Trying to Find My Calling in Life: What I Know at This Point? This is Hard

So I know that there is kind of an urgency to get these blogs done, but the theme of this blog has inundated my life with much grief (in the past few months).  We have all subjected ourselves to the arena of twelve years of public (or private) schooling in order to be competitive in applying to Brigham Young University (and other colleges).  Now that we are here, I think some of us, including myself, have lost sight of why we are here...to find a career that we can happily pursue for the rest of our lives.  I have found myself just going through the motions lately, meaning that I have just been aimlessly attending my classes and not giving much thought to my future.  However, now that I ponder the realms of my future and future job, I realized that I am more uncertain than I thought.  For instance, I thought I wanted to pursue a career in statistics and mathematical analysis.  After taking an introductory statistics course, I have found that the subject matter of this major does not interest me that much.  I have looked into returning to a public health major and pursuing PA (physicians assistant) school, but even that avenue is very uncertain to me at this point in time.  I have found out this much: thinking about it helps.  So I guess my advice from this post is to take time out of your busy day to think of your future.  That is ultimately why we are all here gaining a higher education.  That is a major reason why we exist.  That is what will dictate how well we all will be able to support our families.  So take my advice and investigate your "calling in life".  You have to do it sometime..why not start now?ha

GOP Debate

So for those of you who are not concerned with politics, this blog entry will probably not be appealing to you.  For those of you who were able to watch the last GOP debate, I would like to offer my personal opinion of the debate process (as well as some of the specifics of the last debate).  I am a Ron Paul advocate and can honestly say that he, being third in the polls at this point, barely received any questions.  Outside the realms of Ron Paul, there were other candidates who received minimal questions or notoriety.  I think that there needs to be a more fair way of distributing questions to the candidates as it will not only be more equal, but will weed out the best candidates.  For example, Rick Perry was given a substantial amount of questions and could not even tell you the third government agency he would oust if president (which is a big part of his plan).  Meanwhile, candidates like Ron Paul jam so many sentiments and comments into a single response because they know that they receive minimal attention.  I have to go, but will pick this up in my next blog entry. But please comment, I am anxious to hear your sentiments on this biased process.

Medicinal Marijuana and the Way it SHOULD Be Dealt With

Please do not mistake my intentions in this blog post.  I am not a drug advocate, but would like to bring to the surface the faulty ways in which medicinal cannabis has been prohibited.  The U.S. Constitution conveys that the Federal Government has no right to officiate matters dealing with moral agency/responsibility, unless those said matters can inflict harm upon other human beings.  The issue for me is that drug legalization and monitoring is/should be an issue left to the states.  Doesn't it make sense though?  Who knows the people indigenous to a certain region better than their state government and officials.  The Executive branch of government (as well as the Federal Gov. in general) has maintained chief authority in our country, causing a skewed distribution in power between the federal and state level.  If a state's government feels that its people could benefit from the medicinal benefits of marijuana, why should the federal government be allowed to say otherwise?  The president is not a king...this is not a monarchy...we are living in the United States.  I do think some monitoring of medicinal marijuana use should be in place to ensure the safety of others, but it should be a matter left to the states to decide.  We too often forget that the current pain killers and prescription drugs are opiate based and harmfully addictive.  In fact, prescription drug abuse is one of the biggest problems plaguing our nation, with Utah being the worst for it.  Again, I am not promoting the illegal use of marijuana (or any use period), but the struggle for legalization goes beyond the drug itself.  It is about the principle of who should be calling the shots.