Work Wisdom

I really enjoyed President Hinckley's stories about his childhood and how his parents taught him the value of hard work. I liked this part because every time I want something from my parents they tell me that if they just gave it to me then I would never learn how to work for what I wanted. They've taught me a lot through that and I can see the difference it has made for me compared to my friends whose parents buy them whatever they want. Some of my friends' families are just really loaded and they can afford to buy whatever they want whenever they want. I know that's really nice for them, and sometimes I wish that my parents were like that too. But then I look at how ungrateful my friends are for everything they have. They expect their parents to spoil them and get angry when they don't get what they want. It makes me glad that my parents have taught me how to work; that they've made me get jobs and pay for things myself so that I don't take everything for granted. And I think that's exactly why President Hinckley shared his childhood experiences, so people would learn how to teach their children how to work hard.

Education in Zion

One part of the exhibit that I really thought was interesting was the part about all the academies the church set up. It talked about all the schools that were made when the pioneers first came to Utah and how all of them were church schools, which I should've realized before because the pioneers were all mormons, but I'd just never thought about it before. I knew about Brigham Young Academy, but that was it. I didn't know that there were so many church schools. I also didn't realize that that's where seminary and institute came from. It was added on to other schools for kids who couldn't go to the church academies. I also didn't know that the church still has schools in like Mexico and Somoa and places like that where there aren't other schools for the kids to go to. I thought that was way cool; I think it would have been great to grow up in a church school and have religion put into the regular academic curriculum like that.
Another thing I thought was interesting was in a different section, but it talked about priesthood schools, which I had never heard of before. What I thought was really funny about it though, was this list of things the students repented of before they came to class and one of them was oversleeping. I had never thought of that as something to repent of before, and especially back then when they had to get up at like five and milk the cows or whatever I don't imagine it would be a big problem, so that was really interesting.

Homecoming

This was the lamest assignment. To get my "homecoming experience" I went to the BBQ at Brigham Square. Pretty much i stood in line for like half and hour to get a crappy hamburger and bag of chips. The band played for like ten minutes and I love the band, but they left before I even got my food. And then the Cougarettes performed, but it was only six of them and the dances they did were just the ones they do to the band songs at football games. They weren't even real dances, just pom. Lame lame lame. And that was it. There was nothing else to do so then I left. The End.

Conference Correction

During the Sunday morning session of conference, President Thomas S. Monson spoke about change. He spoke of the familiar adage, "nothing is so constant as change." It wasn't familiar to me, but I thought it was kind of funny. It seems really contradictory, but when you think about it it's totally true. He talked about worrying about today, not dwelling on the past. Stresses that always seem to be present in life will always change. Always say I love you, always express your thanks. Don't take others for granted. He gave lots of good advice about what should be first priorities, like friends and family. I really liked this talk because, first of all it was given by President Monson and he's the coolest. Second of all he used tons of good quotes and kept referring to things I knew about, like Our Town. And then of course I liked it because I'm one of those people who gets really wrapped up in certain things and it makes me stress out sometimes, so I really appreciate his advice. He spoke of a lot of things that I really need to work on; things that I actually want to work on so that I can live happily and not worry so much about things that don't really matter.