Manifesto

Camila Camargo

Mr. Patterson, Miss Sierra

British Literature, Comparative Government

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Manifesto

“I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you are going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you. To make each day count”(Titanic 1997). I like and try to live by this quote. Life is a gift, and I realize it is important to never take anything for granted. It is important to thank the people who make our lives so happy in so many ways. Sometimes, we forget to tell them how much we appreciate them.

 I can say this school has been a big influence in the person I am today. Most of my life experiences have been at this school, and it is sad to think that in a few days it will be all over. This school not only gave me great knowledge but also life lessons that I will always have in mind. 14 years studying at Colegio Panamericano opened so many doors for me-the ability to speak more than one language gives me several possibilities all around the world. Having classes with teachers like Miss Cheryl and Miss Sierra that have thought all around the world and them telling us stories about countries they have visited like China, Egypt, Turkey and many others makes me want to visit and learn about different cultures.

Today I think I am a happy person, I am blessed to have a great family and wonderful friends. There have been ups and downs in my life but there are not many things that I can say I have wanted to do and not have done it already. I have traveled to many amazing places and met some amazing people. I have met my idols, for many people it is not important, but my idols mean the world to me, and to say I have met them is amazing. I am very lucky to have parents who support every decision I make. My life has been so easy compared to what other people have to go through, I do not have to work or do anything at home, the only thing I am responsible for is having good grades at school.

There are so many things I want to achieve. I want to be a successful professional, I want find the love of my life, I want to have a family and travel the world. I want to continue meeting people that inspire me. I want to always be myself, no matter what; I want to stand up for what I believe in. I do not want to be afraid to take risks and make mistakes because even the best make bad choices.  I want to forgive and forget the things that aren't worth remembering. Accept people how they are because “Everyone has two sides, a good side and a bad side and we must embrace both in someone we love” (The Tourist).  I want to change the world. But how can someone like me do that? I want to help the needy; I want to change someone’s life. I remember one time my dad took me to do communitarian service and we were giving away clothes and food. The look on everyone’s face was priceless. The happiness I could see on their faces was amazing; it made me feel so good. Making people happy made me want to do more charity work and help improve people’s lives.

Now that I look back I realize that everything in my life so far has been incredible and I realize I would not wanted any other way. I have seen the two sides of life, I know life is no fairy tale and not everything is perfect. And imperfection can also be beautiful, always remember that what we care about is what we have in the inside. And the best thing about Colegio Panamericano was that I have had the pleasure of having people who support and love me. I hope I continue enjoying everything I do, and accomplish all my life goals.

Work Cited

Titanic. Dir. James Cameron. 20th Century Fox, 1997.

The Tourist. Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Columbia Pictures. 2010.

Light Bulb Conspiracy

In class we saw a video about the Light bulb Conspiracy. Today we live in a society where we do not create things because we need them but because we want new things. Since 1920 we live in a world with planned obsolescence, companies create products that are design to last a certain amount of time, in order for companies to sell more, even though the product may have a larger useful life. 

Things just are design not to work after a certain period of time so people will have to buy new products.
Physicist design lightbulbs that can last thousands of hours but they are forced to design products that are not the best quality. A lightbulb that could last one hundred thousand hours was created but it never reach the market. In 1929 machines started replacing people, the United States entered into a Great Depression, the only way to recover was to make people go shopping or start consuming. 
We live in a world were there is a lot of ambition and people always want to have newer and better stuff, not even caring if things do still work.

4 Horsemen

Throughout history, the US has been considered  a powerful empire based on its economical power, and political power. However, this could get to an end very soon. This is because, according to the film "4 Horsemen" the US is destined to fall from its status of world leader. The film states that en empire has 6 ages, in which there is the rise, the prosperity, and the fall. The American empire is in its time of decadence because of its high levels of prostitution and corruption. Today, everything is based on sex and money and this is why people are losing their values.

Society is also declining because of their use of money. Banks are creating money from nothing and this creates a hole in society where more corruption can be hidden. Since the last century the communism has been battling with capitalism to get the control. Capitalism finally won and favored the use of corruption in the bank system. A law was removed because it limited the banks to speculate which people's money. This got into the crisis.

Banking System

In class we saw a video called ZEITGEIST where we could get a better understanding of how money is created. Money is created by debts. The reserve banking system is the entity in charge of the money of the United States. The government of the US asks for a loan to the federal reserve and then that money is put in circulation. Then people ask for loans and they have to pay interests and that is how banks and the government makes money. The world will never be debt free, People will always have debts because money is created from loans.
"Money is debt and debt is money"

Money is created in the bank and it goes back to them. The amount of money that is printed and in circulation in the US is only 3 percent of all the money that they use. The money in reality does not exist. And banks loan a lot of money to other countries knowing that it can not be payed back, so they take advantage and ask for lower prices on products like oil or military bases all over the world. And at the end it is always the higher class people that are privileged by this system

Banco de Colombia

In Colombia since 1923 the "Banco Central de Colombia" is an autonomous institution of the state. It is run by a board of directors and a president. The Bank manages the country's monetary policy. Through monetary policies the government seeks to stimulate full employment and price stability. The Central Bank fulfills these roles to deposit funds in the nation and public entities under the conditions established by the Board.The monetary policy decisions are made based on analysis of the current state and prospects of the economy.

"Monetary policy in Colombia is governed by an inflation targeting scheme whose purpose is to maintain a low and stable rate of inflation, and achieve output growth in employment"

Banco De Colombia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Apr. 2014.http://www.banrep.gov.co/es/politica-monetaria

NATO suspends 'all military ties' with Russia

NATO suspends military ties with Russia and joins with Ukraine to help them keep the Crimea region. This decision was made on tuesday by the military foreign ministers. 
The NATO decided to suspend the ties with Russia because they saw that Russia had no intention of withdrawing the troops from Ukraine so why would they support them, and that makes the tension with Ukraine and Moscow never end. 

"The European Union has pledged $15bn (11 billion euros) as part of a package of support with the International Monetary Fund.

"It is in the interests of Ukraine and Europe to maintain peace and stability on our continent," Rehn told journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of European finance ministers in Athens."

The Nato will try as much as possible to help Crimea and try to end what could possible become a war.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) stands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia before their meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels April 1, 2014.

NATO Suspends 'all Military Ties' with Russia." - Europe. N.p., 01 Apr. 2014. Web. 01 Apr. 

2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/04/sign-russian-pullback-from-ukraine-201441132730915798.html

Food Inc

Food inc documentary shows us all the consequences of the production of food in the world. We never pay much attention to what ingredients or chemical that are put in our food or the way they are produced and delivered to our local supermarkets. Almost 90 percent of the food companies are own by two major companies, and these companies have a kind of monopoly were they get all of the benefits.

We can see how The Economic hitman, race and food inc all relate because companies hire mostly latin american people to do the field hand and all of the hard work for few salaries and benefits, and they can not protest because most of them  are undocumented so they will fire them. The government influences a lot in the business, they have control over the amount they produce and sell, they make farmers produce all the time so the food has a lower cost, but that brings consequences like people suffer from obesity problems because they have low incomes so they are forced to eat unhealthy food. This problem happens a lot in the world but we never recognise it.