An interesting decision!

So for the past few years I have been back and forth on my stance when it comes to abortion. Two weeks ago I had a discussion with my friend Marissa about how it can be such a confusing decision and there are so many different aspects to think about. On Saturday we discussed abortion in my human behavior class and I think I have finally made up my mind as to where I stand.

I think one of the main reasons I struggled with this decision is because of my new interest in the field of social work. Originally I was against abortion because I saw it as killing a life and how could someone do that, etc. As I become more educated in the field I had to realize all of the other possibilities for getting rid of an unborn fetus. So personally I am against abortion for myself but people should be allowed to make that decision for themselves.

I do agree with no abortions being performed afer a certain point where the fetus could survive outside of the body. However I now do not see how someone can decide for someone else that they have to have a child. When looking at all of the children involved in the welfare system in the country, why would we want to set up more children to be involved in a system that has enough problems already. Also no one is perfect and people do make mistakes. If someone doesnt have enough money to support a baby, they should still have to have it. Its pretty ridiculous now that I think about all of the different situations. There are also certain situations of rape or incest where a child might result and if abortion was illegal then these mothers would have to keep their children as a permanent reminder of their abuse.

So after a long time of going back and forth I think that abortion should be allowed as long as the abortion is legal and the mother is not past the date that the fetus could survive on its own outside of the womb.

In other news school is going well. Kindercare is tolerable for the time being. I am looking forward to August more than ever because im tired of making this trip to NY on the weekends and then being in Monroe all week. So 6 months to go......

Funny story

So nothing new has happened since my last post except for a funny story at the doctor today. My junior year of highschool I had surgery on my right foot and the doctor put a screw in there to help the bone heal. Today I went for a re-check of my tendonitis and the doctor was going to take the screw out. So he put the shots in to numb the area and the shots hurt a lot. Then the nurse took me to get x-rays and I passed out on the x-ray machine. So after the craziness I had juice and then got the x-rays taken again. Then the doctor took the screw out, stitched up my foot and now I have my screw as a rememberance of this crazy day!

2007 already!!

So I finished my first semester at Fordham and finally my grades were posted today. I got a 4.0 which was so exciting because I've never had a semester with a 4.0. I've gotten pretty close but now I finally did it. So school is going well and I'm ready for next semester to start next weekend. I'm taking the same two classes with the same two profs but its the next section of the classes so hopefully everything will go smoothly next semester as well.

There have been big changes at work. I now have an assistant teacher in my room with me and more kids but they are new kids. I'm now a multi-age room with older 3's and younger 4's. So far things have been going well minus the chaos of our absent manager. The kids seem to be adjusting well and once things get organized everything will be good. There are a lot of girls in this class so the behavior is so much better than my old class.

Other than that i've just been hanging out and enjoying a few weekends off from going to New York. Spencer was here for a week and we hung out a lot so that was nice. I also did a little shopping and that was nice too. Somehow I managed to get tendonitis in my right foot so that isn't fun and i've been wearing a night splint. My foot is feeling a little bit better but I have to go back on Monday for a check up and I might be getting my screw out of my foot then too so we shall see what Monday brings. Other than that I'm looking forward to a good 2007!