Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus is probably one of the most prestigious historical american figures ever. He was the man who discovered america and if it weren't for him who knows where we would all be living today. Columbus made his voyage to america in search of new land so that his colony could move to a better place. And when he arrived in america he would do whatever took to ensure that...

But Christopher Columbus wasn't quite the "heroic, amazing person" that we were all taught since the first grade. He was also a pretty big jerk. When he arrived here and discovered that there were indians living here, the first thing he did was try to gain their trust before wiping them out. Columbus wanted a colony so badly that he was willing to steal the natives' land! Don't get me wrong--I am very grateful that Columbus discovered america and all, but he could've done it in a more civilized, humane matter.

"The Scariest Thing That Ever Happened To Me"

The scariest thing that ever happened to me is when I became POSSESSED by a Ouija Board!!!

Okay, so I didn't become possessed but I did play the game(; One day in the 8th grade at school my friend Jenna told us that she bought a glow in the dark Ouija Board online, we'd been talking about always wanting to play it so we were super excited when she told us that she actually bought one! She said me and my friend Katie could go over to her house after school to play it. We arrived at her house and went straight to her room. We took out the board and read the intructions...

"Sit down in a circle with your knees touching.

 Then lay the board in the center and begin to play"

We rested our hands on the planchette (The triangular piece) and began to play.

"What's your name?" We asked.

We shuddered and the hairs on the back of our necks upheaved when we felt the planchette glide from letter to letter.

The board spelled out the name, "Maya."

"How old are you?" We asked again.

"39."

"Are you in heaven or hell?"

"Hell."

We looked at each other nervously.

"Why are you in Hell?" We asked boldly.

"Because I killed."

"Who did you kill?" I blurted out.

Our breath quickened as the board swifted from each letter to form the word,

"You. Good Bye."

We gasped and rapidly removed our hands off the planchette. We decided to take a break from the board for a while. We went to the kitchen and got some drinks before temptation began to set in and we started to play again.

"Maya, are you still there?" We asked hesitantly.

"Yes."

"Were you just kidding about killing us?"

We breathed a huge sigh of relief as the planchette spelled out,

"Yes."

We continued playing until we all went home. Regardless of Maya saying she was just kidding about killing us, we were still slightly worried. We went to school the next day to find out that Jenna's board had disappeared. she said it was probably just her parents...

but you never know...

Should the Government Pay for Higher Education?

Yes, I do think that the government should pay for a higher education such as College, University etc. In our country, if you do not have a college education, your chances of having an acceptable income are extremely low. Many young Americans posses the talent and skill to make it very far in life. But not all of them have the money to pay for the education.
Based on my personal observations, when a student attends College or a University, half of their pay goes toward the education while the other half goes to 'buying' a degree. In this society where a degree makes the difference between a house and no house, I believe that the government should 100% pay for a higher education. Either that, or somehow lower the standards so that employers do not base 90 percent of their decision to hire on a degree.

Economy

I think that the economy will improve in the future. Yes, the economy isn't very good right now but it also wasn't very good back in the 1930's when we had the "Great Depression". Since then the economy has improved immensely and I have no doubt that it will improve within the next five to ten years.
The economy always rises and falls right? Isn't that part of like human society, to overspend then recover and then the cycle starts all over again. So quite frankly, I'm not too worried about the 'recession' because it will get better, right? Then again what do I know, I don't work or pay bills so... 

Oil Spill

The Oil Spill of 2010 occured on Tuesday, April 20th. When A Transocean rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded and caught fire. Of the 126 people on board at the time of the explosion, 115 crewmembers were accounted for, 11 people out of the 115, were missing. I believe the person who is to take to responsibilty for this tragedy is the BP, (formally)The British Petroleum Company, PLC then BP Amoco PLC.

Oil company BP shouldered some responsibility for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster Wednesday after an internal investigation of the spill, but assigned much of the blame to contractors Halliburton and Transocean. Bad cementing, a misread pressure test and an badly maintained blowout preventer all added to the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon drill rig and led to the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's nearly 200-page report on the disaster concluded.