How can growing up be both exciting and painful(unit three, assignment one)

Growing up is one of the most important things in life. Not only because that's how you live, you grow up, but because you are, in turn, bettering yourself. Growing up can in many ways be one of the worst experiences in your life. This could be because you were forced to grow up too fast. For example, the loss of a parent can make you grow up faster than you ever wanted to. When I was nine I lost my mom, and the moment she died I had to grow up. I had to be the mom for my little brother because my dad was always working. This was one of the most painful ways for me to grow up, but it made me a stronger, more mature person. Growing up can also be an exciting experience. When you get your own car, or apartment, or house these are all exciting things, but in order to keep these things you have to grow up and take care of your stuff. Some believe when you get older you grow up, but I personally don't believe that. I feel that you grow up when you mature, which could be at any given age ranging from 1 to 100. You just have to have experience and wisdom to understand eveything you need to know to survive on your own.

Life during the Boston Tea Party (unit two, assignment six)

From reading this passage I learned that the Boston Tea Party was a complete secret from everybody. Nobody knew who eachother was on the boat and nobody knew who was responsible. The Boston Tea Party was purely out of choice of the people, and nobody was forced and nobody was blamed. I also learned that it wasn't some big riot being held on a British ship, but that it was actually extremely quiet. The only thing you could really hear were the crates going "plop" into the water. That actually suprised me because you would think that it would have been a big loud party with everything being damaged, but the only thing that was actually damaged was the tea.

The six purposes for our government (unit two, assignment one)

In my opinion, I would have to say that there are actually six purposes of the government. In the preamble of the Constitution, it says that they establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. These in my eyes are the main purposes of our government, to provide for our people. If it came down to it I think I would be happy to help out in a revolution if ever our government wasnt doing what they are suppost to do for our rights. I wouldn't be willing to just get up and start a riot for no reason, but if they were not helping our economy and our people then they dont deserve to be in power anymore.