You accidentally discover an invention that can immediately help millions of people; but only if you act immediately. On the other hand, if you just wait three months, you can secure a patent and get rich. Which do you choose and why?

If I were in this situation, I would probably wait a few months and then bet rich from my invention. If people were able to live without my invention for so long, why would they need it immediately? why wouldn't i be able to make a profit off of an invention that could help people? I would not try to be selfish, but money is important to everyone, and if I could make a profit off of something that I invented, i would probably wait until the time in which i could make a profit.

Change: Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

I think that change is both a good thing and a bad thing. Change not only can have a positive impact on people and the environment, but it can also have a negative effect on people and the environment.
Change can be a very good thing, because it helps people and countries develop. People all started out in the same way: as nomadic herders who followed their meals anywhere and everywhere. This was not the best lifestyle, nor the most fruitful. People did not have time to concentrate on technology, medical advancements, or any other form of improvements on their society. However, as people started domesticating crops and animals, changes took place in the lifestyles of these nomads. Soon, people started to settle down and form civilizations. This change was a very good thing, because as people settled down, they could concentrate on new technology and advancements. They could concentrate on making work easier and more efficient, and they could also concentrate on staying healthier and living longer.
Changing in types of society that people lived in was a major improvement, and this change led to many other changes for the better. Before long, small communities were developing into large societies, and eventually into cities. With many more people living in the same place, talents were introduced. The best hunter was established, as well as the best farmer, the best cook, etc. People who were not so great at these types of things could ask the best farmer for help, or the best hunter for some meat. Eventually, this led to the question: “What can I get from this?” Suddenly, the best hunter would not just go out and give meat to anyone who asked for it. The best farmer would not give good crops to anyone who requested them. Working hard only to give their work away? No, that would not satisfy people. No one wanted to help out of only kindness.
This question and problem introduced the barter system. Now, the best farmer could go to the best hunter and say “I will trade you some of my crop if you will go out and catch me some meat.” Then, both sides would be benefiting, instead of just one. People were happy with this system, but things would become much more organized in the bartering system later.
Bartering with many different variables works, to an extent. What happens when people start to question the value of objects they are bartering? For example, does one bushel of corn equal on buffalo? Or is it two or more bushels of corn? How many bushels of corn are equal to one cow? How many cows are equal to one buffalo? Does it take a cow and a bushel of corn to equal one buffalo? What about a bushel of corn and a buffalo for one cow? As you can see, with all of these questions, the bartering system gets very complex. It is functional, but how can one figure out the value of all objects? People might feel that some barters are unfair, and conflict may break out.
When a government is established, these problems can be solved. The people can elect a government, and the government can make a decision on whether barters are fair or not, and also other things. For instance, say John was a farmer. John lived next to Joe, who also was a farmer. One day, a tree from Joe’s yard falls onto John’s house, leaving damage. Who pays to have it fixed? Does John, the owner of the house pay for it? Or does Joe, whose tree damaged John’s house, pay for the damage to be fixed? A government can solve these problems too. Governments can make laws to solve problems such as the one John and Joe are faced with. With a government and laws there to solve the problems, John and Joe will not be forced to argue endlessly about who should pay for the damages done to John’s house.
Change can also be a bad thing. Change can solve many problems that people were previously faced with, but it also brings up entirely new problems that need to be dealt with. Change can make people very greedy. When people may have shared their things in the beginning, they may no longer want to share their crops or meat with the rest of the people. Change in technology can be very effective and entertaining, but while some are effective, some cause unintended harm to people. For example, where children before may have played outside for fun, now many children would rather stay inside and watch television or play video games. This is not helpful to children’s health, because where they were once getting exercise, children are now getting none.
Another factor of change as a bad thing is what change can do to the environment. In earlier civilizations, people used less chemicals and toxins in their everyday lives. Today, people use toxins in their everyday lives. From driving to school to using hair spray, toxins are much more frequent in this day and age.
Many animal and plant species have suffered from the extreme- extinction. The Dodo bird, the saber-toothed tiger, and the wooly mammoth are all animals that have suffered from the extreme consequences of human carelessness as a result of change. Many animals have come close to extinction or are presently endangered, as well. (http://www.oddee.com/item_88742.aspx).  The buffalo came close to extinction when people in the United States moved west and were careless. The cheetah and black rhinoceros of Africa are presently endangered. These animals are endanger of becoming extinct, and if they do, people of the future will never be able to see them alive, just as we are only able to see pictures and drawings of the dodo bird, saber-toothed tiger, and wooly mammoth.
Change can be a very beneficial thing, but as things change, things become more complicated. If all change were a good thing, life might be boring, and if all change were a bad thing, then life would not come about well. Change is about finding a balance between the good and the bad, and taking the bad with the good. Change is something that will always be different, and always, well, change.
Works Cited:
1. "10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals - Oddee.com." Oddee.com - A Blog on Oddities: the odd, bizarre and strange things of our world! Web. 05 Feb. 2010. .
2. (image) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammoth.png

What is History?

The theory of history that I agree with the most is the cyclic theory. I think that this theory not only makes the most sense, but also explains the most; as much as it is possible for us as humans to understand. Cyclic history states that history is a series of births and deaths and births, i.e. events and dark ages and events, so there is no real way to tell when the true beginning of history started. It is based upon the Hindu belief of reincarnation.
So where did the true beginning of history start? There is no way to be exactly sure. There are plenty of beginnings to different parts of history, such as the beginning of the Roman Empire, the beginning of Jesus Christ, and the beginning of the Renaissance. These are all different beginnings, and that is why we cannot sort them into a specific order; there is no way to organize them. It is like trying to sort apples, bananas, and oranges according to which one is the most important: it cannot be done. Oranges provide Vitamin C, Bananas provide potassium, and apples provide a good source of dietary fiber. (http://www.allaboutapples.com/health/label.htm ).  Each of these things provided are important to our bodies, and therefore it is impossible to say which is the most important. Together, these three fruits all provide our bodies with nutrition, and history and its events are just like this. Together, all the different happenings of history come together to create history as a whole. But there is no way to know the true beginning of history; just different beginnings of different occurrences.
Some people may claim that the beginning of history is obviously when the world was created. These people are wrong, I believe, because what was the time before the earth called, if it was not history? What about the history of the other planets? The sun? Other people may argue that the beginning of history was when the first people began. Well, these people are incorrect as well, I think, because what about the history of the animals before humans? The existence of dinosaurs, and ancient plants, do they not count?
History is such a broad topic to discuss, and so many people interpret it in so many different ways. This is one of the aspects of history that make it so difficult to understand in one unified way. History could have begun long, long ago, or it could have begun recently. History could have never even had a beginning; it could be one of those things that have always existed. It is because of this confusion about history that I believe the cyclic theory is the most accurate. There really is no true beginning of history, and if there was, the confusion and arguments between all people over exactly when the true beginning was would be so great that it might create chaos. Cyclic history solves this problem easily. There is no true beginning, just a lot of different beginnings. And these beginnings go on and on, over and over again. New beginnings are established, and old beginnings come to a close. New beginnings may even start before old beginnings are finished; that is just the way of the world. As you can see, cyclic history gives, at least,an answer that makes sense to many problems and questions about history that cannot be solved fully. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Cyclic+history&ei=BVJrS8eqHpGb8AbOjdmHBg&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAcQkAE). 
Cyclic history is more efficient than, say, linear history because of the exact layouts of both theories. Linear history says close to if not the exact opposite of what cyclic history promotes. Linear history states that there is a specific beginning to history, and this disagrees with the theory of cyclic history. Linear history claims that there is, in fact, a true beginning to history, and from the beginning point on, history has just flowed out as a ray. Many people choose this theory because it is the most simple and concrete theory of history, at first glance. But if one takes a closer look into the theory of linear history, one will notice the many flaws that this theory promotes. Such as the problem of where, exactly, did history really start? With this problem, we come back to the dilemmas of different people’s very different interpretations on where the beginning really began.
Cyclic history is also more efficient in explaining history than the vortextual theory. Though neither of these theories runs into the problem of where history started, exactly, vortextual history can be very flawed. Vortextual history states that events start out big, and then get small, such as the Roman Empire to the Dark Ages. What Vortextual history neglects to mention is that the Dark Ages was just as large an event in history as the Roman Empire. Vortextual history attempts to sort the events of history, and this is an improbable feat. You cannot sort the events of history in a way stating one was bigger and more important than the other. The Dark Ages may have been a time when the Arts and many other things were not at their best, but this does not make the Dark Ages any less important than the Roman Empire, or the Renaissance. The Dark Ages were a time when people were struggling, and history was not documented. Who knows what monumental things may have happened during the Dark Ages? Maybe different things happened then what happened during the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, but this is not any way to make the Dark Ages any less monumental and legendary than any other event in history.
Overall, I think that the theory of cyclic history is the best way to describe the mystery that is history. It has its flaws, just like the other theories, but as an overall, it makes the most sense without trying to answer questions that cannot truly be answered, or problems that cannot truly be solved. Cyclic history seems complex when you first look at it from a glance, but once one delves deeper into the theory, comparing and contrasting it to other theories, it is easy to see which theory is the winner.
Works Cited:
1."All About Apples | Apple Nurition Labels." All About Apples -- Your online resource for Apple Varieties, Orchards, and Health. Web. 05 Feb. 2010. .
 2. En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_history. "Definitions of Cyclic History on the Web." Google. Web. 05 Feb. 2010. .
3. Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sumida_Hatiman_Mirror.JPG

The Significance of Megaliths

Megaliths are "memorials consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)." (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) Megaliths are significant because they help to determine the history of previous peoples. Looking at megaliths can
show many clues of what happened and why. For instance, the Mayan ruins show ancient Mayan civilizations that were created and abandoned. This raises questions, and shows that megaliths cannot show all the information about ancient times. Megaliths are not perfect, and they cannot show what people in ancient time were thinking or feeling. We cannot see back into people's minds, we can only see what they showed and left for us to see. We see homes, ancient structures, and other buildings in megaliths. From these, we can draw conclusions about the people who lived and occupied these buildings. For example, if we were to see an ancient synagogue constructed, we would be able to draw the conclusion that the people who lived there were Jewish; etc. From megaliths, we can also see the types of religions that may no longer be around. Sacrifices, Roman and Greek religions, etc, all of these are religions that we learned from megaliths and that are no longer present or used. Pictures of the Roman and Greek gods and explanations of sacrifices help us to really understand about these ancient religions.
Works Cited:
1. Wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn. "Define:megalith - Search." Google. Web. 05 Feb. 2010. .
2.  "File:Ggantija Megalith.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 05 Feb. 2010. . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ggantija_Megalith.jpg

The Significance of the Rise of Agriculture

The rise of agriculture is significant because as agriculture became more advanced, people were able to settle down and focus on technology. When people were busy spending all their time searching for food, they were unable to focus on any technology or new advancements in society. Spending all their time working on finding food forced them to move around constantly and they were unable to focus on ways to stay healthy, or make work easier. When agriculture was introduced, people were able to stay in one place for longer periods of time. They were able to focus on domesticating animals and plants, and also creating entertainment. When all their time was no longer focused on finding food, they had to create things to keep themselves busy. They created games, and other forms of entertainment. They also created ways to make work easier. As the centuries went on, the technology got more and more advanced. moire animals were domesticated, and more ways were created to make work more efficient.Agriculture as a whole helped create civilizations.

Hagelian Model of History

Event 1. John, strongest kid in class doesn't tie his shoes. + Event 2. John picks on group of kids, bullying them.

Event 3. John chases the kids, but slips out of his shoe.



Event 1. John sprains his ankle. + Event 2. John gets jumped on the way home.

Event 3. John gets a black eye.



Event 1. John comes into school with a black eye. + the kids in John's class find out who gave him a black eye.

Event 3. John is no longer the toughest kid in school.