Hypocrisy

Many children attend some sort of Youth group at their church. Youth groups are suppose to be geared toward teaching the beliefs of a religion to young teenagers in a fun way that they will understand. Many youth look forward to attending their youth group meetings and going on fun youth group trips and learning about their religion with others their age but this was not the case for me. Growing up, my youth pastor was my aunts husband which to most kids that would be awesome but it was not a joyful experience. I remember sitting in class every Wednesday listening to my uncle preach about the lesson for the week but unfortunately I could not really focus on the lesson being taught because all I could think about was how he was preaching one thing but living the total opposite. At that point in time, I could not focus on the teachings because I could not understand how a person could stand in front of children who looked up to him and preach about all the things that we should not do because God does not approve of them but then once church let out that person could go do everything they just told us a person should never do. For example, a person should not impair their body with alcohol because God does not want us to harm our bodies but that lesson didn't apply to him once church let out because no one from the church would ever notice that he was preaching one thing but doing another because he was a "closet" drunk, to them at least. Even though I have learned to deal with others living a "double life", I have also realized the effect it has on others because at that time I did not think that it really effected me to much but as I grew older I realized that I distanced myself from attending youth group events because I could not listen to someone preach one thing and do the opposite.

3/16/12

In December I became sick and I was put on a ton of medications to try and help me get well but unfortunately none of them worked. Of course at first my doctor went on about the possibility that I could be pregnant but that was not the issue. After doing a few tests, my doctor informed me that my gallbladder was not functioning correctly and so he sent me to a surgeon which of course the surgeon said that my gallbladder needed to come out. I did not schedule my surgery immediately because I was a bit nervous and so I wanted to go home and think it over; however, when I went to a follow-up appointment with my family doctor he practically said it needed to be done since I had spent months taking four anti acids plus three other medications to stop the symptoms. So after spending a few days getting things together, I scheduled the surgery for the 16th. I spent the majority of my spring break doing all of my school work since the doctor said I would be out for about ten days. And up until now, I have been okay with having the surgery but now that the day is here, I am very nervous. I have had surgery in the past but I have never had anything taken out of my body before so I am a bit skeptical about today; however, I know that everything will be okay and that I will feel a whole lot better once I recover from the surgery,

Racist?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, racist can be defined as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities that racial differences produce an inherent superiority for a particular race or it can be defined as racial prejudice or discrimination. Troy Maxson could be considered racists because of his reactions and responses to white people's actions but I do not view Troy Maxson as a racist person. Troy lived during the 1950's and 1960's and in that period of time, blacks and whites were not viewed as equal. Through out the play Troy talks about the white people and how blacks do not get very far in life because the world would rather have a white person over a black person regardless of their skills. For example, he talks about baseball players and how black baseball players could be very talented but coaches would rather take a less talented white ball player over a black ball player. Troy also speaks about how white people get the better jobs and black people are forced to work the jobs that no one else wants, so to speak. I do not think that Troy was trying to be racist in anyway but I believe this was thinking of many black people back in this time frame. I believe that many black people including Troy Maxson were very upset with the way they were treated and many of them just wanted to be treated like a human being. It is really quit simple, black people wanted to be treating in the same way that white people were treated; all they wanted was to be treated equally. Troy Maxson just wanted to be equal to a white person, he wanted to be respected and he wanted to be rewarded for his talents and skills. Troy Maxson wanted to the best life for his family and himself but he did not know how to go about it in the world he was living in.