"The Erne From The Coast" by T. O. Beachcroft

This sorry is set on two farms in a village. Harry, a young boy, is sent by his father Mr. Thorburn to take care of a young, sick sheep. While Harry is taking care of the sick sheep on the other farm, an erne swoops down and carries one of the other sheep away. Harry's father refuses to believe this unless he sees the erne with his own two eyes; Harry then embarks upon his journey to kill the erne and bring it back to his father.

By the end of the story, Harry has proven himself to be a capable young man to his father. All the careless remarks Mr. Thorburn says to his son, leave Harry feeling inferior and unless. Harry has risked his life only overcome this humiliation his father has caused and to prove to his dad that he is good enough. Harry does endanger himself when trying to kill the huge erne; however, he is willing to go to such lengths to prove himself and is capabilities to his dad. I as well have gone through troubling times and regretted decisions; however those moments have given me the opportunity to grow and learn more about how to handle situations. I believe that although these times can seem like they're changing people for the worst, there is always a positive side to the outcome and lessons that can be learned.

My Biggest Inspirations

A lot of times, parents could arguably some of the most influential adults in the lives of most children. I feel like I am very similar to my parents but at the same time very different. When I listen to my parents speak to me or see what they do and how they react to things, I have noticed that I have inherited an equal amount of traits from my dad as well as my mom. I believe that the personality and character I have when interacting with others is very much similar to my mom's. Whereas my way of dealing with problems or solving things is mostly very similar to my dad's.

I have a very close but different relationship with both of my parents. Because my mom grew up in Paris, and my dad grew up in Chicago, they are able to bring very diverse knowledge as well as different perspectives to me from their life's experiences. I would say that the very close relationship I have with each of my parents has stayed very stable throughout my childhood up till now. When seeing all the things my parents do I have realized that being an adult does require many different responsibilities. Every day I am so thankful to have the parents I do; however, it is easy to take them for granted at times. I believe it is so important for me to continually recognize and appreciate all the things my parents do for me because they sacrifice and do so much for me. My parents are my biggest inspiration because they are always so kind everyone, they take the time to listen to everything I have to say, and they are always there for me when I need them.

Mass Production

Hey Guys!

Right now in history when are linking fairly recent history all the way up to the present day and how we, as a race have tremendously evolved through transformative innovations.

In my opinion, the evolution of mass production in the food industry has tremendously affected many things in our world. As humans we have had to alter the way many things are done in order to keep up with our rapidly growing population. The demand for food has greatly increased over the last century and we answered this demand by producing mono crops and CAFOs. Although this has allowed many to have access to food at a cost affective price, the quality of nutrition in produce and meats has gone down. I believe that mass production has temporarily helped fill this gap in the food industry but is not sustainable enough to last forever.

I would love to know what innovation you guys think has most transformed the world and why.

See you in the next blog post!

Nina