Journal #6

No matter how bad this recession gets, we will all survive it, that's my belief. We've gotten through things like this before, why can't we do it again? People are all bent out of shape because "the economy has gone completely down the tubes" and "we're in such a terrible recession." One thing that people don't understand is all this skepticism and negative mind-set are in reality what's causing the economic downturn. If people were just smarter with their money, maybe spend a little here or there instead of saving it, we would all do ourselves a big favor and bring this economy back where it should be. The government can only do so much, (which isn't really very much but...) we have to step in and say "we're going to do something about the economy."

Journal #5

The thing that I would have the most trouble giving up as a result of another Great Depression is the food. I may not look like it, but I eat a lot, and I'm usually hungry within a short time of eating. I'm also very used to a lot of variety in my foods, especially junk food. Having to save every last bit of food that I have would be hard because I like to eat everything at once. To tell you the truth, I don't know if i could (I probably would but...) survive another Great Depression. Maybe it's just a mind-set, I'm not exactly sure.

Journal #4

Dear Journal,

Today I made one of the tougher decisions in my term as president. Instead of choosing to let business take over thousands of acres of forest, which would have boosted the economy, I decided to save the forests. I believe they provide a certain pristine to America, and that's something Americans should treasure for years to come. I believe that one day these forests will become home to millions of species of plant life, instead of millions of tons of pollution and industry.

Teddy

Journal #3

I would say that you can't tell me what to think and I'll decide for myself. I'd be a little skeptical of the business owner, because he's the one that owns the company. He's the one that has given us low wages, hard work and for what? Just for more money that's what. So does he really look after the best interests of the worker? No, he only looks after the company.

Journal #2

The working conditions are terrible here. I go in at 6:00 in the morning and barely get home before 9:00. I go to work on a very crowded bus which reeks of gas and man. When I arrive at work I immediately get to work because if I don't I might be fired. The work is rough for the little pay I get. I get one, maybe if I'm lucky two, breaks a day where we can eat or go to the bathroom but these are not enough. Many of the men who work here don't have all ten fingers and some don't have other body parts. Unfortunately for them, and myself, there's no medical care on the job to speak of. So many times when there is an accident you'll hear some screaming because of the pain but nothing more because that person has gotten back to work. And all this pain and work to barely feed my family. Sometimes I just want to quit this job and move to America, but I don't have enough money to make it there.

Journal #1

Though there were many 19th century inventions, the one that has affected me the most is the telephone. Without it, many of the things we have today wouldn't be in existence, many of the things that I use everyday. For instance, the internet, since it started out with phone lines would not be here, and that would kill most of us. Another thing that came out of the phone was cell phones and for most of us it's a tragedy when we get our cell phone taken away, let alone it completely being never there. Combine the two, and that makes for a really boring world.