Sam's 'Interesting' Blog

      Since I don't have my own income, I had to base this on the expenditures my parents pay on me (this excludes all of their other payments on separate things that don't effect me).      I ended up with a surplus of $2,907 after taking away around $5,393 from an income of $8,300.      My parents communicate with me often about where their money goes, so I wasn't really surprised. The only thing that surprised me was how little me and my mother eat out on a monthly basis.     The way my parents money is spent reflects their and my own values, which mainly consists of saving up as much as possible.     If this was my own money I would be able to meet my goals of buying a new motherboard for my PC and even buying a car. Though I wouldn't let the amount of money get to my head as I still should be saving up.

       In my opinion, the compelling issues that are noted in the articles I looked at are that Prop 50 is a waste of tax payer money, a waste of time (due to having to redistrict), and that it may divide California communities. Though, further into the articles--these issues are settled by the fact that it will either be beneficial in the long run or that the people redistricting will attempt to keep counties and cities together.     The three articles I read are 'Majority of Calif. voters back Prop 50 in new poll' by Punchbowl News, 'The case against Prop 50--and why I'm voting for it anyways' by The San Francisco Standard, and 'Does Prop 50 divide California communities? Depends how you measure it' by Cal Matters. All of the links will be listed at the bottom of this post.     Surprisingly, most of the fact checking sites that I looked at did not even mention Prop 50--often only searching up articles featuring the word proposition/prop and leav...

      I will be honest and say I do not like planning out my week for my classes, it was something they attempted to instill when I was in elementary school (fairly poorly I will say, it was never really consistent); yet I found that it was more irritating than anything because due to personal issues, my schedule shifts often and I just don't focus on things that way. Still, I attempted to make a fairly simple schedule that just includes the basics; like sleeping, eating, studying, and personal free time. It was only kept simple because it makes it easier to work with my procrastination and my general way of going around assignments--the amount of free time left between each task letting me unwind for a moment before I start up that specific task again. Though, this doesn't necessarily align with some of the advice I was given from my classmates (such as pushing through the boredom that some of my classes give me), it may help me work ahead of time like they recommended a...