Why Mexicans Fear 2010

Forget 2012. As far as many Mexicans are concerned, the ancient Mayas were being generous: the sky's actually going to fall next year. Why? Because it's 2010, Mexico's bicentennial, and Mexican history has an eerie way of repeating itself. Mexico's 1910 centennial, after all, saw the start of the bloody, decade-long Mexican Revolution, which killed more than a million people. And that cataclysm was precisely a century after the start of Mexico's bloody, decade-long War of Independence in 1810.

You get the picture. As a result, there's been no shortage of talk lately about possible unrest, especially in the form of armed rebel groups, erupting south of the border in 2010. But is there really a basis for concern? None as apparent as the popular grievances that existed in 1809 or 1909. But this is still Mexico; and while Spanish colonizers no longer oppress the country, and dictators like Porfirio Diaz aren't brutalizing campesinos, the country nonetheless is reeling from the worst criminal violence in its history and one of its hardest economic slumps. "We are very near a social crisis," JosÉ Narro, the director of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, said recently. "The conditions are there."

My Summary

What I think about this prediction about the Mexcians going to a brutal death or war is pretty uncertain. I dont think its going to happen there really isn't any recent news about the Mexican people going through some tough times. Well they always have problems but if you think about it all the gangs for example the Zetas they are a pretty big gang that are even coming to this country that we live in. Maybe the big war or death they are talking about will be from the Zetas or many other gangs. What if they want to go to war with the U.S and maybe start some big controversy that will end up in killing alot of people. But we will never know until 2010 which is going to be in ummm 9 hours. Pretty cool.

3rd six weeks persanol narrative

My third six weeks starts out by me starting the third six weeks. Hahaha I was just playing no really my six weeks starts out good because the following week after the first weeks is Thanksgiving break. The week that we were off was one of the best weeks ever because I got to spend time with my girlfriend almost everyday and she also came over on Thanksgiving day with my family. The next week we went back to school and it was very tiring to get up on that Monday, it felt as if there was no more school left and we didn't have to go back but we did. Everything was okay and things could of been okay but I failed my algebra 2 test when we got back. I failed it because I didn't study during the Thanksgiving break. Things are getting better in school but not that good with my girlfriend but in school they are great my grades improved alot when I got my report card I was shocked to see my grades so good. The class that I was most shocked about was biology I thought I was going to fail that class but no I didn't and it was a good grade too I had gotten a 69 and now the second six weeks I got a 80 so I was happy. So things were going great and at ROTC these Marine recruiters went and told us about all of their things and the scholarship they offered and they aslo mentioned this Marine P.T training they hav every week. So me and my friend went to their training and it was awesome because they made us run 2 miles and did alot of push-ups and sprints and it was just awesome, but it was to weak for me I was expecting a little hardcore stuff from them so I don't think im going back. What I did find interesting was this Navy recruiting station right beside the Marine one but it was closed that day. So I'm going back because I want to be a Navy SEAL. I want to be the best of them all. After a few weeks Christmas break came and it had its good moments and bad. The bad moment was i broke with my girlfriend and got back with her the next day so it wasn't that bad and I got my girlfriend a necklace for Christmas and she loved it very much and on Christmas eve at church I came out on the Christmas play and I was nervous but it came out good. So far everything is good nothing is going bad except for my biology project that I might not do because I dont understand it. But so far that is my 3 six weeks.