Capitalism is a social system based of individual rights. Its a system of laissez-faire which it freedom. Socialism is a social and economic system. It is owned by the government and not the citizens and the people. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting them for you.

Here, in this paragraph, I will tell you about Socialism. Socialists believe that economic inequality is bad for society. In socialism, they believe that everybody should have the same rights. Their religion is free, they can believe in what they want. Their economic system is owned by public enterprises. It is based on the individual contribution. Most socialists have democracy and some advocate parliamentary democracy.

In Capitalism, they have freedom as well. Their economic system is market based combined with private and corporate. Their goods and services that they all contribute to making goes back to the system to help with the future growth. In their philosophy, its owned and operated for the purpose of generating profits for private owners.

The modern world economy operates mostly on principles of capitalism. The United Kingdom is capitalist, and so is the United States, and Hong Kong. Singapore is another example of capitalism. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is an example of centrally-planned socialism.

In capitalism, all citizens make decisions for themselves. In socialism, all choices, including education, religion, jobs, and even marriage is funded by the government and their taxes. All citizens in socialism have free and equal access. That was me comparing and contrasting capitalism vs. socialism. I think that they are both similar but I would have to live in Capitalism.

Bibliography: Wikipedia.org

Pettinger, Tejvan http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/capitalism-v-Socialism/ ©2001 2006

Have you ever played soccer, foosball, or even both? Well I have and I am going to compare and contrast them for you. They are both very fun, but the main three differences are about teams, where you play it, and coaches.

One of the most noticed difference are the teams. In foosball, there are teams, like the USA Foosball Team, but you still play one on one, which doesn’t help with teamwork. There are teams in soccer and it really helps. It helps with footwork, passing, and most of all, shooting.

Another one of the differences is where you play it. Foosball is usually played indoors with no sunlight and soccer on the other hand is played outdoors. When you’re indoors, you usually get addicted to playing it. When you’re outdoors, you usually play only one match or so.

The last difference I noticed are coaches. There are no foosball coaches. Coaches are a big part in sports. In soccer there are coaches that play a huge role by subbing players in and out, help with shooting, passing, and most of all, help play the game!

In conclusion, if you were going to play either sport, its good to know the differences. If you’re going to play soccer and you think its like foosball, you’re wrong. If you’re going to play foosball and you think its like soccer, your sort of right because its a game based off soccer but some soccer rules don’t apply. That was me comparing and contrasting foosball and soccer!

Do you like playing sports like I do? Do you have a good yard but with plants and clutter everywhere? Well I do. My favorite sport is soccer and I don’t have anywhere to practice. I don’t even have grass or turf, just pebbles and rocks.

First of all, there are rocks everywhere. That causes us to hurt our feet. Also, it may seem disgusting, but it makes it hard to pick up our dogs poop! It blends in and we usually step on it. I think a good a good way to resolve it would be to hire a crew to get rid of all the overcrowded plants and rocks. My family and I would go and get turf. The backyard would still be small though. Thats a way to resolve the plants and rocks.

I think the main, number one, solution would be to demolish the short but long wall that separates our big patio from our small backyard. We would hire a demo crew and we would help them. When all of us demo the wall, we can also demolish 25% of the concrete on the patio. It would be a rectangle. We would also get good yard turf, not grass. That would take forever to grow.

Some of the cons for tearing out the wall would be that it has a BBQ in it. A way to deal with that could be to demo the wall with leaving the pipes there. Then we could dig under the dirt, re-route the pipes then cover them up. Since we would get turf, it would be easier to pick up our dogs poop, lastly, I could set up a soccer goal so I could practice soccer.

In conclusion, with a much bigger backyard, my family could do what they like to do without being crammed in a small, rocky backyard. We didn’t even have turf, just rocks. My friends would be able to play, and so would my sisters, without having to walk of ride our bikes to the park down the street. I hope this solution works out!

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 in Funchal Madeira, Portugal. His parents were José Dinis Aveiro and his mom, Maria Dolores. Ronaldo was born into a poor family with no education so he learned from his siblings. Ronaldo’s  house when he was young was just a tin roofed shack in a hard working neighborhood.

Cristiano was introduced with soccer at his dads work. He found a soccer ball then started kicking it around. He signed him self up for the Portugal youth league. They saw how good he was and then in 2007, he was signed with Portugal National team. He played with them for 1 year. Then he got signed with Manchester UTD with a 5-year contract for £31 million.In 2009, Real Madrid signed Ronaldo for 131 million dollars, which is the record high.

Unfortunately, Ronaldo’s mom died from breast cancer and his dad died from a drinking related illness.  Since his mom and his dad died, that took away from the time on the field. Cristiano Ronaldo does not drink or smoke or have any tattoos. He doesn’t drink because his dad died from a drinking related illness. He doesn’t smoke because his dad also died from that as well as drinking. He does not have any tattoos because he donates blood every year and he doesn’t want it to effect it.

Ronaldo became very wealthy from playing soccer, one of the the highest paid soccer players of all time. His mom and dads death was very difficult for him and so was traveling around a lot and to different places and teams. Ronaldo was very well known for winning the FIFA Cup. He also won the UEFA Champions League.

 While Ronaldo was on Real Madrid, they were awarded the UEFA champions team of the year.  Also the UEFA Champions European player of the year. During his training session, he lifts a total weight of 16 Prius cars. Ronaldo was named after his parents favorite president, Ronald Reagan.

Cristiano Ronaldo was diagnosed with a condition called ‘Racing Heart’. That condition could have ended his career playing soccer for his whole life. He under went surgery and was released from the hospital later that day in the after noon. He resumed training, days after the accident.

Ronaldo is one of the best, and greatest soccer players of all time and he still continues to play soccer today!

Sources:

www.biography.com: 2014 bio.com

 www.boomsbeat.com: 2014 Booms Beat

“Hey!”

Chris jolted to the voice of his boss. “Yes sir” He said.

“You’re late!” “Like always!”

“Sorry sir… I..I.. Um, have things going on at my house…”

“Okay, this is your last chance or you’re fired!”

What Chris really had going on was making a rocket ship, a pro-to type. He teamed up with NASA, and if his plan works, he would get millions of dollars. Chris’s full time job was working at an office researching for a museum. He hated it so much. His boss payed him way to little.

“Another long day” Chris murmured as he was walking into his apartment. He laid down on his couch and he fixed the antennas and turned on the Television. There was nothing on so he went to sleep. Chris woke up the next morning and Chris took a taxi to the N.Y.C. Airport so he could travel to NASA.

He went to sleep and woke up the next morning. Chris flew to NASA.While he was on  the plane, he got a call from his boss,”Are you coming to work!” “No sir… I quit…” It went silent. Chris’s boss hung up. Chris felt so good that he might get millions from this first space ship in the world.

He went to get a rental car.  He drove to NASA.He needed a special pass to get through the gate. The head of NASA gave him a pass. He drove to the parking garage once he made it in. He has never been here before, this was his first time. Chris walked to the entry, he saw John, the head staff of NASA. John lead Chris to the pro-to type. It was amazing!

The Volt 1950, as it was called,was 20 feet tall. The year was 1950. He went inside and he saw all the electric paneling, bunk beds, and the space refrigerator and the freezer. They still needed to make it so no oxygen leaked out in space. That is why Chris is here.
Chris built the inside paneling and it was ready to go. Chris’s brother was in on this mission also. Chris and his brother, Jack, were ready to go up into space. 3…2…1….. Blast off!! They were flying up through the atmosphere.

Finally they were orbiting the moon. BOOM! They saw a fire ball then debris flying at them! “The moon blew up!” Yelled Chris. They knew about a crazy scientist that was planning to destroy the moon. Yep, it was defiantly him. They went around the blown up moon 3 times then gunned it backed to earth. “Mission failed” Said Jack.

They landed in the ocean and waved down a Navy ship. The Navy said,”Aye! Maybe next time you guys can go to Mars! “Oh, and we’ll arrest that weirdo scientist guy”
Chris and Jack, NASA and all the other workers planned ahead for the mission to Mars. On the way back to the mainland, Chris and his brother went to the dining hall of the Navy airship. They were both drawing up the blueprints for the Mars space ship.

The MSP (Mars Space Ship) is estimated to come in 2034.

 Poseidon!

Poseidon was the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. He is responsible for natural and supernatural events. Poseidon had a trident that could shake the world. He could cause earthquakes, shatter rocks, and bring peace together. Poseidon had two palaces, one on Mt. Olympus, and the other one was deep in the ocean. His parents were Cronus and Rhea. Poseidon was bad tempered and had a hatred against Odysseus for killing his son, Polyphemus, a giant. Poseidon’s symbols were the Trident, and his sacred animals were the horse and the dolphin. He was the one who created the first horse in the whole world.

It was at the practice field when my team and I all started discussing the upcoming game on Saturday. We all began to feel nervous. My coach said,”Who thinks they will score a goal?” I didn’t raise my hand cause I didn’t think I would score a goal. Almost everyone raised their hand and said they will.

Practice was over so I walked to my dad’s truck in the parking lot. He was picking me up. I asked if he heard about the game on Saturday. He said,”Don’t worry, I got the email. Oh, and I got you a Gatorade.” We drove all the way home and I said hi to my mom. I also asked her if she heard about the game. She said,”Did you hear about the game too?” She said,”Yes, I got the email too.”

We drove all the way out to the game. I said, “Hopefully I score a goal.” It was game time. The refs asked us a bunch of questions and asked us to do a shin guard check. We finally got to play. I was playing as right mid-field the first half.

A kid named Max on my team scored the first goal. During his goal, I passed the ball to him, then he shot the ball so it counted as an assist to me. Now I really wanted to score a goal. After the goal, the ball started at the mid point. The opposing team scored a goal.

Now Gavin, another kid on my team, scored another goal for our team! We were winning 2-1 but in a split second, the other team scored again! The second half has just started. We kept the ball from them in the second half until the last 5 minutes or so.

We were running to the opposing teams goal. Gavin yelled,”Mason!” It was a corner kick, Gavin kicked the ball but the goalie hit it out of bounds behind him. Ok, another corner kick. Max called my name. He passed the ball and I heard the coach yell, “Shoot!” So I shot the ball to the top right corner.

It hit the post and bounced in. I was so happy! The game ended about 2 minutes after the goal I scored. Everybody congratulated me.

After that game, we made it to the tournament but lost that game.

Alexander was one of the kings of Macedon and he was a part of the Argead Dynasty. He was in charge of a cavalry and was a ruler of Macedon. He was very important because he created a huge empire and was a great leader.  He ruled and lived in Macedon. Alexander lived for about thirty years from 323 BC to 356 BC. In 323 BC he unfortunately, passed away. When he was young he started the military, when he was about seven years old. He grew up to be one of the greatest military leaders and created one of the best empires of all time.

356 b.c: Alexander the Great was born

338 b.c: He helps hi father in the battle of Chaeronea.

336b.c: He becomes ruler on Macedon.

334 b.c: He wins the battle of Granicus.

333 b.c: wins the battle of Issus.

332 b.c: wins siege of Tyre; attacks Gaza, which falls.

331 b.c: Alexander founds Alexanderia.

328 b.c: Kills Black Ceitus, as an insult to Samarkand

327 b.c: Marries Roxane; begins to march to India

323 June 10th B.C, Alexander dies In Babylon.

This report is going to be about Athens and Sparta. Their differences, the differences between now and then, and things about the two city states. I will also talk about how Greece influenced our society today!

Sparta was a polis (City-State) of Greece. The estimated, male, population was about 16,000. The combined male and female population was about 252,000. Sparta was located near Peloponnese. But is was nearest to Arcadia. Sparta praised Aris, because they put energy into fighting, and Artemis to back up their brutal killings and executions.

Athens was also a Polis of Greece. Their total population was just a bit over 140,000 people, though 40,000 of them were males. Athens is located on a peninsula going out to the Aegean sea. Athens  worshipped Athena, Hence their name. She was the goddess of wisdom so they spent most of their time educating and studies.

The Sparta Polis used these for their government – Diarchy, and Monarchy. One of their major conflicts was the Peloponnesian war. It was against the Athenian-led Delian league. Sparta against Athens was a major rivalry and a conflict.

For Athens government. . . They used Democracy. Athens thought Sparta was getting to powerful so Athens decided to fight Sparta. Athenian economy mostly depended on trade. They lived near the sea, therefore, they could trade with foreign countries and other city-states. There were big market places around Athens called Agoras. That is where they traded, bought, and sold a variety of things.

Another thing Sparta is known for is their Architecture. They had fancy architecture. They had very simplistic builds but complex at the same time. Athenian architecture was really the same thing, simplistic but complex. They had different styles of pillars and those were Normal, lonic, and corinthian. They mostly liked open – air buildings.

Sparta & Athens both are powerful and some of the best city-states in Greece. They fought a lot and did very well.