Express Yourself
Introduction: I’m Eddie
Morris; I am freshmen here at Eastern Kentucky. I am a computer science major
and I came here because I was reward a scholarship to come play football here.
I was kind of nervous about this class because it was my first college English
class. My first thought about this class was that I thought we were going to be
writing a lot of long papers. I a lot thought we would be doing a lot of
reading which I’m not really a fan of doing.
English was never my strong suit in high school. I feared this class
would give me a hard time but it didn’t and still learned a lot.
Government: In my
opinion an ideal government is a government that fairly governs the people
without totally ruling the people. In a government the citizens play a major
role in how things are handle. Citizens are very vital to any country because
without the citizens there wouldn’t be necessarily anything to govern. So in a
government like the United States the citizen’s role is to vote for candidates
and pay taxes. In some countries a citizen doesn’t even have a role or say so
in what goes on. Yet I don’t really have a role now I will soon now that I’m of
age. That’s what I see as an ideal government.
Wealth & Poverty: I honestly
don’t think the gap between the rich and poor should be closed. People should
get the money that they earn. Nothing is given in this life and if people want
to be wealthy they should work for it. Most people who are rich now it didn’t
come easy for them somebody had to get up and go get it. I would say I handle
money wisely; I like to save money I get. If I spend money it’s usually
something I need even though I often do buy things I want. I don’t necessarily
help the poor I may help a random person out who needs some money every now and
then. My aspirations for money are only to have enough to live comfortable. I
don’t need too much money but I don’t want to be poor either. 
Justice: In my words
I would say that justice is when everyone is treated fairly and disciplined
according to the law. Yes there are cases of injustice, the perfect example is
stoning like we talked about in class. In this situation I would just go to the
United Nations and let them handle that injustice. I think unjust laws should
be broken, there are a lot of things that so many of us wouldn’t be able to do.
If it wasn’t for Martin Luther King Jr. breaking unjust laws African Americans
wouldn’t have many of the rights we have today. I don’t play a role in fighting
injustice; I haven’t found anything to fight for.
Ethics and Moral: Ethical and
moral behavior is to know the right and wrong thing and doing them. The stoning
of Soraya was very unethical. On that day justice was not served because she
lost her life because of someone else was being selfish. We can have ethics and
morals without religion because it’s all about doing the right thing. Doing the
right thing should be fulfilling but happiness isn’t tied into ethics and
morals. To be happy can mean a lot of things for a lot of different people now
days. To be happy you just have to enjoy what you’re doing it doesn’t take
much. I would say I am very happy compared to the readings. A lot people have
it hard now a days and one of the fortunate ones. Only thing that will keep me
happy is by simply living life the right and best way I know how. 
Individual: An individual
is someone who is independent and can do things on their own. They are very
important to society because those who are individuals tend to be leaders. Which
gives them huge responsibilities but for the most part an individual is
responsible for taking voting or fighting for their country. I see myself as an
individual because I’m not afraid to think for myself. The individual are the
ones that stand out, though the group can also. I wouldn’t say either are more
important to listen to. An individual can be wrong with no to correct unlike in
a group. An entire group can be wrong as well though too but there can also be
that one individual who is right within that group. No I don’t think it is
possible because if that were to happen everyone in society would be selfish if
that’s how they thought. The characteristics of an individual are that they are
independent and thinks for their selves. Society molds individuals by bringing
them up to be leaders of the country. We conform because we all stick together
as a one nation. I’m apart of society because I’m a U.S. citizen and will soon
have a say in things about this country.
In this
class I improved personally in a few ways. I’ve become much better at analyzing
pictures and writings. Also with that my writing skills have improved so much. Being
able to put my own thoughts and opinions on paper was a problem for me and now I’ve
improved so much. I can’t say there is anything that I didn’t like about the
class. Your change in tactics on writing our notes helped me to understand the
readings more. You’re great teacher and I can definitely say you know the
material. The only thing I would of changed is that we were more involved in
the discussion. The way we all had our own section to read made us all pay
attention and pull something out from the reading. Over all I really enjoyed
some of the readings but mostly I enjoyed the class.
Work Cited
Section 3: http://advancingeconomics.blogspot.com/
You had a lot of good ideas and you tied them together good. All of your pictures represented each section as well.
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