A new era.

President Obama's inaugural address said this is a "a new era of responsibility", and "difficult times" is a show and proving of character. The new era of responsibility is saying that we as a nation need to show more restraint in purchasing things and saving for the future.

Locally we need to help the economy and the rest of the things we need not just the stuff we want. National it shows that we need to become more responsible and have more restraint. Personally i need to save more and to help myself more, such as not spending my money on things but on things i need for the future, such as saving for college. The difficult times is saying watch were you step and in the difficult times things maybe lost. When things go bad, see who is still standing by your side.

The Difficult times are now on us. we must be a nation of one. United we stand, divided we fall. The defining of character will be sharpened and honed during the times of difficulty. We will learn to watch what we do, how we do it and when we do it. We will go back to enjoying the simple things in life when the times are over, such as family friends and the outdoors, instead of sitting in front of the television when mom calls for dinner or going in to a different room to watch and eat something else.

The "real" world.

The comparison of school and the real world not being one and the same. With plagiarism in school is the same as stealing a pair of shoes as said by Douglas Soccio. When you have a job and you take someones ideas and pass it off as your own it will most likely get you fired. "I have come to the conclusion that it's a mistake to make sharp distensions between school and so-called real life."(said by Douglas Soccio) When in school you learn to show up everyday and perform at your best and do it to a certain expectation no matter what is going on in you home life.

The graduation from school is a chance to have people evaluate how well they have been prepared for the life after school. the things they have learned such as what rules are and how they govern what you do, and what kind of friends do you want in life. do you want a friend that tells you you look nice when they are actually laughing at you because you look ridiculous.

"When we don't think of school as real life, we nurture a fragmented world view that makes it easier to tolerate mediocrity and dishonesty in the pursuit of grades and honors. when we don't think of school as real life, we trivialize disrespect for expertise and necessary order, cheating on tests cutting classes, rudeness, and all sorts of undesirable practices that do not remain confined to the classroom."said by Douglas Soccio.

Hamlet

Is Hamlet incapable of action? when he is confronted with a problem he doesn't do anything, for instance when his father the king dies the kings brother takes the throne from hamlet because he is away for college. Hamlet doesn't try to take the throne back until he plans to kill his uncle. In the book he acts like he is in the grip of insanity when around others but is he really insane or just acting. When he returns home he finds his father dead, his uncle now king, and his right to rule gone. So he plots his revenge against his mother and uncle, because his mother is now his uncles wife. One night while walking among the battlements of the castle he encounters his fathers ghost and it tells hamlet that he must kill the king/Hamlets uncle. In the end Hamlet ends up dead.