Some things I want to do in my lifetime...

...possibly in this order.


-Become proficient at singing and piano and perhaps one or two other instruments
- Go to a God-honoring college and major in English and/or History, with possible minors in Music, Education, Physics, and/or Government.
-Become fluent in Latin and possibly Greek
-Consider going to Law School (but most likely, don't actually attend unless I love the prospect)
-Run long-distance
-Work in the political world
-Attend the University of Oxford for at least one term for the experience, or possibly longer for a MA in History
-Somewhere in between the above steps, or shortly thereafter, get married to a Godly, intelligent man, and love him well
-Be a missionary for 6 months or a year
-Have kids any time after getting married, love them as dearly as old Mrs. Sowerby in The Secret Garden, and teach them to fear God and to love his precepts and creation
-Teach a handful of other eager students these same things
-Create a peaceful home where love is abounding and learning is encouraged
-Have a large garden (after all, I'll have plenty of little hands around to help! :D)
-Run a home business of tutoring or something like that to help aid with the family income
-Begin to grasp the things I love
-Paint in Italy
-Spend some time writing in Switzerland
-Possibly publish a scientific paper
-Throughout all of this, finish an epic poem or fantasy novel worth reading regardless of era


Underlying thing to do: Serve my God and be willing to add things to this list, and take them off just as easily, according to his will, and my submissiveness first to my parents, and then my husband. ;)


Meridian

Rhetoric I Speech of the Day #2: World Population

I love Rhetoric class! Here is the outline from a speech I gave the other day on the world population. Please note that when I speak about "Economic planning" I do not mean a socialistic system, but more of a preparation for this population increase by improving systems internally. For example, small businesses should be encouraged to prosper, farmers should be shown techniques for maximum production, etc. Also, when I refer to "population control" I am talking about abortion, the Pill, and all alternative modes of birth control.

Rhetoric I: Speech of the Day Number 2

Proposition: Economic planning and allowing more people on earth provides a better solution for population management than birth control or other alternative methods will employ for this issue. In other words, more people is actually a preferable thing. This is contrary to the common belief that such methods as birth control are preferable, and economic planning for more people is of a lesser importance.

I. Introduction (30 seconds)
    A. 7 Billion people: what is the issue?
    B. World populations (show graph)
    C. “Real-time” beliefs that are popular
          1. Birth control
          2. Elimination of certain ethnic groups
    D. Economic planning, and more people, provides a better alternative
          1. Thesis

II. A brief analysis of the issue (15 seconds)
    A. African and Asian populations rising
    B. European and other populations sinking


III. Definition of a good strategy (30 seconds)
     A. Utilizes earth resources efficiently
     B. Provides adequate living space for earth’s population
     C. Economically wise and efficient (jobs, finances, etc.)
     D. God-honoring and Biblical

IV. Economic planning allows earth resources to be used efficiently (15 seconds)
     A. Less people = less cultivation
     B. If cultivation is desirable, more people provides more workers and is also desirable
     C. Planning will allow for earth’s resources to be maximally used

V. Economic planning will allow for better usage of earth’s living space (45 seconds)
     A. Only 3% of earth’s 15, 794 square km of land is actually inhabited (by 90% of the people)
     B. 4.3 billion people fit into 473.82 square kilometers while the other 700 million people spread out on 15, 320 square km. We have a lot of space!
     C. Using this space is much more desirable than letting it go to waste, which would be less efficient
     D. More people is fine, and in some ways, better!

VI. Economic planning is wise and efficient for jobs (30 seconds)
     A. Some people disagree
          1. Wrong because many hands lighten the load
     B. The more people there are to create jobs, the more people there are to take them


VII. More people and economic planning are Biblical (30 seconds)
     A. The Bible calls the man with his “quiver full” a “blessed” man
          1. Children are a gift!
     B. Alternatives oppose this
          1. Birth control and elimination of people groups is unhealthy, and definitely non-Biblical!
     C. Planning is also highly advocated in the Bible
          1. Wise to prepare, that the world may benefit

VIII. Conclusion (15 seconds)
      A. World population is an “issue”
      B. Proposed methods by the world are not good
      C. Planning for more people is the best
           1. Meets criteria
           2. Provides a better societal foundation
      D. The best solution.