A Day Where Everything Changes

Have you ever been judged? Maybe because of something small or stupid that you have done? Have you ever been judged just because of some other person's mistake?

I am currently reading  "The 9/11 Report" by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon and it is based on the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The book has many pictures along with the words that are very intense and get readers to think. This book is basically like a comic book with words and pictures at every corner.

It truly breaks my heart pondering these actions on what terrorists did. It actually sickens me that we have a society like this.

I am really upset of what happened in 9/11. There are no words to describe how hard it was for me to take in the fact that thousands of people were killed. That morning mothers and fathers aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers expected to return home safely just like any other day, but it hurts knowing that they all lost their lives. Honestly my heart goes out to all the families who lost their dear loved ones. I can't imagine how hard it must've been for them. The terrorists not only killed people in the buildings but people in the hijacked planes as well. They killed people who were supposed to land safely. They killed people who had families waiting at home. I don't understand what the terrorists got out of this. How does killing people help make this world a better place? You just killed thousands of generations. You killed parents whose kids were waiting for them at home. You brought the end to people who were so young. Everyone deserved to continue their life. I don't believe anyone's life should end so tragically. It's such a disappointment knowing that people exist in this world would kill for the pleasure. But what pleasure?!?!

Many Muslims in America these days are accused of being a part of the 9/11 bombing. People believe that every Muslim is accountable for the deaths that occurred. I find this very unacceptable and rude. But all those Muslims that were accountable for the deaths should be punished for their actions. My heart is broken because I know that all those innocent lives were taken for no reason.

I myself am a Muslim, and I AM PROUD to be one!! I don't care what anyone thinks of me because this is my life. There is no reason on why people should judge me based on my religion and where I am from. So what if I am Muslim? Shouldn't I be treated the same as everyone else? The bombing mistake was someone's who was careless and didn't think of others or their own nationality they were putting a scar on. The mistake was not mine....

I am tired of hearing stories of people being judged based on the fact that they are Muslim. Like are you seriously gonna do that??? What benefit are you getting from this? Not all Muslims are terrorists, and I just wanna get the fact out to everyone out there who thinks that we are accountable for these actions. :(
I know many people who get accused of being a part of the 9/11 just because they wear hijabs on their head. No one should go through the horrific event that occurred at 9/11.

This impact remains in our lives forever....

An Education Gone Wrong???

Have you ever wondered how other people live their lives? Without education? How they find happiness in little things such as lemon seeds? Well, I have. Its actually heart breaking once you find out how other people live. Filthy places, barely any food, no diapers and only one pair of shoes...all this, just because of no education. When kids think about it, education is just a bore. No use in their life when its time to have fun. But when adults think about it, it means everything. "AHH I HATE THIS STUFF, WHY DO I NEED TO LEARN IT?!?" as a kid can simply turn into "Man! I wish I learned that!" as an adult. A good education plays a very important role throughout the lives of students, it might not seem like it at first, but at the end it really pays off.

In the book "Make Lemonade" by Virginia Euwer Wolff an education is a very serious matter. An education provides a high school diploma. An eduction provides a meaningful job. An education provides a roof over your head, food on your plate, and warmth in your souls of what is complete in your life. Jolly a seventeen your old teenage mom doesn't have that warmth. She lacks having a good education and a high school diploma. Though she has food on her plate and a roof over her head she doesn't have what she actually needs to provide herself and her two kids with... a job.

A job to me is truly necessary if you have a kid, especially if you have two. You need to feed three mouths including your own, and that is not possible if you don't have enough money.  Although I haven't experienced this myself paying rents and bills is a serious pain, but it needs to be done when you are living on your own with absent fathers of not one, but two kids. Jolly had asked LaVaughn to burrow money to pay the apartment rent, but LaVaughn isn't able to give Jolly it because she doesn't make money herself for baby sitting (since Jolly is fired) and her mother sure won't give her the cash.

I can't relate to this idea of being in Jolly's situation, or having a friend that was in Jolly's shoes, but I sure can feel sympathy for her. I honestly do feel really bad knowing that most of her time, Jolly searches for jobs, tries to gather up money and most of all she tries to take care of her beautiful kids.♥ If you have the opportunity to go to school under any circumstances, don't waste it. Take a moment to appreciate the amazing education you have because it will really pay off in the end :)

If school is a responsibility you can take, take it.

The Wings of Flight

"Fox" by M. Wild and R. Brooks is a fantastic picture book. It is very detailed and written in a creative way! I think that Fox is a great children's book with important themes throughout the story that should be shared with children. I had many themes going on in my mind as I read the story and some of them are listed below. There is also one character in the story that relates to me that is also stated below.

One theme that occurred to me was that "Never judge a person based on their physical appearances."  Dog had bad vision in one eye, and Magpie had a burnt wing, even though these are bad qualities that both of them have, they never judged each other, but cared what was within them. They were basically best friends and loved each other.

"I will be your missing eye, and you will be my wings." Magpie had said once to Dog. This quote to me actually has so much meaning, because this quote describes true friendship. "True friendship is always faithful" is another theme that has stood out to me.

Then comes along a fiery red fox who tries to ruin the relationship between dog and Magpie. I feel that fox did this in both triumph and despair.  I can also relate to this because I have also have been through Fox's stage of friendship before. I was jealous that my two best friends were hanging out with each other and excluded me from many activities they did. I was a lonely child, so I decided to ruin the friendship of my two best friends'. I know, crazy right? Fox was also jealous and couldn't stand the relationship the two best friends had together so he manipulated Magpie in running away with him. This is triumph.

Fox also tried to ruin the relationship between dog and Magpie in despair because he was always sad and he didn't have anyone to be with his entire life, or to play around like dog did with Magpie...just like me. I didn't want my best friends to be together, and exclude me when I introduced them to each other. -_- It just didn't feel right to me.

These are some of the themes that stood out to me, and how Fox relates to my situations in the past.