Discipline

People have little discipline in modern day, me included. Discipline to me is a good work ethic, reliability, and self restraint. Those who lack discipline can have big trouble in life, unless they try. Those who lack discipline actually have to grow some to grow some, which adds complications. I have found a way to do this for myself, and it is surprisingly easy. I just need to make myself a routine, and I will have no trouble at all. This is my way, and there is a question you need to ask yourself: what’s yours?

Interests

All people have interests. For some, they control their loves, for some they are nothing but silent ambitions and wishes. People are judged by their interests as much as they are judged by their personalities. People who are into sports are normal, people who are into cars are normal, and people who are into girls are normal (or players, depending on the degree). On the other hand, people are judged negatively also, if their interests are contrary to most. Those who like fantasy are nerds, those who are overly into other’s personal livers are gossipy, and even if people are overly devoted to anything are considered obsessed. We humans seem to take every opportunity to judge that we can.

Reading

People should read, it is as simple as that. Some don’t like to read, but that is most likely because they haven’t found the right type of book, the right author, or the right series. Even people who have trouble reading have things available to them. Schools have the right idea making students read, but the wrong way to do it. They should DEFINITELY not force students to read particular books, but they should stay with the ar point system that is implemented in elementary school. It is bad to have a list of books to choose from, but at least students have a large selection of books to choose from.

The statue of liberty
i lust left the island where the statue of liberty is located, and wow. It is so humbling to be here. Just the knowledge that this is, other than the flag, the main symbol of america. It is among the first things that imigrants used to see when they arrive here. Standing on the top of the 156 steps that lead to the top of the pedistol, i could not help but be in awe. The sight of the manhatan island skyline was an amazing sight, and i am very glad to have gotten to see it. After the walk down the 151 steps to he top if the star shaped base, we just sat in the shade of lady liberty. It was the first time we had been outside in compleate scilence the whole time we have been here. I am sad to only have 1 more day here.

I just went through ellis island, and it was interesting. It was full of pictures, artifacts, and even sculptures of different times of the island's history. It had different coking materials of the time, clothes worn, and some hospital equipment of the time. It realy shows what people were willing to go through to get out of the harshnedd of yhe east and come to america. We are all so mad at our government and country, but we should be eternally greatful for all of the luxuries we get to live in. Compared to much of the world, we have a life of luxury. Everyone has the opertunity to make something of theirselves, no matter what we think of our situation. This is rare, we have opertunitys that other people are willing to endure horrifying conditions to experience.

The statue of liberty (before)
i am standing at the dock, waiting for the ferry to arrive to take me to ellis island. We arrived right as one ferry left, so we've got to wait for the next. Im excited, because of all of the things that have happened on this island. I can't wait to arrive, but there is bad news. We are going to get to see the statue of liberty and it's museaum, but the crown is closed today :(. Well, at least i get to see the museaum, so i'm not upset. I have been waiting for a while, so i decided to get out my i-pod, only to find it dead. This allowed me, however, to blog, so it's not all bad. Well, her's my ferry, so bye.

Subway
here in new york, the subway system is quite famouus (and dirty). It is used daily by literally millions of people, so it is verry buisy. It seems like a very mundain task to the residents here, but to tourists, it is rather cool, or unenjouable, depending on your perspective. I, personally, think it is rather cool. It is a quite old system, with lots of history. I am into architecture, so the fact that is underground, suporting the weight of massive skyscrapers is verry facinating to me. It is interesting, also, to see the many diverse faces that are riding. It may seem normal to some, but i enjoy it (especially when im tired, and there are open seats.

New york
this is my first real day in new youk. Yesterday, we just hung out in my hotell. Today we walked aroudn the city for 6 and a half hours (and my feet fealt every bit of it :/). We saw many many cool sites. We went to 3 incredible churches. We went to the US's biggest catholic church, a church that is about 100 feet from the world trade center ground zero (it was made into a memorial and is still a church), and we went to a church that george washington went to. We also visited the world's biggest toy store (not overly impressive, but still cool) and trump towers. That place is a modern archectural mastterpiece, with it's waterfall and impressive walls and staircases. I really wish to see the upper floors. I am excited to see the rest of new york.

Of Mice and Men

I watched the movie “Of Mice and Men” today, and it was extremely good. It was not quite as good as “The Dead Poets Society”, but I loved it. I loved the Lennie character in the movie, and I loved George and Lennie’s relationship. I think that I liked the movie more than the book, mostly because I read the book first which always makes the movie better.

Harry Brackman

President Harry Brockman is a great man. He is a fifty-three-year-old man, about 6”2 and balding. He has blue eyes and long arms, which has become the basis of his entire presidency. He is extending the long arms of the law and of kindness to improve all of America. He is a Democrat, and a very devoted man who loves to do everything he can to help all of America. He is nearing the end of his second term, with literally daily petitions to allow him to remain in office for another term. He has done so much for the country, and has a 97% approval rating. He has lowered poverty and unemployment to less than 1%, and halved all of America’s debt. He has befriended all but the most violent of countries, and nearly has achieved world peace, with the only exception being African tribes and warlords. He is a devoted Christen, and has turned America back towards god. With all of these great things, you’d think he was always loved, but you would be very wrong.
Just 8 years before, Harry was a very successful congressman with the democrats, but was hated by all republicans. Even with this, he wanted more. He was forced to pass bills that he thought would do some good, but didn’t see the whole picture. Nothing that came through his office truly pleased him. He knew change was needed, and soon. After 2 terms of being a senator, he declared his intent to run for president. He had a roaring approval with literally every democrat, but almost no republicans. In fact, he had heavy disapproval from republicans. Every time he would pick up the phone, check his email, or read his mail, he had death threat after death threat. After about 2 months of this, he was a little nervous. However, instead of going into hiding, he went to action. He told all of America that he had 2 goals: lower poverty (which was his angle from the start), and now he was determined to bring justice to all. He had speeches in front of police stations, National Guard buildings, and at Coast Guard ports. He gained massive approval in high crime areas, such as L.A. and Ney York City. However, as expected, he nearly doubled the amount of death threats aimed at him. He eventually began to use these as rallying calls to all of America. Surveys showed that he was nearly definitely going to win, with the voting being in his favor 82% to 21%, with the other 1% going to independent parties.
On Election Day, Harry was anxious but confident. His gut said he would win, but he stressed regardless. After the election, the votes were counted, and the answer was amazing. Every state in America except Florida, California, and Hawaii voted in his favor. He won the election in the biggest presidential landslide in history, in both electoral and popular votes. After being sworn in, he began action within 3 days. He wrote a bill, completely by himself, and had it before congress within a month. This bill called for radical tax changes, target heavily at extremely rich people. Those who had over 100 million would literally be taxed 750,000 per year on average, with the amount going increasingly up as their riches rose. Many fled the country, only to be affected by similar policies made by other countries. This one bill funded the governments of the world enough to lower the global poverty rating 72%. He was the most successful man in history, and received a Nobel Peace Prize, along with over 21 other major awards and recognition in the first year of his first presidential term.