Bowling For Columbine

When I watched Bowling For Columbine I thought that America is very violent. I do not understand why the U.S has over 11 000 gun related deaths every year and Canada has less than 100. When we saw the surveillance video of the high school students in the cafeteria at Columbine shooting everyone, i was shocked. I don't understand why or how anyone would be motivated to go into their school with guns and fire over 900 rounds wounding many people and killing a few, including themselves, especially since they were only weeks away from graduating an would never have to talk to their classmates again. Even if they absolutely couldn't wait a couple weeks to get out of school, the could have at least just killed themselves and not the innocent people at Columbine. I am interested to find out what motivated them to do it. After watching the film, I would like to find out why America is so much more violent than Canada, why so many children are motivated to kill themselves and other innocent people.

Stress Assignment

Stress is a "load" on the system of physical, mental or emotional pressure or strain. You can recognize stress through different behaviors/emotions such as: mood swings, concentration problems, grinding teeth, eating less, depression, trouble sleeping, nail biting, and drug/alcohol abuse. Some ways to reduce stress are exercising in a non competitive way, meditating, having a sense of humor, and by avoiding situations that you know will be stressful.

1. One stressor in my life is a lot of homework. This stressor exists in my life because I get assigned a lot of homework from math and science 10. I can identify this stress by concentration problems and changes in my sleep habits. I will deal with this stress by trying to complete more of my homework in class, or getting it done before I game some Halo so I am not rushed before I go to bed. I will reduce my reaction to stress by having a sense of humor, and getting more sleep.

2. A stressor in my life is working too much. This stressor existed in my life because I worked 8 shifts a week while going to school. I could identify this stress by confusion, concentration problems, depression, not being able to sleep, and a change in my eating habits. I dealt with this stress by taking a 3 week vacation ad getting a massage, then quitting one of my jobs, and eventually also quitting the second one. I try to reduce my reaction to this type of stress by reducing the amount of time I work.

3. A stressor in my life is my family. This stressor exists because my family always expects me to do things that I do not have time to do. I can identify this stress by mood swings (yelling at them) and grinding teeth. I deal with this stress by killing stuff in WoW. I reduce my reaction to this stress by either tuning them out when they talk, or do the things they ask me rate away so i don't have to listen to them complain.

Journal Entry - Relationships

If I was going steady with someone for quite a while and we both agreed to have sex but he didn't want to use a condom, I would say no. I would either get both of us checked for STI's and if we were both safe, I could get birth control or force him to wear a condom. I think if the guy doesn't agree to use a condom after you told him you want him to, then he doesn't really care about you or how you feel. Either way, if you are going to have sex you should be on birth control AND use a condom to be safe. I think people should always use condoms, because teen pregnancy is not a good thing.

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Analyzing Relationships

The healthy characteristics in Elvis and Courtney's relationship are that they talk about a lot of different things, the fact that Elvis can count on Courtney to help him make decisions, They both spend time with their friends and family, and they both have their own part-time jobs.
The unhealthy characteristics of their relation ship are that Elvis is not allowed to hangout with any friends that are girls because Courtney will get angry, Courtney wants all of Elvis' attention, Courtney threatens to break up with Elvis when she is angry, Courtney started a savings account so her and Elvis can get married some day.
I think that there are some signs of trouble in the relationship. I think that Courtney and Elvis spending all their time together and taking all the same courses is unhealthy. Courtney should also trust Elvis and not be so jealous.
If Courtney and Elvis took different classes I think it would help with their relationship because they wouldn't spend so much time together. I also think that if they got couples counseling it may help with Courtney's jealousy.
Courtney seems like she would be most likely to end her and Elvis' relationship. She seems like the one who is in control and since Elvis needs her to make all of his decisions for him, he wouldn't dump her. Since Cortney is jealous of him hanging out with other girls, she might get overly jealous of him and his female friends and break up with him.
For Courtney to end the relationship she should approach him and talk to him about it in person, let him know what is going on and why she doesn't want to be with him anymore.