The Morality of Work and Wealth

I think that it is perfectly fine for other people to be wealthier than others. Some of those people had to work to get to where they are today, but then there are some that didn’t. But, for the people that worked to get wealthy, I think they deserve it. Nobody that worked to get where they are shouldn’t have to be put down for being wealthier than their next door neighbor.

Some people think that the wealthy people should give back to the community because of how much money they have. I agree with that to an extent. Yes, I think that would be great for them to give back and use some of that money for others. But then again, you can’t tell people what to do with their own money. They have to decide whether or not to take that step themselves. If I were wealthy I would give some of my money to my family, help out the homeless, donate to charities, and even more. But that’s what I would do, not what other wealthy people would do. Some, probably just want to keep it all to themselves. Which that sounds a little selfish to me. I mean people don’t have to give out all their money to the community but at least help out your family members and what not.

I think it’s totally okay for some people to be wealthier than others. People just have to work for it. Money and success isn’t just going to be given to you. But there are ways to getting wealthy that I don’t completely agree on. You don’t want to be the type of person to walk all over people just to get yourself to the state that you want to be in. Their humans too so I don’t think that’s the right way to go about it. Neither is losing yourself. What I mean by that is changing who you are to become wealthy. Some people, become very selfish and stuck up. I don’t think that’s a proud way to become successful. Another way some people can be is acting like they are higher than the people around them. So they might talk down to someone than actually talking to them like they are just like you. That’s another way that people should not go about the situation that they are in. Everyone’s human, who cares if you’re the CEO of a company that’s great and all but that doesn’t mean that you’re better than anyone else.

Overall I think that it’s normal and okay for people to be wealthier than others because they probably had to work to where they are today. But I do think there are moral limits that people have to live by when they are becoming wealthy. Like walking all over people is something that you should not do. And, acting stuck up is wrong as well. If you just stay the same person you did before your success, you’ll be better off.

Wreck This Journal: Only One Page?!

Yes you read the title correctly. I only have done 1 page since my last post! Yeah I have been super busy so I haven't been able to do any other pages than the one I have finished. So now let me show you the page: 

It says, "Float This Page". Okay so I gotta admit, I was very excited for this page even though you don't really have to do that much. So, I did exactly what it says: 

So I will try to have more pages for my next post! I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading!

Cultural Updates in the Late 1700's

We all know about the 13 colonies right? Well later on after that is when all of the other states began to join into this union. The states started to spread out from right to left of the map because the other side of North America was owned by other countries. Vermont, even though it was around the 13 colonies was not a part of the union. They later became the 14^th state I the United States. Rhode Island became a part of the union earlier, and then the state Kentucky was officially a part of the union in 1792 right after Vermont. Many of these states became a part of the United States very quickly. That shows how fast the United States of America was growing during that time. But, even though the states developing was a major event happening in the late 1700’s there was many other important matters that were in between all of that.

One of those events was devastating. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791. This was devastating because he was (and still is) the most famous composer during the Classical Era. He was so well known that people still remember him very well today. We even still play some of his pieces now. Mozart was most remembered by how talented he was at a very young age. He inspired many other composers that came after him. Wolfgang from the very beginning was learning the Clavier when he was very young. The clavier was known back then as a keyboard. The only thing was he wasn’t really learning it in the traditional way. Traditionally, someone would teach you during private lessons but he simply watched his sister learn from her father. He quickly caught on and that is when his father (and soon many others) noticed his amazing talent spark. So, that was when his father also started teaching Mozart the instrument. Seeing how talented he was his father couldn’t resist but to show all of Europe his amazing son. They went on tours and that’s when his name started to get out there. Later on, Mozart started learning other instruments as well.

There was one incident that was quite extraordinary for Mozart. He heard this piece that was being played by the Vatican Choir and he took a liking to it. He liked it so much that he copied that whole piece JUST from memory! That was how talented this man was. Unfortunately, Mozart (in the beginning) got in trouble for copying the piece. But, when the Pope heard that he did it all from memory……. He was shocked. He then thought that Wolfgang was amazing and so did many people after that. Sadly, Mozart died at a very young age (35 years old). But he still left an incredible legacy.

There was also another event that happened in the early 1700’s. Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1793. During this time many people owned slaves that harvested their crop. Specifically, most of them harvested cotton. Even though this was just one crop out of the ones they harvested it was a big pain to get it done. The slaves had to hand pick the seeds from the cotton. This was very tedious work. But, Eli Whitney tried to change that and make their lives easier. That didn’t exactly go as planned. See, the Cotton Gin picks the seeds out for you but that made the job actually harder for the slaves than before. Now that the people had this amazing machine they wanted the slaves to pick MORE cotton and put it through the Gin. It was basically creating extra work for them to do. Later on, there were many more inventions including the Cotton Gin that led up to the Industrial Revolution.

These were just a few events that happened during the early 1700’s but there were many more. This was when the United States started growing, and more problems were rising. But throughout all the problems that we see in the past we should just try to learn from them now.

Is the Family a Legitimate Form of Government?

Is the family a legitimate form of government? I definitely think so and I don’t understand why anybody would disagree. There are so many reasons why families should count as a form of government.

One of the reasons is that families create their OWN rules in their households. When you visit your friend’s house do you ever notice that they might have slightly different rules than what you might go by at your household? That alone just proves that each family is their own government. I don’t think that’s bad thing either. Your parents enforce rules that they expect you to abide by when you’re living under their roof. Which, to me, is what governments do with a whole population. When families have rules in their households I think the living space is less chaotic.

Another reason is that families have a choice to educate their own children instead of sending them off to public school. Either way is perfectly fine it just depends on what the family wants. But I am homeschooled and there are a ton of kids just like me that are schooled from home! So that means there are more rules to go by just like when other kids go to public school. Some people think that homeschoolers don’t get up early and they can sleep in all the time and they can do whatever they want. But that is completely not true at all. Yes, I have slept in a lot but there are times where I have slept in and noticed that I barely have any time to complete all my schoolwork. So now I wake up earlier and get it done. Here is where the family creates rules for the schooling part of the household. One of the rules that I have to go by is that my schoolwork is my TOP priority. That means, I HAVE to get it all my work done before I go off and do any leisure, fun activities. Which, I personally love this rule. I don’t want to push off my work because for the rest of the day it will hang over my head that I have to get it done. If I get all my work done beforehand, I can enjoy my leisure time much better. So for homeschoolers, it’s not a free for all where we can do whatever we want. The family has to create some ground rules for the household to go by.

Families can also make their own choices in many areas of their life. Like for religion. You might be Christian and your friend’s family might be Jewish. That just shows that all families can make their own choices not based on what other families decide. And your choices shouldn’t effect who you are friends with.  Whatever makes each household happy is what matters. Families can also make their own food choices. For example, my family chooses to eat as healthy as we can. Yes, we have some junk food here and there but we don’t eat it all the time. That’s our choice. As a family. But, that doesn’t mean that we should make everyone do everything our way. Because we should consider the other families as a different government that makes their own choices.

Overall, families can make their own rules, educate themselves, and they can make their own choices. Now does that sound like a government to you? I think it does.