8:46 AM The Arrow Tattoo

My 7th Tattoo will be an arrow my the outer left side of my left wrist. The arrow will symbolize strength playing a little bit of irony since my left hand is not my dominant hand. The arrow also is a symbol of myself. When life pulls you back, just like a bow pulls an arrow back, you will only be shot farther and get stronger. Similar to the quotes No Pain No Gain, or When one door closes another one opens. When you go through something, you'll only get more out of it. Arrows also always move forward which is a sign of growth and forward-looking. 

7:48 AM Import Things That Students Should Know in High School?

The single most important thing that students should know to be successful in high school is achieving balance. High school essentially is a small taste of how the real world works. When in high school you shouldn't just focus on school, you should try to do some extracurricular activities such as sports, clubs, or even get a job. Learning how to balance different responsibilities and develop time management skills will help you later on in life. You should also put some effort into developing your social life, even if you're a shy person having friends and interacting with other people will also help you later in life. Eventually in the workplace you'll need to interact with people you like or dislike and learning the social ins and outs while you're young will help you significantly. Ultimately balancing day to day activities and adding more things to your agenda will help you develop a variety of skills that will help you be successful in not only high school but in your future.

7:41 AM Android Dominates Phone Markets in 2012

The world renowned Android operating system climbed to the top of the world phone market in the year 2012. Android handset were 68.8% of all phones sold during the year. Toppling phone technological super powers Apple, Blackberry, and Windows. Some reasons behind the big surge in the popularity of Android handsets were the hundreds of different phones that android was available on, while Windows Phone, Apple and Blackberry were only available on few select models. Apple also released on one new handset last year which dropped the prices of the iPhone 4 and 4s models, which made them more appealing to customers. Samsung sold 384.6 million phones in 2012 which contributed greatly to Androids rise to the top of the markets food chain. 

Overall, the number of phone sales in 2012 actually dropped 1.7% from the previous year, the first drop since 2009.

"Tough economic conditions, shifting consumer preferences and intense market competition weakened the worldwide mobile phone market this year," Gartner analyst Anshul Gupta said in a statement."

8:04 AM All Boys or Co-Ed

Throughout history, the societal roles of men and women have remained the same for the most part. The man is greater and the woman is lesser. In our society today, that is increasingly changing. Women in the workplace, women presidential candidates, and more women in what used to be men's positions. Our high school used to be an all boys school and not until 2002 became a co-ed school. I think that transitioning into a co-ed school is a good decision. With both genders present in the school we learn how to adapt and how to live with everyone. This also prepares us for life, by letting our natural emotions and feel show. As opposed to an all men's or all women's institutions where the absence of the opposite sex handicaps you because you don't know how to socialize with people of that gender by working with them. The workplace is not all one sex, both sexes are present, so why would you go to school in which you have to essentially work while only learning how to work with other people that is of the same gender as you.  

8:37 AM My favorite Super Bowl Commercial

My favorite superbowl commercial was the commercial for Fast and Furious 6. I have been a fan of this franchise since the first film. I like this movie because of the action in the film. In the commercial they use high intensity imagery and scenic moments that make you want to watch the movie. They also cut the video abruptly so that you don't get a full taste of the movie so you can go and watch it. Commercials are like ad campaigns for any other product you buy. It compares to websites because they use certain colors and dynamics to crate a certain style and feeling to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giXc-I0-pb4

8:34 AM Technological Post: Social Media and Hiring

Social Media's world domination has seeped into our daily lives even deeper according to experts. Companies are starting to now use Social Media as part of the job interview process. Either a flip through to make sure they are a suitable person for their position or to look for specific skills this person has. Popular social media website YouTube uses a version of this for recruiting popular YouTubers as partners. These partners will help youtube gain views. YouTube gives them different technological devices and pays these people as employees, mostly on a piecework type basis. They receive pay based on views, comments, etc. If other big companies use this in their corporate world, the social media aspect atleast, they will be able to have, essentially, a diary of the candidate. "Consider that 92 percent of employers either use or plan to use social media to recruit employees, according to the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey by the careers website Jobvite. It found that nearly three in four – 73 percent – say they have hired candidates through social media."
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/04/5162867/job-front-social-media-expected.html

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