Mental Scars

The world is such a big place that sometimes we get too focused on our own issues and problems, but there are constantly other people that are having their own issues around the world. Very recently, like yesterday, there was a very dangerous situation in Killeen, Texas that lead to the death of three soldiers and sixteen wounded soldiers. This all occurred at the Fort Hood base where Spec. Ivan Lopez came into the base shooting his own comrades. Ivan was not healthy and very sick because he was undergoing a mental illness. That still doesn't excuse him for his actions but he was not the only one to attack Fort Hood. In 2009 Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan did almost the same thing but on a larger scale, killing thirteen people and injuring thirty-two people. Nobody knows the exact reason behind Lopez, but it could have something to do with a mental illness. Hopefully there won't be another situation like this anytime soon.

For a mass shooting to occur at Fort Hood within ten years is ridiculous. I don’t understand how a fortified Fort like this could be attacked twice with such catastrophic results. Either they needed to step up their security a lot and do better background checks. Also they need to take much more care for mental illness because it has caused many deaths throughout the years. We need to start treating mental illness as a serious issue and make sure that the soldiers coming back are sane. I can’t blame some soldiers coming back home with some mental issues so it should be our job to help them get through their problems when they get back home. This also goes into the problems of gun control and how both of the shooters were easily able to get guns at a local gun store. Now I know all of these problems can't be fixed in a day but the same things have been happening for a while and need to be stopped.

Click here to read the full article and to watch the video

Ambitious Women and Man

In the article, "Highly ambitious women married to less-ambitious men", written by Marnie L Pehrson states exactly what its title is saying. In today's age women are being treated more like individuals and have even started their own businesses and have even became the breadwinners of their family. Now when a ambitious women and a not so ambitious man get together the results vary, half say they are happily married while the rest are either unhappy or divorced. The profile of an ambitious women would be her always looking for something more and never being satisfied. While an unambitious mans profile is more of him being easy going. These relationships aren't always bad but they could easily become worse. Some warning signs would be showing indifference, sexual imbalance, negativity or ambivalence, and resentment. Once you get rid of those things then you should have a pretty good marriage. But in a relationship with ambitious females and not so ambitious males you have to do things a little different for a perfect balance. One thing would be for the women to lower her expectations, let him teach you how to relax, and be aware that your partner craves you attention. So there are many ways for two types of people to live in harmony together just like how they say opposites attract.  

I think that it is very good that in today's age both women and men can be ambitious and not treated a different way because of it. In this case the women are the one's that have more ambition then their partners. I'm fine with that but I don't think that you should have to change the way you do things for your partner. In the article it said for the women to just lower their expectations because a man who isn't as ambitious would not be able to fulfill them. For a true balance in a relationship I think that both the man and women should accept their differences but also try to improve each others weaknesses. Everyone needs ambition in their lives in order to move forward in a positive direction in life. So when the women were to ambitious the man didn't like it. But it goes the same with the man who wasn't ambitious enough not being liked by the women. So in order for the perfectly balanced relationship to work I believe that both people need to have some ambition.

Come by next week to see whats new on my blog. 
Click here to view article

My Life

Hi, my name is Brice Clark and I am 16 years old. I currently attend a school in Omaha, Nebraska called Creighton Preparatory School as a sophomore. In my family of four I am the youngest, with an older sister that attends the University of Nebraska Lincoln as a freshman. One of the sports that I like to play a lot is basketball. Even though I’m not that good at basketball it’s nice to just shoot around with friends to pass the time. When the weather is nice I don’t mind playing a little tennis with my family. I used to play tennis a lot at Miracle Hills, and got really good at it but stopped when my instructor left the club. Where I usually go to play tennis at now is Champions. As a child I have always attended public schools and really liked going to them. I started in Millard for kindergarten, and then moved to OPS all the way till eighth grade. Going to prep was a new and intriguing experience and I wasn’t so sure on how I would like it but it’s turned out for the best. Sports are a really big part in America’s culture and I enjoy watching them as well. One of my favorite pro football teams are the Minnesota Vikings. They had a really tough season this year but hopefully they will regain their glory. My favorite college teams are Nebraska football and Creighton basketball. My social media is literally nonexistent mostly because I don’t have a twitter or any stuff like that. My life at Creighton Preparatory School is going very well. This year I joined the club O.O. which stands for operation others and we help out the misfortunate and hungry. My life is pretty simple and not super interesting but this is just a little part of who I am.