Why do people feel it necessary to "one up" each other?

People feel they need to be better than others. And some people may not notice but almost everything in life is a competition to who is best. When your in elementary school you see who has the best grades. When you get to high school its all about sports, who has the best basketball team, baseball team, football team, etc. High schools  don't let kids participate in these sporting events because the school has a small chance of winning. Those kids who didn't make it lost in the sporting competition.  There's also the academic side of high school. Kids will work for hours on end to have a better grade then another student, just so they can get into a better college than that kid. College staff on the admission board only chose kids that would make there school the best so it can be ranked higher. Most colleges reject at least 50% of  people that apply. Those 50% of people who don't get in lost in the academic competition. The kids who did make it into a top school they have a lot of choices on what they could do when they graduate so they pick a major and study that so they can be the best, which will allow for them to get a good job and gain a lot of money and power. People go to college so they can get even better at what they want to do for a living and get a job. For those who don't get a job they lost in the job competition. For those who are left they strive to gain higher position in that job, in order to do that they have to beat people. We have all been in competitions in our life and it is inevitable and impossible to avoid it. But some people seek it out such as probational athletes and Olympic competitors.

Is the U.S. overpopulated?

Now when you walk through New York city you feel that yes there are WAY to many people. There as so many people that we have to stack each other ex. skyscrapers, hotels, etc. But then you travel west and you pass through Wyoming or Montana and you wonder where everyone is because you can drive for an hour down a road and only not even pass a single car. Now guess how many people live in the U.S.? 309,051,000 people, that's alot of people. However in the world there are roughly 6,841,000,000 people. That means that 4.5% of all people in the world live in America. However we come in third for the biggest population, guess who's 1st. I'l give you a hint, they make most of out goods. Yes, its China they have about 1,338,000,000 people that's 19% now and India (2nd place) to China, you get a third of the worlds population. So when it comes down to it the U.S. is not that overpopulated compared to other countries.

Chicken or Egg?

What came first? The chicken or the egg? It is one of the oldest questions ever asked. Usually scientists believe that the chicken came first based on the protein theory. Also religious believers feel that the chicken came first. however there is another side to this argument. Most evolutionists believe that the egg had to have come first. They feel that because of evolution the animal Gallus DeCosterus (it's the animal that eventually evolved into the chicken) the egg had to have come first. Their theory goes is that every animal evolves over time, it is inevitable. Knowing that Gallus DeCosterus will turn into a chicken there has to be a point where one becomes the other. The Gallus DeCosterus will lay an egg that is considered a chicken so therefore the egg came before the chicken. But on the other side of the table there is the scientist who, in the UK, conducted research that found that protein in the ovaries of the chicken is the only way for an egg to be created. So the chicken must have come first. The last side of the pro-chicken argument is that when god created all the animals he created the chicken with them so the chicken came before the egg. So there are both major sides to the argument, Who came first, the chicken, or the egg? 

Website for pro chicken: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38238685/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/which-came-first-chicken-or-egg/#.TrdB3UMg9j0

Being Left Handed

15% of the people in the world are left handed. There are advantages and disadvantages to being left handed. You say that right handed people are better or that left handed people are better you have to look at the stats. some of the advantages are that left handed people who graduate college are 26% richer than right handed. left handed people are better at video games, true fact. Another big stat is that lefty's lifespan is nine years shorter that right handed. It's harder to find left handed utensils.And there are disadvantages too, left handed people are 3 times more likely to become alcoholics, that's a big stat out of the last five presidents three of them have been left handed (Obama, Clinton, Bush Sr.). Four out of the original 5 creators of Mac's were left handed. 40% of the top tennis players are left handed.

There is a left handed day on August 13th

Some weird things about 9/11

First off this isn't a conspiracy, these are just some weird facts that I had came across. First and probably everyone knows this, is that 9/11 is the same as our emergency number 911 (9+1+1=11) . But what a lot of people don't know is this New York City has 11 letters, Afghanistan has 11 letters, George W Bush has 11 letters, Ramsin Yuseb has 11 letters (he was a terrorist who threatened the Twin Towers 8 years before). But that's not all... New York is the 11th state, the 1st plane to hit the tower was flight 11, flight 11 had 92 passengers 9+2=11, the other flight had 65 passengers 6+5=11, the total number of victims inside the planes was 254 2+5+4=11, September 11th is the 254 day in the year 2+5+4=11. Well here is something to do and see if you understand. 

1) Go to Microsoft Word

2) Type in Q33 NY (in all caps, its the flight number of the 1st plane to his the twin towers)

3) Change the font bigger to 48 or bigger (so you can see)

4) Change the font to Wingdings

Thanks to: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/482499

The Internet

Well to start off the internet is a powerful thing that allows millions of people a day connect to each other and preform some of their daily tasks and job requirements. With out the internet the would would be at a stand still, economy would crash within days. But on a small scale level it can be quite annoying if you lose connection even if for a short time. I believe that the worst part is technical support. For example about an hour ago i found out my internet wasn't working right as i was about to start my blog. I called up AT&T and was on hold for 35 minutes before i was able to talk to someone, when i did i was talking to a man that barley spoke English and im pretty sure it was his first day working too. I told him about my problem and he put me on hold for another 5 minutes, when he got back he told me to restart my computer, so I did. When it still wasn't working when it turned on he told me to try something else, I did, nothing happened. This went on for another 20 minutes until finally he said "how about this, i will just fix it on my computer". I was not happy when he said that because by then I had been on the phone with AT&T for almost an hour. As soon as it was fixed I hung up, I wasn't going to fill out a for that said he did good. So all in all losing the internet can be very frustrating. losing the internet can be a frustrating thing, can you imagine not being able to use the internet at all? You couldn't check on your fantasy teams or check Facebook or use spark notes or even be able to do this blog homework.

Should America switch to the Metric system?

The thing is, is that the United States, Myanmar, and Liberia are the only countries in the whole world that still use the "English system". That's it, just three countries. Myanmar is to the east of India and Liberia is on the western coast of Africa, and of course United States right between the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean.On the other hand there is the more widely used Metric system, it is more widely used because it is used by every other country besides the 3 that uses the English system. So why is the U.S. one of the biggest and most popular countries in the world not up-to-date with everyone one else? There are many reasons why the U.S. should switch to the metric system. some of them include that most of scientists world wide use the metric system and things could be lost in the confusing conversions between the two different systems. Another is the conversions themselves " Instead of having to remember that there are 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, and 5280 feet to a mile, you just have to remember that there are 10 millimeters to a centimeter, 10 centimeters to a decimeter, and 10 decimeters to a meter" (Sean Ronney). To find more information on why the U.S. should switch visit...

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/501677/reasons_why_the_united_states_should_pg2.html?cat=9