Posted on 23 March 2011. Tags: age group, atheist, Atheists, Belief, christians, civilized areas, college, first president, god, institutions of higher education, office, pew poll, President, religions, religious belief
I don’t think America is becoming more religious. As a college student who knows many people across this country at institutions of higher education, most of them don’t believe in a god. As these younger generations grow up and make it into political office, religion will decline in civilized areas even more. I guarantee I’ll see the first president of this country who puts agnostic (or hopefully atheist) as their religious belief rather than Christian.
According to a 2007 Pew poll, the number of “non-affiliated” Americans was 16.1%, up from 8% just one decade before. This number is nearly 25% in the under 25 age group. And 55% of those who self-identify as “atheists” are under 35. So yes, the trend is that America is getting less religious and more and more young people in particular are turning away from religion.http://religions.pewforum.org/reports
Christians are going to claim polls are wrong but this is the truth. I am part of that youth and many of us do not believe! Get over it!
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Posted on 23 March 2011. Tags: college, computer science, couple times, Diploma, extreme difficulties, GPA, high school diploma, inventing things, Inventions, partying, poor, psychologist, rest of my life, way
I was wondering the lists of jobs/careers that will pay 100k/year after around 5 years of experience not including the schooling. I’m fine with going to school for 4-7 years MAX, would really prefer not to go to school more than that. I’m 21 (just turned 21 two days ago) and I have not been to college yet. I do have my high school diploma but a very poor GPA. I’m not stupid but I did have a hard life. I didn’t make my life hard for myself by partying and drinking but it involves more with parents/etc. I don’t mean to make ‘excuses’ for myself but life does have extreme difficulties that I couldn’t avoid and that’s just the way it is.
I grew up in a poor home, been homeless a couple times and didn’t have a lot of anything so I would love to change that for myself and my family and my future family.
I’ve done some research and I first was planning on becoming a psychologist. I couldn’t handle that though, I don’t have tough skin and I couldn’t ‘handle’ other peoples problems. I have enough of my own. Then interior design, I don’t have the niche for it I don’t think. Then computer science but I know I would hate doing that for the rest of my life.
So, besides those and besides anything to do with dentists, doctors/nurses and sales I was wondering what else pays around 100k/year, with around 5 years experience(not talking about right out of college) and 4-7 years of college(any Colleges you recommend in Illinois?).
Thank you all for your time!
P.S. I love inventing things!! I have around 10-15 inventions that are currently not available, but I did not check if it has already been patented though. How do I do that without a big rich guy/corp. stealing it? I know patenting sometimes isn’t the best way to go.
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Posted on 19 March 2011. Tags: apartment, belly dancer, belly dancers, college, desire, experiences, gawkers, intermediate level, moutnian, paper, story apartment
I am an intermediate level belly dancer. I live in a second story apartment, and the floors and walls are paper thin. I also live in the south, so I don’t want a lot of gawkers or people preaching to me about my sinful ways. I am a college student, so I don’t have a moutnian of cash sitting around, and I really have no desire to be affiliated with a troupe because of bad past experiences. So, knowing all this, Where does a belly dancer go to practice? Any ideas appreciated! Thanks!
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Posted on 06 March 2011. Tags: asian students, asians, college, Games, laugh, niche, observation, overwhelming majority, Peace, quiet, unspoken, unspoken rule
as a college student i have found a quiet niche that is absolutely dead quiet. you can study in peace for hours on end. typically if other student(s) come and study in the same area they observe the unspoken rule of being quiet.
in my observation Asians, of all varieties tend to come in like they own the place and talk non-stop, laugh loudly, or play games without common consideration for the other people trying to study. this isn’t to say that all asian students are noisy and obnoxious, but the overwhelming majority are Asian.
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Posted on 06 March 2011. Tags: barnum effect, co workers, college, decent idea, Hobbies, idea, internships, job, job strengths, niche, quizzes, talents, Unique
I’m having a difficult time figuring out what I’m good at. I’ve taken some strengths quizzes and they seem to give me a decent idea, but they are also somewhat general and if you know what the Barnum Effect is that’s probably playing somewhat of a role in taking those quizzes too.
I’m a 20 year-old college student so I should really start to figure this out as I need to start applying for internships and what not soon. I may also be a bit modest, so that could also be making this difficult. But I mostly think I just haven’t found the right niche. I do have a job right now, but I wouldn’t say it emphasizes or brings out my strengths as much as it does for other co-workers.
Where should I start in this investigation?
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Posted on 24 February 2011. Tags: best years of my life, California, college, east coast, fresh start, happy as a clam, liberal arts college, multiple times, nobody, old school, sophomore year, Time, top liberal arts college, university, years of my life
Okay, so everyone always told me that college would be the best 4 years of my life.. i’m more than halfway through my sophomore year, and so far they have been the worst years by far.
My first year i started off at a top university in california, and was really excited to go. Once i got there, i realized how big it was and how lost i felt, and i tried to make friends and find a niche, but still found myself with nobody to hang out with on the weekends… I have always been very academically driven, so i did spend a lot of time doing homework, but so did everyone at this place.
Anyways, I would cry myself to sleep most nights, and really hated the school. I was having an awful time, and decided that i should transfer, in the hopes of creating a fresh start. I transferred to a top liberal arts college on the east coast, and am now having an even worse time. I tried much harder this time to make friends and seek connections and join clubs and groups, and I feel so much worse here than at my old school. I cry myself to sleep quite often, and have had 2 therapists tell me that i’m clinically depressed (and i promise, i was happy as a clam in high school, so this is a new thing.) Also, during november and december of this year, i contemplated suicide multiple times a day, and came somewhat close to carrying it out a number of times.
Needless to say, I’m not having the best years of my life. I can’t drop out of college, because A.) my parents would never allow it, B.) I would never let myself live it down, and C.) I have nothing else to do. I also have no idea what i want to major in, and have lost interest in what i thought i was going to major in (so now i have no way to feasibly fit in any other major before i’m supposed to graduate.)
What should i do? I’m miserable on so many levels.
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