Rights To All

I believe that I would rule in Anna's favor. That she should have the rights to her own body. Everyone deserves the right to their own destiny and their own chance for a life. In this case Anna is the victim, she has the lost the right to a childhood, and a her own body. In this case I believe that even though I rule for in Anna's favor I have sympathy for her mom, Sara, who in all honesty is doing what any other parent would do....which is anything to save her child.

The Holocaust - An Ultimate Tragedy

The Holocaust... The Holocaust in my perspective was a national tragedy caused by the ignorance of an inferior, immature society. People no matter what religion, race, ethnicity, gender, or strength, should never be treated like those of like the Jewish during this time. The Jews were forced to abandon what they have worked their life for to be dehumanized by a unsympathetic, non realistic people. To me it reminds me of the American settlers killing, robbing, and stealing Indians and their land.

Something To Be Proud Of

In Chapter 10 the children were at their cousin's house and their cousin called their dad - Atticus, a nigger-lover. One time my dad had gotten his identity stolen and someone bought a new car under his name and my mom almost went crazy on him assuming that he went out and bought a new truck, now of course he didn't and the so they called the bank and they told them his identity has been stolen and there was nothing we could do. My mom was so scared that she went crazy. She would be on the phone for hours talking to the police and trying to find out who did this, but more importantly how to get our money. But even through all this stress, anger, emotions, my dad stayed calm. My dad was my mom's rock and he kept positive, saying "we can get through this" and "they'll catch 'em." Thankfully, they did catch the guy, and we did get our money back, but even more impressive my dad chose to not press charges saying that all he cared about was "getting his money back".

To Kill A Childhhod

I could transfer this story to my neighborhood because growing up there was always a group of 3 kids running around, getting into trouble, and going on adventures. The group consist of me and my two friends: Lucas and Tony. We always got into trouble whether it was staying out too late, or dirtying up ourselves, or accidently trespassing into people's yards and prohibited areas. What would change would be there would be no main antagonist - Boo Radley - and Scout would be a boy. I would probably be friends with Scout as a child because I was always the kid to go up and talk to you.

The Perfection of Simplicity

Simplicity - one word with one meaning. Simplicity I wish I could go back to the summer days of my childhood where simply one of my friends would visit me and it would be the coolest thing that he could do, or that having all my friends over would be my best memories. I loved all the years where right after school all my friends would come over and we would jump on my trampoline or play our silly card games or my game cube and it was just perfect... 4 friends sitting (or jumping) having so much fun.

Welcome to my Tribe...

Tribes? Well the tribes i see myself in are the Indie Rock Groupie tribe. The substance over style tribe. The English loving, Science hating tribe. I'm apart of the loving Italian and Mexican food tribe, I'm apart of the teenagers who just desperately want their license and a job. I'm apart of the I believe I should have been born in the 70's tribe. I'm apart of the Band Geek tribe. I'm apart of the tribe of teens who want a Mustang as their first car. I'm in the tribe that loves to fourwheel. I'm also in the tribe that believes eveyone is different for a reason. Lastly i'm in the tribe that loves weekends and that they should be used to the fullest extent.

ThisIBelieve Essay...Individualism

I believe in... Individualsm

I believe in the power of Individualism. I think that we were put on this world to do something. Whether it's something like share the Word of God, or play basketball, or play music, we were put on this world to share our talents. I think that even though we are different, we should be able to transcend social boundaries and unite as a community, a country, a world or, even more important, friends. I believe in the power of self-expression. I think that you show your style through the way you socialize, dress,  or the people you surround yourself.

I think that people shouldn’t make judgements before really getting to know someone. For example, when I was younger I was awkward. I never knew how to talk to people. It was especially bad when I was in middle school: I never had many friends and a lot of people thought I was annoying. People just made assumptions about me and never got to know me. I was always made fun of, primarily behind my back. Even my "friends" made fun of me. I was usually made fun of about my people skills. It was especially bad because I didn't have someone to really talk to about it, but thankfully my savior, was my best friend Ryan he helped me through and was always a positive influence.

I think that individualism is greatly shown in the world. A great example of this is jazz.  Jazz alone is the most self-expressive genre of music in the world. Jazz - pulls you in, tells a story - it proclaims love, hate, disparity, and happiness. Jazz comes from the heart, it's you either have it or you don't. It protrudes different forms: Cool, Hard, Blues, Funky, Ragtime, Swing, Dixieland, and they all transcend boundaries of Music in their own way. These forms also demonstrate how different and complex we really are. I think that the message of jazz is this: even though you hear a line like "Oh, my baby left me, and now I'm feeling the blues," every artist would sing it differently and put their individual ‘stamp’ on it. I think that even though people think the infamous Lady Gaga is crazy, I like her philosophy on individualism: you shouldn't listen to the ‘nay-sayers’. Just listen to your heart and your mind, do want you feel is right and what makes you feel good (well, besides murder or theft or just breaking the law in general). Be yourself - don't worry about what people think. We are all different for a reason, so do what you feel in your heart is right.

I believe in individualism. I think that people shouldn’t make judgements before really getting to know someone. I think that individualism is shown greatly throughout the world. I think that we were put on this world for a greater cause, and no matter what it is we should be proud of it.