Space travel is an amazing discovery man kind has made. But in order to be able to "expand the boundaries", money must be spent. Is it really worth it? or are we wasting our time. For many years people have been debating whether to continue exploring the wonders of space, or to just give it up. Is there really a balance between money and information?
There are so many risks in space travel. However, there are many rewards. Its sort of a risk-reward situation. Imagine the knowledge we can discover. How much is really out there? aside from meteors and planets. If we had never begun exploring space a lot of what we know today, would not exist. As a result of space travel, scientists have thought of a logical explanation for the creation of earth, "The Big Bang".
Even though there are many rewards, we must take into account the many disadvantages in space travel. The biggest problems we face are Oxygen, and Zero gravity. Humans can't live without oxygen, and space has none. So, we must always take air tanks, which eventually run out. Also, There is always the risk of a meteor hitting a space station or a space ship, the chances of somebody surviving that are very slim. Therefore, death is a big problem.
In conclusion, space travel is not easy, with all of the risks we take. But without it we would be less advanced. In my opinion, it is definitely worth it to explore space, the advances we have made are immense as opposed to what we would have if we never explored space. A large amount of people agree with continuing space travel, but with all of the financial problems we have on earth, it will be hard.
Good work (95)
Daphna.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Peer Pressure
Have you ever been asked to cut class? A class where you know if you don't go, you'll get left behind. What if all of your friends are saying that they will make fun of you if you don't, what do you do? That's called peer pressure. Peer pressure is when your peers influence you to do things you don't necessarily want to do.
Getting rid of peer pressure isn't simple, but if you know how to separate what's right from wrong then you can easily avoid it. Saying "No" isn't so easy, especially when it's more than one friend telling you what to do. Although in most situations peer pressure is bad, sometimes it can convince people to stop doing bad things and realize the right thing to do.
Teenagers may think that they're only going to have to deal with peer pressure in the young stages of their lives, but they're wrong. Even adults have to deal with peer pressure in their every day life. An example for this is work. The boss of the company can pressure somebody into doing something so he can get the job or a promotion. This causes several employees to compete against each other and "Give In" more to peer pressure.
As a result of peer pressure, many teenagers have said or done things that they normally would not do. Teenagers think that they will fit in better or become "Cool" if they do what other people tell them to do, but don't realize it could get them in a lot of trouble. An outcome to all of this is that teenagers tend to forget about what is wrong and what is right, leaving them in a position where they think everything is right because someone else has done the same thing.
Very good essay. I liked it. (95)
Daphna.
Getting rid of peer pressure isn't simple, but if you know how to separate what's right from wrong then you can easily avoid it. Saying "No" isn't so easy, especially when it's more than one friend telling you what to do. Although in most situations peer pressure is bad, sometimes it can convince people to stop doing bad things and realize the right thing to do.
Teenagers may think that they're only going to have to deal with peer pressure in the young stages of their lives, but they're wrong. Even adults have to deal with peer pressure in their every day life. An example for this is work. The boss of the company can pressure somebody into doing something so he can get the job or a promotion. This causes several employees to compete against each other and "Give In" more to peer pressure.
As a result of peer pressure, many teenagers have said or done things that they normally would not do. Teenagers think that they will fit in better or become "Cool" if they do what other people tell them to do, but don't realize it could get them in a lot of trouble. An outcome to all of this is that teenagers tend to forget about what is wrong and what is right, leaving them in a position where they think everything is right because someone else has done the same thing.
Very good essay. I liked it. (95)
Daphna.
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