Opportunity Cost

          One time, I had to choose between sacrificing my Wednesday's and every other weekend over time I could have spent on school work or with my friends. I chose to earn $100 for my Youth Technology Coach volunteer program as opposed to other, possibly more fun opportunities. This was the first real, honest money I had ever made on my own without earning it from my parents via chores or household duties. It also wasn't much considering that I was sacrificing about 3-4 hours each day I went in; which lasted about 3 months, but I still chose to do it. In the long run I'm glad I made the decision because it looks really good on job applications.

          I assume that in the future I will have to make similar decisions when dealing with jobs and other "real" world problems. I'm always going to want to be lazy and have a good time with my friends, but that kind of attitude can't be relied on to get things done.

Economic Terms

https://docs.google.com/a/ttsdstudents.org/presentation/d/1W9Cf64rNcgY57eg8XI0rUQOOmr6eDF2VDC8DzXoDBd8/edit#slide=id.p

by Delaney Whitford and Samantha Howard
     Period 3A

Ideal Form of Government Argument

"Curiosity is the lust of the mind" -Thomas Hobbes

           The unwillingness to settle. The inability to be content; by or without choice. Thomas Hobbes saw the subconscious selfishness of mankind and in return gave man a solution: democracy. It was the only way to control the evil dwelling amongst man's deepest wishes whilst simultaneously sating their thirst for power and supremacy. While he saw faults embedded within his very solution, Hobbes knew it was the best way to keep the people safe from themselves all the while allowing them to have some sense of control and freedom within their system. He believed in the "voice of the people" which gave each and every individual the opportunity for their God given opinions to be heard, while constricting them to the safety and security of a singular leviathan, or leader, to be the output of their seemingly innocent vices. Through the years, this form of government, as Hobbes predicted, has proven sufficient in satisfying our forever desires of dominance while it contemporaneously asserts a similar authority over us in return.