5th Topic Quote

The quote I chose was "In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."-Baba Dioum, SEnegalese conservationist
This quote means so much, it's saying that we are only going to beleive what we are told and what we value most will be what other people tell us to value. This quote is also showing the value of individualism. It's also showing that the world is becoming lazy. By only listening to what people tell you are not talking the time to revise the statement and challenge it against what you belive in. This quote could also be forshadowing the future as well. It seems as though education well become biased and censore. The reason we have stories and history is so we can learn from the past and not make the same mistakes twice. History can also influence your individualism as well. Different believe different things and interpret things different as well. This quote is also insulting the human race of who ever this was directed at. It's saying that we as a people will not be able to sustain the capability of thinking for ourselves, therefor calling us stupid. Thats how I'm interprating this quote but just by reading over it again I can see where many more arguments could be brought up and disscussed.

This past week I went to yet another diving meet and improved apon my place standings and i scored more points for the team. Concidering that our team only won by 3 points and i scored 2 by myself, I think that those points could have possibly helped. That was on Saturday, but on Sunday after church I went to intersection with my youth group. It's always nice for me to be able to take a break from school drama and people I see everyday and be able to hang out with kids I dont normally get to see. We went to play football at a park downtown and we successfully entertained a small crowd that ened up watching us play. Since we had a 3 day weekend I had Monday off!!! Which in it self was one of the highlights of my weekend but I went to the House of Torment! It was me and Cody and some other freshman but it was so much fun!
Besides being scared out of my mind and screaming like a 5 year old, I had a blast.

4th Topic Immigration

The U.S has illeagal immigrants coming into it everyday. Also living in Texas we have many immigrants coming across the border from Mexico. Many people come for work and for freedom. There are many freedoms in the United States that other countries dont offer, there for making the United States a place where many want to live. Some of these freedoms include religous freedom, the freedom of speach, and the freedom of the press. These freedoms are valued by many to be worth dying for. For those of us who have these freedoms we take them for granted, but for those who don't they are worth life to have. Living in a surppressed world is unimagineable for those of us who don't live in one. Often though when it does come to getting these freedoms people do try to get them illegaly. For those who do make it illeagaly there come some hardships to face before reciveing their freedom. With out a greencard there are many jobs that you can't recive. There is also a fines to pay and there are certain requirements to which the person must fufill. To gain a green card there are certain age and education requirements. So as you can see our country has a very specific way of dealing with these kinds of issues.

The past 2 weeks of my life have been less stressful than those of the previous weeks. I have been settleing more and more into the very high strung way of high school. As the weeks do go by I realize how my teachers want things done and how I should use my time. But I'm still learning the ropes to some degree. This past weekend i had my very first diving meet. I have been a diver for only about 2 weeks now. It was even more stressfull being i was the only one being added to the team and that all the other divers have been diving for at least 3 years some as many as 10. Even despite the odds I'm continuing to amaze myself as to how I am improving. In my first meet i placed 6th out of 7 witch for me was unbelievable. Not only for me to go through with one of the most nerve racking things of my life but i also didn't score last place. I have another diving meet this weekend so i will be sure to say how it goes!