Adulthood can be put into play at different times of peoples lives, with some people having to grow up faster than others or even having to fend for themselves at a young age, but for this particular blog lets just all agree that adulthood is at age eighteen.  For me, adulthood has only been the past couple of years of my life considering I did not turn eighteen until about a year and a half ago, which even then I never considered myself an adult.  Anyways, the purpose of this blog is not to argue my opinions on the age of adulthood, but to explain an experience that I have had during my adulthood that has affected me.

Unfortunately, it is eleven o'clock at night and I am racing to finish this blog, knowing that I have class at eight in the morning.  The reason I am racing to write this blog is because college has introduced me to this really cruel concept called procrastinating, which brings me to my point of this blog.  College is the one thing that seemed to have affected me the most in the last year.

Because me being an adult has not been a very long period of my life, not much has dramatically affected me since turning eighteen.  Although this is not very specific and something most young adults are doing these days, college was the one thing that I could think of that has affected my life.  In my household, college is a must because both of my parents realize how important college is and have explained to me how important it was my whole childhood growing up.  My mother just recently finished her degree in the last ten or fifteen years, and my dad never finished college but had to work his way up at a chemical plant for many years to get where he is today.

The reason for college being the one thing that I know has affected me is because it has taught me so many things besides education, and I have just started my college experience.  The one major thing that college has taught me, and is still teaching me as I go is time management.  Having free time is one of the things that makes college so enjoyable and helps a person grow up, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility.  In high school there was always someone making sure all of the assignments were getting done, and making sure that no one got left behind.  In college every assignment that is due is strictly to do on your own time and is your responsibility to get done.

So far college has been a very enjoyable experience for me, and has also given me a greater understanding of the real world.  Considering that my first year of college is almost in the books, there are many things that I can improve on to become a better student/person.  Just from high school until now, I can see a change in my maturity for the better.  I am looking forward to my next few years of college, and cannot wait to see what the future holds.

My research paper is based on the mythology of the night sky as in how the constellations got their names, and it is also about the ancient meaning of the stars and how they were used in everyday life.  The purpose of this research project is to help the reader and myself better understand and appreciate the stars.  The reason for me writing this research paper is because it is a major part of my grade, and if I intend to pass the class I must write the paper.  Some specific points that I plan on writing about in the paper are how the Greek came up with the different names and shapes of constellations, and also explain how important the stars were to people who used them like a map.

Throughout my paper in also believe it will be sufficient to use rhetorical appeals such as logos, pathos, ethos and kairos.  For example, if I was to use pathos I would use great emotion to persuade the reader even if that may be persuading the reader to go out and look at the stars more often because they are taken for granted.  With the topic of my paper, it is not going to be very easy to use these appeals, but I will find a way after doing my research.

A small portion of my research will come from the documentary film "The City Dark" although there were not an abundant amount of information having to do with mythology or ancient meanings of the night sky.  Although, astronomer Jeff Kuhn says, "Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences.  We can trace the development of our inquiry into the universe to the ability to look up to the sky and see things that you don't understand, that you want to be able to touch and to understand.  Every civilization that we know about built a science around explaining the sky that was above them that they saw at night".  To me this in a great quote, explaining the importance and ancient history of the night sky.  Now days many people do not take the time to realize just how important the stars were in ancient time because now there is so much technology it is taking away from such things.

Most of the information for my paper will be coming from Internet sources and online articles and/or papers.  So far I have managed to find five different articles from the online library sources, but I plan on finding a couple more sources from Google scholar this week.  I do not plan on doing any personal interviews because there is not much that I can ask on this topic.  The research that I am working so diligently on is going to better help me understand, and elaborate on this paper to make it the best I can possibly make it.  In doing this research paper I will end up having a greater appreciation for the stars myself, and will also be able to understand the history behind the stars which I find very interesting.

Light pollution has become a major problem across the United States, and even the rest of the world today.  Most of the lights that are lighting up the big cities across the world are building and street lights and many other things.  But some of this lighting is coming from cities that have a high crime rate, or a lot of criminals.

In a lot of big cities when crime rate is up, the city is making parks that are very well lit so young children can play without having to worry about someone kidnapping them or robbing them.  The light provides a safe place and allows you to see all around you unlike dark allies and streets.

Ian Cheney, the director of the movie says, "there is controversy over whether more light leads to less crime, but there is agreement that light seems to make people feel safer, almost like its built in our genes to move closer to the campfire or to the brightest city."  In my opinion light does make people feel safer, which is why little kids want to sleep with the light on when they still believe in monsters under the bed.  The lack of light can also cause people to see things, because they are scared and paranoid.

In my opinion, more lights do lead to less crime with humans, but it is causing more harm to animals, which can be considered crime also.  More lights do lead to a lower crime rate because there is no where to hide when things are lit up. But the bright lights are causing animals to go off of a normall migration paths and die.  Lights are a vital source in the crime world, but i think they can innovate on the lights and make them more efficient to the world.