All Eyez on my predictions

I could find nothing else to talk about for my blog this week. While I was pondering, for some odd reasons I began to make predicitons on the Super Bowl and Basketball champions. The strongest team in the AFC to me is the Raiders. Actually, that was a joke. In my opinion the two teams that will battle for the AFC crown, will be the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots. These two teams are obviously the most gifted and talented franchises currently in the NFL. Both teams have an explosive offense that can light up the score broad. For the past five games, the Patriots have been averaging 34 points a game. Respectively, that means that Tom Brady and the Patriots every game score at least five touchdowns. Other offenses in the league, besides the Colts do not have the talent or firepower to put up these types of numbers. The point of the game is, what ever team scores the most points in the game, that team wins. If you can never outscore your opponent, then it does not matter how good of a defense you have, at the end you will still lose.
I would talk about my predictions for the NFC, but I believe that is irrelevant. No matter what team makes it out of the NFC, the winner of the AFC championship will win the Super Bowl.
My predicitons for the NBA are as following: San Antonio Spurs verses the Boston Celtics. San Antonio, once again will be the defending western conference champions. With Garnett and Shaq on the east, there is no sufficient big man that can handle Tim Duncan. The defense and the coachimg methods that the Spurs have, will once again generate them in the NBA championship. On the east, I believe new comer Kevin Garnett will make a big impact. He will lead the Celtics into the finals as Eastern Conference champions. The winner between the Spurs and the Celtics, that will be hard to determine? Tony Parker, Manu Ginobalii, and Tim Duncan will be head up against Paul Pierce, Ray allen and Kevin Garnett. The series should be great.

EYEZ on Education

Currently I am taking a Sociology class at San Jose State. Education in Society is a very interesting class, as we get to explore questions about education that we never considered to be problematic. Do all students get an equal opportunity in education? The answer that I have considered is , no. Depending on where you live and what school district you are in, determines what level of education you will receive. Better school districts are obviously in the better and richer neighborhoods. In such schools parents pledge money to these schools in large amounts in order for the school to have extra circular activities, such as music and sports. While the parents of the poor school districts cannot afford to pledge money to their schools because of their financial situation. Thus, the poor school districts cannot have extra programs for their students. Richer schools have more utilities and resources that they can give to their students, which helps and enables these students to prosper in the future.
Further, at the college level is the education level the same for every student regardless of what school they go to? The answer is actually yes. All colleges, give or take teach the students the same amount of things regardless of what school you attend. However, prestigious schools like Stanford and UC Berkley can provide something more then education, these schools can give their students status. We as a society legitimatize major institutions like Berkeley because of their name. If a college students graduates from San Jose State compared to UC Berkley, the student from UC Berkley will most likely get the job because of the name of the college he attends. Employers want to be proud and say, yes we employ graduates form Berkeley and Standford, not mediocre schools like San Jose Sate. However, in reality the education that both students received is probably equivalent, but the status and prestige of ones school can be the dominating factor in employment. With considering inequalities of this nature, can we as society really say that are education system is truly fair and equal? After taking this class, it has made me speculate the accuracy of this notion. People say no matter what you do, as along as you have an education you can become successful. However, in my opinion the saying should go like this, no matter what school you got to,the only sure way to know that you will be successful is to go to certain prestigious schools like Stanford and Berkeley.

All Eyez In the Air

The greatest basketball player of all time is the one and only Michael Jordan. Mike as most people call him is probably the best athlete of this century. Winning 6 national championships, 6 MVP of the Finals awards, and 5 time Most Valuable Player in the NBA Jordan has left his mark on the game (http://www.23jordan.com/achievements.htm). During the 1990s the Chicago Bulls won 6 championships. Most people speculate that if Jordan had not retired for two years because of the death of his father, the bulls and Jordan would have had a combined 8 rings. Thus, Jordan and the Bulls were the dynasty of the 1990s.
Jordan's love for the game started when he was young. He would always play against his older brother to get better. When Jordan went to high school his freshman year he tried out for the varsity team. Unfortunately Jordan was cut from that team because his skills were not good enough. Most people would have quit in situations like this, but Jordan was never a quitter. Jordan practiced extra hard and the next year when he was a Sophomore, Jordan once again tried out for the varsity team and this time he made sure that he would make it. After High school Jordan went on to attend North Carolina University. As a tar heel he brought his university one national championship by hitting the game winning shot, which today to most sports analyst is known as " the Shot". After college he became the Chicago Bulls third overall draft pick and you already know what is the story after that.
Jordan is considered to be the single man that changed the game of basketball. Basketball was mostly dominated by big men such as Kareem Abdul Jabar and Larry Bird. Until Jordan there was no guard or small man that could take over a game and lead a team to victory. Jordan however, became that man and transformed the game from big to small. Thus, many athletes today like Kobe and Lebran admire Jordan and have taken own a similar role.
Michael Jordan is not only a basketball player, but he is a role model for all kids around the world. Jordan makes more money off his shoe sales then most people can make during their whole life. Jordan also is sponsored by Nike and Gatorade. Hanes, Jumbo Hot dogs, and Jordan Cologne are just other endorsements that this legend has mingled with. This multi millionaire has left his mark on the game of basketball. The best way to prove this fact is by considering that Jordan is in an elite class of players that actually have their statue out side their teams arena.

all eyez on the ball

Basketball is my favorite sport. I began to play basketball since the age of seven. Since then, my dream was to become a basketball player. Like millions of other kids during that time, my favorite basketball player was Michael Jordan. He was also my role model. I would try to imitate Jordan in every aspect of my life, especially on the court when I was playing. Like Jordan I always wanted to be the star on the team. In essence, wanted to be the go to guy , the man that would take the last shot. I wanted to be idolized the same way as Michael Jordan. Thus, when I use to play basketball at my neighborhood park I would always be nominated caption and instead of choosing the good players, I would always choose the lesser talented kids, in order to become the star on the team. I know that is a little selfish and kind of weird, but I wanted to be the hot shot, I wanted to be the man to hit the game winning shot.
When I started to attend High school I actually went out for my High Schools basketball team. That is the first time I noticed how competitive the sport of basketball really is. There were several people talented as me if not better then me. I barley made the frosh/Soph team my first year in High School. However, as i had viewed the talent I stepped my game up and practiced religious only my jump shot and defense. Thus, the next year around as a sophomore in the tenth grade, I was selected to be on out the varsity basketball team. From there on my career in high school blasted off. That year my high school team made it to the second round of the CCS finals and the following year we actually won our division. My senior year was going great as I was being recruited by some small named college from Southern California. However, a severe ankle injury made me sit out for about 4 weeks which ended my basketball career. So my dream of becoming like mike ended as my high school days ended.

HOw i just forgot

Last week i forgot to write in my blog. I was so disappointed with my self. How could I forgot to do an assignment, especially one that is so easy. If you are wondering why I forgot to do my Blog, you probably are not surprised that it wasn't my fault. My dog ate my computer, I'm serious. No, I was just lying, but i probably did get your attention. However, my dog did ruin my computer on that specific Thursday, the day that I write in my blog. He actually ran into the house on accident because some moron in my family left the back door open. My dog ran in to my house and out of all four rooms that he could of damaged, he choose to ruin my room. He ran into the house and actually spilled a glass of coke on to my CPU which was open because i was fixing the hard drive in my computer. Do to the soda spilling on my computer,my entire CPU modem is now ruined. It wouldn't even start up. Now I am really angry and mad because i have to spend a lot money fixing it and also because i forgot to write in my blog, something that has become so dear and special to me( this is pure BS). However, most people probably would not believe my story because they think I am lying,so ill just stick to the story of how I just forgot to write in my blog.
Believe it or not my dog got his share of the pain also. He is not going to get his morning walks for about a week and i might just starve him to death (just playing). Now in such a circumstance as the one that i have presented, who would you blame for not getting the assignment done. My dog or me. Mostly, all eyes are on me for the blame, but my eyes are on my dog.