Thankful for a classmate

Honestly there are so many classmates that I am thankful for. There is Tyrone, Sam, and Vicky.  Those are three individuals that have been there for me since freshman year and I would like to say that we are all good friends with one another. Out of the three I would say I am the closest to Tyrone. We have been teammates for 4 years and he has become one of my best friends. I am also very close with his family; they are like a second family to me. The second closest person is Sam, I met him freshman year as well and we have been teammates for the last 2 years. We were actually closer friends a while back but we had an “obstacle” in our friendship and things went downhill but we have moved on and we are good friends once again. I am close with his family as well but not as close as I am with Tyrone’s family. Third and last would be Vicky. Ummmmmm, what can I say about Vicky?...  I met her freshman year as well, we became friends, and we dated for a short moment. We were very close but we also had “obstacles” in our friendship and we went almost a year without speaking. Now we have matured and we have become good friends. I am thankful for these guys because without them and the things that we have experienced together I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. I can honestly say that I love these guys. There are many people that consider themselves to be friends that forget each other after high school. That won’t happen; these guys and many others that I am thankful for are forever in my heart…

Defend the poet

In the poem “Dinosauria we” Charles Bukowski speaks of the unfortunate situation that many people have been born into. Things we don’t influence at all, that influences our lives so deeply.  In his poem he speaks of a young man, “as the supermarket bag boy holds a college degree.” Well it is not really him speaking of the young man; more so him speaking of the economy. How bad does the economy have to be when someone in possession of a college degree is working in a supermarket as a bag boy?... it has to be one of the most economically unstable places in the world for someone to be in that situation. How can we be one of the most advanced countries when a person can spend 30 years of their life paying off 4 years of schooling?... it doesn’t make sense.

“Into hospitals which are so expensive that it's cheaper to die.” When should dying ever be an option?... if things are so bad that a person would choose dying over fighting for their life, something really needs to be done. Who are we to charge a person to help them?... something we should want to do, basically putting a price on someone’s life. Jonas Salk could have easily charged everyone for the vaccine in which he created for polio and became a very rich man but he chose not to because he felt as if that was something he should have done for the ones that needed it most.

A direction the class needs

Coming in to this year I wasn’t sure about taking a philosophy class.  Based off of the title of the subject alone I thought it would be too challenging for me because at the moment I was going through a phase where I was being extremely lazy and refused to study, and apply myself to do the basic things that were needed of me to pass classes. Being in this class has made me think. (I am not just saying this, I am meaning this) But back to what I was saying… being in this class has made me think, and question who I am, and what my purpose on this earth is. (That was a question proposed to us in class and a blog topic) while thinking about this I asked myself; if I am not applying myself, and taking advantage of opportunities that are given to me that will ultimately set me up for success in life what is my purpose of being here??? Me being lazy doesn’t help me, me not doing homework and not studying for test doesn’t help me, and I have realized that. Me taking this class has helped me realize things, I have realized my potential. And as I think about things more deeply I wouldn’t be the type of student or thinker that I am now if it wasn’t for philosophy class. So the class doesn’t need a new direction because the direction in which we are heading now has set me on the right track and now I am headed in the right direction.