The Beginning

So...I was sitting here working on my IOP (Individual Oral Presentation), which in non-IB language is a really long, CRAZY important 15 minute presentation, and I'm kind of bored. SO what the heck? Why not write a blog....No one will probably read it anyway, but here is my page of comeplete randomness....

Here are my thoughts on life for today:

Well I'm writing my IOP on The Crucible, a play which was written by Aurther Miller. It was pretty much his crucade against the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 50's, but it's about the Salem Witch Trials. It's a really intersting play. You should all read/watch it. Anyways, it got me thinking about his themes in the book--like fear, greed, jealousy. All of which is totally applicable today...How far are we willing to go for money? Land? Power? Reputation? Would we brand someone a witch, and not care what if they were jailed and hung? Or perhaps, we would just be one of the people that stood by and let it happen. We knew it was wrong, but just let it happen so we could protect ourselves... Not sure where I am in all of this, but it's interesting... Just a thought.

"They first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me — and by that time no one was left to speak up."-Martin Niemoller