Authors Note: I feel as though this is not one of my best pieces, but it is one of my favorites. This was my fall 8th grade District Writing Exam, and I feel that I had a very strong introduction paragraph, voice, and ideas. However I do feel it started to fall apart in the middle of the second paragraph, because most of it had to be rushed from there, because it was deleted. Enjoy!
The Question is not as
to why the world is not one of pure happiness and joy, no such world can exist.
If the world was one of only joy and happiness, then you would only be able to
feel that one emotion, and if you only feel one emotion, you are not actually
feeling anything at all. No, the question is what is the cause the world’s
suffering. Some people have stated it is all political, and that it is all a
politician’s fault. Other’s have tried to pin it on human greed, which is a
completely different topic. Well, these are all valid statements, but the fact
that human’s try to blame it on someone else is one part of the ignorance that
causes human suffering. The real cause of the worlds suffering is not blamable
on one other person, or group of people fault, it is the ignorance of human beings to the world around them.
Now, you must
understand, I said human beings are ignorant, not stupid. The difference
between ignorance and stupidity is a matter not to be taken lightly. Stupidity
is the lack of intelligence and common sense, ignorance is the lack of
knowledge and not knowing the consequences of
one’s own actions. You see, some human beings claim that we are
destroying our planet, and using all of our natural resources too fast, like by
using too much petroleum gas, and then by using it, burning a hole in the
Earth’s ozone layer. Well, as a “solution” to this gas and ozone crisis, some
have tried to produce what is known as ethanol
gas, which is made out of corn. Now 20% of all of the United State’s
corn resources are being used for making ethanol gas, the consequences of which
have not only driven up the prices of corn, but of as meat as well, because
most animals are fed various types of corn. Not only that, but it is a proven
fact that ethanol gas is actually worse for the environment than petroleum gas.
As a result, this is an example of the ignorance that causes human suffering.
As I have said, there
is no such thing as a world without suffering, but we can try our hardest to
make the best of things. Human suffering is just a part of life, and it is our
ignorance that will be our downfall.
