Why is Animal Farm important?

Animal Farm is a very important book because of the reality in it. Although Animal Farm -obviously- has to do with a bunch of animals on a farm, it deals with how people involved with politics deal with problems and their feelings about situations. For example, Old Major, the twelve year old pig, talked about how much different life could be outside of the farm or how the humans, "Man," had taken all the animals had worked for. This relates to the government taking taxes from our hard earned money and us getting little to nothing out of it.

Who holds power in my house?

My parent hold power in my life because if I choose to do something they don't think is right or they know it won't help me, they stop me from doing it and choose a better option, or help me make the right one. For example, I was going to take French as an elective for my freshmen year but they told me it wasn't worth it because I wasn't going to talk to as many people that speak french than other languages such as Spanish.

Why do siblings bicker?

A lot of children have brothers or sisters that they fight with; but they don't know the reason for them fighting.

People usually say siblings fight because they don't like each other, this is not true; It's a natural part of growing up. It's them learning how to get a long with people. Another reason is that the youngest child usually thinks that the parents praise the oldest more by letting them stay out later, not having an early bedtime, or telling them how good they do on chores. The older one thinks that the youngest gets all of the attention from their parents because the younger one's "cute, adorable, ect." But really, one of the biggest problems between them might be the parents fault at times. The parents sometimes let things slip out like "Why can't you be more like your brother," or "Your sister's so much better at that than you are," and this usually causes a rivalry between them thinking they have to out do one another. The basic sibling quarrel is the arguing. When they're really mad, at each other or not, they tend to hit or try to make their brother or sister cry by hurting their feelings. The one who makes the other cry might tell them their sorry or goto their parents about it and ask them to ask the victim to forgive them.

The real reason is that they're just around each other a lot. Every day, they come home from school and have to deal with their siblings. The oldest might have to baby sit the younger one(s). Or maybe one of them gets their way about what to eat for dinner or what movie to see. They just kind of get tired of not always getting their choice. And also, the oldest might want to go out with friends or walk to some ones house but they can't without letting their younger brother/sister go with them.

Poverty

We recently elected a new president. President Barack Obama. People who were living off of the government before he was elected were almost up with their unemployment money (money which the government gives people who're off of work. Usually lasts about a year or two). Obama stated he was going to increase the time which people can live off of unemployment. What this means is instead of two years with unemployment, it's getting increase. People just started relying on this. By them relying on this, it's teaching their kids to do the same exact thing. They've never known any different. They'll never learn to work for their money unless they're inspired to do it. But, even if they're inspired, some of them won't WANT to work because they won't have an education because they know that the government will pay for them the rest of their lives. Well, what will happen to those who rely on it when Obama is out of the office? Some other president will change this and they won't have any money to live off of. I don't know. This is just me rambling on.

How can Violence be stopped in schools?

A lot of people get in fights in schools or just have arguments where a lot of people get involved. I was wondering how many fights you've seen or been a part of. So I'm going to set up a poll over ---> there. Tell me how many you've seen and see how many others have seen as well.

Okay, so post comments on ideas of how you think you could stop fights. By the way, I think you get rewarded in some school for stopping people who are fighting.

The way of the Daos

• INTRO

The study of Chi, the form of meditation. Where does it all come from? Daoism, also known as Taoism, is known for releasing the unreleased power of the inner body. By dropping their heart rate and meditating, they become very relaxed and form chi.

• FOUNDER

The founder of this great religion is none other than Lao-Tze himself. He had mastered this technique enough to form his own religion based off of it. Those who follow soon will or hope to become as great as him or better.

• FOLLOWERS

About 225 million people are known to follow

this religion. The places with the most of Daos are China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

• HOLY BOOK/SACRED TEXT

Tao Teh Ching, the Daos sacred text. Written by Lao-Tze, the founder. Tells the many different practices

of Daoism.

• RITUALS

Their rituals pretty much only rely on the teachings of the Tao Teh Ching. Having to practice constantly just like anything else you want to become good at.

• PARTICULAR CLOTHING

They usually wear long robes for walking around or visiting people, but for their practices, they wear black puffed out leather-like sweat pants and a baggy-like shirt.

• HIERARCHY

They look up to their Priest to follow and help out.

How can you overcome not being liked?

There are quite a lot of people who get picked on and might feel out of place in their classes. It's sad to watch and even more sad when others don't stick up for them. It could be because of their looks or the clothes that they wear. It makes me wonder if the people picking on others have ever heard of the old saying, "treat others how you want to be treated." The best advice I can give for this is hope for the best but prepare for the worst. But for those of you who're quiet and wonder why people don't like you, you need to tell jokes (even if they're not funny, as weird as it sounds), be yourself. You shouldn't be scared to show people who you are. Tell people what you like to do, make friends. That's the only way people will come to know you.