HomE on HalloweeN... agAiN

Have you ever been stuck at home on Halloween? Not because you don't want to go out but because your parents believe that there are ghosts roaming around the streets taking over peoples bodies. You're all probably all thinking wow! your parents are crazy. I understand how you feel because I think the exact same thing back then and now. They believe that there are ghosts everyday but on Halloween they let the spirits from the underworld or something like that. So for years I have been forced to come home early and not go trick or treating like the rest of my friends. I know sad. =*[ teartear, I feel so bad for myself. Well anyways every single year, before I even go to school or ask to go out, they remind to come home early. I don't even bother asking if I could go out anymore on Halloween because I know the answer will always be NO! With the way they act when it even gets close to that time of year, it would be crazy for someone to still have hope that they could go out. What I think is crazy about my parent's policy of not going out on Halloween is that it only goes for me and my little sister, Cindy. My two older gets to go out on Halloween and stay out as long as they want. They don't care if my sisters stay out till 4 in the morning but if I come home at 6 in the afternoon they freak out. Things like this makes me wonder if they really believe that there are ghosts roming the streets. If they really did you would expect them to worry about their older daughters too right? I wonder if they're just making that up so that I would be scared to go out because if that's what they're trying to do, it's not working. All it's really doing is making me think that they are crazy and that they believe the weirdest things. If they really wanted to scare me they should've made up something like there are gangs out killing and slicing people or if they want to be creative, which I really doubt, there is a giant monster made out of jelly named Glob that eats everyone he sees. That was a little out of no where but back to the point. I have no candy on Halloween, and if you know me you would know that I LOVE candy. That's what makes it so sad for me when I'm not allowed to go out on Halloween. Well that's it about my Halloween crisis. Keep reading my blog to hear more about my sad life. =[

3nD ChiLd LabOrR posteR

TattoOs hOt oR noT??

Hmmmm... I have been thinking thinking about getting a tattoo(I'm not really planning on getting a tattoo) because they seem cool but I realize that there are a lot of drawbacks about them. Like the fact that if you have a tattoo, it is very hard to find a decent job. A lot of places have a job appearance requirements that includes no tattoos. Apart from the things you need to survive, what if I don't want it anymore? Then the only way to get rid of it is through a very painful process, and I don't know if you're some phsyco person that loves pain and bloodshed but I am the type of person that likes to keep my tears and blood in my body. I flinch from anything sharp or pointy like needles. Besides after you get rid of the tattoo, you will probably end up with a scar that will be a new permanent tattoo and not a pretty one either. If anything I would rather keep my old tattoo then get a big ugly scar. Another bad thing about having a tattoo doesn't hit you right away. It happens when you get old. Around the time when you get wrinkles and your skin starts to sag, that's when the effect starts to kick in. As your skin starts to sag so does your tattoo. It gets all wrinkly, so wrinkly that soon people will have to spread your skin to see what your tattoo is actually of. That can get really annoying. Having people crowding around you all the time. So those are the reasons I don't want to get a tattoo. There are a lot of good things about tattoos though too.

Starting with them just looking nice. :] Another thing that is good about a tattoo is it can express your personality and interests in a whole new way. It can show some people just how much you really care about them if you get it for them sometimes too. Besides almost everyone has at least one tattoo now a days. It almost seems like in order to fit in you need to have a tattoo. Then at the same time who really wants to fit in. I for one love being unique. I know it seems like I'm contradicting myself right now but the point is tattoos have it's ups and downs. I guess that's all the good and bad things about tattoos that I can come up with. Feel free to add more things if you like. So what do you think? Should I get a tattoo? Are they hot or not?

MET

After I watched the video about child laborers in the United States, I realized that while we are over here wishing that we weren't I school there are people that would give up everything they had to be able to go to school. Some of the people in the United States aren't able to go to school because they have to work on farms so that they could earn money for their families. Because of that the children either don't go to school at all or drop out. For the children that work on farms, it is very hard for them to keep up with the rest of the students in their class. Soon they fall behind because they have to leave early from school to go north and come back late. Because of the frustration of this they drop out of school.
Now there is a program called MET which stands for motivation, education, and training. They help the migrants that drop out of school. This program pays the children to go to school there so that the children don't have to work. This way, the families don't have to make the decision of whether to put their children on the field or let them stay in school.

QuackQuack MooooMooO OinkyOinky I'm on a FARM!

I am a farmer living in the United States. I hear from a runaway friend that not very far from here is a peaceful place where there is no child labor,where children get to be with their family, and everyone gets to go to school without worrying about letting their families down. I wish everyday that my family and I could run away and start a new life. A life where I'm not afraid to go home because I'm scared of the mad news to come. A life where I can actually be with and spend time with my family and friends. I don't think there is any job that is worst than the one I have. A job where people like me have to stand outside in the burning sun for hours picking up seeds one by one just to get 2 measly dollars a hour! I can't stand the heat, my skin is almost always burned and every movement hurts. Everyday it gets worse and when I get home, my only time I get to relax, I can't because when I lie down it hurts even more. Besides the heat of the sun, the chemicals and pesticides really bother me. They spray it daily to keep the insects out but it keeps more things out than they know. It also keeps me off the farm some days. I'm highly allergic to the chemicals and sometimes the pain gets the better of me. I stay home but I try and fight the pain everyday because I know that my family depends on the little bit of money I make. If I didn't work at least 12 hours a day my family will not only be poor but also homeless. I wish that day when I could leave this world behind and live a normal life with my friends and family would hurry up and come already. I'm tired of waiting.