Actions Speak Louder Than Words

             Today I went to the link from the class blog page about slavery and was shocked by the things I learned from them. Not only was the information very interesting but also the results to my survey was angering. This website made me realize that there is still the issue of slavery going on throughout the world and I am tied into the reason why they are enslaved. I also couldn't believe how some of the simple daily life things we own caused so much trouble for someone else in the world to get the material and make it. I feel very stirred after visiting this website because my family and I are so against slavery and discrimination against races that to now know that basically everything I own was at least partly worked on my enslaved people and I am not okay with it.

             I was really disappointed with myself when I found out that the number of slaves that I basically have working for me is above average. This website is very interesting because it gets the person accessing it have many questions and also can cause people to make a difference. After discovering this I think I want to join in to help find a better way of getting all the collecting and manufacturing done. Maybe it could be a job where they are at least paid a decent amount for the endless hours of  hazardous work that they do if not better. Another way I have now thought of changing is to by less clothes and other products that I don't really need and  not be so wasteful of the things that I do have. It gets me very annoyed that there is anywhere in the world where they do not try their best to fix the issues that have been going on throughout history for a long time and shouldn't have ever started in the first place.

             For those who are reading this I would suggest going to http://slaveryfootprint.org and seeing what affect you have on this issue because it may get you thinking and if not, it is simply an interesting thing to see and do. I wish that many people would take on the challenge to help prevent an issue together so the goal would be stronger and probably quicker/more obtainable. In a way I sort of relate this in a minimized way to the fact that our class keeps on getting in trouble and that we cant just say we'll change or have some people trying to do the right thing; we would all have to work together in order for there to be a solid affect. I hope for the future that this issue is solved and people all understand that they actually have to be the ones to take action when trying to get the change they want to see in the world.

Pushing on Through

              In the book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Harry is a very strong and courageous boy as I have said before. In the book there are a lot of parts where he really is so fearless and more brave then anyone I know of. Throughout the series he has developed a lot into who he is now. He started out as a little, sort of nervous boy and has become helpful to others and brave at battle.
              He helped many of the other students with a private club called Dumbledore's Army (D.A.) where they learned new spells to prepare for battle because Umbridge wouldn't teach them anything. I feel that by Harry doing this action showed how kind and advanced he is. It also shows true friendship because Umbridge, Filch, and Slytherins were trying to get them into big trouble by catching them yet he agreed to keep up his training to them. This ended up not working so well because they got in big trouble once they finally found them training in action.
              The major event in the book that shows that he is brave and strong is when he is at the ministry and all the death eaters and Voldemort  and they all broke into battle. In this scene he was very brave by staying and fighting instead leaving the problem behind and going. This scene showed that Harry is a very strong person because even after Sirius his godfather is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange (they are cousins) he continues to fight while holding in all the grief of the event that just happened. Harry goes through a lot of hard times and still always manages to make it through alright.