When I graduated high school in 2005 my plan was to head straight to college, which I did, for a while. It was going fine and I was adjusting, but then the money ran out. I would always get a decent Financial Aid package but the amount the government determined me and my family had to pay, was just much more than we could afford. So I started registering to however many classes I could pay with the government aid. Given my luck, it was a matter of time before the next pitfall came along. The follow up was the inevitable financial problems in the home that led to my having to put my education on hold and focus on bringing in money. I have been doing that for sometime now and throughout all that time, I have analyzed my situation and concluded that, even though times are hard, I could go back to school and be able to keep my head above water at home. With strategic rearrangements, sacrifices and reductions of the monthly expenses, we can manage to survive, or at least get things paid without my needing to fully focus on employment. Also, there is a lot of untapped money out there, in the form of scholarships and grants that are extremely helpful.

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Xenogenesis is an independent film by genius director, producer and screenwriter, James Cameron. It was his first film, made in 1978 and it proves how good a storyteller he is. It is a science fiction piece that mirrors humanity and what its future may hold and in many ways and it really makes you stop and think.

This film is seen as a simple plot less startup film by many, but in reality this film is very important because it depicts a very powerful theme. It shows how truly vulnerable humanity is and the dangers that our own intelligence may bring upon us. This is reminiscent of the Terminator Argument, one of the possible dangers of the transhumanist movement. The argument suggests that the continuing emergence of advanced technologies, can pose an existential risk for humanity. How do you see it? What does it mean to you?

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