Animal Farm vs. Business People

In English class we have read the book Animal Farm. In the book, the pigs and dogs are trying to take over the other animals and pretty much turn into humans. You can compare the pigs to business people who are trying to get normal people to sign contracts without reading the circumstances. The animals that the pigs tried to take over would be compared to normal people. There are many other comparisons, but this is the first one that came to mind for me.

What I'm Most Thankful for

This year has been very tough for me, especially lately, and that makes me appreciate things a lot more. The thing that I am most thankful for is definitely my mom. She is the best thing in the world to me and I don't always show it. Another thing I am very thankful for is my little sister. We may fight most of the time, but she is truly my best friend. I am also very thankful for my grand-daddy, he is amazing and my hero. I am very, very thankful for Mrs. Sanders and Mrs. Townsend, they are very supportive and that is nice to know. I don't know what I would do without any of these people in my life, and I thank God everyday.

Career Day

Today, we had career day at school. We picked four different session choices to go visit, and I picked nursing, dentistry, ER medicine, and social work/psychotherapy. My favorite was social work/psychotherapy. I didn't think that it would be that interesting, but it really is! I really liked hearing Kim tell us all of her stories about the crazy things her patients have done. One thing I learned while I was listening to her was, the difference between schizophrenia and multiple personalities. I never knew there was a difference between the two, and that's pretty cool! After listening to her, I am really considering that field for my future job. Another choice I am considering is nursing. The past year I have really started thinking about nursing. Surprisingly dentistry was the most boring one today, and I have always wanted to go into hygiene.

Ancient Roman Lunch (Prandium)

In my English class this past week, I had to do a project on Ancient Roman's lunch, which was also called Prandium. I researched what they would eat for lunch and pretty much what I got out of it was that they ate bread and cheese and drank watered down wine. Sometimes they would eat the leftovers from the night before. When I brought my food into class, I brought 3 different kinds of cheese and bread that was kind of like toast. I also brought grape juice into drink because obviously we couldn't bring wine. Here is a picture of what the Ancient Romans would have eaten at prandium.

Refining your Walk with Christ

This week is Spiritual Emphasis week at my school, and we have a speaker, Brent Gambrell, talking to us. In my opinion, he is the best speaker we have ever had because he has a great sense of humor and he's real. One thing that he said that I keep thinking about is how refining gold and silver can relate to you walk with Christ. When he first said this I was confused, but once he explained it, it made sense to me. The first step of refining is to mine. Mining relates because it is like when you are trying to find your identity, and you finally find it. The second step is to clean. Cleaning relates because it is like when you pray for the first time and you ask for forgiveness of your sins. The third step is to heat. Heating relates because this is showing how God heats things up in your life to tempt you. When they add lead, that is relating to when you hang out with the wrong people, and they are pulling you away from your faith. The next step is to scrape away all of the crud from the clean gold or silver. That relates to when we remove the bad things from our life. The last step is to mold. Molding relates because after you have asked for forgiveness and you are pure, and God molds you into his own image. This is a great comparison and I will never forget this.

What Does it Mean to be a True Friend?

In Julius Caesar, Brutus is Caesar's best friend, or at least that's what Caesar thought. In Act three Brutus and a bunch of other men stabbed Caesar to death, but the only stab wound that hurt the most was the one made by Brutus. Brutus' stab wound hurt the most because they were best friends. I don't think Brutus was really a true friend because why would you kill your best friend just so you can be crowned instead. If Brutus were a true friend to Caesar he would be happy for Caesar and celebrate with him instead of being jealous. A true friend means you support your friends whether you like it or not.

The Hunters and The Huntees Compare to Real Life

In English class we had to read a short story "The Most Dangerous Game." In the story Rainsford is comparing hunting to life, "the world is made up of two classes, the hunters and the huntees." I agree with this quote because i think he is meaning that the hunters are bad people trying to manipulate the huntees, which are people who are less fortunate. Ex. businessmen who try to sell more things to people that they don't need.

Goals for This School Year

This school year, my freshman year, I have decided to make some goals to go by.  One of the most important ones to me is to become closer to God, and a way for me to do so is to pray way more often than I usually do.  I know that I need to at least pray as much as I want or can for seven days, so that it can become a habit.  Another important goal for me is to keep my GPA high so that I can have more choices for college.  I also want to try to turn in as many assignments as possible.  I have lots of friends, but I want to try and make more friends.

How Giving Birth Contrasts to The Giver

In English class we have been reading a book named The Giver, I was assigned to make a blog to compare the theme or a symbol in the book to something.  I chose to compare the theme to that of a mother giving birth.  The theme in The Giver was "There is no memory without pain, and there is no pain without memory."  These both relate because when a mother has a baby there is lots of pain, but in the end it was way worth it.  In The Giver Jonas wants to have the memories, but he also doesn't like the pain.  The only way for Jonas to get the memories and have a better life is for him to go through the pain.  In the end it was worth it for him to get the memories.  In this picture, it shows how a mother loves a child.