Thankful for a Classmate.

I have to say that the most important person in the class for me is the guy who sits behind me, Kody. I ask him the same question everyday, what was the homework, not only for this class but also for Law, and I seriously attribute me getting a majority of my homework done on him. But I feel like I am also thankful for the rest of the kids around me. A class is nothing without the people you talk to in the class, otherwise it would be a sit and listen to Mr. McCarthy, which isnt bad, but you have to have diversity in the conversations you have, thats how we keep from being bored to the point that watching the clock become extremely engaging. So I am truly thankful for everyone in the class, probably one of the funniest groups of people in one room I have during the day.

Class Direction

where does this class need to go? That is a very interesting question. Where should a class go? should it be scholarly or should it be fun? Why can't we have both, thats how it should be. School needs to be fun and also teach us something. If we are not having fun then we sit through class and think about where we would rather be, I know for myself I would much rather hang out in Miami than be in a boring class. But that all changes when I feel like I am engaged or at least think somewhat about what is happening in class. So where should we go? The best direction in my opinion is more discussion, its an English class right? and some people believe the art of conversation is dying, so lets revitalize it in an environment that doesn't lead to the loss of a job or the loss of a human contact.

Family Relations

Families have interesting internal structures. In my family my mother controls the family, even though my father does more work for the family. For me I am more drawn to my mother because of this controlling factor, I'm not really sure why but if there is something bad that happened I am more inclined to talk to my mother about it... Maybe Freud was right that sons are closer to their mothers. What adds to my confusion as to why I am more inclined to talk to my mother is that my father and I have similar traits and enjoy similar things. We are both sailors, accomplished in the midwest. We like similar music and we are both interested in fixing things before we throw them away and buy another or go without something. But even through our similarities we are not especially close, I dont go to him for problems, but then again I dont go to my mother for problems either. That is just who I have grown up to be, I'd rather be independent and solve my own issues that tell my parents. So for me this idea of  parent and child relationships is quite difficult. I wouldn't consider myself to have a normal relationship with either.

What do I know?

How do I know what I know? That is a very good question, I want to think that what I have learned is true, and that things I hear are also true. But do I actually know that everything around me, everything said to me, everything I read is true? No, of course not. And being disappointed by something that I believed to be true but really wasn't is one of the worst feelings you can have. Being sure of something and then it ends up being false and you ideals and hope are crushed. But that situation is only in the most personal sense. If I found out that 1+1=3, to be honest I wouldn't care aside from the fact that all of my math classes since 1st grade have been based of 1+1=2.. So in reality we can only hope that what we know is true. For some things it'll never be clear cut as to right or wrong, truth or lie, black or white.

My purpose

My purpose. 
 First I think I should try to define what I believe purpose is, a purpose is something a person is best at, that aids in their own life to make them feel complete and so they feel they are contributing but also something that helps others too. I don't believe finding a purpose is an easy task, in actuality I think it may be one of the hardest things as humans we try to do. 
 For myself I think this is an impossible question to answer at this point in my life. I am not sure what I am doing to help everyone around me, that's serves a purpose that lasts longer than a day or a week. But just because I don't believe I have one now does not mean that I don't believe I'll eventually have one. I think a true purpose comes later in life when you are not being treated as a kid or a child which seems to persist with adults no matter if you are the same size have the same things to say or for that matter have more intelligent things to say. So what I am trying to say is that a purpose is like wisdom, you have to earn it, and you cannot just have it instantly. 

God In 2010

What or who is god in 2010? As a person who is not religious I do not seek out god for problems I have or thank him for good things that happen to me, but if there is a god and he did create the earth I respect him deeply, and if I could, I would tell him he did a pretty good job.
           But what purpose does god have in a society that is slowly finding out how we were created or what our past looked like through science, and soon possibly we may find out all the secrets of the world and how we came to be? For the time being I believe god still holds a purpose, for people who could not bear the thought that people  are alone in the universe god provide a much needed pillar in which to lean and feel stable. For people who need to have a purpose in life god helps them too, what could be more worth while than serving a higher cause or being who at the end of your life will welcome you to paradise with open arms, or for that matter greet you with open arms and 72 virgins. It serves society a higher cause as well, if society had a bunch of people who were killing each other and robbing, and doing other crimes to others we would have a very serious problem, but in most religions, god says that doing all those crazy acts is bad and he will not greet you at the gates to paradise.
       So what is god? God is a way to make it from day to day, continue a family tradition, a higher being to please. He is our way of making life meaningful and letting the wonder of the world be explained if not through reason, through intelligent design.

An Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living

From what we have learned from Socrates, we know that an unexamined life is not worth living. By this Socrate means that if we live our lives without analyzing what is around us then we will not truly being living and life not worthing living is something truly sad. All people should examine their lives and not just go day to day without the concept of time or space even coming into the equation. As a society we should should always examine life, because what do we know is true and what do we know is not? And what about ourselves is true and what is not? the only way to answer this it to really reflect on ourselves and to try to realize what really lays behind what we see on a daily basis, why do we do the things we do? Why do others act the way they do in accordance to our actions? These are all questions to ask ourselves and if we do so we are no longer living an unexamined life and we live the way Socrates tried to teach people.