For my vision quest, I molded the assignment into something a bit different. Instead of walking around by myself and looking for answers, I decided to get a group of friends and not look for any answers at all. One of my favorite quotes goes as follows, “To do list: wake up, drink water, call mom, answer a question, question an answer.” I’ll explain why that is significant later, but it does have to do my final result. Instead of going on my own vision quest, I kind of hosted a group quest to gain perspective. In the past, it has been easy for me to fall into bad habits, and become isolated because of the stress and pressure of school. Since my roommate and I had exams on Monday, I thought it would be good to get some friends together, who …show more content…
That’s been making me realize how much reality is skewed to mean society’s standards. Society pushed education so much that in the process it loses its meaning. Like other situations, people shouldn’t feel like they are stuck in a corner with information shoved in their face, they must seek out the information for themselves. At what point does the drive for getting “good grades” overpower your own self value? The quest allowed me to identify and connect with my feelings. It’s so hard to find a balance between everything in life, and it’s something I’m constantly striving for. Quests like this, reconnect me with the need for balance and alleviates stress. When I was driving that was cultural. stores, after stores, after more store. But when we went up to the watch tower, it was much more natural. Besides the man-made path, tunnel, and watchtower, the healing powers of nature could really get to work. I think that at this point in American society, everyone in brought up in a system that is extremely cultural. Everything we do is because of American ideals, and natural ideas are rarely included. Although I like to believe I am where I am in my life right now, because I want to and because of the choices I’ve made (natural) culture tells me that in right where they want me. Playing by their rules. This exercise surprised me. I didn’t expect to go out and find answer, but the answers seemed to find me. Since I modified it to fit my needs I think it made it stronger, in my perspective. But also, since I was with friends and I wasn’t always in complete silence, that could have made it weaker. This assignment taught me a lot of things. In an attempt to help others, I ended up helping myself. My sign showed me that my meaning of life is other people. All I want to do is help them in any way possible. As I stood on that watchtower at 8:49pm I realized that the people you surround yourself
If everyone thinks that without struggle, it is easy to obtain their goals that is entirely false. Struggle comes from the progress of our success and achievement. It is an indication that we poured all of our time and patience into the things we pursue. Jeannette Walls, the author of The Glass Castle, explain her struggles. She survives by finding foods from the trash can and earns money by babysitting, exchanging scrap metal, finding jobs, and from her parents. As a graduating student from high school, receiving my diploma is an indication that I ...
We all experience a rite of passage in our lives, whether it be the time we learned to swim or perhaps the day we received our driver’s license. A rite of passage marks an important stage in someone’s life, and one often times comes with a lesson learned. Three selections that provide fine examples of rites of passage that individuals confront include “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell, “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins” and “First Lesson” by Philip Booth.
Everyone always tells you to try your best and give it your all. This is exactly what I had been doing for past year in school. The day had come for my letter to arrive. The letter that decided whether or not I would get into NJHS. NJHS stood for National Junior Honor Society, and it was an honor to be asked. I stood by the window at the front of the house and gazed out into the street, staring at the mailbox. The mailman's truck rumbled up to the mailbox and the man got out and placed the mail inside. After the truck rumbled away, I grabbed the key to unlock the box and sprinted outside. I ran quickly because it was drizzling outside and I didn’t want me or my letter to be soaked.
If we are to grow without the help of others. We are often faced with more oabstacles than milestones. For example, even when Rose took the placement test into his high school, he was misplaced for two years without anyone noticing. “The error went undected,, and I remained in the vocational track for two years.” (Rose 1) These points in the article show them reader Rose was living in an uphill battle. I often feel the school systems placement exams are a poor example of a persons educational value. Rose is a good student, but was caught between trying to find his place from a social standpoint and his educational life. Once he was set into the vocational track at Our Lady of Mercy he realized his teachers weren’t qualified or even indifferent to their work.
In order to become a well rounded individual you must be aware of the moral problems in society and be able to evaluate them. Respectively, this class has allowed me to do so, through readings and videos, providing my own insight on many moral issues. This class has shown me there are many different interpretations to right and wrong, and hard evidence must be agued to be persuasive. Throughout the course of this class we looked into multiple philosophers such as Kant, Aristotle, and Sandel, a professor at Harvard.
Throughout this course, I have experienced many different forms of personal growth, but I would say the two major areas were open-mindedness and research skills. Before this course, I alway thought my lifestyle was the correct way to live because it seemed to work very well for me. However, after learning more about the Aboriginal way of life, I have become much more open-minded to other lifestyles and cultures. I no longer think of my lifestyle as being correct, but I recognize this lifestyle is fulfilling and best for me, while another culture or way of life can make someone else just as happy and be just as fulfilling for them. Therefore, I’ve grown to be more open minded and
Before that life-changing moment, I used to immerse myself in striving for academic achievement in the hope of winning favour, acceptance and belonging in my family, but also for its own rewards as I found pure pleasure and passion in writing and reading.
I did not read this short narrative just to read it. What I began to do was put myself in the shoes of the student whom
Reflecting on the notes that I took while watching this movie, (1) I realized that the education many receive whilst learning
Allow me to explain, I had recently transferred to a new school, where I didn’t know anyone. While I had made a few positive friends I continued to feel lost and miss home. My grades in school began dropping and I felt unmotivated to be productive. So as I stood staring at the Grand Canyon I realized that my life was like a canyon. My present life represents the river and the canyon serves as my past life. The river paves the way, just as I pave my way for my future. The canyon represents my past because it shows the choices and mistakes I have made in life. I know that I will continue to make mistakes, but if I put my best foot forward and work hard for what I desire then I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. This includes overcoming my greatest fear of heights, which was something I never believed I could overcome. If I hadn’t conquered my fear then I would have missed out on other opportunities that involved taking
I lived a simple, normal childhood in the company of my family and friends. But I had what one might call “abnormal:” my obsession to finding answers to questions on my own. I refused to listen to what people told me about the world or how they answered my questions. It was not enough. I preferred to seek the knowledge of why the answers were the way they were. I thought that would help me find a true purpose in the simple actions we do throughout our lives. In school as a child, the teachers would struggle trying to keep their patience with me. Through every integral concept we learned in class, I would continue to question my teachers because I was never concerned with “how” we do something, but more about “why” each step in solving a problem is important. Through this process of searching for
...ents, and my English problem. I didn’t even have control of my own identity at that point. In the bilingual classroom my education depended upon the teachers and the system. I couldn’t express my viewpoints to faculty members like I do now in college. For instance, in college when I need help in a certain class, I can just go and talk to the professor or even to my counselor. Unfortunately, in grammar school, I didn’t know how to talk about the situation. As a result, in college I have been determined to change my study habits and take back control of my identity because I see how a student cannot survive with inefficient study habits. I realize now that, as a child, I was disadvantaged in many ways. Today, I have to be prepared to do extra to make up for a poor educational background by spending more time studying, focusing on school, and controlling my life.
... the essay; everything was burned into my memory. I lay back down on my bed in disbelief. It all had felt so real. As I reached to pull the covers back over myself, I heard a something brush against paper, and metal rings pressed into my arm. Cautiously reaching with my hand, I pulled out a notebook, open to the first page, with a pen slipped in the spiral ring. On the page was written the following: “Thought you might need these! Can’t wait to read your essay!—ECHS.”
...ire has helped me to examine my own world for what it really is and I am now in the position of Gulliver in trying to find out where I fit in. I will graduate soon and am supposed to find my place in society. I will have to start my own journeys to find a place where I can “fit in” and feel as if I am doing a service to making our society better. By becoming a teacher, I plan to try to bring about change to our society, but I know that it may be an impossible task. I will have to view my life from within myself and from others’ point of view, and try to see where I can go from there. I hope that I will not go crazy in my search as poor Gulliver did, and that I can find my place in our less-then-perfect society.
I had an intense practice Monday afternoon, therefore I got home tired. I thought I was going to be able to just take a shower, eat dinner, and then go to bed. Then I glanced at the kitchen table, and saw my report card. I had known that my grade for my world geography was not going to be great, but I hoped I did not fail. I opened the envelope and unfolded my report card and spotted the grade. The grade was a sixty nine. My heart dropped and my eyes watered. And when I did not think the situation could get any worse, my parents wanted to see my report card. Just by their facial expressions I could tell, they were disappointed. I started to cry and realize that I had done wrong. Failures don’t go anywhere, was all I could think while I was receiving an hour long lecture about how this failing grade will affect my chances of getting into college. But I realized that I can recover, that this is just one of the many obstacles that I can