60's...words escape me

As you might already know, my class was assigned a blog project where we have to collaborate with other Clemson freshman english classes and other University of South Carolina-Upstate freshman english classes. The topic of this blog is 60's music and how it influenced and continues to influence society. When I visited the homepage of this blog, I found a series of pictures depicting the world in the 60's. Out of all the pictures, one picture caught my eye-the picture where the solider is walking away from the house surrounding by thick brush. The interesting part of the picture is the solider is walking away in a calm, serene mood; meanwhile, there is some sort of landmine or bomb exploding in the background. The fact that the solider does not respond to the explosion shows us that sadly enough things like this was normal for the soliders in Vietnam. As most everyone knows, this is normal for most all soldiers in Vietnam and elsewhere. When our soldiers came home, they had no motivation to do anything not because of laziness, but because they had seen death almost everywhere. I guess that's why we do not use the draft anymore...

Have you played an instrument?

I have played the alto saxophone for over seven years now, and I have never not had fun playing my instrument. I suggest you should learn how to play an instrument no matter what it might be. Whether it be a guitar, piano, banjo, or maracas, as long as you learn the basics of the instrument. The hobby provides entertainment, improves your focus, and allows you to do something over eighty percent of the world cannot do. It is a known fact that studies have shown over eighty percent of those us cannot play a musical instrument. Studies have also shown that students that pick up or practice playing a musical instrument do better in their studies. One of the biggest reasons people don't like playing an instrument is that they do not like to learn the basic, like scales and tonal quality, etc. If learning to play an instrument did not require work, everyone would probably play an instrument. The problem with learning something new is that you have put a whole-hearted effort forward, otherwise you are doing something in an horrendous attempt and giving everyone else a bad impression; nonetheless, learning something new is always fun, and learning to play something tons of fun. Someday you might join or start a band...