Too Much Work..

Reflecting on the words of Dorothy Day the great is a bit hard to follow. “No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do.” Many have different views as to what that “work” should be but in my view for my generation I think it focuses on education and responsibility. If you can sit around and mope about how bad your life sucks then go out and make something of it. People now have the habit of complaining about every job they have but they have no right for they have the opportunity to change things. They can maybe continue their education to start a career versus dropping out and maintaining a small part-time job to raise a family. Instead of lying around or partying and being severely dependent, this generation now needs to become independent. This generation needs to take advantage of what they have when the opportunity strikes them first. Instead of “taking a break” between high school and college students just need to start back up after that summer so they will continue their studies and will have a better chance of not being behind and graduating. Now a days people think that they want to take the easy way out. Some things that are happening more and more are kids dropping out of school thinking that they are too good to get an education, which they will never need anything they sit in class listening to in the future. When their parents stop paying for them they need money so they settle with a part time job. Job after job and with little to no opportunity a baby comes along and makes things three times worse. So now there is a child who has two young uneducated parents who can barely make it by who now for the rest of their lives will be balancing between poor jobs just to keep up with the bills. What this generation needs to realize is that the “easy way” may be easy in the beginning but it becomes harder in the long run. This something that I believe should only take common sense to realize but that was only because I was raised to think so. I think that what happens with this generation is really effected by how they are raised by the generation beforehand. Learning this lesson really affects my future as a leader. Knowing this had brought me to want to help those who don’t understand what they are messing up on. I had a friend who had dropped out of school and asked me to go with them to their GED classes. I was sitting there in a small room with a mix between people who were younger and older than I. Some were old enough to be my grandparents. I was sitting there during the whole presentation thinking to myself, “This is so easy.. it’s almost insulting.” Everything that they were going over was things that I remember learning in fourth grade, I felt so bad. How could these people like what they are doing? I was the only person in the entire room other than the instructor who is still in school. Everyone was asking me for help and had questions that were so obvious that I just couldn’t believe where their education has gone. I want to help those who don’t want to continue their education realize that that is what society is all about today, education. Seeing all these examples has really helped me want to continue my school and has given me the confidence to know that I will overcome my goals and I will have a great future.

In The Next 10 Years..

Where will I see myself in ten years? Ha, well, I don’t even know where I’m going to see myself this weekend. I don’t really know what life is set out for me but I have a pretty good idea of what I want to happen. In the next ten years I would want my college to be finished. I will be a graduate of MSSU with my LpN for nursing and already have my career set up and in line. I want my LpN because it’s more hands-on and I really don’t think I will want to be a paper pusher all my career. Who knows? Maybe I will even still be in college furthering my education to find a better career of a prenatal nurse or maybe even an Obstetrician. Hopefully I will be married with a family. Ever since I was little I knew that I want to get a family going as soon as possible. I absolutely love kids and I couldn’t wait to become an independent woman with all the responsibilities as a mother. I will be living in a two story house in the country with lots of land but close enough neighbors for the kids to be able to interact with a community. I don’t want any small dogs, no way. I want a St. Bernard or Great Dane. Haven’t made up my mind but they will be outside dogs. And maybe one cat. We will have horses and tractors and cows, you know the works. I want to live near the water, a lake somewhere or creek so my kids can enjoy all of the outdoor adventures I loved when I was younger. I won’t be a strict parent but I won’t be a push over either. There will be rules and they will be enforced. I am more towards the old fashioned way of doing things with raising kids. Not the whole kneeling on grits or spanking sort of thing, but more of responsibilities. I can’t guarantee that this will be the exact way things will go because I am sure I will change my mind a million times down the road but this is just an idea of what I would like things to be like in the next 10 years.

In Time Of A Crisis

I’ve learned the hard way who Not to call during a crisis and that would probably be my mom. I was on my way to school and had just picked up my friend. I was sixteen still driving my first car, my ’91 Honda Accord, and I had no idea what was about to come. I came up on the busiest intersection and it was hard to see for the sun was in my eyes and there were other cars making illegal turning lanes. I asked my friend to tell me if I was clear on the other side as I looked towards the left and she said yes so I began to drive. All of a sudden a huge green van came hurdling down the road swerving into my lane and hit my front end spinning the car completely around. Evidently this person though it was a tank because they just kept of driving dragging my car down the road. The first thing I did was call 911. They then tried to contact my mom who they couldn’t get ahold of, so they tried her cell. Still no answer. I hit panic mode. I then called my brother C.J. who was on his way back to Arkansas. Out of the entire crisis my brother made it there before my mom who only lived a few blocks away. To be honest, I was more glad to see my brother for he showed more panic and emotion then my mom did. When I finally got ahold of her to show up she asked me what I kept calling for because she was on the phone with my Aunt Sandy. Really? Man, I was upset. So during a crisis I always call my brother first because he will be the one there to help me no matter what.  

Are We Alone? I Think Not..

It is going to be a little bit hard to be able to answer this question for it isn’t one of the specifics. Are we alone? Hmm.. I don’t believe we are. We are never alone. There is always going to be someone or something out there for us to discover or even of which we already know. If this question is leading more towards the input of alien life, well then in a way I do believe it. We are just one planet out of many and we don’t know what there is further out in space. If Earth can have all the necessities of life, how do we know that there isn’t another planet that does so as well. Now answering this question in more of a modern down to earth answer of whether we’re alone, my answer is once again, no. If there ever comes a time where you may feel that there is no one out there for you and you’re alone always remember that there is always someone who loves you and who would do anything for you and that would be God. All you have to do is keep faith and never give up and God will lead you into the direction to where you’ll never be alone.

Fantasy Summer

If finances and family considerations were not an issue I would spend my entire summer different from what I do now. Ever since I turned sixteen and was able to have a job, I've always worked my summer away. It would only be a miracle that I would get my summer off to where I can really enjoy myself. The first thing I would do is take a huge road trip with some friends. I don't really care where we go or end up it will just be the experience that counts. We will look up some of the most random, hardly known, monuments. Then I would go on a weeklong camping trip. I love being outside and being at the lake. I would go with either friends or family; it does not really matter much to me just as long as we can have fun. I'd go swimming every day in creeks, lakes, maybe even a pool here or there. Though many people would talk of going to the ocean or the beach but I am not much into that sort of thing. I have a bit of a fear of sharks, and jelly-fish, and stingrays...even whales, but that's okay, because this girl will not go anywhere where she will be in the air or in the middle of the ocean. No. Thank. You. Although there is one place I have always wanted to go and I would possibly consider going there on this fantasy summer. New Orleans, Louisiana. I have always wanted to go there for three reasons. First reason being, I've always wanted to experience Marti Gras first hand with all the floats and parades and wonderfulness. Second reason would be because I really want to see an alligator. I think it would be awesome to be driving around and be able to say, "Hey look, an alligator." all nonchalant like. And my final reason would be because I love how the people talk. It really fascinates me. For some people they like those British accents but not me, a like the southern accents. Every day of my summer I’ll be outside, being free, and enjoying life.

Edumacation

To be educated means to have a better understanding of the environment around you. Being educated helps you have a better future in making money as well as give you the better opportunity in being successful and even having a chance to better your surroundings. Education does not mean that you are better than a person without unless that person makes it apparent that they have no desire to show edification. Education does not always make you live more responsibly, it really just depends on what and how you were educated. If you were educated in a very strict obedient manor than that later on can turn into being a kind of person who once they get that little breath of freedom they’d rather hyperventilate and go crazy, than maintain a steady breath of what they grew to know. Like said before the responsibilities of an educated person vary on how they were educated and how much they wanted to further their education. A person who was had been raised in a small town school where they got along with everyone they grew up with then they would probably have that inspiration from their families and friends to want to continue their education and make themselves have a great future and support a family. There are also those who were raised to not want to continue their education so they have no responsibilities whatsoever and just live as they please and do what they want, thinking that nothing can catch them. Education is actually based on how one was raised. For example: all my life both sides of my family have always expected me to be the better kid out of all my siblings and cousins, but now that I am older and have the ability to think on my own I’m not so sure that I want to jump into college so quickly because now I have the better understanding of the responsibilities that come with it. I am going to college, there is no doubt about that but I think I’m going to go for what I want to do and expect of me, not what my parents do.

What Could We Live Without?

Out of all the crazy and exotic things that have been brought into this world, there is one thing that we would be better off with in this world. That one thing would have to be all the growing hormones created to enhance the growth of animals used in the production of food. Now day’s society is fighting obesity and they incredible growth of people and their children. All these hormones put into this food that we consume today, mostly fast food, causes us to intake all those growth hormones used in the animals into our bodies and can cause problems for our future children as well as them themselves. These hormones usually will affect the children because they’re still in that growing state and those hormones will increase their growth patterns and can cause them to gain a tremendous amount of weight and cause them health risks in the near future. The issue was that there were too much people and not enough production of animals ready to be eaten so they came up with this solution but now there are more health problems caused by this said, “Solution.” These growth hormones can cause some cancers, increase in women development, early puberty, obesity, etc. The FDA does not find anything wrong with this increase of production but what they don’t see is what it is doing to the people that are eating the food. If there weren’t any growth hormones injected in food today; we would be without a lot of issues that we face today.

The Meaning of Courage

Courage is described as “grace under pressure” but it can be written out into different understandings and meanings. To me courage is better described as more than just being about grace or pressure, I think it can be shown in various different ways and in many different situations. Having courage is having the nerve or sudden confidence to overcome something that has overpowered you once before. Someone can be seen as having courage all the time because they show over confidence but then another person can be seen as having courage by also just having a sudden moment of courage. That sudden moment when your heart and body are racing full of adrenaline and it feels that your mind has left your body. Courage can change a person for the better or the worst. One with too much courage can let their ego overcome them and lose who they are. There are also the situations where someone can have a lack of confidence in their self and that little boost of courage that shone through them in that heroic moment can change who they are as a person, get them involved, and bring them towards the better. Courage is not something you do or do not have. Everyone has courage; it just shines through in different ways. Courage is the ability to face your fears, uncertainty, or pain. You can be courageous by just holding your ground and not letting things get to you such as if someone were to be trying to cause your problems; keeping from grieving when you lose a loved one; or even not shedding a tear when you’ve broken a bone. Courage can be shown in not just big situations but even small ones as well.  

Writing For Your Future Pg.217

Pg. 217

There had always been a struggle between my life. My mom always wanted me to live with her and I couldn’t think to leave my dad but I knew that for my safety my best bet would be to move in with my mom. My dad and step mom did not give me that option because my step mom especially like to dangle my brother and I in front of my mom like a sick little game. The D.F.S has been called numerous times on my step mom on how she treated us kids and how she abused us but somehow she seemed to manipulate her way out of it every time. I was about to turn thirteen and I couldn’t take living this way any longer. I had asked my mom while on a three-way call with the lawyer and they said the only way I could grab the D.F.S’ attention was if I were to run away. I had been playing with the idea for the longest time and the more I thought about it the more nervous I became. The day I made the final decision was probably not the best of days to do this. I was just about to climb on the bus to take the, what seemed like hour, long bus ride home, when I decided I would just get on a separate bus and see where it takes me. It just so happened that the bus I had climbed on was my best friend Trystann’s bus and I explained to her the whole plan. I was so nervous the whole time. When I got to her house I used her mom’s phone to call my mom and my mom just told me that she couldn’t come get me. It was like I did it for nothing and now I was really scared because I knew that when I was to go home I was going to get the whoopin’ of my life. My step mom called the cops on me and they found where I was and took me to my dad in the parking lot of PCMS. I was shaking and crying. My step mom made this scene like she was really concerned but as soon as we got into the car she glared at me and said she couldn’t wait until we got home. When we got home I got what I knew was coming. But to my surprise the next day D.F.S showed up to our house and actually talked to me for once and for the first time, I told them everything, I didn’t lie to them anymore I let it all out. Before they left they spoke to my dad and step mom and they were furious. But that was the year when I moved in with my mom to Carthage and that is when my life really started to change. I wasn’t living in the shadows anymore and I wasn’t the center of suffering. I was a completely knew person and I was happy.

In One Word...

Assiduous

One word that would describe me as an individual would have to be “assiduous.” I am the type of person who can’t stand not having a job. It’s not about the money; it’s more about creating character and responsibility. When I work I show persistent and hard-working effort. When I am interviewed for a job I always say that my personal motto for work is, “work first and play last,” and that seems to bring a smile to the interviewer for that is the kind of commitment and seriousness they like to hear. I hold to my word and make sure my job is don’t before I even consider “having fun.” I have had the past of quitting a summer sport to pick up more hours at my job. I have never been fired but I quit because I cannot stand when other employees are butt kissers, liars, thieves, or when they act like children and spread rumors throughout the work place as well as to the customers. When I address the boss about what is occurring and they take no action but instead add to the “fun” then I quit because in don’t want to go to work every day and dread what there is to come.