Our world is huge. We don't know how far our universe stretches out. It could be infinite, no end- or in this seemingly endless cosmic world, it could stop somewhere among the ravishing galaxy. It is hard to imagine that this universe could stop somewhere. What is in that space? It's hard to imagine nothingness. In my mind, if somewhere in the universe contains nothing, I imagine a plain white screen in every corner of where you glance. However, white is shade. It is not nothing. It also seems more like an empty room, but it is supposed to be nothing. Hard to imagine, right? But none of that matters in our world. We are a minuscule fraction of the universe ahead of us. How large the world is doesn't seem to matter to any of us, because, we are not here to live forever. In our existence, we want to prosper for as long as we live. Even thought we are just a Pale Blue Dot, we make can make our own lives significant. But it is your job to do so. In this obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. Planet earth is slowly tarnishing physically and figuratively. Earth will not be here forever. In our existence here, Earth is loved very dearly, but slowly, by every breath we breathe, our earth is traveling further towards it's end. In all the vastness of this world, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. To me, this means that nobody else in this vast, tremendous universe will come to save us from our selfishness, ignorance, and carelessness towards every living being and the Earth. If we are constantly criticizing people and being unkind to one another, nobody is here to help you, but yourself. If we keep polluting the Earth, cutting down trees, killing animals and committing many other faulty things, it is bringing us a step faster to the end. Nobody is here to help you become a better person except yourself. We can make this world more pleasant starting with our own actions. Save yourself my fellow friends ^.^ -What's taken for granted will eventually be taken away.-
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Hello, my name is Amelia, and I belong to Emily. She is my beloved owner. I kinda hate the idea of changing owners every year. Sometimes its a good thing, but this year I have made a real bond with my owner. She takes care of me, as in cleaning me every day. After school when Emily and the teacher leaves, the janitor comes to give me a groom. She wipes the top of my head, and MAN DOES THAT FEEL GOOD.
When the janitor leaves, its time to party. I am never really a fan of these "parties". I really don't understand how music plays, but it does. As gibberish and musical notes clutter my head, or rather the inside of my desk, I go crazy. I LITERALLY CANNOT STAND IT. The ones always playing music is Jayson and Toms desks. I'm pretty sure they either have a radio built in, or keep a phone in their desk. I'm lucky I'm not Seffi's desk, because she sits right in the middle of them. The thing that I do to tune out the noise is read Emily's Diary. She leaves it in my main compartment every day. I find it quite interesting to see what has been on her mind lately, however it is kind of hard to understand what she is talking about. I am not able to read... I just look at the pictures. :) Now getting back to things about me. I got my name, Amelia, from Emily. I absolutely despise this name. It doesn't have a nice ring to it. I would say that I am definitely less social then all the other desks. I don't enjoy talking to other desks because the conversations get really awkward. I am never up to date with the latest gossip, and I don't know English very well. My dream is to obtain a mirror, because I have NO CLUE what I look like. But, then again I can't move. Thank you for taking the time to learn about me, sincerely, Amelia. Is Cole going to be able to change once back in Minneapolis?
Personnaly, I think it depends on his situation when he gets back to Minneapolis. Edwin went to visit Cole in the island. While there, Edwin told Cole that Peter, the boy Cole beat up, had attemted suicide. After that, Cole had trouble with containing his anger and loneliness. He stopped going to the cold lake to soak and stopped carrying the ancester rock. Edwin came back the next day to tell Cole that Peter had attempted suicide for a second time. Cole shared his views of how he thinks he can help Peter. Cole stated that Peter should come on the island with him. About 3 days later Edwin and Garvey arrived with Peter and his parents on the island. I believe that if Coles method of helping Peter works, Cole will have no trouble being normal when he gets back home. I think that Cole feels extremly horrible for ruining Peter's normal life. In my veiw, if Peter gets better, without having anymore thoughts of suicide, Cole's lingering grudge of guilt will be gone and he will be able to change when he gets back home. Emily Yen I felt absolutely crushed about everything that happened in the movie because Taylor was just an innocent teenager, however she was chosen to be bullied. It was so frustrating listening to how people couldn't help because it was all online. There was no escape or proof. Her best friend had been hiding behind a fake account just because she was jealous and wanted to protect her from a boy named Scott. I truly felt the sadness in Taylor, however if she had ignored what people said about her, she wouldn't have gotten so depressed. Towards the end, all of the by standers decided to help Taylor and her friend.
Why is it significant that Cole gives a threatening look to Peter at the beginning of the circle?
It was definitely significant for Cole to give a threatening look to Peter for his own sake. Cole had gone to the hearing circle to earn his healing and justice. I think that Cole was warning Peter Driscal to not blow his last chance out the window, because, Peter was the student that Cole beat up. Cole had beaten him up because Cole had broken into a store and bragged about it to Peter. Peter turned Cole in. In revenge Cole beat him up very badly. If Peter said anything that made Cole look guilty to the whole crowd of other people, Coles chance of escaping punishment would not be as high. Giving a threatening look to Peter made it show something like "If you mess this up i'll beat you up again". Another reason is because Cole hated Peter in general. Cole said in his mind "if Peter had kept his mouth shut none of this would have occurred and I wouldn't have to go to this dumb circle". Emily Yen Why I think Greg Mortenson is a Hero...
In my perspective I definitely think of Greg as a hero. Towards the middle of the book, other Americans started sending him hate mail about how they think he is a traitor. They thought this because the Americans thought of the people Greg was helping as terrorists, however they really weren't. Even thought he got these letters he continued helping making schools. The reason why I definitely think Greg is a hero is because in the beginning he was climbing K2, the second tallest mountain in the world. He was doing this to commemorate his sister that passed away, but instead he decided to commemorate her passing differently, by building schools in Pakistan for children. For girls in particular. He worked hard to achieve this. He sold his own car for money to build the schools and broke up with his girlfriend because he was in Pakistan to often. Even though he did get married with another woman named Tara Bishop and had a child, he was still in Pakistan very often. He was at least gone from home more than three months every year. In Pakistan war broke out, however Greg didn't stop going to Pakistan, he knew it was dangerous but risked his life anyway. He bought new school supplies for the girls that weren't allowed to be taught inside schools, because of the Taliban. He ended up building on total 131 schools in Pakistan, and Afghanistan. That is why I Believe Greg Mortenson is a hero, and I hope everyone else believes this as well. Emily Yen |
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