staring out my window
I am staring out my window, thinking.
"Will it always be like this," I wonder?
Where will I be next year? Or in 20 years? Who will I be with? When will it change?
Will I live in a fabulous villa in Tuscany? Spending my days, staring out at the beautiful Italian countryside, approving continental dinner party menu's and calligraphied place settings on thick pressed parchment, kissing my beautiful children before the nanny takes them poolside to play?
Will I move to some assembly line suburb, live in a new house, identical to the twenty around it, in some middle class development? Blasting Janis Joplin as I speed through Anytown, USA?
What a nightmare.
I could never have been that girl, you know? It was never my destiny. And my parents, they get it. I couldn't have stayed in that town, with those people. I wasn't one of them. I pined for years, planning the escape. My escape. And my parents knew it.
When I go back, I see what could have happened if I had not worked to get out. If I had given in and taken the easy road.
I would live in a modern, aluminum-sided housing development near that tragic clique of girls I ran around with...the ones with whom I slouched against the lockers in high school, late for class and not caring, maliciously sticking our feet out and tripping the nerds as they walked by...the ones I let dip their fingers into my brand-spanking new pot of Clinque lip gloss. The ones I played the game with - they thought I was one of them. They didn't know that even at 14 and 15 and 16 and 17 - the whole time - I was just playing along. I had no intention of being one of them.
It's possible that I would drive one of those terribly unfashionable grocery-go-getting minivan contraptions, fitting squirming children for their Buster Browns while my husband wore cheap, off-the-rack suits and even worse polyster ties to his 35K salaried job at which he was equally unhappy.
I would buy ground beef when it went on sale and freeze it. I would watch the Home Shopping Network and when I saw one of those contraptions that holds lint brushes and sewing kit utensils, maybe I would buy it because my husband had promised a long-overdue honeymoon.
The debates, arguments and final compromises reached during and after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 resulted in the creation of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights which have governed our great nation for over 200 years. But, the debates and arguments between those who favor a strong government and those who favor more power for the states did not end with the ratification of the Constitution. They have continued through the years and can be seen in the health care controversy that is currently being debated.
The foundation of this nation has been based upon freedoms while maintaining order and equality, a task not so easily achieved. When attempting to achieve such a feat there were many compromises and struggles. The U.S. Constitution was made as a guide for the government to follow, since the original guide, the Articles of Confederation, gave little power to the federal government (and was becoming weak) disregarding the foundation of a proper functioning government giving more equality and less order. Since the Articles of Confederation became a non-efficient way to govern the nation, the delegates thought an efficient way to govern the nation would be to create what we call the constitution, which became a reality with several compromises. These compromises
The Constitution, the document that protects all our rights, is a very important piece of American government history. Many people know it was created a long time ago by the Founding Father, but do not know the effort taken to create it and the smaller important aspects. The article “A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution” written by the National Archive gives and overview of the creation of the constitution. Three main points of this history is the Article of Confederation, the Delegates, and the Ratifications. These three points have a huge effect on the end product of Constitution.
The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and is not unusual. The speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one and he "doubted if I should ever come back.
The plans were at odds because one favored small states while the other favored large states. The Great Compromise, however, was able to provide equal representation for both large and small states. It included an
Deciding how America's government would work during the creation of the constitution, also decided the future of America and its decisions. Our government derives from the creation of the American government after the revolutionary war in 1787. To get all of the state’s to agree on the constitution many compromises had to be made. The delegates from the thirteen states met to change America. Our government today is based on the solutions and compromises made at the constitutional convention. One of the biggest compromises that set the stage for the rest of the constitution's success was made from different parts proposed by different sections of America. The Great Compromise would not have been successful, if America was not willing to use different viewpoints, create small compromises in between large ones, and combine thoughts to form something that all states would be happy with.
The Constitutional Convention was undertaken as an attempt to fix the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by drafting a new governing document - the Constitution. Naturally, there were several debates about how the Constitution should address the prevailing issues at the time. The framers present at the Constitutional Convention did purposely leave some issues unresolved in the summer of 1787 by leaving some ambiguity. However, the purpose of this ambiguity was to allow some room for the new nation to grow. This statement is exhibited by the many compromises and events concerning slavery in the following years, the debates that occurred after the ratification of the Constitution concerning the exact powers granted to the federal government
When World War II ended the final remnants of the old European order lay in ruins. With such devastation wrought upon the continent twice in less than fifty years, it was remarkable that Europe managed to recover. What is even more remarkable is the Phoenix that rose from these ashes, and the new feelings of unity that accompanied the ending of the war. Those nations of western Europe began to do what decades ago had been unthinkable: develop the blueprints for a common system of the United Europe.
In conclusion, there is always some kind of outcome of things that you do. No matter what happened to where you were going in life, something good can eventually be made out of it. You may have a lot of changes throughout your life that influence the way that you want to remember your memories. If you were to write something to someone when they feel one way about you and they are constantly reminded of your love for someone can make a change in your feelings for one another. Sometimes you fail to understand what is really happening in your life and you need to unclutter all your problems.
see what I could do to make my life better. I would find out what things were
Hübner, Danuta. "EU Cohesion Policy 1988-2008 Investing in Europe's Future." Info Regio 26 (2008): 1-36. Print.
"Pardon me, Aunt Leslie, but what do you mean by leaving? I'm not going back to Geraldine. I love it here." She looked at me as if I was mad. "How could you possibly love it here? The streets are crowded, the people are loud, the air is filthy" She didn't get me. I know she didn't. But I don't want to go back.
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007 has been termed as the largest single expansion of the EU with a total of 12 new member states – bringing the number of members to 27 – and more than 77 million citizens joining the Commission (Murphy 2006, Neueder 2003, Ross 2011). A majority of the new member states in this enlargement are from the eastern part of the continent and were countries that had just emerged from communist economies (EC 2009, Ross 2011), although overall, the enlargement also saw new member states from very different economic, social and political compared to that of the old member states (EC 2009, Ross 2011). This enlargement was also a historical significance in European history, for it saw the reunification of Europe since the Cold War in a world of increasing globalization (EC 2009, Mulle et al. 2013, Ross 2011). For that, overall, this enlargement is considered by many to have been a great success for the EU and its citizens but it is not without its problems and challenges (EC 2009, Mulle et al. 2013, Ross 2011). This essay will thus examine the impact of the 2004/2007 enlargements from two perspectives: firstly, the impact of the enlargements on the EU as a whole, and thereafter, how the enlargements have affected the new member states that were acceded during the 2004/2007 periods. Included in the essay will be the extent of their integration into the EU and how being a part of the Commission has contributed to their development as nation states. Following that, this essay will then evaluate the overall success of the enlargement process and whether the EU or the new member states have both benefited from the accessions or whether the enlargement has only proven advantageous to one th...
Tomorrow, the day after today. It is an indefinite time in the future. One question many people have on their minds is, what does tomorrow hold in store for me? What “if tomorrow never comes”, in the words of a song by the country-artist, Garth Brooks. Could I say I finished everything I started, or did I accomplish everything that I always wanted to do, but never did for fear of it being too risky?
Much of the political case for regional economic integration stems from national security. Another case study provided by Hill is the European Union. The nation states of Western Europe bonded together in an effort to deal with the political giants of the USSR to the east and the USA to the west. Further, regional economic integration can facilitate political harmony between nations due to their increased level of