Friday, May 23, 2008

Legalization of Marijuana

Marijuana is not bad for like cigarettes and alcohol. The US war on drugs places great importance on arresting people for smoking marijuana. Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges, which is a larger number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined. In the year 2000, state and local law enforcement had arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations alone. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever documented.

Like most Americans, people who smoke marijuana also pay their taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to improve life for their kids. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because of choice to smoke marijuana. State agencies regularly step in and declare that a child of marijuana smokers to be in great danger, and the outcome is many children are placed into foster homes. This causes tremendous pain, suffering and financial problems for millions of American families. It also creates distrust and disrespect for the law and for the criminal justice system. Responsible marijuana smokers are no threat or danger to their children or America, and there is no reason to treat them like they are criminals, or to take their children away from them. As a society we need to discover ways to discourage personal conduct of all kinds that is abusive or dangerous to others. Responsible marijuana smokers are not the problem in America and it is time to bring to an end to arresting them.Marijuana does not cause serious health problems like those caused by tobacco or alcohol such as strong addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, emphysema, and liver damage. There are many myths about marijuana including; marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that it is dangerous. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals, which proves that it is not quantity, it is quality. Overdosing and dying from smoking marijuana is impossible.

In the history of the entire world, there has never been a single human death due to a health dilemma caused by marijuana. The legalization of marijuana would make life for all Americans better.
Posted by Phil at 11:10 AM 0 comments

Legalization of Marijuana

Marijuana is not bad for like cigarettes and alcohol. The US war on drugs places great importance on arresting people for smoking marijuana. Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges, which is a larger number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined. In the year 2000, state and local law enforcement had arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations alone. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever documented.

Like most Americans, people who smoke marijuana also pay their taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to improve life for their kids. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because of choice to smoke marijuana. State agencies regularly step in and declare that a child of marijuana smokers to be in great danger, and the outcome is many children are placed into foster homes. This causes tremendous pain, suffering and financial problems for millions of American families. It also creates distrust and disrespect for the law and for the criminal justice system. Responsible marijuana smokers are no threat or danger to their children or America, and there is no reason to treat them like they are criminals, or to take their children away from them. As a society we need to discover ways to discourage personal conduct of all kinds that is abusive or dangerous to others. Responsible marijuana smokers are not the problem in America and it is time to bring to an end to arresting them.Marijuana does not cause serious health problems like those caused by tobacco or alcohol such as strong addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, emphysema, and liver damage. There are many myths about marijuana including; marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that it is dangerous. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals, which proves that it is not quantity, it is quality. Overdosing and dying from smoking marijuana is impossible.

In the history of the entire world, there has never been a single human death due to a health dilemma caused by marijuana. The legalization of marijuana would make life for all Americans better.
Posted by Phil at 11:10 AM 0 comments

Legalization of Marijuana

Marijuana is not bad for like cigarettes and alcohol. The US war on drugs places great importance on arresting people for smoking marijuana. Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges, which is a larger number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined. In the year 2000, state and local law enforcement had arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations alone. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever documented.Like most Americans, people who smoke marijuana also pay their taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to improve life for their kids. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because of choice to smoke marijuana. State agencies regularly step in and declare that a child of marijuana smokers to be in great danger, and the outcome is many children are placed into foster homes. This causes tremendous pain, suffering and financial problems for millions of American families. It also creates distrust and disrespect for the law and for the criminal justice system. Responsible marijuana smokers are no threat or danger to their children or America, and there is no reason to treat them like they are criminals, or to take their children away from them. As a society we need to discover ways to discourage personal conduct of all kinds that is abusive or dangerous to others. Responsible marijuana smokers are not the problem in America and it is time to bring to an end to arresting them.Marijuana does not cause serious health problems like those caused by tobacco or alcohol such as strong addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, emphysema, and liver damage. There are many myths about marijuana including; marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that it is dangerous. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals, which proves that it is not quantity, it is quality. Overdosing and dying from smoking marijuana is impossible. In the history of the entire world, there has never been a single human death due to a health dilemma caused by marijuana. The legalization of marijuana would make life for all Americans better.

Friday, May 16, 2008

legalize marijuana

The US war on drugs places great importance on arresting people for smoking marijuana. Since 1990, nearly 5.9 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana charges, which is a larger number than the entire populations of Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming combined. In the year 2000, state and local law enforcement had arrested 734,498 people for marijuana violations alone. This is an increase of 800 percent since 1980, and is the highest ever documented.
Like most Americans, people who smoke marijuana also pay their taxes, love and support their families, and work hard to improve life for their kids. Suddenly they are arrested, jailed, and treated like criminals solely because of choice to smoke marijuana. State agencies regularly step in and declare that a child of marijuana smokers to be in great danger, and the outcome is many children are placed into foster homes. This causes tremendous pain, suffering and financial problems for millions of American families. It also creates distrust and disrespect for the law and for the criminal justice system. Responsible marijuana smokers are no threat or danger to their children or America, and there is no reason to treat them like they are criminals, or to take their children away from them. As a society we need to discover ways to discourage personal conduct of all kinds that is abusive or dangerous to others. Responsible marijuana smokers are not the problem in America and it is time to bring to an end to arresting them.
Marijuana does not cause serious health problems like those caused by tobacco or alcohol such as strong addiction, cancer, heart problems, birth defects, emphysema, and liver damage. There are many myths about marijuana including; marijuana contains over 400 chemicals, thus proving that it is dangerous. Rat poison contains only 30 chemicals, which proves that it is not quantity, it is quality. Overdosing and dying from smoking marijuana is impossible. In the history of the entire world, there has never been a single human death due to a health dilemma caused by marijuana. The legalization of marijuana would make life for all Americans better.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Thesis Statement

Drug users exercise free will when they chose to use drugs; a person has the right to give up his or her own freedom. A government does not have the right to dictate them. No drug eliminates free will.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Cause and Effect

A cause is simply a situation or event that happens. The effect is the change that takes place after the cause has happened. Cause and effect is much like dominoes. One sets up the dominoes in a line and they push the first dominoe. This simple little push of the first dominoe represents the cause. The first dominoe falls into the second, which then falls into the third, and so on. This represents the effect.

There are many cause and effect situations in life. One situation that falls into that catagory is rumors. Rumors are all around us. One person hears something about someone and tells someone else. That person goes and tells others which it then spreads around the whole school. Let's take a look at what the cause and effect of this situation are. The cause could be two people getting in a fight which makies them very angry with eachother. One of the persons wants to "get even" with the other so he/she tells a friend a lie about them. Now lets take a look at the effect. In this situation the effect is a much longer process then the cause. The effect is once that person gets told the lie, he/she tells others and soon it is all around the school.

There are many different Cause and effect situations in life. Some of them are good, some of them are bad. Rumors would fall into the "bad" cause and effect catagory. Everything event, or cause, that takes place has a effect. There is not one situation in life that is not cause and effect.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is more than just thinking. You have to think about many different things. It's much more important than just regular thinking. thinking is just talking to yourself silently. Critical thinking means you have to take many things into consideration.

For example; Let's say you want to go to college, but you don't know where to go, so you think about where you want to go. But choosing a college is much more important than that. You need to take a lot of things into consideration such as; Tuition. You need to figure out if you can afford it or if it offers any scholarships. You also need to take the location into consideration. Maybe you want to go one thousand miles away or maybe you want to stay within one hundred miles from home. Does the college you are applying to offer a major that you want? Does the college have all the extra curricular activites that you want? Do you have to live on campus the first year? You have to ask yourself many questions before you come up with the decision you are going to make. These are all things you need to think about. You need to evaluate all the information you have and apply it to what you want.

Critical Thinking is much more complex than regular thinking. It is thinking in depth about something. It's the most important thing in order to make the right decisions.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

On Thinking

"According to Kant, thinking is 'talking with oneself... hence also inwardly listening.'

Thinking is going through, in your brain, what you are going to do in the future. You are thinking constanly and are even thinking when you are asleep.

I understand what this quote is telling me. I also agree with it completely. When I think, it's like im talking to myself silently. So, obviously, if someone is talking silently to themself they would also need to be listening to what they are saying. Sometimes we don't even know that we are thinking about something or we think about the wrong thing at the wrong time. Has your parents ever said, "What were you thinking?" The truth is yes you were thinking. You might not have thinking of the right thing such as the consequences you might get from doing it. You might be thinking of how fun it will be, which is the wrong thing at the wrong time.

Everyone is thinking all the time. I bet you are thinking right now. So talk to yourself but listen very carfully. Think about what you are going to do.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Excellence

What is excellence? This is a very hard question to answer and there are many different ways to go about it answering it. I would start out by saying excellence is all about trying to do the best you can on whatever it is you are doing. Excellence is not about winning or coming out on top, it’s about having the commitment to surpass what is expected of you.

I think everyone achieves some sort of excellence in their life. Whether it is a first place medal or a participation ribbon people are always proud of themselves for at least something in their life. Some people feel pressure to achieve excellence. Sometimes its friends telling you “Oh come on, don’t be such a baby.” You feel pressured to do something that you think they will be proud of. Other times it’s your parents scolding you that you’re not do well in school. This brings on the idea of cheating. You might feel the need for cheating to a good grade, which in turn, will make your parents happy. Maybe you even want a better grade, so you’ll look over at someone’s paper, or maybe even copy someone’s homework. To me, this is not excellence. Just like Benjamin Hoff says in The Crooked Tree, “It is useless to you only because you want to make it into something else and do not use it in its proper way.” Sometimes all you need to do is use your time and your brain in its proper way. That is what excellence is to me.

Work Cited

Hoff, B. "The Crooked Tree"
Ludwig, M. D. (2004) "Look out for more Blairs"
Puka, B. (2005) "Student Cheating: As Serious an Academic Integrity Problem as Faculty Administration Business as Usual?"
Gibbs, N. (2003) "reading Between the Lies: A young reporter who stole and made up stories forces the New York Times to take stock"

Monday, April 21, 2008

Education Works Cited

Dead Poet's Society. Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Robin Williams. DVD. Touchstone Pictures, 1989.
Eiseley, Loren. The Hidden Teacher.
X, Malcolm, and Alex Haley. How I Discovered Words: a Homemade Education.
Twain, Mark. Two Ways of Seeing the River.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Education Paper

Education


Education is one of the most important things in life. Everyone needs some kind of education. This is how we have doctors, lawyers, and dentists. They have all been through many years of education. I have learned a lot of things throughout my life time, and one of them is that not only teachers can teach you. You learn almost everything from just living your life.

I learned a lot just from watching the movie Dead Poet’s Society. I saw how many different things influence you and your choices involving education. One thing that has a lot of influence on you is your parents. In the movie, Neil’s dad tries to control what he does and where he goes to college. He even tells him to quit the play even though he is getting straight A’s. He doesn’t stop to think about what he wants to do or what he wants to be. I think that parents should listen to you and what you want in life. They should encourage you to do better and support you on what ever you want to do.

I also know that friends have a lot of influence on your education. Every year I sign up for classes that I’m going to take the next year, and every year I ask my friends if they are taking this class. That is only because I work better if I know someone in my class. I feel more comfortable.

Teachers are a big part of education. But I think it depends on the teacher. If the teacher makes the class fun, I will learn a lot more. But if the teacher is more like “Let’s follow along in the book.” I just don’t focus as well and don’t learn as much.

You also have to learn in different ways to really get what you are learning. Like if you look at something in one way, you should look at it in a different way. You get a whole new perspective on things and learn a lot more. If there is one thing that I learned from all of this it is that you learn something new everyday.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Personal Statement

I would like to apply for a job in the field of audio and video technology, which is why I am writing you this letter. I have only one dream, and that dream is to become a Sound Engineering Technician. I strongly believe that I am capable of being one of the best. I also believe that I have the skills and abilities to be successful in this career.

I know that I need to be well educated and ready for a career like this. I have been taking courses in music including; choir, band, and music theory. I am also taking courses in computer technology including; computer applications and computer software. I have a grade point average of 3.2 and, although I may not be the smartest man who has applied for this, I believe that I am the most deserving.

I have no uncertainty that this is the right career for me. I am a hard worker and I never give up on my dreams. I am willing to work as hard as I need to, and then some. I know that you need to have certain traits for a career like this such as; the ability to listen and understand, being able to apply common rules to problems and get an answer that makes sense, being able to focus on a task over a period of time without getting distracted, and many more. I have all of these qualities and use them daily.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. I hope to see you in the future to further talk with you about this job.

Sincerely,



Philip Naatz

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Cover Letter

Philip Naatz
1204 Horizon Drive
Marshall, MN 56258
(507) 532-6684
Philipcarl117@hotmail.com

Monday, March 10, 2008



Mr. Chris Johnson
Studio Technician
Studio One
1385 Mario Dr.
Marshall, MN 56258

Dear Mr. Johnson:

I am writing this letter to you because I am looking for a job in the field of music at your studio. I am 17 years old and am a junior in high school. I do well in all my classes and have a G.P.A. of 3.1. I know that you are looking for people to fill some positions from a friend Gus Johnson. He is currently employed at your studio and is a very hard worker. I also have a great deal of experience and knowledge in music.

Working with home recording equipment for the last three to four years makes my experience level higher than many others. I also have a lot of experience with recording music on my own computer. I have worked with recording programs such as Garage Band, Mixcraft, Cakewalk, and Pro-tools. I have also worked with recording hardware such as M-audio Session and Line 6 Toneport. I have been playing guitar for about three years and playing the drums for about five.

Communication skills are a must and I definitely have that. I get along very well with just about everyone and always work hard. I am a quick learner and am always eager to learn new things. I am a very responsible person and always pay attention. Some clubs that have helped me obtain these skills are Adolescents Anonymous and Youth as Resources.

I would be very grateful if you would give me a chance to show you what help I could be to your company. I know that I would be a very big help to your company. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter and considering me.

Sincerely,


Philip Naatz

Resume

Philip Carl Naatz
1204 Horizon Drive
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: (507) 532-6684 * Cell: (507) 829-8516
Philipcarl117@hotmail.com

Objective
To acquire a degree in the field of music and hope that someday I might have a career in the music industry.


Education
· Currently enrolled as a junior at Marshall High School

· GPA of 3.4
Skills
· Communication skills

· Computer skills

· Musical talent

· Quick learner

Work Experience
· Worked at fast food for six months

· Mowed lawns

· Babysitting

· A lot of church related work

· Played guitar for a birthday party

Activities
· Marching Band

· Track and Field

· Peer Helping

· Roaring 20’s