Musicless

A world without music would be like a world without emotion. I think music is a great expression of emotion and it also helps to stimulate various feelings. For example, some people use music before an athletic event to get pumped up, while others use it to relax on a nice peaceful day. Music has been around for thousands of years and it is incorporated in almost every part of life. Have you ever watched an entire TV show that did not have some sort of background music or beat? Imagine church without music. It would be an odd experience would it not? Let's not forget the multi-billion dollar industry that would not exist if music was not around. There would be no famous rap artists or rock artists for people to love. There would also be no such thing as an iPod or other various MP3 players. MTV would not be around, where would reality TV be today without MTV? I know that my life would only be a little more boring without music, but some peoples' lives would be drastically affected without the inspiration or comfort music can provide people. Music is a great part of daily life and the world would not be the same without it.

Sports

What if the world's population took no interest in sports? This would be a catastrophe! There would be no great idols like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, and there would also be no ESPN or Fox Sports Channel. Actually, life as we know it would be incredibly different. First of all, I, like many other college students, would not attend the university the currently go to. I go to Memphis to play a sport, and if sports were uninteresting, I probably wouldn't play them. This would in turn lead me to a different college. This would be the case with many collegiate athletes. They would not be on a college team because if the world didn't like sports, then colleges probably wouldn't have designated sports teams.
Another negative of having no sports would be the huge market that would be erased. Millions of people in America alone spend thousands a year on various athletic events. For example, It used to cost my parents around 3,000 dollars a year just to let me play for my competitive soccer team. There are loads of competitive teams across the U.S. that charge similar amounts. Also, people would not be caught wearing baseball caps that support a team or basketball jerseys that represented favorite players. People could not attend the great athletic events like the olympics or the world cup either. The world as we know it would be simply boring!

No Homework?

What if homework had never been invented? What if tests were the only thing that tested a students intelligence? Life would be phenomenal. The average student would have a lot more time to do better, more exciting things. Tests would be the only way to test intelligence and the student's grade would be up to him or her rather than up to nit picky homework assignments that can hurt a student drastically if they don't do them, but don't help much if they are completed. Getting a zero on homework a few homeworks can drop a student a few letter grades, but getting one hundreds on every homework may only raise a grade ten points maximum. In all reality homework is a nag. It is there to keep students social lives less interesting than they should be and I don't think anyone really appreciates homework. Examinations make sense because they test a student's knowledge of the material, but homework just tries to help the student learn the material, and each student should make that their own responsibility without the fear of punishment. Basically, homework should not exist and tests should be the ultimate way to tests a student's knowledge of material, without having to worry about dumb nuissances along the way.

Cancer?

What if cancer never hit humanity? The world would be crazy! First of all, the population would probably be around 8 billion versus 6.5 billion. The available space on our planet would most likely be slim to none. We would practically take up every inch of the surface space. I am not going to call this a negative because I don't think having 1.5 billion more people alive, and a similar number of families happier would be a negative at all. We would obviously need to find many more resources and houses, but other than that it would be great. With more people, more inventions could be found, and the world could be a much more advanced place. Out of the approximate 1.5 billion that died, there had to be several geniuses that could possibly have contributed to the science of the world. A possible Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison could be around. I suppose that a Sadam Houssein or an Osama Bin Laden could have died also, so the people probably even out. The effects of a cancer free species would be tremendously impactful. With no cancer the world would be a much happier, more populated place. A lot of money would be saved in research also. Families would be overjoyed at having lost loved ones back and life would be much less worrisome. No cancer would be great!