Responsibility

      I have encountered many situations where I feel that the responsibility should be shared, although instead, it is put all on one person. An example of this would be when students work in group projects. In my experience, many issues have occurred where one student decides to do absolutely no work, and one or two students are left doing all the work. Although it was the responsibility of all of the students to finish and work on the project, one or two students may fail to do so. I personally believe that, in this case, it is the other student(s) responsibility to finish the project correctly so that that student will get the grade they deserve. This student should also mention to the teacher about how the other students failed to complete their part of the project. I do not believe leaving all the work to one student is fair, but it is also not right for none of the students to work on the project just because one student decided not to. The credit and grade the student receives should be rewarding and appropriate to the amount of work done by that student.

Science Fair

Every year at my middle school, we had to do a science fair project. The assignment was worth over half of our grade, and they had to be original (no volcanoes.) My mother never had the patience for any of my projects, therefore I mainly had to do these by myself for years. I would spend weeks on this project, trying to make my project perfect. At first, I would pick harder projects unknowingly. One of my first projects, in about the fourth, was on the reaction of a balloon that was filled with various liquids. Not only was this project messy, but it involved bringing many different items and balloons to school to perform in front of many. I was very nervous and spilled part of my project. After a couple of years, I figured out easier and less messy ideas for my project. These mainly involved the observations of my pets. The last project I did involved finding out which toy the different dogs preferred the most and why. Although these were difficult at first, I soon learned to make it easier on myself and have a better performance. With this, from the fifth grade to the eighth grade, I won either third or second place out of all the students in my school. From there, I also got to compete with other schools doing scinece fair projects. It was a fun and unique experience that I will never forget.

Exploring!

     People throughout the ages have explored the unknown simply starting off by asking a question. The curiosity of mankind has developed new technology throughout time to answer these questions. For example, the invention of the telescope, helped the common belief of that time which was that the Sun revolved around the Earth. Without this technology and development of mankind, we would not have the knowledge we have today.
     Individuals have devoted themselves to a life of exploration and discovery because it is natural human nature to discover new facts. It could be a fascination to the individual and they may want to take action to discover why something is a certain way. Most may take a job for the money, while others may do it for the love they have for that subject. Somebody may love to explore and could want to be the first to discover and introduce something to the world. Although this may be fun for them, it could also call for some sacrifices.
     Some sacrifices that these individuals may have to make could be crucial to many aspects of their life. For starters, they are risking their lives everyday. They also would not be able to see or even possibly contact their family. They could be deprived of sleep and they would have to live somewhere other than land for months. There could be harsh weather conditions and things that could possibly alter their planned trip.