Response

According to the essay that was read in class, I came to the conclusion that the author is an


everyday person just as I am. He was actually talking bout current events that are happening


around us all the time.I think that he is trying to tell us that we need to take care of home before


trying to go off and save the world. Yeah it's okay to go out and help other countries but it's just


things that are beyond our control. Why try to control someone or some place that doesn't want


to be controlled.

I'm sure that everone has seen or familiar with "Star Trek." In every episode they always try


to help out someone and always seem to lose friends in the process. That alone should have said


that this doesn't concern us and just maybe we outta forget about it. It seems as if that would be


the right thing to do. Wrong! It must be a plague because it's a lot of that going around. If


America turned it's back on countries instead of trying to help them there is no tell how much


chaos this world would or would not be in. Over in Iraq, we have hundreds maybe even


thousands of soilders dying for an unworthy cause. I say bring the troops home but it's not up to


me. Bush is trying to control the flow of oil. Why try to control when he can't even control what's


going on here in America. I don't about you but we shouldn't be trying to control other countries.


There are too many problems at home that need immediate attention.

For some people"Halloween" is a fun time. It is both a joyous occasion and a sad one.


Halloween is different, and just for a day you have a chance to be someone esle. In society today


you have many people that wish that they could be someone else. And for one day you can be


that one person. Though you want be able to affect change, you still get to express yourself


freely as that person. America is like a cover story, always in the and on the news.

Man should not be face with loneliness. A has to be crazy to want to go off and leave their

family. Yeah a man is suppose to be head of his household, but to go off for an unjust cause is


stupid. At first it seems as if it's the right thing to do. And after a while you start to get real


lonely. You began thinking to yourself that you should have stayed home and not made that


decesion. Many people that just because they join a military reserve they wont see battle.


Wrong again. You are back up and could be called at any time.

Music? What has this world come too? This author hit this directly on the head. The music


today is very degrading towards women. I think that it was Nas that said, "we are not calling


women bitches and ho's but it's how women take it. I have nothing but respect for woman but a


bitch can be a guy that talks too much or that is false. So it's just something we use as artist to


describe some people that are not doing anything or taking care of their family." If we don't


learn to respect women, then how can we expect a country to respect us. It time to buckle


down, come together, and get this right.


In the south, the majority of the people use slang to communicate with others. Using slang


can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing depending on the situation. For instance, slang has no


place in corporate America. Let's say that you are a DEA agent and you want to show your boss


that you have what it takes to hit the streets. For that purpose you need slang to help you blend


in and keep a low profile. There is nothing wrong with slang because everyone uses it no matter


who they are. You might not mean to but it slips from time to time. Slang goes hand in hand


with "proper" english. Some need both and some need just one.


Another problem that was talked about was "Homelessness." Why are we spending millions


of dollars trying to keep a country in order that's thousands of miles away? There are literally


thousands of Americans that need help but yet they get no help. This whole situation is starting


to piss me of. Take care of home. Everyone should have been told to take care of home first.


When you are young and you grow up that thought should have been branded in the back of


your head somewhere. It's hard trying to take care of two or more places instead of just one.


Maybe it's the people that are running this country that need an old fashion butt whooping. The


kind that knock sense into them every time they step out off line.


In conclusion I say stop the bull. Do what's right by America as a whole and not what is


persumed right. People make mistakes because nobody is perfect. But try to make up for it


while you still can. Life is to short to throw it all away for nothing. Use time wisely and things


might just turn around.