Prompt # 16

    Back in the twentieth century, the average number of children born in a family was five or more. Yet, in the present there are about two children in every family. Many might say that two is an agreeable size for a family. Mostly, I would agree with that statement and I know you would ask the question why? Well the answer comes in a number of reasons.

      One reason why I say that two is a reasonable number is because of the economy that we are living in. Today having more than two children would be completely expensive. Imagine if you had more than two kids, was paid minimum wage salaries, and not only that, but lost your job, how would you be able to provide for your family? The answer is you wouldn’t; from buying clothes, groceries, items that the kids want, and then not to mention taxes, you would go completely bankrupt.  Also there are other reasons why.

       Another reason is because it’s easy to control the household when there are only one or two kids in the home. I say this because there is a better length of authority in the house than if a family had four or more. Instead of worrying about what every four or more kids are doing, a parent can be able to monitor the children easily. Not only that but it helps the child in the long run.

       Statistics have proven that there are a bigger percentage of children who come from a four person family to go to college and become successful in later life than a child that comes from a family of seven or more.  The reason for this is the fact that in a family of four, each child can get the same amount of attention as the other and interact with each other better. While children coming from a huge family sometimes will feel left out of the family due to the size of the family.  If it was smaller, there would be less signs of depression from loneliness and more signs of happiness.

      The last reason why is because it eliminates “the middle child syndrome”, that is most prevalent with most large families in the United States. “The middle child syndrome” is term to describe a child who is the third to be born in the large family, who tends to begin to show a behavior of depression, a feeling of not being wanted, and having poor attitudes towards their families and/or friends. With a family of four, both children would get the same amount of attention as the other.

      Now I’m not saying no one should try to have a big family as we did in the last century, but I caution the reader to think first about the choice before anything. Having a huge family requires a huge amount of responsibility and awareness to every child. It also requires of course the financial stability to handle the kids. I hope that once the reader reads this he or she will understand this.

Concrete & Significant Details

Whale - krill,water, large

Earth - people, water, love

Army - untiy, strong, team

Jazz - talent, dedication, soul

Drums - rhythm , beat, roots

Persuasive Essay

    In countries like Russia, Greece, and Germany, it is required for every citizen to serve a year in the military. So, people ask why is that the United States does not do the same as well? This question is easy for me to answer. It is because the army is something that a person must fully be ready to join, in both heart and mind. It should not be the government’s choice on who joins the military or not.

    The fact of me being in the armed forces myself, I know firsthand on how the military works and who is accepted into the army. Personally, I felt it was my obligation to serve my country and sacrifice my life, if necessary, to protect it. Yet, that was my decision to volunteer, not the government that I am protecting. If the U.S. was to start having conscription, which is when the government makes it law for citizens to join for a year or more in the armed forces, there would be a huge uprising and protest. An example of this is during the drafts of the Vietnam War. Almost every American during that time was in a fury to resist the draft.

    Now, imagine if every person within the legal drafting age was required to serve a year or more in the military? There would be so much upheaval and civil unrest in the American society, there might even be another civil war to hit America. Another reason for me choosing to not support conscription is the knowing that not everyone is built for the army. In the army, the NCO’s, non- commission officers; separate the strong from the weak. For me, I was strong mentally and physically enough to be accepted into the armed forces. Yet, if we had conscription those who were weak would be forced by law to become strong enough for it. Making most of the draftees have low self esteem and an even bigger dislike for the army.

   Also it brings less respect to the army from its citizens. The citizens of America have in many ways denied the authority of people with great power for many centuries. From the fight for independence from Britain, the Texas Revolution, to the Civil War. So it would then be no surprise if America started to resist the law of conscription. No citizen would support any war efforts or any veterans of wars because of conscription.

   The final reason why I would resist conscription is because it weakens the moral of the draftees. An example of this is when you talk to a person who is in the Israeli armed forces. Almost half of the members of the Israeli armed forces do not like the idea of them serving for something they do not want to die for. Now making the rising dislike for the army even bigger than before. So ask yourself, would you like the thought of joining something you don’t want to?

What I Think Was A Great Movie

  Rarely is there a film that comes along that challenges the human psyche. What is also rare is that most movies never talk to you about the difference between what is real and what is imagination. Christopher Nolan ask us this question with his 2010 released movie called, “Inception”. This movie will go down as one of the most mind blowing sci-fi mystery films in the twenty first century. So, I say you should watch this film too.

    The film is set during modern times on Earth. The protagonist of the film is Dominic Cobb, played by Leonardo Dicaprio, who goes into dreams to find out secrets about his victims and con them. He then gets an offer from a man named Saito to go into the mind of rival’sson. Yet, in order to do that he and his team must go through a state called inception. The risk is so high in inception that if you die in the dream, you go into an empty dream space called limbo. The film has many twist and turns, but finally ends in a happy note. Though, the ending makes you start thinking on was it real or just a dream.

      Well, all I know is that this movie really entertained me to the point that it made me want to start filming my own short films. But I wasn’t the only one that was entertained. Many critics loved the film due to it being very innovate,stylistic, and smart. The movie alone grossed over 23.7 million dollars on opening day and over 500 million overall. Other than them money that was gained from the showing of this film, the other factor of Inception was the visual effects used in the process of most of the scenes.

Throughout the dreams that Dominic infiltrates, the world in the dream bends and shapes to his command. The designers of the game, most who worked on The Dark Knight , worked vigorously to design the settings into an alternate world where there are no since of boundaries and no sets of scientific rules such as gravity. What is interesting about this film though is that there is not a lot of use with computer – generated effects in the movie.  Rather, he decided to use simpler methods to solve the action and high effect scenes inside the production of the film. Though , some scenes required time and planning to make the final product. Example, in one scene Dominic begins to bend the city of Paris; they do this by taking snapshots of Parisian streets, while filming was still going on. Then they pieced the parts together and used other effects to finally make the look as if Paris is actually bending.

    Even though the effects and plot are great what is the main theme of the whole movie is it’s question. What is the difference between reality and imagination.Probably we will never know this answer to that question. But the one question that I can answer is was thisa good film. And I say no, it was the greatest film in all of cinema.

Persuasive Essay Prompt# 34

   America is one of the most diverse countries in all of the Western Hemisphere. The reason for this maybe because of the immigration into our country. Due the fact that most immigrants come from war torn or weak economy countries, I understand why they would say this is a great country. Yet, is America such a great country like they say? Personally, I think that is, in a way false from all of what I see.

 The reason why I say this is because as far as being a stable country, we are not one of those. Every time I watch the news I always hear how there is either a new problem with the economy, a corrupt official who is taking advantage of workers or his position, or how a crime is being committed. Now if we had better laws to prevent these things from happening, then I probably would change my mind. Though, that is not the only reason why I think America is not a great country. It also how we treat our own citizens when it comes to taking care of them.

  I say this because when you look at our health care situation, we are in the top forty’s instead the top ten categories when it comes to the country with the best health care. As well as even when we are one of the countries with the worst health care, we have a government that does not do one thing about it. Instead of helping people with injures, we discard them like trash. Instead of helping others who can’t fend for themselves, we drive them away like unwanted pets. So tell me how can we introduce others from different countries when we have not improved our own problems? Also we have a problem with our government officials that we elect for our offices, to only end up messing everything up.

   I mean every time officials take money away from those who are in debt and then try to blame the whole situation on either another official or on the people themselves. Not to mention that those officials take advantage of the immigrants the most. Due to the fact that their new to the country, it is easy to make them fall for new regulations and be taken advantage of because they do not know their rights as a legal American. Now do you think that is justice to people who obviously do not know that their being taken advantage of?  I don’t think sure do not think it is just.

 

  Now do not get me wrong on my judgment. I still believe that we are still a great country, just not a great one. Like I said in paragraphs, we have a lot of problems we need to solve. I think corrupt officials are a good place to start before anything. So, why not start now to solve the problems? Probably with a little action we can make this country great again.

Do have any brothers and sisters?

Yes I have three sisters. Elisha is the oldest, Jazsmine the 2nd oldest, and Destiney the youngest. We dont talk to each other that much but when we do we're the best of friends. We always go to the best places. We go to six flags and out to resturants.

If you could have any animal for a pet,what would it be?

If I could have any pet it would is simply a dog. The reason why I just want a dog is because I already know how to take care of them. The dog would be either a beagle or a dalmatian.  I would have a scheduled  time for everything I do with the dog. I would walk it in the mornig until I have to go to school. Before I leave, I would put a bowl of food and water for it.  When I got home I would play with it until i need to do homework.

Imagine you owned your own resturant. Tell the name of your resturant. Eplain what the resturant..........

If I owned a resturant I would call it Church. It would not only be a resturant, but a club as well. There would be famous live bands who would make the best entertainment. My resturant would look like a abadoned warehouse , but would have all types of drawings and sketches made by me. All my workers would consist of my friends and sme family, that is, if they wanted to work there. I would serve worldly foods , from American to Asian, if you like it we will serve it.

Describe you deepest fear?

 My deepest fear would have to be being left alone in the world. I mean,who would you talk to for the rest of your life. Who would you have to protect you in times of need? I know there are alot of perks to being the only one in the world like free parking, an abudance of food, and not to mention no traffic , but the human psyche has become adapted to socializing with ohers. So to be alone would drive me crazy. 

Imagine you woke up and saw a dinosaur in your backyard. Writ a story telling what you see and do?

I was asleep after hanging out with my friends in my band. I woke up at about a quarter to 9:00 am. I went into my kitchen and ate some special k, when I heared a rumbling in the backyard. I looked outside and I saw a T-rex. At first I swas scared, but then I started thinking about all the money and publicity I could get. So then when it wasn't looking I grabbed a rope and tied it around it's neck. It didn't make a big fuss, so then I lead it to the local musem and gave it to them to get some news on it. Once I got all the awards and money I grabbed him again and rented a plane to take it to a jungle where could live the rest of it's life in a place whre it can be free.

If you could cook ay meal for your family, what woul you cook? Describe the meal and tell how you would make it?

If I could cook any meal for my family it would be a favorite Cantonese meal of mine, orange chicken and chow mein. I would start by first buying a 1/2 pound fresh egg noodles, 2 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, and  1 teaspoon of Asian peanut oil. Then I would get a 12 inch pan and put grease over it so then the noodles wont stick. But before I fry them, first I boil them for a couple of min. until their tender and while it is still cookng I make sure to stir it. Theni drain out all of the water and put in the Asian peanut oil. Then I put the noodles in the pan and use  spatula and press down. Then I turn the noodles onto its other side. After that then I put it on a plate and wait for it to cool down. As for the orange chicken I just get from the store in the box.

Prompt#2 Describe one time when yu were brave?

ONe time when I was brave was when I decided to join the NAtional Guard

Prompt #1 IF u had a hundred dollars who wuld u give it 2 and what would u want them 2 do with it?

Well that question is easy. I would give the money to my mother so then she could spend it on herself  because she really deserves it the most.

FREE WRITE 3

There was something about the way she moved that made men drool over her. Her hips moving up and down and side to side was almost like a  new hypnotizing machine. Her face was like an African god created her with his own fingers to make her perfect. Her eyes were like tht of the core of a volcano ; it was scary and made ur heart ache, yet you could not turn your head away from it. Her lips were moist like dew in he morning when te sun is just about to have fully risen. Thats when she smiled at me and I saw the train wreck on her teeth. Mounds of metal were stuck to them as if I was watchin buildings being blown up in War Of  The Worlds. Thats when I just walked away.

In this dream

In this dream I was a soldier trapped in with a bunch of my brothers in arms at my school. These creatures were chasing them, ripping them apart, and eating them alive. All I could do was shot from out of the box; I couldnt pick them up or drag them to safety. Then the same creatures started entering my box and my allies fired at them but they just kept coming . Within a few minutes I was being eaten alive ; seeing my guts being shreded apart and eaten. And then finally I woke up.

DO you remember?

Do you remember when we could just hve fun and not be trapped by all of these problems in the world? When we were more focused on chasing after girls, than chasing after deadlines for applying to universites. Man, I miss those days. Hopefully after all this is done with, I can get back to those days. BUt, for now It will be the same crap over and over again.

THE I AM POEM

I am a nerd and a leader of my communtiy
I wonder if I will ever survive the streets of LA
I hear the drums that have engulfed my soul for years
I see my name being cheered
I want to be a game desinger
I pretend to really care what people think
I feel my past will gudie me to success
I touch everyones heart that comes near me
I worry for my family
I cry for those who cant make it
I am a nerd and a leader of my communtiy
I understand I will one day have to put my life on the line
I say the hell with ignorance
I dream of peace
I try to piece together the world
I hope for glory
I am a nerd and a leader of my communtiy