potential (school) best friends.

I started to become really good friends with this one girl we became very close very fast. We shared secrets, talked on the phone and I even stayed an entire weekend at her house. In the beginning of our friendship we didn't have the same since of humor but we got along well and we had a lot of other things in common. As the school year went on I started to notice some changes in her and started to feel like the more she changed the more I changed and it wasn’t for the better. She started to act different towards me in  front of other people and she became very judgmental and argumentative, which was something that made me very uncomfortable because I don't like to argue with my friends. I cannot stand a person who likes to talk about other people to make themselves  look better and that is exactly what she always did. Every time I would confront her about it she would say "Oh I am so sorry it won't happen again" or "Oh Imani I really do care about you and your a great friend". Because we were such good friends in the beginning of the year she knew that I am a happy positive person and she knew that I had no desire to argue with her. She used it against me and took advantage of me, and it showed when other people came around.

It took me Five months to realize that She was not the kind of friend I wanted or needed in my life I always felt like she sucked energy out of me until I finally cut her off and came to the conclusion that every friend is not a good friend and that I do not need a ton of friends to be happy. Out of all of the wonderful life changing things that I have learned my ninth grade year I have to say that that to me is the most valuable lesson because I will never make the mistake of letting a "friend" change me for the worse.

The Kardashians Are Back

The famous Keeping Up With The Kardashians Is now in their seventh season after six of hit seasons. I have watched the Kardashians since their second season and I've been hooked ever since. I love the show because theres nothing but positiveity i mean yeah the family has their arguments, just like any other family but the majority of the show is based on family and happiness. In my opinion this season has the potential to be the most interesting season yet because of all the changes. Kim just had the most popular wedding and shortly after she had one of the most popular divorces, Lamar Odom, Khloe's husband was just moved from the Los Angelos Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks and the two are now living in Texas away from the rest of their families, Kourtney the oldest is now having her second child again out of wedlock and there is a big Assumption by the media that Robert Kardashian Sr is not Khloe Kardashians birth father all because of Kris Jenner memoir where she wrote that she had a affair with another man around the time Khloe was born.

The season premiere was a good start for the season. The first episode was based on Kris Jenner trying to make Khloe take a DNA test to prove to her that Robert Kardashian is her birth father but of course stubborn Khloe did not want to saying "Seriously, my dad is Robert Kardashian. My other dad is Bruce Jenner," the whole episode Khloe made it clear that she did not want to take the test and she knows that Robert Kardashian is her father. To me it seems like she is in denial and she's really not sure that he;s her father but is to scared to know for sure. It was clear to her siblings that Khloe has a insecurity issue with the subject.

Khloe Kardashian Refuses DNA Test on Keeping Up With the Kardashians - UsMagazine.com

Career Day

Last Thursday on Career day we had Three different successful adults come who have three different professions they came to tell us about their careers. Our First speaker Ms Singleton, an Attorney(Lawyer) told us about her job and explained to us that do Attorney's do more than we think, For me and several other people including Mr. Petro she showed that Lawyers don't always have an aggressive and overly- defensive attitude , she had a very kind, sweet calm approach that wasn't in anyway annoying or extra. Ms. Singleton completed 7 total years of school and not only does she appear in the court she also does mediation which is dispute resolution.

The second speaker we had was Mr. Heigler a Commercial Banker. It wasn't  Mr Heigler's dream to become a commercial banker, he got the idea from an ex-girlfriend's father who mistaken him as a commercial banker while he was working at a bank. Mr Heigler explained to us that there are many different kinds of bankers and a commercial bankers make their money from the cost of fees and funds. Mr Heigler went to Delaware State University and received a Masters degree in Business management.

Our Third speaker Mr. Hanible, he is the Owner of his own Company Hanible Enterprises. Like Mr Heigler, Mr Hanible has a very unique story, He dropped out of high school to raise his two nephews  but later received a G.E.D and a Associates degree. Mr Hanible left his good paying reliable job to start his He developed his own tax business in 2008 and took only one client with him, he didn't get discouraged and he now has 300 clients.

Afghan Girls article

"Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School" is very disturbing and interesting article. This article is about how the Taliban is destroying the The Afghan schools all because they don't believe that girls should get a education. According to the article there has been several attacks against the girls in the school there was a team that used a spray bottle, another a squirt gun, another a jar. They hit 11 girls and 4 teachers. The Taliban was suspected to be the ones behind this but they denied any part of it. The head boss of the school Mr. Qadari tried to comfort the parents by telling them to let there daughters to come back to school, However his three daughters go to school abroad.

I think it is a bit hypocrtitical of Mr. Qadari to tell the parents that it is safe for there children to return to school, when his children are going to school abroad. I think if he really believed that it was safe then his kids would be going to that school instead of going to school abroad. I think that it is very sad that girls have to go through this just because they want a education for themselves. In the article girl who was attacked told the author that her parents are forcing her to go to school even if she dies, so its not like she has a choice if she wants to go or not; All because no other woman in her family has a education which is the case with most of the girls that attend that school. I believe that it is very dumb that the men don't want women to have an education i think that is only not bad for them but bad for the world because it really go's to show how much rowing up some parts need.

Oprah addresses her regrets on O.W.N

Monday morning on CBS This Morning April 2nd 2012 Oprah spoke very openly about her regrets about her network O.W.N. It was recently made known that Oprah has fired more than 20% of her O.W.N staff and the cancellation of The Rosie Show and for the first time she was very open about he ups and downs of her new network. Oprah admitted her networ started a bit to soon she referred to her network as "Getting married when you know your not ready" she also stated that if she was writing a book about this journey she would name it 101 mistakes. during the interview she said she would not throw in the towel on the network because "I'm a very driven person, I believe that i am here to fulfill a calling" she said "I will die doing what I love to do." during the CBS interview Oprah acknowledged the negative press the network has been receiving referring to it as "Overwhelming". Oprah made it very cear that the network cannot just be about her it has to be based off of her philosophy. She ended the interview with "I feel better about our network today than I ever have."

As a viewer and a fan of Oprah and O.W.N I enjoyed that interview because for as long as the network has ben on Oprah has never addressed the downs of her network so it was suprising to hear finally speak about it. I totally agree with her and also think that the network started to early perhaps if she would have waited until The Oprah Winfrey Show was completely over to start the network. I think that the network got off to such a rocky start because Oprah was trying to focus on two dfferent things, the show was in its last season and the pressure was on for it to be the best one of 25 years and at the same time her network launched and there was such high expectations for it to be great. I think had Oprah waited maybe another year should would have been able to take a break after the show and do it the right way.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/04/02/oprah-winfrey-admits-her-own-regrets/2/

The Results to Whitney's death

Finally the shocking and sad results we've all been waiting for have come. It was recently revealed that the cause of Whitney Houston's death was her drowning in the bathtub due to her heart failure and the cocaine found in her system. I was very sad and shocked to hear this because it appeared to me on T.V that she was no longer using drugs and it made me happy to see her comeback and comeback strong. According to Coroner there was also marijuana, prescription drugs, Xanax, Flexeril was found in her system but did not contribute to her death. According to the website Daily Mail Cissy Houston was reported to be 'shocked' to learn her daughter took drugs around the time she died, and i believe tht many people were also shocked to because for the most part it seemed like Whitney Houston was doing better compared to the past. She was coming out with a new movie the remake"Sparkle" and she just had a successful comeback album "I look to you" in 2009-2010.

According to Daily Mail "Source claims someone removed all traces of cocaine from hotel room before authorities arrived."

Houston was buried in a New Jersey cemetery next to her father after the four hour fneral.

WHITNEY'S TOXICOLOGY REPORT

Official cause of death was accidental drowning

'An acute dose' of cocaine was found in the singer's system and factored into her death

Results suggest Whitney was a chronic cocaine user

Chief Coroner believes the star ingested the drug shortly before her death

Traces of marijuana, Xanax, Flexiril and Benadryl were all found but did not contribute to death

It is believed Whitney had a heart attack, fell unconscious and drowned

Heart attack may have been brought on by hardening of the arteries due to years of cocaine use

Tests did not show significant amount of alcohol in Whitney's system

Foul play and trauma did not contribute to her death

Official report expected to be released in two weeks

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2118959/Whitney-Houston-cause-death-Singer-drowned-heart-attack-chronic-cocaine-user.html#ixzz1qEX7q1M9

Bobbi Kristina's interview with Oprah

We all know the great love of Whitney Houston's life , her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Bobbi Kistina Borwn is the only child of the legendary Whitney Houston. It is well known that the day after her mother died that she was sent to the hospital twice because of how depressed she was by the death of her mother. For weeks now, since Whitney Houston died there has been several ridiculous rumors about Bobbi Kristina, about what she's doing and what she's smoking, just all kinds of things. For example the day of the funeral there were rumors spreading about Bobbi Kristina leaving her mothers funeral to smoke crack.


However for the first time since her mothers death we are now going to hear her side for once. Sunday March 11th, 2012 at 9:00p.m Bobbi Kistina Brown will have her first interview along with her aunt inlaw Pat Houston and her uncle Gary Houston on Oprah: The next chapter. When asked about why did she chose to do the interview with Oprah, Brown said “[Oprah] was loyal to my mom, and never did my mother wrong, or made her look bad. She always looked out for my mom.” 


About two years ago Oprah  had a interview with Whitney and she never tried to embarrass her or exploit her. In the interview they had a very powerful connection that I myself could feel, it was probably the best interview Oprah had did and it definitely the best interview Whitney did. In  the interview Whitney even told her she loved oprah because she knows that Oprah was praying for her during her hard times and Oprah told her she was. Towards the end of the interview Oprah asked Bobbi Kristina about their mother daughter relationship and they both seemed very comfortable and honest on the topic. I 100% agree with Bobbi Kristina doing the interview and I think that her mother would be proud because her daughter is in great hands.


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