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ART

Today’s blog is what I think about art. 

Some people say that art is not important but I completely disagree.  I think that art is a something that you can express your emotions in.  That is not common in the world which makes it more special.  Our school had an art class and I completely enjoyed it.  I took out my stress in that class.  That was the only class in school that I actually enjoyed.

                Colleges do not look at your art class grade if your school had one.  This is a right thing to do but it doesn’t mean that art is something that should be taken for granted.

                What do you think of when you hear the word “Art”?  Most people would think of paintings like Mona Lisa or a picture.  But art exists in many forms and shapes.  For example, musicians view their music as art.  Collectors call their collection art. As you can see, if one can see beauty in something, it is art to them.  There is a good example of this and that is my dad.  My dad liked to collect car models when he was young.  He made me try when I was young but it wasn’t really my type.  To him, those cars that he collected were art in his eyes.  When grandma got rid of them because she thought it was trash, my dad got really mad at her for touching his stuff, especially his most value items.  After that day, grandma did not touch my dad’s stuff without his permission.  As seen in my dad’s story, art is something that is special and meaningful to someone.

                Something that I want to point out is that art doesn’t have to be something expensive and nice.  It could be trash to someone who doesn’t know the value of it.  For example, if someone’s mom gave it to him as a present but now it is old and dusty, it is still art to him.  If other people see it and not know the story behind that item, it will look like old crap and trash to them.  But for the person who received that present from his mom, it is a very special thing to them.  These kinds of situations are shown often in movies.  I have seen one movie where one guy protects an old rusty necklace because that is something that his mom gave it to him on the day she passed away.  That was all he had left of her.  This is art.

                Everyone has their “art”.  Even you.  Maybe you won’t know it but you might see something very beautiful when everyone sees it as trash.  That is art to you.

HOW TO CONNECT

Today’s topic is to talk about how I connect to others.

Today’s technology allows us to communicate without actually meeting face to face.  I go online on Facebook at least once a day to check if anyone contacted me.  There are also cellphones and other tech that allows us to contact the minute we want to.  Even though we have these nice and cool technology, some people try to meet face to face, especially if it is an important meeting. I connect to others in a special kind of way. I connect to others through mostly technology, like kakao talk or facebook, or twitter, or tumblr. 

                Another way of connecting to others is by connecting with heart.  This only happens between really close people like couples or brothers or parents and so on.  I see this as the real connection where no words are needed between the connections.  It is like a natural connection that forms when two or more people get really close. 

                A connection is not made from the start, it starts with words.  I like to connect to people too and I do it by just spending time and talking.  We share our similarities and differences and just talk about what we think about it.  This looks not important but it is an important skill that needs to be learned in life.  Making connections with people around is a skill that will get you friends or people that you will need when you are having a hard time.  For example, if one does not know this skill, he or she won’t get any friends.  Then when he or she goes into a hard time for something, which will happen at least once in a lifetime, he or she won’t have anybody to stay by their side.  

                Our race or age doesn’t matter when it comes to making connections.  I could bond with my grandpa and that is a connection.  I have friends who are all different races with me and that doesn’t come in the way of I making a connection with them.  Now they are people who I need in my life. 

                When a successful connection has occurred, it is not really common for really close people to separate.  

LIFE MEANING

What’s the meaning of life?

            The meaning of life to me is fun and happiness.  There is studying and working and hard times in life but that is all done to become happy in the future.  Think about it, if we knew we weren’t going to have a happy life even after graduating from the top college, why would we study?  Why would we work if that doesn’t bring happy times in the end?  All efforts that humans put into their lives are all because they dream of happiness.  Of course, this “happiness” differs with every person because everyone has different interests and hobbies. 

            I am in school right now writing this blog because I want to get a good grade on my report card for journalism class, which will help me get into a good college which will then lead me to a happy life in the end.  If I believed that all this effort I am putting in won’t bring me any happiness, I wouldn’t have even come to school today and just sleep until I get hungry.

            The reason why people commit suicide is because they have lost the meaning of life, happiness.  Since there is no meaning of life for them, it would be same as being dead but just your body being functional.  But I think committing suicide is the dumbest thing ever.  If it is a situation where you are in a hospital at an old age having a hard time and just want to end it, that I understand.  Everyone including you know you are going to die due to an illness, and it hurts to just stay laying down, and all the people in your family feel sorry and don’t know what to do, it is better to just end it faster.  If it is someone that is still at a young age and thinking of committing suicide just because he feels sad, that’s stupid.  My dad once said to me that if you have the courage to commit suicide, you have the courage to do anything in the world.  With that brave spirit, it would be better if that person just started a new life.  He told me this when I was really young but I still remember it because I completely agreed.

           

           

            

JUSTICE

Justice is the concept of what is right.  What do I believe in justice?  Honestly, I am not really sure.  I am not really sure because everyone has different justices in their lives.  One might think something is not justice and another might think it is justice.  I think it just depends on what one thinks is right, that is justice.

There are four kinds of justices in my opinion.  The first one is authority.  An example is my parents.  If my parents say that studying is the right thing to do, studying is justice.  What the law tells me to do is justice.  What high people that have control over me tell me to do is justice.  This is the kind of justice that is most invalid in my opinion.  Just because people above me tells me what is justice doesn’t mean that it is completely justice.  For example, if a very religious person tells me to sacrifice a person to the gods saying that that is justice, I won’t do it. 

The second type of justice is democracy.  This is following the majority.  For example, if everyone buys a certain thing, it makes me want to buy it too.  It is justice to buy that certain thing because everyone is doing it.  This is true sometimes but also sort of invalid in my opinion when I think of a situation I had in my life.  When I was in Korea, a lot of people were buying a popular food that is sold in the store.  I tried it out too, of course, following what people do and also because I was curious why how good it tasted that it drew everyone’s attention.  I bought it and tried it out and it tasted like crap.  Everyone else says it is good but to me, it was a waste of money to buy something that tasted so bad.  In this situation, is it justice for me to buy that food and eat it like everyone else is doing?  I don’t think so.  Why would it be right for me to buy something I don’t want?  Anyways, democracy is a type of justice but to me, it is kind of invalid.

The third type of justice is tradition.  This says that since our great grandparents and great great grandparents have done something, justice says that we have to carry on the tradition and do it too.  I have done this before.  My family has a tradition of visiting the ones in our family that have passed away at least once a month.  Most people visit their family graves but not as often as once a month.  This is why my family tradition was special.  This also applied to me when I was in Korea for summer vacation.  We were really busy due to scheduling everything in advance without thinking about our tradition in visiting the graves.  We canceled everything to visit the grave because my family and I felt that it was justice to not break the tradition and continue carrying it on. 

The last type of justice is rationality, which in my opinion is the most valid.  It means what I think is right is justice.  If I think it is right to help someone is danger is a right thing to do, it is justice.  Justice isn’t a definite thing and it varies from people to people which makes this type of justice very valid.  What I think is right in my mind is the true justice.

            

TRUTH

            Today’s blog is to talk about what I believe about truth and what I think about it.

I believe that truth is one of the most important virtues in this world that keeps it going.  Truth is always hidden in this world.  There are always times where truth is tried to be kept hidden.  I have seen a lot of movies where this is shown.  One movie that I saw was about someone accidently running someone over with their car.  They were scared to tell the police that they did it so they hid the body themselves and planned to act like nothing happened.  They lasted about a week or two and got caught for murder and more importantly hiding the murder.  Their time in jail was made much longer due to the fact that they hid the murder.  If they had just told the truth about what mistake they have caused, they wouldn’t have been in jail as long as they did.  What I realized about truth was that truth will eventually be revealed.  No matter how hard someone tries to hide it, it is impossible to get rid of the truth.  Even though it might take a long time until the truth is revealed, it will get revealed. 

            Truth is something that is needed to keep this society running.  It sometimes seems like truth is not really what is important but it will eventually become the main topic or issue.  My parents always tell me that lying is the guiltiest sin.  My dad even told me that when I don’t listen to what he tells me to do, I will get scolded but if I get caught lying, he will just kick me out of the house.  This shows how importantly he thinks of truth.  He even put it higher in value than following what he tells me to do.

            Truth is something that is needed to keep the world a fair place.  If truth is broken by some people, and they take advantage of that, they might be able to achieve something the easy way out while everyone else is working hard for it.  For example, if somebody in the government is bribed by a rich person for a spot in the government and he gives it to him, how would the people who worked half of their life for a spot in the government?  I have a friend that wants to be a government official and he is working really hard to achieve his dream.  I can’t even imagine what he would think of a person who bribed people to easily get a spot on the government.  As you can see, if truth wasn’t broken and kept strong, the person that was bribing would have not gotten a position in the government, which is correct. 

            Truth is what keeps relationships together.  This “relationship” doesn’t only refer to a husband and wife relationship but also friendship relationships.  When there is a break of truth between any relationships, it shakes and becomes bound to break.  Even the toughest relationships can be broken when there is no truth between them.  Imagine a couple that has been married for 30 years but lie to each other every day.  That relationship that went on for 30 long years can be broken in a single day.

            Truth is something that has to exist in this world for it to be peaceful. 

           

           

           

MOVING OR STAYING

Today’s topic is to talk about the question, “It is better to live in one city or town than to move from one place to another. Agree or disagree?”

I personally think that both choices have their own advantages and disadvantages but if I had to choose one, which I do, I would choose moving from one place to another.  I chose this because one will get bored and sick of a place if they stayed there for too long.  That’s human nature.  Anyone will get bored if they are encountered with the same thing for a long time.  This comes from my experience.  I live on a small island called Saipan.  It is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and it is so small that we can’t even see it in most maps.  It is so small that the people here know most of each other.  I have been on this island since elementary school and now I am a high school student which makes it about 8 years on this island.  I am sick of it now.  I know EVERYTHING that goes on and there is nothing interesting in my eyes.  This proves that it is better to move from one place to another so that one will not get bored and experience new things.

The reason some people think it is better to in one city or town is because of experience.  If one does something for a long time, one will gain experience in that.  For example, if I lived in a certain place for a long time, which I did, I will have a lot of people that are close to me in that place or know a way to succeed in that place.  Anyways, one who lived in a place longer than a newbie will be much better at a lot of things.  That is why some people assume that it is better to stay in one place rather than moving around; and this point isn’t completely wrong.  But to me, the writer of this blog, it seems better to move around to many different places and experience new things all around the world.  My grandparents are a good example to this point.  They have lived in the same village for more than 20 years.  They know everyone and everything in that village as if it is their own home.  They don’t even think about moving because they are now too bonded with the people of that village, they are family.  This is a good example of gaining experience in something when done a long time.

All the decisions that the readers of this blog will differ, and that is completely normal because it is one’s will that decides the answer to this question.  There is no definite answer; it is a question with many correct answers.

10 QUOTE I LIVE BY

Today’s prompt is to talk about 10 quotes that I live by. 

One quote I live by is “respect your parents and elders”.  I think this is very important because in many places, especially Korea, there are a lot of students who really act disrespectfully toward adults.  I have seen this happen many times and I feel like they should change.

My second quote that I live by is “Be thankful for what you have”.  There are rich people in the world that are not thankful for what they have and don’t know the importance of what they have.  People that were naturally born into a rich family don’t know how good they have it.  They go out spending as much as they can when there are people in this world that are starving to death. 

My third quote is “Be kind to everyone, even your enemies”.  This sounds stupid, I know.  Why would one be kind to his or her enemy?  This is an understandable question.  I thought it was stupid at first too.  But I realized that being kind will bring kindness to you too.  What goes out eventually comes back in.  It is also possible for an enemy to become your best friend.

My fourth quote is “YOLO”.  This was said by a rapper named Drake.  I didn’t know what this meant at first but my friend told me that it means YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.  It is basically saying that one should enjoy his or her life because there is only one of it.  You should live everyday as it is your last.

My fifth quote is the famous quote, “The early bird gets the worm”.  It is saying that we should not procrastinate and do what one should do. 

My sixth quote is to always be happy.  There are going to be bad things in life, I know it.  But it is how one interprets that bad thing which determines how it is going to affect one’s life.  I believe that bad things can turn into good things just with mere mind control.  We only live once, why should we live it sadly?

My seventh quote is to forget what happened in the past and think about the future.  I have seen people who dominate their lives with thoughts of the past, good and bad.  I think this is stupid because it is already over and there are things coming at you from the future which is what you should actually think about.  What good does it do to think about the past?

My eighth quote is to take care of health.  My grandparents once said that studying isn’t important, what is really important is your health.  This really stays in my head because I strongly agreed.  Sure, academics is important, but academics can’t be done without health right?  Keeping one’s body healthy is a deed they got when they were born into this world

My ninth quote is to never look down on anyone.  I looked down on people, everyone does.  I realized that everyone has their own story and a reason for their doings.  Even a beggar on the street has their own story.  A lot of people look down on beggars for not even trying to be successful in this world but who knows, maybe he had an illness from birth and has to spend all his money on medication. 

My tenth quote is to WAIT FOR MY NEXT BLOG!!

WHAT IS HAPPINESS

Today’s prompt is to talk about the question, “What is Happiness?”

This is a hard topic to talk about because everyone has a different definition of happiness.  For some, it might be money, and for some it might be health, and so on.  To me, happiness is something that makes my life more entertaining.

The first thing is watching movies.  I just love to watch movies.  They are my hobby.  The reason I really like watching movies is because when I watch a movie, everyone on my mind is gone including the bad things.  I just concentrate on the movie and forget for a while about things that cause me stress.  For example, school.  When I watch a movie, I forget about what I did in school, what I need to do for school, and so forth.  This might sound bad because it might lead to the conclusion that if I watch movies, my grades will go down.  I totally disagree.  When I watch a movie, all my stress is gone and I can concentrate on my work better.  On the other hand, if my mind is full of stress, I get lazy and procrastinate. 

The second happiness in my life is eating.  This has a similar effect as watching a movie; I forget my stress.  I also like to try out many different kinds of foods from many different countries.  Food is just plain happiness.  Eating brings me joy.  The fact that I attend an international school is great for me because I got to try out many different foods from all different kinds of places. 

Another happiness is friends.  I like to play with my friends because it is just pure fun.  I would like to go on a vacation only with my friends with nobody telling me what we can do and what we cannot do.  This isn’t a realistic wish because I am still a student, but when I get a little older, I would really like to fulfill this wish.

Since everyone has a difference definition of happiness, I guarantee that some people won’t agree to my happiness, but that isn’t wrong.  I guarantee that I won’t agree to some people’s happiness too.  That is what happiness is, what brings joy and happiness.  It’s that simple.  JOY.

It is easy to know what is one’s joy and doing the things that bring them joy but the hard thing is to maintain that happiness.  Maintaining one’s happiness might sound easy but it isn’t actually easy in the real world.  For example, one’s happiness is to stay with his family.  He will have many obstacles to this such as things like work, distance, and so on.  Another example is my grandfather.  His joy is health, being healthy is his goal of happiness.  But this isn’t easy because he is getting older year by year.  He does try his best to maintain his happiness but it is just nature for one to get unhealthy as age gets older.

As you can see, everyone has their own definition of happiness and maintaining that happiness is what is truly important.

BOOK THAT BENEFITED ME THE MOST

Today’s topic is to talk about the book that benefited me the most.

This is basically saying which book I learned most from.  The book that benefited me the most in my opinion is “The Good Earth”.  The reason it benefited me the most is because it taught me a lesson; a lesson about how life goes on no matter how bad it looks.  The Good Earth is a book about a farmer that lives his life difficulty, going through bad weather or problems with land.  It gave me a thought; a thought that says if there is consistency in what you are doing, you can go through it no matter what.

            Another reason it benefited me is because it was fun!  I liked the story line and how there was a lot of irony in it.  It also had a lot of reality, it seemed like it was actually happening.  I like how the main character, Wang Lung, goes through all the trouble but successfully supports his family through hard work.  These kinds of books are very common but this book was the most interesting in my opinion.  I also watched the movie that was made on this book and it was again, entertaining.  Although it was a very old movie (BLACK AND WHITE), I did not get bored during the whole movie and watched the whole thing with joy.

            Another lesson it taught me besides the lesson that life goes on no matter what happens is that hard work always pays off.  Some people might say that hard work is useless and it is just wasting time.  They say that there is always an easy way out of anything.  But it isn’t true.  There might be some lucky moments where one finds an easy way out and gets the same results as one who worked hard, but it isn’t common and I don’t recommend it.  I have seen this lesson pay off in school.  I had a test and one day I felt really lazy and told myself to just skim through the study guide.  The results were bad and I regretted being lazy.  On the other hand, on one quiz, I really studied hard.  I read the information several times, took notes, and did all I can possibly do to get the info in my head.  Guess what, I aced the test and felt really proud that I worked hard for it.  A difference between working hard and finding an easy way out is of course, the results, but also how one feels about it.  If one found an easy way out and actually got a good result, he still wouldn’t feel as good as working hard and getting the results that he deserved.  On the other hand, if one studied hard and got the results he was aiming for, he would feel really proud of himself and this is important.

            The Good Earth is a book that I will remember for the rest of my life and I am planning to recommend it to my children later in life.  Since I went through the experience of earning an important lesson from it, I would like it if my children got the same lesson I got.

looks or ideas

Today’s prompt is to discuss the question, “looks or ideas?” 

It’s asking whether looks are important or the ideas you have is important.

Personally, I believe that ideas are much more important than looks in society.  Some people say that looks are much more important and that without looks, one can’t succeed in society.  I think this argument is as absurd as it can be.  We can see this by comparing.  If I compare a society with all ugly smart people with a society with all handsome and pretty people that are dumb.  The ugly society is highly intellectual and has everything that is needed.  On the other hand, the “looks” society has all the possible good looking people.  But they don’t have any clue on how to run a country and how to keep things in order.  Which society would you choose?  I would most definitely choose the “ideas” society because I don’t want to be in a society that is in chaos with murders everywhere and etc. 

People can’t succeed in life with just looks.  Looks is a very minor thing in life, although it looks important.  Just with looks, there is nothing possible.  One might say that a good looking person might be able to succeed as an actor or a model but they can’t with JUST looks.  They need “ideas”, motivation, effort, talent, and etc. to succeed in anything.

Looks don’t bring anything.  People argue against this saying that looks bring affection but I strongly disagree.  I once thought that looks do bring affection and love but I was wrong.  It is very easy to mistake this because looks seem to bring affection, but it’s actually not the looks but the personality or things about the person.  Even if looks sometimes do bring affection, that affection is not the real affection.  For example, the prettiest girl comes to our class and says that she is the new student.  Every boy would feel affection towards her right after seeing her.  This “affection” is not real.  If that girl had a bad personality or bad manners and was mean to everyone, there would be no affection towards her from anybody.  This proves that even the most beautiful girl in the world might not receive affection because looks are just what is on the outside when it is the inside that truly matters.

                 On the other hand, people with not so great looks but with great ideas receive lots of love.  A great example of this is Bill Gates.  He is one of the richest men in the whole world.  He achieved this with ideas, not looks.  Honestly Bill Gates isn’t the most handsome person, and I believe that everyone will agree.  Even though he doesn’t have the looks, he is one of the most successful person is the world.  When someone asks me who the most successful person in the world is, I’ll answer Bill Gates.  He had the ideas of creating a complex system of the computer and now, it is the mostly used system in computers today.  He is very successful.  He also gives it to charity which makes him more a hero.

                As you can see, looks do not determine success, it is the ideas.

THREE QUALITIES OF TRUE FRIENDS

Three Qualities of true friends.

Friends are an important part of our lives.  In order to be true friends, they should have certain qualities.  Three qualities that a true friend must have is honesty, care, and loyalty.

The prompt is asking about qualities of TRUE friends.  This is very different from just friend you just hang around for fun.  True friends are family.  They will be next to you for a lifetime, maybe not physically but spiritually. 

The First quality of true friends is loyalty.  True friends never betray each other.  They are there for each other even if it is a situation where one could get hurt or get in trouble.  For example, if there is a fight and your friend is getting beat up and it looks as if it will get more serious, a true friend would jump in and help the friend, even if they still lose.  Of course, he or she will get hurt, but if that is what it takes to keep a true friend from getting really hurt, one must go for it.  It does not even matter who won the fight, what matters is someone helping someone in need.  Another thing that is common nowadays is spreading rumors.  I have seen a lot of people spreading rumors, false or true, in my school and in a lot of places.  It is very common; even fully grown adults spread rumors.  They do not even know if it is true or not, they just spread it and not even think about what’s going to happen to the person the rumor is about.  A true friend would never spread rumors like this because they actually care about the person the rumor is about and how they would think about it.  Rumors doesn’t sound very important but to the person it affects, it is VERY important.

            The second quality of a true friend is care.  True friends care about each other; whether they had lunch and dinner, whether they have worries or not, whether he or she is sick.  A true friend is like a mother, caring for her child.  Just friends would not actually care about these things and would just like to play.  Care is only present if there is love.  Not the love that boy feels toward a girl or the love that the girl feels toward the boy but love between friends.

           The last quality of a true friend is honesty.  This is very important, even for couples.  If there is no honesty, that means that there is lying going on and this will lead to fighting.  Honest friends would last longer than not honest friends.  Even if there is something that is secret, between true friends is should be shared.  For example, if there is a secret that friend number one knows and friend number two does not know, and friend number two finds out the secret and also the fact that friend number one didn’t tell him, he would be sad.  Friend number two will talk to friend number one about it and arguments will start. 

            These are the qualities of a true friend.  Although it is picky to deal with a true friend, it isn’t a bad idea to have one because it will benefit each other to have someone really close to share everything with.  Even just talking about a problem does a lot of help.

    

HUMANS GREATEST STRENGTH

Today’s prompt is to talk about what I think about human’s greatest strength. 

Human’s greatest strength is of course, intelligence. 

This is what separates us humans from other animals.  We have the highest level of intelligence compared to any living species on earth.  Most animals can’t even use tools in their everyday life.  Some monkeys were shown that they use tools but they are not even close to human abilities.  We can see that humans are intellectually at the highest level because society on earth today, is dominated by humans.  Inventions, ideas, government, society, all of earth is dominated by humans.

All living organisms will face different types of disabilities during their lifetime and humans are the only species that are able to treat their disabilities.  For example, when the eyes do not function as well as they are supposed to, humans get glasses or contact lenses to deal with it.  On the other hand, other animals, when faced with a disability, just deal with it until they die.  Some animals are treated for their disabilities but the ones who treat them are humans, which shows again the high intelligence of humans.

Animals do not even have a system of government which is the most basic thing that is needed in a population.  Some animals do have “government”, if it can be called as one, because there is the highest animal, the middle class animal, and the lowest class animal in a given population.  For example, in a lion population, there is only one lion that is the highest class.  The wife of the king lion and the family is the middle class and the others are lower class.  As you can see, “government” does also exist in an animal population, but it differs from human government by a whole lot mainly due to the reason that there are no rules or punishments.  Human government have laws that citizens need to follow and punishments that citizens get for now following the law.  This is what keeps order and peace.  Without laws, I can guarantee that society everywhere would not even last a month.  This is a smart thing to do which again, shows the superior intelligence of humans.

Another strength of humans is our ability to speak.  Other animals do communicate with each other but of course, do not have a definite language as us humans.  What animal speaks English?  What animal has a system of writing called the alphabet?  Nothing.  NO other animal has a definite and perfect way to communicate as humans.  Wolves can howl, dogs can bark, cats can meow, and this is all communication, but it all doesn’t have a definite meaning.  All they can communicate is things like “hello”, or I am hungry, or I am hurt.  Humans can say anything that is in their minds and people will understand.

Imagine if humans didn’t have the mouth structure and tongue that allows us to communicate as we do today.  It would be a disaster.  We would eventually make signs that would allow us to communicate but it wouldn’t be as effective as it is ours.  For example, how would we study in schools if we didn’t have the alphabet?  If we couldn’t study in schools, what would society turn out to become?  It would be a complete disaster.  There would be no society and everybody would live as an individual, not needing to communicate.

   

BIG SCHOOL OR SMALL SCHOOL?

            I am currently a junior and next year I have to choose whether I want to go to a large college or a small college.  This is today’s prompt.  Is small schools better or large schools better. 

            This is a very hard choice to make because they both have their advantages and disadvantages.  I personally don’t know what size school I want to go to.  But I do the advantages and disadvantages of both of them.

            Small schools may seem not good compared to the humungous colleges but it has something that big schools don’t have; the faculty to student ratio is lower.  This basically means that there if you go to a small school, there would be more teachers that could help you out.  Compared to the large schools, some where the student can’t even talk to his professor because there are too many students waiting, small colleges have teachers that can concentrate more on you.  Some students don’t go to large colleges even though they are accepted because of this ratio difference.

            Another thing that small schools are better at than big schools is the smaller student body which gives students the chance to get to know each other better.  In big schools, there are so many people that it is impossible to even memorize their names.  Small schools would feel friendlier and as if you are home because you know everyone or mostly everyone there.  You would feel like everyone is your family and they would all be really close friends until the end of your college term.

            As I am writing this, I decided that I would like to go to a large college rather than a small one because of the scholarships.  Big schools provide more aid than that of the small schools, mostly because they have a big student body and has lots of money.  Another reason is because I like to meet a lot of new people.  Some people will say that they felt left out because they didn’t know anyone there but I like it because I get the chance to meet new people.  The most important reason why I chose big schools is because of the courses they offer.  Small schools, having a small student body, don’t offer as much courses as big schools.  Big schools will have possibly all the courses and majors that you can possibly think of, as compared to small schools which will have the majority but not the minority courses.

            Something that makes me want to go to large colleges is because I went to high school on Saipan, a really small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  Since the island is so small, my school was also very small.  I knew the names of everyone in our school and there was always a teacher there to help me when I needed it.  Since I went here for so long, I am sick and tired of it.  I want to try some new things, a new challenge.

            This choice comes to everyone once in a lifetime and everyone has their own reasons why they choose a particular school.  There is no right or wrong answer because everyone has different views on which is more important for them.  My choice is big schools.  

CHILDREN

            Today’s prompt is to talk about what I would teach my children and what I would not teach my children.  Surprisingly, at still a young age, I have thought about my life when I have children.  What I thought about children nowadays is that they are so spoiled compared to children in the past. 

            Children in today’s society is spoiled because their parents do everything for them.  The parents might think that this is a good thing, that they are helping their children, but this is completely wrong.  They are doing the opposite.  Doing everything for their children makes the children think that their parents will take care of everything and that they don’t have to move a finger, even after they grow up.  This is a problem because when the children are babies, it is a duty of the parent to help the children, but when they grow up, graduate college, and get a life, it is their duty to help themselves.  It will be actually better for them if the parents don’t help them a lot.  Of course, the parents should help out in things that the children can’t do for themselves and actually needs the help of a parent. But for things that the children can do by themselves, they should do it themselves, without their parent’s help.  Even if they look like they are suffering, in the long run, it will help them.

            A thing that I will definitely teach my children is manners and respect, especially to older people.  I went to Korea this summer vacation and saw people my age, 16, saying bad words and yelling at grandmas and grandpas.  This just broke my heart.  I mean, how can they possibly do that?  Those old people are probably more than 5 times their age, older than their parents, possibly the same age as their grandparents.  If my children turn out like the disrespectful students I saw, I would be so embarrassed of them.  

            Another thing that I will teach my children is good study habits.  It’s not whether you are smart or not, it is how hard you try and this can be achieved only through good study habits.  I am a student now and will still remember this 12 year experience when I am a father.  I will know the things that schools kids need help on and the things that they should not do.  For example, procrastination.  Procrastination might not look like something big, but for me, it was the scariest thing during middle school.  I always had the urge to procrastinate, and I knew it myself.  I tried my best to overcome that urge but it wasn’t easy.  Fortunately, when I entered high school, the urge to procrastinate didn't come anymore.

            The last thing is to make good friends.  Some friends are only in high school but some last a lifetime.  The friends that we make in high school or college or anytime during our life might last until we die.  Friends can be a really good thing and a really bad thing.  They can influence you into good studying habits, as mentioned before, or influence you into bad things like bullying.  I would really make sure my children makes good friends that will be a good influence on him or her.

UNIFORM

            Saipan International School is a small school that I attend.  It is located on Saipan, a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  Currently there are no uniforms for my school but it is a controversial topic.  Some people want the school to get uniforms because they can’t afford their own clothes. Some people do not want it because they want to be free.

            I want my school to stay the way it is, no uniforms.  The reason I want it this way is because I believe that all students have individuality.  Each student has his or her own life and a choice in which clothes to wear.  When I see schools with all the students wearing same clothes makes me feel like they are trapped in the school.  On the other hand, when I see schools that have students with different styles and colors, they look more happy and free. 

            Schools exist to educate, not to stop students from expressing themselves.  Uniforms do not have any effect on studying so therefore has no meaning.  Would having uniforms make students smart?  If the answer is no, it shows that there is no need for uniforms. 

            People say that a school needs uniforms to unite its students together and possibly argue that it will bring up their studies.  I think this appeal is stupid because clothes do not bring people together.  I think that people can unite together while wearing their own clothes because people don’t unite based on appearance but based on personality.  If two or more people like each other’s personality and want to be friends or make a group or a club, I think it is perfectly possible, without uniforms.

            Another reason why uniforms should not exist is because it actually disturbs studying.  While studying, if a student feels uncomfortable in his or her clothes, it will affect his or her concentration.  The uniforms I have seen so far all looked uncomfortable.  They are uncomfortable because the school needs the students to look nice.  Some schools actually have a tie included in the uniform and wants the students to wear to for the whole school day.  When studying, students need to wear comfortable clothes that does not disturb their concentration.  The most comfortable clothes is, of course, his or her own clothes.  There is no clothes that are more comfortable than his or her own clothes.

            Our school is like the last school that should have uniforms because our school is an international school that consists of students from many different races and cultures.  All the students in our school have different homes, different skin color, different accents, and many more.  It is the center of diversity. This colorful diversity is what represents our school.  If our school got uniforms, it would be destroying what it stands for.

BRING BACK SOMEONE FROM THE DEAD.....

            If I can bring back one person from the dead, I would bring back my cousin that passed away two years ago.  His name was Lee Sang Hyuk and he was only twenty two years old.  He passed away due to motorcycle accident.  The reason I want to bring this person back from the dead out of all the other people in my family is because he died when he was too young.  He was just starting his life after finishing college and completed his time in the Korean army.  When I heard the news that he got into an accident, although I wasn’t really close to him, I felt really really really bad for him.  I don’t usually go to funerals of people I am not close to but for him, I went.  Luckily he passed away during my summer vacation, allowing me to go to his funeral without flying overseas.  I am not really close to him because we played when I was too young.  My parents tell me that he sometimes took care of me when I was a baby but I cannot remember it, making it feel like we are strangers.

            If he actually comes back from the dead, I would serve fried chicken for dinner.  I know this isn’t the most ideal dinner to serve for someone who just came back from the dead but for us, it is.  It is the most ideal dinner to us because it brings back memories from the time when he was alive.  He lived alone and his house was next to a restaurant that specialized in friend chicken.  Whenever I went over to his house when I was young, we went to eat fried chicken.  This food is not chosen because of its taste but because of its memories.    Even though I was really young that time and do not remember most of the things from that age, I remember that he brought me to that restaurant at least once a week.  This shows that me going to that restaurant with Sang Hyuk was fun for me at that time.

            I would like to eat dinner with him now when because I am older now.  We can actually have fun together unlike when I was young.  When we meet now, we can go to much more fun places other than restaurants.  We can go to amusement parks because my parents told me he took me there when I was young. I don’t remember this maybe because I was too young and could not ride any fun things.  Sang Hyuk couldn’t have rode fun things too because he needed to watch me.  If he can come back right now, we could actually do the things we need to do at the amusement park.  We can ride the biggest rides and not worry about taking care of the baby. 

            This is the person I would like to bring back from the dead because I don’t have a lot of memories with him.  I feel like he was good to me but I didn’t have the time to be good back to him.

COMPUTER GAMES

Today’s prompt is to discuss whether playing computer games is a waste of time.  Computer gaming is becoming a big issue in our society because it is being played more and more by kids and surprisingly adults.

            This is a waste of time when we do it even though we have a lot of things to do.  For example, there is a lot of homework and a student pushes his or her homework to play computer games.  This is called procrastination.  I experienced this a lot when I was in middle school.  I had a lot of times when I didn’t do the homework or forgot about the homework because computer games was all I had in my mind.  After I came into high school and there was much more work to do, I changed and decided to quit computer games completely.  This boosted up my grades by a lot.  Another thing to remember is that when you are in high school, there is not enough time to do everything while playing games.  Also, playing games stays in our minds and prevents us from doing homework or concentrating on doing homework. 

            On the other hand, enjoying games once in a while for fun isn’t a bad thing.  For example, when your friends come over to your house for the weekend and playing computer games for about an hour or two isn’t such a bad thing.  If it controls your life and computer game is all you think about, you got a problem.  Playing for an hour or two just for the fun of it is actually a good thing rather than a bad thing.  It can help relieve stress that you got from the school days or even just make you feel entertained.  It can be seen as watching or movie or playing a sport. 

            Some things to think about when playing games is that you won’t get that time back.  Computer games are mostly played by students which means that students spend their time playing games when they could be studying and raising their grades.  This time of the life is a very important part that can’t be redone.  So if you are a student and is playing games rather than doing homework or studying, think about it once more and realize how important the time you are playing games is.

            Computer games is also a waste of time because you don’t get anything out of it.  Even if we play games a lot and become a high skilled player, there isn’t anything that we can get out of it that will help you in society.  It just takes your time, and doesn’t give anything in return.  This situation is similar to that of you giving a stranger money and not receiving anything back. 

            After you read this, think about how you could use your time wisely in your life.  I’m not saying that playing computer games is always bad and should be punished, I am saying that if computer games start to dominate your life, you are wasting an important part of your life for nothing.  You are giving up important parts of your life and not getting anything back.