Sadie
Happiness is fake, like something forced upon me; something not real, fabricated and I don’t like it. I’m supposed to like it though. I’m supposed to like everything the government forces on me. I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t feel content with my life, everyone else seems to be perfect while I’m falling apart at the seams.
“Sadie! Come down here right now!” my mom yelled at me.
“What!” I hollered back.
“Why do you have a D+ in government appreciation! That’s the most important class, if you don’t bring that up to at least a C+, you won’t graduate!”
“Because it’s stupid, and pointless so what if I don’t worship the government, so what if I don’t graduate.” I thought. “I’m sorry mom, ill try my hardest to bring it up next semester.” I said, in a fake sorrowful voice.
“You better!” she snapped back.
Uggg, I hate school ever since they changed the curriculum to add government into the schools its been a nightmare. The have taken over everything!
Maxx
“The resistance is growing we can’t control whether or not they take the pills.” The head cabinet member stated.
“Well we can’t force feed it to them. Can we?” another man asked, unsure of himself.
“Can we put it in something that everyone eats, like bread or water?” a young member stated.
“Maybe just dump it in the tap water!” the head member exclaimed.
“Or create a brand advertising a new ‘miracle water’. The public will love it! And we can make money off of it! It’s a win-win!” the vice president added.
I can’t believe these people just want to drug the public just to stop, political opposition and overcrowding. The new drug “pleasure” as they call it, is a “fantastic” solution to political rebellion, overpopulation and people being upset. Why d...
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... I swarm of people barged in the broadcasting station, they looked like a fully equipped and trained army they looked so mad, and anger. Half of the rebels head straight for us they rescue us and take us back to their headquarters and train us to become generals for their army.
Sadie
15 years later
The war has finally ended; it was bloody civil war against the people and the government. The people finally won and took over the government they returned the once democratic country to its former state and read history to make America the best it’s ever been. I was president, president Sadie, I like the way the sounds. I continue to lead America in the memory of my mother and that if you really believe in yourself and everyone around you, you can make a difference. Happiness is real, not something forced, and something that will never be fake and fabricated again.
However, such accusations such as laziness and entitlement, although common, have been prevalent amongst those of college age as proven in “A’s for Everyone.” Shepard had investigated the cause behind this and had put the blame on grade inflation in the years prior to entering college, the pressure to get superb grades due to high tuition costs, and most importantly the belief that “effort” constitutes a grade bonus. However, if one has entered the school system in America, one could see the relative ease in which one could improve their grades through inordinate amounts of extra credit. Multiple students have heard and even seen fellow students ask their parents to even come in for meetings of which equate to blaming their child’s poor grades on the teacher and harassing said teacher to allow their child, soon to be a hardworking, productive citizen of society, to get the “grade they
A “drug-free society” has never existed, and probably will never exist, regardless of the many drug laws in place. Over the past 100 years, the government has made numerous efforts to control access to certain drugs that are too dangerous or too likely to produce dependence. Many refer to the development of drug laws as a “war on drugs,” because of the vast growth of expenditures and wide range of drugs now controlled. The concept of a “war on drugs” reflects the perspective that some drugs are evil and war must be conducted against the substances
Drugs are used to escape the real and move into the surreal world of one’s own imaginations, where the pain is gone and one believes one can be happy. People look on their life, their world, their own reality, and feel sickened by the uncaringly blunt vision. Those too weak to stand up to this hard life seek their escape. They believe this escape may be found in chemicals that can alter the mind, placing a delusional peace in the place of their own depression: “Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly halucinant,” (52). They do this with alcohol, acid, crack, cocaine, heroine, opium, even marijuana for the commoner economy. These people would rather hide behind the haze than deal with real problems. “...A gramme is better than a damn.” (55).
“Hell, no,” Alex scoffed. “How I feed myself is none of the government’s business. Fuck their stupid rules.”
“So those bites were really given to you buy carnivores?” Gilbert asked. He liked watching the Discovery Channel too much.
“Dad: [Bangs table, silverware jumps] ‘Cut the crap. She knows what’s up. The interim reports came today. Listen to me, young lady. I’m only going to say this once. You get those grades up or your name is mud. Hear me? Get them up!’ [Attacks baked potato.] Mom: [annoyed at being upstaged] ‘I’ll handle this. Melinda. [She smiles. Audience shudders] We’re not asking for much, dear. We just want you to do your best. And we know your best is much better than this. You tested so well, dear. Look at me when I talk to you.’” Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
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Recreational drug use has been controversial for years. Government has deemed the use of certain drugs to be dangerous, addictive, costly, and fatal. Governmental agencies have passed laws to make drugs illegal and then have focused a great deal of attention and money trying to prohibit the use of these drugs, and many people support these sanctions because they view the illegality of drugs to be the main protection against the destruction of our society (Trebach, n.d.). Restricting behavior doesn’t generally stop people from engaging in that behavior; prohibition tends to result in people finding more creative ways to obtain and use drugs. However, just knowing that trying to control people’s behavior by criminalizing drug use does not work still leaves us looking for a solution, so what other options exist? This paper will discuss the pros and cons about one option: decriminalizing drugs.
I looked around, I saw many of my friends. Friends I knew were going to fall today. Straight ahead of me were our opposing enemies, these people had caused so much destruction to our land, they took many of our families as we have with theirs. The only way to end this war now was to finish it.
"You look like you want to ask a quesiton, so you might as well ask it while we have some relative peace and quiet" He stated, his focus going to his food as he continued to eat, though his ears were all for
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I sat and watched a forty-year old woman who could not pick up her own tissue as she sobbed about her condition. She lost her hands and legs to no fault of her own. I was mesmerized as my father skillfully interviewed her with compassion while he was obtaining the information to evaluate the legal basis of her claim. As a child, I would often accompany my father to his office, the courthouse, other law firms, and clients’ businesses, which only increased my curiosity for all of the work behind investigating and developing complex cases. I would especially look forward to the days when I accompanied my father to the Harris County Civil Courthouse to try cases, as well as for depositions and hearings. Additionally, I spent many years attending
Thumbs Out A girlfriend of mine once defended me to her father by saying, calmly, “Not everyone who wanders is lost.” The dad kicked me out of the house anyway. But the damage had been done. Not everyone who wanders is lost.
Happiness is a state of mind. The dictionary definition is "feelings of joy and pleasure mingled together”. A feeling of happiness is more than just an experience of joy or pleasure. It is a state of mind where the individual feels that “life is good”. As Aristotle says, “happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” I believe that everyone wants to be happy in life. One is abnormal if he prefers to be sad and alone.
Having explained the reason most children have become disheartened at the thought of school, I now turn my attention to the students who do realize school’s educational value. These are the students that will continue to prosper throughout their lives because they realize the extreme importance of education. There is a secret, yet not so secret, motivation behind their determination to exceed standards and expectations in school. The secret they withhold is their overwhelming desire to be successful in the future.