While I was at dinner with my boyfriend I saw something on CNN that made me sick. A couple of days ago a five year old boy was asked to leave the classroom, NOT by the teacher but by a class vote. The teacher allowed the students to say what they felt about him. What kind of example are you an educator presenting to your students?? I can’t believe that a teacher would do that to a student. A teacher should be protecting the student regardless of their physical or mental capabilities. I hope that this teacher looses their teaching license because a person like that should not be teaching ANYONE. I don’t care that the child has Autism, children with Autism can still learn in school just like normal children. This story hit home personally because of the struggles that my family went through in school. From other postings I have mentioned that I have a brother,who is schizophrenic, while he was in middle school if a teacher or student would yell at him he would start crying. If it was not for my mother sitting down with all his teachers and focusing them to understand him mental illness, I guarantee that would have happened to him.

Update: The story can be found here

Why is it that every time I see a deer something bad always happens to me.  Everyone believes that deers are good luck and that they are supposed to symbolize grace and gentleness are wrong.  The first time I had a “scare” I saw a deer, my second “scare” there was another deer, ever time I was in an car accident, all the problems that I had at Cleveland State and even before I went into the hospital (both times) THERE WAS A DEER.  This last week I saw a whole family of dear and I know that something bad was going to happen.  AND I WAS RIGHT.  I made a decision to talk to one of my girls about some dangerous behavior that she has been demonstrating.  I have always had a good relationship in the past and I wanted to talk to her.  I would not have been a good friend if I didn’t talk to her.  Lets remember that I care about all my friends like they are my family.  Well someone is making mountains out of molehills and I’m getting sick of it.  If someone has a problem with me grow some balls and tell me.  I’m not going to bite and I will not cut you.  Why does with always happen to me, I hate dear.

A couple of years ago I had to use self – defense to defend myself against one guy was bothering me.I was at Cleveland State waiting for one of my classes to start so I was in one of the common areas.This one guy, Joe, who I knew through a mutual friend came and talked to me. He wanted to know what I was doing and we started to have a conversation.Joe commented that I was wearing a skirt because it was hot outside. While he was talking to me he kept looking at my thigh and how good my legs looked. Then he put his hand on my thigh as a joke so I moved his hand and told him to stop. Joe though that I was joking so he put this hand back on my thigh again. I moved his hand again and said, “What are you doing? Stop It”. He looked at me like I was confused and then said, Oh, you know you like it” and put his hand on the back of my neck. I never let anyone touch my neck because I used to have horrible dreams when I was younger about being strangled. Now I had explained this to Joe prior so there was no excuse for touching my neck. I grabbed his hand and through it off my neck. I reminded him that I hate it when anyone touches my neck. Joe did not listen to me and grabbed my neck harder than before. At this point I was scared that he was going to hurt me so I saw his pen right next to me so I grabbed with my left hand. I rapped my left arm around my neck and stabbed his hand. I stabbed him so hard that I drew blood. He jumped out of his chair and asked, “What was that for?” I looked at him and yielded at him that he knew that I did not want him to touch me anymore. Just because I was wearing a skirt, that did not give him the right to touch me in anyway. To this day he will not go anywhere near me because he is afraid that I will hurt him again. If I needed to I would do it again.

I recently submitted a petition to Cleveland State University to change a Pass / Fail Grade to a letter grade and they denied it. I had a letter of recommendation from my professor, that wanted to give me an “A” for the course and the university said no. While working with the professor, some other students and I were also going to be published in a journal for the work that we did, and yet the university said no. CSU sent a letter to my house that stated that, “there was not enough evidence to back up the petition for a grade change”. How much more evidence did they want?

In order to register at Ohio State, I had to present an official copy of my transcript to the graduate admissions office. You would thing that it would not be a problem, but Cleveland State managed to create one. I had to pay $4 to have a copy of my official transcript, with official meaning that the transcript must be on official paper, have an official stamp, and signed and sealed. So I couldn’t open it to make sure that everything was correct. You would think that for all that work you had to do and all the forms you had to fill out,there would be no problems with the a simple piece of paperwork. I drove two hours to Columbus to meet with the Graduate Admissions and handed-in my application with the official transcript. The administrator opened the envelope and low and behold Cleveland State forgot to put on my transcript that I had graduated. The administrator had to call Cleveland State University and double check that I in fact did graduate. It didn’t take took long for him to call Cleveland State, confirm my graduation, and put all my information into the computer. Another wonderful screw up by Cleveland State University.

Would somebody make sense of this please. . . I graduated from Cleveland State University on Dec 17, 2006 with a Bachelors in Psychology. Problem number 1: Cleveland State moved the Psychology department from the College of Art & Science to the College of Science. Although, they moved the department there is still confusion on whether I will graduate with a Bachelors of Science or Art. Problem 2: Cleveland State has put a hold on my account so I can’t register for classes as a non-degree graduate student. I was accepted into the non-degree program but, because they want to make sure that I have completed all of my requirements, I can’t register. Problem 3: There is almost a week until school is starting and the hold has not been removed from my account and nobody can do anything about it. I have talked to the graduate admissions, registrars, the psychology department, the head of the psychology department, and to the College of Science and they all said, “We Can’t Help You, You Have To Wait Until The Degree Is Finalized”. Cleveland State is going to lose $5,000 because I can’t take classes. I think there is not a single student at that school who has not had a problem with the administration. So long Cleveland State University. I will attend the Ohio State University.

On Dec 17, 2006 I graduated from Cleveland State University and it was the most unbelievable day. A couple of days before commencement I was sick of everyone telling me “I’m proud of you” or “You did it”. It felt like no one had faith in me and believed I could never graduate from college. When it was time to walk into the auditorium I wanted to cry. As I was walking, it finally hit me that this was my accomplishment and no one else’s. I was not walking into this room for anyone but myself and it felt good. I’ll admit, the ceremony was boring, and all I was doing was text messaging people the entire time. This was a moment that I earned; it took me five years to get where I’m today and it was my day. Another chapter of my life is completed. I wonder what is next?

This Sunday, December 17, 2006, I will be graduating from Cleveland State University with a Bacholors in Psychology and I could not be happier. I have been waiting for this day ever since the day I started college back in 2002.
YEAH ME!!!
I DID IT!!!

It was like the clash of the titans, the Ohio State University Buckeyes versus the University of Michigan Wolverines. I was in Columbus that day, walking down Lane St. and High St.,seeing nothing but red. We also had the pleasure of having two Michigan fans tagging along. It was fun blackmailing them, we could’ve yelled “Michigan Fan” and they would be thrown to the wolves. It was funny watching the game on TV and seeing a sea of red in the stadium with little islands of blue. Normally, I can’t stand football but, it was so weird, I was able to get into the game. At one point I was even yelling at the TV. The Buckeyes beat the Wolverines and the weekend continued with more football. The next game we watched was the original rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. As usual the Steelers beat the Browns, but it was so close. What are the odds that two of Ohio’s biggest rivals were meeting on the same weekend.