Tough week

I have had such a terrible week this last week of January. First off I have had this terrible cold that I have somehow come down with. This cold makes me feel like I am about to die my throat throbs with pain and so does my head. I got this cold on Wednesday I felt really bad waking up to go to my ten o’clock biology class I sat up in bed trying to get better it just wasn’t working so I just laid back down and came to the conclusion that I was not going to make it to biology today. I woke up at close to twelve because I had to go to math and English so I struggled there feeling like I have been hit by a truck. I went back to my room and slept for the whole day. I hated the fact that I had to do that because I could not get any work done because I had no strength. Even when I tried to regain some it just did not work. I tried eating; I tried sitting up, and drinking hot fluids. A whole day goes pass with me being immobile and ineligible to do work, it made me feel pretty behind but I really was not I have up to a week to complete most of my assignments. Besides me being under the weather I have also been stressing about my paper due for English this is really my first real college paper and I am so nervous because I want it to be perfect. I have also been stressing about my biology lab. I almost think I will always have to meet with my professor about it because the graduate student who teaches it is not very good at helping me understand it. I find that very weird because I understand what we are doing I just don’t understand why. All we are doing is taking bacteria and seeing if it reacts to an antibiotic ampicillain or is it resistant to it. I just do not understand why and it is very stressful doing something you do not understand and the teacher can’t even explain. Through it all my week has been stressful but I pray this prayer to give me strength; “ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” This has helped me through my horrible week.

Obamas Inaguration

I was not so much into politics at the beginning of the race because I always thought that the people had nothing to do with any of the votes so I was impartial. As the race proceeded I began to become interested in knowing if a black man had a chance at all in becoming president. I was at the same time proud to see him make it in the race. It was not because he is African American that I was fully happy it was also because of his idealist thoughts that he will make an effort to make the United States a better country. When he won the election so much joy came to my heart I don’t think anyone had ever thought that a black man would be the one to lead the country in which black people were enslaved and separated. It was all so true though but as joyful as I was I was also scared because loosing candidate, Hilary Clinton made such a statement that he may not even live to see his inauguration. She was very wrong for making that statement but he made it. I was ecstatic to see him make it through tours on a train interacting with people, all because he put himself in danger while interacting with his followers. His speech took my breath away; I believe that next to Martin Luther King Jr. he is a phenomenal speaker. He focuses on what we need to change as a country and how we will go about it he has a lot of faith and that’s what we need. I could not help but be glued to the television when all of the superstars and historical figures were appraising Barack Obama. I also remember my friend making a statement regarding the inaugural ball she said, “All of the singing and dancing is making black people look bad.” I did not understand why she said this but I totally did not agree with her because it is not a color situation although we do acknowledge that there is a black leader of the country we as a people should not relate everything to color because even then we are being racist singling people out. All in all I think this will be the best president and I believe in his abilities to reshape the country.

Who am I

Hello everyone my name is LaToya Sevier, I am a second semester freshman here at Illinois State University. I am a hard working young adult, I believe that there are no excuses for failing because there are so many opportunities that are offered to students in school. It is for that reason that I try my best to succeed in everything that I do no matter what it takes even if it means not having a social life. I am very serious about my education therefore obtaining a degree is one of the most important goals that I have set for myself to accomplish in the next four or five years. Although I do not participate in any sports here at Illinois State I do enjoy running track. I ran all four years of high school and I learned to love it so in my spare time I run around the campus. My major is biological sciences, although I am not sure what i want to do with it as far as career wise I just have this general idea of me helping people in the health care or medical industry.