Low Quality Vs. High Quality

Free trade has affected the American market and made some people go out of business. Now, people have the choice to buy less quality items cheaper than American Products. But those cheap products most of the times break and you would have to go buy another one. American products surely costs a little bit higher, but they last longer.

               How does free trade affect the US worker? It can affect him a lot, but the world is changeable. Everything changes over the years. American business is slowly falling down, does that mean the plan that American workers are following should change? In my opinion, some changes have to occur in order to lift the American market.

Sweat Shop Disasters

       After reading the articles from this week I found out that Sweat shops are actually a good transitional phase from the rural area into cities. Sweat shops actually give people the opportunity to leave their towns and go live in the city where they can make more money. In order to get into the society, they can work at sweat shops only temporarily to put some money aside for their education. After getting a degree in a professional field they can leave and start their lives the way they want.

       In the article, “Sweat, Fire and Ethic,” the writer shows us how badly conditioned Sweat shops used to be. He mentioned how these conditions can lead to disasters and fatalities. How a fire killed 146 young workers in a sweat shop in the USA in 1911, and how the accidents in February and March of 2006 killed 88 young women and girls in Bangladesh. Shouldn’t we care about these working conditions that are killing those young people? Instead of thinking whether or not to buy the stuff made in these developing countries?

A New Blogger in Town

Hello guys,

       I've always been around blogs and bloggers, but never thought of ever making one. I'm a musician from Kuwait who live in the United States to study and hopefully stay, because the future I'm pursuing is kind of disrespected in the Arab world. I'm studying Engl-1A this quarter and part of this class I have to create this blog. You win mom!! (she is the most addicted blogger I know).

       My major is Music, I play the guitar. 8 years ago, I was lost. I didn't know what the future held for me, and wasn't that good in school. I did alright most of my school years until the cursed last year, which I flunked 2 times. It wasn't because I neglected school or anything, but it was because of the material they teach us in our subjects. It was totally different than the 11th year.

        In my third year repeating the 12th year, I started smoking in school which was against the rules. One of the teachers caught me smoking once and decided to make me a model in front of the other young students. So he decided to expel me for a week. I had a test that week so I got angry (oops, Anger Management!!) and punched that teacher in the face. I was sent to the dean afterward and then they decided to expel me from Kuwait's schools.

       I didn't know what to do. I joined the army for a month then decided to runaway (lol!) I was in the army facility where they train us when I got the idea that this isn't the future for me. So I decided to climb the wall to FREEDOM!! It was hilarious. Barbed wires everywhere, guards. When I finally made it across the wall I went to a cafe which was open in 3 am. and called a cab to get me home.

       After that I joined a company where my uncle used to be head of the Management Information Systems office. I joined in as a computer administrator since I've been around computers all my life. I did alright until I started listening to rock n' roll and Metal. Then I decided to get me a guitar and started learning. I learned so fast that my father told me to go study Music. Now that's an idea, why didn't I think of that? I'll tell you why, because of the environment I'm living in. Nobody knows anything about Music. some people think that Music is forbidden too!! I used to be around the musical bands in school all my educational years. I remember going on the piano in school and tell the teacher to teach me to play something while the other students making fun and shouting in the back. My culture never took Music seriously.

       I then enrolled in an internet based high school from America and had to do a year and a half to get my high school diploma. I finished it and enrolled in the college I'm in now. I found out that Music is a whole subject that we are missing in Kuwait. History, Theory, and a different language all together.

       And this is it, My life up till now...