Poor Richard's Almanac By: Jacob Burke

"Be ashamed to catch yourself idle." Is a great way to live your life because there is always something that you can be doing to better yourself as a person. Whether it be sports, school, or social skills. I remember my grandpa would always be doing something he used to say that in the army you are so busy that when you get out it carries on into the real world. I feel this way about the proverb because there are some many people in our country that lay on their couch all day and are unemployed and do nothing to benefit society. That makes me angry because some school days I wont get home until like 9 o' clock because of the extra activities I partake in.

"Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright." I believe this is true because if you are the kind of person that is anti-social and would much rather stay at your house and play video games all day there is nothing interesting about you. You are sorta like and empty bag and when you get put into situations that involve communication you will struggle and fall down. My mother always said and still says today social skills is the most important thing you can know how to do. If you become friends with as many people as you can your life will benefit exponentially from it.