Sunday, February 24, 2008

Who is the best basketball player of all time??

Overtime the NBA( National Basketball Association) , has had players that have made great innovations to the sport. But the individual who has had a long lasting impression in the basket ball league is non-other than Michael Jordan. He is said to be the greatest player to ever play the game so far. He has won 6 NBA championships and played dynamically with the Chicago bulls. He has played in all-star games, and is a well rounded team player. A new player is on the rise , # 24 on the L.A Lakers Basketball team, came straight out of high school into the league unarguably the best shooting guard in the basketball league right now and his name is Kobe Bryant. He is a well-rounded player both on defense and on offense and make basketball shots from downtown and can drive dunk the ball I in. the question that is being proposed is if Kobe Bryant is a better basket ball player?? Most people answer that question by saying Michael Jordan will forever be the best basket ball player. Not to take any prestige from Michael Jordan greatness but I believe his title will be taken from him by Kobe Bryant. As of right now Jordan is still the best but by the time Bryant is done with basketball he will undoubtedly be the best basketball player ever . This because Bryant in his prime is a way better player than Jordan ever was at his peak. The only thing I will give to Michael Jordan is that he is a better team player. Individually though Kobe has him beat.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Time for Change or NOT?

A new change is about to occur in the United States. This change will not only have an effect in the United States, but it will also cause a monumental effect across the world. This change of course is coming in form of the presidential elections. This election may see either the first woman to ever become the president in American history(Hilary Clinton), or the first African American to ever become president (Barack Obama).
The question that is frequently asked by all is if America is ready for a female or ready for an African American president. What I say is the only way to find out is if one of these two candidates is elected into the office. Years prior to the integration of the united states and the civil rights of the 1960s, the question then was if America was ready for integration. The only way that was answered was by instituting the Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) which open the door to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I await to see the results of the 2008 presidential election to see if history is made in the United States, but I highly doubt a major change such as that will occur.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Insightful Criticism

Narcissism is a word that I had not heard until I got into my college English class. According to the Webster’s college dictionary, narcissism is defined as the excessive love of oneself. It is at the center of a professor named Jean M. Twenge’s experiments. She is the lead researcher of the experimental questions which is what is narcissism and why is it prevalent in today’s modern generation. She claims that narcissism is an evil attribute in human nature and she tends to prove its abundance with her research. In her research questionnaires posed towards young youths, she asks question such as am I special? And if I ruled the world would it be a better place? In order to test narcissism in our generation
Those question’s reply do hold strong evidential factors that indicates our generation . This is because if you ask anyone if they are special the obvious reply would be yes. The I pose to Twenge is does she feel she is special? I bet with her degrees, how hard she has worked to obtain them and the fact that people are paying attention to her claims on narcissism, she would feel enormously special.
What I mean is that her ideas about narcissism may be authentic, but her experimental methods are inadequate.