Snap shot of youth and government

For my snapshot I choose a picture of me at the youth and government seminar last year when I was in 8th grade. In the picture are me and my friends and some of West Virginias representitives. In the picture I'm in the middle holding the paper! In order to go on the youth and government trip you had to complete a social studies fair project and be picked by your social studies fair teacher. On the trip we did lots of fun things including exploring Charleston W.V, having a mock trial, and having a special tour of the governor's mansion where we met the first lady of West Virginia. It was a really great experience.

During this picture I was seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, and tasting multiple things. I was seeing the hotel ball room where we had the dinner, lots of people, and the flash of the camera. I was hearing lots of people talking and laughing. Enjoying themselves and having a great time like I was. I smelled the chicken from the dinner we had just eaten. I felt warm, stuffed {from dinner}, and very happy. I tasted the warm chicken, the yummy jello, and the cool soda I had eaten for dinner. When I see this picture I remember my classmates, my teachers, and the really fun youth and government trip!

An outsider's view:

In the book of mice and men a main character is a an named Crooks. Crooks is an old black man with a crooked back. He is a stable hand, where he is the only black man. Crooks is treated like he is below everyone else, and like he's not a person because he is black. Because he is the minority he is lonely. I feel bad for Crooks because in the book some people are mean to him just because he is black. If someone is the minority you should not treat them bad just because their the minority.

One time when I felt like I was a minority was when I went to shadow for a day at Hedgesville High school. I was the minority because everyone was older and more mature then I was. I was very scared about shadowing but my guide was really nice. I was treated differently because I was younger and was at the time going to a private catholic school. When I shadowed a math class they gave me an easy problem because they assumed I couldn't do anything else because I was younger. That was a time when I was the minority. This experience showed me that the bigger group is always in controll and the minority never is.

Harrison Bergeron

I believe that you can be yourself and avoid getting picked on for your uniqueness. You can just be yourself and forget about what other people say, or you can try to make other people understand you. If you choose to not care what other people think you won't have many friends but you'll be doing what you love. But you will want to be sure that the activity or thing your choosing is worth it. If you want to try to explain to people why you like the activity of thing you can try to explain it to them. If its an activity you can show he you doing it and maybe then they'll understand.

In the book "Harrison Bergeron" deals with the issue of individuality. He gets so mad that he can't display his individuality that he rebels forcefully against the government. I don't think he did the right thing because he is so smart he could have found a better way to overthrow the government. If he had thought of a better idea he wouldn't have been killed. I can also relate to him being angry that no one understands him. I think that the reason why they killed Harrison Bergeron in the book was because people were intimidated by him.

I think that it is more important to be yourself then to fit in. If your just like everyone else there's nothing special about you. Being just like everyone else is not always the right thing. If you be yourself your enjoying what you love to do and showing people that you want to be yourself. If your just like everyone else your boring but if your being yourself your interesting. If you have good friends they will support you and if they don't then their not very good friends. The book "Harrison Bergeron" taught me that it is good t be yourself!