Exposing the Double Standards at Wall Street

A group of Reddit users under the Reddit post r/WallStreetsBet has bankrupt hedge funds company over night. These hedge fund companies are betting in the stock market, targeting GameStop's stock by betting against the company to fail in order to make a quick buck. However, earlier this week a group of Redditters came together to boost GameStop's stock  causing several hedge funds company to go bankrupts. 

This is a practice that the rich has been using since the beginning of the stock markets to squeeze company's out of the stock market business causing companies to shut down and many employees to lose their jobs. Once the stock market notice that their rich friends are losing money, the first thing they do was shut down all trading and selling on GameStop's stocks. 

Apparently it's only okay if the stock market work out for the rich, but when the script is flip to benefit the regular people it immediately became a crime. I expect the news media to make the Redditters to look like the bad guys. What do you guys think? 

Discord | Why You Should Join

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Discord please keep reading :) 

First of all Discord is an application that you can download on your PC, tablet, or cell phone. This application is widely known in the gaming community. However, I find that Discord is such a great platform to use for organizing school project, 1-on-1 meeting, group meeting, and so much more! Which is why I decided to create my own server for IS101-2003 Spring 2021's class. 

Reasons To Join:

1. Organized weekly class assignment due dates.

2. Homework help.

3. Screen sharing is far superior than Cisco Webex.

4. Private messaging all organize in one place, not like Canvas. 

5. Open discussion amongst your peers. 

If you're interested here's the link: https://discord.gg/AyzuAWWsFe

How to get Discord:

1. Go to Discord.com. 

2. Create a username and password.

3. Download the app.

4. Copy and paste the link above into your URL.

5. Click "join" and you should be redirected to the server on the app.

IS101-2003 Spring 2021 First Impression

Honestly I gradated from high school in 2015 and should have graduated like ages ago. Like some of you, I had to work full time jobs in order to financially support myself through college. It's been an on and off journey for me, so I took many breaks from college. I still have my Millennium scholarship, but I need to get at least a 3.8 GPA this semester in order to reactivate it. My scholarship was put on hold due to the fact that I didn't take enough classes, but I was advised to only take 2 classes a semester if I'm working full time. I finally got a lucky break and cut a deal with my parents this semester, so I'll be fully invested on my education. 

My first impression of IS101-2003 with Professor Wu is that he seem pretty chill and easy to talk to. I don't feel like he's judging me, and we had a 1 on 1 meeting earlier this week. I already told him that I despise doing group project, due to the fact that it's hard to organize people to cooperate. Maybe the problem is just me having terrible people skills, who know. By the way, English is my weakest subject, so please excuse me if my blog looks like it was written by a 5th grader. After all English is my 3rd langua
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