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                                                                      Do you believe?      In America, to be more specific, in New York, many people do not seem to believe in ghosts. Once in a blue moon, one , like myself, find other people that believe in ghosts too.  A ghost is a deceased person’s soul or more of their personality and former body features they had when living. If one was to see a ghost, they can appear almost like a mist, or completely realistic but suddenly disappear without a trace.                                                       In order to understand how one can see a ghost, one must understand my teachings I’ve learned through my Native tribe (Cherokee), and personal experiences. Not everyone is able to see or hear ghosts, and that’s the way life was meant to be. However, the ones that are able to contact the deceased are often able to based on their personality and strength to handle such a responsibility.                                                                         Now when one thinks “Oh! That’d be so awesome to see and talk to ghosts”! Keep in mind that when one is able to contact the dead in such a way, they are also able to be contacted from unwanted entities. An entity is something that was never living, where they come from is unknown, and can often be considered from “evil” backgrounds. The evil entities can be hard to fight off, but fighting off a bad entity is a more of a mental fight than a physical fight. Reason for why they were given the “gift” to be able to contact a different unseen world.           So while majority of the human race cannot contact the dead or other entities, it is understandable why most do not believe in ghosts.  Although, no matter what abilities one has, a person cannot be aware of a ghost unless the ghost or entity wants to be noticed. Anyone can notice a ghost or entity move objects around a room, or be seen if the ghost or entity has enough strength to do so. A ghost receives their strength from common everyday devices such as lab tops, cell phones, any electrical source or plug in.                                                          The mood of an entity can also effect the strength of the ghosts communications. If a ghost is angry, their presence may be more known rather than if their mood was happy. Simple things such as moving into the ghost/entities former home and invading their proclaimed space can change a ghost or entities mood.                                                                                                  While one may not see a ghost(s) there, they’re usually watching everything that goes on around them, as they continue to wonder why everything is the way it is. Some ghosts may not even make their presence known and are content with how things are, and may even watch over everyone in a positive way.                                                           Many people find excuses as to why strange un-explainable things occurred. I’ve noticed most people simply avoid the topic because they’re afraid to admit to what they do not know. Ghosts or other entities can be hard to study and prove, reason why most people try not to believe. Although just because one cannot not see or hear it, doesn’t mean it is not there. For example, the stars, some nights they’re very noticeable. Other nights one can’t even find one star in the sky, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there anymore. The stars not being seen in the sky on certain nights all depends on the clouds in the sky, the location, rotation, and tilt of the earth all play major roles on how we see the sky. Just like with ghosts, there are many factors on how one can contact the deceased and other entities.                                                                                               No matter what someone believes, ghosts surround us, everywhere we go, there will always be something out there that we humans may not be able to notice. It just takes time and proper studies to fully understand such an unknown topic. It also takes people to finally stop making excuses as to why they do not believe in the ghost realm.                                                                                     Taking the time to believe and learn about such a realm, one has to be more open minded to take a step in understanding what some may believe to be a hoax. Think about all the experiences that has ever happened in your life time, and ask yourself, was that really your sibling or parent figure who made that weird noise that one night?  

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                                                                      Do you believe?      In America, to be more specific, in New York, many people do not seem to believe in ghosts. Once in a blue moon, one , like myself, find other people that believe in ghosts too.  A ghost is a deceased person’s soul or more of their personality and former body features they had when living. If one was to see a ghost, they can appear almost like a mist, or completely realistic but suddenly disappear without a trace.                                                       In order to understand how one can see a ghost, one must understand my teachings I’ve learned through my Native tribe (Cherokee), and personal experiences. Not everyone is able to see or hear ghosts, and that’s the way life was meant to be. However, the ones that are able to contact the deceased are often able to based on their personality and strength to handle such a responsibility.                                                                         Now when one thinks “Oh! That’d be so awesome to see and talk to ghosts”! Keep in mind that when one is able to contact the dead in such a way, they are also able to be contacted from unwanted entities. An entity is something that was never living, where they come from is unknown, and can often be considered from “evil” backgrounds. The evil entities can be hard to fight off, but fighting off a bad entity is a more of a mental fight than a physical fight. Reason for why they were given the “gift” to be able to contact a different unseen world.           So while majority of the human race cannot contact the dead or other entities, it is understandable why most do not believe in ghosts.  Although, no matter what abilities one has, a person cannot be aware of a ghost unless the ghost or entity wants to be noticed. Anyone can notice a ghost or entity move objects around a room, or be seen if the ghost or entity has enough strength to do so. A ghost receives their strength from common everyday devices such as lab tops, cell phones, any electrical source or plug in.                                                          The mood of an entity can also effect the strength of the ghosts communications. If a ghost is angry, their presence may be more known rather than if their mood was happy. Simple things such as moving into the ghost/entities former home and invading their proclaimed space can change a ghost or entities mood.                                                                                                  While one may not see a ghost(s) there, they’re usually watching everything that goes on around them, as they continue to wonder why everything is the way it is. Some ghosts may not even make their presence known and are content with how things are, and may even watch over everyone in a positive way.                                                           Many people find excuses as to why strange un-explainable things occurred. I’ve noticed most people simply avoid the topic because they’re afraid to admit to what they do not know. Ghosts or other entities can be hard to study and prove, reason why most people try not to believe. Although just because one cannot not see or hear it, doesn’t mean it is not there. For example, the stars, some nights they’re very noticeable. Other nights one can’t even find one star in the sky, but that doesn’t mean they’re not there anymore. The stars not being seen in the sky on certain nights all depends on the clouds in the sky, the location, rotation, and tilt of the earth all play major roles on how we see the sky. Just like with ghosts, there are many factors on how one can contact the deceased and other entities.                                                                                               No matter what someone believes, ghosts surround us, everywhere we go, there will always be something out there that we humans may not be able to notice. It just takes time and proper studies to fully understand such an unknown topic. It also takes people to finally stop making excuses as to why they do not believe in the ghost realm.                                                                                     Taking the time to believe and learn about such a realm, one has to be more open minded to take a step in understanding what some may believe to be a hoax. Think about all the experiences that has ever happened in your life time, and ask yourself, was that really your sibling or parent figure who made that weird noise that one night?  

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I Stand Up For Myself, Do You

                                             

     “Zero tolerance
of bullying”. One of the many rules in Bath Haverling High School’s student
handbook. Zero, meaning none, and tolerance meaning allowing bullying to
happen. Everyone knows the rule is there, but somehow bullying still manages to
occur. As if the rules and consequences are just road blocks. 

                         Now a days bullying
doesn’t always have to happen at school, kids and teens can now log on in on
any social media site such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc and can be
tormented by not only kids from their school, but kids from any and all other
schools.

               Parents of
students experiencing bullying often strive for relief. Relief of watching
their kid be upset over what other people have to say about their child. More
and more laws and school rules keep surfacing. However, all these new bullying
policies claiming for change will never happen. Let me repeat that, bullying
will NEVER stop. No matter how many laws, or organizations against it, it will
never happen. 

                                         One cannot
control what another person thinks, or does. There for making more rules and
laws against bullying will not change either. If someone has a bullying type of
personality, they will always be that bully, no matter how many complications
come their way. So why dodge a bullet when you can take away the gun? 

         The main problem
is that kids are being taught that they shouldn’t stick up for themselves
against bullies. They are expected to tell a teacher right away and let the teachers and other staff
handle the situation. Now you’re thinking, but sometimes the bullies really are
being bullies. You’d be correct, however both sides need to be properly prepped
for such situations. 

                        If children were
taught to not only to not bully people, but to also stick up for themselves
when it does occur. Standing up for yourself doesn’t mean there has to be
physical fighting, or more name calling. It can simply mean just being able to
speak strongly and stand your ground against someone else when they’re trying
to bring you down. No one ever teaches the kids at school to do the actual
right thing and stand up for themselves. 

    If you had taught yourself how to stand up for
who you are, would things have been different?

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I Stand Up For Myself, Do You

                                             

     “Zero tolerance
of bullying”. One of the many rules in Bath Haverling High School’s student
handbook. Zero, meaning none, and tolerance meaning allowing bullying to
happen. Everyone knows the rule is there, but somehow bullying still manages to
occur. As if the rules and consequences are just road blocks. 

                         Now a days bullying
doesn’t always have to happen at school, kids and teens can now log on in on
any social media site such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc and can be
tormented by not only kids from their school, but kids from any and all other
schools.

               Parents of
students experiencing bullying often strive for relief. Relief of watching
their kid be upset over what other people have to say about their child. More
and more laws and school rules keep surfacing. However, all these new bullying
policies claiming for change will never happen. Let me repeat that, bullying
will NEVER stop. No matter how many laws, or organizations against it, it will
never happen. 

                                         One cannot
control what another person thinks, or does. There for making more rules and
laws against bullying will not change either. If someone has a bullying type of
personality, they will always be that bully, no matter how many complications
come their way. So why dodge a bullet when you can take away the gun? 

         The main problem
is that kids are being taught that they shouldn’t stick up for themselves
against bullies. They are expected to tell a teacher right away and let the teachers and other staff
handle the situation. Now you’re thinking, but sometimes the bullies really are
being bullies. You’d be correct, however both sides need to be properly prepped
for such situations. 

                        If children were
taught to not only to not bully people, but to also stick up for themselves
when it does occur. Standing up for yourself doesn’t mean there has to be
physical fighting, or more name calling. It can simply mean just being able to
speak strongly and stand your ground against someone else when they’re trying
to bring you down. No one ever teaches the kids at school to do the actual
right thing and stand up for themselves. 

    If you had taught yourself how to stand up for
who you are, would things have been different?

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Relationship Goals


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              “You two have
been together for so long you’re literally perfect”! Seems to be all I ever
hear from people. The fact that I’ve been with my boyfriend for two years
without cheating seems to be a foreign language to not only teenage
relationships, but adult relationships too. Not to mention how everyone
idolizes other people’s relationships based on posed pictures of a trendy happy
couples they came across on social media networks. However the flattering
comments about how cute of a couple people seem to think my boyfriend and I
are, I just can’t seem to agree.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              How is one
supposed to know the difference between lust, love or in love? Especially one
that hasn’t had much experience with relationships. Assuming that lust means
another word for having a crush on someone, how do they know the difference
between loving someone and being in love with someone? 

 The answer is
actually quite simple, the way one loves their mom, dad, guardian, sibling, is
the way one loves another. However when one is in love with someone, that’s
still a question to be determined. 

                                                         I’ve been in this
relationship for a little over 2 years, automatically means we’re madly in love
and are a “perfect” couple. At least that’s what people always seem to make me
believe. It gets harder and harder to tell if I’m still with him because it’s
been a really long time with him and I love him or if because I’m in love with
him.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 
Because of
coarse, “you’ll just know” when he or she is the “right” person. Right? What if
one doesn’t feel like they “know” or not? Not to mention not everyone falls in
love in the same way or at the same age. With having the idea of “you’ll just
know” in mind, and knowing that I don’t know how I feel, then I suppose it
means it’s just love. Sounds so ridiculous. “It’s just love”, while other
people are desperate to have love, I’m over here not even sure if I want it.                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                               Everyone always
idolizes a picture they see on social media with a couple holding hands or just
doing random activities with words that reads “Relationship Goals” or “My ride
or die (place “100” emoji here)”. Simply because the people in the picture
appear like the relationship they dream to have. Meanwhile the relationship is
most likely completely unstable, weather its mentally physically, or just being
together just to say they’re in a relationship. Everyone experiences different
scenarios and plot twists.

                                                  Knowing the
inside of the story, who still thinks my relationship is still perfect?

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Relationship Goals


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              “You two have
been together for so long you’re literally perfect”! Seems to be all I ever
hear from people. The fact that I’ve been with my boyfriend for two years
without cheating seems to be a foreign language to not only teenage
relationships, but adult relationships too. Not to mention how everyone
idolizes other people’s relationships based on posed pictures of a trendy happy
couples they came across on social media networks. However the flattering
comments about how cute of a couple people seem to think my boyfriend and I
are, I just can’t seem to agree.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              How is one
supposed to know the difference between lust, love or in love? Especially one
that hasn’t had much experience with relationships. Assuming that lust means
another word for having a crush on someone, how do they know the difference
between loving someone and being in love with someone? 

 The answer is
actually quite simple, the way one loves their mom, dad, guardian, sibling, is
the way one loves another. However when one is in love with someone, that’s
still a question to be determined. 

                                                         I’ve been in this
relationship for a little over 2 years, automatically means we’re madly in love
and are a “perfect” couple. At least that’s what people always seem to make me
believe. It gets harder and harder to tell if I’m still with him because it’s
been a really long time with him and I love him or if because I’m in love with
him.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 
Because of
coarse, “you’ll just know” when he or she is the “right” person. Right? What if
one doesn’t feel like they “know” or not? Not to mention not everyone falls in
love in the same way or at the same age. With having the idea of “you’ll just
know” in mind, and knowing that I don’t know how I feel, then I suppose it
means it’s just love. Sounds so ridiculous. “It’s just love”, while other
people are desperate to have love, I’m over here not even sure if I want it.                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                               Everyone always
idolizes a picture they see on social media with a couple holding hands or just
doing random activities with words that reads “Relationship Goals” or “My ride
or die (place “100” emoji here)”. Simply because the people in the picture
appear like the relationship they dream to have. Meanwhile the relationship is
most likely completely unstable, weather its mentally physically, or just being
together just to say they’re in a relationship. Everyone experiences different
scenarios and plot twists.

                                                  Knowing the
inside of the story, who still thinks my relationship is still perfect?