Official Start Time: 2:25 am
Date: 9/29/08
Official End Time: 4:00 am
Today's entry as you can see was done very late, but was alright for me to do it at this hour. For instance, usually I go to bed a lot later because I procrastinate and start my homework around 1 and 2 am versus doing it after dinner like the normal student. My eating habits will be discussed another day which might help explain why I do my homework so late. Today however I was forced to do my homework after dinner and got it done early enough so that it was alright for me to blog at 2 am.
I actually could have started an hour prior to this conversation however I was enlightening my brother on the topic of education and what I hope he does different with his years of high school. We talked for a good hour and a half. In the process I told him to do his best and prepare for the worst, but most importantly learn to respect your peers and the community you associate yourself with. The conversation made me realize a little about the kind of reputation I have as a student and how this may affect my future decisions.
As a student I can say that I do not live up to my full potential. I always think I can do better and wish that my grades stacked up better in comparison to my friends. Currently I am 6th in my class which allows me to qualify for most colleges that look for students who are in the top ten of their class. Extracurricular wise I feel that I lack a lot of proof to make colleges see the great student I am. I don't have any sports on my list, nor am I part of a lot of clubs. Enrichment wise I have a few things on my list but not all these things may count in the end. Hopefully what I have on my list of enrichment will count for something when I begin to apply for college.
I hope that when I do apply, colleges will look at me for more than what it says on the resume in front of them.
Something that I feel that distinguishes me from other students that may be applying is the respect I feel you should have for the peers and community you associate yourself with. I feel that people should be looked at by the morals and the thoughts they express and not by the grades they hold. This also applies to a person's IQ and their financial capabilities. I feel that these factor have importance in our world but should not help us define the type of person we are.
A great author once wrote a story about a 37 year old man with mental retardation. Throughout the novel the main character undergoes a scientific experiment to increase his intelligence so that he may be accepted by the society in which he lives. After getting the operation he notices that the results he imagined where not quite what he expected. Instead of getting the respect and acceptance of his comrades, he becomes an outcast that casted fear in the hearts of those he wished to impress the most. He realized that intelligence is not makes you a person.
His motives however remain pure even after he regressed to his normal state of mental retardation.
“Anyways thats why Im gone keep trying to get smart so I can have that feeling agen. Its good to know things and be smart and I wish I new evrything in the whole world.”
That quote right there by Daniel Keyes illustrates my point that the morals and the thoughts we express should define the type of people we are and not the IQ, financial capabilities, religion, or race of the person . . . it is the type of person we are that others should recognize.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
It felt good writing this piece and I hope those who may read this entry enjoy it. I hold true the thoughts described above. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes has to be one of my favorite books and illustrates a point that I feel so passionate for. Our world would be such a different place if we would look at our fellow man not for the clothes he wears or the intelligence he has but the thoughts he is able to share with us.
Date: 9/29/08
Official End Time: 4:00 am
Today's entry as you can see was done very late, but was alright for me to do it at this hour. For instance, usually I go to bed a lot later because I procrastinate and start my homework around 1 and 2 am versus doing it after dinner like the normal student. My eating habits will be discussed another day which might help explain why I do my homework so late. Today however I was forced to do my homework after dinner and got it done early enough so that it was alright for me to blog at 2 am.
I actually could have started an hour prior to this conversation however I was enlightening my brother on the topic of education and what I hope he does different with his years of high school. We talked for a good hour and a half. In the process I told him to do his best and prepare for the worst, but most importantly learn to respect your peers and the community you associate yourself with. The conversation made me realize a little about the kind of reputation I have as a student and how this may affect my future decisions.
As a student I can say that I do not live up to my full potential. I always think I can do better and wish that my grades stacked up better in comparison to my friends. Currently I am 6th in my class which allows me to qualify for most colleges that look for students who are in the top ten of their class. Extracurricular wise I feel that I lack a lot of proof to make colleges see the great student I am. I don't have any sports on my list, nor am I part of a lot of clubs. Enrichment wise I have a few things on my list but not all these things may count in the end. Hopefully what I have on my list of enrichment will count for something when I begin to apply for college.
I hope that when I do apply, colleges will look at me for more than what it says on the resume in front of them.
Something that I feel that distinguishes me from other students that may be applying is the respect I feel you should have for the peers and community you associate yourself with. I feel that people should be looked at by the morals and the thoughts they express and not by the grades they hold. This also applies to a person's IQ and their financial capabilities. I feel that these factor have importance in our world but should not help us define the type of person we are.
A great author once wrote a story about a 37 year old man with mental retardation. Throughout the novel the main character undergoes a scientific experiment to increase his intelligence so that he may be accepted by the society in which he lives. After getting the operation he notices that the results he imagined where not quite what he expected. Instead of getting the respect and acceptance of his comrades, he becomes an outcast that casted fear in the hearts of those he wished to impress the most. He realized that intelligence is not makes you a person.
His motives however remain pure even after he regressed to his normal state of mental retardation.
“Anyways thats why Im gone keep trying to get smart so I can have that feeling agen. Its good to know things and be smart and I wish I new evrything in the whole world.”
That quote right there by Daniel Keyes illustrates my point that the morals and the thoughts we express should define the type of people we are and not the IQ, financial capabilities, religion, or race of the person . . . it is the type of person we are that others should recognize.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
It felt good writing this piece and I hope those who may read this entry enjoy it. I hold true the thoughts described above. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes has to be one of my favorite books and illustrates a point that I feel so passionate for. Our world would be such a different place if we would look at our fellow man not for the clothes he wears or the intelligence he has but the thoughts he is able to share with us.
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