Is Revenge Ever Justified?

Is revenge ever justified? In my opinion, no. I don't think revenge can ever be justified. I know sometimes you just can't accept what someone has done to hurt you and you just feel like you have to take revenge on that person. People may tell you, "just let karma do her work!", but you just can't wait anymore. What if that person escapes karma and is never punished for whatever terrible things he/she did to you? Well, that is very true and absolutely understandable. However, have you ever taken a minute and just think about when your revenge should stop? Is your revenge too extreme? Does that person really deserve it? What did that person do anyways? Are you sure it's only that person? Have you ever thought maybe that person teamed up with someone else who also deserves to be punished? The list could go on and on. My point is that revenge is a very complicated thing, and if you haven't really thought it over, don't do it. Just let karma do her work and don't waste your time on your enemy. After all you only have so much time left to live, why waste it on someone who you hate?

What Is A Risk Worth Taking?

Yes, sometimes, risks must be taken. Risks can be physical, emotional or even social. Risks are oftentimes taken to prove something to people, but it can also be taken to save something or be taken for the good of everyone else. However, some risks may be too big of a risk to even consider taking. I personally believe that most risks are worth taking. Yep, I'm a risk taker! I mean, you can only live once, right? So why not take the chance and actually live it instead of just doing what you're supposed to do all the time? However, taking a risk just to prove yourself to someone seems extremely illogical and useless to me, because you should live for yourself and not let others' opinions dictate your entire life. You don't need to prove anything to anyone, just prove them to yourself! Also, don't take the risks if it is highly likely to result in you being extremely injured or just simply dead. That would not be a happy ending for you, would it? Anyways, sometimes risks just has to be taken and when they accomplish what was intended, then good for you! Keep in mind, though, that taking risks may sometimes end up badly too. After all, real life is real life, hm? Not movies.

What Do You Look For In A Friend?

I think friends can be almost anyone. It can be someone who's very similar to you, who shares some common interest with you, or even someone who's the exact opposite of you. I believe the only quality a friend needs to have is the ability of giving you support when you need it and also to love you for who you are and understand you. A friend doesn't even need to be your age. Your mom can be a good friend too (when she's not busy yelling at you and stopping you from going to parties and spending time with friends)! Actually friends can be anyone at all, even enemies, because then you guys can be "friends" who look like they're good but stabs each other in the back.  I guess most of my friends are funny, because I really value the sense of humor, and they get what I'm saying. My friends, or at least my Real Friends, are the people I can act crazy and totally myself with. I don't really "look" for a friend, just become friends. It's like this little feeling you get when you see a true potential friend-to-be. It's kind of like that little feeling you get when you see your crush (and hopefully boyfriend-to-be too!), I suppose!

What Is Dignity?

List of 5 People With Dignity:
1. David Greene (from School Ties)
2. Rosa Parks
3. Dr. Martin
4. Harriet Tubman
5. President Lincoln

As for whether dignity comes from within or from the approval of others, I believe it comes from within and is only proved with the approval of others. A person must first be very dignified in order to have dignity. Being dignified comes from oneself and that's why I believe dignity truly comes from within. However, though dignity does come from within, what's having dignity without others recognizing it? Since without recognition, a person is still, unfortunately, not known to have dignity. So, I think dignity definitely also comes from the approval of others. And when a person has the approval of others, that person often also tries to improve even more and remind him or herself that he or she must always act with dignity and treat everyone with dignity. So I believe dignity comes from both withing and also from the approval of others.

Happiness is...

Happiness is that warm feeling you get when something good happens to you, or just to anyone and you feel happy for them. Happiness is a warm cup of chocolate on a cold, winter morning. Happiness is reading a book in bed before you go to sleep. Happiness is accomplishing something, anything. Happiness is chatting with your friends and doing your nails together and gossiping. Happiness is helping someone who needs it, and feeling proud of yourself afterwards. Happiness is when you crush talks to you and your stomach does that little flip thing. Happiness is looking at the beautiful scene around you and realizing just how beautiful Earth is. Happiness is looking at others' lives and realizing just how lucky you are to have a family. Happiness is all the little things like a sunny day or a warm smile from a stranger or a simple thanks. Happiness is all those great things like getting into your dream college or ending up as first place after hard work. Happiness is all around you, and they're the things that makes up for the many, many downs in our lives.

What is a Teacher?

Teachers are those that try to teach us ideas of their own information about the subject they're teaching us. Teachers really do care about how we're learning things and if we're learning it or not. Some really good teachers can be strict about important things and really, really care about manners and attitude. I think best teachers shouldn't care that much about how smart the student is, but he/she should care more about how willing to learn the student is, and also how dedicated the student is. Good teachers also really do care about their student and their learning progress. I've had some even better teacher who also care about my life and what's going on. Some really good teachers also care about your future and gives you good advice about what you should really work on in order to be successful. Teachers should also be really patient and that may be one reason why I should never ever be a teacher. I have zero patience. A lot of students take a longer time to learn new things since everyone's learning speed is different, so a teacher's patience is really important. A teacher should also be forgiving, because students are highly likely to upset the teacher some way or the other many times while the teacher is teaching. So it would be easier both the teachers and the students if the teacher is forgiving and understanding. However, the teacher should also tell the student or warn the student about their mistakes, not just tolerate them.

How Important is Status?

What determines someone's popularity? Well, there are quite a few. The people you know, how good of an athlete you are, your appearance, and your grades (in some cases, the worse your grades are, the more popular you'll be). I, however really don't think popularity should be based on these factors, because some of the things on this list are things that you can't really change (like appearance and athletic ability). Also, I think personality should also be on the list, because not many people who are popular are really genuinely nice. However, statuses are usually determined by these factors and a lot of these factors are universal and many also goes on into real life society. I really don't get why the people you know really matter so much, because it's not like knowing someone will change who you are. You won't suddenly become intelligent and funny and outgoing just because you know someone famous or rich.

What Will Happen In 50 Years?

I think in 50 years, they may have already found a cure to cancer! And, I hope that person will be me :)! And computers will continue to advance. Soon, everyone will have their own robots at home who will help them do all the chores and I will no longer have to do the dishes or take out the trash. There will also be hover-boards and hover-cars(like in the Uglies Series) that run on magnetic forces and the underground is all full how really strong magnet so the hover-boards and hover-car can run. A lot of medicines will be discovered but then the viruses also evolve into super viruses, threatening to wipe out human race. The human population struggle to stay alive, and 90% of the world's population is gone while the other 10% survives, Those people left will make up a new government and battle the world on their own. However, the people aren't strong enough, and most people left living are either not very smart or really old/young. So, they soon also die out and the other animals take over the Earth. Sadly, the deadly Super Virus also evolved to wipe out other types of organisms as well, so there is no more multicell organisms anymore. The single-celled organisms started to evolve after a long time and then everything started again.

Why Are We Fascinated By The Unknown?

Why are we all fascinated by the unknown. I believe curiosity is one of humans' many, many traits. We love to learn new things and because of this special trait we all have, we've gained a lot of knowledge. However, curiosity may not always be that beneficial, because the saying: "Curiosity killed the cat" may be sometimes quite true. We have always been fascinated by the unknown. Ever since we were infants, we've been like that, actually. With curiosity, our ancestors have learned about fire, science, and a lot of different things. I think being fascinated may be a good thing, but it can also have very bad effects. For example, as the horror movies always like to prove to us, curiosity can be really bad for you sometimes. You know how the girls in the movies always gets intrigued by the weird sounds or knocking coming from outside, then they'd open the door and see something really, really scary, then get their throats slit or something as horrendous as that. Curiosity is why we've always been fascinated by the unknown and it is a must have trait for us as long as we don't be too curious and take ourselves to places we wouldn't want to end up in.

What Is A Generation Gap

Parent/Kid


Turn off your computer now!

Mom (or Dad), I'm NOT done with my homework yet!

I said to turn it offf!

But...!

(interrupts) No buts, go to bed! I don't care if you're finished or not. I know you're just chatting with your friends and Facebooking.

(lying) I'm not!

(sarcastic) Oh really. Go to bed!

Fine! I'll just wake up at 5 tomorrow then! If that's what you want! (turn it off)

(scoff) As if you can wake up that time of the day.

Good night!

Night!

Would You Visit The Past If You Could?

No, I think it's way too risky. I read this series called Time Travelers or something similar to that, and I personally think going back in time is way too dangerous. You never know what you may accidentally alter and then change the whole future. Stepping on a stone in Dinosaurs Time may result in a fossil that has human record and may lead scientists to believe that humans existed that long ago. Killing a little mouse may result in a whole species dying out and the animals that depends on that specie will also die out and that would just cause a really terrible chain of events. Time traveling is way too dangerous, and I wouldn't go until many, many people goes to try it out before me (and also to go be the "experiment") and come back with no injuries at all. Traveling back in time also seems like a really weird and useless thing to do. Why not just live your life like you're supposed to and cherish every passing moment because there's no going back, instead of messing with nature. After all, we've messed with nature enough already, haven't we?

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What Are You Willing To Sacrifice

Have you ever made a sacrifice in order to help others or make someone happy?

Yes, definitely! I'm a nice person after all ;). When I was in fifth grade (I believe), I gave up my whole year's allowance just to donate to the World Vision Organization and I sponsored a little girl in India (or somewhere like that, I believe). It was a heart-breaking, yet very inspiring thing to do. After giving up all my allowance, I was quite depressed (it may seem a bit selfish, but giving up a whole year's worth of allowance is quite a fatal wound to my young heart). However, when Christmas came, I got a little letter from the little girl with a drawing of a really cute little Christmas Tree, saying how grateful she is that I'm helping her. I really touched me, and I realized how lucky I really am. Just a simple allowance of mine is enough to support that little girl for such a long time. I think I really learned a lot from that experience, and I'm still sponsoring her! I also still have no allowance, but I like it better that way. At least now I won't have to pay for my own things even though I wouldn't really have that much freedom of choosing them. I also recently sacrificed my club time to the St. Joseph people. It's not much of a sacrifice, since I'll have some gains in this (community service hours!), but it's club time... Anyways, I think I kind of like helping people, because making others' lives easier can definitely make yourself feel more confident and build a higher self-esteem, but hopefully not too high.

Qualities of A Survivor

A survivor must be able to think fast and adapt to nature really easily. Just like in the Hunger Games! Like Katniss (love her)! Even though it's a total ripoff of the Japanese book, it was still pretty good. You must be smart and at least have some basic skills, like hunting or how to make fire and what are poisonous and what are not. You must be smart, can think logically, and think fast. Also, think like your enemy, so you can understand their logic, therefore, you can predict their moves and fool them or something like that. To be a survivor, you must also have faith in yourself. It's probably really easy to loose faith and give up on yourself in the wild, especially if you have no ally and you're out there all alone. To have a better chance of survival, you must also have some kind of weapon, if you don't you should have the knowledge of how to make one out the nature.

The Most Dangerous Game: Pre-Reading Questions

1. What do you think it feels like to be hunted?
2. Do animals feel?
3. Do we need to hunt?
4. Do we need to hunt now?

I think being hunted must feel terrible, but that depends on who's hunting you and how powerful you are. For example, if the person hunting you had no guns and is weak and feeble, then you have no need to fear. If you  can overpower your predator then you also have nothing to worry about. But in most cases, the hunter is more powerful than the prey, or the hunter could have just killed the prey in a most painless way (without the chase which is probably meant for thrill). The prey must be terrified and desperate when it's hunted, and it must think fast or die. I personally believe that animals do have feelings too. If they don't have feelings, then why will the parents care for they offspring, because caring is a type a feeling. And, of course they have feelings, because if they can feel pain and heat (because they hopefully have a nervous system), why can't they also feel fear and love? Dogs for example can be very loyal to their owners, how can that not be a feeling? Is that not affection, respect, or love or friendship? Of course they have feelings. I also think that every animal has feelings too because they all feel fear, they must, because fear is one of the big things or reasons that causes animals to do some things. I think our ancestors needed to hunt, because they didn't breed animals themselves, so they had to. But nowadays, I don't think hunting is really necessary because everything we need to eat to maintain our health, we can get in a more peaceful and painless for the animals way. I think nowadays, the people who do hunt are only hunting for the thrill of it and I think that is very, very cruel. It's just like bullying because you just scare other creatures just so you can feel cool and good. That is very cruel indeed.

#1 Rule For Successful Class Environment

I personally think that a lot of rules are very, very frustrating, but I guess some of them ARE kind of necessary, or else we wouldn't learn anything at all. There are a lot of rules that are pretty essential to maintain a good environment for students to learn, especially if the students are extra noisy, irresponsible, or immature; or if the teacher is not good at controlling those students, in other words, if the teacher's too nice. I think the most efficient rule would probably be: EVERYONE SHOULD RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, and that includes the teacher, and also you respecting yourself. If a student respects his/her peers, then his/her classmates will be able to have a good time in class and be able to learn. If the student respects his/her teacher, then he/she would not interrupt the teacher, turn in work late, cheat, or talk about things not related to class, because that would be very disrespectful. If student respects him/herself too, then he/she would not dare to waste his/her time and not pay attention, because he/she already spent the money and time to come to school to learn and he/she should get the best out of it and try their best to learn something. He/she also wouldn't want to hurt themselves by doing dangerous things because they respect themselves. And the student would probably also hate to endanger his/her place in the school by not dressing according to the dress code of the school or speaking Chinese in PAS's case. So, I think respect is a great rule, because even though it doesn't seem like much, it actually covers all the rules (well, most at least) a teacher could come up with.