The Fallen Hero

     Being a hero grants one a huge sense of self-pride, being a superior as well as being admired by your peers is a great feeling. It may seem glamorous at first, but being a hero brings upon it's huge and undeniable responsibilities. Those that view you as a hero put their faith in you to be all that you are supposed to be them. Whether it be a genius, warrior, or savior you are their hero. In Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One, the one to bring end to the Sith and bring peace to the galaxy. He is among the strongest of jedis, but yet his quest to become the strongest has only built up his lust for power of any sorts.
    
     Anakin was destined to be The Chosen One, bringer of peace to the galaxy. Well, the galaxy is pretty big and that's a huge burden on Anakin's shoulders. He found himself to be very powerful, yet he was always in the search for even greater strength. He believed he was great enough to be deemed a Jedi Master, yet he was denied the title and was frustrated with the Council. His lust for power grew stronger which lead him to accompany the Chancellor, a man who claimed to of have knowledge he could give to Anakin to make him much more powerful.

     With Anakin's quest for power on route for completion he began to let his lust for power overtake his natural mindset. He began to transform into a new type of person. It wasn't till the moment of the Chancellor's attempted arrest by fellow Jedi's, accompanied by Master Windu that was sabotaged by Anakin that he truly began his transformation. As the Chancellor was close to death by the hands of Windu, Anakin had stepped in a sliced and pushed Master Windu out of the building window to his death to save the Chancellor, his new Master, of the Sith.

     Finally, Anakin has now transformed into the opposite of his former self he is now known as Darth Vader. A Sith Lord, he has become what he intended to destroy. Darth Vader is truly nothing of Anakin, by hurting his wife, who later died, and attempting to kill his master Obi-Wan he has shown he has succumbed to the powers of the Chancellor and the Sith.

     A hero, someone who is praised and loved who has turned into a hated person amongst their peers. Anakin into Darth Vader is the fallen hero tale. Although Darth Vader is evil, there was a hint that there still could be a touch of good inside of him. Anakin may have believed he was doing the right thing in search of power, it is a shame to of had a lust blind someone into their own trickery. Only oneself can truly bring upon a new being within.

Me in the Middle, Ages

If I were to be alive in the times of knights and swords, I would have been the apothecary. I would have lived at the edge of town, alone, with my pet pig Hermon. I would scour the natural world around me in search of new herbs to formulate medicines that could heal the people of my town. I live solely to cure illness and I’ll do whatever it takes to solve medicinal mysteries. Sadly, I am an orphan whom was abandoned at birth forced to fondle with nature and its magical properties it has and through experience have understood the medicinal qualities nature presents itself to heal all wounds. Raising myself, I have been brought to the assumption my superior knowledge and wits have kept me a step above the common peasants as only a few are as educated to match their wisdom with mine. Science, medicine, and knowledge have brought me up and they will continue to move me forward. The day shall come that I will be known and remembered as one of the greatest medicinal doctors of all time.

The Cook's Tale

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The cook is a seemingly regular cook. He is skilled in various culinary techniques and is knowledgable in his ale's. Although he seems like a fine chef, there are negatives, nasty negatives. He works in a kitchen yet works with a nasty ulcer on his knee, he frequently sells stale pies and most likely infects some of his other cooking. He may be a skilled chef, but he isn't the cleanest chef.

Dreams in America

Living lavish, eating fresh fruits, and cabbage. That is my American Dream. It would be me with a stable job with great pay that supplies more than enough to supply a family. I would wake up every day knowing I have a job I love to do and at the end of every nine to five, I could go home and relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor. All my wants/needs would be satisfied, if I wanted that brand new widescreen TV, I could go out and get it. I would be supplied with riches to fulfill any of my wishes.

Unfortunately, not all dreams can become a reality. The circumstances of this time era limit the possibilities of living any American Dream. “Among 2011 law-school graduates, half could not find a job in the legal field nine months after finishing school” (Generation Screwed). Statistics as such shine on the problem of today. No job market means no jobs, no jobs means no money which concludes to no type of American Dream to be realized. If people who go to school specifically for their job, yet can’t even get hired nor find a job, what does that say for the rest of us? Nothing because there possibly is nothing left for the youth to reach their American Dream.

On the other hand, there is another problem that affects people individually. Their addiction to technology, “Recently, scholars have begun to suggest that our digitized world may support even more extreme forms of mental illness” (iCrazy). Except is that really true? Depending on how technology is used, it can also supply an individual with legitimate and infinite knowledge. Although does the average teen really spend time on the internet reading a bunch of facts, or are they just socializing in the cyber world, usually it’s the latter of the two. Could technologic addictions drain a human mind? Possibly in some cases, but most likely we’ll still be the same person our friends knew us as the day before.

Ultimately, reaching my American Dream is solely based on ambition. If you really want to be a success, then strive to be the greatest success story there ever was or will be. It is not a matter of facts or statistics; it is a matter of how far you will go to obtain your goals. Sitting around and waiting for your dream to manifest itself in front of you will get you nowhere, hope and dreams are two things that will never bring you a step closer to living your or my American Dream. If you want to live in this fantasy of an American Dream then you better go out and get it yourself.

           

Hard Work, Dedication

   How would you feel if your staff was hiring more undertrained workers to work in your factory? I bet you wouldn't like it. Same thing for seniors entering college, if colleges were to allow enrollment of seniors who let their grades slip in the final year it would only bring likely laziness and failure. Senior year is the final year and represents who you became in your high school career. If you allow yourself to fall behind senior year it shows that you most likely won't be committed to college, or other things in life, to it's end and you are wasting time being there. Colleges shouldn't be looking to enroll students that don't seem willing to finish their education to it's fullest.

  Seniors, although being their last year, should be their most dedicated year. The final year of high school reflects who they became from starting as a freshman. Say a freshman started not so well in high school. Skipping school, homework, and not caring about his education at all. As that freshman progressed through the years it seemed he had picked it up on his education and even made it out senior year with straight A's. Wouldn't you rather have someone who seemed dedicated to finishing strong rather than someone who started out fine, but ended in complete failure? Just because the beginning is easy doesn't mean it's always going to be easy, and even if it is easy that is no means space for slacking off. I would rather have a dedicated mechanic work on my car than a slacker mechanic who only did some of the work in school.

   College should focus their enrollment on students with a high school morale because having students in a class who take their education lightly brings out zero advantages in that student's future life and career path. Colleges should look to take the students who are willing, ready, and able to handle the college lifestyle and education. Enrolling students who seem to slack will only waste time and increase the percentages of college dropouts. Not to mention it could only bring a negative repuation towards the school and bring down scores, and popularity of the college. Being an intellectual is important to college, and to be intellectual comes with determination. A student who is determined to finish and succeed well in college, is someone who will in turn come to be determined and successful in their life.
  

Senior Year

This year I am looking foward to finally finishing school and not having to come back at 8'oclock everyday. It is senior year and everything in the past three years that has made me who I am reflects on this final year. There is also Senior Project in the end and I am thinking about what I am going to do. Graduating is also a big thing I am looking foward to, although the work may be hard and may seem the longest this final year I feel good about finishing high school.