Kim

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I knew that was going to happen. It's about time!

I have never met a ghost, but people at my school have described strange and inexplicable things happening to them late at night, when they are alone in certain buildings. This girl, while she was practicing the piano in an "empty" auditorium, suddenly looked up to see someone sitting in the room watching her. She went back to practicing, but when she looked up again the girl was gone, and she did not hear anyone entering or leaving. Scared, the girl packed up her stuff and quickly ran out the door. On her way out, as she passed the elevator she heard the door open, but there was no one there...And there are other stories as well. This school is haunted...

Do you honestly believe that the people who are participating in the march are the ones who want to bomb the United States? I think they are just fighting for their rights as human beings. I don't support making our borders free to everyone to just walk across, because that would obviously make the US too vulnerable to people sneaking nukes, drugs, etc...I agree with you that there are many people who hate America, and many more if the US invades Iran (which I hope won't happen, by the way), but is that the case with the Mexican immigrants? They come here to make money for their families, not to destroy the US. By giving them rights, we are just treating them as fellow human beings, and not any better than a US citizen, like you said. About your article, I think I need to do more research on this news site. It seems a little biased.

They're human beings. They deserve rights?? Umm, has anyone forgotten that their ancestors were immigrants at one point? Read your history books. At some point in time your ancestors weren't looked upon favorably by those who were already here. There is no way America can stop illegal immigration. The more illegal they make it the harder people will try, because money is a always a strong factor. I'd like to see it try. It is better to make immigration legal and make it harder for immigrants to leave the country.

Everyone is a racist to some degree, but this is not an excuse to not treat every person with the respect that they deserve as a human being. How many times have we looked at a black person and underestimate their intelligence? How many times have we looked at an Asian guy in glasses and assume that he is good at math? Then we start talking to them and realize that they are not that different from us. The Asian kid may not even be that good at math. It's hard not to think stereotypically of another person at times, because sometimes what we hear from stereotypes is the only thing we know. What is important is that we must be flexible with our opinions and must change them when they are wrong. I think that just as it is wrong for a white person to assume that a black person is inferior in any way, it is wrong for a black person to assume that a white person thinks the black person is inferior. It is also wrong to assume that either side is taking advantage of each other.

Good for you. High school, like college, is not for everyone. No one has to follow the path that everyone else takes in life, such as 4 years of high school, college, job/grad school, etc...Bill Gates dropped out of college and now makes more money than every other Harvard grad.But life is not about getting a good job that pays a lot of money. It's about finding what makes you happy, and that usually includes interactions with the rest of the world, because no man is really a deserted island. I think that is why school is so important for people. But if you manage to be happy without school, then that's great.

I agree that we need to find more efficient fuels for our vehicles, and I'm sure there are really intelligent people working on it. Actually, there are alternative fuels, like http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ the problem is making the transition from gasoline to these alternative fuels. I know all about driving below 60 mph to increase fuel efficiency, carpooling, and all that. I think more people will do that as gas prices increase. But the thing is, as gas prices rise, the people who are hardest hit are the ones in the low and middle income brackets, because they have less money and they have to pay the same as everyone else for gas. Also, it's estimated that we will be paying $1000 more per year for gas if this gas price continues to rise. $1000 is a lot of money, no matter how you look at it.

No...I don't think you have to eat cloned rats. And Omega 5 is probably not a chromosome, but a gene. I think what the researchers are doing was to get the rats to produce the gene product and to see if this product does what it's supposed to do in the rat. If it works they might turn it into a pill later. This makes more sense because if we have to eat something that contains the nutrient to get it inside our body, we might as well just take a pill. Who knows, maybe you're already eating cloned animals. :-P

So gas prices cost at least $2.80/gallon where I live. Is this ridiculous or what? I know supply is running short, but aren't we supposed to have at least 10 more years left? Does anyone know why gas prices are so high now? Is it the situation in Iran? Does price gouging have anything to do with it? I'm sure it does...and I think all oil executives should rot in their own piles of cash. What does everyone think about boycotting gas for a day? Or not buying gas from certain companies? Would this help the problem any? I live in Atlanta, GA, and it's impossible to go anywhere without a car.

Bill Gates may be a college drop-out, but he was a Harvard drop-out. You have to be kind of smart to get into Harvard in the first place.But I agree, some courses just don't seem to do much besides "develop your thinking," and not everyone will benefit from a college education.

I like country too! I can't figure out why people hate it so much, especially so-called liberal and educated people

Unless the calculator that you are using takes forever to run, there is no way it can predict how well a certain relationship will turn out. It's only a computer program based on silly things like names and birthdays, and usually not on personality.I don't know, maybe you should ask people who are happy and in a relationship to test a love calculator...

But isn't of America the land of promise for years now? Weren't your ancestors immigrants? How were they different from these immigrants? Why not incorporate them into the melting pot that is America and make it harder for them to leave?

Oh my gosh...you are not ready. Don't even think about it.

You call throwing paper around the room creative? You've got to be more creative than that! The worst things that I've seen in high school is lazy teachers. I've had teachers that don't expect much from me, so I learn basically nothing in their class. All teachers should make their lessons fun, interactive, and challenging. I've been in classrooms where students do worksheets for half of the period, then play cards for the last half when they're done with their worksheets. What a waste of time...