“Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” by Elie Weisel. The quote is about the importance of learning about people who were rescuers during the Holocaust. My Grandfather was a Holocaust survivor himself, and he has shared some information with me about this topic. However, he also has influenced the way I think about ethical decision making. He has always taught me to work my hardest no matter what life throws at you and always keep your head up. When it comes to ethical decision-making, he has shown me how to look at things a certain way and always come up with a decision that is right. As I look back and think of all the things that my grandfather went through, I see how what he was grown up with and what his community was like in Germany, how that has influenced his ethical decision making, and how he is a caring, thoughtful citizen. My Father has taught me how to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in my community. My father grew up in a small town in southern Indiana, which, as you can imagine, is very different than the city that I am growing up in now, Santa Barbara, California. This showed my father the importance of being a caring and thoughtful citizen because of the very tight-knit community that was in Bloomington Indiana. He has told me the importance of helping to create a better community around you and to support a cause. My father and I sometimes go and volunteer at different places on the weekend, such as the Teddy Bear Foundation, the Bunny Sanctuary, and many other places. Working with these people and my father helps me understand what it means to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in the world today. I feel like I really can help the community thrive and become a better place by volunteering and I feel like it is my duty as a member of this community to do it. My father is probably the most caring and thoughtful citizen that I know; he strives to be a part of the solution and not the problem in our world around us. Even though life drags us down, it is our job to hold the weight up and thrive as a large community. Lift each other up and thrive as a human race.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Essay Contest
Ben
“Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” by Elie Weisel. The quote is about the importance of learning about people who were rescuers during the Holocaust. My Grandfather was a Holocaust survivor himself, and he has shared some information with me about this topic. However, he also has influenced the way I think about ethical decision making. He has always taught me to work my hardest no matter what life throws at you and always keep your head up. When it comes to ethical decision-making, he has shown me how to look at things a certain way and always come up with a decision that is right. As I look back and think of all the things that my grandfather went through, I see how what he was grown up with and what his community was like in Germany, how that has influenced his ethical decision making, and how he is a caring, thoughtful citizen. My Father has taught me how to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in my community. My father grew up in a small town in southern Indiana, which, as you can imagine, is very different than the city that I am growing up in now, Santa Barbara, California. This showed my father the importance of being a caring and thoughtful citizen because of the very tight-knit community that was in Bloomington Indiana. He has told me the importance of helping to create a better community around you and to support a cause. My father and I sometimes go and volunteer at different places on the weekend, such as the Teddy Bear Foundation, the Bunny Sanctuary, and many other places. Working with these people and my father helps me understand what it means to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in the world today. I feel like I really can help the community thrive and become a better place by volunteering and I feel like it is my duty as a member of this community to do it. My father is probably the most caring and thoughtful citizen that I know; he strives to be a part of the solution and not the problem in our world around us. Even though life drags us down, it is our job to hold the weight up and thrive as a large community. Lift each other up and thrive as a human race.
“Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” by Elie Weisel. The quote is about the importance of learning about people who were rescuers during the Holocaust. My Grandfather was a Holocaust survivor himself, and he has shared some information with me about this topic. However, he also has influenced the way I think about ethical decision making. He has always taught me to work my hardest no matter what life throws at you and always keep your head up. When it comes to ethical decision-making, he has shown me how to look at things a certain way and always come up with a decision that is right. As I look back and think of all the things that my grandfather went through, I see how what he was grown up with and what his community was like in Germany, how that has influenced his ethical decision making, and how he is a caring, thoughtful citizen. My Father has taught me how to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in my community. My father grew up in a small town in southern Indiana, which, as you can imagine, is very different than the city that I am growing up in now, Santa Barbara, California. This showed my father the importance of being a caring and thoughtful citizen because of the very tight-knit community that was in Bloomington Indiana. He has told me the importance of helping to create a better community around you and to support a cause. My father and I sometimes go and volunteer at different places on the weekend, such as the Teddy Bear Foundation, the Bunny Sanctuary, and many other places. Working with these people and my father helps me understand what it means to be a caring and thoughtful citizen in the world today. I feel like I really can help the community thrive and become a better place by volunteering and I feel like it is my duty as a member of this community to do it. My father is probably the most caring and thoughtful citizen that I know; he strives to be a part of the solution and not the problem in our world around us. Even though life drags us down, it is our job to hold the weight up and thrive as a large community. Lift each other up and thrive as a human race.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Raft - Jefferson Davis
Hello President Abraham Lincoln,
I believe that we can both agree on something, we want America to be happy. We are both representing the people that we fight for. However, there are multiple differences we have, one of them is slavery. We believe that slavery is good, the Union does not. We can keep it that way as long as you do not attack us and we just mind our own business. We will not force you to have slaves as long as we are able to keep our slaves.
When it comes to secession, we will leave become our own governing body and not harm you guys. We will own slaves and we will be independent. This is in your best interest because the more fighting you do, the more lives you could lose. You want the Union to be successful and happy. If you stop fighting then you will have more people, and you will be your own, and happy.
We like the idea of slavery and secession. We do not want to fight. We are going to win the war, but with war, both sides never really win with all of the death. We do not want to fight you. We will keep our slavery and you will keep your free slaves.
Thank you,
Jefferson Davis
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