School's Awesome

I love school. It's fantastic in many ways. There are so many paths for many people to take and the idea of changing your mind and pursuing knowledge in any field is a fun adventure to embark on. Also it is the place to make friends of any kind. Those friends could be the defining moment in your life that could determine who you are and who is worth surrounding yourself with.

Having the ability to make friends for your entire life will probably be a very valuable ability. When children are in school, the biggest hurdle is finding a place to fit in. Every child will be asking them selves the same question, "Where do I belong?" and so forth. Finding people with the same interests is an essential skill to becoming acquainted with others and moving forward with relationships. These interactions shape what people become in life. My brother once told me, "you are who your friends are" and I thought that made sense because the friends you make influence the way you think constantly. Also, having them be around you and letting them be around you must mean that they are worth your time and they would also feel the same way. They are influencing you and you are influencing them. Making friends in school make a huge impact on anyone's life.

Many people dread coming to school sometimes and I can understand the feeling. Having to wake up early in the morning to sit down and listen to someone talk for hours is not the most appealing thing to be doing. The freedoms and social aspect of being in school, however, make a friendly environment for anyone to learn. Everyone who is in the classroom is there to learn for the most part. Everyone there is pursuing the same goal of learning more about the world in some way or another. Having the join this pursuit of knowledge with others is a grand adventure in itself.

Damn Americans

You know what's crazy? How easy it is for people to spend money. I mean, it"s ridiculous! people look at the object and think, "eh, just this one time" or "I'll buy it quick or else I'll regret it." The economy is in the crapper right now! What's the big deal?! Pople are almost nonhesitant to spend money. Money should be saved so that during the rise of the economy, they will be better off when they market is in better shape. All of the bailouts that banks and huge corporations receive is also ridiculous. The market is broken and CEO's and all the other rich shareholders have an artificial hold in both houses of Congress. They are controlling the money of the taxpayers and to control the money of the taxpayers means that your business will always succeed or at least always be alive and running.

You know what else is crazy? How dumb Americans are. I've seen a few pictures of some kind of protest and one of the signs said something along the lines of, "I'm informed because I only watch fox news" and I thought it was absolutely stupid! Being informed means being able to look at information from all kinds of sources and forming an knowledgeable opinion of a subject, knowing about it from all sides and views. To be able to think critically on the subject is a very important part of being informed. Watching only one news station means you're closing yourself off to all other sources of information. This means that you're letting propaganda win.

It's hard to believe how little attention americans give to politics and what is happening all around them.. The apathy among young voters, the loud obnoxiousness of the republican party, the evergrowing debt, endless wars, the ridiculous amount of attention spent on abortion and gay marriage laws and much more are atrocious! The bills that matter such as the tax breaks for the people, funding towards education, closing loopholes in our taxing system for corporations, and auditing the federal reserve are ignored and left behind as if they are not important.