Time Capsule Project

“Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment” (Buddha). Despite the quote from Buddha being important to my family and religious values, I do not follow through with it. My mind drifts off to think about the past and the future, and scenarios of what would’ve happened if some events in my life were different. In parallel worlds, I might not be living in Markham, have met my current friends, or have the same interests as I do now. You could say that the events that have happened are fate--if you believe in that--but in my opinion where we are now, is influenced by our regrets, significant events, decisions, triumphs, and the environment we grew up in. Whether the event may play a small or big part in your life, everything that happens plays a part in developing your future and your character.

The time capsule that I will create must be made out of red quartzite, similar to that of Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus, this material would be great because it can withstand heat and it would take time for erosion to show. Because erosion can become a problem if water is present in the area, my time capsule would be located inside a cave. This cave would have to be present in the Valley of the Kings. The quartzite box would be place in a cave where water would be very hard to get into since flash flooding is a big problem in the dessert valley. Because there is only one possible element to the box, the chances of remaining intact and withstanding the test of time would definitely be successful. It really wouldn’t matter when it would be found because I think if its meant to be found, its destiny, if not well it wasn’t meant to be. A set period would be around 100 years or perhaps later because this cave could have already been searched through and after somebody already searched, it could be a hit-or-miss for somebody else to go in that same cave.

The Universal Time-Lapse Capsule, or TLC, is a hand-held device shaped like a huge pill with a dial in the middle for you to decide which time period you would like to travel to. It is still a very new device that can malfunction at any given time. The Victorian Age is a time period that anyone from the modern time period would boldly stand out in. People talk, dress, socialize, and entertain themselves in very different manners. This guide was created to help you survive through this time era if something were to ever go wrong with your TLC.

I catch myself daydreaming on a daily basis if i'm on the right road to a bright and successful future. The choices i’ve made leading up to high school have been good so far. Of course there has been years where i messed up but i stayed on the right tracks and didn’t drop out or give up. Throughout the years I learned what i need to improve on and I will make sure that those things get improved.

In 1795 Paul Revere and Samuel Adams placed in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse a time capsule. It was a small box, an inch and a half deep and about half the size of a piece of printer paper. Two-hundred and twenty years pass- neighborhoods are built, colleges, schools, churches; the Civil War, and its draft riots, begin and end. Flight is conquered; the automatic rifle is invented- the typewriter, telegraph, television, and the computer soon follow. Awash with war, the twentieth century sees the fall of empires, large and small, and the development of the atomic bomb. The Olympic Games, Watergate, Harry Potter, 9/11. Two and a quarter centuries after Revere and Adams laid the small box in a stone in the capitol of the 6th state,

Sadness is despair. It is when you’re hanging out with all of your friends, everyone laughing and having a wonderful time. It’s when the subject changes frequently and everyone gets a say. It’s when you have a sudden thought, and you decide to voice it. It’s when you try to get everyone’s attention, but fail. It’s when someone actually does pay attention to you, and you smile, speaking. When you abruptly stop your sentence, and no one even notices. It’s when the smile fades off your face, and you think to yourself, do I even matter? Does anyone even care? It’s when you realize that you are nobody. That you are just there, no one important. It’s when you work out that you are nothing.

We live in a world where things like, technology, entertainment, and social issues are always changing. There are a million different items that people may consider valuable. Each item might have a different meaning. Whether the meaning be significant or not. If given the opportunity to place three different items inside of a time capsule that would show a citizen of 2517 what life was like living in 2017, it would be a good idea to would place an iPhone, a movie ticket stub, and birth control pills.

Who doesn’t like buried treasure? Most young children attend a birthday party with a pirate theme at some point during their childhood, and the search for buried treasure is usually the highlight. Time capsules are an adult-like version of the pirate’s treasure chest, and one is able to get a glimpse of the past through real artifacts, or treasure, that someone thoughtfully prepared for future generations to uncover. The items that are placed in the capsule are extraordinarily meaningful to the individual who placed them there, and if one were to complete a capsule for a future community at Fox Lane Middle School, it would be certain to hold critical technology, vital household items, and important fads, since these items are thought to be necessities in the daily life of a middle school student today.

Time capsules help store items for people to come and get a piece of the past. In 100 years who knows what life is going to emulate, everyone knows history repeats itself. By showing the people of the future what mistakes happened in the past and the outcome that came from it, making crucial decisions would have a better outcome. When the time capsule goes into the ground, it needs to contain meaningful objects. Smartphones, magazines, and videos should travel to the future because they have enormous impacts on today’s society. Learning from the past will only perfect the future and everyone in it.

It is difficult to do this though, because I do not feel as if I need or want to know precisely what the rest of my life will entail. If I did know, then there is no excitement in how I live my life and what I try to accomplish. The lyrics "Everything is by design/ I know everybody on this island has a role on this island/ I'll be satisfied if I play along/ But the voice inside sings a different song" (Carvalho, Miranda) resonate with me and this idea. When I listen to this part I am reminded that I do not have to stick to the status quo, and I am able to live how I want to live, no matter what others think about

A time capsule, a great way for future generations to learn about the past, contains valuable articles. This device may contain only three items. One hundred years from now, people will discover this hidden chest. The contents of this time capsule might shock the discoverers. Just as people wonder what the future is like, the future generations might wonder what the past was like. A person could place an old cellphone, fire arm, or clothing for example into this container.

A time capsule represents a culture in a bottle. And so the question must be asked: What three facets of a society are most representative of its culture? To answer this question, a look at archeology’s perspective is most beneficial, because archeology specializes in the deciphering of long-dead cultures from their artifacts. A review of archeological literature shows that three topics consistently dominate the conversation. The technology, belief system, and pastimes peculiar to a nation define its culture to observers viewing it from a future date. Therefore, a time capsule to be opened in the year 2115 must include an artifact specific to the area of current innovation, a relic representative of America’s dominate religion and the main

One day you are going about your daily routine and business as if it were any other day. you wake up, wash up, get ready for school or work, eat breakfast, and get in your car to go to your classes or your office. Or maybe you?re leaving your school or work and are getting back in your car to head back home so you can eat dinner and kick your feet up and relax after a long, tiring day.

We all know about time capsules, right? They’ve been portrayed in countless movies, T.V. series, and books, always with a grand burial and an even grander exhumation. However, time capsules aren’t made just for kicks. The purpose of time capsules is to give the future historians a peek of what the past was like. An alternative motive behind a time capsule could be to give your descendants something to remember you by. If asked to make a time capsule, with the latter purpose in mind, I’d want to use three objects that have unmistakable meanings to me. These three objects would be a picture of my closest friends and me, the soccer cleat correspondent to my right foot, and my guitar pick necklace.

“The best thing for being sad," ... "is to learn something. That 's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.