One of the greatest blunders in the 20th century had to be the lack of compassion at the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. One of the main reasons why the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire surrendered was due to Presidents Wilson’s 14 points. The 14 points talked about how the defeated nations should have self-determination and each colony to have its independence. He also opposed the extreme economic reparations on the Central Powers. The British and France insisted on making Germany pay. Germany now had to deal with rebuilding its destroyed nation as well as pay $33 billion in reparations. This caused the German economy to fail during the 1920’s and caused a great depression. The torrid economic times gave way to the rise of fascism. This led to the aggression of Germany once more and brought the world once again into war. If only the victors of World War I had a little more compassion towards the defeated nation, it could have prevented World War II.
             About 5 years ago, I wanted to play football for my high school team. Since I was a young lad, I had always wanted to be a star varsity running back. I trained hard and worked out everyday for 2 months before tryouts. The week of tryouts came. On the first day, I showed the coaches my speed, and my strength. I was the best player on the field that day. I went home on top of the world. Little did I know it would all change the next day. When I arrived on the field the next day I was surprised none of the coaches came up to talk to me. If I was going to be the star running back, shouldn’t they get to know me a little better? I saw all the coaches on the far side of the field. I hustled down to see what was going on. As I got closer, my heart sank. I saw James Mead in pads running the 40. James was the junior-high star at everything. If there was a sport, he was the best at it. The coaches were amaze
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