Big School or Small School. Which Would I Prefer?

          Our school is extremely small compared to most other schools in the world.  T consist of about three hundred student including elementary, middle, and high school.  The size of this school is something that I really dislike and that will give me an elementary, middle and high school life that will not be lived to its fullest.  Larger high schools are much better in my opinion because of every single difference between the two.  I cannot think of one thing that would give smaller schools and advantage over larger schools.  There may be a few who would prefer a smaller school but I on the other hand would much rather enjoy the great expanse of hundreds of classes, thousands of students, and a much greater place to work; which has many more resources. 
            The number of students in a school is the first thing that comes to mind during this argument.  First of all, you would be much more likely to find people just like you, that you would be friends with for the rest of your life.  These are the kind of friends who would do anything with you, and would share everything with you.  Not only would guy friends be important, but also girlfriends.  The chance of finding a girl that you actually love in a small school is hard, however in a larger school, you would have a much broader spectrum when it comes to finding someone who actually gives you the true feeling of love.  This girl would be one of the people who you would want to spend every day with, and who would understand you like you are part of herself.  A small school would give you girlfriend that you have feelings for, but never the perfect girl that you have always dreamed of.
          Not only are people important in a school, but education as well.  In a small school, supplies are lacking and not all of the teachers are at the level of teaching properly.  In a larger school, teachers would have to meet the requirements and supplies would always be available, whether it is fast internet or an air-conditioned room.  All of these things are important to the learning atmosphere.
          Points that I could see being brought up to favor the smaller school would include: drugs and sex would be much more influenced on your life, or it would be impossible to join a sports team due to all the other competition, or that people would easily get bullied.  All of these problems are faced with deeper thoughts that actually make them a good thing.  Drugs and sex are a choice in everyone’s life.  The matter on whether your parents raised you correctly would give you a large view on the right answer toward these things.  Drugs and sex are a part of life and if one is not faced by them early, they will probably not make the right decision later.  The matter on the great competition in athletics is just another way to give you the motivation to train and become the best.  You can make any of our schools athletics teams even if you have never played the sport before.  This creates students to not give any effort to become the best, or to even become better.  With competition, one will try their best to achieve victory, something you would not find at a small school.  Bullying is another topic that would be in favor of small schools.  Signs of bullying in smaller schools are much more hidden.  Larger schools would have much more knowledge over the subject thus making it easier to get to an adult.  Bullying is just a matter of staying away from the people who bully you and in a large school, that task would be much easier.
         There is no question on whether I would like a large school or a small school.  Larger schools are what dream of and what would make my life ten times better.  I would choose a larger school in a split second due to the diversity, larger population, better facility and supplies, and all the other small things that go along with a larger school.  I can see no reason as to why a smaller school would be superior to a larger one.

 

What Would I teach my Kids?

          I plan on having children at some time in my life and I would want them to grow up to be smart, talented, and enthusiastic people.  To do this, I will have to teach them many things that I have learned from my experience and help them to accept and use these ideas to improve their social, mental, and physical capabilities.  The main points that I would get across are to be respectful to others, never lie or over-exaggerate, and to not become lazy.  These are things that I find really important to me and that I wish I would be better at.  By teaching my possible kids in the future these things, I would express myself as the person my sons or daughters would be, and I would like for it to be a good image. 
            The first thing that I think is the most important is to be respectful to others.  This automatically will give everyone a good view towards you, thus making you much more social.  By respecting others, people are not aggravated by your presence, even if you are not doing anything.  Being respectful is also important because adults will look down on you as a figure of higher social intellect than every other kid or teenager.  A good view toward my kids would help reflect on me.    Being respectful to others is a must in what I would teach my kids.
          Although respect is a major virtue in life, honesty is too one of the most vital in teaching to my kids.  When kids lie or over-exaggerate, people don’t trust them or never believe them.  By teaching my kids never to tell a lie, I would give them an honest life.  My parents tried to teach me never to lie, but I do it occasionally.  To teach my kids honesty, I would try to become very involved in their life.  This way I could have a glimpse at what I should believe.  I would also tell my children that I would truly be happier if they would tell me the truth.  I would really express the fact that I would be more willing to accept the horrible truth, than I would to a lie.  My children would then be able to talk to me openly about their problems.  This would give me a great advantage in what I should be doing to keep him or her happy as a parent.  Not only would I get involved in their life, but I would also give them an even better perspective through the eyes of others.  Adding to the respect, people would look on my child as a child of complete honesty.  This would give my child trust among many people, but also help them as to information that their friends would tell them to keep as a secret.  I personally love to hear things like this and I am sure that my children would too. 
          Respect and honesty really reflect the way a person acts, but not as much mentally.  This is why I would stress my child to become hard working and motivated to do anything, whether it is homework for school, or to go and help with chores.  By doing this, I would give my child something that I think is the most important toward school; not being lazy.  Laziness can cause people to slack off in school and to not want to do anything they don’t enjoy doing.  Being motivated helps make your life less stressful and more efficient.  An efficient life is most important for children because it is what they need to get them through life.  Facing a problem would just be as easy as figuring out how to fix it and doing just that.  Laziness is a feeling that I have a hard time trying to overcome and I would not want my kids to be in the same situation.
          In addition to all the small things that I would teach to my children like how to play sports, how to swim and many other small things, the main traits that I would express to my children would be respect, honesty, and motivation.  With these three traits well developed in my child, he or she is bound to have a great future ahead of them.   

School Uniforms?

             Our school is one of the few private schools on Saipan.  We have many strict rules compared to other schools however, we have something on many of the other schools.  This is the fact that we don’t have to wear uniforms to school.  Many students like this because they have freedom of dress and can express themselves in that way.  We also dislike uniforms because they don’t look good.  People have only a couple of pairs that have to be worn often and sometimes cannot be washed.  Uniforms take fashion out of people and in their minds make the less attractive.  Most kids dislike uniforms and all of the Saipan International School students are grateful that they don’t have to wear one. 


              The first thing that uniforms bring is an expensive price to the school, and a lack of enough uniforms for a person.  The school may have to pay over a thousand dollars for uniforms and that amount may not be enough to allow all students to have more than three.  This leads to the student having to do laundry often which increases the family’s water bill and eventually leads to grumpiness throughout the whole family.  An increase in water bills also hurt the school because the family will have to start worrying about the huge amount of money that they have to pay for their child or children to go there.  I assume that if we got uniforms the student population would decrease, only due to family reasons, but because the student just doesn’t like the fact that he or she has to wear a uniform and may want to transfer to a different school because their dress code is more lenient.  The fact that S.I.S does not have uniforms helps the school itself, and the students that go there.
            Imagine when you were a kid, or even if you are a kid ask yourself this.  Would you want to wear a uniform that looks the same as all the other genders of your school?  Most people would say no and the people that would say yes are probably insecure about their image, or do not want to spend money on a uniform.  If you think a uniform costs too much to buy, you should not be attending a school that has a high tuition fee.  If you are not able to afford a uniform, you should not be able to attend the school.  However, I can believe that most of you would not approve of uniforms.
          Uniforms are not only a hassle to wash, but a boring looking uniform.  I have never seen a uniform that I would actually want to wear.  All the uniforms are grey and similar.  If our school got uniforms, people would view it as much more boring and lacking school spirit.  Forcing students to wear uniforms makes your school seem like a jail.  If we had uniforms and people visited our school, they would look at it as boring and their child would not want to go there.
          The topic today is very easy to answer and I can see that our whole class says no to school uniforms.  They are boring, a hassle, disliked by most people, and waste peoples time, money, and water supply.  No one I know wants a uniform for school and those who have uniforms, from different schools, dislike them and wish that they could go to S.I.S, the school of free dress.  Here, we are able to express ourselves through dress, and we can give our school the expression of a happy, safe, and free place. 

 

Who would I bring Back from the Dead and what would I Serve for Dinner?

       If I could bring back one person from the dead, he would be my mom’s father, or my Grandpa.  The reasons as to why I would bring him back from the dead are very important and would bring a great wave of happiness to my family.  My Grandpa was a great man from what I have heard.  When my Grandma comes down to eat dinner with us, there is always one great story of my Grandpa.  My Grandpa passed away when I was about two years old.  Because of my young age, I was barely able to recollect a time that I had spent with him.  My Mom always told me how I would learn to shoot a shotgun or how I would be able to play the harmonica if I had grown up with my Grandpa around.  If I could bring him back from the dead, our whole family would spend time with him.  
       The blog is not only about who I would like to bring back from the dead, but also what I would serve for dinner.  The topic was “If I could bring back one person from the dead, who would he or she be and what would I serve for dinner?”  The first part is pretty explanatory, but the second part is hard to understand.  By reading it, I would say that I would serve his favorite meal.  However my Mom or Grandma would know how to make that meal the best for him.  We would all have a nice family dinner and recollect the past while explaining the present.          By bringing my Grandpa back from the dead, I would be making my family a whole lot happier.  My aunties and Mom would show joy and my Grandma would have to be living alone.  Not only would our family be happy, but many of my Grandpa’s friends would be happy to see him again.  Many people know my Grandpa because he owned and ran Hamilton’s Bar and met a lot of people through the bar.  People respected him and many called him Chief.  My Grandpa’s friends would be excited to see him again but not as much as my Grandma would.  She would have the comfort of the one that she loves around her house.  Right now, she is living alone and we visit her often.  I can see that she gets bored with the fact that she does not always have company.  Bringing my Grandpa back would help her to become much happier. 

        The time my Grandpa passed away was when I was about two years old.  Being so young, I was not able to collect any vivid memories of the times we spent together.  I do still remember him holding me as a baby in his lap and feeding me mints.  When I was young, mints were my favorite candy.  This is the only good memory that I was able to find.  I wish that I had known my Grandpa better because from what I have heard he was a great man and you could learn a thing or two from him.  Hamilton’s Bar would get started up again and people would come.  Being older, I would be able to meet new people and have good conversations.  All of these good things would come if I could bring my Grandpa back to life. 
        If I had to bring one person back from the dead, it would be my Grandpa because I would get to know him, share good times with him, and also learn many new things.  Joy would come to my whole family and we would eat my Grandpa’s favorite meal the first night he came back. 

Are Computer Games a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

        Many people, including me play computer games.  These can consist of advanced games like “Sudden Attack,” or even simple games like “Solitare.”  These games take up a lot of people’s time.  Is this a good thing or a bad thing?  Most people say it is a good thing, but that is mainly because they like to play computer games.  They have no reason as to why it is good.  Others, mostly people who dislike electronics and are more focused or reading and hobbies, say it is a bad thing to play computer games. 
In my opinion, computer games are a good thing if they are played appropriately, but can be bad if they are played to take up most of the person’s time.  You need a computer time limit.  The reason as to why computer games are good, in my opinion, is that the newer generations of people are becoming more reliable on electronics, whether it is for job related purposes, or just because the person wants to create their own video.  The ability to play or download a computer game allows you to fiddle with the computer, thus giving you the chance to become more into the computer and its properties.  This in turns allows you to be able to work a computer very well.

Working a computer is very important to know these days because everything revolves around some sort of electronic device, usually a computer.  To know how to work one is a great tool to use when you are at work.  This will lead to faster working hours and a more efficient day.  Computers are vitally important in the modern day world.

Why does this bring us to the fact that playing computer games is a good thing?  Well, when you are playing a computer game, you use the computer.  This can lead you to do other things out of curiosity of the computer’s functions.  If a pop up comes up, you will eventually learn to control it.  if there is no internet, you will find a way to get online.  I know many people that can work some sort of hack to get into the internet easily.  To know how to do all these things, even if you are just playing a game, can help you learn and control a computer, which is, what I have mentioned many times before, a vital key to survive in the modern world. 

Computers come in all sorts, from gaming computers, to work computers, to all around laptops.  And while I have said that playing computer games is a good thing, there is a limit to it.  If you are playing computer games for over five or six hours a day, you should consider doing something more efficient with your time.  However playing that much will make you extremely good with the computer, you should just stick to at most three hours a day of computer games.  Another thing is if someone spends a huge amount of money to buy a top of the line gaming computer, which has features that you don’t even need or will use, then this can be a problem.  Wouldn’t you rather spend your money on something that you would need, like food? A top of the like laptop can cost thousands of dollars, but all you really need to spend is about one thousand.  And that is still pretty high in price.  A laptop should not be only bought for gaming purposes.  It should be considered as an all around laptop.  For speed, good connection, and working purposes too.  This is why I believe that playing and focusing on computer games too much, can be a bad thing.  Gaming is still good, just when you have a limit.

Define Beauty

In my past blog I was told to define success.  Today’s blog is another definition blog but instead of success, it is define beauty.  In my opinion, beauty cannot be defined.  Beauty has a different meaning in everyone’s eyes, whether in nature or in another human being.

  For example a guy may say to a girl that she is beautiful and he actually means that.  However his guy friends tell him that she is not beautiful at all.  This is because each guy would look at a girl differently and his definition of beauty could be much different than another guys definition.  In my opinion, without naming anyone, I see beauty as a sense of finding the true view of someone that you love or like.  This vision is mostly physical, but also has some emotional and mental side to it.  For someone to call another beautiful, usually a guy saying it to a girl, the girl must look perfect in the guys eyes, have an amazing sense of personality that makes the guy love her, and a mental standpoint to look and realize that their relationship, whether official or not, is perfect.  Beauty or beautiful are very strong words and should only be used if the person really means it.  Using the term without meaning it can really hurt and should never be done.

Beauty defines a person.  If everyone knows them as a beautiful person or the beauty, that person is probably the best looking out of all the others.  If someone is called beautiful, even if it is by a large number of people, that person should stop and think that someone out there in the world really looks at me with a sense of beauty in their mind.  This should mean a lot to the person who is so beautiful.  Beauty is one of the best things that someone can be called.  It shows that person that they are good looking, nice, funny, and charming in someone’s eyes.  Although others may not see it, one person does and that is all that matters.  Beauty should be harnessed and used to boost one’s self esteem.  This can change the person’s life.      

Although beauty can have such a strong meaning, many people use it is a way that is not at all meant to show affection, but in a way to let someone know that they look good physically.  This is not a bad thing, and is often used many times, more than the real meaning is.  However, most people can tell when the person is using the real meaning, or just being casual.  The casual version should still make people feel good about themselves, but not to any extent that the real meaning should.  If someone uses it casually to another, that other should feel good, but just know that they look good physically and that the person saying it to them does not mean it in any way of affection.  This problem can lead to misguided relationships.  When one who is called beautiful feels that the other loves that one, they would ask the other out on a date.  The one who said the term beautiful or beauty casually does not mean it in any sort of way of affection and thus turns down the one they called beautiful.  Confusing, no, it just leads to the misguided person that was called beautiful feel even worst about themselves because they were misguided and eventually were hurt.  

To me, beauty or beautiful should only be used as intense words.  This means that the one using it feels affection toward the other, through physical affection, emotional affection, and mental affection.  The word is a huge step above other words like pretty, cute, or sexy.  Beautiful is a strong love word and should not be used casually.

Three Things I would want on a Deserted Island

Many people get asked this question, whether it is a question out of boredom, or something that is to come true.  The question is, “If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you take?  I have asked this question to many of my friends and they have all answered very well.  Some have said many dumb ideas, but all of them had a purpose.  If I was stranded on an island, three things that I would take would be very important and would help me to survive.  These three things would include a water filter, to filter out salt water and make it drinkable, a fully loaded flamethrower, to light fires and burn things down, or even to signal for help, and the love of my life, to keep me company and help me survive.  These three things would help me survive and live a long life on the island until I die or am possibly rescued.

The first thing that I mentioned was a water filter.  This would be one of the necessary items to survive with.  The filter would make saltwater or dirty water fresh and drinkable.  The water filter would let me survive for at least a week, if I would only drink water, but there are bound to be animals or fruits that I can eat.  The water filter would be important because it would give me my supply of fresh water, something that would be hard to find on o deserted island. If the filter has to run on a source of power then I would want it to be solar, so that it would always have power. 

The second thing that I bring would be great to use.  This is the fully loaded flamethrower.  This would be of great importance because instead of matches or a lighter, I would be able to have a long lasting flame.  I could turn down the flame to light small fires or turn it up to light up an area of the island.  The flamethrower would be important because I would have a huge source of fire and a way to control the flame.  If I shot the flamethrower in the air, it could act as a signal to call planes or boats.  The flamethrower would be of great importance. 

The final thing that I would bring would be the love of my life.  I don’t know how I would find her, but hey, I could have three things and one of them would be her.  We would survive together and have the time of our life.  She is the love of my life, so nothing between us could go wrong.  If we got in a fight we would work it out.  We would work together to survive and things on the island would be great.  I may not even want to be rescued; I mean that would be a hard decision.  An island all to ourselves, that would be a perfect life.  However we will miss the real world with good food and medicine, and air-condition.  Maybe we would want to be rescued and once we were, we would start a life together.

                The famous question of what three things would you want if you were stranded on an island has once again been answered, and in my mind, very wisely.  What would you want I you were on an island?  There are many different answers that all have some sort of meaning.  My three things would be a water filter, a fully loaded flamethrower, and the love of my life.  These things would help me get through rough times and would help me live a good life on my island.  

What do I want on my Tombstone

When I die, I want to die to go peacefully like my grandpa did, in his sleep – not

screaming like the passengers in his car.  No I’m just joking, but seriously, when I die, which is a long ways from now and what I don’t need or want to think about right now, I will hopefully have a proper funeral.  I don’t know if I would want to be buried because being buried alive is my biggest fear and if somehow, I would live again once I am buried, due to some curse or devil that may or may not exist, I would be so scared for a long time and would just freak out.  I know this is probably impossible but just in case something that crazy does occur, I have decided to be cremated when I die.  I think this would be good because I would still become part of the earth, just spread over a place or places where my family decides to dump me, once I am in ashes.  I would also like to be cremated because I would not have to worry about my burial grounds being trashed or even dug up by grave robbers.           

You may be wondering what my topic is today after that weird introduction.  The topic today is “what do you want on your tombstone?”  I will want to be cremated however I will probably have some sort of memorial carved into a stone of some sort and o would like it to say:

Andrew Scott Johnson

Born on October 9^th, 1996

Passed Away on (whenever I pass away)

May He Rest In Peace

Bananaboat

That is what it would say on my memorial.  You may wonder what the Bananaboat part means and I will tell you.  It is my sort of “catch phrase” right now.  You know some people will just always say something whether it is an inside joke, or something everyone knows.  Bananaboat is an inside joke that is complicated to tell.  You have to have been there to understand.  If my “catch phrase” ever changes, or I get one that sticks with me for most of my life, that is what I will put at the bottom of my memorial.  This catch phrase will not only bring memories to some people, but it will make my tombstone unique compared to all the others that just say the name, birth date and deceased date, and rest in peace.

I was born on that date and I don’t know when I will die, hopefully not soon, but I do hope that I will rest in peace with my ashes roaming the Earth forever.  That’s another cool thing about being cremated.  Your ashes will keep traveling to different places and although the living may find that sick and disgusting, I will find it cool.  Eventually my ashes will have spread evenly throughout the world and that would make me happy, to be everywhere at once. 

The thought of being buried when I die has not always been seen as a good thing in my eyes this is because my biggest fear is to be buried alive and if somehow I awaken from the dead, I will suffer a terrible fate of being scared and eventually freaking out until I have a heart attack and die.  I do not want this to happen and so I decided that I would like to be cremated instead.  To answer the topic, I have put what I want to be on my tombstone or memorial and I hope it is looked upon as being a good, well-thought tombstone write. May I rest in peace around the world.