How Far Is Too Far?

Human tend to be over passionate about things. We become so involved in certain things, that we feel that out life almost depends on it. People are interesting in the sense that most times when we get tired of something we find something new to be passionate about. In The Most Dangerous Game is a story of a man whose boredom causes him to murder other people. Being in South Dakota I know all about being bored, but not quite to this extent. The hunter becomes the prey in the end in an unpredictable ending. The Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge was also interesting. The vision he had ended up being wrong. I feel that most visions that we have in life are often wrong. I cant say that many of the things I envisioned for myself did not occur. I often wonder if anyone's visions ever come true?

Hapiness

The Ones Who Walk away from Omelas was a very touching story. It teaches us about basic human behavior and psychology. Everyone in the city of Omelas has attained ultimate happiness, outside of one kid whom the people torment to continue to have that happiness. The cruelty of those humans was put in a drastic manner. After reading this story and attempting to connect that to life today I had a few questions that could not be answered in my headI . If we were all given the opportunity to live in a city of unattainable happiness we would obviously take it. The question I asked is though some people cared for the child, could you personally promote the brutality displayed in the story for your own personal gain? The even better question is would you be able to sacrifice and be the tormented for the happiness of the multitude? In those question lies the fundamental basics of human psychology.I believe there are two types of people in this world; the selfish and the self-less. Could you walk away from the city of Omelas?

Writing

The writing process can be very stressful. At times you don't what information in your research to use, or who to quote to prove an idea. These are problems I'm sure every has run into. The thing about writing that I love so much is ultimately in the end you get to put what you want to say to world in print. The messages within the paper that describe your personality are amazing. I feel that you can learn an awful lot about a person just by reading their writing. While the process was long, drawn-out, and strenuous. Getting that paragraph to tell people about the world and how I see it in my mind is priceless.

Semester Evaluation

I believe that this semester has been some what bitter-sweet. The very large amount of work given to us is definitely an adjustment from my previous English classes, and it makes it very tough to keep up. On the other side, the majority of the work given has a purpose behind it. There are some assignments that are busy work. For the most part, the assignments given are to help us to succeed. I want to see how things progress as the semester goes on , but I can't say I have had a horrible experience with my freshman English class.

RBAA Topic

I want to look into parental influence on child adult life. It was a question posed in my psychology class in high school. "Do parents really matter?" My question is are doctors born doctors? politicians born politicians? Or, are we simply products of our environment? Are kids raised in a drug-filled neighborhood destined to do drugs? I want to look into specific cases of both sides and compare and contrast the two sides.

I have always found enjoyment in working with others. Being able to break away from solitude and work amongst my peers is a great experience. I can see where some people who don't like it would be somewhat hesitant, but I feel group work matches my personality well, and I would like to do it more often in all of my classes.