Title: "Please Read This Story, Thank You"

By: Linton Weeks

Central Argument: As we become more knowledgeable we seem to have forgotten our manners.

As each generation takes their place on this planet, things change, including the way we behave. As kids, we are constantly reminded by our elders to say our pleases and thank yous. It seems as each generation takes their place on the planet, we become more rude, and instead of asking for things, we demand for things. Now days people are so involved with their own lives that they do not even have time to smile at a person sitting on a bus seat next to them. With the world becoming more complex, people start focusing on just themselves. We all seem to be relying on just the outward appearance, we have forgotten what it was like to smile, to take a break, to enjoy life. We have forgotten to live.

With such a competitive world, and new technology we feel as though we do not need to communicate with people. We simply do what is needed without thinking twice about it. If we need coffee we walk over to Starbucks and get coffee from a stranger. Neither the stranger or the buyer finds it important to communicate. We don't say please, we simply say I want it. With the seller at the other end of the wall, no one feels the need to communicate beyond just getting their work done. Now the world seems to revolve around the work getting done, rather than the people who are doing the work. We feel as though going beyond just getting what is done, or doing what needs to be done is not important. We feel that it is not asked of the job to communicate more words than necessary.

The point is maybe it is not asked of the job to do more than deliver, or buy. The fact is we are all connected. When even just one person smiles and asks you how your day was, this makes things all the more better. The world for those few minutes seems more of not just work and success, but joy and happiness. We all need a little bit of cheering up every once in a while. We need people to give us compliments and respect us. As the saying goes “do one to other as you would have them do to you.” No one likes to be shouted at, or demanded of things. It does not hurt us to be civilized and be peaceful people. For if we made the effort to go out of our way just a little to be nice to someone, say please, and thank you. We would not just make the other person feel, but feel good ourselves for we have changed maybe just few seconds of someone else's life.

Title: "Why We Like What We Like"

By: Alva Noe

Central Argument: Are likes and dislikes are influenced by the things around us.

I agree with the argument in the article “ Why We Like What We like” which talks about how are likes and dislikes are influenced by the things around us. We can see why this is true because of the fashion trends everyone follows, the way we talk, and who we date. Change takes place everywhere, and because of the change in the way others think, our likes and dislikes change. When we see a fashion trend change we want to follow it. We, along with others change to fit in, and not be left out. We accept what is accepted by the rest of society.

Fashion changes constantly. I remember being in middle school and wearing bell bottom jeans; why well because that was the trend back then. Suddenly in ninth grade every one started wearing skinny jeans because that was the fashion. No one wants to look like an outsider or a weirdo; everyone wants to fit in. This is why are likes and dislikes change according to the choices of society. If we had a banquet to go to we wouldn't be wearing jeans but we would be wearing dresses. If we did wear something unusual according to others perspective, we would be ashamed of ourselves and feel as though we did something wrong. How others perceive us changes the way we think of what we like to wear and where we like to wear it. In certain occasions we wear a dress and in others we dress up casually. Why, not just because we simply like to, but because others choices determine what our own individual choices are. Eventually we find ourselves liking the things that others like

We talk differently to different groups of people. To our friends we may be joking around, teasing and having fun. With the elders we behave politely and with respect. We behave in a certain way mostly because we are told to do so. Because society expects us to act in a certain way. As children we may not always like this, however, when we grow older we too start expecting our children to behave in certain ways. We do certain things not necessarily because we like them, but because we are expected to do them.

What beauty is, also changes over time. Now days we like to date people who are thin, good looking, and successful. But suppose we never could see the man we were dating, would this have changed things around? We like date those who we are worthy to be seen with, who we think society is going to accept. We think ahead to what kind of dinner the man will take us to. Will it be an expensive restaurant, or will it be road side food? We like what others like. Others like to have expensive dinners, expensive cars, branded dresses and therefore we too like those things.

Our perspective of people, clothes, beauty, food changes according to what we think others view them as. Are likes and dislikes change according to what we think is acceptable in society, and what others like or dislike.

Title : What Does It Mean To Be Cool?

By: Thorsten Botz-Bornstien

Central Argument: To be cool is to submit and subvert.

To stay cool may mean different things to different people. To some it may mean to stay calm. To others it may mean to be awesome. But above all it means to submit and subvert to the higher power. What does cool do to you or to the other powerful person when you submit and subvert? As said by the article “What Does It Mean To be Cool” the person who uses subversion and submission to resist a power without physically harming anyone. We can see examples of staying cool in many movies such as The Help, or in our daily lives. We may not realize it, however, we use this technique many times to resist an authority. We must balance the submission with subversion in order to fully put this technique into place. Neither one or the other alone can be powerful enough to use on its own. In order to make this technique most effective we must use it in balance.

In the movie The Help the main character who is the help looks after white children of the rich family. She is constantly abused and mistreated, however, through all these difficulties she keeps calm. The movie is set during the time of slavery and focuses on the perspective of the African Americans who are treated unjustly. The help, who are the black maids are mistreated by their masters through out the movie. However, the main character finds an inner strength to deal with this crisis. She says “Yes Mam” pleasantly and does her work diligently, no matter how many times she is screamed at. The master blames the help for having stolen the silver cutlery, however, the help makes it clear that through all the years she has lived she has not stolen and would not do it ever. This makes the main character realize that her master does not care, and the best is to leave the job. The help at first submits to her masters every single decision, only to realize later that she has had enough and she is going to stand up for herself. She quits the job without hurting anyone. This helps the master to see what she is missing and for the help to realize that being submitted isn't always good. Eventually you have to stand up for yourself.

At times I too get have to follow this technique to resist authority and find my own way. With other elder people around me I have to be careful to have the balance between submission and subversion. When people tell me to keep doing their things for them at first I do them. But eventually I realize they are just using me for the benefit of themselves. They do not say thank you, or ask for help instead they order, and expect me to do the things for them. I stop submitting by simply doing what I am told with a smile so the person realizes that he or she is being abusive of her or his power. Or I simply stop doing it and ask the person to go to it on their own. This way they realize what kind of effort it takes to do the certain job.

People should balance their life with submission and subversion. At times it is okay to submit, but only to the certain point that the submitting does not become abusive.

Title : The Rise Of "Awesome"

Central Argument: Change over time is present in any subject, such as in the word awesome.

I agree that our lives are filled with things changing. As the article “The rise of Awesome” suggests that even with the meaning of words change exists. First the word awesome only meant to awe and now the words means great, evolution takes place everywhere. Whether it is to do with human evolution, or do to with ourselves changing in personality likes and dislikes. Change does exist in the little as well as the big things in our lives. Thanks to the scientists we know that evolution does take place over a long period of time. We as humans have also changed in our thinking and the way we put things into action.

First we made fire out of the friction between two stones. Now all we have to do is switch on a button. Before we used arrows to hunted in order to survive. Now we go to a grocery store to buy our food. Our physical appearance has changed as well as the way we do things. We, humans have evolved as well as the world around us. From walking on all fours and having a hunch back. We now are bipedal, improved and useful.

Not just us, but also the wildlife around us has changed. Dinosaurs no longer exist, as well as the wooly mammoths. Now we have different kinds of creatures roaming around us who have similar characteristics too the animals before them, such as elephants, sharks, and birds. All these creatures have changed over time just like us. The flowers, the trees too have evolved over the generations.

We cannot stop change from taking place. For something to change it can take years or months. Meaning of words over the years has also changed. Such as the meaning of the word sick as mentioned in the article. I too use these words to mean something completely different then what the word use to mean. At times I tell my friend that her dress look sick. Which may sound like I am insulting it, but actually what I mean is that my friend looks fabulous.

Change has also taken in the way we think. All around the world women were seen as nothing more than just wives who would produce many children. This thinking is still changing, in many parts of the world women have become successful and have found freedom. However, there still remains many places in the world that still have a long way to go.

The way we view children has also changed. Before the Enlightenment children were viewed as young adults. However, with the great philosophers such as Rousseau, who wrote Emile, discussed how children are children and they should be treated with care and support. As John Locke said that we are born as blank slates and as we grow up we learn and experience and therefore we gain knowledge. Children from this time period onwards were given their own toys to play with, and were expected to act nothing more than just children. Change is constant and change is everywhere.

Title: "Of youth and Age"

By: Sir Francis Bacon

Central Argument

Youths are the ones that should be hired for jobs as they are young and have fresh ideas.

In the essay called “Of Youth and Age” by Francis Bacon, the youth group is strongly supported for being imaginative at a young age. I like many other people will have to agree with this statement because youths have more energy, and are ready to take up challenges. In this age you do not think about the consequences you just do what you can without thinking twice about it.This is the age of love, career, experimentation and see the world in new ways. This age group are young and therefore not yet corrupted with the world around them. They think on their own and have a life that is filled with new things everyday. Being a teenager, I know why youths have so much energy and why they would make perfect for any kind of job. As you grow up you see and learn more about the world, so by the time you are older you know much about the world. However, if you are a youth, you have just come to know the world. You do not know get involved with other politics of life, and therefore you want to know more and experience different things.

The Romantics favorite age groups was youth, because this is the age group where all the excitement of life takes place. This group comes up with new ideas, and are ready to take risks. This is what employers want to hire, people that are ready get things done with speed and efficiency. Youths have this in themselves. They do not think too much about the work. They hurry up and get things done. Whereas, an older man or a women will take their time making decisions, and worrying about their future. An older person may not be able to work at a very high speed. With the world getting so much more competitive, employers need young people to do their work at a high speed. Youths do not make rational decisions, and therefore the employers can easily exploit them at any point of the youth career; this also makes then the perfect age group to hire.

Just getting out of some kind of education, youths are also filled with knowledge. They want to try different things and work on different experiments. Youths are the ones that are going to provide the rest of the world new products, and various kinds of technology. This is the kind of workers employers want to hire, someone that can give them new products that will sell in the market. The older generation in today's world are not that efficient with computers as a youth might be. Employers are constantly wanting to upgrade to the level of societies standards, and the younger generation are the perfect people to do such a job.

Article: "Marriage and Single Life"

by: Si Francis Bacon

Central Argument

Single men are more successful in their life because they do not have to worry about their children or wife, and the cost of marriage.

I agree with Francis Bacon in his essay “Marriage and single life” where he focuses on how single men are more successful. This statement can be true in Francis Bacon's time period because when a man married he had to look after his wife and children. The women did not work or get paid for doing house work, so the man had to be able to afford a living that was suitable for his wife and children. He might be constantly worried about his family, and if he can provide for them. However, in today's world women are allowed to work and earn. The educated women do not marry until later in their life. This gives them time to be successful as well as any other man. In today's world men and women do not have to marry because societies views have changed. Men and women can be in a healthy relationship without having to worry about children. Or without the man worrying about his wife and children.

In today's world every person has a chance to be successful without relying on his or her partner. A women does not need to depend on her husband to take care of her. Therefore, the man does not need to worry about his wife or children. A man and a women can be in a healthy relationship, where one does not rely on the the other for financial support. The two do not need to marry or have kids. In fact both can live a standard life by being with a partner or alone. With societies views changing an individual does not need to rely if the society is going to accept his or her point of view.

Each individual is different, and each has a different ways to live. Some like having the support of another. In this case marriage, or being in a relationship can be the better option, however, some want like to live alone and are happier that way. A close friend of mine always thought that marriage will block out all success in her life. However, she soon met a man that she fell deeply in love with. My friend who is a successful doctor married her husband who is also a successful doctor. She decided that this was the better options for her. Unlike before when the women had to rely on her husband for financial support. Today each women can earn as much as any other man. This causes things to change. The man does not have to constantly worry about his wife.

Marriage is a relationship where both sides have to be in agreement. Now days love marriages are more common. People marry not because it is better for the family's reputation, but because they are in love. Now it is more common for women and men both to work and take care of a family together. This does not only worry the man in the marriage but also the women. In today's marriages couples work together to have a better married and successful life.

TV Is Good For You

TV is good for the rural women in India, because it exposes them to new ideas, peers that they can look up to, and get away from traditional views.

People are influenced all over the world by different people. Rural women in India may not be literate, therefore the only way of expanding their views is through TV. When cable has made its way to rural places in India, the women are likely to get some part of the technology. TV may not be good in the western part of the world, however, according to an article named TV Is Good For You the rural women in India are exposed to new ideas thank to TV.

Living in a rural part of India, I have noticed changes taking place. Every night around seven o'clock women switch on the TV to watch various dramas. These dramas consists of characters who may go through similar situations as the ones that rural women go through. The female characters face ups and downs, family drama, abuse by their in-laws, rejection from their own family. Many women in India are made to think that they are the slaves of their husbands and the in-laws. Watching these shows, the rural women of India are watching how a women can have independence, make her own choices, and live how she wants. These shows give women courage to stand up to their families and fight their way to freedom. In these dramas that come on TV the rural women see how there are opportunities out in the world that they too can have. Everyday that they watch these dramas the women are exposed to new ideas and new experiences. Once exposed to new ideas women feel they have the right to make their own choice, and do as they wish. They no longer have to be subjected, they can gain freedom.

The women start looking at the TV shows not just for entertainment but for people who are going through similar situations. Once one has the courage to stand against societies views, the others (rural women) get the courage to stand up for themselves. These dramas help the women to see that they aren't they only ones going through a rough patch. Others may also be going through a rough time. Seeing these shows encourages women to think out side of traditional views. They start to think about themselves, not just how to impress or have a happy family.

They no longer feel that they have to sit at home and cook, or look after the children. The views of this women are changing. The shows range from having teen characters, to having grandmothers. Each character goes through some kind of trouble. The rural women see women just like them standing up for themselves. They no longer feel that they have to have a son in the family. They start seeing job opportunities outside of just being a good mother. The women, just like any other man can have social lives, without getting permission from their husbands, or fathers. Through these dramas the women see that there is a world outside the four walls of their own house. They realize that the other women have moved away from traditional views and it is time that they too move away from them.

Rick Santorum, Meet my son

Women should be able to make their own choices regarding their pregnancy, with as much information as they can possibly get, because then it is the women's choice not one that the others make for her.

Through out our lives we face many decisions and we need to be able to make the right choice. Women's lives have been controlled by other for centuries. The article Rick Santorum, meet my sons, talks about how the womens son faces disease, and how the son will die any time soon. This hurts the mother. She does not truly know what to do. She loves the child as much as any mother would love their child. The situation she faces is a lack of information before the baby was born. If she knew that the baby boy was going to have a disease which aren't curable she says she would have aborted the child out of love. She like no other human being wants to see her son suffer. We all have loved ones, who care for us, and are their in times of need. This little baby boy has his mother who loves him, however, she cannot do much to save him. Yes she loves him, but is that enough?

A women should not be judged on the decisions she makes of her pregnancy. If a child is going to turn out to be a little defected and suffer most of its life, what is the point of the child being born? The mother may love her child, but does that mean she acts selfish and allows the child to suffer? A mother's love, I suppose, is hard to understand. If she aborts the baby knowing that the baby is not going to enjoy its childhood is that loving? I imagine mothers do what is going to be best for their child. Whether it is aborting the child or letting the child live?

It is the mothers choice to do what she wants with the baby she has to carry for nine months. We all face difficult choices. But when we face such situations do we always have all the information there to make the right choice? The mother in the article did not have all the information, and now the baby suffers every second of his life. Do we as humans like suffering, generally not.

If we make a decisions without the influence of others we humans feel satisfied. A women should not have to do what she is told to do. She should be given the choice to make. Surely a mother, wouldn't harm her own baby in any way. A mother always looks out for her children, so no matter what the situation is she will always look for the better of her child.

I know my loved ones will always look out for me. They may be strict at sometimes, but that is because they know that is what I need. Women all over the world are judged. In many parts of the world if there is a baby girl born it is a disgrace to the family. The women in such situations does not get to make the choices, others do. Whey is it that when there is a baby the women does not get to make her own choices, after all it is her baby. If a child is going to suffer most of its life, the women should choose to do what she wants with the baby.

What confuses you most in life, and why? (University of Virginia)

Things that confuse me is when a person says something, but then they never stick to it. If a person says to you I will take you out to lunch next week. Then that person should stick to his or her word. Why say something and then never end up doing it? People who want to lose weight say that they are going to eat less and exercise more, but what they end up doing is missing healthy meals and cooking noodles for themselves. Which doesn't really help them lose any weight instead one just gains more weight. When you say your going to end up doing that one thing, then well one must try to actually make that thing happen. If you make a promise to meet your friend, make it happen. Because if you don't you end up crushing your friends hope. Why do people say things that they know they will never be able to do? Not only do you waste your time by saying things, but also the other persons who is listening to you.

Another thing that confuses me is when people tell me about the best conversation they had, they did not talk they just sat down without speaking a word to each other. How is that a conversation? If you both were silent then thats not really a conversation. A conversation means speaking and having something to talk about, not sitting down quietly trying to listen to each others heart beat? Maybe the two have this gift that they don't need to literally talk, but maybe their minds connect. However, thats still not a conversation. I always thought that a conversation has to be between two people, where people actually talk.

What are the responsibilities of an educated person? (University of Puget Sound)

With the opportunity to learn and be educated, there come certain responsibilities. One is to create a difference for the people around you. Since you are educated you will have a better job, better standard of living than many around you. If you have enough for yourself and a little extra you should use that money to help the people around you. Maybe there is a family next door having a hard time paying their bills, or maybe there is an old man who has needs a check up but doesn't have the money to go for that check up. You need to be the one helping the helpless and being their for the lonely. You need to be able to tell the right from the wrong. To stand up for what is right. If a person is getting bullied on the side of the road, you should be the one going out of your way to stop the fight. Though your life maybe busy with your new job, and family you may not have time to do little things that change other people's lives. However, you need to make the time for these little changes to take place. You need to be the one keeping the roads clean. If people throw trash, you need to be the one telling them to stop. You need to be the one to tell a police officer not to take a bribe. You need to be the one following the laws of the country, because you can read them, and there is no reason for you not to be follow them. For if you do follow the laws, you will be a role model for many. People will look up to you not just because you are educated but also because you follow what is required of every person.

Title: Malawian women protest after attacks for wearing pants, miniskirts

By: Faith Karimi

Published: January 20, 2012 Accessed January 22, 2012

Malawian women were attacked for wearing western clothes. Street vendors attacked the women because they believe the women are not following traditions or their cultures. Women were stripper naked and beaten for not wearing what their cultures demands. Women, who thought that they lived in a free country were put down by men. Living in a democracy did not change the way that women were and are being treated. When the president got to know about this attack he said that the street vendors should be arrested. Malawi did ban women from wearing pants and miniskirts during dictatorship. However, since 1994 women were allowed to dress how they wanted. Though women were granted equal rights, still they are not treated equally when it comes to education, employment or political power.

Words don't mean anything until they are put into action. Same goes for a constitution where it may say that women have equal rights, but in reality they are still treated as slaves. Women have the right to wear what they want, do what they want. They should not have to justify why they wore what they wore. Why are men stripping these women naked and beating them up? Does their culture, and tradition allow them to do this? A pant or miniskirt is still a piece of clothing to cover oneself. Wether the women wears long traditional skirts or pants they are still covering her body, so why make a big deal. The women should not be told what to wear or how to talk. In a democratic country they are free to do what they want, and should not be judged for it.

Vocab

Perpetrators

President Bingu wa Mutharika warned the perpetrators to stop the attacks

a person who commits an evil act

origin latin perpetratus to execute

The perpetrator kidnapped the little girl because he wanted money.

Sporadically

occasional

Attacks on women wearing pants have occurred sporadically in other African

origin latin sporadicus

The plague that hit the city happens sporadically every year or so.

Disparities

but disparities remain in almost all aspects including education,

lack of similarity or equality

origin: french desparite

The disparities among men and women in many countries is shocking.

If you had the gift of telepathy, the ability to read other people’s minds, would you use this gift or not? Explain. (Middle East Technical University/93)

If I had a gift of telepathy I would definitely use this gift, but I would not tell any that I had such a gift. With powers comes curses. So I am sure with this gift I would only be allowed to read certain people's mind. Maybe just the people that I know, or just strangers. Maybe I wouldn't be allowed to read the minds of women, or people that have are pure, and sinless. But with the gift of telepathy I would read people's mind if we are playing a game, and I would want to know their next move. This would help me win, even though I would be cheating. Since no one would know that I have this gift, people would not try and control their mind when I am around them. I would read the emotion a person feels when they see their loved ones, or their enemies. Maybe I could be a psychiatrist who would help people see what is really wrong with them. Some patients might now know what is wrong with them, and they may be really confused, therefore frustrated. If I did have the gift of telepathy I could easily tell them what is wrong with them, without the patient having to do much work. I could also see many patients in one day because I don't have to wait for them to think and then tell me whats wrong. I could easily just go read their mind and make life simpler for the both of us. This way I would also be making a lot of money because more patients would mean more money, and then a higher standard of living. With this gift I could tell apart the people that do not like me and the ones that do. Maybe it will help me in my interview for a job because then I would know exactly what to say and when to say it, without being too nervous, and recking my future.

Create a question we haven’t asked and then provide the answer. (Something to that effect anyway. Dartmouth used this a few years ago. I had a student who posed the following question and wrote a seven-page response: “Write about a time when life threw you a curve and how you handled it.”)

Is the world changing for the better?

The world is changing for the better. With new inventions, and different way of thinking the world is moving on from the old to something better ahead. During the middle ages the serfs were treated as slaves. They were given just enough to survive on. Ruled by brutal lords the serfs did their best to please their master in any way possible. As time passed with the Enlightenment and the Renaissance taking place, people started to think differently. For the serfs the life changed for the better. They no longer were bound to their Lord. They were free to make their own choices. They fought for their freedom and soon there arose a middle class; something better, and a class where there was hope.

With technology the world truly is moving ahead for the better. With the industrial revolution taking place, we have created so much to be thankful for. The roads built, the trains.We have created internet that helps us to send information in matter of seconds. Before this information took months and sometimes years to get to the other side of the world. The world is so much more connected than before. We can know what is happening on the other side, without actually having to be there.

Our thinking has changed and with this medicine. Before a mentally ill person was looked down upon. Now we see that a person who is mentally ill should be treated as an equal. We do not accuse people for being different. Instead we help them through medical treatment to cope with society, and its standards.

People, however, may think that the world is changing for the worse because with invention came destruction such as World War II . The idea of the world changing for the better has more positives than negatives held to it, and therefore the world is changing for the better. The world is changing so that we may have a better future.

Title: Brain function can start 'as early as age 45'

By: BBC

Published: 6 January, 2012 Accessed: 7 January, 2012

Researchers in the United Kingdom have found out that the brain's ability to function can start decreasing as early as 45 years of age. Before it was believed that the brain functions properly till the age of 60, however, this new studies has proved the old one wrong. The things assessed during the experiments were memory, vocabulary, and comprehension with among 7,000 women and men of different age. Except the vocabulary, everything else seemed to decrease especially in the elders. The researchers did keep in mind the age variation that they were examining. After getting their results, the researchers such as Professor Archana Singh-Manoux are looking at ways to prevent cognitive. He says there we can definitely prevent cognitive from taking place to some extent. Life choices such as smoking and drinking do affect the brain, and we need to make people aware that there are consequences for the choices they make. Other experts want to carry out this experiment in larger population so that they can be sure how dangerous dementia can be after a certain age.

Knowing that eventually I will start becoming old, and my brain will not be able to function properly is scary. This vacation I am living with a old women who has had a brain operation which has played a role in her behavior. At times she forgets what she is saying in the middle of the sentence. She doesn't know if it is day or night unless someone tells her. She doesn't remember if she has eaten her meal, which causes her to ask for another meal. All this frustrated the maids who don't know what to do other than complain. Having a functional brain is something I would like to have for the rest of my life. I cannot imagine my self not being able to recognize the people I love, or the places I visited. If experts are able to find out a way in which to prevent the brain from deteriorating, I would be very glad. However, there still lies one question how many people will be able to afford such medication?

Vocab

Deteriorate

The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45

to make or become worse in quality or value

Origin: latin word deterior which means to worsen

At a high point in her career she began to deteriorate because of the personal choices she made.

Dementia

because dementia treatments are more likely to work at the time when individuals start to experience mental impairment.

Severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration

Origin: Latin Dementia which means madness.

The treatments for patients who face dementia are so costly that hardly any one can afford them.

Cognitive

The UCL researchers tested the cognitive functions of 5,198 men and 2,192 women aged 45 to 7

pertaining to the mental process of perception

Origin: Latin Cognitivus

The research party was out to deal with cognitive damages and find a cure for it.

Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why? (Swarthmore)

If I could travel back in time I would definitely want to stop at the Italian Renaissance which is during the 14 century. This is because so many ideas were brought forward during this time. Artist expressed themselves, they did things that were seen as a taboo to society. Sculptors such as Michelangelo took a risk when he sculpted a nude David. During this time people were ready to risk their life. They were proud of the talent they had. The artists wanted the others to see their work. Many famous artists belong to this period such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The literature such as The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli also belong to this period of time. Their work is famous and loved by many. If I could travel back in time I would want to see all these great painters and writers. I would want to talk to these famous men and find out what kind of trouble they went through in order to publish their work. Their lives in the history books don't always tell us the kind of person and the personality they had. If the opportunity was given I would want to know what kind of people these men were. Why they did what they did. Was expressing their opinion so important that they went against societies laws? These questions are few of the many that I would ask them. Also this period brought forward the idea of humanism, and how an individual is important. I would like to see the difference of how an individual sees things today, and they way an individual saw the world during the Renaissance. Because the idea of humanism was new back then, I am sure it had a different meaning to the ones living then, than to the people living now. This period brought forward so many ideas to be thankful for. Thanks to this period humans think differently and act differently.

How can a person get along with an enemy?

A person does not need to get along with everyone around them. Some just don't fit in your friend list, while some make it to the hate list. The fact is every is different. Not everyone can handle others personality or their behavior. They are called your enemy for a reason. A person which you cannot stand. A person that gets on your nerves with every move he or she makes. A person who when walking by makes all the hair on your arms stand. When he or she walk by you try your best not to think of something mean in your head, but either way your swearing your heart out. Many enemies live under one roof. They have no choice but to get along with each other. To get along with your enemy you do not need to be overly nice, or treat them as a friend. You just need to be civil. You don't need to get out of your way to do something sweet, or make up for not liking them. You should not be plotting against them or marking your next move. If the enemy talks to you, only do you then talk to him or her. When walking past them you don't need to smile, you just need to keep walking along. You should do the things you set out to do. You don't, and shouldn't change your timetable because of your foe. You simply do your things without getting in the enemies way. If you make it clear enough that you want nothing to do with him or her, he or she will leave you alone. You simply get along with your life as if the enemy didn't exist. If this is hard, and all you think about is your enemy, and seeing his or her ugly face everyday, go to your friend and talk it out. You shouldn't care about what your enemy is doing instead rather focus all that energy on your own work, and life. Focus on your self rather that your enemy.