Ten years from now, I see myself having a good paying job. I would like to be a nurse practitioner at an office in Bloomington or Peoria. I would like to go to college in Champaign and then move back home, to Hopedale or one of the surrounding towns. I have graduated from high school, getting a scholarship into U of I and then graduated from U of I in the top half of my class.
The headlines today read: United States leaves Iraq and things about new technology. Computers have improved and you can now carry a computer in your pocket with internet and everything you need with access to the entire world in the palm of your hand. Like finding someone wasn’t easy enough as it was. Shooting rates have dropped drastically because children are loved and cared about properly. Kidnappers are on death row and murders are right beside them in line. Justice has been paid. The president is some random guy who still lies about all the “changes” he will make. Wow. We’ve learned our lesson.
The Cardinals have won the World Series for the past 5 years, with an amazing coaching staff it’s no wonder they can’t hear anything with the screaming fans as they march onto the bus. Oh, the joy of owning that many World Series Championship rings. :] The Chicago Bears are have won the Super Bowl the past 7 years, but been in it for the past 9. Super Bowl Sunday is now considered a Holy day and all the stores close down to honor the past winners and to celebrate with their families. Golf has been banned, due to people falling asleep on the course, and lacrosse has taken over the world. People, surprisingly, find lacrosse enjoyable. Wow, in the famous words of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, “If I only had a brain.”
To sum it all up…the world is still in terrible condition and I don’t see it getting any better. Pushing things like “Going Green” and “Hunger in Africa” doesn’t make the United States better than anyone else or a better place to live. Our poverty rate is still on the rise, and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, last week it doubled. Quite frankly, neither does paying our actors and pro-sports players millions of dollars that they’ll never spend. The world is still lost and I’m abandoning hope for a “brighter tomorrow.”
Enjoy today. Cause tomorrow isn’t promised.
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This was a really good blog. The sports might be a little exaturated, but that's ok. The ending was really astonishing and made me think a little. You used really good desction all thae way through and put mutliple pictures in my head. Overall, a really good essay that was written with good grammer and feeling. Keep up the good work.
-Brian
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