The Bible

If I had to save one book for future generations I would save the Bible as Eli did in The Book of Eli. The bible teaches faith and who would we all be without faith. The bible is important to me because it gives me something to believe in and lean on when times are hard as they were for Eli. The teachings in this book tell us why we were put on the earth and they way that we are supposed to act. I have never read the entire book as Eli has, but I have read bits and pieces. Although some parts of the book is hard to believe it gives us something to believe in and someone to follow. Without the Bible and the teachings written inside of it there would be no belief in an upper guidance as well as no religion. Without religion the crazy world we live in would be more messed up. The belief in a religion gives a person morals and beliefs to follow. If these beliefs were not instilled in us today people would be running around doing whatever they feel they want to do without thinking about consequences. Another reason I would choose the Bible is I can not think of any other books that are more important than this book. The dictionary ran across my mind when asked this question, but without the dictionary the language could still be passed down from generation to generation. I believe the Bible is the most important book ever created and I would save it if I was forced to save one book.

Halloween

As a child I grew up in a small town where nearly every kid in the town would walk around the whole town on October 31^st and trick or treat. Every Halloween all the neighbors on our street would set up a fire at the end of the dead end in our road. We would all grill over the fire and make a huge pot of chili. Every year we would also have a pumpkin carving contest to see who could make the most creative design. We would all spend the entire day out there throwing football and just sitting around the fire. As I grew up I got away from dressing up from Halloween and the trick or treating. But in recent years it has been fun to go to a big party on the weekend of Halloween and dress up. This recent year I dressed up as Popeye the Sailor, everyone got a kick out of it. I believe Halloween is a good holiday and should be celebrated everywhere. I agree that adults grow out of the holiday and do not take place in the whole trick or treating custom. But I know of some adults that still go to Halloween parties or go walk around town on the weekend for the fun of it. Halloween is the one day of the year that you can get away with dressing up like anybody or anything that you would like and not get looked down upon or mocked. Halloween will never get old and should be celebrated by all.  

Changing WSU

The first thing that I would change if I had the option of changing something about Wright State University would be the size of the lectures. In my first year I have found that many of my lectures are very large and I have a hard time staying on task when in a room with 200 other students. I believe if the classes were broken up into smaller classes that students would be able to stay more focused. Also the teachers would be able to know more about the students and have more time for explanation with smaller class sizes. Oftentimes students can miss class without a professor even knowing that anyone is missing due to the number of students packed into one lecture hall with one professor. The second thing that I would change about Wright State University would have to be the parking. The parking lots of Wright State are ridiculous and sometimes take several minutes to find a spot. I have morning classes and do not have much of an issue with this problem, but when I go home in between I have been late to class a couple of times from looking for a parking spot. I have also received a parking ticket for an unknown reason when I thought that I had parked legally. Wright State should create a parking garage or make more parking lots. Lot 20 is a big parking lot but it is so far away from campus that a bus is needed to shuttle students to campus, which is very inconvenient.