Evan Gillentine

Journal Entry 3

Finally, what I could not do while writing my essay, I can finally do here. The topic of littering is a very annoying to me. The fact that there is so much and we keep the topic of it on the downlow is crazy. In case you have never heard, there is even a part of the ocean that is just coated with litter. And what is worse is that the people that do it with no care in the world, Like what do their houses look like if they throw trash out of their car? And there are the people who throw stuff out of their cars because they cannot wait to throw it away. One of the most littered substances on earth are cigarette butts. They are EVERYWHERE. They are in the ocean, along roadsides, in urban regions, but they are in more places they should NOT be than places they should be. My sources should help with my thesis because a lot of them share knowledge of how bad littering has gotten and what happens to our planet because of it. Not just to us but to the plants and animals. I understand that not everyone is perfect but we should at least be more mindful. I am not exactly saying we should all recycle but it would help but any trash is better than wherever. A key example I can share was when I was back-packing Europe a few summers back. I believe I was in the city of Hamburg, Germany at the time and I was walking through the streets and I want to point out that it was a fairly big city, some big buildings and very busy. It was a very nice city, relatable to Cleveland in some ways, but one thing to me stuck out to me that I noticed and that was all the trash on the ground. They had glass broken all over the streets and cans and cigarette butts all over the ground. If people had pets, their fecies was also there ( at least I hoped it was their pets).  Like I did not think to much of it but it was enough for me to say something to my friend about it and for me to remember clearly how dirty it looked. It would have been more visually pleasing to see it cleaned up. I will say at the time they had a riot due to the climate control and what President Trump was doing.  They even had littered stickers and signs everywhere that said “Truck Fump”, but all that is another interesting story for another time. Getting back to my topic of littering, it is just as I said in my intro, an eye sore and I hate looking at it cause things can look better without it. My essay is going to dive more in depth with litter and the forms of it, why people do it, what happens to our planet because of it, how to reduce it, and maybe more stuff as it presents itself. I do not know if others think of it as I do within our class but to me it is a burden to watch or hear about people who abuse something as simple as throwing something properly.

               I am going to take you through each of the quizzes I taken one by one to share the results of each. The first quiz I did was from the all sides website. After completion, the generator had decided that I am Center. To my meaning I think this simply is saying I care about certain things and others not to much. Certain topic when asking about importance were very important and others, I did not care about so I can see where my result of center was decided. The next quiz completed was from the g values website. My results concluded I was a centrist. I also think this ties into the last quiz taken that I mainly do not have any opinions on some of the topics they asked about.  My economic axis was 52.2%, diplomatic axis was at 46.7%, civil axis was 49.6%, and my societal axis fell on 46%. I would say overall it was a pretty neutral score. The Last quiz from political compass revealed that I am in the upper left quadrant of the graph. I am not to close to being in the middle which is how I basically was for the other two quizzes. I would say after summing up all the quiz answers back that there are certain things I acre about than others. For example when questions about the environment came up and I cared more for that than political questions and ones pertaining to the government. I feel like they do what they do any way so there is no stopping it. After the quizzes I am actually glad to see my results and see how centered I am in dealing with the importance of the topics from the quizzes.

Evan Gillentine

Dated back from 1993, it has been found that sleep is not only unnecessary, but a complete waste of time. Who needs sleep slowing you down and getting in one’s way? The average amount of night time expense is roughly between 7-9 hours a night…A NIGHT! All that time could be spent on all those chores you said you were “going to do later”, or getting that homework assignment done. Maybe it is even getting time to go to the gym for that New Years resolution. This improves the overall quality of life. Socially, there is just more time for friends and parties as well as catching up on that Netflix special. The point behind all this is the fact sleep only drags you down and gets in the way. As the author, I am awake for 6 straight days and sleep for only 20 minutes on day 7. Giving up only a few measly minutes to have days in a row is way worth it. As far as feeling tired is concerned, that is what caffeine and sugar are for. The body is meant to handle extreme conditions and it is more than capable of staying awake for long periods of time. Being tired is only an excuse that holds the human race back from accomplishing more. Another excellent point to bring up is income. All the time that is spent sleeping could be hours on the clock making extra money you probably were saving for that wild spring break trip to Cancun. With sleep out of the way, there is no limit as to what could be accomplished. Slumber is a thing in the past and without it’s utter nonsense, a more productive future is within reach.

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