The Perils of Indifference

The risk of no concern

The horrifically surprising ending in the story "the lottery" demonstrates how power in numbers can truly influence normal people’s way of thought. The dramatic conclusion of this story sheds light on how terrible crimes can be committed. In this situation people knew that someone would die. They were only concerned for there selves. They were focused on how they were not getting killed and not how terrible this event truly is. This situation relates to the holocaust. People during the age of this sickening time in our history knew what was happening to the Jews. Yet people did nothing. People may have thought that it’s not affecting me so I don’t need to do anything about it. The situation soon got carried away and Hitler needed to be stopped. Roughly ten million people were killed during this terrible event. People are scared to stand out. Normal people turn bad in situations like these. In Elie Wiesel's speech she spoke about how people tend to want to be indifferent, be the same as everyone in the group. They are followers not doing what there heart tells them, only what is expected. All of these works, people are not caring for others and being selfish, perhaps the day will come where our nabour is thought of first, before ourselves.



new 14. best thing in life

The best thing in life is boating in the summer with friends. When the water is like glass and the sun is bright, little to no clouds cover the sky. Wake surfing is what we do, Surfing the endless wave. The large crowds of people fill the boat weighing it down; resulting in what is an overpowering tsunami of fun. Talking with people on the boat makes boating great. The cameraman who snaps countless photos makes these memories last forever. It is like nothing else in the world. You can spend an eternity out there, on the lake, it’s relaxing, letting the wave push you along. Watching new surfers try this amazing event for the first time can be amusing. The Spectacular falls and bails fill the boat with laughter. Nobody cares for we all remember our first time walking on water and how difficult and hilarious it had been. The good memories of summer flow through the minds, remembering these good times. Being with friend, in glorious weather, in the most wonderful place on earth, is truly the best thing in life. 

walk a paragraph

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Whats that terrible noise? Oh its the alarm. I frantically leaped out of bed, and hop into the shower. I have been looking forward to today for a month. My son is visiting with his newly born baby boy, Norman. I then frantically dressed myself and tied my rugged old hiking shoes, hair still wet and glasses sprawled on my face. the shopping list clenched in my hand, I rushed to the rusted old Honda civic, I'm on a mission. Save on foods the store of wonders and mysterys. enough food to feed thousands. my wife is making a grand dinner and I must be back with the nessesary items within the hour. my wife is quite the lady, a perfectionist to be put mildly. hahahah. The list is full of crazy foods, papiya, lobster, beats, turnits, yams, and jello are just a mear fraction of what is nessesary for the meal my wife wants to create. Its snowing today making the raods dangerous. the blinding blizzard makes travle hazerdous. I have to be patient if I want to make it home safe.

school

There are many skills needed in life after the completion of school. An important skill to have is communication with other people. Understanding feelings and why they do things can be very important. Another skill is responsibility, to be giving a situation and to know what’s right from what wrong. Learning from your mistakes, and taking responsibility because you want to, not because you have to. Being self motivated, if you want to learn something rather then learning it because the school said you did.

Many of these skills I have learned from my parents. School has tests that force you to learn something. I only learn these things for that reason. I have forgotten much of what I have been taught in school, but I have remembered maybe things that interest me. School now is not about becoming a responsible adult; it is about cramming in as much information as possible, plus more.

Kids would start school at an older age. kids when there 6 and 7 years old, all they want to do is play and have fun, so they could go to "school" but not be taught reading, writing math and things until there older.  At the older age the basics of reading and writing math ect would be introduced. These skills would be taught not for the purpose of memorizing facts and equations but so the kids come home with something that can help them self’s in the real world. Kids would also specialize in different things like sciences and art depending on what there motivated in. all students would have to take PE to ensure a healthy fitness level. In this new system kids would find learning to be fun and motivating.

My plans for next year are to attend Okanagan College. I plan to take a geography course and some other general courses. I plan to have as much fun as possible and try new things. I am still unsure on what I am going to do for a carrier, but I will be sure to enjoy what ever I get into.

If I had any superpower

If I had any superpower I would have the power to go back in time. If you were having trouble in your life you could time travel to the time were the trouble started, and fix the problem. You would also have incredible knowledge of the history of the human race and even our planet I would go to important events in our history and prevent terrible things from happening. I would also travel to prehistoric ages and hunt dinosaurs. I would also make a stop during the time of the cave man. I would make fun of how stupid they are become there leader. The medieval ages would be extremely fun; I would make sure that I went down in history as an incredibly noble knight who was victorious in countless battles. I would also fix things in my past that I wish I could change. An example would be starting to play basketball at an earlier age. Today I would be a much better and more experienced player. I would also time travel back to summer and do that repeatedly so would always be in summer. This power is much superior to every other power because you have control over everything. With great power comes great responsibility.