Big School or Small School?

The topic of this blog is whether or not I prefer big large schools, or tiny small schools. I can see why some people prefer big schools and why some people prefer small schools. For me though, It depends on whether it is college or high school.

Some reasons people would like a smaller school would be that the teacher and student ratio would be better by far and the student could get more attention from the teacher and ask for help and get personal attention. It would probably help the student out a lot since they could have a more friendly relationship with their teacher and ask questions about academic things as well as having the teacher be able to act as a counselor adult figure to help them through situations. The biggest thing about small schools is that there are more teachers for less students, so the learning and education is more personal and usually makes it easier for the students. Also, if you have a really bad sense of direction, a small school would be ideal so you don’t get lost. This isn’t really a big deal for most people but for a select few, that would be a big factor. Another thing is classmates. If you go to a small school you will probably have a group of friends that you will see every day because of the limited number of people you can be in contact at within the school. You will all grow together and become close. The problem with this though is that some people might not like each other, yet have to be in close proximity and have to deal with and tolerate their presence every single day in class. Also there aren’t as many diverse people so for people with different hobbies there would be less people with those hobbies.

Some advantages for a bigger school would be that there are more people to become friends with, connections would be easier to make. The student and teacher ratio would be a lot less, but some people might like that distance from their teacher so that they could possibly skip classes without anyone knowing. Big schools also have much more potential because so many people go there that people with specific skills, such as basketball for example would get together and make a team. The best basketball players from a big school with a selection of 1000 students would most likely be better than a team from a small school with a selection of 50 students. There are more likely to be skilled and extremely good players in the group of 1000 students. Also there will be more people with the same interest such as chess, or drama so that they can have a club and all get together for their same interests. In a small school, there wouldn’t be enough people that like chess or drama enough to be able to put together a group for that.

In my personal opinion though, I would want a smaller school for high school so that I can focus and do well academically and make close friends, but once I get to college, I want a big college so that I can do my schoolwork and meet a large diversity of new people. I would be able to join in the clubs im interested in such as volleyball of swimming and If I don’t wake up and miss class, my professor wont even know because he probably doesn’t even know my name! It’s the perfect scenario for me.

Raising kids...

The prompt for this blog is when, or if I have kids what I would teach them or what I would not teach them. First of all, I don’t even know if I would want to have kids. They are so annoying and require so much attention and money I don’t think I can handle it. I like to have free time and money to spend on myself and I have a feeling I’ll mess up accidentally one day and do something really bad to my kid, so it would probably be better if I just didn’t have a kid. If however, I do decide that I want kids, it would not be so soon. It would definitely be after I graduate college, and probably after I’m married and have a steady job, can support me and my wife with surplus, can handle my life easily, and a nice enough house that would support us, then I would.

I want different things for my different kids. If I had a son, I would want him to be athletic, and good at sports. He would be especially good at one sport, his specialty sport, and at least average in most other sports. He would do relatively well in school, maybe not perfect scores, but good enough that he is in his class’s top 10%. I would have him try to learn an instrument if he would like, but if he doesn’t like to or just is bad at music then that’s okay. Id teach him all the basic things like how to ride a bike and swim and all of that stuff kids should know. I’d teach him how to deal with different types of people, like annoying people, girls he likes, girls he doesn’t like, teachers, his friends, and everyone else. I would teach him what is right and what is wrong, like to never steal, or cheat, or anything bad like that. I would teach him about honesty and lying and emphasize not lying and being completely honest with especially his parents. He would grow up to be successful, he better be.

If I had a daughter, I would leave most of the teaching to my wife, the mother. I mean I would teach her the basic stuff she would have to know like riding a bike and swimming, and whatever sport she wants to learn how to play, but when she gets older and has to deal with relationships and guys and her body or whatever, I will avoid her and leave all of that to my wife. Even if my daughter comes up to me and asks about those kind of things I won’t answer. I’ll probably just walk away and say ask your mother. I want my daughter to have good grades and be in the top 10% of her class, be able to play an instrument and preferably a sport. My daughter would definitely be successful, I won’t let her fail. I would be really strict and punish harshly so she can grow up and be a good person. I would of course just like my son teach her what is wrong and what is right like cheating, stealing, and those things. I would also emphasize telling the truth and not lying because I can’t stand liars.

I might not be the best father when I have kids, but I probably wont be the worst, I hope. My kids will be successful I will do whatever it takes. If you want to know what my definition of being successful is, I wrote a blog about that a while ago. 

Uniforms?

The topic for this blog is whether or not our school Saipan International School should have uniforms. I am against having uniforms. I don’t like uniforms at all. When I was in preschool I went to Grace Christian Academy and I had to wear a uniform consisting of long black pants and a white collar shirt every single day I went to school. I only got two pairs of the shirts and pants so they would constantly have to be washed and they looked terrible. They were all faded from all the washing everyday and the shirt had stains because like any child I made messes and a white collar shirt is easy to get stains on and hard to wash stains off of. The black pants faded easily and lost color so it became grayish and not a solid black. The materials of the uniforms were definitely not comfortable to wear as well. They were scratchy and not smooth and heavy too. They left me itchy all day.  

When I get home, I would get out of my uniform and change into something as comfortable as possible. It would feel so great to change out of the scratchy, itchy, uncomfortable clothing. I would much rather be able to wear my own comfortable clothes to school and if they get dirty or stained, stop wearing those and wear something else.

I think that students should be able to wear what you want to wear to school. Ofcourse there should be restrictions on what they wear so they don’t wear anything too inappropriate or exposing or anything like that, but at least not the same thing over and over again every single day. It would just make school feel more like a prison rather than a place to learn and educate ourselves. It would bring down our mood and we would be gloomy and learning information would be so much harder because we aren’t happy and focused or interested in anything. Students should be able to not have to wear uniforms and be able to express themselves wearing different types of clothing for different events. Maybe this person really likes the color blue, schools shouldn’t force him to wear white day after day and have him hate it. Uniforms also make a school seem much more boring. All the students and kids there look exactly the same and its so plain, nothing interesting at all. It would make the school look more legitimate and in order, yes, but also boring like nothing fun ever goes on there. And to show the diversity of so many different types of people and their cultures, we should be able to wear what we want to express how we are. Especially since the school that I am currently going to is an international school, we shouldn’t all be assimilated and put together to make into one same. We are diverse and that is what the school is known for, having many different types of people around and all the different things they do and wear. We can share our culture and interest from people around the world, but with uniforms, this is impossible. What people wear can say a lot about themselves and their personality and it should be really good for a school to allow their students to be able to do this freely, especially, an international school that prides itself on being diverse and open in every possible way. 

back from the dead

The prompt for this blog is, if I could bring back any one person from the dead and serve them dinner, who I would bring back and what I would serve for dinner. So if I could do this, I would probably bring back Steve Jobs. I couldn’t really think of anyone else so I just chose Steve Jobs. If you haven’t heard of him he used to be the owner of the Apple electronics company for a long time and was hugely successful, but then passed away a year or two years ago. He was a really smart, intelligent, and innovative man. He came up with the idea for ipod touch, ipod nano, ipad, iphone, and all the other apple electronics. He didn’t invent these, he just saw old things not and used them and found flaws in them, or improvements that could be made, and he put effort, hired people, and made better technology.

He is the reason that electronics and mp3 music players are so popular and found in so many different places around the world. The apple products have become universal common to everyone’s every day life.  Without Steve Jobs, we would be behind by a lot in our technological race with other countries. He started the line of apple products and all of that and created competition with other companies so that they must develop quickly as well and improve their technology, especially Bill Gates and his windows products.

Since he was rich when he was alive and he probably had high class and amazing food every single meal I don’t know what I would serve him for dinner. He has probably tried every rare delicious delicacy in the world and so nothing would be new that would impress him. I would give him something normal, like something a normal, average, middle class family would eat for dinner. I would show him the types of food and drinks we would have on a normal day. This is to show him how good he’s had it being rich when he was alive, and also because I can’t really afford an expensive exquisite meal that probably would not even impress him or taste especially good.

I just thought of something perfect to serve him if I was able to bring him back  to life. I would serve him subway sandwiches and make him eat that. It might not be as good as whatever he ate when he was alive, but its something so common, and most people in the world have tried at least once in their life and its not something really expensive that no one can afford! Everyone can afford subway, and ill treat Steve Jobs to that. He might not like it and expect a better meal but whatever, it’s a free meal for him so he shouldn’t complain. Also, there isn’t anything else I can think of to serve him for dinner, so that will have to do. Maybe ill even get him some ice cream after for desert if I am feeling happy and he wants some. A sandwich and ice cream is the perfect combination for a dinner when bringing someone like Steve Jobs back from the dead.

Are games a waste of time?

                Does playing computer games waste valuable time that we could be spend doing other things on. This, although I do play videogames is true. Playing computer games is a real waste of time. I mean, there are certain games that we learn things from such as crossword, or learning games, or maybe we improve reaction time or other things, but most times, games are just for entertainment. They entertain us and keep us occupied because we are bored, but when we get so into a game that we play it too much, even when we aren’t bored then that becomes a problem.

                Games were invented and created by people so that we can pass time if we are bored or have nothing to do. Now, games have gotten so advanced and entertaining that we even play games now when we aren’t waiting for something. Computer games before were a way to pass time, but now we make time to play computer games and that is the difference between when something becomes a waste of time. If we continued to play simple games that we only play because we are bored, or are waiting for something so to keep us occupied, then it isn’t much of a waste of time. The question if someone as playing a computer game should be: If I wasn’t playing this computer game right now, what would I be doing. If the answer is nothing, or just sitting waiting for a bus, or something like that, then it wouldn’t be a waste of time, but since most times the answer to what I might be doing other than playing games is homework, or outside playing sports, or learning to play an instrument, or doing a hobby where you actually learn something, then that is definitely a waste of time.

                Some computer games actually teach something though and might not be a waste of time, or as much as a waste of time. Games that are meant for kids that teach them how to multiply or add or subtract or learn new words, or to improve their reading speed or stuff like that would not be a waste of time. I played some  of those types of games when I was younger as well and they were not really a waste of time. I actually learned a lot from those games because I was interested and could intake the information a lot quicker. As we get older though, we tend to not play those educational games anymore and play more games that just entertain us and let us have fun. This is why I think that games nowadays are a waste of time. Also, games now aren’t just on the computer they’re everywhere, on phones and tablets, game devices such as the x-box, ps3, wii, psp, as well as on the computer. We don’t play games to pass time or keep us occupied anymore. We don’t play games when we have time now, we make time to play computer games, and that is why playing computer games to me is a waste of time.

                So overall, playing computer games yes can and usually is a waste of time nowadays that we are older and don’t play as much educational games anymore, but when we were younger, games weren’t as much of a waste of time because we played educational games and learned something from them. Games are both a waste, and not a waste of time. It just depends on what game is played, when we play it, and how much we play it. We can’t generalize computer games and say that it is a waste of time or not.

Beauty

                This blog topic is about beauty. I have my own interpretation of beauty but that may be different from each and everyone’s own definition. The Merriam Webster definition of beauty is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses of pleasurably exalts the mind of spirit.  The dictionary’s definition of beautiful is “generally pleasing.” The widely known definition of beauty is the physical aspect of beauty. Most dictionaries don’t define beauty or being beautiful as a person, as in being a good person. My definition of beauty is someone that is beautiful. To me, a person can be beautiful but look like a deformed animal. They might be ugly and look really bad with scars and uneven eyes or something, but they could be the nicest person ever and completely unselfish, only caring about other people. That would make them beautiful on the inside, but still extremely ugly and unattractive on the outside, but nonetheless beautiful. The next type of beauty is just outer beauty. This person would be attractive, handsome or pretty, nice features, pleasing to look at, nice body features, and look great but would act like a really mean person. This type of beautiful person would not care about others, be completely selfish, hate everyone or think they are better than everyone. This type of beauty is the bad type, or not really bad, just not as important as the other type of beauty in my opinion. Id rather be good friends with someone who was ugly and unattractive on the outside but a really nice person and beautiful on the inside, than someone who was only beautiful on the outside and extremely ugly and unattractive in the inside. This type of person would please my eyes, but not my mind. They would annoy me so much I wouldn’t be able to stand them. I would just tell them to go away even though theyre attractive, I can’t stand people like that.

                The best combination however is of course both beautiful on the outside, and beautiful on the inside. I wish there were more people like this. This is extremely rare to find and you only find people like this if you are lucky. I believe that nobody is perfect so nobody is both beautiful entirely on the inside and on the inside. One of the two is very common but both is rare. Not having both though is not very rare though, which is sad. I have seen people who are ugly and unattractive as well as mean, cruel and an annoying person. These people are the most annoying and I really can’t stand them. If they cant say anything nice and just say bad things then atleast give me a pretty face or something attractive to look at so I can be distracted from their annoying voice and annoying comments. Or I can deal with someone who is ugly and unattractive as long as they have nice things to say and they are a nice person. Those people are good and I wish there were more people like this rather than attractive on the outside and ugly on the inside. Being beautiful on the inside is more important than being beautiful on the outside, in my opinion. Ofcourse, being the best of both is the best possible outcome, but finding a person like that would be near impossible, so usually one of the two is good enough. Someone is beautiful if they have inner and outer beauty. Very rarely will one find fully beautiful people, but partially beautiful people are pretty common.

Stranded

                So if I was stranded on an island and could take three things, it would probably be essentials. The prompt isn’t very clear though because I’m not sure if it means I am stranded there forever, or for a while or if I can make signs to civilization to get me off that island or I have to live there or what.

                Anyways, the three things I would want with me is… one is definitely a huge supply of food because I cant stand being hungry. I hate being hungry or thirty, so an unlimited supply of ice cold water or another good drink and also food is definitely the first priority of something I’ll need. Not just food actually, I want everything that’s essential to life, I don’t want to die! So after I have all of that, food, drinks, necessities, e.t.c, I’d be really bored on the island. I want some kind of entertainment there, maybe some people, or my phone or something so I can communicate and not be bored to death. I would go crazy if I was stranded on an island alone. And if I do something stupid and have a dumb idea and end up almost killing myself, someone would be there to help me out of it. If I could though Id just send a signal for help and someone would come rescue me but I don’t think that’s the point of this blog topic. So I would have an unlimited supply of delicious food and drinks, and someone else there to keep me entertained. One more thing I would need is a weapon or tools so I can build a house or some kind of shelter and defend myself from wild animals or anything that might hurt me.

                I would set up a nice shelter around a freshwater and gather wood to build a shack or a wooden house. It would be up high. It would be like a tree house and it will keep me away from all the predators or wild animals and bugs and everything. I would store all my weapons, tools, and equipment in there and my huge supply of food as well. Id work on improving it and everything so that my experience of being stranded on an island would turn into a paradise with a nice house, a beach, and all that.

                If I would just be stranded on an island and could signal for help so someone would come save me, I would just bring a bunch of fireworks, flares, and a radio. If I could, a satellite or wifi router and a phone or tablet or computer and just ask someone to come and save me. If I cant do that then I’d just set up a giant bonfire and make a huge smoke signal that can be seen miles and miles away. It would be the biggest bonfire and smoke signal ever and when a plane or ship passes I’d shoot huge flares out as well. This would be sure to attract someone’s attention and get me rescued. I imagine it would be a day, or maybe a few days before someone would come find me so I’d make the fire so big that it would last throughout the night even while I sleep. It would be a giant pile of wood that would stay burning for hour after hour.

My tombstone

                The blog topic for this time is what I want written on my tombstone when I die. I never thought about dying before so I also never really thought about what I would want on my tombstone. Another name for this is epitaph: something that someone writes or has written on their tombstone after they die in memory of them. Obviously I want something cool so that when people read it they will be like “wow that’s cool, and so philosophical. This must have been a great and smart man that lived a good life.” I do know that I want my tombstone if possible to be made of something cool, not just stone. Maybe granite, or marble, or if I was right a gold frame… but a silver frame would be alright too. If I was really rich, embed diamonds or rubies or other gems in there so I would look pretty cool.

                On my tombstone, I want a quote from me, but one that’s really interesting and is philosophical and smart. Some perfect quote that represents my entire life, like one of those famous quotes. Something philosophical and smart and meaningful, but also something humorous. I want something like “*insert impressive quote here*” – William F.

                If not a quote and I had a huge tombstone, I would want something funny to be on there. I want something funny but also interesting. I would want someone to use tiny font and write a long story about and interesting event in my life. It would it font so tiny that people can barely read it, but if focused can read it. It should be a story of my childhood or something about when I was growing up. Something interesting like a cool or funny story that happened to me and nothing too serious because I don’t want to be remembered as a just a serious strict person that never had any fun. I want to be remembered as someone that was serious and smart, but also had problems and fun. For now, that’s all I can think of that I would want on my tombstone, just name date of birth – date of death, and age, and if it was possible to engrave a picture of myself onto the tombstone that would be nice. It would be weird but funny and interesting at the same time, which is exactly how I want to remembered. A large picture of myself engraved into the stone, and a speech bubble around one of my interesting philosophical quotes within the bubble. It would be interesting, philosophical, meaningful, smart, and as well as funny. Other than that, I have no more ideas about what I want on it. I’m out of ideas.

                For the last 50 words I have no idea what to write about. This blog topic is actually really hard to write about because I don’t know what I want on my tombstone. I also never really think about my death or anything like this. I don’t like to think of my death or deaths in general. So now, my blog is long enough… finally I’m done with this topic and can move onto the next topic which is going to be more interesting. Be sure to follow and read the next one!