Maslow's Needs Vs. Mine

I can't say that I entirely agree with the way that Maslow built his pyramid. I would probably rearange a few things to better fit what a think a person needs to survive. But, if I was to put myself on this pyramid, i would say that I was in the process of working my way up to the esteem level. I have most of the things that are included in the lower level of the pyramid, but am not quite complete on the esteem level. I think to gain respect you have to work hard and respect others. I don't see myself at this point in life, but I am working hard to get there.

Just to put this personal opinion in here at the last, I would like to say that i greatly look down upon Maslow's idea of sex as a need. I think it is more of a want than anything and that it does not need to be on his chart. I think that justifying sex as a need makes you weak.

Why The Heck Are We Here?

I think it's as easy as this. If when the principle has trouble driving to school, she should know that everyone else is going to have the same. I understand that there are only so many days that we can take off from school each year, but at the same time, the Arenzville bridge is almost suicide when it's iced over. To be completely honest, I don't know if it's worse coming up or going down. I hate to have to think what it is like for the people with two wheel drive vehicles. I had my truck in four wheel drive this morning and i still put it into a ditch. If you ask me, I'd say the reason this school is here is to teach the students correct? So if students wreck on the way to school and get hurt because of administration's failure to call it off, what are you teaching? It's called responsibility. When a student wrecks because of bad conditions on the way to somewhere they are forced to go, that in no way is there fault. That is on the administration. I guess it will be this way until the time comes that a student is seriously injured. When that time comes, don't say I didn't try and warn you.

Eye for an Eye?

I believe that revenge is different with every different person that takes it. I think that in such things as a sports rivalry, revenge is useful in driving the team to victory. Just that little extra something to put behind you to get that extra yard. And when you achieve your revenge, it is oh so sweet for the whole school. Not just the team. But some people can't handle revenge. Some people can't stop once they start, and they can never get enough vengeance on their rivals or enemies. Those who are not careful, should not seek revenge because they will only succeed in hurting themselves. Thomas Moore once said: "Those who plot the destruction of others often parish in the attemp." I think revenge is something not to be handled lightly, but to carry on a velvet pillow, to be careful with, or it will consume you. Revenge has a way of over running you to a point where it is your one heart's desire. So I will leave with this quote by Ghandi: " An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind."

Screwed over again: The next four years

The election this year was not a good one, in my opinion. I couldn't vote, but if I could have I don't think I would've. They say that if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain about the president for four more years. Personally, I thought that both candidates were lacking in many places. I also think that security for Obama is going to be very difficult. There are a lot of people out there who are going to be trying to kill him just because of the color of his skin.
I had made predictions about this election, and all of the ones that I made were actually correct. I knew that Obama would win, bacause of all the support that he had, and all of the things he was promising. I'm saying the things he was promising and not the things he is going to do, because I think he said a lot of things just to get in. I also predicted that the local referendum would not pass, and I was correct on that. But that is entirely another subject, maybe for another day.
The results are reflective of the campaigns. I think that Obama won as soon as he proved that McCain voted with Bush 95% of the time. After how badly Bush has screwed our country over, people panicked as soon as they saw that. The last thing this country needed was another Bush. Not saying that Obama was a better choice mind you, just that he was the only choice.
If I could have elected anyone in the world huh? Now that's an impossible question to answer. I think that before I can tell you who to elect, I need to be able to see them in action. To see their opinions and the way that they have voted with the house in the past.
As far as the election this year goes. I am not satisfied with our new president, but there isn't any changing it. I guess all there is to do now, is sit back, and watch the way he leads our country. No pressure Obama.

Resolving a Conflict

Most recently, I had a minor conflict with my mother about wether or not I was going to go to school or not one day. Believe it or not, she was the one saying that I shouldn't go, because I was running a fever. We compensated, agreeing that if i started feeling any more ill that I would leave school to come home and rest. Mainly, I had already missed two days of school and wanted to get things back on track. In the end, I went to school for most of the day but did end up going home to sleep for a couple hours before work. She also wanted me to call in sick again to work but i didn't want to do that either because I had already called in once. I liked how the situation was resolved, because it felt like kind of a win win situation for us.

My First Blog

I never thought that I would right my first blog on a school computer. As a matter of fact, until now, I never knew what a blog was. But I am stuck here behind a computer in English 4, wasting a essential amount of my time trying to figure out what to type about. Jacob Millard is a tool.