Monday, January 11, 2010

Enough Vacation Time in the U.S.

People in our country do not get enough vacation time I think. My dad only got around a week during a certain time of the year to take days off. One week vacation out of 52 is not enough. Working 6 days a week for 51 weeks is rough on your body and on your head. People need time to get away from the same old thing otherwise they will snap.
One to two weeks vacation compared to four to six weeks is a big difference. With just one week a year you can't even go on vacation. My mom has a couple days a year where she calls out to do running around. Since she only has a week after those couple days she only has 4 vacation days left. What are you suppose to do with that? She can't even go on a vacation with her vacation days. Now if she had 4 to 6 weeks she could go on 4 different vacations. Which means she will be happier and more relaxed. If she is more relaxed and happy she will do better at her work. So the company will gain more if they give her a little more time to get away.
If family members had more vacation time things would change. I would get to go on vacations more often and be able to get away myself. My dad or my mom will probably be less tense everyday since they have time to relax which makes life easier for me. So in the end everyone makes out better with a little more vacation time each year.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Unlimted Travel

If someone gave me an unlimted amount of money and a plane for 3 months there are so many things i would do. The world would be mine! I would go to Cali, because nothing beats Cali. Next I think i would travel the world. I would want to go to Japen. I would want to go to so many tropical islands. Everyone that exists I would go to. I would defenetly go to Hawaii, my grandpa went there and said it was amazing. Amsterdam would be on my lists of spot to go. Italy just to see where my roots are from, plus there is no drinking age there. I would go to Jamica and check out the rastafarians. I would defenetly want to go to Egypt and climb a pyramid that would be fun. I would want to check out Granada because they have some crazy looking cities. I would go to Ireland and try to out drink an Irish drunk. Also I would go to vegas so i can stay in the nicest suite and hotel there.
I really wouldnt want to visit in the country to much. I can go to any state anytime i want if ihave a car. I would want to travel places that i never thought i would be able to see. Flying is expensive so i would want to rack up the most cash i can while I had an unlimted amount.
I would defenetly have the nicest hotel and nicest suites known to man.

Too Much Homework

My opinion on homework is we get to much of it. We sit in school for 6 hours a day and then we have to go home and still do homework from school. We get home at 2 and then I'm stuck doing homework for a couple hours. It's not fair we sit in school for a quarter of our day to learn we don't need more time after school when were out to learn more. Homework should be completed in school on the schools time for teaching us. Not on our time to hang out with our friends. Then when we get 2 days off im stuck with 2 days worth of homework. So now on top of working on the weekend i have to do more work from school.
I remember when my cousins were in high school and i was in elementary school and they never had the amount of homework that we have today. That probably had half of the amount. It's hard to balance working, playing sports, hanging out with my friends and trying to do homework. Theres been nights where i was up to 2 in the morning completing an essay. The nthe next day i was to tired to learn in school. So the amount of homework affected my learning.
Honestly i don't learn from homework at all. I just do it to get it done so I won't fail. I don't do it to learn. My way of learning is by watching someone do it or show it. I'm a hands on learner. So doing something on a piece of paper by myself doesn't help teach me.
Essays and reports i do often leave to the last day. I do this because i have homework everyday and i need to get that done first because it is always due sooner. Then when the essay is close to being do i start on it.