Recently our class took a personality test, the Myers-Briggs one to be specific. My results tell me I am an ESTP type. The ESTP type bears this description:
"Flexible and tolerant, they take a pragmatic approach focused on immediate results. Theories and conceptual explanations bore them – they want to act energetically to solve the problem. Focus on the here-and-now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment that they can be active with others. Enjoy material comforts and style. Learn best through doing."
I think this is very accurate. I cant learn well if I'm just sitting at a desk listening to a lecture. I find it easier to do it, as well as have a fun, laid back environment. I also like to enjoy the moment, and hate when i have to think ahead and worry about things in the future.
The information i could get from the test can help me understand others, because i can have access to how their personalities blend with mine. Since there are 16 personality types, that means there's at least 16 ways to interpret or do something. I could learn about the different personalities so I could interact better with more people.
This can also help answer the question "What does it mean to be human?". This makes me believe that there might not be a specific answer to this question. If there are 16 different personality types, then there are 16 different types of people and they all act and think differently. This just farther proves how humanity is natural diverse and how everyone is unique.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Joyas Voladoras
After reading Joyas Voladoras, I as well as others in my G&T class believe that in can help us answer the question "What does it mean to be human?". In the writing piece, Brian Doyle discusses the different sizes of hearts and their paces among the different creatures on earth. However, there's a deeper meaning to it as well. While not all hearts are the same size, or beat the same amount of times in our lives, all hearts do have a similarity. Whether large or small, hearts can all hold so may important events and emotions in them. All hearts will hold good and bad things, and any number of them, and this is not affected by the size of the heart, or the pace it beats. So why does being human have to be something physical? if we can all experience the same things despite different physical characteristics, then that should mean the question "What does it mean to be human?" can be answered with not just physical explanations, but emotional, mental, and philosophical ones as well.
My favorite line from Joyas Voladoras was "So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a day, an hour, a moment"
My favorite line from Joyas Voladoras was "So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a day, an hour, a moment"
Monday, October 21, 2013
What does it mean to be human?
What does it mean to be human?
To be human is to:
feel emotion towards yourself and others
To be able to think freely
to be able to choose your own path
to enjoy the time you spend here, not hate your life
to be able to contribute to something and make a difference
To be human is to:
feel emotion towards yourself and others
To be able to think freely
to be able to choose your own path
to enjoy the time you spend here, not hate your life
to be able to contribute to something and make a difference
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
2nd google 20%
For my google 20% this time around, i am going to be writing a book that is similar to Red Dawn. Possible obstacles i could face are whether or not i would be able to finish in time. Possible consultants for this are history?English Teachers, so i could ask about writing a book and info about foreign countries.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Terri Schiavo Case Study assignment
Beginning in 1998, Terri Schiavo was in coma, or a long-term unconsciousness. She stayed in that state until her death in 2005. However, this brought about one of the biggest court debates in history, a debate which spread into the media and the minds of everyone in the country. The question everyone was asking themselves and each other? should the plug be pulled on Terri Schiavo, or should she be kept alive, whether she recovers or not? Her husband claimed that she would want the plug pulled, and her parents wanted her kept alive. In the end, the plug was pulled on her, and Terri Schiavo died. However, that debate continues to rage today, and seems to leek into similar cases as well.
In my opinion I believe that it was not justified to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Although it is true that she could not due much to benefit herself or society, she was still alive. She was starting to recover a bit by bit, but she was never given the chance to fully recover because of her husband. Her husband did not allow her to take certain medications or go to physical therapy. Also her husband kept her in bad living conditions as well. He did not allow visitors or gifts unless approved by him. Also, there were also things such as therapy dogs that he would not allow to visit her either. Finally, he was just a terrible husband in general. While she was in the coma, he already had a new girlfriend (they are married now) and based on doctor observations on her body, he may have beaten her as well.
Its is not justified to have pulled the plug on Terri Schiavo, because she was still alive, and could have recovered if she was given the proper "tools" and "environment" to do so. I believe it is not right to allow someone to die if you know you can help them. That is why I believe it was not justified to allow her to die.
Question I'm answering? 2. PERSONHOOD: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person?
Terri Schiavo was, no is, still a person. Simply because you die, or you find your self in a situation like hers, do you lose every aspect about you? Does your personality, goals, accomplishments, and everything like that simply get "erased" from history? Does every single person alive now forget you ever existed at all. The answer is no. However, Terri Schiavo is not the same person. But she is still a person, some might say she is a new whole new person.
Sources:
http://rense.com/general63/mmr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/schiavo-facts/
info told to me by other students in my class after they researched the same topic during class discussion.
In my opinion I believe that it was not justified to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Although it is true that she could not due much to benefit herself or society, she was still alive. She was starting to recover a bit by bit, but she was never given the chance to fully recover because of her husband. Her husband did not allow her to take certain medications or go to physical therapy. Also her husband kept her in bad living conditions as well. He did not allow visitors or gifts unless approved by him. Also, there were also things such as therapy dogs that he would not allow to visit her either. Finally, he was just a terrible husband in general. While she was in the coma, he already had a new girlfriend (they are married now) and based on doctor observations on her body, he may have beaten her as well.
Its is not justified to have pulled the plug on Terri Schiavo, because she was still alive, and could have recovered if she was given the proper "tools" and "environment" to do so. I believe it is not right to allow someone to die if you know you can help them. That is why I believe it was not justified to allow her to die.
Question I'm answering? 2. PERSONHOOD: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person?
Terri Schiavo was, no is, still a person. Simply because you die, or you find your self in a situation like hers, do you lose every aspect about you? Does your personality, goals, accomplishments, and everything like that simply get "erased" from history? Does every single person alive now forget you ever existed at all. The answer is no. However, Terri Schiavo is not the same person. But she is still a person, some might say she is a new whole new person.
Sources:
http://rense.com/general63/mmr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/schiavo-facts/
info told to me by other students in my class after they researched the same topic during class discussion.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Reflections and Resoluions (little late but here it is)
Reflections:
2012 was a pretty good year for me. I started my first year of high school It's been going pretty well so far. The cross country team i was on won divisional and went all the way to competing in the state competition Also, I SURVIVED 12/21/12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOLO!!!!!!But moving on past me, the year had some great things. The 2012 Olympics came and went, with the U.S getting the most gold, and most medals over all (BOO YA GO AMERICA GUESS WE'RE NOT ALL THAT FAT)......there are of course other great things, check them out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYopqtXMSwY
I learned a lot from 2012. I learned that high school isn't like the movies, i learned that some people do sick things, whether because of a brain disorder or not. I've seen people push themselves to the point of breaking to be the best they can be. To be the best in the world at what they do. But I've also learned that the world can come together, whether through sports (Olympics), mourning (sandy hook), or just trying to have a little bit of fun (gangnam style)!
Resolutions? no way.....
I'm entirely against new years resolutions. Why should people need an excuse like new years to start doing something new, like stay in shape, or do well in school? People should be doing that stuff all the time. Also, i barely ever see anyone who actually keeps their resolution, some people do it for 2-3 weeks tops, before they just don't care any more.
2012 was a pretty good year for me. I started my first year of high school It's been going pretty well so far. The cross country team i was on won divisional and went all the way to competing in the state competition Also, I SURVIVED 12/21/12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOLO!!!!!!But moving on past me, the year had some great things. The 2012 Olympics came and went, with the U.S getting the most gold, and most medals over all (BOO YA GO AMERICA GUESS WE'RE NOT ALL THAT FAT)......there are of course other great things, check them out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYopqtXMSwY
I learned a lot from 2012. I learned that high school isn't like the movies, i learned that some people do sick things, whether because of a brain disorder or not. I've seen people push themselves to the point of breaking to be the best they can be. To be the best in the world at what they do. But I've also learned that the world can come together, whether through sports (Olympics), mourning (sandy hook), or just trying to have a little bit of fun (gangnam style)!
Resolutions? no way.....
I'm entirely against new years resolutions. Why should people need an excuse like new years to start doing something new, like stay in shape, or do well in school? People should be doing that stuff all the time. Also, i barely ever see anyone who actually keeps their resolution, some people do it for 2-3 weeks tops, before they just don't care any more.
The DNA Dilemma
Recently we have read a article from TIME magazine in our G&T class. This article was all about something pretty amazing, but maybe a little too amazing? This article talked about genetic testing,and what it can do for us. Did you know, that for $7,500, you can figure out if you or your child will have cancer, Alzheimer's disease, or anything else, years before the symptoms will become present. Imagine, being able to tell what diseases newborn baby will have, 70 years from now. Of course, that can be scary, especially if there's no cured for said disease. So the question we must ask ourselves is should we know these facts, and if yes, how much info should we know about it.
There can be many opinions on this. If I were to be given this test and a doctor found out I had a disease, but it was impossible to cure, I would want to know. If I new I could have the possibility of dying at any random time, I would live my life to the fullest. Some might argue that if there was no cure, they would not want to know.
If there was a cure, I would obviously want to know if I had the disease.
If I was a doctor, or some type of physician, I would be tell the patient anything, unless it would cause them more harm. This idea comes from the hippocratic oath that all doctors take. This basically means that you should tell the patients everything, unless telling them something would do something to them that would make things worse (mental trauma)
What do you guys think? Reply with your opinions below.......
There can be many opinions on this. If I were to be given this test and a doctor found out I had a disease, but it was impossible to cure, I would want to know. If I new I could have the possibility of dying at any random time, I would live my life to the fullest. Some might argue that if there was no cure, they would not want to know.
If there was a cure, I would obviously want to know if I had the disease.
If I was a doctor, or some type of physician, I would be tell the patient anything, unless it would cause them more harm. This idea comes from the hippocratic oath that all doctors take. This basically means that you should tell the patients everything, unless telling them something would do something to them that would make things worse (mental trauma)
What do you guys think? Reply with your opinions below.......
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