Compassionate Science

Science is not always connected to compassion, love, or sympathy but rather, to innovation and ways to facilitate things already given. Compassionate science is almost unheard of, but that should not be so. As a human kind, we should use technological advances to help those in need whom cannot do or lack things we take for granted, instead of developing new machines to increase production and take people's jobs. I personally know I have the compassion to help those in need, but I do not have the drive great enough to do something about it. To me, feeling empathetic towards those deprived of certain things like a proper home or an arm comes easy, but it takes a great person to get up and try to change those things. After watching this video in film class, I am done putting up excuses for myself to justify my "inability" to help. I will put my part to try to change lives.

The Future

One hundred and fifty years from now I believe that the future will be exactly the way it was in the middle ages combined with much of today. Between today and 2,114 a nuclear war would have developed between the major countries in the world, but since all major powers have already created nuclear weapons, I think the war will end in a stalemate and everyone would be thrown back to the life style of a third world country or it will never end and the world would be in constant war or threat of war. Due to human's natural urge to be organized, there would be class systems and the lower and larger class would be exploited (as always) while the rich and upper class get busy doing the horribly enduring and tiring task of bossing everyone around and call it "ruling". The lower class would rely on drugs to get through the day which would discourage any wishes to rise in the ranks. One thousand years or so after that, a meteorite would crash into Earth with such force that it will knock the world out of its orbit pushing it further away from the sun eliminating any future possibilities of life. The world would be too cold for any life form to survive, and slowly all life would stop existing on Earth. Our days are counted.

One Time I Laughed REALLY REALLY Hard

I cannot pinpoint one specific moment but I do remember that every day in second period with my best friend Jesus was a blast. We would talk all period and laughed at the silliest things which looking back now are really not that funny. We had a great teacher that managed to teach us even while Jesus and I were half listening, but most of the time he was he reason for our laughter. He was such an awkward teacher and every time he would teach his powerpoint lessons, he would have a little dance where he awkwardly shook side to side and asked if we understood. It was extremely difficult to stay serious and focused while I was trying to hold back laughter, specially when Jesus and I made eye contact and it was like in the entire class, only he and I saw it. Several times, though I do not remember what exactly happened, I laughed so hard that I actually cried.

Review on Modern Times

Modern times is an exceptional movie which provides more of a message than some movies with much more dialogue. The movie touches topics regarding police brutality and their abuse of power, a strong communist community, and the unfair treatment of the average worker. Modern Times accurately depicts the living conditions and terrible experiences people had to live through during the Great Depression and provides insight to the many flaws and the lack of government help for people going through tough times and unemployment. The character of the gamin presents an example of how the depression left many kids in the streets to fend for themselves and ultimately led them to unlawful things in order to survive (breaking into a department store to find a place to sleep and attempting to steal a loaf of bread to eat). Charlie Chaplin's character serves to demonstrate how "the machine" can eat up its workers and make them go mad, which literally happens to the character.