Official Start Time: 10:45 p.m.
Date: 12/18/08
Official End Time: 11:30 p.m.
The human mind is built off a network of thoughts that transcend into one another by common links that they share. These links are used to help us associate and expand our knowledge on a certain subject. We are indifferent to the power of these knowledge structures and how easily we can be influenced by the media and environment that helps us build them. It isn't our fault and as for the most part they're used as a way of distinguishing one thing from another. These knowledge structures provide us with the fundamentals we need to learn but for some reason inhibit our ability to redefine the things we have learned. The ideas become almost second nature and it takes literally generations for people to accept the truth or at least what we perceive to be the truth.
To every story there are two sides. Both sides argue totally opposite things and it really comes down to the individual to make a decision and create his own interpretation. If we look at the situation from a cultural aspect we are conflicted with how does one define a person? Do we define them by their race, their skin tone, their language, or even their physical traits? When we do begin to define the things in our lives we begin to constrict the ideas themselves. The definitions aren't broad enough and do not encompass the living, dynamic creature that makes us human. But without these initial conceptions we are lost in the dark; grasping for a light switch.
Conceptions are a necessary element in the learning process. We need a foundation in order to learn new things. We learn from history and the mistake of our ancestors. Something that still needs correction is the inferiority complex that plagues the human race. We are still living in the times of the civil right movement and the battle against white vs. black, man vs. women, science vs. religion. But the dynamic world we live requires us not to be frustrated with such definitions. We should see the world, the people, and the actions we make as a movement towards a more informed world. We are always growing and the mistakes we make along the way should serve as excuse enough for the misinterpretations we commit. The best solution is to politely correct he person and help redefine their definition of things they once knew so well.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 12/18/08
Official End Time: 11:30 p.m.
The human mind is built off a network of thoughts that transcend into one another by common links that they share. These links are used to help us associate and expand our knowledge on a certain subject. We are indifferent to the power of these knowledge structures and how easily we can be influenced by the media and environment that helps us build them. It isn't our fault and as for the most part they're used as a way of distinguishing one thing from another. These knowledge structures provide us with the fundamentals we need to learn but for some reason inhibit our ability to redefine the things we have learned. The ideas become almost second nature and it takes literally generations for people to accept the truth or at least what we perceive to be the truth.
To every story there are two sides. Both sides argue totally opposite things and it really comes down to the individual to make a decision and create his own interpretation. If we look at the situation from a cultural aspect we are conflicted with how does one define a person? Do we define them by their race, their skin tone, their language, or even their physical traits? When we do begin to define the things in our lives we begin to constrict the ideas themselves. The definitions aren't broad enough and do not encompass the living, dynamic creature that makes us human. But without these initial conceptions we are lost in the dark; grasping for a light switch.
Conceptions are a necessary element in the learning process. We need a foundation in order to learn new things. We learn from history and the mistake of our ancestors. Something that still needs correction is the inferiority complex that plagues the human race. We are still living in the times of the civil right movement and the battle against white vs. black, man vs. women, science vs. religion. But the dynamic world we live requires us not to be frustrated with such definitions. We should see the world, the people, and the actions we make as a movement towards a more informed world. We are always growing and the mistakes we make along the way should serve as excuse enough for the misinterpretations we commit. The best solution is to politely correct he person and help redefine their definition of things they once knew so well.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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