Tuesday, August 20th

Journal - After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

                I took away from Ashton Kutcher’s acceptance speech his three points he made. One, taking opportunities. He said that opportunities looked like hard work and I believe that to be true. You have to take the opportunity to work hard in order to succeed in life. You have to do your best in order to get somewhere. Point number two, being sexy. I completely agree that the sexiest thing ever is when someone is smart and generous. Smartness brings intelligence into a conversation and generosity obviously brings kindness. Third point, living life. You need to live your life to the fullest not listening to the negative things around you. People telling you what you can and can’t do. Where would we be if the Wright Brothers hadn't done what was thought to be impossible? So I took from Ashton Kutcher’s acceptance speech that hard work is opportunity, being smart is being sexy, and you need to live your life.

                I believe the quote means that just because someone did something that influenced the country doesn't mean you can’t do something to influence the world. You need to take chances to change the world around us in a positive way. We need to influence the good in this world to push out the bad. I think the quote means that everyone is equal and that just because it may seem that we aren't, we truly are. Just because one person is richer than you, they’re still as smart as you. So I think Ashton said this quote to influence others to do great things.