As we near the end of our journey here, we will close the door on this portion of our lives and open another door to the rest of our lives. While we will move on and embark on our upcoming paths, we will still reflect back on the path that got us to where we will be at the time. When I look back on my Buckley experience I want to remember only the best aspects of this school. I want to remember my first day at Buckley; I want to remember the feeling of accomplishment and happiness I experienced from my fifth grade graduation; I want to remember the profound impact Buckley had on me -- one that drew me back here even after deciding to leave for a year; I want to remember the crazy, yet rewarding college application process; I want to remember the unforgettable senior retreat; I want to remember the sheer triumph I felt when I was accepted to my first choice university in the early decision round; I want to remember the unbreakable and irreplaceable bond I have formed with my extended family -- the Class of 2012.

LET'S RAGE B**CHEZ

Creative Blog

This summer I am traveling! For as long as I can remember I've had something to do for school over the summer (summer reading, summer homework, etc). This year is my FIRST year that I have absolutely nothingggggg that I HAVE to do. I am taking full advantage of this and I've decided to travel.

I will probably start my summer off by taking a girls trip to my home in Napa. After that, I am tagging along with my dad on his work trips to Paris, Florence, and Berlin for a little over a week. I am very excited to go on this trip particularly. I have never been to Germany and I've never been to Florence either so I'm excited to discover these new places! After that, I will be going to St. Tropez and staying with some family friends. After that, there is a 50/50 chance that I could go to Hungary. I've also never been to Hungary so that could be a fun, new experience. After that, I have orientation! So scary! Depending on how ready I feel for college and moving I might go to Barcelona.

I really want to make this summer about discovering new places and doing things I've never done before. The majority of the places I'm going this summer are places I have never been to before. Should be fun!

First year req.

SUMMARY OF GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS*

Credit Hours

Fundamentals

1. Written English (Rhetoric) 6 

2. Mathematical Sciences 3 

3. Information Technology 3

Wellness 2 

Science/Technology (at least 3 hours must be in a natural science) 6 

Perspectives 15 

Cultural Formations 6 

Human Diversity (cocurricular hours) 3

Total Hours 41

ENGL 1301

ENGL 1302 

MATH 1309 Introduction to Calculus for Business and Social Science

CSE 1340 Introduction to Computing Concepts OR EMIS 1307 Information Technology in Business

WELL 1101: Concepts of Wellness. OR WELL 2119 Pilates

PHYS 1301 The Ideas of Modern Physics OR PHYS 1314 The Physical Perspective

ME 1202 and 1102 Introduction to Engineering

PHIL 1300 An Introduction to Practical Reasoning

PHIL 1317 Business Ethics

HIST 2398 American Politics and Culture: FDR to Obama OR HIST 3341 Soviet/Post-Soviet Society and Politics, 1917 to the Present

PSYC 1300 Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 2319 Social Psychology

ECO 1311 Principles: Consumers, Firms, Markets (Microeconomics)

*CF 3306 (HIST 3363). The Holocaust.

Requirements

General Education Requirements Fall 2012

The Perspectives requirement is for one course from each of 5 of the 6 groups listed

-Arts

-Literature

-History/Art History

-Politics/Economics

-Religious/Philosophical Thought

-Behavioral Sciences

The Information Technology requirement is 3 semester hours

The Science/Technology requirement is two lab courses (minimum 6 semester hours),

at least one of which must be from biology, chemistry, geology, physics, or CEE 1331

Reuqirements for a BA in Psychology

Credit Hours

1. Prior to declaring a psychology major, the following 9 hours must be completed, with a combined average of 

     2.000 or better with no individual grade less than a C- :

     PSYC 1300 Introduction to Psychology 

        PSYC 2301 Research Methods in Psychology 

        STAT 2331 Introduction to Statistical Methods or STAT 2301 Statistics for Modern Business Decisions 

2. Five courses chosen from the following:

        PSYC 2314 Developmental Psychology 

        PSYC 2319 Social Psychology 

        PSYC 2351 Abnormal Psychology 

        PSYC 3310 Memory and Cognition 

        PSYC 3360 Health Psychology

        PSYC 3370 Personality

        PSYC 4320 Biological Psychology 

3. A total of 12 additional hours at the 3000 level or above

Total Hours 36

Loveless Sex

"Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds says exactly what it means. The title of the poem definitely gives way into the poem and its message. The first line and a half says "How do they do it, the ones who make love without love?" Immediately, the poem questions having sex without love. As the poem progresses, the idea of sex without love becomes more of an idea of detachment. In Donald Hall's "Safe Sex" the title leads the reader to the conception that the poem will be about literal safe sex as is in from babies and diseases. However, the poem actually encourages loveless sex to protect oneself from getting hurt and suffering whereas "Sex without Love" merely questions the subject.

Blog about my blogging

I plan to blog about beauty. I have a true passion and interest in beauty and I would love to do something a little more involved with it rather than just look at pictures, etc. Being able to share these with people would be great! Depending on how this little test run goes, maybe I will continue my blog in college. The beauty I am interested in is very visual so I don't plan on having much text on my blog. Maybe a caption for some photos but I want my viewers/readers to be able to come up with their own take on my photos rather than me implanting an idea or opinion in their minds. The way in which I plan to get word out about my blog is either through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or emailing. As of now I plan to blog on Tuesdays since most blogging traffic falls on Tuesdays and Thursdays according to our guest speaker in class yesterday, Lindsay Jones. I think Tuesdays would be good because I wouldn't have the sadness of the weekend just ending as I would on Monday and Thursdays I would just want the week to be over so I think Tuesdays are close enough to the beginning of the week that I will have fresh ideas and not too far into the week so I won't be worn down.