Why People Help Others

            Why do people put themselves in danger for the sake of others? The answer to this is simple: some people value others’ lives more than their own. Like myself, for example, I would put my life on the line for another person any day of the week. In my opinion, a human life is the most valuable thing in existence; an ordinary person’s value is matched only by his or her potential. So, I know that if I can save another life in exchange for my own then I will have changed the world. Then the question arises, “If every life has value and potential then why waste my own to keep another?” One would die either way. The answer to that is as follows: if I can keep another person on this planet any longer than fate has decreed, then I will have achieved my potential and greatness by doing so. A human life should not be wasted so it is important that all people retain this value for as long as possible.

My Day With JFK

            If I could spend time with anyone I wanted it would be President John F. Kennedy because JFK is cool. It would be the year 2021, and he and I would play miniature golf at Swings and Things while discussing trending topics such as the cheese shortage in Wisconsin and Ireland’s potato monopoly. After playing miniature golf we would go to Wal*Mart and recruit other shoppers to play soccer with us in the sports department. When our thrilling game of store soccer is over, we will go to the camping department and set up a pavilion and have a barbecue. Its Barbecuing with JFK would be cool because JFK is cool.

Winter Break Story

            This winter break was not unlike any other holiday off of school, uneventful and seemingly short. However, I did manage to get off the couch and do something in celebration of the holidays this year. Sarah Wright had organized a small social gathering at her house in celebration of the New Year; a group of six or so people showed up and we all played cards and watched some television. Naturally, we watched the ball drop as well. The highlight of the night had to be when Sarah chewed out the employee at Pizza Hut over the phone; she’d ordered pizza six hours before and still hadn’t gotten it. Eventually, she canceled the order and called Marco’s instead. Marco’s only had a fifteen-minute wait for pick-up so we sent Ricky and a couple others to get it. While they were gone, however, the Pizza Hut guy showed up at the door with the now eight-hour late pizzas. I felt bad because he’d been driving around in the cold all night and the people before us sent him away complaining about their wait. So, I paid for the pizzas and tipped him accordingly since he’d come by for no reason. Off he went and Ricky returned shortly after with the Marco’s pizzas. Thus ends my New Year’s story, a bit of giving for a chipper end.