Constitution

When our founding fathers wrote and signed the Constitution, they probably wanted us to follow the rules.  They wrote the Constitution so that we would have guidelines to follow, they probably knew that if the future Americans followed the rules in the Constitution we would become a great nation.  But some of our presidents didn’t always refer to the Constitution. When Franklin Roosevelt was president, (during the Russo-Japanese war) put all of the people who looked even remotely   Japanese in concentration camps. You might think that it doesn’t sound that bad but by doing this he went against the constitution.  He broke the 6^th Amendment that states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously as certained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defiance.”. He put them in Concentration camps without giving them a fair trial. How do you think that this made the Japanese-Americans feel? Do you think that they respected the leaders of America? I mean most of them loved America just as much as the next American and they would never betray their country.  I think that the only Japanese people that should’ve gone to “jail” are the ones that gave out information to the enemy.  We took them from their homes, their friends and pets.  That’s like putting someone in jail because their last name is the same as a murderer.  The people that “founded” this great nation didn’t write a constitution just for it to sit around and gather dust, they wrote it for us to use and live by.  I believe that before any leaders make laws or take action for anything they should make sure it does not contradict with the Constitution. If it does I believe that it should not become a law or take place.  Ask yourself this, are our leaders abiding by the rules that are in the Constitution?

-Bwdlake

Cool and Popular

When I walk around school and you hear people say things like "That person is so not cool" it makes me wonder what does "cool" really mean? Well after pondering this question I discovered this:

There is a difference between cool and popular, popular is a number and cool is a trait.  Popular is just the amount of people you know and like you. But cool is the people that keep their grades up and want to do good in school and plan for the future.  The "popular" people are the people that get the jobs like sweeping the floor at McDonalds.  The people that keep their grades up and plan for the future are the ones that become doctors and lawyers.  I am not saying that if you don't make all A's you will be sweeping the floor at McDonalds, I am saying that if you try in school and do your best you will achieve anything that you want to achieve. For the people that stay in school just for sports and that is all that they got running for them and do just enough to pass so they can get to Pro's, let me tell you something only a few people get into pro then the rest are left scrapping for a job.  Basically all I am trying to say is don't get caught up in the gossip of school about who's "cool and who's not. Because if those people starting those things get through school they will be working under the people that tried in school. SO try your best in school and you will achieve anything that you want to achieve.


~Bwdlake~

Feelings

Do you ever feel like everyone around you is above you but you just can't get as "high" as them. Well if you are its perfectly normal. Everyone calls themselves "cool", but here's a word of wisdom, "Cool and Popular are not the same thing".  The people that are really "cool" are the people that care about their education and their future. Those kids might not know as many people or get regconized by the other students, but they are the true "cool" kids.  On an happier note, today is the first day of Spring!!!!!!  I am very warm-blooded so that means shorts weather, Even though I have been wearing shorts for like a week.  The only reason I know that I because I am watching "Fox & Friends". Today I am going to an Academic Team meet, which is basically just where honors students that were reccomended. then one Saturday every month the team goes to a school that is hosting it at thier school. Then when all the teams arrive we start and go to different rooms where the readers ask random knowledge, if you know the answer you hit your buzzers and whoever buzzes in first gets to answer if they are on the other team thier team can't buzz in again for that question so then it goes to the opposite team.  You only have ten seconds to buzz in and ten seconds to say your answer(s).  Please check out one of my favorite blogs (click on his name):Rick Riordan, If you don't read his books he is an author to the very famous childrens series, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", the first book just became a movie "The Lightning thief". But beware the movie is nothing like the book.

~Bwdlake~