Thursday, November 27, 2014
Thankful for a classmate
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for all of my classmates and teachers. To be specific, I'll start with Tikal. I am thankful for Tikal for being so nice, and everytime I come in to class she always has a smile and says good morning. She also reminds me of the Spanish homework that I may or may not have forgotten about. I'm thankful for Alex, because ball is life whether she is willing to accept that or not. I am thankful for Juan and his sneezes, because they remind me that it am very much alive. I a thankful for starving Artist aka Alexis, because she helps me with chemistry and is also fun to talk with during lunch and division. Im thankful for Jefri because shes so fun to party with and she even made me her #wcw even though I looked super gross in the picture! I am thankful for Isabella because she's so sweet and her outfits are really cute. Lastly I am thankful for Mr. McCarthy for caring about his job and giving meaning to it. I'm so grateful for all of my teacher that I have this year at Whitney Young. Each and every teacher that I've had this year is a blessing , because I can tell theta they all care about what they do and it makes me as a student want to do better. I realize that a lot of students take great teachers for granted, so I'd especially like to thank them right now for coming to class everyday and providing great lesson plans and making learning interesting.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Principle not Principal
A principle we should keep.
Apocalyptic situations are ever present in media nowadays, with it being a possibility within a couple hundred years. Zombies, cannibalism, chaos, and the struggle for survival leave many of us questioning our actions in situations like these. A big debate, would we really stick to the principles that define our character and personalities today? Have we stuck to the same principles that we lived by 10 years ago? Personally my answer would be no. When I was six i promised to never stop believing in magic like all of the adults I saw in the Disney movies. I would never lie, I would never lie, I would never cheat, and the yuckiest of all, I would never be friends with a boy, they had cooties...Yuck! So what makes 10 years into the future any different? Perhaps saying that you will always stick to your current principles is already breaking a very common principle, to never lie.
Personally, I try to avoid speaking for my future self. I'd say it is pretty unpredictable, and there's no telling if Ill be the same person in the next 10 years. We don't know what experiences await us, and its even less likely that it will be an apocalyptic situation. Many people say they would never kill a person, but what if someone was attacking you or your family? They would never steal, but have they ever gone a week without food and left in someone else's kitchen? Basic principles would be lost in an apocalyptic world. The ones that keep our society in place today would not keep without society, because they both depend on each other. In The Road for example, self identity can be considered a principle. The father still grooms himself and the boy to stay clean. To remain as a civil human being. On the other hand, we see cannibals, who probably converted to cannibals after the apocalypse. If this is true, then it is unlikely that they kept the same principles pre-apocalypse. Therefore principles are temporary. Principals are also temporary, with or without apocalyptic situations.
Apocalyptic situations are ever present in media nowadays, with it being a possibility within a couple hundred years. Zombies, cannibalism, chaos, and the struggle for survival leave many of us questioning our actions in situations like these. A big debate, would we really stick to the principles that define our character and personalities today? Have we stuck to the same principles that we lived by 10 years ago? Personally my answer would be no. When I was six i promised to never stop believing in magic like all of the adults I saw in the Disney movies. I would never lie, I would never lie, I would never cheat, and the yuckiest of all, I would never be friends with a boy, they had cooties...Yuck! So what makes 10 years into the future any different? Perhaps saying that you will always stick to your current principles is already breaking a very common principle, to never lie.
Personally, I try to avoid speaking for my future self. I'd say it is pretty unpredictable, and there's no telling if Ill be the same person in the next 10 years. We don't know what experiences await us, and its even less likely that it will be an apocalyptic situation. Many people say they would never kill a person, but what if someone was attacking you or your family? They would never steal, but have they ever gone a week without food and left in someone else's kitchen? Basic principles would be lost in an apocalyptic world. The ones that keep our society in place today would not keep without society, because they both depend on each other. In The Road for example, self identity can be considered a principle. The father still grooms himself and the boy to stay clean. To remain as a civil human being. On the other hand, we see cannibals, who probably converted to cannibals after the apocalypse. If this is true, then it is unlikely that they kept the same principles pre-apocalypse. Therefore principles are temporary. Principals are also temporary, with or without apocalyptic situations.
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