Essay Blues

Okay, so I've been going through old floppys and such, in hopes of copying and pasting so I can forget about my procrastination in regards to writing lately. I'm pathetic, I know.
Anyway, I came across this little essay I wrote in high school for English. It made me laugh.

Miranda

Period 3

May 24, 2000

What I Would Do To Change the World

There are many things in the hateful world that seem unfair or unjust. Some people would change them if they could. I personally believe that there are more things, to change in this world, than you can count. Yet, that doesn’t mean you should change them. If you were to change something that is meant to be, everything would be messed up. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.

One day I met a man who killed his wife. He was very unhappy with her and tried to stay away from home as much as he could. He would stay out late in business conferences and work late in his office. Although he was pretty sane and an all-around generous person, he had a low tolerance for annoying people and that’s just what his wife had become. So, he killed her. Quickly and very fashionably. I was quite surprised. His lawyer convinced him to plea insanity so he did. The court had him sent to a place to do some testing to prove he was right. In all the tests, he averaged above anyone they had ever seen. No human had ever tested so high. He started inventing things that were essential in life and staying alive. Everyone was amazed. He made history and for generations after, people remembered him because without him, there would be no us.

The significance of this story was that even though killing his wife is not good and many of her family and friends were probably devastated, if he hadn’t killed her, he wouldn’t have been found out. For generations to come, his work will be used and we will be alive because of this evil thing he did. Everything happens for a reason. So, if I were given the chance to change the world, I wouldn’t. Life is bad sometimes and brings out the worst at times, but it will all turn out for the better later on. It always does.


****For the record, I never met any such person. I was simply bored with the elementary style essays she always made us write, so I made it interesting by making up these random stories to fit my unusual wit.***