"Online Poker's Biggest Winner"

When I picture a millionaire, I picture a person in their fifties or sixties, dressed very nicely and retired from their long, hardworking life, but Daniel Cates changed that image for me. Daniel Cates is twenty one years old and is a multimillionaire from playing online poker. I think Daniel has become so accustomed to living with millions of dollars that he doesn't realize exactly how insane that is. After winning another $30,000 from playing, Cates apologized to Jay Kang by saying that he "would be playing bigger, but it's been a rough week". Cates is so used to playing with high prices that he feels bad if watching him win only $30,000 is "boring". Growing up, Cates played video games nonstop, which is why he is such a talented online poker player in his early twenties.

Even though the world makes being rich such a dream for most people, I think being that rich deteriorates a person's life, rather than builds it up. Having millions of dollars makes people selfish and their motives for anything they do in life are for their own self-seeking desires. Daniel Cates' case is very unusual because he hasn't won all of this money by working hard, or by figuring out a new creation in the science world, it is simply from being talented in an online game. Also, from making all of his money on an online game that he plays all day, what is he using that money for? His whole life is consumed with online poker; therefore, he has no time to have an actual life.

"High School Seniors Predict Their Future"

Seniors in high school have a lot to think about for their future; I find it interesting how some of the seniors view themselves ten years from now. One senior named Damion Dumas sees himself being a school counselor because he always shows people care. I think think it's nice how he still wants to go back to school after he will finally graduate from it! That seems crazy to me, to want to go back to school after being there for twelve years, but I guess that's how all teacher must be if they're willing to come back and work with students. I think it's kind of inronic how Jeremy Land wants to be an emergency medical technician, but he comes off as a very layed-back person who doesn't deal with emergency situations often. There is a wide variety of motives driving these senior high school students to their goals. Tri Li's motivation is fame and fortune to become a docter, whereas Tudel Riek just wants to make his parents proud of him. I think I identify with Andrew Benedict-Pillipp in that we are both undecided on where we will be in ten years. But for the motives behind their goal I side more with Zach Peterson because we both want to help people in whatever the career.
To be honnest I don't know where I will be in ten years. My hope is that I will be graduated from high school and college and I will have a job that I genuinely enjoy. Where ever I end up I want to make sure I don't become so consumed with the ways of the world and forget who I am and what I'm living for. I do enjoy working with kids so that is a possibility for my future career, but who knows.