October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Watching pro-football this Sunday, I saw many players and referees wearing pink shoes or wrist bands to show support. At first this show of support made me very happy. Then, I stopped to think about it, and questioned the real affect that this show of support had on the viewers.

I want to know how you feel about these pro-sports players or actors wearing ribbons and shoes, etc. Do you think that it raises awareness? What sort of emotion is evoked when you see these "pink items?" What more could these high profile "stars" be doing for a cause such as these?

Does seeing this show of support, the pink items, motivate you to do more than you may already be doing for specific causes? Would it spur your parents to do more?

Remember this is your opinion, but please support it!

Summer Vacation!

It is always fun to come back to school in September and share stories about your summer vacation. Let's share a special moment with the class - and get to know each other.

This August, I spent three weeks in Australia and New Zealand. It was a life-long dream of mine to snorkle the Great Barrier Reef, and I was blown away by the wonderous life that I experienced there. Not only did I see hundreds of different types of fish, many types of coral, and find Nemo, but I got to swim with the Minke whales. They are about 24 feet long and they swam within ten feet of me. I cannot begin to describe the feeling of being in the water with these creatures, and will forever remember it. On land, I saw kangaroo (ate some too), koalas, crocodile (ate some of that as well) and many different types of birds. In New Zealand, I traveled across the Southern Alps and saw more sheep than I saw humans! Overall, it was a wonderful vacation and I cannot wait to go back for more.

Please comment and share your summer vacation with the rest of the class.