Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Knowing Yourself (and IB Diploma Candidates)

Let me say that knowing myself, and getting to know you has been the most awesome part of this entire tri. I absolutely love knowing people's backgrounds, and this unit has gotten me extremely happy, and curious. I love bonding with people over random things, and being comfortable enough to say what i want around people, claiming them as my friends. I would love to claim all of you as my friends, and hear each and every personal story you have to tell. I wish to say that I don't want this unit and this class to end. I fear we won't be as close without this class, and I wish deeply that we could spend time together again. Perhaps we could have an IB get together? What do you candidates think of our mini group? How have our connections deepened/how could we connect better? Do you think there are sub cliques, even in our own mini group?

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Being Yourself

Is it better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not (or what you want to be)?

interesting twist to life and how you live it, i think.

Loneliness

Why were we created to need company of others? Why couldn't we be happy with either side, being alone and having company?

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

How RUDE.

So today, while waiting in line for the women's bathroom, there was a girl in front of me that was in a wheelchair, and a girl in front of her. The next stall to open up was the handicap one. If it had been me in front of the girl in the wheelchair, i would have offered her that stall because there are four other smaller stalls for me to go in, and she can only use the one. Statistically, this makes sense. But no, the girl in front of her went into the handicap stall, which just pissed me off. When the next stall opened up, which was obviously a small stall, she obviously could not use this one, and had to wait longer while the people behind her got to skip into that little stall. it just made me so mad that i wanted to yell at that girl. My question is do you think this would be treating the handicap girl in a "special" way if i had allowed her to go before me into the handicap stall, or is it just an efficient way to get everyone through the line quicker? What are your thoughts on this issue?

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Knowing Yourself

I think the question i'm going to pick for my portfolio will be that from the personal narrative; how do we know ourselves? How can we ethically describe ourselves ethically and accurately without giving the impression that we mean something and someone else takes it differently? I feel like I'm going to explore this question well simply because of who i am as a person ^^

Monday, November 12, 2012

WHYY

Why is it when things go bad, you relate to all the songs on the radio?

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Would you continue ...?

If the tri ends, would anyone continue? I have this feeling that every once in a while, when i find a post that i can relate to, i will comment. Or perhaps i will start putting more in-depth stuff on FB for everyone else to comment on. If i have the time is my own key, but i must say i do almost enjoy reading everyone else's problems and commenting. I find it ... normal, and relaxing, especially to know that people are having the same problems as you.

Poetry

The more i think about expressing emotion, the more i think of writing in general, especially poetry. Three people that i know like to express their emotions through poetry, and it made me wonder why we feel this need to express emotion through writing, and why it has to be in this style?

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Strut VS Swagger

What's the difference between a strut and a swagger?

Procrastination: Why?

Why is it we procrastinate, if simply to stare at the ceiling or listen to music for an hour, suddenly realizing we have almost no time left for things we should do?

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Halloween Candy and Traditions

When did it ever become a tradition for little children to go door to door getting candy? (Reminds of cars driving by offering candy, not to be creepy . . .) Why do we come up with such weird traditions? What's its purpose in everyday life?

Multi-tasking

When does it become "too much"? How many things can you handle, before it is inevitable that you forget about one, or give up on another?

Being Proud

I realize i have not written in a long time, and i feel ashamed. But that is not the purpose of this topic. There are two different connotations to being proud - the bad kind and the good kind. One is where you're too proud, considered to be where you don't allow change kind of proud (like in spanish that movie about honor vs love?): i can't explain it right. The other type is when you finish something magnificent and feel super proud of yourself (guess who finished their EE? this chick!) why does it, in essence have the same feeling, but two different outcomes? Just a thought.