Companies and Investments in our Economical Decline

Credit card companies and banks are sending letters out to there customers stating that they will increase the interest rates on the card as of a certain date. The best way to go around becoming in debt is avoiding the use of these credit cards in anyway we can. Maybe we could try to save money for more necessary things that come before the luxuries that we want and what we are used to. The more we save the easier it will be to stay out of debt, and by not using the credit cards; it will make it less stressful for people to know that we aren’t putting ourselves further into debt; especially because the interest rates are higher then they were, meaning that we will need to come up with more money then we did before. Our dollar is just becoming weaker day by day. The crisis in our economy is becoming larger and larger. Many things happening for the worse as the only thing we could do is try to help the downwards spiral. As we see company such as General Motors and "the Big Three" asking for a 34 billion dollors loan to help them stay up and also they claim that it will even benifit everyone. They would be able to make money and stay away from bankruptcy. They feel that bankruptcy would be the worst in the near means of losing the company totally. I think that this is a huge investment that the tax payers will have to pay for. Yes! more out of our pockets. Its a big loan for such a big company, but the end fact is there is other comapnys for cars out there that may be more reliabe and in the same price catagory which is bringing GM to their grave.

Apollo Alliance: The Renewable Energy Industry

Economists are arguing that the proposed federal bailout of Wall Street will do little for the economy unless it includes provisions to reinvest in infrastructure and refinance mortgages. They also estimate that an additional forty billion dollars in infrastructure investment could create as many as one million new jobs. Smart public investment such as the kind called for in the Apollo Alliance plan for energy independence. The Apollo Alliance going to try to promote the renewable energy industry with a $300 billion investment over the next ten years, creating a little more than three million jobs, leading to economic growth, more tax revenues, and energy independence. I think that this will help my family and many others as well, because it’s creating more jobs for people, giving better tax revenues, and energy independence. I don’t think it will affect my immediate family as much because my father is a Sergeant of police and my mother runs a practice inside Staten Island University hospital. My thoughts that this will concern many people because were is the three billion dollar investment going to be taken out of? Our pockets probably and in the long run would not be what we thought it would be. Other countries that are closely allied with us may not be affected by this because they don’t have to deal with what we are dealing with. The only thing that we may have to worry about is our soldiers in our military because there are great deals of money that go toward that. The government should kept up with what they are trying to do to make our dollar amount go up, to be in par with other countries

Missles in Poland

The United States and Poland missile defense program can be seen as bad because the missiles are not needed. They can be dangerous and the whole world should dispose of them. The missile could cause great and tragic events from great amounts of distances. The missile could be launched from lets say, Iran, and hit the United States. They are very dangerous and basically we have these programs for defense. We should make programs to stop the missile making and destroy them all. Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice signed a missile defense program with Poland and predicted the future president wouldn’t undo the controversial program. Rice signed the deal with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk were also present. Kaczynski declared that the deal “strengthens the global positioning of the most powerful country in the world.” Rice called it a “landmark.” Under the agreement, the United States will build and operate 10 interceptor missiles in Poland that the administration says are intended for shooting down any long range missiles from nations such as Iran. Russian officials believe that though it is a good plan, it is the first step in construction of a huge interceptor system that could neutralize Russia’s vast missile force, leaving it vulnerable to a first strike nuclear attack. Poland was opening itself to a potential Russian nuclear attack. These missile programs are just creating more havoc in the world even thought they are trying to defend their selves. Programs such as missiles demolition should be put in place and things should be done and new ways should be brought about to stop the missile warfare.

Iranian President in the United States

During Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s campaign, he said “we didn't participate in the revolution for turn-by-turn government.” This revolution tries to reach a world-wide government. Also he has mentioned that he has an extended program on fighting terrorisim in order to improve foreign relations and has called for greater ties with Iran's neighbors and ending visa requirements between states in the region, saying that people should visit anywhere they wish freely. People should have freedom in their pilgramage and tours. He is now coming here to St. John’s University to speak and should be allowed for many reasons. Ahmadinejad coming to St. John’s should be no big deal at all. He should come here to preach to teach us more about Iran and their beliefs. He is against terrorism and has programs fighting against it. He also has programs to improve foreign relations so they could become a better country and not have such a bad reputation anymore. He believes that people should have their freedom of pilgrimage and free speech like the United States has and should be allowed to come here to talk because of this reason. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has many good reasons to come here and also we should listen to what he has to say so we can either agree or disagree with him. That’s the worst thing that can happen. He tries to show many good ways for turniong Iran around and becoming a better country.

Bullies and Drunken Drivers

There are many things some people do in their life because they feel the need to do so, or just to make themselves feel better. As we all were younger we probably noticed the bullies in the school. Those that hurt other kids feelings, embarrassed them in front of other, or even physically hurt others. These bullies do these things to make themselves look better and make other kids afraid of them because they are unsure of themselves. People who driver under the influence of alcohol probably don’t want to embarrass themselves and say they are unable to driver, or do so because they feel like they can. What they may not realize at this time is they are putting many people’s lives in danger, because alcohol slows down reaction time and makes you tired. Bullies are seen throughout our years in school and also many other things we might do such as sports or other activities. They make others feel bad because at the same time its making themselves feel good. Most of the time the characteristics of the parents are passed down to the children. People generally have different attitudes toward things in all different ways. One may look at drunk driving as stupid and would never take the risk. Then there will be others that feel they are invincible and trust themselves too much. Basically these people have the narrow minded characteristics of their parents, or picked up these bad habbits of thinking and acting throughout the years of their life. No one likes a bully and no one likes drunk drivers they are both just a simple means of annoyance and danger in the world.

Gun Control in The United States

Do you think the United States should have stricter gun control? I do, guns could be the most dangerous item on the market to those that are legal age to own one, and even for those who are not of age and can still obtain one. People argue that this violates the second amendment as well as a few others, but back when these amendments were made things were not as they are now. The laws we have currently on gun control, give more opportunities for gun related fatalities. In an article from “The Awesome Library” (a debate on Gun Control from the Brady Center), they say, “The Brady Center argues that when the civilian population has more access to guns, more teens and children die from gun wounds. For example, during a year when over 5,000 teens and children died from gun wounds in the USA, in Great Britain, where gun ownership is very restricted, 19 teens and children died from gun wounds.” The way our laws are with Gun Control are less of Great Britain and maybe should be more stricter so we could reduce this rate of child and teen fatalities.Also the more guns there are in the United States the more opportunity there is for children to obtain them and accidentally cause a disaster, whether it maybe to their self or others. The Amendments that were made long ago may have been the basics and our stepping stone to our human rights, But the fact that now times have change and people just are not the same as the were back when the amendment was created. Gun control in the United States should be more strict and harder to obtain a firearm, so the opportunities for fatalities are reduced. If we don’t have the guns, how can a gun related death occur? They might be protection to many, but when someone is shot there is no getting back up. If they were stabbed or even hit with a punch they have the ability to fight back and could be a less tragic outcome. If a person is beaten at least they can recover even though it could take time, but peoples lives are more precious then you can even imagine, once a person dies there’s no hospitals, there’s no ability to be seen again by family and friends.

Abraham Maslow: Man of Many Ideas

In another class during this semester we learned about a very interesting person in life who brought some great theologies to the world. This man Abraham Maslow was a great guy and gives great understang and can show people different ways of how the human beings come to evolve. Abraham Harold Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 and later died on june 8 of 1970. He is noted for his conception of the Hierarchy of Needs. He was an American psychologist and was considered the founder of humanistic psychology. He was born and raised in brooklyn, went to the city college of New York. Then later on went to the University of Wisconsin, and then went further on to research more at Columbia University. Maslow saw human beings' needs, more like a ladder or stepping stone. The most basic needs are at the bottom, like the physical needs such as air, water, food, sleep. Then the safety needs like security, stability then psychological or social needs like for belonging, love, and acceptance. At the top of it all were the self-actualizing needs, the need to fulfill oneself, and to become who we want to be. Malsow felt that the needs we grow with be lower on the chart then the needs that are part of us growing older and finding, more like a ladder to climb to the next step.The first four levels of the pyramid are said to be the growing levels were we don’t feel anything if they are met, but if we don’t meet the needs we feel as if we have to. The other level is where a person finds differences and motivates us further. The base of the pyramid is formed by the physiological needs. It includes the needs of food, water, air, and sleep. These are more like the essentials of life in order for us to live. The needs in this level are the basics of life and are used by every human. Once the physiological needs are met, we can go on to the next level of safety and security.

Important Figures in my Life!

A figure in my life that I look up to is my parents. My mom and dad do everything and anything for me. They raised me to become the person I am today and without there constant help and support, I would not be able to do or have the things I have. They give me the essential in life plus much more.My mom is like my best friend I can tell her anything. She even bought me two cars within the two years I have been driving. My first car she bought me was a 2004 laser red mustang convertible. I had such a great feeling just driving that car because it was so shiny and it even had big chrome rims on it. She bought me that car for my seventeenth birthday. Then on my eighteenth birthday we sold the mustang because it was a little dangerous and she bought me a brand new 2008 Acura TL. I love this car, it is so safe and has the latest technology to keep people safe like airbags all over the car, snow and traction buttons, seat belt warnings, and even tell you how much air is in the tires and if its to low inflates them for you. My mom has given me the world ever since I was a baby. She has made so many sacrifices for me, like giving me things and not buying things for herself. I could tell her anything because she will never get mad, but she will state her honest opinion on anything and help me out. Then there is my dad, who always tells me what I have to do, like chores and stuff, and what I can do to help around the house. My whole life my dad tries to show my family how we should work for the things we want, kind of the opposite of my mom. My dad does pay for the gas for me and my mom’s cars, and even pays for the insurance. My dad doesn’t give me things the way my mom does. He makes me do some work if I ask him for some money, he wont just give it to me like my mom. My dad is my role model even though I am not allowed to do the same job he does, which is a police officer. He has been on the job for over twenty four years now. I find it pretty interesting the new stuff he does now, he goes to work in suit and tie, and sometimes even come home to make sure we are home in time for our curfew. My parents are people who I have an unlimited amount of regard for. I respect everything they have to say and tell me. Since I was a baby I found that there will be no other people in the world that will be closer to you then your family. I have my mom and dad and my little brother and little sister. They mean the world to me and would make any sacrifice in the world for them. I love my family.

Radio City Music Spectacular

The radio city music spectacular! Something ive never seen before in my life. Me and my girlfriend went to see this show through the College of Staten Islands discounted prices. She goes to CSI so she was able to get the tickets. We went to Csi around 530. They had a nice coach bus waiting for us. The tickets were 20 dollars for the students of CSI and 25 for non students. They had eveerything set up where they had to take attendence and theyeven gave us vouchers for free popcorn and a soda. The bus provided transportation to the play and back to CSI. The bus bus ride there, we talked to some people on the bus and got to know some people. When we got to the show we were able to walk around for a little bit because we were early and the show wasn't starting for another half hour. We walked around grabed a pretzel and some "nuts 4 nuts" from a stand on the corner, and went to visit the godiva chocolate store and the Swarovski jewelery store. We went to watch to show and used our vouchers before we sat down. We got our pop corns and sodas which were both in sovenir containers. The show was amazing they had many things that fell from the ceilings like snow and confetti and the play was an overall A! Leaving the play gets you in the christmas spirit so much and makes you eager for the holidays to come. We got back on the bus again grabing a pretzel and this time i grabed some chicken on a hotdog bun and also a hot chocolate. We ate on the way home and when we got home went back to my house. The night was very exciting and still has me in the Christmas spirit!

Halloween Eve!

Todays halloween eve! The day before holloween when all the little misfits are suppose to come out and destroy things. Is also called "Misfits Night." Last year we had a little problem where kids had egged my friend house and we haad to call the cops and clean everything up. This year we have all cameras and stuff just incase of another incident. Well today i got up and got ready to goto school and even got my work done for fridays classes. i have al most nothing to do for this weekend except a research paper that i am almost done with. I went to school and met up with a couple of friends that i used to hangout a long time ago. We talked and talk about how things were and even what were gana be for holloween. Im still unsure of what im going to be but i cant wait untill holloween comes. I then met up with my friend billy and went to class and handed in our english papers then the proffessor let us go early. After that we had about a half hour so me n billy went to our cars and dropped our books off. Billy had a big ball in his car so we decided to play wit it on the great lawn with our friends. We felt like we were little kids but tere was nobody around to make fun of us! We kicked and punched the ball and even bounced it on the concrete and he was afraid that it was goin to pop. But once the big ball go into billys trunk e hitit and forgot he had his key in his hand and POP! He poped a hole right in the side of it. Now im in history class and its as boring as could be because the teacher just rambles on about how the author of books that we are reading thinks about history. Pretty boring class but got get it done!

A Walk to the City

About a week ago i was getting ready to visit the city. I was going out with my girlfriend to a resturaunt and to walk around and just enjoy the times. We first drove to the S.I. ferry so we didnt have to take another hour on the staten island railroad. We drove to the ferry and when we got there found it confusing on where to park. We park and paid at a municipal meter but when we were walking to the ferry we saw signs that it was private parking only and were afraid that i was going to get a ticket. We went and asked a guy that wasnt very helpful. He said he didnt know, but he said that there was another parking lot near the entrance to the ferry and he was sure that we could park there. So we went back to my car and on the way saw a family looking for a spot and sold them our ticket. Then went around and parked the car and ran to the ferry. We grabbed a metro card and some snacks and were ready to go. Once we got on the ferry we went to the top deck and went on the outside. We took some pics even though she didnt want to that much because she thinks she looked funny, but she didnt and didnt want to believe me. After that event we arrived at the city and took the train to Christopher st. When we got the the restauraunt was right there! We went to "Jeckal and Hyde" for dinner where they had many funny characters and even things on the walls that put on shows for you while you eat. It was really cool and pretty fun! Then after dinner we went to a museum that had some weird things. There was things like hot dogs and fish sticks that that moved like they were real. The fish sticks were in a tank and were swimming around, while the hotdogs were in a container and had the water dispenser which was a mustard bottle. It was really weird but very cool to see. After we walked around the city and then started to head home. We really had a great time and cant wait to go back and do it again!

Analize This!

As apart of my history class we have to read certain books. for each homework assignment we have to analize the hapters we were assigned that night. During the semester, a ertain part of Adam Hochschild's book "King Loepald's ghost", caught my attention and was very informational. They start off the chapter with a map of Africa. we see the map of Africa was cut up like a jigsaw puzzle by Europeans during the last part of the nineteenth century for a variety of reasons. In 1876 the French initiated and attempted to revitalize France expansionist policy of colonization. By creating treaties with the locals they expanded their colony and threatened the plans of the King of Belgium, fearing the expanding role of France, Britain began to recognize old claims that Portugal had on certain colonies and the whole matter concerned the Germans who while not wanting to colonize felt a need to protect their commercial interests. Ultimately this led to the Berlin Conference of 1884 to 1885. The Conference recognized Leopold of Belgium's claim to the Belgian Congo and Zaire, French rights to equatorial Africa and freedom of trade throughout the region which was desired by the Germans. Britain was acknowledged to have claim on the lower Niger, France on the upper Niger. The conference also required a formal method of future European claims to Africa than the methods used by Britain in the past. I find this informative book on history and how nations became allies and how different nations fought to keep there independence played a tremedous role on how the United States became about as well. We are a strong nation and can be considered one of the strongest and yet newest nations.

Different Classes for the Good or The Worse

Through some classes in school there have been many different classes. There are some interesting ones and then there are some boring ones. One class that sometimes can be boring is history. People getup and leave and can be very distracting. Other classes are more fun were the teacher becomes more involved and shows us repeatedly how to do certain things and dont just leave us sitting there wondering about whats gana happen next, or even who might be called on next. i sit in the class and listen to all the things that the teacher has to say and even take good notes. but the teacher doesnt give any test. We have three analytical papers do in this history class, abd everyday we have to read about 60 pages and then write a one page synopsis on the reading. The synopsis is not written on what the reading was about, but what we think the argument the author is trying to put foward adn what we think based apon that. I dont truely understand the full idea of this class and sometimes find myself not lear ning as much i should. I should be furthering my knowledge of history and not trying to see what the author is thinking. The teacher also has wierd ways of grading and i find it truely difficult to find how i am doing in the class. Our grades are based on our participation, the synopsis', and the three analtical papers. Every class we had in those synopsis' and he says that he either gives a check or a minus on the synopsis. He never gives them back so how are we suppose to know how we are doing in the class? I find that the class is quite boring and sometimes hard to follow because the teacher just rambles on about the author and his inputs on history.

Buying cars!

Buying a new car! its such a great feeling that you know that your getting one that nobodys has ever used. You get to pick the model you like, the color, the interior colr, and even the certain uprgrades you want to make to the car. Ofcourse for a price! Some cars maybe more expensive then others, and might even look the same. Lets look at the 2009 Infiniti G35 and the 2009 Mecedes Benz E-class.
The 2009 Mercedes Benz E-Class


The 2009 Infiniti G35

These two cars have alot in common and look similiar. The only difference is the price. The mercedes starts at around 60 thousand dollars where as the Infiniti starts at around 30 thousand dollars. These cars have very similar performance, and interior features such as navigation and leather heated seats. For the value of the Infiiniti and the its performance fearures compare d to its pricte is a great value. The Mecnedes Benz which is a top enad vehicle cost more because of more compguterized features with in the car and foriegn parts that may cost more, also its elegant features and high reputation. The Mecedes does attract more attention because it may cost more but the infiniti is from less attractive.

The Final Debate

A lot of work due for school yesterday stopped me from being able to watch the debate. From the reactions I've heard, it wasn't a must see by any means and did little to impact the race. One good thing about it is that now all the debates are over. Looking back on all three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate, I don't think they moved the race much at all. The most important result was Obama's success in portraying himself as presidential material. He had the most to lose going in. John McCain's did not do so well in her readiness for presidency. McCain's slow and steady collapse in the polls began after that interview. Palin was a risky pick that could have been a great if he had been in greater effect. The debate seemed to be a fight for McCain. it was said that he had been going against all Obama had pledged and at one point in the election McCain stated how if Obama wanted to run against George W. Bush, he should have run four years ago. McCains aggression might of given him the edge of the debate but he needed to fully out preform Obama to make up the point deficit in order to make him the choosen electorate for the white house.

Alcohol For Cars!

Do you notice how the new cars have the stickers on them, and how they say the miles per gallon? Some cars get better miles per gallon then othere for all different reasons. There may be cars that have four cylinder engines and get around 25 miles per gallon. Or the Six cylinder cars gettin around 18 miles per gallon. Then there are the "gas Guzzlers," the eight, ten and twelve cylinder cars. these cars and trucks with the bigger engines are either high performances vehicles or bigger trucks. They get anywhere from ten miles per gallon and lower. They eat up the gas, and use more gas then other cars that are driven. In our economy we are going through some major crisis, one in which is gas. these bigger cars and trucks could be seen as a big waste in some ways. They also have racing cars! These cars used a great amount of gas because most of its just flying out the tail pipe as they zoom by! these cars also could have a special mixture to the gas called nitrous oxide or "NOS." This is like a boost for the car or "Alcoholic treat" for the car. Some people call nitrous oxide an alcohloic treat for the cars because it makes the cars have a great burst of speed and the more it uses can break down the car. Its like alcool and people who abuse it. It can slowly but surely break you down over time. Possibly leading to liver failure. These cars usually are very fast, but also very dangerous because certain parts of the car may break down as they race!

The Changes in a Life Time

Throuh the days of growing up things aree slowly changing whether we can realize it or not. Can you see some of the changes occuring as we grow older? Maybe if we took a look at the price of gas.I remmeber going to the gas station near my old house when i was five years old. back then the price of gas was $1.20 a gallon. Then when i was six we moved to another house and there happen to be a gas station near by and i remember the price when i was six, had gone up to $1.35. As i grew older and older i remember my grandmother always complaining about the gas prices. Yes she is pretty conservative wth her money and rather cheap. When entered intermediate school, gas had went above two dollars a gallon. And in 7th grade was when it was at $2.20. My grandmother was refusing to drive and pick us up from school, but she had to. As i went throught high school, the trajic event of september 11 occured. This drove gas prices through the roof. I remember gas bieng as high as $4.09. Now that i drive it actually affects me. The price of gas and the oil companies selling them are going through great ups and downs with the prices. There are many problems wit the oil companies with them finding more oil. If me and my friends were at school and were fooling around playing some football, and we stepped in a muddy looking puddle. We looked closer at the puddle because it looked kinda thick and black. We found out that it was oil and we told the people in charge of the school what we had found. Maybe the school would open a big oil drill in the middle of the campus and cut aus a piece of what its bieng sold for. Then we all be rich, but ofcourse thats if the school decided to drill in the middle of the campus, which would bring great changes!

The Field of Dreams

Have you ever been to a baseball game before? Maybe you’ve even played on a baseball field. They’re wide open fields with nothing around but grass. Its huge atmosphere is relaxing and you can just feel the excitement that occurs on the field. A man on second base, the batter hits a line drive to the left field wall, runner on second scores, and the batter ends up on third! Baseball fields have grass on the outfield and infield but along the base path is dirt. Its big diamond shape has four little bases, First, second, third, and home, all in which the batters run on to score the next big run. I have played since I was five years old, and as I entered high school it was found that I was a pitcher. I was really good as a pitcher, and also threw the hardest on the team. I’ve played man games at many different places, including some really nice baseball fields. I played at the New York Yankees field at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. It was a championship game for a league outside of my school. This was a major league baseball professional field, and was the nicest field that I’ve ever played on in my life. I also played on other big field like Tropicana field in Florida which is a spring training field for major league teams. And another field I played on was The Richmond County Ballpark at St. George, or better known as The Staten Island Yankee stadium. I don’t have the opportunity to play baseball anymore because shoulder problems were surgery is needed. I haven’t played in about one year now really miss it. Just standing on the field is a great feeling that brings memories and also brings me back to the days of when I used to play and enjoy every single moment of it.

Lets Race And See What Happens!

Did you ever think about how with everything we do there are consequences whether good or bad? We all know that there are consequences for our actions. Sometimes we might not think of these consequences before we are about to do something that is potentially dangerous or something that we may regret. Take something like street racing. Its very dangerous and when someone pulls up next to us at a light and we say to ourselves should we race or not. Most of the time we might say "why not? i can stop if i dont feel like racing anymore." But at the time we are racing a kid could run out into the street, a pot hole in the road might send the car off track into a house, what happens if we go to fast and cant stop in time? There are so many possibilities that might not happen but could happen. About a year ago my parents had taken me to pick out my first car. We couldnt really find anything but they saw how i liked to look at the mustangs. they said i wasnt allowed to get one because they are too fast and are very dangerous. On my seventeeth birthday they surprised me with a nice red mustang. They said that i should be smart enough to know not to race, and gave me many speaches on the dangers of racing, and how many of there friends got into horrible accidents. I didnt think things like that could happen to me. i kind of saw my self as invincible. I floored th peddle at a stop sign and went into a tail spin just to fool around where there were no cars or anything but there was a pole. I spun out of control and almost hit the pole. i stoped about five feet from it. i was so scared i couldnt even drive anymore i had to sit at the curb for a little while, until i felt i could drive again. I went ome and went into my room. I didnt try anything like that eveer again. i endup selling the car because it was so dangerous and didnt find it comfortable to drive. It was an over all scary thought of crashing the car. Many things could be fun at times and "cool" to some people, but wen it comes to our safety, we should think about the consequences more!

Exploring New Things

Have you ever been to a Yankee or a Met game? Have you ever been on a subway alone before with your friends with no adults! Its a totaly new experience when we grow up because we might have not have been able to do these things when we were younger. Noticing how as i grow things are becoming more and more different, i can see that the world is huge and i haven't even seen a tenth of it. The world is so big and i want to explore more of it. Believe it or not yesturday was the first day i went to a New York Met game with one of my friends. We drove to his uncles house and then from there we took the trains! I haven't really taken the trains in my life, maybe around five or six times in fact! I was always driven to places and never got to do many things like this, but i can tell its just a part of growing up and learning new things. Well, we started walking to the train, picked up a metro card, got on the train and were on our way. We had to take two trains, we started off on the F train near Prospect park and had to go about 15 stops to catch the 7 train near 42St. and Grand Central. It was so confusing because we really didn't know were we were going. We had to take the 7 train nineteen stops to Shea Stadium and then we were there it was such a long and pretty fun ride. we got to the gates and had an extra four tickets and were trying to sell them but couldn't find anyone interested, but it was okay we got the tickets for free anyway. We stayed at the game until the seventh inning and during the whole game we kept changing our seats going lower and lower. We sat right behind home plate on the second level, we were so close. after, we left and on the way back to the train and took it home. It was a great experience and would like to do it more and more so i can learn more new things, maybe even go to the New York City and do somethings there.

From Younger to Older

Have you ever realized as we grow up how things change? How more reponsiblities fall on you and how opportunity cost increase? How we are more capable of becoming distracted with things that are more important then others? well as i am growing up i can see many examples of each of these three questions. As the years go on, i see many different things happening, changing, and many things that my parents used to tell me that i never saw possible. As i started driving around a year ago, one can tell that responsibilities increase drastically! One day driving to school, i was running a little late, and on the highway i was driving at about seventy miles per hour. Now the opportunity cost in that could be recieving the ticket and possibly getting my license suspended wit points added on, also an increase to insurance, and also increased danger to me and people around me. On the other side, if i didn't speed, i would get to school a little late and deal with the teacher and explain why i was late. The opportunity cost is drastically different from when i was smaller because i didnt have to worry about tickets, increased danger hazards, and all the different possible things that can happen as a driver of a car. We had bicycles and skateboards when we younger, and the opportunity cost then was wearing a helmet and bieng safe, or not wearing the helmet and possibly getting hurt. Also Becoming distracted is much more easier as a driver, and a simple example of this is how we think how we have a car and can go anywhere, anytime, and possibly not keep track of time. The peer pressure on doing things when driving is amazingly higher, just because we might wana act "cool," but when we were younger we had our parents take us places, and didnt have to worry about the peer pressure of just getting up and going somewhere. One way that i saw this was when i was with my friends and they wanted to goto the movies, but i had a paper do in school the next day. Instead we went to the movies i didnt have enough time to do my paper to my full potiential, instead i rushed it. If i was still younger i wouldn't have to worry about this because the peer pressure would not be as great to just get up n go. Instead i would have to go ask someone to drive us there. All in all as we grow up we see how the things our parents used to warn us about, how we never thought they could happen back then. Now we can see how easy they can happen and how we are left with many more choices and decisions we have to make as we grow up.