This I Believe

Words hurt

                As a child people would pick on me and call me names. I had very few friends. It was kind of like I was an outcast. I thought everyone hated me, even the teachers. People picked on me without knowing my background. They didn’t know what I went through at home. I believe people shouldn’t down anyone. Words hurt just as well as sticks and stones.

            I thought they picked on because they were hating.it wasn’t like I did anything to them. They just picked on me for no reason at all. After a long day at school I would have to go home and hear my mother talk about how I need to do better in school. She didn’t know what was happening at school because I was too scared to tell her. I never told my mother until I got older. Also I never told the teachers or the principal because I felt as if they were against me too. I hated going to school every day for a while. All I could do was hope for the best.

            People shouldn’t pick on anyone at all. You never know what that person has going on at home. Some people even commit suicide because they are getting picked on. I thank god for letting me be so strong to get through that rough patch in my life.

            Now in days bullying is a big thing. I hate seeing people around school getting picked on. I try to take up for the people who are not able to defend their self. It hurts me every time when I see how cruel people get. Most people pick on others to make their self feel better. Now if someone tries to pick on me I just look over because I think something is going on in their life, so they have to make everyone else’s hard.

            What happened to me as a child has taught me to never talk about some. Also I have learned to take up for those who can’t. I am totally against bullying.  Everyone just need to be peaceful.

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A Very Old Man

Daneshia Lockhart

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In the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” by Gabriel Marquez an old angel man had fallen into mud. A couple found him and put him in their chicken coop. After the man came the couple sick child got well. The man wings wouldn’t work right.

While the man was in the chicken coop people would come by and throw him stuff. The couple started charging people to do that. They saved all the money up and built them a house. The man still stayed in the chicken coop.  Slowly he started staying in the house. The man was sick and couldn’t move. Then, one day the man started to fly away. The women looked at him as the flied. She looked until she couldn’t see him anymore.

I think the man helped the child get well. The man overcame his sickness as well. Also I think the couple should’ve let the man stayed with them.  They made him stay with the chickens even when they were making money off him.  At the end I was happy that he was able to get up and fly.

In conclusion, the story was kind of sad. At the end everything turned out right. He was finally able to go free. He wasn’t stuck in the house or the chicken coop. He was down, but he got back up after  a while. This story had many lessons in it. 

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Student Loans

Everyone wants to be able to go to college. Most students depend on loans. I chose the article “Student Loans: The Next Financial Crisis” because one day I would personally like to go to college. President Obama tries to make loans available to everyone. Instead, students are going into debt.  Last year the number of debt for students rose. I would like to get through college with paying off loans. Students shouldn’t have to pay off loans until they’re finish with college. Students are going to be in more debt than ever.

In today’s world anyone can get loan. For example: Josanne Baxter-English filed for bankruptcy in 2003. Then in 2010 she visited the University of Phoenix, she told them about her poor credit. They told her not worry all the loans will pay it off. Some colleges miss lead people. Ms. Baxter dropped out a year later and now owes $2,900 in student loans. She is unable to afford it. I think that before someone get a loan; everything needs to be explained to them. Everyone doesn’t understand what it means to take out a loan. Now more people owe student loans because they didn’t understand.

Student loans will cause a big problem in the United States. It could be the next financial crisis. Student loans rate is higher than credit cards. The U.S.A. should make a better system so people want be in so much debt. People should be able to get an education for free. Students should only have to pay loans if they don’t go to school every day and if they fail an exam.

As you see student loans should make a better way of doing things. I would like to go to college one day and not be in debt. Many people want to go to college but can’t afford it.

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