Is it all about the money?

In my opinion people's actions are driven by money. An example of that is alot of robbing and stealing. People will do anything to get money. Many of our clothes and shoes are made in sweatshops. People who work in sweatshops have very harsh working conditions. Most sweatshops have children working. They want to get as many workers as they can to get all of their products out. Sweatshop workers aren't paid very much. It's barely enough to survive on. That's how many companies save money.

To me money doesn't lead to happiness. But if you have enough money there isn't anything that you could want for. Many people say that "money can't buy happiness". But to me if I had all the money needed i'd be good.

I don't think people who have money are any better than those who don't. Everyone is the same no matter what their bank accounts look like. Many people who aren't as wealthy say that the wealthy are taking from the poor, but to me most people who are wealthy worked very hard for it. And even if poeple are born into a wealthy family, most likely their family worked hard for it.

"Dead Soldiers"

Dead Soldiers












What a battle this was
Dead soldiers all around
Some of the soldiers went missing
Will they ever be found?

Maybe they’re in me somewhere
In a ditch or a path
Waiting to be found
By all creation, all nature, and all wrath.

So many soldiers
Dropped dead
Defending their country
Chest full of lead.

What about their families
At home cheering them on
How would they feel
If they knew a loved one was gone.

God bless,
All the soldiers that fought,
And I know this was a lesson
That the Confederate was taught

"The Tent"

The Tent









I see blood
All day everyday
Some soldiers die
But most are okay

I am witnessing an amputation
But it’s nothing to me
I see stuff like this everyday
Can you imagine what I see?

This soldier got shot in the leg
It has to get cut off
He’s lying there quiet
Not a sneeze or a cough

But Sawbones isn’t paying that attention
He’s trying to form an operation
They need to get it done
No sense in waiting

They’re almost done,
But his eyes roll to the back of his head
This is a very sad thing
The soldier is dead

"Fight" Blog Post

One time when I was in the seventh grade, I started a new school at Clarke Middle. My third day in the lunchroom there was a girl who kept running her mouth. So I threw some ice cream on her. She didn't say anything. But when I seen her and her friends in the gym she wanted to say something then. So I told her to meet me in the lockeroom after gym class. But when I got done changing my clothes she was nowhere to be found. So I forgot about it and walked to class. I seen her on the way to class and I asked her what happened. She said she had to do something. There was alot of people standing around, and you know when your young you wouldn't want people to think you were scared, so I just ran up and hit her. We got into a fight , but Security broke it up. I got suspended for 5 days, and I was only at that schools for about three days.

How can growing up be both exciting and painful?

Growing up can be exciting because, when you are young you want to be able to do what you want to do when you want to do it. You see grown ups driving, partying, and alot of other stuff and don't have to ask their parents. Growing up can be painful because when you are grown you have to deal with bills, car notes, and a bunch of other difficult stuff. Plus you have to pay taxes!

When is breaking the law justified?

Have you ever had to break the law just to see if your natural rights were being upheld? Well these people made very hard sacrifices to fight for their rights. And they didn't do this just for them. They did it for the rights of American citizens and the rights of their people.

In the revolutionary times colonist didn't have all of their natural rights. They had to pay taxes without any say-so. Soldiers were living in their homes without their consent. One of the actions they took was the writing the Declaration of Independence. They were justified as breaking the law. The people who signed it had critical consequences, but it made the United States a better place. We didn't belong to the British anymore.

I think Rosa Parks is a good example of when breaking the law is justified. When she sat at the front of the front of the bus and refused to move, that started a political movement. Her actions sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa parks broke the law to prove a point to the government that whites were no different than blacks. After the boycott, it allowed blacks to sit anywhere they wanted.

Both of these incidents will be remembered in American history. In both of them one side was being controlled by the other. But they fought as much as they could for the rights they deserved. In the revolutionary times they signed the D.O.C. And the British didn't controll us anymore. And in the 1900s they started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and blacks were able to sit where they wanted. So both sides got what they wnated. Freedom and Natural Rights.

Sometimes breaking the law isn't always bad. Sometimes people have to break the law to prove a point, or fight for the rights of their people. Rosa fought for the rights of her people. And the Americans fought for their country. Both sides came out victorious.

George Washington and the Battle of Trenton

There was a lot of fighting, and killing going on at this time. There were taxes and all kinds of other stuff the British were trying to impose on Americans. I don't think I would be able to live during this era. Something that suprised me was The Battle of Trenton, and the followup victory at Princeton on the 3 January 1777, made the British to leave their forward posts in New Jersey.