A New Semester with Interesting Information
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Hiya everyone,
I started a new semester at college. So far, all the classes seemed OK. Here’s what I am currently taking:
- Speech – Public Speaking. Blah, I hate speaking in front of everyone. I usually do it too fast and quiet. So, hopefully, I can overcome those kinds of fear and speak “properly” in front of people.
- Political Science – Comparative Government. I kind of have high hopes for this class because it seems really fun and interesting.
- Chemistry – the subject I am taking is: Chemistry and the Environment. I kind of took a course like this back in High School. It was OK. It comes with a lab which I usually don’t like.. but, luckily, two of my High School friends are in this class. I was so shocked when I saw them in this class as well – this could be a fun course.
- Chinese – Mandarin. Personally, I rather learn Cantonese. Well, I’m only taking this class for fun with my sisters – who dragged me to do this especially since it’s a night class (I don’t really like night classes).
Well, in Chemistry, which is right before lunch.. we’ve talked about “interesting” things such as .. commercial milk and its contents, fast foods and their meat, commercial dog and cat food. All of which are pretty disgusting if anyone has done research in those topics. I would hate to make anyone lose their appetites, but let me explain briefly on some of the topics covered.
- Commercial Milk – my professor mentioned the cows are injected with BGH which are “estrogen mimics” which are not good for us. So, organic milk is better.
- Fast foods and their meat – she specifically went over Subway and how lots of people think Subway sandwiches are healthier than burgers. However, in Subway’s deli meat, it contains Sodium Nitrate, and mixing it with stomach acid can cause stomach cancer.
- Commercial dog and cat food – from what the professor said, those foods are made from dead dogs and cats…
Now, I have to say that I am not 100% sure everything I said positively true. Perhaps it is not? Perhaps it is? All I know is, I might be staying away from fast food for a while. If I learn about anything else in Chemistry or any other classes, I’ll probably – if I don’t forget – post it up. It is quite interesting what the United States’ FDA does compared to other nations… very interesting. Also, I believe that most of the topics I talked about only occur in the United States.
Well, the happier side of my schedule of this semester is that I have no classes on Friday! Yay! Unfortunately I do have work, but I only seem to work once a week, twice at most. And, unfortunately, it is on Friday night that I have to work. Boo…
That’s it for now.
Thanks for the awesome comments: Noelle, Meagan, Hoshiakari, and Tammy.
