Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Helen on 68th Street Quick Write

I'm not a big dreamer, meaning that I don't have a huge resolution and a plan for my whole life ahead of me. To me, setting resolutions are like drawing squares around a person. He or she will be, from that moment on, be limited and do only the things they think they are capable of. At least that's how it works for me. I don't live big dreams and tends to focus on the the current issue like my one page response essay due tomorrow instead of things like my yearly salary in the future. I said I didn't thoughtfully hope or wish for a brand future yet, but that doesn't mean I have never attempted to wish for smaller things. I've wished to do well in class and I sort of did, I've wished to place in  a speech contest and did. As in for the bigger things and my self-expectations, I hope my logical thinking to improve, to be able to be neat and tidy, to be able to not be so clumsy, and to be happy and confident in being myself. So far none of these have came true yet, but I'm working on them. I had a giddy feeling that I am coming close. These hopes and dreams tells me that I am inserting effort to improve myself and perhaps I should put in more.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Quick write 3- Thank you ma'am

The questions asked were challenging to answer because most people never gave it much thought. Most people instead of wondering why and how, simply put their hands together blind-headedly whenever a hero does a heroic deed. This quick write gave all of us a chance to think about this question, what makes a hero a hero? Where did they get those tough spirits from? How can they face challenge with a brave face? How can they survive all means and become winners? And most importantly, what makes these people so tough? In my opinion, heros are not "tough". They are neither fearless nor unstoppable; they are made of flesh and bones, just like everybody else. What really makes someone "tough" is hope. A hero has to believe in him or herself enough to have the courage to grit his or her teeth during the extremely difficult times. A hero has to believe in his or herself always. Faith alone will grant strong spirits, and therefore, the hero appeared " tough" and will be able to accomplish the mission impossibles. Heros turned out to be good because they really truly believed in themselves and will not allow fear to scatter his or her clear direction. A hero must never give up hope. " If everyone can be a hero," you may ask. " why do others go wrong? Why are there only a limited amount of heros?" The answer to this is fairly easy, people don't have enough faith in themselves. When they don't, they lose to the ones with more grim determination and faith. After so, they started to think that they were worthless and useless. Believe it or not, after a while, their body started to reflect these ugly thoughts and the person really became a worthless pile of meat. Anyone can be a hero. REally, anyone can. The only difference is how much you faith you have in yourself. Faith is the key matter of all.