Tuesday, May 15, 2012

FOOLISH MISTAKES COST A LIFE


FOOLISH MISTAKES COST A LIFE
                                    By: Reginald Washington
Was Chris McCandles a hero or fool? In my opinion Chris McCandles was fool. He was a fool because he had a great life planned ahead for him; however, Chris decided to throw all the money away. He made a bad decision because that money was for him to attend Harvard. He was had graduated from Emory University. He came from a very wealthy family. Was an all-American in track or cross country. Chris McCandles was a fool, as if he were to attend Harvard, he would be making millions. Chris McCandles was a hero because he told people to go after their dreams. He also was someone who lived life with no regrets.
            A reason why McCandless was foolish is that he was not properly equipped to survive in Alaska, and the bus he was staying in was not that great. The weather was very cold, and he did not have many clothes that were warm. Additionally, Chris only had a 22-caliber gun, and that was not enough to kill a bear. All that he could do was to make them angry and have them attack more. Chris was living in one of the toughest climates to survive in, and he was living in a bus that did not have heat. Also, he was basically on a suicidal mission.
            I think that Chris McCandless was a fool because he died due to wanting to explore the Alaskan trail and to throwing all his money away. He got rid of his car.  McCandless said, “I now walk into the wild.”  He had a loving family that cared about him. He also had a sister who really understood what he was going through.  He turned down an offer from his parents for them to buy him a new car; many teenagers would be all over this offer.  If Chris stayed with Ron Franz after going to the Slabs and being down in Mexico, he still could have had a roof over his head and someone who was out for his best interest and whom he enjoyed being around.
Chris McCandless was a hero because he telling people to go after their dreams, to enjoy life, and to live life with no regrets. He also was a hero because he told people to love their families. He also was a person who believed in self-simplicity. This meant that you should be happy with what you have instead of the things that you do not have. One should only get the things that one needs.  Chris lived a lifestyle of self-simplicity. By his living on the trail, he showed us that not much is needed to survive.  When his parents offered to buy him a new car, he declined the offer. He believed that his parents should not buy him a new car simply because he graduated from college.
He was a fool because he was not properly equipped to survive in the wild. He did not listen to the advice of his friends and the people whom he met along the way.  If he listened to the advice that was given to him, he may still be alive. He made many very poor choices, and he had several opportunities to make something of his life.  Chris had many things going for him, and he was a very likeable person. He was going to attend Harvard and had a college degree. Chris was an All-American in track at Emory University
In conclusion I think that Chris McCandles is a fool because he threw away a great life. He had a loving family, money, and a great education.  He was also going to attend Harvard; however, he threw all of that away to
 struggle to stay alive in the Alaskan trail.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

1/12/12

Today what we did in class was we reviewed our test on Korea and then we spoke a little about exams and twitter then we spoke about the movie we watched in class. How propaganda plays  a huge role on the way people think and act. Also we spoke about it the great leader were to be assainated what the Korean people would think if they would be happy or sad.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

1/11/12

Today in class Mr.Schick had to go somewhere and we had A sub while we had a sub we reviewed for a test that had later on in class. In class we had once Mr.Schick came back we then took our test on Korea some of the question were a little challenging. But overall I think I may have passed

Monday, January 9, 2012

blog:1/9/12

  • dicatorship-ruled by one person and people have no choices
  • one person akes up the rules and no opower shared with different branchs of government
  • totalitairn- no patrie political no limits to the power that party has and eveything must  be regulated
  • socialist-government with social ownership and system and work for companies run by the gov:
  • the land is owened by gov: everything government owns
  • stonilist-gives all the power to one person like a dictaotrship used alot of propaganda and executed alot of politcal enemies (joeseph stolin)
  • try to install communist governments
  • NORTH KOREA BECAME ANGRY AT JAPAN BECAUSE THE DIESRESPECTED KIM ULSANG AND DID NOT SEND ENOUGH PEOPLE TO THE FUNERAL 

Sunday, January 8, 2012

1/7/11

Today in class we watched some more of the movie about Korea and what found interesting was that the koreans dug several holes underground so that could get into South Korea.And how much that they love there leader but they do not understand that he is cutting them off from the outside world. Also when South Korea would make an attempt to speak to North Korea that would pay them no attenton

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

  • occupied by japan
  • japan was deafted by ww2
  • in 1947 un divides korea into halves at the 38th parrell
  • soviet union admistres the north half
  • supposed to be temporary
  • ussr and us  could not agree on how korea would  be governed 
  • soviets set up a communist gov: in the north, ruled by kim II sung
  • america set up a pro-western democratic government in the south
  • each side thought they should rule leading to the korean war  (1950-1953)
  • total number killed 2.5
  • democratic party republic of korea
  • captial pyongyang
  • totalitarian stalinist dicatorship
  • single party state
  • cult of personality
  • north korea has devolped nueclar weapons
  • republic of korea
  • capital of seoul
  • presidental republic
  • very high stadard of living
  • fourth largest economy in asia
  • president lee myung-bak

Monday, January 2, 2012

blog:1/2

  • from 2333 b.c to a.d 1910 is self ruled as a series of empires
  • often worked with in china
  • often didnt get along with japan
  • known as the hermit kingdom during the 19th centeru 
  • 1910-1945 occupied by japan
  • japan was defeated 
  • in 1947 un divides korea into two alves at the paraellel
  • soviet union adminsters the northen half
  • ussr and us and could not agree on how korea was going to be governed 
  • soveits set up a communist gov: in the north ruled by kim jong II-Sung
  • america set up a pro western democratic government in the south 
  • each side thought they should rule leading to the korean was (1950-1953)
  • 2.5 million people were killed
  • north koreademocratic peoples republic of korea
  • capital pyopngyang
  • totalitarian stanlisnt diectarorship