Mr. Wilkoff's Classroom

Wakeboarding

2005-05-05T09:34:00.001-07:00

I hate tubers on a butter-smooth lake. They destroy the mood of the place, and they totally kill the water. When someone is out wakeboarding and the water is smooth like glass, nobody wants to have to deal with a transition from that, to ripples, to bumps, then to huge wakes that are bigger than the one your boat is making thus causing you to not carve out then back in with speed to only catch to perfect curl get major air and land a sweet trick. Tubers that chop the water on a butter-smooth lake should be band from the lake because they take away any opportunity of good wakeboarding, make people very angry and annoyed, and even possibly causes people to never come back to the lake again.
Tubers take away any opportunity of good wakeboarding when the water is like glass. The water is smooth and you’re just cruising to the hum of the motor. You feel like your flying and so you go on edge cut hard through the water. SPLASH! Out of nowhere this other boat comes zipping and swerving past you. You lose focus on the jump that’s about to happen when a wake buries the nose of your wakeboard then you feel a stinging pain. Your face kills as it meets the water with a smack this is way tubers suck. You come out of the water and your ears are ringing and for the rest of the day you just can’t get back into the rhythm you had earlier that morning. This is how tubers take away any opportunity for good wakeboarding or skiing.
Nobody wants to be angry when they are out on the lake and doing something they love. Unfortunately when a tuber is on the lake at five in the morning when the sun just came up and the water is 70 degrees people get very upset. People can get out of control when something like that happens. They can even trail behind and splash the other boat, then by the time you get home you are mad and soaking wet and you might take your furry out on your own family. As you can see people can get very mad and annoyed.
I don’t think that anyone wants to experience someone taking the best water by doing something that is more fun in choppy water. If this ever happens to someone they might stick around a while but sooner or later they will leave. They will probably leave sooner at that. Once they are gone they might never even come back again. If they do come back I guarantee they don’t stay very long. This is a reason why tubers should be band from lakes that have awesome water.
In conclusion you can tell that tubers that chop up the water on a butter-smooth lake should be kicked off the lake because they take away any opportunity of good wakeboarding, make people very angry and annoyed, and possibly even cause people to never come back to the lack again.

Love

2005-05-03T11:12:00.000-07:00

Are you a person that does not know the importance of love? Do you even understand love? Well ,if you read this essay then you will find the importance of love, understand love, and get wonderful and amazing ideas.
Love is a very strong word. If you are a person that does not fall in love you will be very lonely until you do fall in love. Love is important, because if you don’t fall in love you wont be able to experience having a loving family. It says in the Bible that you are suppose to get married. It is a great thing to have someone to share your life with. If you don’t you will never get to have an experience of being in love, or having those special memories.
If you don’t fall in love, you will never be able to do what couples do together. Having children that you made, brings joy to your heart. You can then do fun family activities together. If you don’t you wont have those special memories that a family can give you.
When you fall in love and get married you will be able to support each other and your family. If you have money for your wedding then you can decorate and have it as nice as you want.You can do fun family activities together. If you have children you can spoil your children. If you have a lot of money then you can buy a nice house and nice cars.
This is why love is important. So if you want to find true love then here is some great advice for you. If you do not want to find true love then you will end up as a lonely person and wont be as happy as the people who are in love.

My Home Away From Home

2005-05-03T11:09:00.000-07:00

Finding a home away from home is one of the very limited things to hold extremely close to one’s heart. The home away from home takes you a big step from reality. This home is where your dreams come alive. You can look around and demand what you want and it will magically appear. You can also feel any way want. You can feel comfortable and relaxed or scared and confused. Whichever one you prefer. My home away from is Norway resulting from the places, the love of my family, and the nature.
One of the things that make Norway my home away from home are the wonderful places. One of my favorite places to go is the ocean. My favorite ocean I go to is called Glenne beach. This ocean is very special to me because its part of me along with my name. This beach is one of many branches of all the wonderful things that make this my home away from home. This beach is as quite has the ocean itself. The normal sand is dismissed and is replaced with gray stone. Flowers cover the grassy areas and leads to the beautiful forest. There are varieties of depths in the ocean so many age groups can come and play. This is great because my whole family young and old can come and enjoy it. In order to get to the shallow water you walk through a sharp shell covered terrain. The pain from the edges of the shells, jabbing you in the feet, is recessive against the dominant sound and beauty of the ocean. The feeling of being able to hear the ocean without using a sound maker is one of the best feelings I know of. In Denver there is no ocean at all so it’s great to feel the cold warmth of the water. In the less shallow water there are huge rocks that I climb on to fish up crabs. My favorite place to swim is in the deep water. My favorite way to get in to the deep water is to jump of a very old dock. There are three main feeling that I absorb within a about 10 to 15 seconds. The first feeling comes when I get a huge running start to jump of the dock into to the inviting water. I feel as if I’m taking a risk. I feel like I break free and fly with out having to worrie what shall happen if I fall. In the middle of my jump I get my second feeling, This feeling is one when I realize that I belong in Norway, that this should be my permanent home. Hitting the water gives me my third feeling. I feel the ocean. The water finally becomes friendly again. The shock of being cold finally goes away and I begin to enjoy the feeling. I feel weightless and as if nothing can hurt me because the water is protecting me. Everything around me is beautiful but the one thing that catches my eyes is the water is beautiful along with the water that shimmers upon it. The ocean is a huge part of my home.
The love of my family is also a huge part of my home. All of my true family is there. The one person I love too much to explain is my grandmother. I call her Bestemor. She one thing that drives me through the hard times of life. Whenever I look at her I automaticly smile. She does so many things I love. One of the things I love to do with my Grandmother is go berry picking in the forest next to her house. Her and I try to do as much as we can together. I also love my great aunt. I call her Titttis. I try and visit her as much as I can. Her house is small but very cozy. When I walk in I can smell the love. She spends a lot of her time in her garden. Her garden is amazing. It’s filled with colorful flowers and many berry bushes. If I walk a little past her house I get to my Great Aunt and Uncles house. Their names are Uncle Per and Aunt Bodle. He’s a funny old man and so is she. I love visiting my mom’s cousin and hr family. Her name is Anne-fi. She is so fun to hang out with. She has mixed personalities. She s normally very sophisticated but she shows a kids side once in awhile. She has an adorable son named Jesper. He is so cute. He loves to run around and play with me. All of my family members make me feel as if I belong. I’m very much like them I look like them and even think like them.
Everywhere in Norway is covered in nature. I live in nature instead if on the surface of it. The meadowed forest and the water come together to become the heart of nature. The meadowed forest is pure green and filled with many other colors. One of my favorite things to do in the forest is to pick berries. Many varieties of berries cover the land. There are blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and many, many others. I loved making jam out of those berries. It’s an original family tradition. I really don’t like mushrooms pick if I hand pick them in a Norwegian forest I’ll eat them. Normally pick them with my mom. We pick them and put them in old tin buckets. My mom usually has the berry bucket and I have the berry bucket. Mushrooms and berries aren’t the only thing the forest contains. It has flowers. Lots and Lots of flowers. One of my hobbies is picking them. There are so many different types of lowers to pick, even edible ones. My favorite flower is a very simple flower. It called “Blue bell.” This flower isn’t the one flower that smells there best or even the one that eats flies. I love it anyways. You can also find a lot of animals in the meadowed forest and ocean areas. In the forest there’s squirrels and dears. In the water areas there’s sea life, frogs, and moose. My grandma’s house is right on a lake. Once in awhile a moose will come and drink out of the lake. It looks amazing. The berries, mushrooms, and animals make me feel welcome.
Norway is my true home away from home. It makes me feel as if I’m at the top of the world. Like I’m invincible. Like no one can stand in my way. Norway is the most wonderful place that very, very deep in my heart.

Live

2005-05-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

Have you ever heard the saying “Live every day like it is your last.”? Well beionedlieve it or not I agree with this statement because it shows or says that people need to live an interesting or exciting life. It also shows that you should wake3 up each and feel like you have your whole life ahead of you and its time you start living it. I also thank that if you don’t believe you will most likely die young and have nothing to show for it except a life lived in self-consciousness and insecurity.

Let me start this paragraph by asking you another question. How do you live an exciting life? The answer is this, you can live an exciting by simply rearranging your schedule, by saying this I mean that instead of waking up in the morning and going to work you should take a personal day and trying new foods or quit your job and pursue your long hidden dream. You see, there is no limit to how high living every day like it is your last can take you. You can also try some sport you have always wanted to do but never got a chance because you were always to busy.

As I have mentioned in the first paragraph that if you don’t believe in this statement you’ll most likely die young and have nothing to show for it .Now let me try and take a guess about what you’re thinking. I personally think that you are thinking I am dead wrong and there’s no way that, that statement above is correct because a lot of people don’t believe in this statement and they’re in great shape and there’s no way they’re going to die young because frankly they look great. We’ll let me tell you something that if you see someone that looks like he’ s doing well that means that he does live every day like it is his/her last because he/she obviously likes taking care him/her self instead of wasting countless hours in front of that idiot box [aka T.V.]

As I have already mentioned in my introductory paragraph that people need to live an interesting and exciting life. I believe in this statement because if you don’t an interesting and exciting life you’ll most likely suffer from the disease putting people asleep for being way to boring during conversations if you have this disease you should consult a doctor immediately and receive medical attention. As you can probably guess this disease can be fatal if you are diagnosed with P.P.A.F.B.W.T.D.C and believe me you would rather die than live a boring life. I’m going to finish this essay by telling you to turn of the T.V. and go live your life.

Why do things turn out the way they do?

2005-05-02T09:22:00.000-07:00

Why do things turn out the way they do? It’s more then likely because everything happens for a reason. Or maybe things don’t happen for a reason, but I think they do. Everything happens for a reason, because you have to do something for something else to happen, things don’t just randomly happen, and you usually can’t control how things are going to turn out.
Chain reactions are one example of why everything happens for a reason. You see something has to happen for the next thing event to occur. For an example if you’re rollerblading and your break doesn’t work causing you to run into a pole. Normally the average person would not just walk into a pole for the fun of it this example proves that this mishap is caused by a chain reaction. You see it is very much like cause and effect. Everything is connected to one another. Therefore everything you do will affect the next thing you do. Like eating something salty will cause you to go get something to drink. This is how chain reactions are part of the fact that everything happens for a reason.
Another reason I honestly believe everything happens for a reason is because things don’t just randomly happen. To show my point here is an example, say your moms favorite lamp is lying on the floor in a million little pieces, I highly doubt it just threw its self off of the table, maybe there is a possibility that you kicked a ball in the house which knocked down the lamp causing it to break this shows that things really don’t just randomly happen, something causes them to happen. Here you will also see that things are connected to every little thing we do. Why did this unfortunate burden have to fall on your shoulders you ask, well it’s because something else will come out of it. So this explains how things don’t randomly happen, they really happen for a reason.
Last but not least do you ever notice how things don’t always turn out the way you want them to. Well that is because you can’t control the outcome of things. It’s like if you have a huge test that you studied for like crazy and despite all that studying you still fail. That’s probably not how you would have planned it, but it does show how things may not always go the way you planned therefore you didn’t get to decide what the outcome would be. Once again though, something will come out of you failing your test. So you’ll also see that this is connected with the next event that will occur in your life. Everything you do is going to lead up to something and you can’t control it.
Everything is connected somehow, doing something for the next thing to happen, things not just randomly occurring, and not being able to control the outcome of everything are all examples of how things really do happen for a reason. If you look in you everyday life you will see these things happening all around you. This all proves that everything happens for a reason, and you reading this very paper is more then likely for a reasons, and me writing is also for another reason that will also affect me in.

"why comparison?"

2005-05-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

I am sad because of what you have or I’m happy because of what you lack. Our feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction can all lead to how we compare ourselves to others. When we look at those who have more, we feel bad. When we look at those who are less fortunate, we feel grateful. Even though, accentually we all have the same life’s either way, but how we see our self’s has a tremendous effect. You should compare yourself to those examples that mean something to you but make you feel good about what you have and who you are. Comparing your self to the right people is important because if you do, you may feel confident in your self and achieve your goals. On the other hand, if you don’t you lower your selfesteem and experience a mild case of depression, or even become jealous and envois toads the person you compare yourself to.

People who compare themselves to the right people are able to achieve their goals a lot easer then someone who doesn’t. Take tucker for example, he is a 23 year old man and is working at the McDonalds of off Quebec street. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against eating or working at any fast food restaurants, but Tucker has a lot of unrecognized potential. The thing is his whole life he always compared himself to the smartest people he could find and it made him think that he was not well educated, which is surtantly not the case he had about a 3.0 when he graduated highschool, but never experienced collage for fear of not being good anoff. Many people have or will incounter this type of sineryo were they look at the crème, delacrem of every thing and begin to degrade themselves. But there are also the people like Stacy.

Stacy is a cut girl around Tuckers age, but she has a good degree as a pediatric doctor. Her whole life, she compared herself with kids who were may a little more talented when it comes to ‘book smarts’ but that pushed her to do better to try and keep up with her fellow class mates. Stacy graduated High school with a strong 3.3 and felt good about her and went to a great collage.

The way you look and feel towards yourself have a tremendous effect on the outlook of your life. You should have a fairly high level of self-esteem and feel confident in yourself. Studies show that when a group of kids take a test there are those who finish slowly and those who finish fast. Researchers found that kids who finish fast and compare themselves to the fastest felt dissatisfied. When those who finished slow but compared themselves to the slowest felt that they had accomplished something. If certain individuals can’t keep up with the best, witch they don’t have to, and compare themselves to those people, it can drive them into thinking that they do not posses true talent. Which can then lead to mild cases of depression, leading the chilled into thinking that they are labeled as a, “dumb” person and therefore cannot obtain maximum sufficiency in life.

Have you ever had a friend or two that you really admired their skills or talents? Well, people who compare themselves to friends or loved ones, that have a special trait, can often get vary dishearten when they can’t pull off the skill. If you are ever savagely throw into this type of dilemma you can always think of your soon to be good friend, Sammy. Sammy is a 13teen year old, who love mashed potatoes and skateboarding. Johnny is Sammy’s best friend, or was…you see Johnny skates to, but he is extremely good and has been doing it for years, where Sammy is still learning. Any ways, Sammy began to compare his abilities to that of Jonnies, and became a little jealous. Soon Sammy’s jealousy became a fiery, crazed, ball of heated emotions that could blow at any given moment. Now, the two aren’t friends and Sammy hangs out with a real ruff crowed. I can only hope that you are beginning to realize that if a person has a special gift or ability, you cant get mad and jealous, well I guess you can, but you shouldn’t, you should give them there props, for real G!

So do you see that how you see yourself can and doe’s matter and how you compare yourself to people has a large effect. Just remember, there will always be the bigger the smaller the richer the poorer but it’s who you are, and the fact that you know it that will make the difference.

Loving Life

2005-05-02T08:21:00.000-07:00

Life is something you need, without it you wouldn’t be here today. You never know when you won’t be here; and the quote “ live everyday like it’s your last” kind of describes that because there could be changes, things that should be said, and that you are only going to live once.
Things change all the time and you never know when the thing that changes is your life. One day everything can be fine and the next you might not even have a have a life. Some changes are scary so you have to adapt to them and try not to let them bother you. Do everything you need to do and change those bad things into good things. Your last day could be coming up soon.
When you have something to tell someone and it is important you need to tell them because you might not live another day to tell them that you love them, or they’re your best friend, or just saying thank you. But, it doesn’t just have to be good things you need to say it could be bad things as well. If there was something said that needed to be, then it could have helped someone feel special, needed, and like they have accomplished something. When you say just one little thing.
A precious thing that can’t ever be replaced is your life. You have one chance to make it work for yourself. Take everything you have got and use it all on your life because you only live once to use it.
So when you wake up every morning just remember that you need to “live everyday like it’s your last” and that things are always going to change, and that your going to have to say at least one thing to someone that is important to you that should be said, and that you only are going to live once.

Turning Back Time

2005-05-02T07:34:00.000-07:00

You can never turn back time. You can only live off your memories. Time is a very precious thing, and sometimes if your not careful it will slip right past you. “Living every day like it’s your last,” is a great way to think about life because you will not regret any moment, you will have more fun, and you never know when life might take an unexpected turn.
If someone close to you has died, someone almost always regrets, regrets what they said, what they did, and sometimes what they didn’t do. If you were in that person’s place, and about to die, would you really want to look back on your life and wish that you had done something differently? Life is like a sponge. You have to squeeze it to get every last drop out of it, and by doing so you will be much happier because you will not regret doing anything. You only live once, so why not live it to your fullest?
Having fun is probably of some importance to every person, but if you take chances, and have a positive attitude, then you will most likely have more fun. There are always some days when you’re feeling down, but if you make the most out of it, you will be much happy with yourself.
Parents are always holding on to their child’s hand when they are little for safety. But accidents do happen, and people get hurt. You never know when something might happen to you. You could step off a curb and get hit by a bus, so if you take chances you will do more in your life. After all, life is short, and it can fly right by.
Live every day like it’s your last and you will overall live a happier and fuller life.

Change The Past... How About Not

2005-05-02T07:32:00.000-07:00

Many people believe that changing the past can change who a person is. Or that the things that happen now wouldn’t happen if their past was different. I believe we learn from our mistakes because we wouldn’t want to repeat them, we are better prepared for the next time it happen, and many people are aware of what can happen and know how to prevent it.

Mistakes are part of our life. They help us make better decisions the next time it happen. For example, when I was younger I ate snow that had just fallen, along with my sister. The next day I got so sick that I would vomit every time something went down my throat. I had to lie on the cold floor, surrounded by plastic bags, while my sister got to play and go to friend’s houses. From that mistake, I learned never to eat snow again. The next snow storm that came I didn’t even touch the snow.

From my experience of eating snow, the next time it snowed I was aware of what could happen and I tried to prevent it. Another example could be September 11. When the world trade centers were hit we weren’t expecting it to happen. From our experience we are aware that it can happen and we would want to do everything we can to prevent it.

If what happened on September 11 happened again, we would want to be ready. Unlike the first time it happened, our mistake should make us better prepared for the next time it will happen.

So from these examples, we can learn that our mistakes can help us learn not to repeat them, we are better prepared, and we are aware that it can happen again. So that is why I believe that our mistakes help us learn to make better decisions. What do you think about mistakes? Can they change your world or can they leave you hanging?

Life is too short

2005-05-02T07:29:00.000-07:00

Life is too short, so make the most of it. Don’t be afraid to try new things. Don’t regret things you did or didn’t do. Have fun and don’t get worried about little things. Remember that everyone makes mistakes. Life should be lived to its fullest because then you will learn to take risks, you won’t have any regrets, and you won’t be worried all the time.
“Living everyday like it’s your last” means to take chances and do things that you wouldn’t normally do, so you can look back and say that you lived a good life. Be adventurous and explore. You should try something new instead of just sitting around doing what you do everyday. You will have more fun and you won’t be bored because it will be a new experience. You should try sky diving, bungee jumping, or hot air ballooning. By making the most of your day you will learn to take risks and chances.
If you live everyday as best as you can, then you won’t have any regrets. Even if you’re not in a good mood, still try to be happy and nice because later on you might regret a decision you made or said. If you make a mistake don’t put yourself down or blame your mistake on someone else because the choice you made could cost you. If you go with the flow, not worry about every little error that occurs, and do thing out of the ordinary then you won’t have any regrets on things you did or didn’t do.
If you’re worried all the time then you won’t have time to think about anything else. You have to forget about your past problems and just go with what’s happening in your life right now. If you let past problems interfere with your life it could cause stress and way to much worry. You wouldn’t be able to concentrate on important things. Don’t let your nerves get to you or else you won’t get anything done.
You only have one life, so when it’s over you can’t go back and change it. That’s why you have to live it the best you can so will take chances, you won’t have any regrets, and you won’t be worried.

another house

2005-04-26T11:29:00.000-07:00

CUTE BOYS, ocean, beach house, family, ice cream, shopping bags, bathing suits, flip flops, and swimming.
Do you have another place you consider home? I do, North Carolina. I look forward to going to North Carolina all year. From the time I get off the plane to the time I get back on.
At Christmas time every year I bye my mom sunglasses and a new bottle of Hawaiian tropics sunscreen, to keep her reminded of our trip in July. I’m sure she is sick of it by now.
I have had many good memories in North Carolina. From riding bikes with my brothers and cousins, to swimming with the boys next door, going for ice cream at night. BUT my favorite and fondest memory is boggy boarding and falling face forward on to a seashell. Then having to go to the doctor and getting stitches.
Our beach houses are always very beautiful. Last years beach house was very large. The beach house has to be our family is also very large. The people that usually go are my uncles JC, and Boe, my aunt’s Dia, Sally, Tisse, and Dian. Both of my grandparents usually come, and a ton of my cousins. With all this family around you who would not have fun.
I can’t describe the felling I get the first day I see the beach. All the white sand scattered across a big part of the land. In my mind it’s the best picture. Until you step down on what looks like a cool place to step and a sudden reaction quivers up your legs and sends a message to your brain that what you are stepping on is very hot. You try to run to run to the nearest beach towel but it seems to far away.
A normal day in North Carolina looks like this. People wake up at there own time and eat breakfast at there own time. We all try to hurry as fast as we can to get a good spot on the beach. When we finally get situated at the beach all the kids head for the water except for me it usually takes a while for me to get over the fear of what may be in the water, when I finally get in I have tons of fun. We usually stay down at the beach for what feels like millions of hours. Finally at the end of the day we all waddle back home for dinner in or out.
There is one thing that really makes me mad while I’m at the beach. Is when we are all ready to go but my mother is still back in her bedroom trying on bathing suits to see witch one makes her look the skinniest not that my mother is not skinny but she is very conscientious about her body. When she finally picks a bathing suit out, we head for the beach.

North Carolina is a very special place to go, for me. It brings back my old memories, and it makes new memories, for years to come.

what affects your future

2005-04-26T11:23:00.000-07:00

What affects your future? The past dose affects your future. The pat affects every thing in your life. If you do one thing bad it could mess up your life. Or if your do just one little thing good it could make your life the best. The past dose affects your future because one thing can make your life very bad, make your life really great, and you can mess up someone else’s life or make it great.

One little thing can mess your life up. You could do one little thing that you don’t think that it would do something but in the future it will make you’re live very bad. Like if you did something to one of your parents that make them not believe you then in the footer one of them wouldn’t want to believe you. And the biggest thing is if you lie to someone that will mess up your life a lot if you life. So you just should think before you do your say, because it might make your life really bad in the end.

You could do one thing that you think will not affect but your future will be great. Like doing something that you don’t even think of it but that little thing will be great for you in the future. Especially doing your homework or going to college. Even if you do something bad if you tell the truth that will help you.

Not everything affects you it could affect any one. One little careless thing could make someone’s life great or make it crap. If you lie to someone or tell him or her something out their that could really mess them up. Or if someone needs help and you don’t help them ether emotional or physically, that could be bad for him or her. You could do something nice to someone to help him or her get back on their feet and make them shine. It should make you fell good unless you have a cold heart.

I hope you under stand that the past dose affect your future because that was three great reasons to believe it. So next time just think what you do because it could make someone’s or your life crap.

Don't Get Caught!

2005-04-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

Getting caught isn’t fun. How is it that teenager’s are at a high risk of getting caught, in the year 2005. I’ve gotten caught a lot, and I’m sick of it. I am a teenager who is getting caught a lot. Lat week I found my dad’s bong and I thought it was cider, so I got in trouble and grounded for snooping around. When my brother Mark lived with us, he had a mini refrigerator, he had a lot of alcohol in it, and so he yelled me at for going into his room. Even though people do snoop around, there is always a point were you get caught. When you get caught it isn’t fun. You get grounded; you have to pay for your mistake people start to lose trust in you.

Getting grounded isn’t the greatest thing in the world everyone gets grounded. When you get grounded, you lose all of your privileges. You always feel like your locked up in a jail, or just bored out of your mind getting driven into udder insanity. When my friends Sara Bryia and I got into this fight on e-mail with this girl Kassie. Later that night we tee-peed her house and we got caught because we ran and her step-dad came after us because he is a cop eventually we got in trouble.

You might get lucky not getting caught, but sooner or later you will, that’s why getting caught sucks. When you get caught, you think your cool but you’re really not, your cooler when you don’t get caught. Excitement goes through your mind, but slowly it fades away. People always blame their friends, when it was there idea, that usually works or just run for your life. Better yet just don’t get caught!

Know madder what you do sooner or later you will get caught, sooner than you know. It’s like a curse everyone gets caught, at least once in his or her life, and if they don’t then there not part have the human race in my descriptions. You can get caught a million times, if so then you suck at being sneaky and learn how to be quiet.

Everyday some one gets caught no madder what they say some one always does. If you have never gotten caught well you will, you will get caught many times, before you die trust me I know. When you hang out with people that get caught most likely you will get caught if your with the, that part sucks about getting caught, I went to the movies with 20 people, and we got called on and the cops came, and I wasn’t doing anything, but the cop said people that you hang out that make trouble, means that you are making trouble to do what you want to do, by making your own decisions.
So basically if you get caught by a cop, or anybody else, you will get you in to trouble by them or by your parents.
So whatever you do don’t get caught or you will always be on police record and if you get in trouble again you will have to go to court and your parents will have to pay a lot of money after you go to court you may have to do something you don’t want to do! So never ever ever, get caught in your life.

Love is Pointless!!!***

2005-04-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

Love is the worst thing ever, it blows . It can ruin your life or day .you never get any where near the person you want. Last but not least it can tear families apart. Love is not important because friends disagree, family disagrees, and
You could get heart-broken.

A lot of times friends will disagree about your love. They might think the girl/guy is stupid and critisize ever thing he/she dose. Your friends also might think he/she is ugly and compare them to someone even uglier. Sometime you’re the person with the boy/girl friend who friends talk about you. Friends make love a royal pain.

Family, like friends, can make love be a royal pain too. Your father, if you’re a girl, may have a “talk” with your boyfriend about responsibility and bringing you home on time and blah,blah,blah. You mom will always tell you how you can do better all the time. Finally your siblings make fun of you for having a boyfriend. Family make love have to be a secret, or else...

Heartbreak is the most feard and revered part of a relationship. People are always afraid that there lover, per-say, is going to find someone else. There’s always a chance that the person, you are dating, would move to so place in brazil. Most of all there’s the possibility that you could fall in love with someone else and break their heart. Heartbreak is what makes love pointless.

All because of friends, family, and heartbreak, what’s the point? Love is just a nightmare. The point of it means nothing. This somewhat of a meaningful essay tells you why love is pointless, meaningless, and a waist of time.

My Bad Day With My Dog

2005-04-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

Do you have an old dog that could get you in trouble? Well if you have two dogs that you couldn’t let one of them out, but you did, do you think you could get in trouble. So you can’t really get mad at them because dogs are suppose to be your companion. Getting in trouble by your dog sets you off because first of all it’s humiliating, second, they don’t know better, then it’s just plain weird.

Can you believe that getting caught because of your old, sick, dog is humiliating. It’s hard to imagine how anyone can get caught doing something and getting in a little trouble for, from your dog! It’s not really my fault though. You see we also had a puppy, so I thought my parents said for me to NOT let the puppy outside. Well they meant are older dog, Sara. So when I let her outside she started barking! Well it’s humiliating because if you accidentally let out the wrong dog many problems can occur! If problems occur because you let out the wrong the dog then you probably would be laughed at. That’s why it would be humiliating.

Let me ask you something? Do you think that my or your dog would know better? I bet you let your dog out a lot. Well then they didn’t think that this time would be any different. Well then in my case my dog didn’t know either, because all she was doing was protecting us and her territory. Well when she started barking, I looked outside and saw a stranger in our yard and Sara right there. Sara had bitten the stranger in the ankle and broke the skin, so it started bleeding! Sara didn’t know better all she was doing was protecting us and her territory. Also she’s old and sick. That’s why she didn’t know better!

I’ll give you a wild guess why it’s weird! Never mind, I’ll just tell you. well as you all know the that if your dog brakes the skin of a stranger, or anybody they could call animal control if they are that concerned. So, it was weird getting ion trouble because of your dog, because normally people get in trouble by enemies, or sometimes friends, but barley anyone gets in trouble by their dog. When animal control came I knew I was in trouble. My parents weren’t home because my grandfather just past away, so they were cleaning out his apartment. So it was very weird getting in trouble because this was the first time it has happened. That’s why it was weird!

Getting in trouble by your own dog gets you angry because it’s humiliating, it’s weird and it’s not like they know better. You just don’t know what kinds of things could get you into trouble. So be careful. Well you just read a wonderful essay about how to get in trouble by your dog and how it’s like to get into trouble by your own dog! Next time you know that I will definitely listen to what my parents would say more closely. I would think twice before letting your dog out next time, you know that I’m up for it! Bye thanks so much for listening and I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks and goodbye!

Do things happen for a reason

2005-04-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

Time is written in stone that’s why things always happens for a reason some people think that way because of people’s beliefs, life sometimes needs to change for good or worse and because people need to be taught a lesson about something.

People’s belief play a big role in the way people think about things happening for a reason like some people believe that they are to follow in Jesus footsteps or any other person that is in the bible even people are becoming priests because of their beliefs. Whether they’re Catholic or Jewish each one believe in its own way of things happen for a reason.

Secondly, life sometimes needs to change for good or bad. See the reason is that life needs to be changed for the good of people or the good of one person like a grandson or even a tiny little dog can keep an man or woman from suffer from a fatal illness or even fix little thing like a persons self of steam, but when a person needs his or her life to be to changed for a bad reason then it is probably because the person needs to be realize that he or she shouldn’t take things for granted. This is another weird way things happen for a reason.

Lastly, people need to be taught a lesson and that’s why things happen like when a person looses his job and then comes home and realizes that his life has much more meaning then to go find a new job work and then become old without even leaving a mark on the world and that lesson was telling that life is to short so you should get out there and do the stuff that he wants to do.

Finally, things happen for a reason it’s the natural order of things or destiny decides what’s going to happen to the world or what’s going to happen to you which ever one you agree with they both say that things happen for a reason.

EVERYTHING happens for a reason!

2005-04-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

I do believe everything happens for a reason because people have to think before they do. They have emotions for what they do like, if their dad passes away, then they, get sad and they do stuff randomly and they do think because their reason is that their dad died, so they get angry at the world. And if you go out with someone, the reason is that you love him or her. And people think before they act cause if they don’t then they end up doing something horrible, but if they do think then they will end up doing something really great or something stupid cause they thought it was going to be cool. If you don’t have a reason for the actions you do, it is just like saying you don’t have a reason for life!
If you get up in the morning and ask yourself if you want to go have coffee with him or something, you would say yes cause you want to and you want to spend time with him and talk for a very long time. If you play soccer then your main reason is that you love it and you want to play it because it makes you feel good about yourself and so you can make new friends and play n’ have fun. You do track all the time and you know your fast and you reason is that you like to run and you like to get the exercise. If you are a teacher it is because you love kids or you just like to teach and help them out by making them smarter and watch them get right answers all the time.
Your in love with someone you have known for a long time and he loves you to and you don’t want to brake that up ever, but the reason is that if you have something in your heart like love you are so careful that if you drop it, it is like it will brake and you cant put it back together cause it is in a million pieces. People that are all over the world who are mental or know people that are mental and you try to help them any way possible and you do it because you feel sorry for them or there your friends and you want to be with them for as long as you can and you love them.
All these examples show that there are reasons for a lot of things. And these are like playing sports or if you are in love in any kind of way and everything else that goes with a reason and if you just believe then you have a way of preventing anything from happening anymore or keep what you love going on for a very long time! And if you are a believer then your live is a reason for living!

Everything Happens For a Reason

2005-04-26T08:39:00.000-07:00

I believe that everything happens for a reason because, there is always a lesson behind our struggles, the good must come with the bad and without a struggle we cannot grow as people. If our world were a sanctuary for all living creatures and everyone received what they desired, our world would be filled with chaos and confusion.
Everyday when we step out of bed, we can be sure that there is a lesson waiting for us around each and every corner. In our darkest moments we can rest assured that through the rain always comes a rainbow. Learning is never easy but what comes out of it cannot be masked with words. In fact what comes out of it may be the lesson itself, not the answer. We encounter obstacles that may seem to stare us down but we overcome them, with pride, and the strength of the obstacles before it. When I was about 10 years old I was told that I would never accomplish my dreams of becoming an entertainer, and for a while I listened. But later on I realized that I could become an entertainer, and that I should never have doubted myself in the first place. I had the potential. So I began to work and strive harder towards my goal. And 3 years later here I am dancing in a dance company that took the nation by storm. With strength and belief I over came the obstacles that I was told were to high and to far to over come. I overcame all the odds and have never looked back. So no matter what the lesson may seem like, big or small, important or irrelevant, we will always come out it with a story to tell.
Although there may be struggles within our life and things that seem to bring us down from day to day, there is always a sliver of happiness, or joy hiding behind the hard times, perhaps to make up for the rough times, or to cover our tears, or maybe just to give us a break once in a while. Whatever the case we can always be sure that at the end of the tunnel there will always be a light left on to guide us safely home.
4 years ago my parents divorced and separated. My dad moved away and remarried. Things were rough at first. We were tight on money and our family, or at least what remained of it, seemed to be drifting apart. My father was only a 15-minute drive away but to me it seemed like there was thousands of miles between us. He said he was always there but I saw little of him. But as the years passed things began to get a little easier. I began to realize that I was growing stronger with every step I took. I could feel it too. I missed my dad but we saw each other more frequently and I was growing up. I didn’t need to be daddy’s little girl anymore. I began to respect myself as well as my mother for what we had overcome. And in the end I realized that my parent’s divorce was only an opportunity to grow.
We may feel like giving up or throwing in the towel at times, but just remember that we are never in this alone. There are always others right by our sides every step of the way. We learn more from every step that we take, and we grow from every move that we make. God has a plan for everyone of us so when things get tough remind yourself that the big man up there knows what he’s doing. You may fall flat on your face sometimes but it’s only a chance to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and move on. Life is not a lesson but an opportunity to influence, love, and learn within something much bigger than a lesson.

Changing The Past Is Not The Answer (bubble)

2005-04-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

Changing something in the past can be a risky thing. Some people would say to go back and change the past would be great, but do they really looks at the things that could happen after they go back a make a change. History teaches us lessons, which make us stronger. To change the past would be very dangerous for the reasons, which could follow including, selfishness, we will never learn from our mistakes, and it would change the future forever.
Changing our past is something that many people will be very selfish about and not agree on. One example is World War II against Germany If we changed the outcome then we would be controlled by the Germans, and not have the freedom that we now enjoy. For selfish reasons, someone might decide to change something for themselves and it may sound better, but what about the many others who have died? When people do for themselves, it shows they do not have respect for many others in need. To change such a major event could be a problem, and many people would not agree on what to change.
Freedom from racism, terror, and slavery is or has been fought for throughout history. From the time the event happens to the time we have fought we try to deal with life. Life is not magic. If life were that easy the world would be very uneventful. The world would never have anything bad happen, but people also would not get hurt having to fight. As a citizen of a free country I know how hard you have to work for things. If we could use the help of time travel we would not learn from the many mistakes we make. If we did not fight, we would never learn how to work for the things we treasure the most.
When people think about all of the terrible things, which happen, all children in school are learning about them and why they happen. If we changed or stopped these things in the timeline, all of the lessons will be forgotten, and all the time-spent teaching would be useless. Every person knows why these events happen, so they learn about how our country is brave. If we stopped these events some people could get hurt worse because when one persons life is saved, it changes history. One life that would have a bad effect is if the person who was saved decided to kill the person who invented the Polio Vaccine. If this happened more people would die of disease, and who knows what that person would do for our next generation. The chain keeps changing history in ways we can never predict.
Changing the world yesterday would have consequences for today, and the many generations to come. One change can effect the other, so to re-do our world can only affect others and how we do things now. It could cause many to be selfish, we would never from what has happened, and it would change the future forever. To me, changing the past is NOT the answer.

Bballer8

2005-04-26T07:56:00.000-07:00

What is time? Time can be now, before or after . People love, hate, feel, watch and control time. Time is used in most everything you can think of. If I could go back in time I would change 9/11, discrimation, and the war in Iraq because those events changed the course of history in a negative way.
September 11,2001 the day that shocked the USA, showed ameracians hhow much they need come together as a country. The wake up call to America. The twin towers a sign of great accomplishment now sits in their own shadows showing how much damage terrorist can cause. People still wait by the phone sometimes not realizing how long it’s been. Sorrow filled the air as people honored the firefighters, policeman and millions of people that died in the terrorist attacks. 9/11 struck the hearts of Americans and shocked the whole world. The world may have had more people and less sorrow without 9/11.
Discrimination, a horrible thing, was both fought with and argued against. Many African Americans fought to demolish discrimination. His words still echo in history, “I have a dream”, though many white people did not listen to king, African Americans did. Motivating them to contribute and fight against discrimination.
People say that all men are created equal but many white men thought that it just meant whites but it mean s everybody know matter what color, sex, hair color, eye color, shape and sizes we are all equal know matter how different we are.
The war in Iraq was to go stop and find terrorist but it became much more than that. Thousands even millions of solider shave died, held hostage and captured. Those who have died defending our country left family behind. Weather it was a wife and kids to a mother, father, brothers, sisters and est. Every day the people that have family in Iraq pray and hope that will come back soon and safe. Why would we stay in there if we were losing so many soldiers? Well a war is a war; once you’re in your not coming out, know matter how many casualties, Intel some someone wins. Who knows how long it will be Intel someone wins.
Discrimination and the war in Iraq have effected Americans in varies ways. 911put things into perspective, making people notices things that should have been noticed years ago. History makes a mark on everyone. Its just depends on weather it’s a scar or a scratch.

A Path to the Past

2005-04-26T07:55:00.001-07:00

A PATH TO THE PAST

“Time is a valuable thing”. People can spend their whole lives trying to keep up with it. So, if you could break free of the chains of time, would you? If you could create a door to escape this life consuming force, what would you change? I would love to change at least a few things such as being better friends with my brother, making more friends at school, and being more productive religiously.

My brother and I hardly ever get along anymore. I would like to go back to where our friendship started to crumble because I think it would cause a chain reaction leading to our present selves being good or at least just friends. I would try to change it into me doing something outgoing like asking him if he wants to go see a movie. I think that this would make us better brothers and friends.

Another thing I would like to go back and change is to make more friends in the first quarter of middle school. Friends can make your life easier and less stressful. I do have friends though, just not very good ones. I used to have really good friends until one moved and the other ones are on different teams. I would really like to go back to first quarter to start out again with a clean slate.

Last, I would like to turn back the hands of time to the early years of science to give them all the information I know to help them be more modernized in the field of science. This could help today’s knowledge more advanced in medicine, transportation, space travel, and much more. I believe this would greatly change our way of life for the better of mankind.

In conclusion, I would like to go back in time to go back in time to be better friends with my brother, make more friends in school, and introduce modern science to early scientists. People can spend a lot of their lives regretting what they did in the past, so, if you don’t agree with what happened in the past, just change it.

Would you have to risk your future?

2005-04-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

To go back in time and change the past, what would the effects be on you, would it change who you are or will it change who you friends are, would it give you the chance to be different, or the chance to change your whole life forever?

To go back in time and change my life, I would change the time I
Kissed that guy, when it really meant good-bye and that made me cry. I would also change how my brother almost died when he did a back flip off of his friends shoulders, because to lose something that meant so much would crush my heart. I would change all of the actions that I put toward others, because to see them hurt from what I did to them, now made me hurt, I could feel the pain I put on their shoulders, I could feel as if it were me in their shoes. I would change the day the rain came down and the accident took place, because then I would be able to see my uncle again. I would give that poor man that dollar that I kept for ice cream; I would have taken that opportunity to go to that singing audition. I would be at my grandparents’ house at the time of his death that new years eve. I would change the words I said that afternoon when I lost my best friend, I wish I could have taken it all back.

But, if you were to change your life, you would change the lives of hundreds that maybe didn’t want their life to be different. Maybe all of this is all by purpose, maybe it is all destinies. We can’t change what is supposed to happen. We can’t change that man on the side of the street, we can’t change that little girl staring out the window, we can’t change that women crying in the bathroom. They have to change themselves; they have to make the future change. But it’s not just him trying, it’s everyone, it’s God. We are never walking alone; we always have a hand to hold on to when we feel like letting go. We always have a light in the night. We have each other for help. So why change that. Why go back and lose what maybe made a difference, what saved your life what made you who you are today.

time travel

2005-04-26T07:48:00.000-07:00

time travel

Time Travel

There are many things I would change if I could go back in time. First I would try and create world peace during all the wars. Also I would stop world hunger and poverty before it started. Next, I would have some fun by bringing futuristic stuff and pretend that I was an alien to freak people out. After that, I would do my best to end terrorism early on. Time travel is a great opportunity because you can create world peace, has lots of fun, and show peoples a better way of life.
With such an opportunity as time travel world peace can be an achievement not a dream. Equipped with this ability you would be able to stop countless of things from happening such as September 11, or World War 2. Also we will be able to end country conflicts so that it won’t jeopardize people’s safety. Another possibility could be to help the people during the great depression. We may also be able to become a separate country from Britain without having a war. Having time travel can be a good thing by creating world peace.
Another great way to use time travel would be to show peoples a better way of life. An example could be during the time of slavery we can show many evil people such as Adolph Hitler a better way to solve problems thus saving many people. Such changes can damage our future in unthinkable ways but it would be for the greater good. So showing people a better way to live life can save many people and help them too.
If I could freely travel time I would pull many pranks and have lots of fun. There are many things I would do such as seeing if there actually were dinosaurs or dragons. I would find out about Jesus and break many myths. Then I would take my XBOX back in to 1990 and sell it for billions of dollars. And then I might take Halo 2 back to when Halo 1 was out and sell it for lots of money. This is what I would do to have fun.
All in all time travel is a very good thing but you can’t let it fall into the wrong hands. There are many things you can do with this such as world peace, showing people a better way of life, and having fun.

Why did the Red Sox trade the Babe?

2005-04-26T07:47:00.000-07:00

“The Bambino Curse,” has been going on since just last last year when The Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. The curse started in 1918 when Babe Ruth was traded to The New York Yankees. He cursed The Red Sox for almost 100 years. I would go back in time and keep the Red Sox from trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees because, there would be no “curse” and the Red Sox would win more World Series’, they would also be the best team for years to come, and more people would like the Red Sox instead of the Yankees.

The curse started in 1918 when The Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to The Yankees. Since then the Yankees have won over thirty World Series’ the Red Sox Have won zero. If the Red Sox had kept the Babe They probably would have won more Series’, there would be no curse, and the Yankees would stink.

The Red Sox would have many winning seasons to come. If Babe stayed on their team for a few more years they probably would have won at least twenty more World Series’ because they would have the Babe. He would probably retire after playing a few more years, so the Reed sox would win a few more with him.

The Red Sox are the best team ever but if they would have kept Babe Ruth they would be the best team in the world and everyone would love them.

"Live Every Day Like It Is Your Last"

2005-04-26T07:45:00.001-07:00

“Live Every Day Like It Is Your Last”

What would happen if every one could go back in time and change one thing? People would pick the smallest things like being in a fight with a friend. The most important thing to change is the 911 because the twin towers and the people working in the twin towers would still be standing, friends would not be fighting, and people would not be fighting.

If Sadam Husien and his “gang” did not hit the Twin Towers, the ones loved would not be dead. All the people in the Twin Towers would still be walking on the streets with their family. The families of the dead became heart broken, when they looked out the window or at the television screen. As the first tower fell the people ran with tears in their eyes. If Sadam Husien did not hit the Twin Towers all the people would know they lived a happy life and would be able to say their last words to their family.

I wish that all the fighting and hatred would just stop for a week. The close friends are fighting and it is turning out that the teachers have to get involved. To me fighting hurts people mentally and physically. The person writing the mean things are just showing that there board with their lives so they have to ruin some one else’s. They think it is fun to torment some one until it happens to them. People should not have to take the insults some one says but ignore them.

The saying “Live every day like it is your last” it true and should never be forgotten. Each day is like a new bridge to life and should be cared for. No one walks across one bridge twice. No ones voice should be filled with hatred for their last words, it should be filled with love to show how much they care. Remember the saying “Live every day like it is your last.

If we ever could go backing time to change one thing, make sure you change the thing that means the most to you like the 911.

time travel

2005-04-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

There are a lot of things I would change in the past. If I changed the past it could have disastrous, or only minor consequences. Most of the things I would change would change a lot of other things like: peoples lives, history books, and my life, but, good can also come from this like saving peoples lives. There is also something that would just make me happy. I would change my history any day because; I did some things I would like to change, save some lives, and change major events in history.
If I could go back in time I would change some things in my past. Most of them are things that happened in elementary school. Everyone knew me as the kid with the most referrals at my old school. I would like to be known as the kid who helped out the teachers the most or the kid who got the best time on the 100 meter dash or even the kid who ate the most at lunch one day, any thing but the most referrals. I would change my referrals, my behavior, and my relationships with other kids and teachers. I would change those things because right now they are the only things on my mind, so is I could change them it would change my reputation at my old school. That is one thing I would change in the past if I could.
If I could save some lives in history I would. The lives I’d save are from 911.I would save their lives by telling them that they cannot go to work on 911 or they would die of an air plane crashing into the side of the building because of Osama bin ladin’s henchmen, but If you do save lives would you become a hero and screw up time?
The major events in history I would change are: 911, the battles in the revolutionary war, and the assassinations of presidents. I would change these things because our world would be a better place to live in and no one would die unless it’s because of old age.
These are some of the things I would change if I could go back in time.

Can the past effect your future

2005-04-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

Can the past effect your future? Its kind of like cause and effect your past effects your future because your choices now will effect who you become, the past can effect your loved ones which can effect you, what you learns effects you.

What you learn affects your future. Say you want to be a pilot and you cant get the job you want because of the math class you didn’t take in high school. That is how it effects on your job.

Your past affects your future because the choices you make now effects who you become. For example if you chose to do the home work a week ago, that will effect your grade now in the future and will effect you even further in the future and what job you get.

The past can affect your future with your loved ones. If any loved ones die it can effect how you feel about death in the future. So when you have a loved dog spend lots of time with it and teach it not to run away that way when it dies you will can remember all the great times you had with the dog.

Dose you’re past effect your future? Dose your past effect who you become? Dose the past effect your loved ones, you decide.

The Importance of Love

2005-04-25T11:32:00.000-07:00

Love is the building block of the world. There are many things that have to with love but you just don’t see them all. There is at least one person that everyone likes, but some don’t show it. Love can be either saving the human race to having fun. I think that love is important because you will always have someone thinking about you, you can have romantic moments, and you will always have someone to do fun stuff with.

I think love is important because you can always have someone thinking about you. When you know someone is thinking about you, you get a good feeling that you are wanted. You know people wonder where you are and worry about you, which can be good in some ways, like you know someone will look for you when you are lost. When you are married you know someone will be thinking about you and you know that they love you to. It just puts a good feeling in your heart.

I think love is important because you can have romantic moments. When you go on a date and have a romantic moment you should remember it because you don’t know if you are going to be dating that person for a long time or even marry them. That’s why I think that you need romantic moments when you’re in love.

I think love is important because you will always have someone to do fun stuff with. When I want to do something like bowling it’s not always fun to go alone. It’s a lot more fun if you have someone else to do it with. You get to share the experience with them and get to know them better too.

Having someone thinking about you all the time, having romantic moments, and felling good is something you should always have when you are in love. If you have these things you will build your love as high as you want it to be. There are still many things that have to with love and feelings but these are the basic ones that you should always have when you’re in love. That’s why I think love is very important.

.::.Falling in love.::.

2005-04-25T11:29:00.001-07:00

I love you is the most powerful thing you can say to someone. Love can make you cry, love can make you laugh. Falling in love is one of the best things in life because you will have as soul mate for the rest of your life, you will get to have a beautiful wedding, and you won’t be lonely.
When you were little you would always dream about marring a prince or a princess and living in a big enchanted castle. When you get older you marry your prince or princess and live with them for the rest of your life.
When you fall in love you get the privilage of getting married. Getting married is a great thing because you get to spend the rest of your life with that one person that you love. A good example of true love that transferred in to marriage is my Great Aunt Jeannie and my uncle Calvin. They have been married for 53 years! They were in love for 6 years before they got married. Now that is a good example of love. Marriage is a big commitment because if you don’t really mean it then it’s a waste of money and it hurts the person that loved you. Getting married is one of the happiest things you can do in life and its all because of love if your never in love then you never can get married because love leads to marriage. Every girls dream is to walk down the isle with a beautiful white dress seeing the person you love in waiting for you feeling the same way about you. Getting married is one of the most powerful parts of falling in love.
Have you ever worried that one-day you could wake up and not have someone by your side? I have, and it terrifies me, because I don’t want to be 70 years old and not have been in love or ever been married. Being lonely is a sad thing and I wouldn’t ever want it to happen to me. They say that when you are lonely you don’t live as long because you think you worth nothing and you have nothing to look forward to and I believe that 100% percent.
Falling in love is the one thing that makes people truly happy. Falling in love is the key to a happy ending.

reasons for everything

2005-04-25T11:28:00.000-07:00

You can’t always have the perfect life. Sometimes what happens to you is out of your control. You wonder to yourself why did this happen? But no madder how hard you try or how long you search you can rarely find a satisfying answer. “Everything happens for a reason” is a true statement to me because I know what happens to you is your fate. If what ever has happened in your life never really happened your life wouldn’t be the same. And what happens to you through out your life’s journey creates you, and makes you who you are.
Everyone was put on earth for a reason. Whether its to fall and love and make someone happy or if it’s to save people’s lives from a horrible murderer. What happens to you is your fate, your destiny, something you rarely have control over. You can’t change who god wants you to become. And you can’t change what the world wants you to do. Even if you’re homeless and think you deserve so much more its how things are supposed to be. Or if your mom dies in a car accident maybe its for the better because she could have been on her way to pick up your dad and they could have both died. Its how things are supposed to be. It’s life’s way of balancing out the nature between happy and unhappy. So when life is way to hard or just to good to be true. You really deserve whatever you get good or bad.
When things have happened in your past that make you take a step in a different direction those things were supposed to happen. Do you ever find yourself wondering why you have done what you have? But then you take a different approach at what you’re thinking and suddenly realize that if you had changed anything nothing would be the same. Your life could be far worse or possibly far better if only you would have made a different choice. But you already made that choice. The choice that when you were born god knew you would make and that’s how your life is. No what if I did this differently. It’s just how things are.
There are strong people and there are smart people. People who have been through pain and tragedy and people who have been through nothing but happiness. But something in there life has made them that way. They weren’t just born with a hard heart or an extremely smart brain. Every little puzzle piece adds to the big picture, who you are. And nothing can change who you are. You can change your looks, your voice, and your personality but you can never change who you truly are in side. The person you were born to be. The person the world expects you to be. And if you’ve never thought that you are who you are for a reason, you need to.
Life is the way it is because it is meant to be that way. There is no question about how things are. Don’t ever wish you said or did something differently. Don’t regret your past or try to plan out your future. Sine the day you came into the world things turn out how they are supposed. Your fate and destiny are too strong to change. There are so many reasons why your life is how it is. Everything is meant to happen for a reason.

Does your past affect your future?

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Does treating a friend a certain way affect you and your friend's future? Yes it really does. Treating your friend in a bad way for example could make them feel like a bad person and it could do the same for you. For every action there's a reaction, and that starts a chain reaction. Same as when you treat your friend in a good way or a bad way this is how this action takes place.

How are your friends affected by this well by treating a friend a certain way it could change somebody's creative touch on something that they thought was a great achievement. You could also make them feel like their ideas aren't wanted. So through this you're not only making yourself feel bad you're making others suffer to.

This could be painful to deal with for someone else and you. So you should be careful now instead of later because it could make them go through so much that it could scar them for the rest of there life.

So you should always conscious of what you do because it could always come back to haunt you. You should also live every day like it's the last because you don't know if any moment could be your last. For example if you treat a friend a bad way and they never talk to you again than this could affect your future.

So the next time you have a fight with a friend try to work it out because it could effect you on the inside and same for your friend. And by treating a friend a good way you could have a great outcome. You could be best friends for life or just good friends. By doing all this you could have a good outcome, a bad outcome, or a so so outcome to were it's not great but it will work out for both people.

So you should live everyday to its full extent because if you don't it might let something extraordinary not happen and that might be a good thing or a bad thing so if you live life to its full extent it will effect the future that could be a good thing a bad thing or a so so thing.

Sports Matter

2005-04-25T11:18:00.000-07:00

SPORTS MATTER

Sports are awesome. You need sports in your life to survive. We would big couch potatoes, but sports turn your life the other way. Sports create greatness within people. Basketball is one of those great sports. Basketball should be part of your life because it keeps you fit, it keeps you hydrated, and it teaches you about sportsmanship/teams.

I started basketball at the age of seven; it was for pleasure then. Now it is to keep me fit and for pleasure (but competition is getting harder so you can’t just play for pleasure). Since you have to run so much, going up and down the court again and again, you stay in good shape. It probably helps that I like to run or else I might be left on the wrong side of the court. To be able to play basketball you have to stay fit and to do that you have to eat healthy- so you have energy. Staying fit and healthy are great goals, and basketball is a great way to accomplish them.

Water is great. It quenches your thirst. Gatorade does the same, plus gives you the energy you need at the end of the last quarter, to score the winning basket. You have to have it so you stay hydrated. If you’re not hydrated during the game, you might start to get dizzy and see the pretty, little, colorful stars everywhere you look. In fact it doesn’t even have to be during the game, if you are dehydrated, it (getting dizzy and passing out) could happen in your own house. Basketball will prevent that though (in your house and on the court), you have make sure to drink lots of water, all the time.

Sportsmanship and teamwork are very important characteristics to have as a player and in your life. Basketball will teach you this because you have to click as a team or else you will be passing to the other team. You will have to have good sportsmanship so you don’t get thrown out of the game because of turning around and knocking someone’s lights out because they stole the ball right out of your hands. You just have to relax, let it go and play on. Basketball will teach you this and bring you closer with you teammates and opponents.

You need to stay healthy and fit all the time. You should stay hydrated all the time. Plus know how to be a good sport and play as a team. All of these wonderful things can be accomplished by basketball. Basketball is obviously a great sport (or any other sport for that matter) and should be in your life. . . soooo try it!

Sports Are Everything

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Have you ever felt the silence of the crowd quicken the beat of your heart, the sound of the ball hitting the top of the net trickle sweat down your face, and then you have the feeling of confusion as to which way the ball is going to go? Then, with your eyes closed, you here the ball hit the floor and the crowd goes wild! You had tried to make a spectacular save to put the ball over the net to your opponent’s side! It worked! You won! Do you want to experience that feeling? Well, now you can! Playing sports will give you that feeling! You will be able to meet new people, develop excellent social skills, and even get a chance to travel for games! You won’t have to eat as many vegetables because you stay fit/in shape while doing sports! If you don’t do sports, you will be considered a couch potato… but sports can turn that habit around! By the time practice is over, you’ll have had so much fun, you don’t want to leave! Sports can cure your disease of inactivity! Sports will help your life because it’s easy to develop better teamwork, you can develop better social skills, and it keeps you strong and healthy!
Sports are so beneficial because you develop teamwork! You need to learn how to control your temper, if you want to succeed in life. Playing the game of sports will erase the memories of seeing the counselor day and night. You will learn in a better form to communicate with others. When you get angry, you run outside and scream! Once you practice, you’ll be able to handle defeat, other players, and opponents. It’s a great way to develop anger control, too. If you need to work on teamwork, or anger, sports would be the best way to do it!
Are you a nerd? Do you need friends? Do you wish your life were a little bit better than it currently is now? Why? You don’t have very many friends, do you? Well, that’s all about to change, because of sports! By playing sports you don’t have to wear certain clothes to impress someone, or start talking funny to be liked. No. You have a chance to show off your true skills. Your sport skills! You will become involved with the game, and you will try your best! First, you’ll meet the players, get to know them, play with them, and, eventually, you’ll learn to cooperate with them. You will all be interested in the same things, so you’ll have something to talk about! You will soon be the hit of the team, and everyone will know your name! Sure, you’ll be a bit shy at first, but once you take a stand, and introduce yourself, you will become the team leader, and everyone will want to be your friend. Does that sound like the kind of life you want? Well, you have a chance at that if you try sports!
Sports… fun… exciting…strong… wait, that doesn’t sound right! Oh… they keep YOU strong! Sports will lower your blood pressure, even if you don’t even know what that is! You will finally have a reason for your parents to get you Gatorade! You will stay nice, and hydrated! Picture yourself, a winner, your name up in lights, the women, or men, admiring you, crushing on you! You’re hot, and strong! Everyone envy’s you because of your muscles, while at the same time, they think you are their role model! I mean, how many people will turn that dream down? Sports will support that dream all the way to the top!!
Sports are definitely a great part of life because: They keep you strong and fit, they help you develop teamwork, and you have a chance to learn better social skills! It’s obvious how meaningful sports are, and I don’t know what we would do without them!!!!!!

Fears

2005-04-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been truly afraid of something? Most people have. Such a fear as simply as being afraid of the dark to fearing death itself. Something that at a mention of having to face alone can make you shudder. But it’s the reason people find fears that is truly interesting. Most people fear what they cannot understand because, their mind must come up with it’s own reason for an illogical event, you don’t know quite what you’re dealing with, and it surprises you.

People fear what they cannot understand because their mind has no true explanation so it must come up with it’s own. When something happens that no one can explain, human nature is to come up with a reason, just like it’s human nature to flinch when something is coming at your face. It’s just something that you don’t really think about doing, but when most people can’t stand when they don’t know something, so they need answers. Like with superstitions and such, someone’s imagination took flight and they began to fear something. Years later, if something still hasn’t been explained, the fear may still live on. Maybe not as strong, but it may still reside in the back of people’s minds, making then glance over their shoulders every once in a while and stay on their guard. For example, after the 9/11 attacks, security got really tight. Still today, almost four years later, people are still afraid of a terrorist attack, because we don’t understand what truly went down or why. People’s fears come from their own minds and thoughts.

People will also fear something the surprises them. A loud sound or sudden movement can cause a jolt of fear. That is, it scares you until the source of the sound or movement it explained. Most people, unless truly composed, will jump if something scrapes against the floor in the middle of the night of something drops, because, until you know what it is, it could be anything. Fear caused by surprise doesn’t typically last as long as other fears, but it still a fear caused by the unexplained and misunderstood.

Fear can also be caused by when you don’t actually know what it is that scares you. This may seem like a fear caused by surprise, and in some instances, it very well could be, but a lot of the time it is not. Fears caused by surprise can be easily explained. Fear by the unknown can take a little more effort to unveil. For example, in olden days, people feared a wolf’s howl. They knew what made the howl, but what could it mean? To them it could mean anything from, a war cry, to speaking to the dead. They didn’t know it was simply a form of communication, so they feared it. Now, even when this is explained, some more naïve people will fear a wolf’s cry because of stories they heard throughout their lives. This fear applies more to the younger generation, because they don’t know as much about the world and they’re still influenced by what they hear around them.

If everything in the world was perfectly understood, there would be no need for fears. There would be no questions to be answered. Young children wouldn’t feel the need to have a parent check under their bed for monsters and what not. But since there are many, many unanswered questions in the world, and thankfully will be for years, many fears will live on for years to come. With out our fears, the world could turn into an extremely boring place.

Why Are We Scared Of What We Don't Understand

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WHY ARE WE SCARED OF WHAT WE
DON’T UNDERSTAND?

The answer is in the question. Not understanding it is what scares us. When you don’t understand something you never know where it’s going to lead you. There are million reasons on why something can seem scary. We usually judge things without knowing what they’re about and a way to judge is by being scared.
We get scared of what we don’t understand because we’re not quite sure of what we’re getting ourselves into, we’re not very comfortable with change, and feel insecure of putting ourselves in situations which we won’t know what the result is going to be.
When we do something we know that there is a consequence and we either do it because of how it’s going to result or do it knowing that it’s not going to turn out to well. If you study for a test you’re positive that when ten we’re no the time comes to take the test you pass. We always want to know how things are going to result ahead of time.
Another reason that follows into this is that we’re afraid of change. If we want change we change for the better but if we’re not sure how change is going to effect us. When we’re not sure whether we are going to adjust or not that’s when we begin to fear.
Putting ourselves in situations that we don’t understand what they’re about is just like wanting to adjust to change. I mean we never know how things are going to turn out. If we’re caught in a bad situation we worry and wonder if things are going to work out.
When we understand or at least have a clue then we won’t be so afraid. We get scared of what we don’t understand because we don’t know how it’s going to affect us.

sports

2005-04-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

SPORTS

Sports are important for all of humanity. Do you like to meet new people? Sports do that. Are you fat and watch TV for more than two and a half hours on school days? Sports help with that. Sports even help you not to do drugs. Stress is very bad for you and sports help relive it. Sports are the best thing to do because they keep you active, you meet new people and it relives stress.

Sports are the best things to do because they keep you active. Watching TV or playing video games for more than two and a half hours is very bad for you. It rots your brain and soon you are so addicted to it that you won’t stop even for dinner or to sleep if it gets bad enough. Sitting on the couch makes you want to eat and when you eat you get fat and when you get fat you are very miserable. Sports are things that get you to run around and be active. In sports you have fun and when you have fun you stay out of trouble. Sports also help with your flexibility. When you are old and fall or even now when you fall if you have flexibility than you wont get seriously injured. Sports will keep you off the couch and active.

Sports help you meet new people. Being lonely will make you miserable and want to eat. Sports will let you meet new people like on your team. Soon you will have a load of friends who are really nice. They will hang out with you and you can learn activities that they love and in return you can teach them cool games that you can all play and stay off the couch. You wont eat of watch TV any more but play around. Play a sport and get to meet new friends.

Sports are the best things to do because they relive stress. Stress is a bad thing to your health. If it is bottled up inside of you, you could like self-destruct. It becomes so hard to handle and you start to yell at people that don’t deserve it and then you lay down and sleep throw dinner. Sport will let you learn new activities this relives stress because you put every thing behind you so you can do your best on the sport. Sports will even help you sleep at night. And the better the sleep the better you will do in school and for the rest of your life. If you get good enough at the sport of your liking you could get a scholarship to a great collage for free or even do it for a job. This will help you for the rest of your life to be stress free and be able to have children and not to get charged for child abuse when they do some thing wrong or are bad.

Sports are the best thing you can do because they relive stress, keep you active and help you meet new people. Doing drugs, bottling up stress and feeling lonely is horrible. Do sports and feel great. Will you sigh up for a sport and do it?

howdy hi I'll be your friend until the end

2005-04-25T11:10:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been afraid, or surprised? Have you ever wondered why? Has there never been a logical explanation? If you never want to be afraid of something again, then let me show you how to overcome fear in this essay witch will explain why you are afraid
The main but not only reason people are afraid of things is because they don’t know what it is or they don’t understand what it is. It is just like being afraid of the dark, yes that is the perfect example because you do not know what is or could be in there what could happen. Another good example is being afraid of heights, you’re afraid because you do not know what is going to happen. Now you’re probably wondering what the other reasons are, well one other one is
You know what it is but you don’t know how to beat it or you know you can’t beat it. Like if dinosaurs came back we would be afraid because we know what it is but we know we can’t beat it. Another good example is being afraid of a bully, you know he can be beat but you don’t know how so because of that you’re naturally afraid. So that’s where heroes come into play, we pretty much worship them because they do what we cant or don’t want to do .Now I will tell you the last reason people are afraid
Is because you weren’t expecting it. You well it is basically getting surprised, you are afraid because you did dent expect it. Like being at a surprise party the only reason you’re there is to surprise the other person and see there reaction to the surprise. And from the person getting surprised, the reason he is surprised is because he did dent expect it. Or you’re surprised because you never thought it could happen and the person could never get there and surprise you
So now you can never be afraid of the dark dinosaurs or heights or anything again, or be surprised or unexpectant. BOO

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~Love~

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What is love? Love is something that cannot be explained. It is when one person has unexplained feelings for another person. It is a magical thing that happens. Is it important to fall in love? It is important, because it says in the bible to get married, you will be lonely if you don’t fall in love, and you will never have the experience, or the special memories.

Marriage is something that you do when you are in love. You go and get married to the one person that you love. It says in the bible to get married. It is something that God wants you to do. When you find that one person that you just love so dearly, you want to get married and have a close relationship with each other, and then God will be happy, because he wants you to be happy too. That is why love is important! So if you don’t fall in love, you never know what will happen. When you get married and have children, it’s very joyful. You and your spouse have something to share.

If you don’t fall in love, chances are, you will be lonely. You will not have anyone to share the rest of your life with. There is a special part of your heart, which is for love. If it is not filled with that special someone, it will be empty and you will be lonely. So don’t take love for granted.

Sharing memories with your spouse is a special thing. When you do something fun, you create a special memory. There are many things you share, with the one you love. They are all special and memorable.

Love is an important thing in our lives. It should be something everyone has in his or her lives.

Fear

2005-04-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

Fear is something we don’t understand but why can’t we understand it? Fear is something that you have. You can never get rid of it. It will always be with you. Fear is scary because you don’t understand it, you don’t know where it will take you, and you don’t know if it will be a surprise.
Fear is scary because you don’t understand it, but you don’t know why you don’t understand it. Fear is only scary because you don’t want to face it, but in away you really want to so it doesn’t seem so scary but then you think to yourself if I face my fear will it be scarier. So then again you don’t want to meet your fear. If you meet you fear will you feel better about yourself like will this make me a better person or will it make me a bad person. That is one reason it seems so scary.
Fear is also scary because you don’t know where it will take you in life. Then you think how will I get there? Well I guess you will never know until you get there! You also don’t know if it will make the rest of your life horrible or will it make the rest of your life better and you really don’t want to mess up your life. You are also afraid that it will take you somewhere and that place would be really horrible or will it be a place that you would really like to go and now you really have no idea if you should or shouldn’t go to that place.
You also want your fear to stay a surprise and you can’t and don’t want to know if the surprise is going to be a good one or a bad one. It is kind of a scary movie you know something bad is going to happen you just don’t know when and sometimes you know when it is going to happen so you act like you have no idea of what is really going to happen but really do. For example if you see a spider you ask somebody else to kill it or take it outside because you are afraid that it could bit you and then you will die. So that is why you are afraid of that spider and you can’t and don’t want to face it.
Now you know some of the reason of why are we afraid of what we don’t understand, but if you think and I mean think hard you can come up with you own reasons and they could even be better then the ones that I have. Even if you can’t come up the reasons, think about what you are afraid of and see if you can come up of ways to over come your fears and it may make your life a whole lot better or it could not. So try and think if you are making the right choice but then again you don’t have to the choice is really yours.

Does Your Past Affect Your Future

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Yes I think it does because even though most of your accidents heal not all of them don’t heal. Like when you tear a leg ligament you might not heal for a while and you might not bee able to run long distances for at least a year. And that will affect your future. Also if you brake your bake you my never heal again and you might be in a wheel chair for the rest of your life. So you cant play some off the games you used to be able to play when you weren’t crippled.

If your dog dies you will always remember the day you left the gate open and your dog ran out looking for adventure and instead of adventure your dog hits a maroon colored minivan going 35mph and you just pinched your self to make sure it was real. Then you go running into the house screaming and crying to your mom. And even to the day you still keep that gate locked up so nothing can get through, not even your dog.

Another thing that affects you future was when you might get grounded for jumping off a roof into a big soft pile of snow, and you miss that o so important party your parents might say. “Maybe you should have thought about that before you jumped off the roof.” Then you go to school and your friends say that it was the best party ever because they had your favorite band there.

Even if you are 42 years old you might remember that one bad day on April 21, 1971 when you told your best friend a secret and he went out as soon as you told him and started to go around telling every body that you Tim Holley went to the zoo and fell asleep on the bench next to the monkeys and poop at you and you didn’t notice until you went on the bus and even your own mom cant sit with you because you smell so bad. But your friend changes the story and says that you had to walk home because your mom can’t stand your smelly smell. Then your whole school knows about it and you go into the bathroom to cry.

So before you jump off the roof, leaving your gate open so your god can get out, or telling your friend about a secret that you don’t want anybody to know just remember it will affect your future. Think twice before you act.

Choices

2005-04-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

If you make a choice will it affect your future? Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. What determines what your day, week, month, will be like? Choices determine everything. Your choices are what make your life how it is. The past affects your future due to the choices you make, because there are small choices, (like what kind of pop you want when you go to the movie theater) large choices, (like should I get married to this lady or not) and choices that affect others.

Some choices are smaller then others are. Some choices are so small you don’t realize your making them. You can come across a small choice that could turn out to be a large choice after all. For example when you go out to the fridge to get something to drink what do you see? You could see pop, water, juice, or maybe a weight loss drink. Which will you choose? Does it even matter which one you pick? Yes! Even the smallest choices are very important. Do you want to get fatter or get healthy or would you like to loose weight? This is a small choice, but it can become a large choice. You could open the pop and win a million dollars or take the water and have healthy skin through your lifetime. It’s your choice.
During your lifetime you will come across many large choices that can change you life forever. Life changing choice should take a lot of time and thought. If someone asks you if you want to move all the way around the world to china you wont just say yes or no. You would say let me think about it. In your mind you start thinking about the pros and cons what will my family think? How will I communicate with the people? I don’t know how to speak Chinese. I would have to find a new job after looking for so long to find a good job here. All these things will be hard to do it will take a while to adjust to them and it will ether be happy or sad while your there. When you just pick up and move there are many things to consider. You will need new friends and you will never have the same life as if you didn’t move to china. Your decision will change your life forever. Its up to you, will you make the right choice?

There is one other category that I have not mentioned. Choices that affect others are just as important as any others. They can determine if someone’s life is how they want it or to disappoint them forever. If you have a child it could make your partner happy or sad. Or if someone chooses to shoot your dad or your mom when you’re a little kid. There is nothing you can do about some of these choices but some of them you can control. The choices that you control are a very special power and should be made only if needed. You have to think about others when making choices. Most of the time it is up to you, but sometimes you don’t have a choice to make. Sometimes it is not up to you.

Choices will affect your future for good or bad. You must live with them and make them. You will make hundreds of thousands of them in your life. Choose well!

Love

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“Love is the building blocks of the world.” Without love, there is no life. Love is the one thing that makes you feel good and wanted. You have to believe someone out there cares and loves you, or it won’t happen. The person you love is like your best friend, because you can always have someone to trust, someone to lean on. It’s always nice to know someone is thinking of you when you are away.
The person you love is your best friend. A best friend is someone you always know has your back. If you ever have a problem so large, so emotionally draining, you can go to the person you love because they understand you, they know where you’re coming from, and they’re the one who can help you the best. If you love them you probably have told them tons and tons to know about your life. Love is a powerful force that can help you in so many different ways.
When you are away, all alone in the streets, hotel, car, whenever you always want to know someone out there is thinking of you. The person you love, you can bet that they are thinking really good thoughts of you. It makes you block out anything bad that the day has thrown you’re way. It seems to give you an energy that no one can ever explain, something that powers you to get through your lonely silent day.
Love is a fire that can’t be put out, except by those who really want it gone. If you choose to fuel the fire, rather then to extinguish it, then you will always feel important. When you are in love, it seems like nothing can take you down to the point of feeling un-important. Love gives you the feeling of being wanted; no matter what you do, or what trouble you’re in, someone knows, even if you don’t that you’re loved and needed in this world. Knowing that you found yourself picking up the broken pieces of your fall. Love seems to glue you back together.
When you find the person you love, your best friend, you’ll know. Whether you’re looking or you have already found, never stop.

Everything Happens for a Reason

2005-04-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

Everything that happens to you, or me, or anyone at that, happens for a reason. Many people wish to go back and change what happened to them. But if they do, then they not only change there past, but their present, and their future. “Everything happens for a reason” in my eyes, is a true statement, because what happens to you is your fate, if it didn’t happen, then your life wouldn’t be the same, and what happens to you makes you smarter and stronger.

“Everything happens for a reason” is a statement that I believe in, because what happens to you is your destiny. If you die, then you were destined to die, if you trip, then it was your fate to trip. Your fate makes you who you are. Sure, sometimes you wish you could change your past, a lot of people do. But did you ever think about what would happen if you did change your past?

Which brings me to my next point. Changing something, will change something else, which will change something else. For example if you’re a runner and you fall, then break your leg, then you cant run for awhile, and when you get the cast off, then you’ll probably wont run the same again. In result, it transforms who you are today. So, what if you like who you are today? What if you don’t want to change you today, but change what you did in the past? If this sounds like your case, then my advice to you, don’t change your past, your past is in your past.

You may be asking yourself “okay, okay, she keeps saying that everything happens for a REASON, but what is that reason exactly?” well, a lot of times you may never know, but sometimes you do. It could be because it made you stronger. When you get hurt, it may well, hurt! But it makes you stronger, so that maybe next time you get hurt, it will hurt less then the first time. It may also be because it makes you smarter. If you get in trouble for breaking a glass, then next time you will know to be more careful.

Excepting what you did in the past can be hard. But there are reasons it happened to you. Sometimes they’re bad. But a lot of times they’re good. So just keep your head high. In the mean time, think about what I said in this essay, it might just, well, change you. But for a reason of course!

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2005-04-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

Everyone hates the tuber who messes up the smooth water. Smooth water is the best to water-ski or wakeboard on, but tubers always mess it up. If there were no tubers water-skiing and wakeboarding would be a lot more fun. If people didn’t tube they could ski or board, which both keep you more active and are healthier. Tubers are the worst because they are hard to deal with, they mess up the water and they almost always stay for a long time.
Tubers, the world’s “perfect-water-destroyers”, are always hard to deal with. If you request them too stop for a while they will either ignore you or say that they just want to have fun. If you ask them to go to a place where the water is already choppy they will just tell you to go. You could spray or follow them, but if they report you, you could get kicked off the lake, these things make them not only hard to deal with but they can turn around anything you say and make it affect you instead of them. Some people try to take an annual trip to a lake that always has good water, but sometimes tubers even manage to ruin these plans. Tubers are never easy to deal with.
Another horrible thing about tubers is that they mess up the water. Smooth water can become choppy in the time it takes for a tuber to start up his or her boat. Water-skiing and wake boarding are two things that do not mess up the water for others because they require little wake to be fun, tubing on the other hand destroys the water. Tubes bounce and make the water very uneven, and for tubing to be fun you have to go pretty fast, which creates an annoyingly large wake, along with the bouncing this makes wake boarding and water-skiing almost impossible. Tubing messes up the water for the entire wake, while water-skiing and wake boarding keep their wakes low enough to fade before it interrupts the entire lake. Tubers mess up the water doing something that isn’t even as fun as something that doesn’t mess it up.
Tubers usually stay from sun-up to sun down. Instead of taking just the afternoon or just the morning they insist on ruining the water all day. Most people who water-ski or wake board just take a half-day, so they don’t take up all the room for everyone else, but tubers don’t even pretend to care and stay all day. When you think that all the water has calmed down and the tubers have all left, they come back from their lunch break to ruin the water again, it almost seems like they know right when you’re finally ready to have some fun. If they don’t stay for a long time they’ll come in a big group, just to make sure that the water stays choppy for a long time after they leave. Tubers stay for to long, they should just try a half-day sometimes.
By now you must agree that tubers are the worst, by now even a tuber would hate people who you can’t deal with, make choppy water, and never leave. Now you surely agree that we water skiers and wake boarders are much more polite than tubers. Then again, I have to wonder, do they feel the same way about us?

Sports

2005-04-25T11:00:00.001-07:00

Playing a sport is the most important part of your life. Sports can help you in many ways and they’re fun. Most kids would even want to play a sport. It helps you with your social life as well as your physical life. Playing a sport helps you make friends and keeps you active. There isn’t a good reason why kids shouldn’t play a sport. Any sport is okay, as long as you try your best. Playing a sport is something all kids should do because it gets you active, it helps you with your social life, and it relieves stress.

Playing sports is something all kids should do because it gets you active. Sports get you off the couch and playing. This will keep you in shape, while you are having fun. Having something to do will keep you out of trouble, and it will give you something to work for. It gives you a goal, and keeps you working hard towards that goal. Being active can also help you sleep. If you get tired during the day by being active, you will go to sleep faster and you’ll sleep through the night. If you play a sport, you get more flexible too. If you get hurt when you’re older, you won’t get hurt as bad because you are more flexible. This is a reason why kids should play sports.

Sports provide a great way to help your social life. While playing a sport, you get to have fun, meet new friends, and play with your old friends. Playing sports is a great way to have fun because usually when you play a sport, you like the sport. Having a lot of fun can help a lot with your social life. You will also meet a bunch of new people through playing sports. You could do this while you’re in the huddle in football. While playing, you will learn to like some of your teammates. It’s an essential thing to have a lot of friends if you want to have a good social life. For example: running down the court with someone can really help with bonding. You will also keep playing with your old friends and you will stay friends. This is another important reason why kids should play sports.

Playing a sport is the most important part of your life because it relieves stress. If you are stressed about school or something else, play a sport. When playing a sport, your mind will be too busy to think about what you are stressed about. If you’re mad because of how much stress you are in, take that anger out by trying extra hard in a sport. Sports can even get rid of your stress because you forget about it when you’re playing. When you get home from school stressed, go out and play football to forget about it. This is the last reason why sports should be a part of your life.

Playing sports is the best way to get you active, to improve your social life, and to get rid of stress. No one can be stress free, really strong, really active, and have a good social life without playing a sport. Sports can help out with your life in many ways. Don’t you think it’s time for you to sign up for a sport?

Sports

2005-04-25T11:00:00.000-07:00

Sports help and improve our daily lives far more than we know it. They help at the job, at school, and even with family and friends. However, many people do not involve sports in their lives. They were never told or never realized the importance. Instead of a sport, many students and adults sit and get no healthful benefits in their lives. Sports are very important in our lives because it relieves stress; gives you exercise and you have goals to work towards with your friends.

Stress is a very common thing in our daily lives. It can take control of our daily live, controlling how and what we do things. It gets in our head and it’s the only thing we can talk about. If this stress is ignored it could literally drive us mad. That is why it must not be ignored and sports can relieve all that stress that is building up. While playing sports and getting activities you’ll sweat all the stress right out of your system. As you run, jump, dive and hit the stress will roll off you and you will feel much, much better. The exercise gets the stress all off your mind. You will be more relaxed and will deal with your problems in a much more calm way. If your boss or teacher is on your back about your work you won’t always be worrying about it. Confidence will build and you will feel better about yourself. Stress can be dealt with and sports can help extremely

Exercise is a very important and beneficial part of your life, and there’s ways to get exercise with out running in place starring at a wall for an hour. You can have fun getting exercise. Sports is the answer, you get in great shape. You’re running and jumping and getting stronger all the while. Your flexibility will improve and that chance of injury will decrease. Exercise is a great thing as long as you’re not bored out of your mind. So sports can help you get in shape and to enjoy it all at the same time.

Having goals life are very important. They give you something to work towards, to improve and to give yourself a sense of pride that’s your working so hard on. Everything can be involved in goals, including sports. Sports allow you to set goals to improve in many areas. Possibly your goals is to get stronger, or catch or throw better. Sports are excellent for goal setting and to set around.

Sports are very important part of our lives. They help in almost every part of our lives. We take for granted how much they help us, from relieving the stress to exercise and setting goals, they improve our greatest weaknesses and give us a great feeling of accomplishment. Everybody should involve at least one sport in their lives.

The evil tuber

2005-04-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

3 Reasons Why Basketball is a Great Sport

2005-04-25T09:43:00.000-07:00

Basketball is the great thing to be a part of. It is never to late to start playing basketball. You just need a hoop you can play on. Sometimes people can join a recenter league. Basketball is a great way to get in shape. Basketball is a great sport because, it is a healthy sport, it can take people far in life, and you could make friends by joining a basketball team.

Basketball can get you into a college or even to the pros. The reason for this is that colleges are always looking for great ball players to join their team. Some people are so good they that they get a scholarship to a good college. The reason it’s good to get a scholarship is; people can get a good job by going to college for a couple years. Some people are good enough that they can make it to the pros. Playing in the NBA would be lots of peoples dream. People in the NBA get paid a lot of money to do the thing they love. The people that make it to the NBA usually start out playing basketball when they are young. Basketball can bring you great things in life.

Not only can basketball help people it can also help people make friends. Most kids can join the school basketball team make a lot and new friends. It doesn’t matter how old you are, as long as you can run. Even people who are 40 can join a basketball team. If there is a recenter close to you, you can go and join the recenter team. This would be a lot of fun because you would meet new people who are interested in the same thing you are, basketball. To have a great time it would be a good idea to join your schools basketball team or a recenter team.

Basketball is also a great way to get in shape. This is because, you are constantly sprinting up and down the court the whole game. Every body wants to score, but the only way is to shoot when you aren’t guarded, or the main one is to out run your opponent to the basket. Basketball doesn’t only require running, it also requires jumping. When a person puts up a shot and they miss, everybody is looking to snag the rebound. Usually you can’t get the rebound by just standing there. Most of the time you have to get a good timed jump to reach over everyone’s hands and grab the ball. Basketball is a great way to get in shape.

Whatever the reason, to get in shape, or go to the NBA, or to make friends, basketball is the way to go. Join a basketball team and you could get all of the above, if you try hard and work your hardest. Always remember to have fun.

Sports Baby, Sports

2005-04-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

Sports

“And he hits the buzzer beater to win the game!”. All sports can be fun and enjoyable to aggressive and competitive. Sports can introduce you to people that you never knew before. Playing sports can help you be active and stay in-shape while having fun. Sports should be a part of your life because, they help you stay in-shape, they teach you how to play with and without a team and last, sports can keep you away from drugs, alcohol, smoking, and just bad people.
Staying in shape should be a large part of your life. In doing this, sports can be your answer. Many people die from being obese or having heart failure because they don’t stay in-shape. Weight lifting, basketball, and swimming are just a few ways to keep your body active. Running up and down the court in a basketball game can help keep you fit. Weight lifting strengthens your muscles so you can do harder work. And last, swimming works all your muscles and improves your endurance. This is one reason sports should be a part of everyone’s life.
Sports can teach you how to play with and without a team. In sports like basketball, football, and lacrosse, you have to learn to play with teammates. These factors consist of passing, blocking, and playing defense for your team. The term, “taking one for the team” also comes in here, like diving for a loose ball and taking a risk of hurting your body. On the other hand, golf and wresting are a one-man sport. These can be harder but more rewarding. They’re harder because you have no teammates to help you out, but if you do win the game or match, it was all up to you. These are some ways sports teach you how to play with and without a team.
Many sports may relieve some temptations of drugs, smoking and alcohol. They can give teens a pastime so they aren’t around drugs and alcohol. If they’re at sports activities, then they’re not around drug dealers and people who smoke. Most athletes also know not to do those bad things. They won’t do them because they’ll either get kicked off the team, or they will hurt their bodies. Smoking can damage your lungs so it’s harder to breathe, and drugs and alcohol can affect your mind so you don’t remember what to do in the games. Sports should be in everyone’s life just for this reason alone.
In conclusion, sports are good in many aspects. They help you to stay in-shape, teach you how to play with and without a team, and last, they help teens stay away from drugs and alcohol. These are just a few reasons why sports should be a main part of your life.

Meatballs

2005-04-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

What is it about a meatball that makes people absolutely Love Them? Do you think it’s the spices? Ranging from green peppers to even chili peppers. Or the sauces that give it that extra kick. Have you that of the people who make though? Some might put more meat in them. Or more spices. Meatballs taste so good because of the spices, the sauce, and sometimes the people who make it.

The spices in meatballs are sometimes really good with the meaty-goodness. The meat and the spices can make it the best. Some spices may include the extremely hot spices. Like chili peppers or the flaming’ jalapeños. The spices make your mouth water. Remembering the spicy goodness and the taste under your tongue. It is so good.

The sauce really makes a difference also. Like if you like meatball Alfredo, you might like the cheese on the meatball or if you like regular sauce with BIG chunks of tomato with the meatball. If you like cheese it might taste like chicken parmesan (only instead of chicken it’s beef). The sauce can really make a difference to a meatball. The sauce gives the meatball an extra kick that it needs for more flavor. Also, different sauces can give the meatball some more extra flavor. It makes the meatball have more flavor to it’s meaty-goodness.

Even if chefs may make there own meatballs, they're still good. They might add more meat, making them more “meaty” to it. Some might even put cheese in the center to it so that when you bit into it, it tastes like a meatball to a cheesy coating to it. Or if it’s your favorite restaurant and you just like there meatballs. The whole point is, is that even if chefs make there own meatballs; they’re still the best.

Meatballs can be so good because of the spices, the sauce, and also the people who make’ em. The spices give it an extra kick; the sauces give it more flavor, and the people who make ’em might add more things to them make them better. Meatballs taste so freaking good.

Best day at school

2005-04-25T09:36:00.000-07:00

First, I would want no classes, because if we had classes,
It would feel like I was at school doing the same old thing I have been doing through out my life so far, also why I would want no classes is because if I had to go in a class room there
Might be some work on the teachers desk and if I saw it that would put school back in my head instead of having fun with all of my friends.

Next, I would want a skate park made out of our school
“Cresthill Middle School”, because then my friends and I
could skate in our school and have fun with out any bothers
from any adults, or any other students.

Last, I would want no adults, or any other students besides my friends that my friends and I do not get along with at all
Because if something went wrong there wouldn’t be a big problem out of something that was a small problem and very
Stupid.

All in All, that’s what I would do if I were in charge for one whole school day if I had the chance to do it if I could.

Meatballs

2005-04-25T09:29:00.000-07:00

wildrider6292

2005-04-25T09:26:00.000-07:00

“Getting caught up in the moment.” It’s happened to everyone. I know it has happened to me. Four girls together, what do you expect? We wanted to do something really exciting. Our only problem was that it was twelve thirty in the morning. The other option was leading into trouble. Well, we went with trouble and went tee peeing. We didn’t think of the consequences though. Getting caught isn’t fun because you get punished, the action that got you in for trouble isn’t worth the punishment, and the action reflex back on you in the future.

You always regret the action when you get punished for it. Parents have this way of making you feel so bad it is like getting double punished. Then that’s on top of the punishment your parents already gave you right when you got caught. Lucky for me, when we went tee peeing I was at my friend’s house. So when her dad came in and caught us sneaking back in she did all the talking. I froze like it was the police catching us instead of her dad. I got this look on my face like I was more confused than her dad was. Then having to tell my mom is what I really regret the most. That was the worst part of the punishment.

The other part that isn’t great about the action that you always think back on it. When you were doing the action you don’t think about the consequences. But now you are thinking of how stupid it was to crave the energy, and instead you could of still had fun without having to get in trouble. Like my friends and I could of found something to do that wouldn’t get us into trouble like tee peeing, but we weren’t thinking. This key usually helps you make a decision in the future. Like the next we got together we didn’t do something that would of got us into trouble. But the thing you can’t really get out of your mind was if it was worth it or not. For me it was both. Being with my friends out and excited, throwing toilet paper over bunches of trees was so exciting and new. It was so fun. But it wasn’t worth it when we got caught and punished. But when you think of pros and cons of the situation you usually will have more pros than cons, but there are still cons on the list. So thinking back on your action it still probably wasn’t worth the punishment.

The other bad part about getting caught is that it does come back to get you later. Whether your parents bring it up, or your other friends want to go tee peeing. It always gives you flashbacks of the time you got caught doing the same thing. It always comes back to you right when you think you have just got out of the situation and the punishment. It’s like in my case, the next morning at my friends house we couldn’t go to the bathroom because there was in toilet paper left in the house. Sometimes when it comes back to you it’s a good laugh. You’ll laugh if it was q stupid thing to do, or if it was really fun. Or it could be both. In my case it was both.

Getting caught and getting in trouble is a real downer on your day. I mean you could have had a fun without getting punished, you wouldn’t of always had to regret your action, and the action wouldn’t reflect back on you later, If you didn’t get in trouble. And if you didn’t do the stupid action you could of still had toilet paper in the house to use. But sometimes, every once in a while everyone gets in trouble.

a meatball good

2005-04-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

A Meatball
A meatball. A meatball is a loaf of meat, or a meatloaf, that is little, and a ball. How to make it taste good, is very difficult. Some like just plain old meatballs, some people like them just to their liking, many people like them in a tropical style, with pineapple. A meatball, is made many different ways, people like them differently, chef’s cook them differently, and some like just plain old meatballs.
The spices get me going on a meatball. The best ingredients come from the most unsurpased farms. A top meatball needs the freshest veggies ever. If you have ever had a meatball that has stale, not ripe veggies, it is not good. A spicy meatball comes from the best herbs and spices. My personal favorite, is a piquant meatball, it gives that boring pasta dish a kick. I like my food to have a kick; a spicy meatball does the trick! (That rhymes)
Now lets talk about types of dishes. My personal favorite is the tropical style. If you have never tried it, here it is: a blend of pineapple and other fruits slow cooked in a pool of teriyaki sauce, served over rice. When I say “meatball,” what comes to mind… well most meatballs come in spaghetti. A fresh tomato sauce with angel hair pasta and meatballs is one of the many ways to prepare a scrumptious meal.
Now lets talk about the key ingredient in a meatball, the meat. Now I always deceive it when I see a cow just lying in its own waste in an diminutive pen in a barn! I like my cows to be roaming freely out in a meadow, and dining on the freshest grass. Lets just say a happy cow makes a happy meatball.
A meatball is like a loaf of meat, or a meatloaf, that is little, and a ball. Now one knows that a meatball isn’t just a loaf of meat in a ball. We have learned how to prepare the scrumptious treat with delicacy. 2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate… The meatball

What would you do for one day at school

2005-04-25T09:24:00.000-07:00

What would you do for one day at school

HELLO READER, what if there was a school that was a skate park and everyone had to ride on a skateboard or roller blades or scooter. The school would be a giant skate park. There would be one rule no rules. And no homework or boring learning all day long.

If we had a Giant skate park in school we would need to roller blade everywhere. To class and to go home, instead of riding the bus. And in class teachers would teach us new tricks on how to improve on our tricks. And we would be on wheels all day long.

For another treat we would have no homework in all subjects. And the class would be fun and in science we would .do fun science experiments. And also learn how to make a hydro rocket powered by water. Or be an anti-gravity skateboard.

And we would have a cafeteria of things like apples, sun chips, and Gatorade and what ever else you can think of. And we would have a half pipe in the back of the school and rails and stairs everywhere. And we would also have a shorter day of school stuff.

But it is only a dream it could happen but let’s be real. I don’t think it would actually happen but it could but probably wont. But we all wish it would. But instead we have to go to school to get an education [even if it is boring]

why do meatballs taste so good?

2005-04-25T09:23:00.000-07:00

Meatballs taste so good. They are giant globs of meat. I guess it is the whey that put the spices in it. In order for this giant glob of meat to taste good you need fresh veggies. Mate balls taste so good is because they have to be fresh, spicy and sassy.
Meatballs taste so good because they are spicy. I was 1 when I tribe my first meatball. You can call be a freak, but it is all the spices they put in it, all the hot peepers, and bell peepers. Once you put the meatball in your mouth you will want more, because of all the spices. This is why meatballs taste so good.
Meatballs taste so good because they are fresh. In order to have the meatballs taste so good it has to be fresh. The way to know if they are fresh you have to smell them, if they small rotten don’t get them. If you are wandering why, well you don’t want to bite in to a rotten meatball. Right? This is why meatballs tasty so good.
Meatballs taste so good because they are saws. saws is the key ingredient. It is when you add the saws it comes alive. It will be the best you ever have. This is why meatballs taste so good.
Through this you should have learnt tat this is why meatballs taste so good. After this, it is the best you will ever have.

My bad day at school

2005-04-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

My bad day at school

While studying in the library in the library my friend Amber and I were laughing and joking too loud. We had this project to study about but weren’t sure how to start it. The librarian showed us where to find the books we needed. The project was about poetry. Something we knew nothing about.
On the way to school my mom asked me not to forget my homework for tonight. I hate it when she nags me to do things that I already know to do. I was in class that morning and the teacher told us we had to study a poem of our choice. So my friend amber and I got a pass to go to the library to study for this project.
We were sitting in the library not doing what we came to do. The librarian comes over to us and tells us to be quiet. We say ok and she goes away. We just laughed at her and continued to joke around. A few minutes later the librarian comes back and told us if we didn’t listen we would be sent to the office. So while we were mad at her we started to look at the magazines she told us where to find the poetry books we needed. Then she told us to start studying or else.
I am still mad at my mom from this morning and the librarian just toped topped everything off. After all that happened I felt mad at the world. Amber and I had wasted so much time playing we didn’t have time to find a poem. So we found a book to read. I tore a page out of the book to take home to read and study with.
When I was going back to class with Amber we were reading the poem out loud. While we were reading it a teacher was walking past us and told us to quiet down. She was looking at the paper when she told us to quiet down. She stopped and asked where we got the paper from? We said we copied it out of a book onto a small dark colored paper. She took it out of our hands and saw the page numbers on both sides of it. She took us to the office and we got in huge trouble for ruining school property. We had to pay for the book it was like twenty dollars. Our parents were also notified so now they know what we did and we both got grounded. So now you know that you shouldn’t ruin school property unless you want to pay for it.

dont get caught ditching

2005-04-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

Don’t get caught especially when ditching

Ditching is fun unless you get caught. You don’t have to go to class you don’t have to do any homework, and you can see your friends on other teams when they have a passing period. Just make sure that it’s worth the trouble because if you get caught your parents will get mad at you, it goes on your permanent record, and the school will watch your every move.
When my friend and I got caught ditching it wasn’t good my mom yelled at me for hours. She completely lost it. She was going to ground me but since the school had already given me three days of in school suspension, she said that I had already been punished enough. She was still upset that I was caught ditching and said that if I were ever to be caught doing it again she was going to ground me for a year. So if you ever do ditch make sure that you don’t get caught.
If you do get caught it goes in your permanent record, which could make it harder for you to get into a good college. So for some one whom sets high goals make sure that you know exactly what you’re getting yourself onto. So if you ditch don’t have big goals cause if you get caught your toast.
As soon as the school finds out that you ditched one of you classes they will watch you every move to make sure that you don’t ditch ever again. Whenever you go somewhere be ready because a teacher will ask you where’s your pass or what are you doing out here in the hallways aren’t you supposed to be in class? So just try to get on all your teachers good sides so they don’t think that you’re trustworthy.
So as you can see you can just make sure that you don’t get caught ditching or else your parents will be mad at you, it will go on your permanent record and the teachers will always be watching you. So just don’t get caught ditching or just don’t do it o.k.

Why are people afraid of what they don't understand?

2005-04-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

Everyone has a common fear, the unknown. It’s something that causes humans to explore, experiment, and advance. Humans want to completely destroy everything they do not understand. What is not understood must be eliminated, either by force or by inventing a theory that explains it. The theory is taught in schools worldwide, and becomes understood. People are afraid of what they do not understand because they don’t want to do anything wrong, it could be dangerous to our race, or it could be a new thing, and we could interpret it as a threat.

Humans are perfectionists. We insist on having everything look perfect. We want you to look at us and see the best of the best, perfect that you just have to like them. One wrong move could shatter that picture. We don’t want to do anything wrong, something that could reflect badly on ourselves. So we fear it. We want to be perfect because we want to do everything right. Doing something wrong might make someone hate us, or do the exact opposite of what we want him or her to do.

Technically, humans are still a new species, being only a million or so years on earth. We prefer to think that our race will go on forever. To ensure our survival we have invented new machines and ideas. Say there was a new virus. Scientists and medical-world significants cannot find a cure. Meanwhile, the virus is wiping out whole countries. No one understands the virus, they fear it.

If people interpret anything as a threat, they want to destroy it. Especially if they don’t understand it. Aliens are the most known-unknown fear; everyone knows that some extra terrestrial creature will come to earth. They will have technology eons into the future. They will have big ray guns. The humans will attack them and we will be stuck into a Star Wars like situation because of our fear of the aliens.

Ironically, as our scientists and doctors search for medicine for sickness, to master that one thing they don’t understand, the factories that create their tools and manufacture the medicine may pollute the water and air. The many unknown things are important, but not immediately. We could end up wreaking ourselves. We should focus on the things that are happening now, the pollution, and fear that, as it is much more important than what we don’t understand.

Get Caught?

2005-04-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

Core 3
Get Caught?

Doing bad things are exciting. Except when you get caught. By exciting, I mean everyone wants to be a rebel sometimes, even if it’s just a small thing. Getting caught doing something your not supposed to is bad and annoying because now you have to give a lame excuse to why you were doing the bad thing, after that your probably going to get grounded, and you wanted your parents to never find out but somehow they did anyways.
Most of the bad things we do are sudden, so sudden sometimes that we think of the lamest excuse we have. For instance, you realize that you have forgot your homework, first thing you say when your teacher asks you where you it is, and “My dog ate it.” Come on people! Parent and adults are getting smarter, so we should get smarter also. We are from the modern world, adults are not. They don’t have the knowledge that we have. Always have a good excuse, because you never know when you’re going to need one.
Now, if you’re thinking to yourself, “Why do I need a good excuse?” I have the answer. Always have a good excuse or you will have grounded written all over you. We all know what that it’s no fun getting grounded. Even the word grounded makes me irritated. I think that word was specifically made up for troublemakers. My definition of grounded is stuck, can’t go anywhere, glued where you stand. Don’t get in a sticky situation.
What annoys me most of all about getting caught is you thought you were so sneaky, but somehow your parents found out anyway. It’s like they really do have eyes all over their head. Te question is, how do we get around those eyes. Do they hire someone to follow us wherever we go? This is a problem to the teenage society! How can we go out and explore the world if parents are watching us all the time? If you’re so worried about your kid, call them on their cell phone. If they don’t have a cell phone, get them one!
This is why teenagers drift from their parents, because they are always on our back. We can handle ourselves. We are big girls and boys. There is no need, I repeat, no need for all the uber protection stuff. We will talk when we want, don’t try and force it out of us, because that would be bad. Think about the modern world, and ask yourself, “Is this really necessary?”

A survival Guide to Avoiding Trouble

2005-04-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

A Survival Guide to Avoiding Trouble

“The greatest joy in life is not falling, but rising each time we fall.” Is a quote by Confucius, a Chinese philosopher. The quote is stating that people all through out the world make mistakes. The most common mistake is doing something you weren’t allowed to do. Then end up getting caught. There is also ways you can avoid getting caught. It’s important to always have a plan if you get caught because you never know when you’ll need an excuse, or what to do if your plan fails and you never know when something bad is going to happen.
Excuses are always handy to have, but you need to make sure the excuse is good. All teachers have heard the ever so popular ‘My dog at my homework’ excuse. Try to think of an excuse before you do something your not suppose to because that way if you do get caught you might be able to clear your name. If you get caught with no excuse in your mind, bite your tongue so you don’t say anything stupid and stall. Say ‘I really got to go to the bathroom’ and run off. The come out with an excuse. Just try to avoid these sayings: My brother did it, but all my friends don’t have a bedtime, and it wasn’t me. Some good sayings are I was playing basketball at the park because our teacher said for homework we needed to learn gravity, you know you love me and you couldn’t possible be mad at me “Puppy dog eyes* and the vase broke by coming down. Those are good sayings because they are different, your mom, dad, teacher or whoever you are saying them to have probably never heard them. As you can see, that excuses are important to have incase you get caught. Sometimes they can help you avoid getting into trouble.
Having multiple plans is always good incase the 1st plan is shattered. Lets say your going out with a guy and your not suppose to. You will need multiple plans just in case. Lets say your plan A is take cover at a friend’s house. The only problem with that is what if they aren’t home? So you move to plan B. Plan B is just head to a spot where you are usually at, like a park and stay there for a while. The easiest plan would probably be call your parents every once in a while your out to let them know your okay. That’s probably the reason why then won’t let you date him because they want to keep you safe. So inform them that you’re all right and then they can stop worrying. Planning is only two-thirds of the things you need to do so you don’t get caught doing something you’re not suppose to do, but it’s certainly an important part.
The last and final thing you need to know before you take the risk of doing something you’re not suppose to do is remind yourself that you never know what is going to happen. You could get away with it or you could get caught and get in serious trouble. Be sure to think over what you’re going to do. You will want to look over ALL the possible outcomes weather they are good or bad, over look them all. If the outcomes were really bad like jail or a communicable disease then I wouldn’t do it. But if you absolutely looked over all the outcomes and still and they don’t seem bad than go for it.
But it’s always important to think of what could happen.
Doing something you weren’t suppose to do can be fun and exciting until you get caught. Then things can get bad. I’m not saying to never take risks, or to never do or try something new. I’m just saying always be prepared for what could happen…You never know, you could one day find yourself in deep trouble. If you do decide to go behind your parents back, then remember all that I said. Only you can be you.

Reasons why Baskeetball is the greatest sport ever

2005-04-25T09:15:00.000-07:00

Basketball is a famous sport played by many famous players like Carmelo Anthoney. Basketball is the greatest sport ever because you can get a scolarship, you can be the star of the game, and you could get a good exercise out of playing. More people should play basketball for an exercise.
Basketball is a great sport you can get scholarship. Basketball you can practice and get super good. If you join a league there could be a scout. A scout is a person who looks for good players to join their team or to get sponsored, they also look to see how good you are and what position you play. If you do get into a good collage it’s expensive but if you get a scholarship you get the education for free. In collage they have travel teams so you can travel to many different places.
In basketball you could be the star of the game. There are many rewards. One of the rewards is that you could get the MVP (most valuable player) where you get a trophy with MVP imprinted on the plate. Another one is you could get most shots made award where your name is mentioned on the TV. A lot. If you win the playoffs you get another award, it’s the trophy where it represents you were the best team in the NBA that year. Its important because you get to feel good about you self and you get paid a lot more than you salary at the beginning of the season.
Basketball is a great way to exercise. All sport is exercisable but basketball has most of all of them. In basketball you have to run which exercises your legs. When somebody shoots the ball you have to jump to get the rebound. When you pass and shoot you use your arm muscles. More unhealthy people should start play basketball to get into shape for chicks to like them.
After playing basketball you can join the NBA, you make tons and tons of money. But the important part is you can only join the NBA if you can work, run, pass, shoot and have fun. They judge you on your fitness and how good you play.if you can play, well the NBA might just want you on there team when the go to the draft. NBA will make you a better player and make you famous for the chicks.
Basketball is the greatest sport ever because you could get a scholarship, get major rewards, maybe join the NBA and finally attract all the chicks. That why you should play basketball the greatest sport ever.

Getting Caught

2005-04-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

Getting Caught

I was sitting in my sister’s room, looking around in her closet, and using pens by scribbling away on a piece of scratch paper that I had brought with me when I snuck in. I got caught doing something I shouldn’t have done, otherwise know as raiding my sister’s closet and desk. I was putting things back into their perfect place, exactly like it was, until she stepped in. I was in total panic. Getting caught really sucks because you get I trouble, you get a long, or short, lecture from your parents, or you brother or sister, or you could get away with it.
I just looked at my sister, panic rose over me. I quickly tried to think of something to say to her. I looked around, as she stood right there in the doorway, blocking my way out. All I could say was that I had lost my shirt. But, un-surprisingly, my sister didn’t buy it and she gave me a really long, boring lecture about sneaking in her room.
I quickly thought up of something, Then, I saw my bouncy ball and just blurted out that I had lost my bouncy ball. She looked at me and I and asked how? I replied that I had been bouncing it when it hit off my foot and bounced in. I looked at my sister nervously. All she did was yell for me to get it and get out! I grabbed my bouncy ball and scrambled out. Then, before I had gotten out, I turned and asked her if I could borrow a pencil. Ashe just yelled out again. I ran frightened to my room and shut the door.
My dad came up to the room, gearing my sister’s loud voice talking to me. He was wondering, what the heck is going on up here? My sister, still furious at me, told my dad about what I was doing. ‘Oh crap’ is all I could think of. Then I thought, ’What are they going to do to me?’ My dad glanced at me, and then looked at my sister. Then, Then, my dad started to get angry. He asked if Sis told me to stay out. I just replied as a frightened, yes. I was sitting in my room, un-happily reading my book. I was going to learn Chinese for a few minutes, looking over Chinese books, with characters I didn’t even know about. I NEVER wanted to get grounded though for doing something so small of sneaking!
When you get caught, you seem to want to get out of it in any way. Including lying. But you really don’t want to lie!! Your parents can tell if you are or not! They just have that sensing thing! Don’t get in trouble, or get the lecture! Just try to get away with it without having to lie! So, you just DON’T WANT TO GET CAUGHT! Is it possible to get away with sneaking around? Let’s hope that there is!!

the srecet of the meatball

2005-04-25T09:11:00.002-07:00

A bad meatball can destroy ones day. A bad meatball can make the desire of meat demolish. A bad meatball can leave such a bad aftertaste that will leave one so upset that one will lock themselves in a bathroom and cry, but do not fear there are ways to make meatballs better. Despite what your thinking a meatball is so much more than balled meat, a meatball represents veggies, spices, and meal from Italy
There is no meatball than an Italian meatball. Grown in Italy’s fertile soil are the ripest tomatoes, freshest herbs most tender cuts of meat, and softest pasta. An Italian meatball is hand rolled (of-course after using Wholefoods sterilized disinfecting soap to wash ones hands).
Although a plain meatball can seem somewhat appetizing it is simply nothing without soft angle hair pasta, and garden grown herb sauce. Now one might ask how do I get this fine devine delicacy without traveling across the globe? A response one receives is “you cant so pack your bags were going to Italy.
Now that the secret to a wonderful meatball is knows unlock that bathroom door, dry your eyes, blow your nose and when eating in Italy never fear a bad meatball again.

the srecet of the meatball

2005-04-25T09:11:00.001-07:00

Should sports be in a part of you life? Why or why not?

2005-04-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

Sports should play a big role in your life because they keep you active and in shape, they give you the opportunity to meet new people, and you learn a lot about winning, loosing, and sportsmanship.
Sports keep you active and in shape because during games and practices of the sports you play, you have to have the ability to make it through without being breathless or too tired to finish the game, or practice. But sometimes working for what you want to accomplish isn’t easy, but you’ll learn that winning isn’t easy and you’ll have to try harder and harder each and every time.
In every game you play, you either win or loose. But no matter who wins or looses, you always have to come out in the end having good sportsmanship. With winning you learn what it feels like to have victory, and with loosing, you learn from your mistakes, your teams mistakes, and next time you’ll just have to try harder. For example, sometimes working for what you want to accomplish isn’t easy, but you’ll learn that winning isn’t easy and you’ll have to try harder and harder each and every time.
So not only are sports a great way to stay in shape and to teach you about winning and loosing, but its also a big way to become more social and make new friends.
In conclusion, to all of the wonderful reasons I have given to you, I hope you’ll take my advice and play sports!

Everything happens for a reason

2005-04-25T08:53:00.000-07:00

Everything Happens For A Reason

Everything happens for a reason. I say this because, everything leads up to something else weather it’s a smaller or bigger thing, someone might have feelings about it, also life would be like one chapter in a book. All things happen because it is your destiny. It is something required it have and something that you will maybe rely on to help you. Destiny is and adventures word it is someone’s destiny because it happens to be you that has to save the world. Life would be like the introduction of a book. There is not a lot going on, it is only describing the characters. The introduction is one of the shortest parts in the book in my eyes but yet one of the most important. I’m saying they life would be short but the beginning will be the first time you learn something like in a book. Like say taking your first steps happened for a reason because what would people today do if they couldn’t walk on their own? Or learning how to drive what would people does without cars nowadays?
Someone would have feelings over this. You could feel that maybe things just come out of the blue and just end like that, like I said all things lead up to something bigger or smaller or worse will conclude the problem. Giving an example: Gorge Bush decided to go to war in Iraq witch lead to hundreds of Americans deaths.
All in all the reasons that I gave you, everything leads up to something else weather it’s a smaller or bigger thing, someone might have feelings about it, and life would be like one chapter of a book. So, do you think everything happens for a reason?

Why Do People Fight?

2005-04-25T08:48:00.001-07:00

People fight because they are mad, selfish, or drunk. People are selfish because they want something from that person so what they do is MUG them, which means steal from them, or hurt them.

People get mad because that someone ether pissed them off or there just depressed about something or someone.
That is another reason why people fight.

When people are drunk they get out of control. They also get all crazy and wild. When they drink they also act weird or aren’t them selves. So when they are drunk what out because you never know what they will do or how they will act.

Another thing is because they try to show them whose boss or try to teach them a lesson. They also do it to intimidate them person to fight them or to make them mad.

People also fight because they want to be cool or try to fit in with other friends. I used to know this kid in sixth grade who was the meanest kid in the grade. He used to push people in to lockers and used to say really harsh things to people. This is an example of why people fight.

role models

2005-04-25T08:47:00.001-07:00

Choosing a role model wisely is very important because, it will help you get through you’re life, have positive influences on you, and it can help you become very famous.
Choosing a role model wisely will help you through you’re whole life. Lets take this for example. You don’t really know if the decision you are going to make is bad or good. They have been in the world for a long time and they have life experience. You could say to yourself, “ what would my role model do?’’ and just like that you would have the answer. The role model can guide you and help you make decisions.
A bad role model might do drugs or smoke. It is a bad decision to pick that kind of role model because you could go to jail and become a whole different person. You might think that is o.k. But that is a bad decision. If you pick a bad role model and they ask you to smoke you might say, “ If they did it I guess it is o.k.”
A good role model could be a sports player. You could get into sports and you could go to college for the sport that you play. A good sports role model is someone who is nice to the fans, and doesn’t set a bad example, and doesn’t do any drugs, or go to jail for anything. Good role models are everywhere they could be in a band and inspire you to make music. Others can be actors and you could be a famous actor just because of that person. If you have a good role model and you do something bad you can go fix it just like one of you’re role models would do.
Another great thing about choosing you’re role model is that you’ve got the power to choose anybody you want in the world. Everybody in the world can be a role model including you. So choosing a role model wisely is a very important decision, so please, choose wisely.

Why do people fight?

2005-04-25T08:46:00.001-07:00

Throughout the world there is much resentment. There is much fighting can do to people. With many ways to cope with emotions people still resort to fighting. People may fight
because of envy, nature, and anger.

Everyone has envy. We always seem to want more because we always want the best. We seem to admire people that have it all. When people brag about how they got it made we often get jealous which can lead to fighting. For some reasons are emotions just come out with a swing. There was a 13-year-old boy who had just lost a baseball game! After the game he went to grab a refreshment. One of the teammates who won came over started teasing him. Finally he couldn’t take it and he picked up a bat. First he hit him in the back of the legs and then in the head. He ended up killing him and couldn’t believe what he had just done, it wasn’t like him to do such a thing.

People are animals. Don’t animals fight? It’s in our blood, who ever comes out on top wins. For example when you win a race and you win the other person is left with defeat. That’s life, right? You win some you lose some. They would rather fight and show them whose boss. It’s like our instinct. If you’re tough why not show it off. We naturally have this chemical in our brain known as “Fight or Flight” which allows us to fight or run away!

When people are angry it seems to just build up until it looks there going to explode. That’s why I think it’s easy to resort to fighting. It’s a way to let your emotions run loose. When steam is coming out of your ears it’s hard to cope with your emotions in other ways. Sometimes you’re just so fed up with person that this may be your last resort to shut them up! They just don’t learn to leave you alone!

People resort to fighting because of envy, nature, and anger. Fighting can be destroying and can hurt a person mentally, physically, and emotionally. It maybe can end up knocking sense into people, but mostly destroys relationships! Can fighting really prove your point?

x2xLilFlipx2x

2005-04-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

trickygrl63

2005-04-25T08:41:00.002-07:00

Does fighting ever fix anything? Probably not. It only gives you bruises and doesn’t get you anywhere. People fight because there’s a bully at school who wants to fight, or there is a kid with a lot of things on his/her mind and he/she gets stressed out, or maybe because there is an enemy at school and you guys do mean things to each other.

There are people who have a lot of stress from homework or they got a bad test score, and their stress and anger keeps building up so they take it out on other people. So that causes fights to happen between other people from stress piling up.

Bullies. Bullies build up so much anger in peoples bodies, that they want to talk back to the bully. Bullies steal your lunch money, stuff people into lockers and always pick on people. If there was a way to get every single bully in the world to quit being mean, the world would be a much better place, but getting back, people think that the way of making bullies quit being mean is to fight them, that’s not a good way of solving things like bullies. It only makes it worse.

There may be a person at school that was your best friend. Now that person is your enemy, and you guys always want to get back at each other. One day the enemy takes it too far and the only way you think of solving it is to fight. That only adds cuts and bruises, it doesn’t help your friendship.

Fighting is a bad way to solve things. If you don’t fight and figure things out, then it’s a lot easier then getting hurt. Your not getting anywhere when you fight and it doesn’t make anything better and you only get angrier at that person. Don’t fight, it hurts and it’s a waist.

Things Happen for Reasons

2005-04-25T08:41:00.001-07:00

When an action takes place at any given moment, does it happen for any reason? Lots of things have at least one cause and one effect on you. Anything can lead to a change in one’s life because something either good or bad can happen. It could even have an effect on anyone in the vicinity of the occurence for the same reason. Everything has a reason of happening as seen in the examples of carrying something heavy, being focused on something else, an going out for sports.

If someone was carrying something big and heavy, something bad can happen sooner or later. If any one person was carrying something large down a narrow hallway, there could be a wet towel lying on the floor and he or she wouldn’t be able to see it and then he or she would just fall over. The effect of the action would be opening or breaking the object and spilling everything inside. Another effect would be that the person has to start all over again until he or she can get through that hallway without having to continuously trip, fall, and start over twenty times. This shows a good example of something that happens for one perfectly good reason.

If someone was focused on anything that doesn’t involve the current subject, that can also have an impact on that person’s grade. In addition to that, the teacher could be standing behind him or her, watching what he or she does. If that did happen, he or she might get into a lot of trouble and possibly not get any work done in the process. If class is over and he or she did not gett the assignment completed, it’s a great possibility that it would be for homework. This shows another event that happens for a not so good reason.

Going out for sports also has a few good reasons of doing so. A person would probably just like the sport he or she is going out for. If his or her friends go out for that sport, most likely, he or she would, too. Another possibility is maybe they willl go out for that sport just for some fun and some enjoyment. That is another example of one thing that happens for many reasons.

This brings us back to the question: does everything happen for a reason? The answer is: yes, mainly because everything that happens in the real world must have a cause and effect. If there is no cause and effect, then nothing would be able to happen. So, whenever there is a reason of something happpening, it has an effect on that person and anyone else in the vicinity of the thing that occured.

Ruby6117

2005-04-25T08:41:00.000-07:00

You’ve been given the opportunity of a lifetime. You have the choice to go back into the past and change your mistakes and what you did wrong. Now the major question is, would you? I know that if I was given the choice, I wouldn’t want to go back and change my mistakes. See, without making mistakes, it would be almost impossible to correct yourself. Mistakes come and then fade away, so why change them? I would not go back into the past to change my life, because I learn from what I’ve done wrong years ago, what happened in the past affected my life today, and everyone makes them so it would be too perfect.
The quote, “Learn from your mistakes” is one of the wisest quotes I’ve heard, because this exactly what most people take into consideration and do. For me, mistakes are the number one way in which I learn. They show me what I’ve done wrong and how to correct myself. Lets just say that you were playing kickball in the house with your friends, and you know you aren’t supposed to do that, and you happen to break something. You would get yelled at, long lectures and perhaps grounded, so you would learn from that mistake to never play kickball in the house again. When you correct what you’ve done wrong, you build upon your new knowledge and it helps you to understand where you went wrong so it won’t happen again. If I were to go back in the past and change my mistakes, I might not have learned what I know now. Going back in the past to change something would be one of the worst things you could do to your life.
What you did yesterday, a week ago, a year ago, is changing your life as we know it. You may be sitting here, reading this essay, but how would you have found out about this internet site if you had deleted your past from your life. You wouldn’t know about it which leads me to believe that your decisions, good or bad, have affected the way you think and what you currently know. This is a good reason not to change the past. Along time ago, when you made certain decisions, it was your fault if you made the wrong one. You learned from it and know better then to repeat that same decision again. What you did in the past is part of you now, so if you changed the past, chances are you’d be a completely different person.
What would the world be like if no one ever did anything wrong? I’ll tell you. It would be too perfect, abnormal. Everyone would be exactly the same. No one would have any past to talk about, no memories to share except when they got job promotions or were raised a rank in sports. No one would ever say that they once drove a car into a tree or completely failed a test in school. I would get sick of hearing about the perfect things in everyone’s lives. It’s impossible to be perfect in life without ever making a mistake. Everyone, even Albert Einstein, have made one or more mistakes in their lives. It is very common to be wrong, so if I changed my past, I would end up to be just like one of those boring people who say all they’ve ever done is perfect.
Changing our past faults us from our future. It would prevent us from learning correctly. We would seem too perfect if we’d never had anything wrong in our life. Our past can never be perfect the way we want it to be, can it? No matter how hard we may study, work or practice to become perfect, something will always go wrong. It could be from hitting your elbow on a desk to losing a job. We just need to accept our own lives and decisions and stop wishing we could change them.

sunshine-bear

2005-04-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

The world isn’t a perfect place. Were should I start there are many different reasons why the world isn’t perfect, but before I start randomly naming thing that are wrong let me just say one thing If I had a choice to change the world or myself I wouldn’t be selfish and choose myself. I would choose the world because the number of people young ,old, even poor has a high value of malnutrition, the level of racism is way to high, and they’re are to many conflicts with other countries.

The amount of malnutrition in young/elderly and those who are less fortunent is way to high if I were to change the world this would be a major priority and a primary one at that. To change this I would make a larger amount of funds at least more successful ones, I would have more food drives and donations year round so that there is a larger amount of food. Also I would supply medical help as well as emotional help, there would be 5 to 6 shelters in each county. Although I have listed many different things needing to be changed there are still many more on this topic of malnutrition.

The amount of racism in this world needs adjustments .I would change this by having the racist and non-racist people go to counseling and share there conflicting problems with each other and hopefully that would help. Another way is that I would show racist people that deep down inside were all the same no matter what race or nationality, if this weren’t to work people will just have to live in peace together or in hate hopefully in peace

Conflicts everyone has them but sometimes you need to draw the line there are to many conflicts in this world. I would try to change this by having more contact with other country’s appropriate language would take place and every one would have to try there hardest to get along. Truthfully for this topic there are few resolutions so if this weren’t to work then there simply just wouldn’t be peace.

Although I have listed many different things that need to be changed in this world there is still more the whole world needs adjustments withier its racism, malnutrition or any other types of problems there just waiting to be changed so let me just ask this one thing if I had the choice to change myself or the world I would change the world would you?

Wake Me Up When September Ends

2005-04-25T08:33:00.001-07:00

People have been fighting for thousands of years. From the skies to your house. Fighting is everywhere. Either its for love, freedom, glory or something else. People fight because they are selfish, they’re jealous of somebody and somebody has that person’s stuff.

People fight because they are selfish. They let greed for money and fame take over their minds. That kind of greed cannot be stopped or erased. They only think about themselves. For example the civil war, the south wanted slaves because they were cheap labor and they meant that the plantation owners didn’t have to work on their land of hire workers, which would cost too much money. These kinds of fights even happen in your very own house. You might want to have your monthly allowance raised. You might beg your parents or try and do something nice in the house. These kinds of fights also happen to famous people as well, they are always competing for fame and money. This is the 1st reason to why people fight, selfishness.

Once or maybe more time we have gotten jealous of some other person. Jealousy starts a lot of wars and fights. It happens every single day. At school jealousy starts nasty and probably untrue rumors. Because of these rumors people’s feelings will get hurt. Another example will be the segregation. Segregation is another form of war that involves jealousy. You might not see it, but the white people were jealous of the African-Americans because they were just like them and they didn’t like it. That is the 2nd reason to why people fight.

People will fight many times because somebody has somebody’s stuff. For an example the mythical war of Troy. Troy started because a young prince kidnapped a king’s young bride after they fell in love. On a more modern note, these kinds of fights happen everywhere. For an example maybe your friend took your book and won’t give it back. Another example will be because a person stole your most valued position, which could start this kind of war.

People will fight because they are selfish, they’re jealous of somebody and somebody has something they own. There maybe more reasons to why people fight, but that’s all I could think of were these three. People will fight throughout our lifetime and it will always remain that way.

snokulberry64's essay

2005-04-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

Going back in the past

How would you feel if some one came and messed up something you have worked for? Not very good, am I right? If you were to go back in the past and do the same thing to someone, they would not be happy, either. So why do it? Don’t! Going back in the past to change something is a bad idea because, life would be to perfect, you can mess up the future, and you can mess up peoples lives.

Life. It’s not perfect. A lot of other things can be perfect, but not life. Life is not perfect because there are way to many things that can go wrong. If you broke your mom’s favorite earring, and you went back in time and stopped yourself from breaking it, you would go back in the future and your mom could get an infection from that same earring. You have to let things happen even if they are bad, but they can really help you out in the future. Things need to happen, so they don’t effect your future, either way, your life is not going to be perfect, even if you do fix the past.

By one little thing you can screw up the future. Why? Because if one thing happens that needs to happen and you prevent it from happening, things can go very wrong! That is very confusing, I know, but if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. If you go back in time and change the past, you can make the future go wrong. If you got a bad grade on a test, and your parents got really mad at you because you didn’t study and you got grounded, you would be mad. You would probably go back in time and study, right? Well, then, you wouldn’t have learned to study before tests, and end up doing it again. So, you have just deleted a piece of knowledge you had learned from a mistake, and that’s never good. So, you can screw up the future in more ways than one so don’t change the past.

People’s lives are there’s, not yours. You should stay out of it and stop being a busy body, that’s what everyone says to do, and you should listen to them. So, lets say this guy was very sick with cancer, and he was suffering, he wanted to go because he didn’t want to be in pain at want to be in pain anymore. He got hit by a car and died. You saw it on the news, went back in time and saved him from the accident. But, now, he’s sitting at home, suffering from cancer, and he is going to die, anyway. You can mess up someone’s life by being helpful, so that’s why you stay out of other people’s lives.

Going back in the past, a bad idea, even if your trying to help. So, I hope you get what I’m trying to tell you because I think it’s important and I hope you now do to.

BabiGurl28- Finding a Way to a BIGGER Path

2005-04-25T08:31:00.000-07:00

Being short is like a little ant in a big city. I want to be taller and not have it have such a big impact on my life, I want to be taller because being short can be frustrating, I want to be able to talk to people with them knowing I’m 13 and not 10, and when I go to a restaurant I don’t want people to assume I’m a little kid wanting to color or choose a meal off a little kids menu/ coloring paper. In don’t want my life having people assuming things, jumping to conclusions, or making me feel put down. I would like to change my self to make me taller and change the way people think of me but I can’t, I will have to make due with the way I am now but life’s just not fair.

Living a life in a small body can be very frustrating. I have no say and no one wants to listen. For example, my friend who is younger then me looks down on me, it get on my nerves and as I said I’m basically a small fish in a big pond. It6 makes me frustrated being small, for I have a lot to say and it makes it tough when people looks at you and judges you for how you look, it’s tough when people judge you on your size because it makes me sad to know that people think I’m ten and not thirteen and think that I can’t do this and I can’t do that, it can become very frustrating. Needless to say, it is a big deal that I will have to put up with until I eventually grow. It’s not the life I want to live, I just want to be average or be treated my age.

I’ve had many wishes in my life but my number one wish would be, able to talk to someone and them knowing that I’m thirteen and not ten and that I am capable to do different things even though my height is lacking HEIGHT! I came to my mom one night with a sad face, wanting to be different I wanted to be taller, and look my age. My mom said that she couldn’t help me and that there is nothing anyone could do about it. I’m always hoping for a way my life could change. For example, when I first met one of my t friends she didn’t even think that I went to the same school, even though I did have a backpack on and was talking to other people. My number one wish to change my height, it is the most important thing that I want to happen, also being able to talk with other people and them thinking I’m thirteen and I can do everything else a normal thirteen year old kid could do.

Life’s not easy, it’s not supposed to be easy but I desperately want it to be, when I go to a restaurant I don’t want to be automatically be sat down at a table with a little kids menu and crayons, yeah it was funny the first time but when it keeps happening it begins not to be funny any more. I little thing by putting a little children’s menu can make a big impact on my life. I feel like a little kid with no say in what I want, when that happy face of a made up cartoon character is put in front of me with crayons to make the happy face, “come to life” it’s pathetic. With all the choices of small portions of food that would be gone in a flash if I would eat it can’t they see I’m a pig eating teenager needing lots of food a day, but they can’t see that in me because my height doesn’t show it. Who wants any of that? Being the age I am but looking ten is hurtful, making my life miserable. All and all, I don’t want to have a life full of frustration just because I’m short, I want to be able to talk to people knowing that they know I am thirteen and not a young ten year old, and not be handed a little kids menu and crayons when I walk in to a restaurant, yes I’m short I can’t change that but it makes me angry that I am being judged by the looks of me and being treated for who I really am and for my age.

Softballchicka14's Do you believe in miracles?

2005-04-25T08:29:00.000-07:00

For something good to happen would it need a miracle? Miracles happen every day in Hospitals. Being cured of a disease and going home alive and well is a miracle. Getting hit by a car and badly injured and then just when they thought they were going to die they get all better and go home is a miracle. At a construction site when a construction worker falls off the building and they are paralyzed for the rest of their lives but they are alive and not dead, that is a miracle too. Every day someone lives longer than expected, or they survive what was thought to be an incurable disease, but how does that happen? A miracle. Miracles happen every day with out you realizing it so do I believe in miracles? Yes, because people are saved every day, a baby being born is a miracle, and at one time I was a miracle.

People being saved every day by doctors and paramedics could be a miracle if they are about to die than an every day hero such as a doctor saves their lives. Someone could almost die from cancer and then they decide they don’t want to die so their body fights back and then they don’t die. Someone could have almost died in the tsunami and then they pray for a miracle and it works. Right now without you even knowing it someone could be in a building that is burning down and they are about to die, but a firefighter, an everyday hero comes and saves them and for them and their family that could be the greatest miracle of all.

A baby is a miracle. How it can start as a little egg and grow and develop. Then the child grows and lives its life and has children of its own then it becomes old and dies. Then the process keeps repeating over and over again. That is a miracle because they can learn how to do things, get a job, earning money, and making a living for themselves and maybe their family, that is why this is a miracle.

I am a miracle because when I was born I almost didn’t live. Neither did my mom. She lost a lot of blood and I wasn’t very healthy. Now I am really happy that my mom and I are living today and extremely happy that we are very healthy. I’m glad I don’t have any kind of disability that would limit my life and not let me see what I want to see and do what I want to do but I can, that is why this is a miracle

As you can see miracles happen every day no matter where you are or when it happens. Just wait one day you could experience a miracle and then you will believe me.

Does everything happen for a reason?

2005-04-25T08:28:00.000-07:00

Accidents happen. Or it could be not accidental but, both of those don’t matter when you think of if everything happens for a reason. Have you ever done something that didn’t happen for a reason? Things happen for a reason because anything that happens ends up in a chain of events, bad things usually turn out to be good, and things don’t just happen for no reason.
A chain of events can turn out to be a very good thing or it could be a really really very thing. It just depends on the situation. It starts out with just one thing. And before you know it, it starts growing and growing. Here is an example. Say you were going rollerblading. Then you fall on your right leg. You start limping and relying on your left leg so much that your lest leg is starting to hurt now to. So you take your rollerblades off and start walking home barefoot. When walking home you step on a sharp rock. Now your foot hurts too. This would never have happened if you didn’t fall on your leg in the first place.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes bad things turn out to be good? When something happens and you think it is going to be really bad, it could have a benefit at the end. I read a newspaper article about a family whose barn got sucked up by a tornado. This was a horrible thing, but it turned out good when their community came together to rebuild the family’s barn. Not only did they get a bigger better barn but they also met lots of the other people in their community. No one could think of a happier ending.
All of the events in your life help shape the person that you will become. If you didn’t ever have hard times you wouldn’t know how to work hard. If no one was ever kind to you, you wouldn’t know how to be kind to others. If you never tried a sport you would never know if you liked it or not. It all happens for a reason.
Things happen for a reason. Anything happens and ends up in a chain of events. Bad things usually turn out to be good. Things usually don’t just happen for any reason. I believe in fate. I think the sequences of events in your life are not random. The choices that you make form your destiny. Think about your life and see if it’s true for you.
Accidents happen. Or it could be not accidental but, both of those don’t matter when you think of if everything happens for a reason. Have you ever done something that didn’t happen for a reason? Things happen for a reason because anything that happens ends up in a chain of events, bad things usually turn out to be good, and things don’t just happen for no reason.
A chain of events can turn out to be a very good thing or it could be a really really very thing. It just depends on the situation. It starts out with just one thing. And before you know it, it starts growing and growing. Here is an example. Say you were going rollerblading. Then you fall on your right leg. You start limping and relying on your left leg so much that your lest leg is starting to hurt now to. So you take your rollerblades off and start walking home barefoot. When walking home you step on a sharp rock. Now your foot hurts too. This would never have happened if you didn’t fall on your leg in the first place.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes bad things turn out to be good? When something happens and you think it is going to be really bad, it could have a benefit at the end. I read a newspaper article about a family whose barn got sucked up by a tornado. This was a horrible thing, but it turned out good when their community came together to rebuild the family’s barn. Not only did they get a bigger better barn but they also met lots of the other people in their community. No one could think of a happier ending.
All of the events in your life help shape the person that you will become. If you didn’t ever have hard times you wouldn’t know how to work hard. If no one was ever kind to you, you wouldn’t know how to be kind to others. If you never tried a sport you would never know if you liked it or not. It all happens for a reason.
Things happen for a reason. Anything happens and ends up in a chain of events. Bad things usually turn out to be good. Things usually don’t just happen for any reason. I believe in fate. I think the sequences of events in your life are not random. The choices that you make form your destiny. Think about your life and see if it’s true for you.

The real question is why do people fight???

2005-04-25T08:27:00.001-07:00

People fight because it makes them feel good about themselves, just for some competition, and people peer pressuring them.
People mainly fight because it makes them feel good about themselves. It makes think they have accomplished something special, but really they have only accomplished a refurl, written agreement, or suspensions. Or sometimes they are having problems at home. They might get bullied by them so they think that a fight is the best way out or because that person is smaller then them and they can beat then up because then they are “cool.” Or they just want the attention of the people around them because they are the popular crew. And they may not be in the popular crew.
Kids might get in fight for competition. Maybe they could get in a sport like soccer, football, or maybe boxing. They might want to have a competition and it may get farther then they really wanted it to. They might have parents that don’t let them take any chances, thing is that if they loose a game or a battle then they won’t know how to loose.
Another reason that kids fight is that they are being peer pressured into it. People may say like fight, fight , fight. Or say there could be a rumor going around that someone is talking about you behind your back and they are saying very rude stuff. So you get very angry with them and want to fight them. Or maybe the you see the “popular crowd” and you aren’t in the “popular crowd” and you want them to think that you are cool and so then they will let you be in there “cool popular group.” Some times you really don’t know why people fight but most have a reason to even though to wrong don’t make a right.
Some kids still fight even though it is wrong and that is not ok. So you should out them in some activities or an Extra curriculum. There are many reasons people fight but these are the top three!

Rishae

2005-04-25T08:27:00.000-07:00

Do people fight because of a source of power, because they think it’s a way to solve things, or maybe just because they are afraid of losing an argument.

When people fight it makes them feel “all-powerful” or just…powerful but that’s only there idea. It makes them feel like they are the best, sometimes (depending on who you are of course), but usually it’s just because they feel it’s the only “real” way to solve things for example, arguments. It doesn’t solve anything. It only makes things worse.

They always think it solves things. When you fight it makes everything worse not better. It’s usually because of an argument, and after the fight it makes things worse, and makes arguments and anger bigger. You can get in big trouble and not just with someone you know with the police for example. Fighting gets you into bigger trouble then you are already in.

People don’t like losing arguments, it’s a fact of life no one really does, they can accept the fact they lost one but they don’t want to and (sometimes) when a person loses an argument it gets into a fight. It’s not really that they are afraid it’s that they don’t like to lose it, because (sometimes again) they think they are smarter then the person they are in an argument with. Then when they find out they “lost” they don’t like it (the fact that they lost). We can all relate to getting angry in an argument not everyone can relate to (in that argument) get so angry they lash out on said other person. Fighting isn’t right so stop we can all settle things by talking them out or trying to decide on a solution, think before you act.

Why Do People Fight?

2005-04-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

Some people enjoy fighting when others don’t know why they are. Many times this is caused by talking or maybe even physically. Everyone has fought at least once in their life whether it makes them feel good about themselves, just for competition (jelousy), and people peer pressuring them into it.

People fight because it makes them feel good about themselves. It makes them feel good about themselves because when they (that person) has their own problems, like they could be in a fight with somebody else and try to make it as if it was the other persons fault, of course when it hadn’t been. And if they take it out on someone else, that can cause an even bigger fight to happen. Maybe yelling, or even physically. Even if it’s just yelling it could even turn into physically fighting, because when two people are in an argument about something, they might get mad at something that the other person says and makes them get even angrier inside and cause that to happen. It seems to solve their problem, when really it’s just making it a whole lot worse. From fighting, it makes that person that caused these things to happen, make them feel better.

Many other people like it just for the competition. They like to fight, just to prove they could win or just even to impress somebody else. Or maybe it can just even be jelousy that turns into competiton. Someone gets jelous of one another and seems that they have to prove that they were the “better” one and the other one and that the other one isn’t. Or because they think that they would be “cooler” or maybe even the “winner”. You honestly don’t know why the other person wants to win a fight, or even wants to be in a fight, but you really just want the competition or because of jelousy.

Others fight because of other people peer pressuring them into fighting, When someone tells them (or you, considering who it is), to do something, well get into a fight, it may be because they want you to so that they wouldn’t have to be the ones to. Other people say that it is “cool” to fight. So since it is considered cool to fight, many people try to, or get into one so that they are considered “cool” to another person. A lot of people are peer pressured into fighting.

Many people fight for one reason or another and have fought at least one time in their life. It makes them feel good about them selves, they like it just for the competition (or jelousy), and its caused by others peer pressuring them into fighting.

oversynt06- Reasons...

2005-04-25T08:22:00.001-07:00

Break a vase, throw a chair out the window, toilet paper you parents room. I dare you to. What will happen afterwards? Your mom might get mad and give you punishment. See, that is what you will get out of doing something bad. Even if you do something good, like getting good grades or cleaning up the house without anyone to tell you to, something will happen, physically or mentally to you or another person. Everything happens for a reason because someone will feel something about it, things lead from one thing to another, and good or bad will come out of it.
Everything happens for a reason because once you do it, someone will feel something about it. If you lost your brother while babysitting, you would obviously feel something about that. Even if an unexpected surprise POPS UP in your mail, for example, Oprah Winfrey wants to have you on a television show about the teenage life, how would you react? I know if that happened to me, I would be anxious.
Almost always, if you do something, a good thing or a bad thing would happen. That happens with everything you do. For example, if you get all “A’s” on your report card, then your parents might give you money or take you to a movie. It is a chain reaction. Do something good and you might get a prize. Do something bad and you could get punishment. It will always lead from one thing to another know matter what you do.
Finally, everything happens for a reason because one situation always leads to another. Just like a movie or a book, everything has a beginning and an end. Think about something that happened to you, the beginning is what you did and the end is what happened afterwards. Of course, the best part is the action, which is what you did. Think about as if it were real. For example, if you drop a glass of water on the computer. The first thing that would happen is that the computer would most likely be broken. Then you would have to tell your mom and dad or just wait for them to find out. Once they do, you are probably doomed for life. It goes in sequential order. It always does, and it always will.
Now you get it, everything happens for a reason because a person will have feelings about it, things lead from one thing to another, and good or bad will come out of it. What I am trying to prove is that whatever happens, something will happen.

oversynt06

Bballer9

2005-04-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

Life holds a lot of unexpected twists and turns. One day something can happen, the next day something extraordinary can happen. Anything can happen at any time. I believe that everything happens for a reason for one everything leads to another thing; also mostly good things come out of it. Some things don’t happen for a reason.
Everything leads to another thing. You will do one thing and it will lead to another thing. One day my parents saw one of our neighbors house for sale. They were a nice family. So it gave my dad an idea. It was an idea that would change my life entirely. It was that we were going to move. If my dad wouldn’t of seen the for sale sign then we would of never moved and I wouldn’t of met such great friends. Friends are one of the most important things in life. So from our friends moving to my dad seeing the for sale sign and meeting my new friends everything leads to another thing.
Mostly good things come out of everything happens for a reason. For example when I moved. That was a good thing because I made friends. Things are usually better than before. It goes with the phrase. Meaning if you gave it a definition then it would say a phrase meaning things are better than before. That is what most people Believe. I can’t recall a time where something bad came out of it.
Some things don’t happen for a reason though. For example if you are walking down the street and you bump into someone it will most likely not happen for a reason, and probably not change your life. But their still are those special times when something will happen for a reason and it will lead to something great.
To conclude, you can tell that everything happens for a reason through one thing always leads to another thing, mostly good things come out of it and that some things don’t happen for a reason. This is just a small piece of life’s twists and turns.

duck and roll14

2005-04-25T08:21:00.000-07:00

Changing the world

Is there anything that would make the world a better place? IF I could change one thing about myself or the world, I would. I would change the environment, violence, and racism. If you could change the world or yourself would you?
I would first change violence and war in the world. I would change this because there are to many people dieing over unwanted fights. Many fights between people and countries start and then poor innocent people are harmed or killed. They could be your loved ones or just someone you knew. Have you ever lost someone that meant a lot to you? If you have lost someone close to you then you know what millions are going through. Violence needs to stop so you don’t loose your loved ones.
I would next change Racism because no one wants to be treated bad because of there color, ethnicity, and religion I know that being left out or made fun of is not cool and it makes you feel like you are not supposed to be here on this earth. You can never feel what other see or know what others feel like when you either talk badly to them or make fun of them until you are the one being picked on. Racism has and still might lead to fighting or killing, which is violence. That is just one way the world can be better.
The last but not least thing I would change is the environment because you need to have a clean, warm, and welcoming environment for all of these examples to come true. I know that no one would like a mess, cruel, and unwanting environment. That is the last thing I would change.
I know that many others including me would want all of these things to change so we can all live HAPPY EVER AFTER!

IvyMoon23-Speak your Mind

2005-04-25T08:19:00.001-07:00

People who are outgoing have a certain “glow” about them. It’s like they always know what to say and how to say it. No matter whom that person talks to their “outgoingness” radiates off them onto you. If I could change one thing about myself it would be so that I were more outgoing because you can start a conversation easily, get to speak your mind, and can run wild and do spontaneous things.

Awkward silence between two people is not the best way to start a conversation. What will you talk about? Will they continue on with what you’re saying? These questions are easy for outgoing people because they already know the answer; they are so smooth they know all the right things to say. You can talk about almost anything and everyone will think it’s a brilliant comment. I want to know what to say and always have the right answer, and then everyone will think I’m brilliant.

The unfortunate thing about shy kids is that they don’t always get to say what they’re thinking. It’s like there’s this file cabinet in the back of their minds, and stored in it is amazing ideas and sayings just waiting to be read. Sadly, someone has locked it up and thrown away the key, never to see the light of day again. On the other hand there are outgoing children. Their file cabinet is definitely unlocked, and there’s a tornado in their mind that is blowing out every idea and comment they can possibly imagine. I think its time to find my key.

The last advantage in being outgoing is that you’re completely spontaneous. You can say what you want without constraint, and grow like a wild vine instead of being planted to the ground. Spontaneous kids can do whatever they want, and not care about the consequences. I want to be daring and wild, impulsive and uncontrollable, I want to be spontaneous.

Conversation starters, tornado filing cabinets and being fully spontaneous are the best traits you and I can get from being outgoing. Never throw away your key and whatever you think of to say won’t sound absurd. Don’t hold back your thoughts because once you let them out, you will sound wonderfully brilliant!
To be outgoing is a dream far from reach, but every new dream sounds crazy at first.

Fighting

2005-04-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

PEOPLE FIGHT TOO MUCH FOR DUMB REASONS. THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO THEY FIGHT. BUT FIGHTING IS NEVER THE ANSWER, ESPECIALLY VIOLENT FIGHTING. PEOPLE THAT FIGHT WITH THE REASON “JUST BECAUSE” MAKES ME SICK. THEY HURT PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BIGGER THAN THEM AND HAVE THE ABILITY. PEOPLE FIGHT BECAUSE THEY HOLD GRUDGES, THEY DON’T LIKE THEMSELVES, & THEY DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO RESOLVE IT.

PEOPLE HOLD WAY TO MANY GRUDGES. THEY CAN’T LET THINGS GO. EVEN THE SIMPLEST THINGS CAN TURN INTO GRUDGES THAT WILL BE HELD WITH THE SAME FAMILIES FOR YEARS TO COME. AND THE SADDEST THING IS SOMETIMES AFTER A LONG, LONG PERIOD OF FIGHTING YOU FORGET EXACTLY WHY YOU ARE FIGHTING. BUT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN FIGHTINGTHESE PEOPLE YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO. THIS EXAMPLE PROVES PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS FIGHT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REAOSN. THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS JUST TALK IT OUT (CALMLY), BECAUSE FIGHTING WILL JUST MAKE THE “HOLE” DEEPER NOT FILL IT BACK UP.

YET IT ISN’T ALWAYS GRUDGES THAT PEOPLE FIGHT OVER OR ABOUT. SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THEMSELVES. THEY THINK THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THEM SELVES FEEL BETTER IT IS TO MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE FEEL PAIN. TAKIN GIT OUT ON THEM DOESN’T HELP EITHER OF YOU. IT WILL USUALLY JST MAKE YOU FEEL WORSE.BUT THAT DOESN’T WORK EITHER BECAUSE THEN YOU BOTH END UP GETTING HURT IN THE END.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE IT. THEY THINK FIGHTING IS THE ONLY WAY TO ANSWER THE PROBLEM. IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST TALK OR FORGET ABOUT IT THINGS COULD BE BETTER. BUT NO ONE THINKS OF IT UNTIL IT IS TO LATE. WHEN YOU CAN’T JUST “FORGET” ABOUT IT. WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEEN TAKIN CARE OF WITH SOMEBDY’S LIFE. ITS SAD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT ENDS THAT WAY.

WE STILL DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY PEOPLE FIGHT. I DON’T THINK WE WILL EVER TRULY KNOW WHY PEOPLE FIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST TO MANY REASONS WHY. SOME ARE STUPID LIKE OVER A SPILT COFFEE. OTHERS ARE OVER THINGS LIKE YOUR COUNTRY BEING ATTACKED BY TERRORIST. BUT WHATEVER IT IS FIGHTING WON’T HELP IT. IT HAS TORN COUNTRYS, CITYS, FAMILYS AND BEST FRIENDS APART. IF I EVER COULD HAVE ONE WISH GRANTED IT WOULD BE FOR WORLD PEACE. JUST SO THE FIGHTING WOULD STOP, BETWEEN US ALL! BUT I TRULY DON’T THINK THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN WITH THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT SINCE THE BIGGING OF TIME, AND MOST LIKELY WILL FIGHT TILL THE END.

brunettesurfer24

2005-04-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

If I could go back in time I know that today I would be happier. My changes would affect not only me but my friends and family as well. There are so many things that I would change. I only wonder if the changes would come back better or worse I would think better because, I would change them for the good not for the bad. Maybe if I change the wrong thing it would cause complications. Though there are many things that I would change I have a few that I would like to share with you. If I could go back in time I would change these things, my parent’s problems, some of my choices I made that would make a difference today, and the grades I was disappointed with.

When I was a little girl around four years old my parents started fighting. A couple of months later they got divorced. The effect on their divorce decision is not good. I only get to see my dad once every three or four weeks sometimes even five weeks. Another bad effect is that my dad moved to another state. If I could go back in time and changed when they were getting a divorce. I would have done this by telling them what was going to happen and tell them how I felt about it. With this change my life could have been turned around or maybe it would have made it even worse. They could late get along and we would be together. Or maybe it could have made it would have came out worse and they would be unhappy and fighting all the time. That is one thing I would change if I could go back in time a change something.

Another thing I would do if I could go back in time and change a choice that I made that would make a difference on my life some way. The one thing I would change happened in sixth grade. I had broken my arm very badly. I was climbing up a tree when feel out and snapped my elbow in half. I had to go to the emergency room and three hours later I was in surgery. It took forever to heel and I had to get pins put in my elbow. There were many bad results to this accident. For one example my class was going on a three-day field trip to Out Door Ed. I could go but I still had my cast on so I couldn’t swim or do all the activities, and my arm got really sweaty. That ruined my trip that I had been waiting to go on. Another bad and ugly result that was left with me was that I have to scares on my arm that looks really bad. I also don’t have full movement in my arm like touching my hand to my shoulder. So, I definitely would have went back in time a not have climbed the tree in the first place.

Last but not least I would have gone back in time and changed the grades that I was unhappy with. I never really got too bad of grades none lower than a C at least. Although I know that I could have down better. I would have gone back in time and worked harder in school. I would have studied more for all my test and quizzes. I also would have done all my homework and put in all my effort. In sixth grade is when this mostly took place and a little more in the beginning of seventh grade. When I look back now everything I knew that we learned, all I had to do was put in all my effort. I know that if I had paid more attention in class I would have been and even smarter person to day. That is why I would have gone back in time and changed my grades.

If I could go back in time and changed anything what would I have changed? Well, I would have changed all these things that I talked about. All these things would have made me happier today I know that for sure. Even if my parents didn’t get along and got divorced again at least I would have known that they really were meant to be divorced. Or my arm maybe it was just supposed to be a lesson not to climb trees and I could have hurt myself worse if I climbed a different tree. My grades might show an improvement and just show me that I need to work harder. These are some of the main things that I would change in my life. Or just maybe the things that are supposed to be the way they are today?

corrosive mouse

2005-04-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

Dumb choices

All the bad things you’ve done in your life, stealing that candy because if you didn’t have something sweet you’d have a spaz attack, breaking all the lights with your friends in your apartment complex, getting in that fight and if you didn’t you’d be bullied the rest of the year. Some dumb choices everyone makes. The past, what if you could change it all. If I could change the past I’d change all the bad decisions I’ve made because this can decide the future. It can change your friends, yourself, your life.
Friends are a big part of your life. Sometimes small things can cause you to lose them. They get worried and tell you good from bad. They’re like your parents only you hang out with them a lot. If you don’t listen to them then they might start leaving you, doubting you, or just stop being your friend.
Out of all the wrong decisions I’ve made in my life if I could change the past I’d change the time my friends and I broke all the lights in palomino park. I’d change this because of the fine we had to pay. We also almost got kicked out of our apartment. After this incident just about everyone at my school knew about it. Most people stopped talking to me because they either decided to not be my friend or their parents some how heard about it and told them not to be my friend. My only choice was to start all over at another school. This changed me because I had to make new friends, a new reputation, and a new me. This example can show how much one decision can change everything.
If I could change the past I’d change a lot of things. Sometimes wishing and working for things doesn’t work. Going back in time would make the things you hate in your life go away. The current life you’re living could change dramatically whatever way you want it to change. If you had the chance the change your past, would you take the opportunity? Or would you let it go.

smurf308

2005-04-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

Has any thing bad really bad happened that you regret. What if you could change it? The power to control the future and the past. There’s only one problem if you change it too much you might not have a future. You would have the diction to change it. Family, history, and you might change.
Your family could change they could be any thing or any one. They could be rich, poor, homeless, or stupid and many other things. Many things could happen. If you don’t like it don’t change it. Time is a powerful thing.
You could stop terrorist from destroying many things. Save peoples lives and become heroic. Do many things with history to make the world a better place. You could make our defiance better so we could see what was coming or don’t and take it away so they could learn to get along. Make everyone respect each other. Make them smart, or tell them lies, happy, sad, is what you could do but you might not want to do it. Changing the future, past, and present could change you.
The only problem is you. You could change and not make, find, or know about it so the future will stay how you made it. What can happen to you is the mistake you would make. Your death can change the future with out you in it if you want to live make a wise diction.
The world is yours if you can be control time, but if you change it, it might not be able to change it back. The world is depending on you to make the right diction. So what are you going to do? If you make a wrong one we could all die. Time controls our life.

Slavery

2005-04-25T07:57:00.000-07:00

Slavery

What if everyday when you wake up you have to go work in the fields barefoot or clean the master’s house and be punished for one little mistake you made? Slaves never got treated nicely. If they did something wrong in the master’s eye they would get whipped. Slaves would get separated from their families. They would be traded for money. Some slaves left their families and escaped, some got caught. I would change slavery because every person should have been treated fairly, slaves should have been paid, and there would be no owning anyone.
Every person should have been treated fairly in the time of slavery. It shouldn’t have mattered what “color” people were. It shouldn’t have mattered because everyone needed to be treated fairly. Slaves never got to learn how to read and write. Every person should have had an education. They may have worked better in the fields. Everyone needs to have an education because they would need to know about the world and how to do more things. They didn’t have an education because the whites thought that they didn’t need one. Slaves didn’t even have rights. They couldn’t do what whites could do. I would want everyone to have equal rights. It shouldn’t have mattered because everybody should have been treated fairly.
All slaves should have been paid to work in the fields or clean the master’s house. They all worked very hard. If they got paid they could pay for their own food and support their family. Slaves should have gotten the choice to work and get paid or not work at all. That might have been a better way of ending slavery.
Slaves should not have been “owned”. The slaves were people not pets. When they were being “owned” they never felt good about themselves. It also made them feel like anything they did was not good enough. They would also want to run away because the master was not treating them fairly. They also ran away because they wanted to be free and have a good life. Slaves were people too, so they should have been treated the same as whites.
Slavery should not have happened and those things were ways I would have tried to stop it. Every person should have been treated fairly, regardless of his or her color, they should have been paid and no one could be “owned”.

Dman

2005-04-25T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Past Changes the Present

War isn’t the only thing that changed our past. Our lives changed due to many things. For example, Martin Luther King JR.’s death or the Ice Age both changed our world in ways we many never really see. Some of the most obvious changes with these events are the extinction of dinosaurs, the reaction of many black followers, and the new age beginning. If I could go back in time, I would change slavery, Hitler being born, and Abe Lincoln’s death because our world would be a much more complete and peaceful place.
Slavery changed and took over the minds of many people. Some people agreed that blacks should be treated like animals and used for work and some didn’t. If you took away slavery, the outlook on many people would have changed and our world would have been more peaceful because we all would have been treated equally. For example, African Americans would have been treated like normal people by having the same rights we did. Also, the humiliation and suffering of long days in the fields and being whipped wouldn’t have happened. If I could back in time, I would change slavery so that all blacks and other people would have the same responsibilities and rights as whites.
Millions of people died because of one man, Adolf Hitler. This German leader killed people just because of their religion or beliefs. If Hitler was never born, the lives of about 3,000,000 Jews and other people would have been spared. Though you may not know it, Hitler may have affected your life too. He may have killed your great-great-uncle or any other ancestor, which may have closed off a generation of your family. Also, almost all schools have a Social Studies class and at one point, we will all learn about him. If I could go back in time, I would stop Hitler from being born because our world would have been much safer and less corrupt.
Abraham Lincoln was a very courageous man in many ways. He spoke out against slavery, he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, but most of all, he was our President. When Abe Lincoln was assassinated, many people were saddened. If I could change his death, I would. If he was alive, he could have abolished more bad things to make our world a more peaceful place. For example, he could have stopped wars and maybe even helped make huge leaps into world peace. Overall, Abraham Lincoln was a very important authority figure.
Slavery, Hitler, and Lincoln all affected us in some way. Some were positive and some weren’t, but all had a big affect on our world today. If you could go back in time, would you change the past or do you like our world today?

totallyrockin13

2005-04-25T07:50:00.001-07:00

Live every day like it’s your last
You only have one life so you should use it, not save it. Some people sit inside all day doing nothing, waiting for something exciting to come along. But what if that person were to die the next day, and all they did was sit inside. That person would have the most boring life. I say that people should live very day like it’s their last, so they won’t just sit inside, they would try new things. They might do things they never would have thought they would do. You should live every day like it’s your last because you never know what will happen tomorrow, so I think you should be adventurous, don’t do things you will regret later, don’t be a worry wart, and always have fun!

I agree with the statement, live everyday like it’s your last because you’ll be more adventurous. Last year I went cliff diving. I never would have thought of doing that in a lifetime, but I did. I was taking a risk, being adventurous. I’ve done a lot of things that I would never think of doing. All because I knew I might not be able to do them tomorrow. I’m not telling you to go jump off a really big rock without knowing what could happen to you. Yes, it’s a risk but sometimes you need to take risks to have fun. It is because if you stay in your comfort zone, and do the same thing every day, that would be boring. I know anything can happen to me today, so that’s why I think I should always have fun and try new things.

Since you don’t know what will happen tomorrow, you shouldn’t do things you will regret later. I thing you should be adventurous, but not do stupid disruptive things. You shouldn’t do drugs or smoke. You should stay active and healthy. If you do so, you’ll live a great life and have a better chance of seeing tomorrow. You shouldn’t do drugs because it’ll mess up your body and brain. If you do go out and do drugs, you will a higher chance of getting cancer and/or dying. That’s why I think you should never regret, and live a great life.

What if you were to die tomorrow? Would you want to be known as the person who was nice and helped everyone, or the person who was mean and bullied everyone? Personally, I would want to be the nice and helpful one. Who would you want to be? You should never be depressed or bratty. You should be happy; because then you’ll have more fun and you’ll be more pleasant to be around, and that will make you happy. Being happy makes you smile, and your smile can make someone’s day. Have fun and be exciting because then you’ll be happier. Be nice, helpful, happy, and always have fun!

Life is too short to do stupid things you will regret, so take risks and be nice and helpful. I think since nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, you should be nice, helpful, happy and have fun. I think you should take risks but not do stupid things. So live a great life and have fun!!! Hope to see you tomorrow.

hotmonkey566

2005-04-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

“Live everyday like your last.” Do you agree with this statement or not.

“Oh no, I’m am going to die, I am so scared. I am too young to die.” If you want to think that you are going to die the next day, you would be scared. You would like to think that you would live forever. Everybody will die one of these days. If people thought they would live everyday like their last, everyone would be crazy. No one wants to die. I know I don’t. People have more important things to worry about than think they will die the next day or even next month. I also agree with this statement, because what if the doctor told you that you had cancer and that you would only live for a couple of months. You would be scared, but you would try to live those days as normal as possible. Then your chances of living are greater, because you can stay healthy by eating right, don’t do drugs, drink, or smoke, and try to make the best of everything.
“Come on. Just one more drink." This is what most people hear when they don’t want to do drugs, drink, or smoke. This is peer pressure. If you are drinking beer at a bar with your friends and you feel like you had enough to drink, but your friends push you into drinking more. Well, if you choose to drink more your chances of dying are greater, because you are overloading on alcohol. Then that moment could be your last moment if you don’t be careful and not over drink. You would blame your friends for pushing you into drinking, but you would blame yourself as well for drinking, because you were so immature for not listening to your gut. So if you want to live longer try and be responsible and don’t drink underage and don’t overload on alcohol because you think that it is cool.
“Hey, you want to try this. This is the cool thing to do, and if you don’t try it you are a chicken.” This is also what most kids hear, when someone is holding a cigarette or pot in their hands. Kids hear it all the time, because some are so gullible and they can’t be called a chicken, so they waste their lives on those cancer sticks. I have no clue where kids get it either. May be from their parents, relatives, or even close friends. Have you ever been put up on the spot like this? If you have I hope that you made the right decision and said no. If you haven’t and you tried it, one of these days you could be living on the streets begging for money. You don’t have to prove anything to anybody just to prove to him or her that you fit in and you are cool. It is not cool to do this and waste your life on a stupid choice you made.
If you want to live longer, don’t do anything bad like drink, smoke, or do drugs. Try and eat healthier to, because if you are fat, you will someday have a heart attack. Just make the best out of everything and live your life as normal as possible. You are responsible for your own actions. The choice is yours on how you want to live your life. Just remember, your life is valuable, so don’t waste it just to be cool.

White_Tyger

2005-04-25T07:48:00.001-07:00

“Live Every Day Like It’s Your Last”

“Live every day like it’s your last.” This is pretty much the equivalent of saying, ‘don’t waste your life’, so instead of watching TV or reading all of the time, go out and do something fun and exciting. If you knew you only had one day left to live, would you waste that day with the same day – to – day routine? Probably not, but unluckily for us, we don’t’ know when we’ll die so we must take precautions and live every day like it could be our last. If we don’t we’ll feel unaccomplished, bored, and have some, if not many, regrets.
By living our life to the fullest, we not only feel accomplished, but that small tinge of excitement you never would have gained if you had wasted your day. If you want to spend your life always absorbed by boredom, continue always watching TV. Yet, if you wish to do something with your life and feel the joy of having new experiences that TV can only show you through pictures, then go outside and do something to push yourself beyond your limitations. If you don’t do this then it will seem that you would’ve been better off having never been born. Remember though, you are the only person to blame because you have bestowed this feeling upon yourself. Boredom can be easily lifted; you just have to go do something.
Now, imagine for a moment that you’re watching TV. Not that hard to do, right? But instead of waiting for something ‘awesome’ to happen, that you couldn’t possibly predict, you watch with boredom as the show hits its climax. You’ve already seen this episode. To be truthful, you’ve seen it quite a lot of times. Well, now imagine that you go outside to check your mail only to find a creamy white envelope with your name stamped onto it in large, jet black letters. There is no evidence of who’s mailed this to you but that doesn’t bother you at the moment. Instead of pondering on who gave it to you, you rip it open and quickly look over the letter. Pretty soon you find yourself reading it over again… And then again. The message that it holds takes awhile to sink in, but to sum it up in a short sentence the letter said that you’ll be gone tomorrow. Yeah, that’s right. Gone. Dead. It sends you into a panic. No, you’re not scared of dying, you’re worried because you’ve wasted your life with TV and now you have only one day left to feel ‘accomplished’ with something if not anything. And guess what? This all could have been avoided by living your each day of your life to the fullest.
Regret. Not exactly that great of a word, for it often brings the strong feeling of misery, laced in a strong package that’s almost impossible to open. Think about the last thing you remember regretting: Not studying for that big math test? Not buying something? Well, these are only small things. Lets say you got a big, paid vacation to the mountains for a nice skiing trip. You even get a cabin up there to use for when you’re not doing anything outside, too. Now lets say that two of your best friends got the same trip. They wanted you to come, but you decide that you have some things at home that must be taken care of. So you spend the week doing various tasks that don’t take too long to complete. When your friends get back they tell you about everything you missed, and what a good time they had. They met a few new people and had a great time skiing. Also, they managed to throw in something about how you just should have been there. After hearing all of this, you begin to regret not going. This feeling could be with someone else right now, instead of you, if you had just chosen to jump on every chance to do something cool that you get.
Regret, unacomplishment, and boredom are all miserable feelings to have. Make sure to live each day like it’s your last or you’ll hate living. One reason why people commit suicide is because they have one or all of these feelings. If you don’t want to end up joining their ranks, you better go do something with your life before it’s too late.

15

2005-04-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

Past

Would you change the past? I would. I would go back to the past because there have been so many bad things that have happened that I wish I could just change. I’d even go back in time just to change the little things I did, because those things could make me feel a whole lot better.
One important thing that I would change is the bike. I would go back and bring with me a bike with disc brakes and all the other things that come on a standard bike. I would have the people that worked on bikes back then work on that bike. Then in the future there would be a bike that was even better and safer for people these days.
Another thing I would go back and change would be the medicine they had back then. I would give people medicine from our time so that they could live longer without dieing in their twenty’s. Like say I gave medicine to somebody that had done great things in their life but died at an early age. If I gave them the medicine that they needed at that time then they could live longer and do greater things.
The last thing I would go back and change would be the disasters that the world has had. I would go back and tell people where the 911 attacks would happen. I would also tell people when and where the tsunami would be.
So all the little things in life and the big things in life that were bad I would change. I would change those things just to make the world a better place. I just think the world would be better if we started out wit peace, health, and technology. So the next time someone asks you if you would change the past…think about it.

goatieface

2005-04-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

bad things can change our future

What can you do to save earths future from certain bad causes? Good things aren’t the only things that have changed our future, showing this in these ideas, global warming, September 11, and pollution has changed our future just as much as the discovery of electricity and the discovery of fire.
September 11 changed the future because now we are ready for terrorists that want to crash into anything else. The crash was both good and bad, it showed the U.S. how vulnerable we really are because we let some guy on a plane with a weapon and before we knew it, it was too late, but now we’re ready for the next time they want to crash into one of our important buildings. The crash was bad because terrorists crashed into the twin towers and made the stock market crash.
Global warming has and still is changing our future by making the world hotter, this would mean that that we would have more droughts and less snow, and the polar ice caps ate getting smaller and smaller. Since the ice caps are melting it’s making more water, so the worlds oceans are getting higher and higher and eventually will go over every continent and flood the world. Global warming happens because of the pollution in the air.
Pollution has really changed the future because when we release the chemicals in products it slowly eats away at the ozone layer. So as time progresses the ozone layer gets thinner and thinner. If we keep polluting our air and water, life on earth would slowly drift away, like the tide on a sunny morning, and earth would be inhabitable. Pollution happens because careless people that think that throwing trash on the ground won’t do anything but if this action progresses then there will be no life on earth.
So now you see bad things like September 11, global warming, and pollution can change our future. As time progresses and we get more knowledge we don’t use earth as a resource we use it as a tool. So before you leave think about this, how can you save earths future?

lipglossgirl

2005-04-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

Equal Rights

How would it feel to be treated unfairly? Being treated unfairly can hurt many people physically and mentally. You can fell guilt of hurt from being treated badly. Bring treated cruelly is bad from every point of view. If I could go back in the past and change anything I would change civil rights, woman’s rights, and children’s rights because, being sold for money is unfair, working for little pay is mean, and kids don’t get to be kids.

“Hi master an mam.” How come some people have to act like others are better than them and call them by their titles? Working out in the fields from sun up to sundown is an awful barefoot kind of life. On my trip to the past I would abolish slavery because it would help whites learn about the African American culture. The white masters would also find out interesting parts to what African Americans are like. Slavery had to go because it was a selfish way to live on the whites part.

Hot and congested where you only get two 30-minute breaks all day. Getting paid miniscule amounts for intensive labor, hardly seems fair, well this is what poor unmarried women had to do. They worked just as hard as men and did not get a dime of respect. Women didn’t have the pleasure of voting or voicing their opinion. This way of life just wasn’t working. I would change this because we should always have gender equality would let women vote, carry out any job they please, and make as much money as a man.

Most kids go to school then play the rest of the day. Imagine going to school then getting ready for work. This was a way of life for many unfortunate children. When I go back in time this will be one thing that I stop. Kids should be kids and not do jobs made for adults. If kids act like kids they will grow into better adults fit to do the jobs they are forced to do now. This new generation will be more responsible because they learned those traits as kids not as adults.

If we change these things earlier kids wouldn’t have any problems with being prejudice now. When I go back in time I would change Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, and Children’s rights because you can’t put a price tag on people, working all day is hard, and if you don’t have a childhood then you won’t be the best adult you can be. Our constitution says every man is created equal it doesn’t say all men are created equal except women, children, and African Americans.

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