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The story of stuff once again made me angry at the world. I did not know how bad it really was. I feel so wasteful honestly.. I don't even recycle and while i work i have been thinking about all the plastic bags we waste each and every day.. its pretty sad. Also, i still have a perfectly fine phone that works great (iPhone 5s) but i just really think i need the new 7, but do i really?!? NO.. but apple makes everyone think they do need to continuously upgrade even when they have issues with their Apple product! it really is crazy how advertising works...
Though i feel like i am more aware than i was about a month ago i still feel like i don't know hardly anything and its kind of upsetting because i want to be more involved and know whats going. I need to start paying more attention. Some of the things we discuss in class i have no idea about and i want to be able to think "yeah i heard about that too" so my goal is to continuously become more aware. I still enjoy listening to npr while I'm driving!
I read an article that Texas State had a record setting enrollment of 38,849 for the 2016 Fall semester
and a 6.3 % increase in new graduate students. With such an increase, it really makes me think about the parking situation on campus.. something needs to happen to accommodate all of these students. It is so hard to find parking unless i get to campus before 8:00. They really should not give out parking stickers to so many people if there are not enough available spots.