Flying Cars

What if the sun didn’t rise tomorrow? I think that I wouldn’t really panic the first day. If the sun didn’t rise the second day then I would know something is not right. I like the dark; I have a friend that always calls me a vampire. I would actually sleep most of the day, because when lights are off I get this sense that I can sleep longer. I know that in the science world that would not be a good thing. The earth would not get the solar heat that it would need. A lot of plants would die because they are not getting no solar energy. That makes me think about what would happen if the sun didn’t not rise for one day. Would anything change at all? I think about the days when the sun does rise but the clouds are heavily in front of it; there isn’t much sun light, but there is still some coming through the earth’s atmosphere. I know how I would act the first day, but I also know that there are a lot of other people that would panic if the sun didn’t rise on time. Just like I think that it is weird when the sun and the moon are up at the same time. Does that mean something is wrong with the solar system? If so can it be fixed, or how long would it take the world to know that it is really something wrong? How would they inform the rest of the world so that they would not lose their minds and panic?

Sun Never Rising

What if the sun didn’t rise tomorrow? I think that I wouldn’t really panic the first day. If the sun didn’t rise the second day then I would know something is not right. I like the dark; I have a friend that always calls me a vampire. I would actually sleep most of the day, because when lights are off I get this sense that I can sleep longer. I know that in the science world that would not be a good thing. The earth would not get the solar heat that it would need. A lot of plants would die because they are not getting no solar energy. That makes me think about what would happen if the sun didn’t not rise for one day. Would anything change at all? I think about the days when the sun does rise but the clouds are heavily in front of it; there isn’t much sun light, but there is still some coming through the earth’s atmosphere. I know how I would act the first day, but I also know that there are a lot of other people that would panic if the sun didn’t rise on time. Just like I think that it is weird when the sun and the moon are up at the same time. Does that mean something is wrong with the solar system? If so can it be fixed, or how long would it take the world to know that it is really something wrong? How would they inform the rest of the world so that they would not lose their minds and panic?

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What if I still played basketball? People would always ask me if I would ever want to go pro in basketball and I would always say no. I never saw that in my future, not saying that I wasn’t ever that good. I just never dreamed as being a pro ball player. When I was younger I started playing basketball when I was six years old. I was so little and short. I played basketball all the way through school up to my senior year of high school. I had gotten three full ride scholarships to universities. I was running through a play in practice act got hit in the temple and got a concussion. That concussion made the third one that I had gotten in the last seven months. They told me that I had gotten another one within the next six months or so it was going to be fatal. I did not like the sound of that. So I hung up my basketball shoes because I couldn’t do nothing but ride the bench the whole season. I ended up losing all my scholarships except for one, and I really didn’t want that one. I still play basketball till this day, not for a team but just for fun. I am not as good as I use to be, but can still school people. I would play ball as a stress reliever. Whenever I had something on my mind that was very heavy, I would play until I couldn’t play no more. Basketball was always a fun sport for me. The only time it wasn’t fun was when I was playing for my high school and I had a couch by the name of Coomb!!! She was a lady that I will never forget. She would show out on the side line and make the game fun, and then she would have her times when she would make it not even worth playing. She was one of those coaches that don’t like to show boast. We were beating a team by 50 and we started show boast. She called a time out and made the whole team do seven sets of suicides in the middle of the game.

Passing Chemistry

What if I could not pass Chemistry? I wouldn’t have any choice but to retake it. I know that I could only take the course two maybe three times. I think that after the first time that I took the course than I would not struggle as much in the course because it is being taught to me the second time. I still would try and study a lot harder than I did the first semester, even the stuff that I already knew I would restudy it. If I could not pass Chemistry than that means that I would have to change my major, which is something I refuse to do. I really don’t know what else I could do besides be a doctor; not only just any doctor but an OBGyn doctor. That is the only kind of doctor that I could see myself doing and actually having a passion for. I like caring for babies and would love the feeling of being able to bring a good healthy baby in the world. I would also love the feeling of doing everything that I can to save a baby’s life. I also want to help pregnant women and just women period. I love helping women in need and help keep their body healthy. The female body is very interesting to me. It just so happens that the science and medical field are the jobs that are hiring. The rest of my family looks at the reason why I am going to school in a different way. All they look at is the money. And to be honest, money is not the first thing I look at. I was told that I was smart all my life, and I started to believe it; so I thought that I should challenge myself and make something of myself that I would be very proud of.

Music

What if music was never made? I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have my music. When I have a long day there is nothing more soothing to hear than music that can be related to. I know so much music the people think I am weird. Every time my friend says something I can relate it to some kind of song. There is a song for every occasion. Nine times out of ten I have a song in my head. My aunt will sometimes look at me and say sing it and I would sing whatever kind of was in my head at the moment that she said it. When she would do it, people would have no clue what she is talking about. I always thought that it was funny. I know a lot of music from the 80’s and 90’s. I know some songs from the 70’s but not very many. When I say very many I mean like it can’t be no more than five hundred songs. I know a lot of the current music also just not a big fan of the current rap game. A lot of them are nothing new to me and I have heard it all before, because they talk about the same thing. My mom think that I am weird because I can literally turn on the radio and listen to whatever, music is music to me. I think it is funny because I can learn a song way faster than I learn actual school work, if only it was that easy.

You and I

What if me and you never happened? Sometimes I ask myself that question over and over again. Would I be doing the same things that I do till this day? We dated for almost four years and seven months. I wonder what my love life would have looked like if we never happened. Would I have smiled and laughed so much? Are you the reason why I believe in love? The nights that we would lay outside and stare at the stars and just dream together, would I have ever done that? We were together for so long and it makes me smile even now thinking about some of the things you would say to me and the way you look at me. We were such love birds and nothing could break us apart. You thought that you was so lucky to have me in your life and cherished me so much. If we were still together would we be as happy as we use to be? I learned so much from you and you helped me get through so many other things. The night that you proposed to me, would it all have been so sweet and lovely if it was somebody else? Many times I lay and just wonder what things would be like if you were still here. I think would you still be here if me and you never dated and you never moved to Memphis to be closer to me. If we would have stayed together the night that it all happened, would I still be able to be held by you? Every time I asked myself I always told myself that I wouldn’t change anything at all. If I could I would go back and date you all over again. Just to see you smile, make them puppy eyes, and hear you tell me you love me one more time would be all worth it. Everything that we shared was so priceless. I love you and always will, and I know you are resting in peace.

Mothers

What if somebody talked about your mother what would you do? I remember when I was little and everybody that I knew would say “You can talk about anything you want, but don’t talk about my momma.” Talking about somebody’s mother was fighting words. People would take it so serious that it was crazy. I don’t think I ever got the fighting because somebody was talking about my mother. I think that everywhere I stayed people knew of my mother and knew who she was. They never had a reason to say anything bad about my mom because she was cool. The only thing they might say is that my mom looks mean and like she doesn’t play, but once you actually meet her than you would know how she really is. I think that my brother has gotten into fights because somebody said something about our mother, but I never heard anything. Also my brother is very immature. I grew up knowing that many times words are just words. They only have as much power as you give them. My mother always told me to let people talk, it wouldn’t be life if there wasn’t somebody always trying to tear you down with their words and hating on something. I see a lot of kids that will fight over the most stupid things I have ever heard of. Then are the ones that do not have a mother, and when somebody talks about their mother it hits home for them. I don’t recall talking about somebody’s mother, because I knew that I didn’t want them talking about my mother. I might say that now, but when I was younger I probably didn’t not think like that. But for as far as I can remember I didn’t talk about anybody’s mother.

Exams

What if college was a little bit like high school. I wish that we could take certain things from the high school grading system and put them in with the college grading system. When I was a senior in high school I actually kept my grades up for a certain reason. Well actually I kept them up because I didn’t like anything lower than a “B”; I barely like getting B’s. What I really liked was that we could be exempt from our exams. I thought that was one of the best things about being a senior. I think that they should have that for every college student. They had to reach certain requirements so that they didn’t have to take their exams. College students stress a lot over their exams. I think that would help college student keep their grades up before the exam time, rather than waiting till the last minute to pull up their grades. I know even now I wait until the last minute to do a lot of things. I think that students will be more success full and they would even go to class; instead of just showing up for test or quizzes.

Being Spoiled

What if Jessica “JCurry” Curry was spoiled? I smile at the thought of that question. I truly believe that I wouldn’t be the person that I am today if I were to be spoiled. Everything that I have I got it for myself. The only person that would ever call me spoiled was my late fiancée. The only way I was to be spoiled was because I know that if I ever wanted or needed something he would give it to me or try his best to make it happen. Money wasn’t the thing. Being spoiled is more than just material things. I was raised with two siblings and I am the middle child. People say that the middle child is least likely to be spoiled, but I disagree because I have a best friend that is spoiled. I learned how to provide for myself and know that I can’t always get what I want. I don’t think that there is nothing with being spoil, just don’t think that it fits who I am. Also I know that things are not always going to go my way and I will just have to just suck it up and move on, because its apart of life. I believe that if I was spoiled my mom wouldn’t call me her backbone. I am probably the least selfish person in my family besides my mom. Everybody knows that if I can do it I will no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I like helping people. A lot of people think that I am too nice. I’m just an outgoing person that knows how to make people smile. How can anyone not like me? I really can’t picture myself being spoiled by anybody. I spoil myself.

Money Growing On Trees

What if money grew on trees? If money grew on trees my mom wouldn’t have fussed at me all the time when we went out somewhere and I wanted her to buy something. My mom’s favorite line to say was “Money don’t grow on trees Jessica.” I got so tired of hearing her say that stupid phrase that I could mouth the words before she even said it. I thought that it was funny to be able to know what she would say before she said it. As I got older I understood what that phrase meant, and came to realize that my mom was so true and wasn’t just being mean. If money grew on trees people wouldn’t be in debt and the poverty rate wouldn’t be high. I don’t even think there will be poverty. It makes me think like if money did grow on trees then it would change the world a lot. Would people be educated? The reason why a lot of people go to college is to get a degree and get a job so that they can provide for themselves and or their families. Money plays a big deal in the world. It is something that segregates the world among other things. It makes me think because, I wonder if money did grow on trees wouldn’t the value of dollar go down. Also it would be different for people that lived in the places that didn’t have any trees around because of the dry weather. I wonder how it would work. Would just a certain kind of tree produce money and if so like certain kinds of bills? I think that would be kind of cool. I guess money would have a harvesting season ha-ha. I find it funny to think of money in that kind of way.

Lived Forever

What if people lived forever? For some reason I always wanted to know that and how it would be like. Would people like living forever? I think living forever would be fun to a certain extent, but then it would become boring. Living forever would be fun because the fear of death and dying would be gone, but it's like you will be experiencing the same things and people all the time and not actually moving forward. I don't think I could do that since I am the type of person who likes to meet new people. I remember watching the movie Tuck Everlasting and this family had drunk from a secret youth fountain. They lived forever, but they were not truly happy because they had to live their lives in constant secret. The ending wasn't good since the boy who lived forever fell in love with this young girl. She discovered the fountain too, and at first wanted to live forever with him but he wanted her to live a normal life. All in all, she had a choice to live forever or not, and she chose not to. She died and he came back for her, but it was too late. So is living forever worth it? I know certain people, mainly kids, would love to live forever. But I think that they say that because they are little and don't know any better. If people lived forever then the natural balance of the life would be off. The process of life and death would be corrupted and eventually the earth would become too crowed. Supplies and resources will run out, animals will become extinct, and standards of living would fall. Fortunately, people are not granted the never ending life and that is how it should be.

Fairy Tale!

What if life was a fairy tale? If life was a fairy tale the love game would be so different than what it is. People could actually live happily ever after. I remember when I was a kid it was a show that use to come on called Happily Ever After. I used to love the shows because no matter what happen or the trails that the characters went through I knew that it would end on a good note. If life was a fairy tale people would get what they wanted. Love for some people would go exactly the way that they wanted it to go. The people would have a chance to love and love for real. Nothing about it would be fake; there wouldn’t be any hurt or pain. If life was a fairy a person would go through a trail to know that it is worth it. They would stay through thick and thin knowing that it will all get better in the end. They would know that in the end they would get what would make them happy and it would feel so good. Sadly to say life is not a fairy tale. Everybody will experience a broken heart and pain. Everybody will be hurt and even cry a couple of time. Not even just with love, just life period. Life is not a joke and shouldn’t be taken lightly. It is a token that should be cherished. Happiness is just an emotion, but something that will last forever is joy. I think that if you keep joy in your heart then that would be the closet you will get to living life like it is a fairy tale. Joy is always with a person even if they are not happy or sad.

People Being Equal

What if everybody in the world were equal? A lot of the things in the past that made history would not have happened. For example slavery and the holocaust would have changed the world. Slavery came about because a lot of the white men back in the day thought that they were so much better than a darker skinned person. They believed that for so long and many still believe in that today. Although those dramatic things caused a lot of death in the world, it really didn’t affect the population growth. People being unequal or being looked at unevenly makes the world the way it is today. I think that if none of that ever happened the poverty rate in the world wouldn’t be so high. It would be easier for some races to find a job and wouldn’t be looked over because of the color of their skin or their religion. The world is segregated in so many different ways that it is crazy. I sometimes wonder how all of it came about. Like the holocaust with the Jews, I know how that happened. That makes me think and want to go do research about things like that. Ask questions. Mainly ask the question “Why?” People that are that ignorant and could cause so much pain to a race. They would have to be a pretty cold hearted person. Then again the world is still segregated in many different ways that people don’t even think of. Gangs are getting bad all over and spreading throughout the world. Also racism is still a big thing in the south. Some people just can’t let things go. I know everybody believes in forgiveness no matter religion they have. The more that I think about how unequal the world was and still is it make me a little upset and grinds my gears.

Leading Causes Of Infant Deaths

http://dying.about.com/od/pediatriccare/tp/leading_causes_infant_death.htm

The leading causes of infant death haven’t changed in the last several years despite the advanced technology and increased focus on prenatal care. The infant mortality rate has actually been stable since 2000. The overall rate of infant mortality in the U.S is 6.86 deaths per 1,000 deaths. The five most leading causes of infant mortality are: congenital defects, preterm birth and low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome, maternal complications of pregnancy, and complications of the umbilical cord and membranes.

I thought that this website would be a very big help in writing the background information on infant mortality. The website is not very detailed but has links on the site that could give more detailed information about one of the causes. The website is not bias at all. All it does is give information on the top five leading causes. They also give a infant birth rate of a certain year.

The Hot Zone Reflection

I honestly thought that “The Hot Zone” was a good book. It was actually pretty simple. The whole theme of the book was talking about viruses and other diseases that could be deadly to the world. When I started off reading the book, I had an idea of how I wanted to read it. I wanted to take my time and get the fundamental background of the book. If I don’t get that then I will be lost throughout the whole book, until something happens that is just so interesting to me. What I thought was good about it was that every time a new character was introduced in the book, they gave some kind of background on the person so that you could get the feeling of who they was and how they would react to certain things. Also what stood out to me was that, normally when I read a book and they introduce a person they say their whole name one time. Then if they are brought up again in the book they either call them by their first name or their last name, but in the book they repeatedly said their full name.

The Hot Zone was very in-depth. They described a lot of the thoughts that the characters were thinking about they actually went day by day and sometimes even hour by hour to tell the story that was going on. I noticed how the book had a lot of repetition in it. The stories were all the same but with a different disease or virus. They would find out about the virus. The person that would be running test almost gets infected by it or does get infected. They do a bunch of studying on it, and then the outbreak occurs. Some people die from the virus/disease and some don’t. Some people get infected by it and some don’t.

The book actually made me wonder if it was really like that. Like if that is how things really take place in those kinds of labs. Like the part when they was transporting the monkeys that was infected with the Ebola virus; I thought that they would have more security with things like that, and not just put them in the trunk of an old car. The book made me think about a movie called Dooms Day. It was about a virus that broke out and they ended up ceiling off a piece of the continent with a wall and had ships in the ocean to keep everybody on the land. They had people that were immune to the virus and I even remember it being a hot zone in the place. Anyways the whole thought of that and quarantines scare me. I always get the thought of “What if?” or “Suppose this or that?” happens.

What if the world had super heroes?

What if the world had super heroes? What would they be like? I have always thought of things like that; like we would have people that were not normal. What would we consider a super hero? Many people think that police officers or people in the armed forces are super heroes. I don’t think that the people in the in the armed forces would get the respect that they get today. Would there even be a need for the armed forces. I have seen so many movies about how the world would have super heroes. Like Hancock and the X-Men. Many thought they were super humans but as soon as they messed up with something or did something that they wanted to do that another person didn’t really agree with then they had somebody to say something about it. Then you would have them people that would take advantage of their powers and take them for granted and use them for bad. I think that the world would be totally different if we did have super heroes that had super powers!