Simplicity

Simplicity is a very broad topic. When most people think of simplicity, they think of living life with only needs. This is true, but simplicity is much more complicated then that. Simplicity can even be defined by just holding the door for someone.

When I first read the simplicity packet, one of the writings (William Zinnser's "Simplicity") really interested me. It talked about how people speak way to complex and use bigger words to make to make themselves sound more sophisticated. I thought that was a very interesting view on simplicity. It also made me think about how the president would feel about this topic of simplicity. Americans usually are going to vote for a confident, sophisticated, well spoken man for president. Zinnser made another great point. He stated, "People say things that even they barely understand themselves." Is that the case with presidents? No one will really ever know.

What was so great about Zinner's piece of writing was how it made me really dive deep and think about simplicity. It showed that simplicity has no exact definition, and it never should. What one person thinks simplicity is, is probably what no one else thinks. That is the beauty of simplicity.

HW assignment 9/22

HW for English:

Read the simplicity packet. Choose an idea from the packet and write about it. Be sure to quote the article or passage you are referring to and make sure you cite your source. Three paragraphs minimum. Have correct grammar and mechanics.

This I Believe................................................

I believe weathermen have the easiest job in the world. When you really think about it, it’s the one job in whole world where you can mess up every day and still keep your job. I mean, how hard is it to become a weatherman. They get paid for a thirty second segment of false information. And when they are actually right about the forecast, it’s pretty obvious to tell on your own. Of course it’s going to be sunny if there are on clouds in the sky. If there are really dark clouds covering the sky, I’m almost positive that people can figure out it is going to rain. I just don’t understand how certain people have a preference about what channel they need to watch to see today’s weather. Just tell me the reason why there is a weather channel. Does the weather channel go around bragging to other stations that they have the forecast 24/7? I sure hope not. There could be plenty of other channels instead of the weather channel. One more question to think about. If people who say the world is going to end are considered crazy, why aren’t weathermen?