what is manners all about?

2) Central argument
Linton Weeks argued in his article that respect and manners are important but the way to show these things change over time. I completely agree with this statement because; words which were used before are not used today, I personally also feel this way but I also think words such as thank you and please should not be outdated but be used on a more daily basis.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries words such as sir and madam were considered normal. One would say these words to each other on a daily basis. But if someone was to say these words to me at present day I would be in a state of shock and most probably make fun of them. Instead of feeling gratitude towards the person who showed me respect I just laugh and walk off. But in the 18th and 19th century people would most probably return the courtesy. If someone came along and said “good job” I would feel really good and appreciated and hopefully return the courtesy to the person who says it to me. This is a simple way to see that times have changed we just need to accept people evolve and cultures change with time. But words which were used 50 years ago such as please and thank you should still be used.
Since I was a kid my parents always told me to use the words such as “please” and “thank you”. Even though I don’t use them all the time I still consider these words to be important and one should show their manners by using these words. It’s a simple way to show gratitude towards other people. Culture does change but we should hold on to a bit of the past, because the past is what makes the present. Especially when in it comes to the question of etiquette these things are very important. Even though our school does not teach these things I consider it important.
If people stop showing respect and etiquette then civilization will crumble. Just like in Woodstock School there is no respect system for the Seniors. This comes to a shock to many new students as in Indian schools it’s drilled into you that respect is very important. This school considers everything to be bullying and in my ten years in Woodstock no one has actually taken time to teach manners. The problem is not “that this generation has forgotten manners” the problem is we never learnt them.

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1) Central Argument:

One should not blame a community or a group of people for the faults of few individuals.

Akar Patel talks about how one should not blame a community or a group of people for the faults of few individuals in his article. I agree with this statement because; I have learnt from personal experience, from history and current situations that it’s wrong to judge a community by the actions of a few individuals.

When we were in middle school a few individuals broke the trust of the teachers and soon the teachers were giving the whole class a speech on trust. Soon it was understood by the students that, the act of a few students had caused a broken relation between all the students in grade seven. It was very un-fair for the teachers to assume that all the students of seventh grade were the same as the individuals. It was wrong for the teachers to start assuming that the entire student body of seventh grade would start breaking the trust of them. But this is not it we can learn from the holocaust how this theory is completely wrong.

The cause of the holocaust was due to anti-Semitism. This hate towards the Jewish people came because; the Europeans used to think dealing with money is a dirty job and the Europeans would naturally blame the Jews for stealing their money and being very greedy. This situation can be proved for some people but not the entire community. But the other Europeans were convinced everything was the fault of the Jews and Hitler just had bit of convincing to do next thing we know thousands of Jews are dead. This is one of the saddest moments in history. This is one of the reasons building up to the holocaust because many individual Europeans opted to blame the whole Jewish society. This got us no where therefore it is not correct to blame the whole society. It seems as if current situations are leading towards the same thing.

In my country the word “Muslim” or “Hindu” can start a war instantly. Muslims blame the Hindu’s to be terrorists and vice versa for the Hindu’s. This blame game has caused war in great cities such as Ahmadabad and small towns or villages like Bhadohi. The major blame game has caused death of Hindus and Muslims. Whenever a Hindu hears the word Muslim he calls them terrorist and same for the other. This thing got serious in the Mumbai blasts because the majority of the population is Hindu and it blamed the Muslim. Ever since that there has been unrest and it seems there is going to be another civil-war.

One thing that I have learned from all these situations is you should not blame the community for the actions of the individuals. If we stop doing all these things it will lead to peace and stability. Therefore we should not judge a community according to the society.

Morales and surveillance

Central argument: If somebody does the right thing under scrutiny doesn’t mean it’s being morally correct.

Emrys Westacott believes that the technology of surveillance is rapidly increasing. This means that someone or the other is constantly watching our actions, our actions which may be good or bad. Westacott believes that if somebody does the right thing under scrutiny doesn’t mean they are being morally correct. Morales usually help a person decide what is right and what is wrong. Surveillance helps people make the correct decision or puts people under pressure to make correct decisions but that does not morally justified say Westacott, and i agree with him because personal situations and other stories prove this to me.

One day my dad I were riding in our car. At first there was as red light without any cops around and my dad broke the light kept on driving. On the second red light some policemen could be spotted and my dad did not break a red light this time. Well clearly the surveillance of the police stopped him from breaking the law. What he did was correct on the second red light but he did not do it because his conscious told him to or because he was morally correct he did because he knew someone was watching him. That someone was the law, and the law could get him into a lot of trouble for breaking a red-light. It was only because he was under pressure or scrutiny did he stop and obey the law. Yes it is a good thing that he did follow the rule, but it wasn’t on moral grounds. Not only my dad but I have also done the same things.

When I am on my own or with my friends, I love to break the rules or use abuse words. But at home or in class rooms I try not to do such absurd things. Because someone is watching me, even though it’s not such a advanced way of surveillance it is still people watching you and pressurising you to make decisions. But the thing is the technology is improving. People are watching us in our day to day things. How we do laundry or how we eat. Everything is being seen. Our freedom of choice is being taken away.

It helps us choose what is morally correct, yes. But it also is destroying the freedom of choice. If we are always going to do what the ‘system’ wants us to do then we will get squished loose ourselves as people. Our freedom is being taken away from us and we don’t even notice it. Surveillance is certainly helping community but it is hurting the values of morality and individuality.

it's awesome..!

Central argument: The word “awesome” is just one way to show us that things have changed from the past.

Robert Lane Greene explains to us in his article how we have evolved from the past. How things are not the same as they are anymore. He uses the word “awesome” to prove to his audience things are different. I agree with Greene because this is evident in the way we talk, dress and evidence from history all points towards this.

Back in the day of my parents ‘hell’ was considered to be a bad word. Since it was related to Satan and everything related to the evil power is just a bad word to say. Even in seventh grade one of teachers shouted at me for saying ‘hell’ and gave me a long lecture on what it means. I understand in their times it meant something bad but what they failed to understand is that times had changed. Today I use the word hell all the time and it offends no one. Even most of my teachers joke around and use the word ‘hell’. This is because times have changed we have evolved from feeling bad about the hell and now use it in daily terms. It’s one of the ways we can see how times have changed. What use to be considered bad in the past has no meaning to it today. Not only does the way we talk prove that times have changed even the way we dress is proof of how times have changed.

One would be surprised to know that the heel was invented by a man. Yes, the French king Louie invented the heel. Heels were the best sort of fashion for men in the 1400’s. Not only that they use to wear something that we would call skirts. Men use to wear velvet to show how wealthy they are. Well obviously if today a man wore heels he would be made fun of. If a man wore heels hopefully he would we would do it just as a joke to make fun of girls. Any man wore skirts that would just be a catastrophe. People who wear the manly clothes of the 15 century in the 21^st century are women. The men who wear those clothes are called transvestites. This all because times have changed, and with time opinions have too. Even back in the day things changed, from the medieval period to the renaissance we can see how the people evolved.

In the medieval period people believed they lived for the glory of god and the glorification of human beings was bad. But this idea soon changed, as Mirandola a humanist philosopher’s idea got famous that humans are good and have the potential to be perfect. Soon the idea of human’s being bad dissepeared and human’s being the dominant race became famous. Just like that things had changed. And with time opinions and views had too. With time the people’s thoughts had evolved.

What Greene says is true. With time people evolve and change their opinions change. What my dad might have thought be “awesome” I don’t. One can never say if they evolve in a positive or negative way. But one thing is for sure that people do change as time passes by.

march blog 4

Central argument:

1) Studies help an individual to gain an intellectual side to life because it teaches you how to have an opinion.

Sir francis bacon was one of the great philosophers in the time of the renaissance. Bacon is known as the father on inductive reasoning. But today I would like to agree with his argument about studies. Bacon said Studies help an individual to gain an intellectual side to life because it teaches you how to have an opinion. I agree with bacon because an educated person knows what is correct and what is wrong in the hard situations, you can come to good conclusions with educated men and in today’s society without education one get’s nowhere.

What I mean by “an educated person knows what is right and wrong” is that he can come quick and swift conclusions in difficult times. For example in an earthquake an educated person would know not to burst out running instead hide in the corner of the room and block your head. A non educated would just panic and run. This would most probably cause his death. Education will save his life and people would think that he saved himself he is a smart man. But the uneducated man would be looked upon as idiotic and people would pity him.

One can debate with educated men. If the situation is in the United Nations, a non educated man would most probably deceived by the educated men. It happened in the scramble for Africa. The educated Europeans fooled the tribal leaders into selling their own men for slavery. An educated man would never sell their own man. But an uneducated person can be fooled into such foolish things. As bacon said one would look at the Europeans as evil but really smart. The Africans would be pitied but the tribal’s did get fooled and are viewed on as idiots for selling there own men.

In the 21^st century without education people make it nowhere. That’s why in most nations education has become mandatory for a certain age. Without education people cannot survive. As without education people won’t know if they are being cheated by a shop keeper or not. Without education one won’t be able to plan a stable future and survive. Instead of survival of the fittest it would be survival of the most educated.

bacon on marriage and single life

Essay on Marriage and single life

Central argument: In a single life man has fewer responsibilities towards people, therefore they can do great but sometimes it causes them to become selfish.

Sir Francis Bacon is known as the father of inductive reasoning. He is one of the philosophers from the renaissance period. Bacon said on the topic related to the issue of marriage that, in a single life man has fewer responsibilities towards people, therefore they can do great but sometimes it causes them to become selfish. I agree with him because: history has proven this, situations have prove that married men are kinder and I can look at my own dad as an example.

There have been many great men in history and I seem to see a pattern that the greatest are single. Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the greatest men to be known in history. Yes napoleon was single. Napoleon was a man of the army. He was a genral constantly risking his life for the nation. A man of this profession should not marry because he is most likely to widow his wife or miss out on his baby’s child hood. If a man like him does get married he would have too many worries in his day to day job. So a family and that sort of responsibilities would come in his way of being great. Napoleon got a bit too selfish towards the end of his career when he tries to go and take over Russia and gets defeated. Napoleon a single man did great things but a bit too carried away and selfish. Just as bacon suggested in his writing, single men do great things but can get selfish. But even if look at married men we can see how responsible they are and how they can’t take as many risks as single men.

In the movie the descendant George Clooney plays the role of a single father with two daughters and he is the owner of property which can most probably get him millions of dollars. George Clooney has to leave his work and has to see how his daughters are doing. So instead of doing something great his time gets consumed in nurturing his children. Then he has a chance to sell his land. But his youngest daughter has not experienced the land like her elder sister therefore he decides not to sell his land and let his daughters have a good experience. This shows us how George Clooney is a kind hearted man and a responsible human. It also shows us how he is being held from being great. Many would say raising two girls is a great thing on its own. But Clooney won’t be remembered in the future for that role as much as Napoleon will be remembered throughout his life. Personal experiences in my life have also convinced me in believing this man’s experience.

My Father got married very young, in fact he eloped with my mother. This did not bode well with his parents. My dad got kicked out of his house and ended up in some small town from Mumbai to start a business. Before this had happened my Dad had just gotten accepted into some university in America for engineering. Who knows he could have done great things. But he sacrificed his future for mine which just prove married men are just kinder.

March Blog 2

Central Argument: When it comes to abortion, women should have the choice of what to do.

When it comes to the choice of life one might say no one has the right to decide. But according to me, the woman who is carrying the baby inside has a choice whether the child inside her can live or not. Especially with the technology available today which can predict the outcome of how healthy the baby is going to be or which gender is going to be from. The problem of women being forced to conceive usually comes in teenage life or for a woman who is not married. A movie called Juno is a great example of a woman does have the right to decide what to do with her situation. The hindi T.V “aap paas” is a great example for a woman making her choice.

In the movie Juno a teenage girl has sex with her boyfriend and gets pregnant. Then she has a choice whether to conceive the baby or not. Her parents and boyfriend tell her to get an abortion but she decides to go through with it and give her child up for abortion. In the movie it showed her taking all sorts of tests to make sure the baby is healthy. The organizations have successfully set up a way for babies to up for adoption. So if a teenage girl does decide to conceive she can send her baby for adoption. Even if the mother goes for abortion it’s her choice. The daughter went against her parent’s choice but in the end they were all happy as the girl/mother was happy. But when the choice comes to actually having the baby what happens?

In the Hindi T.V show which is about a women who is pregnant without a husband. She decides to have a baby and most of her life is miserable but the baby makes her happy. She works hard and makes the baby has a normal childhood and everything is good. The important part is that she made a choice. A choice which wasn’t good for her? One cannot say, because in the end she was happy. On the other hand she could have just aborted and made her life easier kept her family connections and been even happier. She chose the hard way, but it was her choice. Every human being deserves the freedom of choice, every human which includes a woman or a man. The baby doesn’t have a say because it can’t speak but the mother can therefore she is heard and her decision should count.

I’m not saying abortion is right, I’m saying that a woman has a choice of what to do with her situation. Emily rap chose to have the baby and now she is living with it. She doesn’t regret having the baby just making other women realise that she is in a tough position and if she could have had another chance she would have aborted. All these women have made a choice which has affected their lives in positive or negative means. This does not make abortion right or wrong it just gives the power of choice to the woman who carries the baby. I mean I hate it when people tell me what to do with my things when i know what best for it.

March Blog 1

Central argument: The arrival of the cable Television in the villages of India has helped women improve their position in society.

The authors recognized three problems with the position of women in society;” whether women get to make her own decisions, attitude towards getting beaten up and which gender baby they prefer having. Living and studying in India I know that these are great problems with the urban society of India. I would completely agree that Cable T.V has helped the thought and the way women are thought of.

There is this very famous T.V show called ‘balika vadhu’ it’s based on a rich family which lives in a village. In this television show it shows us how the man works and the women cooks. The man beats the women if wrong. Basically whatever a man does is correct and a women wrong. As this show progresses the women in the show start to retaliate and push against all the oppression which the opposite sex has given them. I could only imagine that the women in the rural area would feel some sort of frustration and agitation towards this and recognize that they should have more rights. According to the statistics provided in the article it seems the females did.

“The authors followed women 2,700 households in villages”, they followed them from 2001 to 2003 and as an Indian i know that’s around the time cable T.V came to these places. A survey was done in these few villages of india before cable T.V and after it. After T.V cable 10 percent of the women who said a husband beating the wife is okay fell. The number of girls who attend school increased by eight percent in the houses with cables. The women who use to prefer sons over daughters also fell by 2o percent in villages with cable compared to the 12 percent without cable. So overall these T.V shows are helping the position of women in society.

Sure there are other major factors such as education involved but T.V can be looked upon as a form of indirect education. T.V shows such as “Balika vadhu” are about women in the olden days compared to the more educated women. These TV shows also prove how women can do the same work as men if females are given the same chances as males. Clearly the authors followed the main issues of women, in Indian society and pointed out how cable as helped the women at least have a better attitude towards themselves. This happened in the Renaissance as well, not with women but with humans. Instead of T.V it was great writing. Changing the great medieval views that humans are bad to the renaissance view of humans have the potential of being perfect. If someone else has hope in you and believes that you should do better, generally you would try and want to do better for yourself too. That’s why student listen more to teachers who say “it’s your future not, mine.” Just like that most T.V shows are telling women in rural areas your deserve more.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel

Love the song...thanks for the bonus

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=IN#/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc

He still lives.

Mumbai gunman Qasab appeals in India Supreme Court

Well the Indian justice system lives up to its name as the terrorist Qasab still lives. This man was caught in 2008 and convicted in 2010 and now 2 years later he appeals again that he was not allowed a fair trial. This is a great test to the democracy this country stands for as law would state he is allowed to get a case but this would take time. Once the decision is made we can move further with the case. But if the decision is against qasab he gets clemency from the president. For those who don’t know quasab was convicted with murder. As around 150 people died and this young man was caught with a gun. But at this rate It looks like he might still survive a few years.

Vocab 1

Commuted: Reduce (a judicial sentence, esp. a sentence of death) to one less severe.

b) to make a substitution or exchange

In most cases capital offences are commuted to life imprisonment.

In Woodstock the food is usually comutted by noodles.

Vocab 2

Terrorist: A person uses terrorism in the pursuit

Qasab was found guilty in Mumbai on 3 May 2010 of murder, terrorist acts and waging war on India and was sentenced to death.

After coming back from activity week in 9^th grade all the student were put to shock as our school was put under terrorist attack.

Vocab 3

Clemency: Mercy, lenience

If Qasab loses his appeal, he can make a plea for clemency to the president.

In the good old days of Woodstock all teachers use to show mercy to students but in modern times one has beg for clemency from the authorities.

One of my favorite bollywood movies was about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The movie was called “Wednesday”. It was about how a common man took it into his own hands to kill the terrorists in Indian jail. As the movie to route to its climax the common man said something which never left my mind. The man said if one us (common people) want to kill a terrorist the government is all after us telling us to follow the law and it seem alright for one of them to kill 150 and be protected in a government jail. This way of life may last a while but soon there will be a day when the common people will get angry and rowdy and protests will occur.

well it's actually hard work...;)

Ten things you do when you procrastinate

1) Well the first thing I do when I procrastinate is convince myself that yes I can do I later and no matter what I will do it later but right now I have something very important to do.

2) After that process is done I find something to do. First switch my laptop on and then go to cook some noodles and check what is coming on the television

3) If there’s something good I go back to my room and start a download which should be ready by the time the movie on television is over.

4) Watch the movie eat the noodles and then leave the dish in the sink for someone else to clean.

5) Then call my parents on the phone talk for a while

6) Go outside talk with friends and play some sort of sport or game

7) Come back to the room complain about the work along with your friends

8) Make promise with friends that we will finish the work which would take all night

9) Make a lot of coffee and get to work

10) Now while working you give your complete attention to the project which was give 2 weeks ago. Its late you make a lot of errors so you decide wake up the next morning and correct them. But you wake up late and hand in a late or an incomplete assignment. Then later in dorms you make a promise to yourself this shall never happen again. But you stay true to the saying promises are made to be broken.

Murder in the name of honor.

one two..three.. four...

Three Canadian citizens who are immigrants from Afghanistan were convicted guilty of the so called honor killing that they committed. There were three bodies found in Ontario. The body was of three teenage girls. The girl’s mother, father and brother have been given twenty five years of prison. The father had denied the girls wanted choose their own boyfriend and go against their own values therefore this offended their father and he decided these young women don’t deserve to live. Very clear evidence shows us that the father was angry and in one of recording he referred to his daughters as whores. While other clear evidence such as four bodies being found near where they had travelled and the decision to murder was taken after the 19 year old girl decided to take shelter somewhere else. The mother who was also found dead wanted to support their daughters and she too was murdered.

Vocab 1

Prosecution: The institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.

The prosecution alleged Mohammed, Tooba and Hamed drowned their four victims, placed their bodies in the car and then pushed it into the canal with the family's other car.

In Woodstock school we should start a system where there are defenders and prosecutors. This system would be there to defy the big decisions for example we need the food to be better most probably the a student would be on the side which agrees and the one of Narang’s men on the defending. The jury to be the judge

Vocab 2

Notion: A conception of or belief about something.

The apparent reason behind these cold shameful murders was that four (victims) offended your twisted notion of honour,

It was made clear to me in ninth grade that student council of woodsock school actually has power is a deceiving notion.

Vocab 3

Verdict: An opinion or judgment.

After the verdict was read out, Mohammad Shafia, speaking through a translator

After the verdict on some major rule breaking events in Woodstock school even breaking the minor rules can get one in to immense trouble.

Clearly these “honor killings” need to stop. Atleast there are some new and old movies touching on this subject which helps the public get aware. In a very menial way does the move called the girl wih the dragon tattoo I touches this subject. The movie is about many girls who get killed for being jews. This was done by a former nazi and his son. They actually took pride in doing this heinous act. But luckily all was sorted and people were happy, the end.

What the crash!

CRASH

The ship Costa Concordia crashed on thirteenth January. The ship sank because the captain had it too close to the island and other reports have said that the captain did not follow the route given to him. The captain of the ship left on the life boat before helping the passengers and might be charged with manslaughter. The ship wreck rescue team have confirmed thirteen dead people and still looking for twenty missing people. The victims seem to be from all over Europe as few were identified to be from; Germany, France, and Italy. A woman yet to be identified could be one of the illegal passengers on board. Weather has caused the delay of the rescue mission before but now the navy and the coast guard is determined to search the sunken vessel. This devastating incident is still to be completely sorted out.

Vocab 1

One official said swift action was needed to remove the fuel. An Italian naval vessel is on standby as a precaution should there be an oil leak

Precaution: A measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening.

Precautions must be taken to avoid another zero in the journal grade, therefore this sentence is being read by you.

Vocab 2

Coastguard and navy divers have been blasting their way into submerged areas of the vessel using explosives in an effort to find those unaccounted for.

Submerged: Cause to be under water.

The hills where Woodstock is was once submerged, the ripples on the stone near JB2 are evidence for that statement.

Vocab 3

Correspondents say they are under time pressure, amid fears the ship could slip off a ledge into deeper water with a risk of fuel tanks being ruptured.

Correspondents: A person who writes letters to a person or a newspaper, esp. on a regular basis.

The correspondents from tiger news update the world on what’s happening in Woodstock daily, this is good for the alumni.

This ship wreck reminds me of things that we learned about leadership. Cleary the captain did not fulfill his duties so why was he trusted? All these people were put on a ship and trusted the authorities to choose the correct captain. So why did the authorities choose this captain? And now he is under house arrest until further investigation is done. One thing is for sure he should not be a captain anymore as he did not do his duty and if it was his fault he should be put in prison for life. But clearly some action needs to be taken or lot of future captains and leaders will take this positions for granted. Just like in the French revolution there were different leaders if one could not do great then they simply replaced by the other.

World Peace?oh...just for one day!

On September 21, call a global truce By Jeremy Gilley

World peace what an idea? Well some people put this idea to action. It would be utopia without war and human suffering so an organization known as “peace one day”. The dreams of many would come true for a day and maybe this day to go down in history. Peace day agreements in Afghanistan has helped so many an astounding four million children were saved from polio. The UN recorder seventy percent peace rate in Afghanistan which is a record. Now in 2012 I is requested for all the world members to be part of global truce day everyone is requested to take part in a global truce. This day needs help and to succeed needs our help the common people’s help.

{(www.peaceoneday.org) join the campaign}

Vocab1 and Vocab 2

I don't believe in cynicism, in apathy; it doesn't get you anywhere.

cynicism An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity,

When Activity-Week came around this year and we found out that were all going to a camp there was cynicism in the air.

apathy Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal

The school board has shown great apathy in the matter of Woodstock's food.

This is a great idea of having global truce and helping out the needy. I personally have been thinking about world peace a lot since the school i come from discusses it from time to time. This day could be the first baby step to a peaceful world.it's good to know there are still belivers out there and I will join them in this protest for peace. If one day could do so much good, just wonder how much good can be done with complete peace?

for the sake of writing...

Were not alone, it’s not possible. Someone must be out there humans cannot be the only ones in existence in this universe or maybe even earth. My simple belief in this is that every great story comes from experience. There have been many great stories on supernatural things. One could write spirits and ghosts off as absurd things. But I believe such things exist they have to. History can certainly help my case. If you have never heard of rasputeen the Russian man who was considered to have some sort of supernatural powers. Legend says that Rasputin could predict the future with very great accuracy. In exchange for the advice he used to take sex. Soon he got into the bad books of tsar and Rasputin was put to death. They shot him and drowned him but he survived all of that and its said he died of an heart attack or something else. But when I was sitting in history class listening about him it shocked me and slowly I started to believe that we are not alone there are things out there. I would prefer it as believing that the creatures or substance s are there, but not to harm us. This kind of thing is abstruse. We are not alone but for now we are certainly superior. This question all depends on how much faith you have. I have complete faith that these sorts of things exist and instead of ignoring it we should accept it and make it a part of ourselves, we should learn to live with it. But this is my personal view and others don’t have to believe that. But the curiosity will get the better of man and make them wonder “are we alone”.

well it all depends on the rules..?

6) Three wishes
The last time I really gave thought to this question which has abound answers was in fifth grade. But the fascination of the question has abraded since those good old days. I have instead acclimated to not knowing the answer instead. Yet there is obviously one wish that always comes to mind and it makes me wonder if it’s against the rules to just wish for another thousand wishes. Yes that would be my first wish of the original three to get a thousand wishes. My second wish would be for world poverty to end. Yes this may sound cliché but its only because I have another thousand wishes to get all the riches and other things in the world therefore my second wish would be to end world poverty. I imagine if poverty is put to an end then we could get something close to a utopian world. This world would not have to me a communist one but a democratic one. The third wish would simply be all the happiness for my family and friends. Now the these three wishes would be my original wishes and I would obviously have a thousand wishes left for myself. With everything going good in the world I would make another great wish which is worth a mention and it would be to show god if there is one. This would ultimately answer the question of faith and of heaven or hell. This would finally be the day we find out if religion is the greatest prank played by humans or the greatest thing that happened to humans. I am never against any religion but some of the followers of that religion do disgust me as they would kill to prove there peaceful religion is correct. These wishes obviously being that the first wish will be allowed but if not the wishes would be different and the question would be on another level.

Food for thought...just kidding =)

7) What advice does the teenage-you have for your future 35-year-old self?
Dear future Kautilya by the age of 35 if you will need to read your advice which you gave when you were seventeen years old, you should get help. That being said now looking at present day problems of people your age it would seem to me that you have money or relationship problems. Well as a gentle reminder I must tell you that our first aim is to be rich and have enough money to enjoy life. Since you are reading this you should know what the teenage you considered an enjoyable life to be. The first thing you should have enough money to attend a world cup which would be around soon and by this age you should have already seen some. And as a Chelsea fan you should be watching the season games regularly. You should be enjoying with friends and not forgetting family. Well by now I expect you to have chosen a religion or created one. The past you really suggests; a faith as it does seem to an important part of your life. Remember you are satisfied with your money and your confused go to Woodstock school. Now that school is where your child hood was and you love it there. Now if this is not the advice you’re looking for relationship advice well that’s easy. If you’re married that’s game over and teenage me is disappointed in you. Just remember future Kautilya none of these things really matter if you are truly happy. I doubt that eighteen years from today a person who is not rich could be happy looking at the economy it seems as if the world is going to be filled with expenses. Just remember have fun, no matter what happens.