JOURNAL: October 25

I believe that the people in this world should be lucky with what they've got and should not always want more that is the significance in life. There are people in this world that always want more and more and they are never happy with what they have and they want more to make themselves happier. There are other people in this world that are perfectly happy with everything they have and they don't always want more to make themselves feel good about them self and they don't always want more stuff because they have their family with them to make them feel good about them self. There are others in this world that are right in the middle of both of those groups. Those kind of people like having more stuff but then when they get to much for them self, then they don't want anymore things, just because they don't feel right about getting more things. Most normal people, not the wealthy, but most of the other people in the world are happy enough with what they've got and not always wanting more to make them self feel well. The other people like having more but that isn't the point, when you are getting something, get something as a treat for doing something good or better than you use to do it. Just when you are wanting more things, just think do you want more or do you just want to make your self happy because it is something you really want. Just think to yourself that when you are getting something new, there ARE people in this world that are can't get anything new because they can't. So next time, make sure that when you have a chance to help someone help them, when there is something in need of something, help them, when there are people that need something to make their health better, help!

Does Patriotism Matter?

Nowadays, does our country still have patriotism? Or . . . do we not care about what we do and boss others around, that are innocent and did nothing do hurt us? There are people in this world that aren’t getting treated as fairly as people in the United States. Also there are people in the United States that aren’t getting treated as fairly as other countries in this world. In this time, this second, this world, there are people that are getting made fun of because of their skin color, and their personality. Think of it this way: when you are a different size than everyone else you know and don’t have the same looks as others, you get made fun of it that way. That is going on in these teenage years but in the real world there is a lot of different bullying going on and it does matter. It matters because there are people that have a different skin color as others and then people don’t want to treat them the same as they would treat their closest friends There are people in this country that are very loyal to this country and that respect their ruler. However, there are people in the United States of America that aren’t respectful to our president, because he is an African American and has darker skin, in other words there are people that don’t want to treat him the same way those people want to be treated. Also there are people that are treated differently because of their religion. It doesn’t matter what their religion is, we need to be respectful for different thoughts of what they want to believe and what they don’t want to believe. Do I think patriotism matters? Yes, I do, because if we are true patriots of this country then we need to respect each other race, religion and other individual’s differences. Being a good citizen of this country means to respect our leader, and work together for the changes we want. So next time you see a friend, or someone take a spot and help. This is what patriotism means to me.

"The Lie"

The lie is getting bigger as it they get closer and closer to the school. All Eli wants to do is slouch in his seat. The scene doesn’t look to pretty when his mother is questioning him about if he thinks he’s going to have fun at this school and saying that he is going to be the 31st guy in his family to go to this high school. The lie doesn’t want to be told to his parents, because all he can think about is how they are going to react when they realize he didn’t get accepted into the school. Lying isn’t the smartest thing to do in your life; it is better to tell the truth, so tell the truth. When Eli, the main character, first got his letter from Whitehill School, he saw that he didn’t get into the school. So he tore the letter up and threw it away, and never let his parents know that he didn’t get into the school. When they were on their way to the school, his mom and dad where wanting to see if he was going to have fun at the school and that he would be away from his parents for awhile and being back only on breaks to visit. The whole time, he was feeling guilty that he was keeping it a secret that he never even got in because he never passed the test he had to take at the beginning of the year. When his mom wanted to figure out how many Remenzels went to Whitehill High School, his dad was saying that he could be the 31st Remenzel to go to this school.
When they first arrived at the school, they asked to check in and they said that Eli never made it into Whitehill High School. After that, Mr. and Mrs. Remenzels reactions both changed and got very fierce. When they went to check Eli in, Eli stayed in the car just so that he didn’t have to see their reactions when they found out that he never made it into the high school. So when everything got explained to his parents, they did find out that he got the letter and tore it up so that his parents didn’t have to see his grade and that he never made it in, so Eli kept it a secret. Even though Eli didn’t want to tell his parents that he never made it into the high school he should have just let the packet be so that he didn’t have to keep the lie from them and he wouldn’t feel as guilty as he did on the whole way to the school.
The author had this story this way, because when early teens like us, for example, read this, they will learn that it is not a good thing to lie to their parents. When it comes to schooling and education like this, lying isn’t the smartest and greatest thing to do, because that means that his parents have to find him a different school to go to and Eli ruined the pattern of his family going to this school. Another reason that this author put it this way is that it could have happened to him and he wanted other people to know what could happen or that worse could always occur to them. Keeping a big lie like that isn’t a good thing to do, especially in this case, because Eli’s family and himself had to take their time and drive him to the school. So when his parents found out that he didn’t get into the school, their reactions could have been much worse. We are lucky that we weren’t in that case, because not knowing what our parents would do, that wouldn’t a smart move. When the lie is getting bigger and bigger, the secret has turned into a lie, you don’t want your parents to find out that you didn’t get into a really good school. So the lie is getting bigger and bigger as the ride to the school gets longer and longer by keeping the lie and not telling your parents that you never passed the test. The lie gets broken when the school has to tell Eli’s parents that he never got into the school. The reactions he saw were a good punishment because never told the truth.

The lie

     The lie is getting bigger as they get closer and closer to the school.