Daily Archives: October 5, 2017

Five years from now I will be….  What will you be like five years from now?  Will it be your first year of college?  Will you be working?  What was high school like?

Five years from now I will hopefully be applying and accepted for an ivy league school. An ivy league school is a school that is very hard to get into. The requirements to get into an ivy league school is to be extremely smart, able to balance time well, able to do extra credit things, able to work well with anyone, and other sophisticated things. My dream school is Princeton University. I visited Princeton once when I was about nine and the campus looked pretty big (from my perspective). Princeton is ranked #1 in the national colleges and ranked #23 in the world. I would be 17 years old and I’d be in 11th grade. I have also always told my parents that the chance I get to work, I will try getting a temporary job.

In 11th grade, I want to be a waitress at anywhere that pays at least $8 an hour and is hiring at the time. High school could honestly start getting tiring for me because I mean, most people eventually get tired of school. Also I’d be anxious to finally be an adult. Many children always say or think, “I wish I was an adult.” My high school year schedule of more important events would probably be either me visiting family, going to a friend’s house, playing volleyball, playing basketball, and going to school (of course). I will try to get the best grades I can, and I believe doing extra credit is good. (So, I’ll do some extra credit things.) For college though, I will study for cardiology  and become a cardiology doctor.

“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” – Tom Brokaw, NBC News

1. What does the quote mean to you?
2. Do you think that it’s more important to make money or make a difference in the world?
3. Who cares more about money, rich people or poor people?What are some easy ways to make money? 
4. What are some of the problems with easy ways to make money?                                                                                 

On NBC News Tom Brokaw made an inspiring quote,“ It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” This quote really makes me think because making money would make me happy, but making a difference in the world is very special. This quote, for me, means that money is not as important as making a difference. Think about it, everyone in the world has a pretty good chance of making a buck by getting either a good or bad job. On the other side, making a difference is something not everyone can do. It takes someone extra special to make a difference. 

So, I believe that making a difference in the world is more important than making money. Plus, if you make a difference by helping some other people those people will most likely give back to you. Personally, I think that poor people care more about money because they don’t have that much money so most of them probably cherish every dollar. Now for rich people, they have so much money that they waste their money on things they don’t need like super cars, million dollar watches, etc. Some easy ways to make money are cashiers, waitresses, etc. One problem with easy ways to make money is that if it’s easy it’ll most likely not get you a lot of money at most thirty dollars. Another problem with easy ways to make money is that if your job is easy then that means you aren’t that successful since your not at full potential.