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.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Stepparents and stepchildren (final)
King Claudius is now Prince Hamlets step dad, so when hamlet comes to find out that his uncle is now king and his is now step dad he becomes hate full of his step dad. Hamlet ends up wanting to take the throne from King Claudius.
When you see most relationships that are with young adults and their step parent(s) they tend to go threw a rebellious period in the relationship. The Kid may hate them for being with their real parent. such as in a movie the step dad is with a sons real mom and the kid is not pleased with the out come, he has been the 'man of the house' for a while now and doesn't want that to change. He also may see the step dad as not being good enough for his mother.
The conflicts of having a stepparent are mostly tough. For instance there is the whole trust issues with the parents. The 'right of passage' to be with the other real parent as to see if the stepparent is going to leave or hurt the real parent. But mostly i see it is a trusting thing. As in Hamlet he doesn't like or trust King Claudius at all. He learns later from his fathers ghost that Claudius had his father killed. So he wants to return the favor to King Claudius and in the end he ends up ruining the very thing he tried to keep safe. At the end the land and relations he tried to keep safe had ended up getting destroyed like in the "Disney's The Lion King" when Scar(king Claudius) takes over, everything becomes to a very not nice place to be. The water dries up and the animals leave. When Symba returns home to discover it he ends up taking the throne from Scar and everything returns to normal happy go lucky place it once was.
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of having a stepparent are that you get to meet new people and you have three parents that love and care for you. What if your stepparent doesn't like you and is just putting on a show for your real parent, like in the movie "The Parent Trap" with Lindsay Lohan. Then that's a down side to the whole relationship bit. What if your step dad was one of your dads friends...that would freak me out. What if one of your parents was poisoned like hamlets dad was, i would want revenge.
The Stepparent will always have a tough time trying to fill the shoes of the person before him. Same way with relationships when you find someone new after you've had a very special relationship before that then he is going to have some big shoes to try and fill along with the hole in your heart.
When you see most relationships that are with young adults and their step parent(s) they tend to go threw a rebellious period in the relationship. The Kid may hate them for being with their real parent. such as in a movie the step dad is with a sons real mom and the kid is not pleased with the out come, he has been the 'man of the house' for a while now and doesn't want that to change. He also may see the step dad as not being good enough for his mother.
The conflicts of having a stepparent are mostly tough. For instance there is the whole trust issues with the parents. The 'right of passage' to be with the other real parent as to see if the stepparent is going to leave or hurt the real parent. But mostly i see it is a trusting thing. As in Hamlet he doesn't like or trust King Claudius at all. He learns later from his fathers ghost that Claudius had his father killed. So he wants to return the favor to King Claudius and in the end he ends up ruining the very thing he tried to keep safe. At the end the land and relations he tried to keep safe had ended up getting destroyed like in the "Disney's The Lion King" when Scar(king Claudius) takes over, everything becomes to a very not nice place to be. The water dries up and the animals leave. When Symba returns home to discover it he ends up taking the throne from Scar and everything returns to normal happy go lucky place it once was.
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of having a stepparent are that you get to meet new people and you have three parents that love and care for you. What if your stepparent doesn't like you and is just putting on a show for your real parent, like in the movie "The Parent Trap" with Lindsay Lohan. Then that's a down side to the whole relationship bit. What if your step dad was one of your dads friends...that would freak me out. What if one of your parents was poisoned like hamlets dad was, i would want revenge.
The Stepparent will always have a tough time trying to fill the shoes of the person before him. Same way with relationships when you find someone new after you've had a very special relationship before that then he is going to have some big shoes to try and fill along with the hole in your heart.
Maddness in great ones(final)
In the classic book "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, Hamlets step dad King Claudius says that "madness in great ones must not unwatched go." In other words he is saying that when the great and powerful go mad then they must always be watched and carefully kept under control.
The truth of this matter is that when a king or pope or anyone with power becomes mad or when they become power crazy then it is necessary to watch them and perhaps remove them. Such as when King Henry the 8th became king and was not pleased with his wife he had her killed so he could be with a miss Ann Bolin. King Henry asked the pope to divorce his first wife but the pope denied his request so the angry King Henry separated from the pope. When Henry did that he created his own Protestant religion with him as the 'pope'. Even today people in power will go corrupt, such as when a officer of the law accepts bribes from organized crime. They realize they have a place of power and can get mostly what they want.
The United States has a man of great power in office, the president. To keep Mr. President in power check we have a systems of checks and balances. The executive legislative judicial branches of our government all need each other. The legislative comes up with the new laws, the judicial makes sure they fit with our supreme law the constitution, and the executive signs the bill in to law. The president is the head of the executive branch. So the president cant go on a power inflicted rage with out the help of the other branches so to speak. The England and Russian Rulers have checks and balances also, but instead of Congress they have a Parliament.
The Modern day news stories have shown some down falls of great ones. When Bill Clinton was President he had 'relations' with a girl he knew. He was one of though people who have power and use it to get what they want, like King Henry the 8th. A while back a spy from Russia was poisoned, he claimed that the Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the assassination. Later on the spy died in the hospital.
When King Claudius stated that "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." I believe that he was meaning to watch Hamlet because he is a prince and was acting like a mad man. So that way if Hamlet needed removal from power he would be apt to do so quickly and with little interference from others, in other words swift and painless.
The truth of this matter is that when a king or pope or anyone with power becomes mad or when they become power crazy then it is necessary to watch them and perhaps remove them. Such as when King Henry the 8th became king and was not pleased with his wife he had her killed so he could be with a miss Ann Bolin. King Henry asked the pope to divorce his first wife but the pope denied his request so the angry King Henry separated from the pope. When Henry did that he created his own Protestant religion with him as the 'pope'. Even today people in power will go corrupt, such as when a officer of the law accepts bribes from organized crime. They realize they have a place of power and can get mostly what they want.
The United States has a man of great power in office, the president. To keep Mr. President in power check we have a systems of checks and balances. The executive legislative judicial branches of our government all need each other. The legislative comes up with the new laws, the judicial makes sure they fit with our supreme law the constitution, and the executive signs the bill in to law. The president is the head of the executive branch. So the president cant go on a power inflicted rage with out the help of the other branches so to speak. The England and Russian Rulers have checks and balances also, but instead of Congress they have a Parliament.
The Modern day news stories have shown some down falls of great ones. When Bill Clinton was President he had 'relations' with a girl he knew. He was one of though people who have power and use it to get what they want, like King Henry the 8th. A while back a spy from Russia was poisoned, he claimed that the Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the assassination. Later on the spy died in the hospital.
When King Claudius stated that "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." I believe that he was meaning to watch Hamlet because he is a prince and was acting like a mad man. So that way if Hamlet needed removal from power he would be apt to do so quickly and with little interference from others, in other words swift and painless.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thinker or doer or a thinking doer
A thinker or a doer...
I think I'm a thinking doer. I like knowing what I'm doing but I am not really a spontaneous person, I am sometimes, like when stories 'pop' in to my head. Like yesterday I stayed at school and talked with friends till like five o'clock(which I rarely do). So it was very random for me, If I had a story I would tell it, if I had something funny to say I would say it. The thing I remember most from yesterday was that we all just had fun so I wish I could do stuff like that more instead of hanging with friends for a little while then buzzing home to do chores and be by myself. I enjoy my own company, but its nice to have someone to talk to and be with instead of being alone.
The thinker I think is someone who thinks before they ask and act. Like a blind guy, they have to be constantly thinking on what they are doing and how they do it or they may run into something or someone or break something. The doer I think is someone who sometimes does things that get him in trouble. Like a friend of mine she is a doer and it seems like she is always doing something. She doesn't think before she speaks sometimes, she will back talk her parents and get grounded or something and doesn't think that if i back talk then i can hangout with Mitchell tonight...or something like that. I enjoy being a thinking doer(and wouldn't change), I like thinking and knowing what is going to happen(like if I pull on that limb the bee hive will fall on me.) but I also enjoy doing(if I pull on that limb the bee hive will fall on my buddy), like when I'm hunting I enjoy bailing off from camp and hiking my loop I always go on. One reason I like that loop is that Ive been on that loop many times so I know when and where I'm going to end up, Though I like just exploring also. I hate not knowing stuff so that's where my thinking kicks in. When i got pulled over because my license plates were wrong we never knew that so i was kinda freaking out even though I had done nothing wrong, but my wheels in my head were kicking in to overdrive.
I think I'm a thinking doer. I like knowing what I'm doing but I am not really a spontaneous person, I am sometimes, like when stories 'pop' in to my head. Like yesterday I stayed at school and talked with friends till like five o'clock(which I rarely do). So it was very random for me, If I had a story I would tell it, if I had something funny to say I would say it. The thing I remember most from yesterday was that we all just had fun so I wish I could do stuff like that more instead of hanging with friends for a little while then buzzing home to do chores and be by myself. I enjoy my own company, but its nice to have someone to talk to and be with instead of being alone.
The thinker I think is someone who thinks before they ask and act. Like a blind guy, they have to be constantly thinking on what they are doing and how they do it or they may run into something or someone or break something. The doer I think is someone who sometimes does things that get him in trouble. Like a friend of mine she is a doer and it seems like she is always doing something. She doesn't think before she speaks sometimes, she will back talk her parents and get grounded or something and doesn't think that if i back talk then i can hangout with Mitchell tonight...or something like that. I enjoy being a thinking doer(and wouldn't change), I like thinking and knowing what is going to happen(like if I pull on that limb the bee hive will fall on me.) but I also enjoy doing(if I pull on that limb the bee hive will fall on my buddy), like when I'm hunting I enjoy bailing off from camp and hiking my loop I always go on. One reason I like that loop is that Ive been on that loop many times so I know when and where I'm going to end up, Though I like just exploring also. I hate not knowing stuff so that's where my thinking kicks in. When i got pulled over because my license plates were wrong we never knew that so i was kinda freaking out even though I had done nothing wrong, but my wheels in my head were kicking in to overdrive.
Monday, December 15, 2008
spying on your kids is sometimes necessary but most of the times not..expeually if you know them well. the "RIGHT" to spy on your kids is necessary to keep them safe and let them explore and learn on their own. but it also makes them feel usurped from their own choices. like my parents don't trust me so they watch everything i do they say what to do and when to do it and how to do the thing the parents said the kid to do the thing the parents chose to have the kid do. My parents trust me but they still keep an eye on me.(sometimes two eyes.) but they also realize that I'm becoming an adult and need to be set free...though they will always keep an eye on me, because they love me and don't want me to mess up my life by doing something stupid.
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