Big Spring High School
Newville, Pennsylvania
Teacher: Mrs. D. Whitmoyer

 

 

 

Community
by William Clites

 

 

If we continue on our present path of economic and technological development, humanity can overcome the obstacles an threats it faces and enter a new golden age of peace, prosperity , and happiness.  Change the rules of courtship and mating steadily as the century nears its end.  Do not make marriage a prerequisite for the most important decisions in life: having sex, living together and making babies.  We should arrange our communities so that one parent can assume the role of a full time homemaker if she or he so desires to do so.  One reason we remain divided is that we do not agree on what constitutes a better life and we do not have good measures of many aspects of life.  More does not mean better if, in our efforts to get more we sacrifice what really matters to our happiness and well being.  The quality of our personal, social, and spiritual relationship that give us a sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging, nor can we keep getting more if we focus just on wealth creation.  It would be wrong to say that nothing has changed.  Almost four million people have lifted themselves above the poverty level since 1993.  But poverty is still severe in America.  Our society has been concentrating on social problems in large inner cities.  Although progress has been made there is still much to do.  Most people assume that progress means more of everything.  But maybe we should be asking whether more is better.  We need to be more open and spirited about how we live in the future and about what matters in our lives.

 

Answers To Questions Re: Required Reading

 

Q1.  In Manus they invest in marriages like we invest in companies.  For a male child’s family pay a large amount in dog’s teeth and shell money.  And for the bride’s family they pay in hogs and oil.

 

Q2.  1.  10 years.  Don’t fight it only gives you something else to fight about.

30 years.  Communication is key.  Talk about any little thing no matter how insignificant it may seem.

15 years.  Just keep her happy.  Buy her anything she wants. 

12 years.  Keep the romance alive. Do something out of the ordinary.

5 years.    Make your spouse only think they wear the pants in the family.

8 years.    Marriages break up over the stupid things.  Keep your priorities straight.

2 years.  Too early to tell but we seem happy just being together.

25 years.  Don’t tell her she is wrong in front of her face.  Tell only your closest friends. 

18 years.  The little things count.  Don’t forget about them.

1 year.  Don’t change a thing about which you are.

 

Q3.  We should address the many critical issues that are currently facing in western society. 

 

Q4.  In my community I would improve the safety of all the residents.  After all people will always need protection.

 

Q5.  Why would any one want a doll like their mother?  There are multitudes of people that see psychiatrists for many years.  Just because people have to work strange hours to support their children why do they need a doll to teach them companionship. 

 

Q6.  In a democracy we have the inherent right to sue people for the harm they cause. 

 

Q7.  Punitive damages.  People are reimbursed for their pain and suffering.  People should only be paid for “actual damage.”

 

Q8.  They can provide job opportunities to the younger generation, They can give advice to he young, and they are a valuable resource to all. 

 

Q9.  Clinton’s anti-poverty program will work on a small level.  There is no way that one program is going to help the poor.  Second, there should be more help at the state level than from the government.  There are enough government programs to help the poor. Finally, if people are going to be helped then they need to help themselves.

 

 

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