Entry #6 Big George Foreman

                   George Foreman The Movie 

Boxing is a sport with many greats. The sport is filled with many superstars from the past to the present. The intense sport brings a lot of fans and hype to it because of the action it can bring. Like Muhammed Ali, Floyd Maywheather, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Robinson and the list goes on. There is one fighter though that was also really popular and was once considered the best in the world. His name is George Foreman and he was a heavyweight champion who once came from nothing to being the best in the world. George Foreman's life wasn't always sunshine and rainbows and the movie "Big George Foreman" breaks down his life and he found the love to box.

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The movie Big George Foreman takes the viewer on how George Foreman's life was before he became this superstar in boxing. When George was a kid he had anger issues and he wouldn't be able to control them. This would lead to him doing bad things like fighting with kids at school. He would have to move from school to school because of this and it was looking all bad for him especially since his family was poor. George would get in trouble with the law sometimes and this made decide to join the Job Corps where he had the last chance to turn his life around. This however did not change his violent outbursts and that's when the chairman of the Job Corps decided to encourage George to start boxing as a way for him to take out his anger. After he makes the decision to start boxing his whole life takes a turn for the better.

This movie is a must watch whether you're a boxing fan or not. It's filled with emotions and its a must watch if your looking to spend some free time on watching a movie. 

Entry #5 Education

                Does having a college degree mean higher pay?

In todays age there seems to be a lack of college graduates. Some don't go because of the cost, others because of personal issues that they might have going on in their lives. In fact  according to bestcolleges.com In 2022, 61% of all people ages 18-24 were not enrolled in college. Some pqowple also like to just get to working straight of high school but is that really the best idea? Let's dive a little bit deeper into it. 

 

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People once they graduate like to go straight to working because they probably believe that going to college wont get them a higher paying job and instead they'll just be stuck paying their student loans off. Which can be right sometimes but not all the time. In fact according to azcentral.com "Arizonans with bachelor's degrees as their highest educational attainment make 67% more in median earnings than those with just high school degrees. High school graduates who did not complete any further education make 21% more than people who don't have a high school degree." This sounds great for the long term but some people just simply can afford it even if they manage to get some sort of scholarship and fafsa. That's another problem is the coat of the tuition to go to a university its really expensive to the average American and when they're unable to get a scholarship or financial aid they are stuck having to take out student loans. According to educationdata.org "The average public university student borrows $32,637 to attain a bachelor’s degree." This is a lot of money and that's not including the interest on top of that which can increase the original amount you owe by a ton. It's also not always bad to not go to college you can also go to trade school which is a great option that can also lead you to having a good paying job.  

So whats really the better option? Personally I'm in college because of soccer. I want to try to play at the highest level I can and going to college is a step I choose to take. I want to also major in construction management and if I wasn't playing soccer I would defiantly recommend to start in community college if there's something you want to do that's only going to happen if you go to school. If going to school doesn't interest you then find a job or a career that interests you.     

Entry #4 Fury

                        Fury a phenomenal piece of cinema  

On spring break you finally get the freedom to take a break from school and do things you want to actually do unless you actually enjoy school. Some like to go out more, go work more or just get the time to do the hobbies they like to enjoy on their free time. For some it can be a mix of all that but if you have nothing to do and you're at home you can always watch a movie. A classic thing to do. But what movie can you watch? If you have the time then you should defiantly watch Fury.  A phenomenal piece of cinema.  

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Fury is a movie that stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal as members of an American tank crew fighting in Nazi Germany during the final weeks of the European theater of World War II. As the movie goes on you get to experience the crew fight their way across Germany and it's truly amazing how close the crew is and how they become this sort of brotherhood throughout the film. A suspenseful, savage, and emotional movie that teaches you a lot about the good and bad of human nature.  This movie is one of the best war movies that has ever been made it truly does not disappoint if you want to watch a good war movie.

Fury is truly an amazing piece of cinema that makes you not want the movie to end. The movie has been out since 2014 but it's never too late to watch this phenomenal piece of cinema.      

      

Entry #3 Slanted News

 When watching the news on televisions or reading an article you may sometimes notice that it can be very one sided. There's been a lot of examples where news shows and articles have been one sided and sometimes even social medias can be biased. You might say well it's their show or their article they can write about whatever they want and say whatever they want. Which is true but when it gets to the point where that news source or article becomes opinionated where they refuse to accept they might be wrong or where they don't want other people to believe their opinions but there's. This is called slanted news and there's many examples of it across the internet. 

An example of this is when YouTube once removed audio from a video with the headline being “Reports Indicate Voter Fraud Much Higher With Mail-In Ballots Than In-Person Voting” from OANN’s YouTube video page. What YouTube basically did was they muted/cut the audio off the video once it was uploaded due to it someone talking about how there are much more higher fraud rates with mail-in ballots than in-person voting. In the video they also say there are many reports where it is true that the fraud rate is higher with mail-in ballots than with in-person voting and for some reason YouTube didn't like the video so they muted it/ cut the audio from it. I will leave a hyperlink to the article with the videos right here "YouTube censors, silences news they don’t want to hear." 

Slanted news and bias media has existed for a while but we're starting to see a rise and people should be aware of the sources they get their information from. I suggest people do more research on the topic they're looking into before they just rely on one source.