Fall Final!

"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go"

"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go". In the modern times, as in 2008, you could use that on many. For one thing, the president. Another could be Americans. Back then, it could have been Adolf Hitler. People thought he was great. The moral of that was, his madness should not have went unwatched. However it did.One other thing I see how ever will seem very small in comparison, but I would add the scientists to this statement.

I believe the same could be said for the scientists because, they are considered great and yet, some of their work go unwatched. I believe that, while they are merely just curious, their experiments could effect us all. Just recently, we were all worried about the world ending because of their curiosity. In some ways it could have been very interesting, but the fact is, they were willing to end the world because of their curiosity.

On September 10, 2008, scientist were going to start up the LHC. It is also know as the Large Hadron Collider. What it would do was smash protons together with cataclysmic force. It would hopefully show them how the big bang was created and how it worked. They would also be able to see deeper into matter than ever before. However, it was considered dangerous. The scientist were willing to risk this. They were willing to risk the world all to see deeper into matter. Like it was more important than the lives of children and other people. It was all in all, a very selfish act.

The good thing is, that it went well and that the world did not end. And while it could have been just a scare, it was still there. Point zero chance or not, it was there. And they, the "great ones" had done it. Sure they were being watched for this one experiment, but what about the others? After this experiment, no one seemed to care. They could be doing anything right now. Something very dangerous and they are going unwatched. Perhaps it was because everyone thinks that because they are scientist, they know everything. They know what their doing and so it was OK, whatever it was they were or even are doing it must be OK.

I think that while King Claudius was not a very good man, he was very clever. And that statement proves it. I think that we should listen to that statement and not just allow the "great ones" to do whatever it is with uncaring and unconcerned eyes. They could be doing something very dangerous and we may not know. Or maybe, I am being a paranoid person. Either way, the statement will stick with me. I will also still believe that the "great ones" should be watched a bit more closely.

Step family

You know how in movies, they step parent is always evil. Well, in my opinion, its true. How do I know? I have had a step dad. Let's just say, our relationship is nowhere near good. Or even civil for the matter. Its like all step parents are evil.

I would say that perhaps its because they are from another family and they have this type of resentment toward anyone or anything that was in the life of your biological parent before them. Maybe they think that the main concern should be on them and with them. That they are the best thing that ever happened to your parent and that's the way it will always be. That is merely just a hunch.

I know that for a fact, when my mother met my step dad, he was the nicest guy in the world. He would takes us out and it would always be where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do. He was always getting me things and very understanding, now I'm starting to think that he did that just to get my mom to love him all the more. That he knew that I was my mom's #1 and that if he got me to like him that she would too. It worked sadly enough and I now regret it.

Thanks to my step dad, my mother now lives in Mexico. She's an alcoholic and is doing everything she can to keep her 2 children, my step brother and step sister. She doesn't want my step dad to take them from her, she wouldn't be able to bare it. Sadly enough, I'm no longer her #1. I'm her #4 on her list, which is OK but I can't help but keep blaming my step dad. Funny, how referring to the last essay, "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go" comes in handy. It fits right in here. They all thought he was great and that he could do no wrong because he was great. I'll admit, I was that way for a while too. However, once I saw the signs I knew, and it was very hard to convince the others of this. I still don't think I have. The only one I've convinces was my grandmother and that is simply because she has seen it first hand. That seemed to be the barrier that I could not pass. Getting someone, even just one person to see things from my side. It was hard but I made it and that's all that matters now.

While I say these things, I realize that not all step parents are evil. You see on TV today, all these movies and shows where the step parent and child have a great relationship. More so than the original parent before them. They would happily take their last name and have no trouble calling them mom or dad. They are like their best friend and its nice to see. But sometimes I think its because there are so many movies out there that show the step parent as bad and the world which is becoming more strict by the minute is trying to make everything in life look perfect and great. They want to hide the harsh reality that not all children are blessed with amazing step parents. One day, perhaps the image of evil step parents will be erased from television and movies all together. Maybe all the media.

Perhaps I see these things, step parents and all, the way I do because I got the bad end of the stick but that doesn't mean that others have to. Maybe there are a lot of good step parents out there, but I'll never know. However, when someone speaks of a step parent, I will always picture Cinderella's evil step family and the fat cat Lucifer.