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

I would like to know how you feel about pro-sports players, or actors, and such wearing pink ribbons, pink shoes during games, etc. Do you think that this raises awareness? What sort of emotion does the "pink item" evoke in you? What more or less could these high profile "stars" be doing for causes such as this one?

Does seeing the players wear pink shoes motivate you to do any more than you already do for a specific cause? Do you think that it might spur your parents to do more?

Remember, this is your opinion, but make sure to support your statements!

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 by telling us about your summer vacation!