Your & You're

1. I know you're angry , but there is no need to shout. I am not going to agree with you because you're yelling. The decision will be based purely on the wording in your policy.

2. Please gather your party, and leave the hotel quietly. You're causing a scene.

3. Wow, you're not a bad singer, but if that was your best effort , you're in trouble. I've seen your opposistion.

4. It's your birthday party. You're suppose to blow out the candles.

5. You're cool with your new car.

6. Did you enjoy your meal ?

7. John , you're not going to take Simon to watch your sister sing in that show? You're crazy. He'll be bored from start to finish.

8. This is your book you're reading ?

9. What is wrong with your DVD player ? It will not play your favorite Star Trek movie.

10. You're not going to the concert? But I have your ticket.

11. You're a student , so you should have your own textbook

12. Your teacher seems nice, even when you're late for class.

13. You're walking home? Where is your car ?

14. What do you think about your future ?

15. You're joking? Your jokes are not very amusing.

16. You're on the right road, just turn your car left at the next traffic lights.

17. If you're going to the store make sure your brother goes with you.

18. When do you think you're going to the movie ? Your sister would like to get a drive.

19. If you're not going to take the matter seriously, then maybe you're in the wrong line of work.

20. You're going to have to make your own dinner.

Influencing Change

There are so many things today that are influencing our lives, and for the most part not even good things. Celebrity's and the media is what influences our lives, we try to be like the models on tv, or in magazines, or try to look as pretty as the girls off of music videos. Today people are doing so many drastic things, which is making our society look horrible. Today, in real life when people write about things that matter, like racism people could care less, they would rather be pretty than be considerate and nice to people.

In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" it deals a lot with racism. White against black. A black man got accused of doing something he did not do, and when he went to court and everybody knew the truth, he was still guilty just for the simple reason he had colored skin. When I read this book, I felt so bad for the man who was known as guilty for doing absolutely nothing but being born with colored skin. It's just not fair, it's not even his fault that his color is the color is, he did not have control over it.

I think for so many people life would be so much more easier for some if the lessons taught in literature or films could influence our lives today. Just think back to the book , the right people would be in jail, or the right people would have died, but instead they would rather have the person who did wrong be free because of their color.

I wish there could be a change to our society, and that be everyone equal, and without a celebrity or the media having to make the change, but just a regular everyday person. I wish our society was not influenced so easy by the fake, and just let literature take over, the real meaning , and reality take over.

The Christmas Story

Once upon a time, in a far away land there was a little girl named Ali. Ali was a short little native girl, she was very generous, and always helping out whoever she could, even though she belonged to the poorest family of the village.

Christmas was just around the corner, and all the children of the village were so excited, especially Ali. She had her eyes set on this beautiful little doll, with a satin pink dress, and bright blue eyes with the longest curly brown hair. She admired her, and everytime she passed the store window her eyes just lit right up. She wanted it so bad, everytime the family went to town she would beg for the doll , and hope she would find it under her Christmas tree, on Christmas morning. Ali wasn't the only member of the family who was expecting a present under the tree, considering they never ever really got a true Christmas present; Ronan also had his eyes set on the perfect present as well. He wanted a choo-choo train from the same store window, as the beautiful doll.

As it got closer to Christmas the family did more and more charity work to make sure every other family had the perfect Christmas. They were not concerned about themselves what so ever, the children had even forgot about their "perfect christmas presents" just because they loved to make everybody else happy. The last thing they ever wanted to be noticed as, was self centered.

Tomorrow was Christmas eve, and Ronan had just caught an awful sickness. No doctor knew what was wrong with him, some had even thought it was deathly. This Christmas was going to be the worst. Ronan never left his bed, he just layed there and felt useless as his family catered to him. Ali got more and more worried as the day carried on, and had the need to go do something. So she went to her room broke her piggy bank, she had thirteen dollars in change that she had been saving up for the past two years, for when it would be useful. Ali crashed out of the house and ran to the store. After she returned she placed a carefully wrapped box under the Christmas tree, with a tag "To: Ronan, LOVE ALI".

The next moring when the kids woke up, Ronan was not himself. He was slowly dying ... Ali knew what was going on , so before it was too late, she told Ronan that she wanted him to have the best Christmas yet. So she ran to their living room grabbed the single present under the tree and gave it to Ronan. He took care in opening the gift, as he saw what was inside he lit up, looked at Ali slowly and said "Thank you Ali, I love it and you, Merry Christm-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s". His eyes closed slowly, and he was gone. Ali knew he liked his present, and as she carefully ran her fingers through his hair she thought to herself how much fun he would have had playing with his new train when he was all better ........