This I believe: Honesty

This picture shows that no matter how much you lie the truth will always come out.

When I was 9 years old I was telling lies to a friend of mine. I did it so that we would have something to talk about, it was about this game on the Internet and when he actually played for himself he realized I was lying. After my friend realized I was lying he stopped being my friend. He didn’t believe anything I said anymore. That should have taught me that lying that was bad but I continued anyway. I guess I told lies because I was scared of what would happen if I told the truth. One day I was talking to my mom when I accidentally told her about something at school that she didn’t exactly like. I told her the truth and also told her about me lying to my friend. She got really upset about it and then I was pretty sure that I shouldn’t have told her the truth, but then after a while she calmed down and told me that lying was bad and that you should never lie. Telling the truth will always be better even if you get in trouble. She told me that everyone hates liars and that if you lie something bad will happen to you. To prove her point instead of not buying me the toy I wanted for a year she bought it for me. Ever since I have never lied, well that’s a lie but when I do I always end up telling the truth and it is usually better. Especially since people go easier on you if you tell them the truth instead of them finding out themselves, which makes them more angry with you for lying. So that’s how I learned that I should never lie and I guess that that’s what I believe.

The Holocaust

It is right only if your friends and relatives agree to Keep the jews with them and if you know the consequences and risks. The People of Le Chambon saved the jews anyway even though they knew what the risks and consequences were. This is probably because they knew what it was like to be prosecuted since their ancestors were Huguenots and they are protestants. If you just accept things the way they are you cannot improve. You should always take a stand against what you believe is injustice if you are willing to go through with it and stay with it till the end. If you do take a stand the the victim of the injustice will be helped or even saved. The consequences however are terrible. You can go to jail, be prosecuted and killed. Prejudice and bias are usually created when there is already a sense of resentment to the victim but is helped to grow with the help of propaganda's, ignorance and fear. To overcome prejudice and bias you need to stop being ignorant and actually see the victim. Some people are strong at heart and willing to stand up to injustice while some people (Kotler) may be trying to make up for something someone in their family did. A decision will always have consequences but the decision itself decides whether it is a good or bad consequence. The issues raised in the book "The boy in the Striped Pajama" is important because they are still occurring today. We should continue reading and studying "The Boy In Striped Pajama" because it is a challenge and a good read, it also lets us learn about the holocaust and how much it affected the lives of the people there at that time.

The Box

I would call this story The Box because everything revolves around it. I thought that the person who won the lottery would get a prize, then I thought that the winner would have to leave town. The fact that everyone was afraid of the box and that everyone ignored it, let it go to ruin led me to believe that it wasn't going to be something good.

When I realized that the end of the story wasn't there I felt so frustrated and annoyed that I didn't know the ending of the story. I felt like i was going to scream. It made me want to continue reading so much! As soon as I received the paper I knew straight away that it was the ending which made even more frustrated.

I followed the instructions, why? because I forgot all about it. I don't understand why this tradition even started. I felt surprised and a little confused. Why would they do this? My predictions were wrong but I didn't feel anything about it since I was so surprised by the ending of the story. I never thought that this would happen, totally unexpected. I think that if they put in a little more forshadowing and dropping of more hints I think my prediction would have been a lot more accurate.

It made us confused wanting an answer, making us read things and notice things a lot more. It made us tense and confused wanting a release from the confusion. There was no title which created a sense of curiosity. No ending which made me frustrated and desperate for the ending. The forshadowing and clues made us think. The papers added to the tension and the delayed ending made us ask more questions and created an unbelievable amount of curiosity making us even more desperate for the ending.

Power Of The Void

The International school of Kuala Lumpur provides (Silence) an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

I think that adding a silence after the word "provides" makes the listener curious about what the school actually provides. It also makes them ask questions, like "what is it? food? education?". It creates tension that makes you anxious and want to keep listening to what he/she says.It makes them want a release which makes them focus a lot more on what is being said.

Composers can do this in a piece of music by adding a sudden silence just before a climax. This will make the audience ask questions, asking for a release. This makes them more attentive and interested. Another more subtle way to do this is to suddenly take out an element of the music in the middle of a song. This creates tension of another sort. It also makes you ask questions, like "whats going on? did my ipod break? how long is this going to last?"