Wow, look at you. It’s crazy how much time has past and some how, it seems like it was yesterday. How I wish I could go back to those days. When all we had to do was make sure we didn’t go too deep into the water. When all of our days were carefree. We could collect rocks and shells and not worry about the problems of life; grades, homework, stress. My, how that has changed. You might want to buckle your seatbelt, or even get off this rickety roller coaster we call life. If you choose to continue, hold on tight because man, it is the best and worst ride of your life. First grade through middle school is like going up the hill. Once you get to high school, suddenly, you start going down, but you realize, that the track ends and you are just heading down into complete despair. Then, like nothing has happened you crash land into the bottom of the pit. You stand up, shake yourself off, and see a track, brand new, leading to a light at the end of a long tunnel. You must use all of yo...
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One cliché I hear very frequently is to take everything with a grain of salt. We all know that this means to take information given with a little skepticism. But where did this phrase come from? One theory is that it comes from the general of Ancient Rome, Pompey the Great, in about 106 BCE. After winning a war against Mithridates. He found an "antidote" to poison, supposedly a mixture of ingredients, the last being salt, which made it easier to swallow. It can be inferred from this fact that that by figuratively taking a " grain of salt" with everything, that is, having skepticism when being presented with information, we can avoid the harmful effects of poisonous ideas and be able to " swallow down" hard to believe information. So what do we need to do? Everyone always says to not believe everything you hear, but to that I disagree. To me, that is impractical, and is generally a cliché way to disprove people's otherwise valid arguments. Instead, ...
Dr. J: So, what seems to be the problem between you two? Charging Bull: This little brat over here just came on in and is causing trouble, with me and the people who support a free market. Fearless Girl: I don’t know what you’re talking about, I am just standing here minding my own business. Charging Bull: See! This is what I mean, that sass is going to get her into trouble. Fearless Girl: You mean like when someone mimed child rape on me? Did you tell him to do that you pervert! Dr. J: Ok, ok, now let’s be civil. Charging Bull, tell me what is bothering you. Charging Bull: When I was first but out on display, I helped people remember what the economy was meant to be- Fearless Girl: What- a sexist, man-filled environment? Dr. J: Now, Fearless Girl, you will get your chance but right now we are listening to what Charging Bull has to say. Fearless Girl: Hmph... Charging Bull: As I was saying, I used to help people know what we as a people wanted our economy to be like...