Just a Little Brain Power

Life for the average American has changed somewhat over the past few decades. Life is better than ever. The living standards are at their best. However, that does not mean that our country is not in debt and people are still not living through poverty. Some American people are still going through the hardships that are normally associated with many developing nations. Although conditions can be bad, solving the poverty issue and increasing wealth is not an impossible task.

            When thinking of success one always must look at the resources available. Many places lack the necessary tools to achieve success. However, this is not true for our country. The United States has all of the necessary resources to achieve success. They just need the people to be able to operate correctly. All of the ground work has been made; there is just one thing missing, education. With proper education and training a set of people can achieve any task. If a better form of education were put in place the American people could pull themselves out of any problems considering poverty.

            The thought of the “perfect America” isn’t an impossible task to achieve. Intellect is our best resource. Therefore, with the proper education and training this country could solve all poverty issues. This would intern increase the wealth of our nation. Anything can be accomplished with a little hard work and determination, and applying this to education would result in substantial dividends for the American people.

Lao-Tzu and The Perfect, Imperfections of Humanity

When I think of Lao-Tzu one word comes to mind, and that word is logic. This is shown in his work “Tao-te Ching”. He uses the appeal of logic throughout his text to get his point across. Lao-Tzu believed the Chinese people could function better if the government were less involved with the people’s everyday lives. He believed that people would make the right decisions if given the opportunity.

                The thought of a lack of government involvement is very intriguing to me. When this work is put into context it actually seems quite possible. Life in 4^th century B.C. China was very different than today. Things were a lot simpler and many people lived their own peaceful lives. I totally believe that in Lao-Tzu’s time this way of life could be very possible. However, I have my doubts of whether or not this could be possible today

                The lifestyle of people today has drastically changed just has time. I believe that if I the government stepped out of the lives of its citizens there would be horrible consequences. People today are too materialistic and selfish to have complete freedom. Unfortunately, within weeks of the government stepping out of the lives of people there would be complete chaos. Some people would follow a peaceful lifestyle. However, it only takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch. It is not necessarily bad that people could not function without some form of infrastructure. It is just simply human nature to make mistakes. No one is perfect. However, I believe that is what makes the human race ‘perfect’. Although it is an oxymoron, I completely stand behind my statement. We are the perfect species because we understand that we are not perfect.