Sophmore Reflection...

Half the year is done. I wish i could turn back the hands of time and live it all again. There are so many things I would do differently. You never who you affect when you do or say certain things until it is too late. This year has had so much drama. I have lost friends and made friends. I have been up all night debating topics, wrestling with my own thoughts. I have grown more in this one semester than I have my entire life. When I first started tenth grade, I hated it, every aspect of it. The hallways were dark, the teachers did not know me, and the food seemed to taste worse than before. I wanted so badly to be a Junior high student again. To walk down that long, hill of a hallway towards Mamie's room and straight thought the door. I saw myself grabbing the first dry erase marker I could find and writing in big print "I love Mrs. Cuzzort." I told her about my hatred for this school after about the second day and she simply said to me " You will like soon enough, it just takes time." Sure it will, I thought. However I now realize she was right. As much as I love and miss the Junior High School I became so accustomed to. I could not go back. I have to move on and now that I have I can fully enjoy the High School. Although it has dark hallways, rude seniors and much more homework. I love it and I can not wait for the rest of this year.

Was it fate..or was it just me?

The conspirators in Julius Caesar believed it was fate that Caesar be killed. Was it really fate or was it a sorry excuse for murder? In Shakespeare's time fate played a major factor in every one's life. Your child has small pox and is going to die.... its fate. You go to war get stabbed and are in critical condition.... its fate. Nothing can just happen according to fate. If fate wants something to happen it WILL happen, but was it fate that stabbed Caesar? Was it fate that schemed behind his back and betrayed his trust? No, it was not. Did the conspirators have a choice of whether or not they would kill Caesar? Of course they did! They were not held hostage and threatened. They believed they could do better than Caesar could and they planned to prove it. This was a plan they created on their own and they dealt with the consequences of what they did. Therefore, fate determines nothing, we do. We make our own decisions and no one can MAKE us do anything.

Leadership and Julius Caesar

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a play by William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar, determined leader, was brutally murdered by the people he trusted the most. They claimed to have only killed him for the good of the country. They, the conspirators, believed that Caesar had let his position take over him and that Caesar was mad with power. Other people however believed Julius was a great leader who was just determined enough to run the country. Leadership is a funny thing. There is a very thin line between a good-natured leader and a power-hungry dictator. Good leaders are firm but nice. They know how to get the job done without stepping on too many toes. Bad leaders are overbearing and mean. They get the job done as well, but at what costs? There are always power struggles when you have a bad leader because everyone thinks they could do a better job and in some cases, they could. However, a power struggle can also happen with a perfect leader. Determining if a person is a good leader or a bad leader depends on your moral standings. If you have any. What is bad for one person might not be bad for another.