Breaking The Law

Breaking the law usually isn't something that I'm involved with. As for the American Revolution, thats a different story. In that time period it may have been more of a common thing. I think that some people break the law for doing that they thing is morally right or equal. During the civil rights movement I remember people doing "sit-ins", which at that time was illegal. African American people felt that it was their right to be able to sit places they werent supposed to, and they were right. That was a tough thing to pull through but they did it partly by breaking the law.

Change

I think a lot of people change after something tragic happens. Its kind of a given that if you want to prevent it from happening a second time you change or do something differently. I know a woman that was in a car accident, she survived because she had her seat belt buckled but her 12 year old son failed to buckle up and it cost him his life. I couldn't have imagined what was going through her head afterwards. I haven't seen her since they day she showed up in my moms doctors office, but I can tell you that if she was smart then she would never forget to put on a seat belt remembering that painstaking day. My point is, well if something bad happens people are most likely change from it or because of it.

Business

I try not to get in other peoples business when it can be avoided. I don't feel that i have any say in what other people choose to do or choose not to do, i simply can voice my opinion and that's it. I don't think its necessary for anyone to step in to anything if it doesn't apply to them. The only situation i can think of that that would apply to would be if was a life threatening circumstance. People should mind their own business whenever the situation at hand doesn't pertain to them. There shouldn't be any other reason for them to be in any ones business that isn't theirs.

Money Money Money Mon-ay *Mooooonay*

I do believe that some people's actions are driven soley on the idea of money. However, I do know people who would instead like to obtain the sheer enjoyment out of things rather than the thought of money. I also believe that money does lead to temporary happiness, maybe the sense of security it may provide you with, the idea that you can buy anything you want. People don't stop to think that once they have everything they want if they are going to be happy or not. Just because some people are wealthier than others doesn't give them anymore reason to be treated more humanely. For some types of people money runs in the family and they don't have to worry about financial status. Others are born into a poor family and usually stay poor. that certainly doesn't make the person with more money any better. Lastly I do not believe that the wealthy should be required to share their money with anyone they don't want to. I know poor people need it but I believe that is really up to the person with the money.

A real skater fight

Once upon a time in Woodhaven, MI (where i used to live) me and a couple of my friends went to a smaller scale skate park that was labeled SKATE AT YOUR OWN RISK. If i had known what was going to end up happening then we probably wouldn't have ventured to the skate park that day. Anyways me and a couple friends departed on a Saturday morning at about ten. Once we got there we played a quick game of SKATE (a skate version of HORSE in basketball). That went well, I don't remember who had won, but then we see a bunch of people walking up to the park. At the time we didn't think much of it and just kept skating and screwing around. Eventually the three guys get to the park and start pushing around. I get thirsty and I call to my friend Vincent, or "Vince" as we called him, and asked him if he wanted to get a drink at the machine that was situated next to the staff building by the pier. One of the other guys looked up from the top of the pipe(quarter pipe) and said "hey, nice shoes (name that's derogatory for a homosexual and starts with an F)." Let me tell you right now I never got that drink haha. I ran after Vince because he bolted in that guy's direction. He made his way to the top of the pipe and told the kid to repeat what he had said. Apparently the kid thought he was all tough as he stepped closer and repeated it. I'm standing there thinking that if he knew Vince he would shut up and walk away. Before the kid could get to the last word to finish the sentence, Vince cocks back and blasts the kid in the side of the head with a concrete punch and he falls backwards hitting his head on the coping of the quarter pipe(metal tube used for stalls and lip slides, google it if you want to see what I'm talking about) and then slides the rest of the way down the ramp. He realized what had happened and he looked at me. I was looking at the two other guys who kept their distance. They ran over to him and tried to move him out of the way; Vince looked at me and said that we should probably go to the Southgate skate park which wasn't very far from that one. So we left without saying goodbye to the other two guys who were frantically threatening us. We had a good time that day and I honestly to this day dont know if that kid had been hospitalized or just got back up and shook it off like most skaters do. Either way we had a good day. I'm not sure if that was the most productive way to handle the situation but I doubt that Ill forget what happened that day anytime soon.

Battle O' Trenton

I learned that the revoluntionary war was very intense. George Washington and his troops got lucky when they ambushed the hessians and made all 886 privates surrender their weapons. He did it without firing a single shot. Life during the war must have been difficult for a general with a rag tag group of troops. the part that stuck out to me the most was the ice from that day prevented them from making the whole lot of them prisioners. Ice sucks. I dont think i could have made it through the war like that. I need to eat.

Growing Up

People can grow up too fast or as slow as they want. Either way i believe that it can be both a good and bad thing. Growing up means that you have to become more mature about most situations. While i choose to remain with the maturity level of a 12 year old i can be either childish or serious in given situations. Sometimes growing up can be a painful thing, as you see your childhood friends and acquaintances getting into things that will do them harm in the future. It can be painful as you drift apart from your older friends into your own life of challenges and triumphs. Growing up i believe has good qualities also. Older people may respect you more when acting civilized in certain places. You begin to make new friends as you grow older, depending on your life choices that can be a good or bad thing. I like to look at new friends as a good thing; ready to experience new relationships with new people.