The road less travelled

One's job can not be successfully accomplished to his or hers full potential unless they are passionate about it. Think about it, if no interest is shown in anything, there would never be progression, discoveries or new opportunities for people. So I entirely believe that one should have a job that they show passion towards for personal reasons as well as the benefit of other people. In the near future, I plan to be attending TRU in Kamloops, British Columbia. In attending this institute I am hoping to take courses that most interest me. These courses consist of Psychology, Philosophy, Anthropology and two law and pre-law courses. After I finish my studies in 10 years (If I make it) I expect to have a master's degree and quite possibly finish my education at McGill University. All in all I would like to be some sort of international criminal lawyer, because this interests me greatly and I love to rebut.

Lit 2011 Comp. Watch this video pleaseee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdCzlwgiN_s



So in this video, we have myself (Nick Kapoustin), Sagar Sahota, Nicholas Chapman, Jared Collier, Ian Ellison, Corey Farebrother, and Daniel Cunningham. We are reciting Sonnet 43 written by Elizabeth Barret Browning in the form of a news update. We have other compeditors who are also trying to get hits, so... DON'T WATCH THEIR VIDEO! Watch ours please.

55 Words of greatness

Friday night. 10 PM. Grads gather at the beach to blow off the previous week. Everyone has arrived, approximately 100 kids. 11:45 PM. One squad car comes to report the size of the crowd. 11:55 PM. Three more show up. 12:00 AM. Search dog is taken out of vehicle. 12:10 PM. Everybody has left the premises.

Illuminati's. Angels or demons?

In the novel "Angels & Demons" written by Dan Brown, there is a secret society called the Illuminati, which were believed to be completely extinct. The Illuminati was established by a man by the name of Adam Weishaupt, founded in 1776. Modeled on the Freemason's the Illuminati was made up of mostly freethinkers. They encumbered members by drawing members of existing Masonic lodges. So far the Illuminati has only presented itself once in the book, there was a symbol given to Robert Langdon by a Swiss research group. This symbol given to Langdon was found seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. Now this poses the theory, are they Illuminati really coming back?

Perception is everything.

Perception is everything. Everyone is always told that everything action starts with a reaction. But people do not react to every event in life in the same matter or extremities. Everybody can look at something, be it a pencil or a crime being committed and see it from an entirely different perspective. An example of this would be the monkey see monkey do concept; which in turn is how human evolution started, man makes fire and then more men make fire. Beau Otto uses metaphors such as optical illusions to portray this idea. He manages this by taking two colored dots that are unchanged and both completely the same and puts one on a white sheet as well as one on a black sheet, the end product is one that disfigures the dots and makes them seem as if they are completely different colors then they were previously. Beau Otto also expresses that everyone perspective on things are different. Meaning that someones yellow could be another persons green. Another example in this presentation is when Beau Otto takes a swarm of hone bees and has them collect from different circles shown with different colors. The bees were misplayed by the illusion and the different shades and shadows to get honey from what they did previous to this experience. Media also plays as a big influence in the lives of many people today. In the middle east the "Terrorist insurgents" are being portrayed as bad people for something that they most likely believe in, people see this as wrong; mainly only because the media is projecting terrible graphic images and such from the war. Society today needs to be cautious as how they go about new situations and into different environments because they will never know what influence is had by other people experiencing the same thing.

The best thing in life

Some people say that the most magnificent thing that anyone can have in life is wealth. Some would say happiness. Other would say both. But is that genuinely what we should think is the most unsurpassed thing that one has or can obtain, or does one lead to the other and vise verse? But without a doubt this inanimate object and emotion could unequivocally not be achieved without the one most single important piece of what could be described as power, knowledge, wealth or even a privilege. Without this one crucial component of existence we would not have wealth, happiness, buildings, sky scrapers, government, friendships, knowledge, technology or even anything we have today. Nothing could be achieved but then again, nothing could be lost if it's never gained. So the question still occupies my cerebrum, what is the best thing in life? What is so important to someones existence that they could declare it as the "Best thing" ? When someone says, "Wealth is everything" or "Look on the brighter side of things!" Does that make one realize how good everybody on this entire Earth has it today. How are the concepts of life comprehended by our human minds. Every homo-sapient will be redundant to think, wealth and power at first. But why not look onto the other side. How did this wealth become fabricated and how did this power manufacture itself into human society. Look back to Adam and Eve, the very beginning of life. Good and evil. But how did they become to exist? What were they thankful of when they were put onto this Earth. That thing, the one that made everything exist. Made people happy or sad, started wars, ended wars, changed governmental ruling and even changes our lives over day. That thing is life.

21st Century Education

I personally believe that the skills needed for post high school life are ones that you will actually use in your profession and everyday life. Our school education does not specify any individual subject of a course, it is all mostly just a generalized education system as shown in the Ken Robinson video. I do not believe that we are learning all of these skills in high school. We learn what we need to move on to university not life outside of it. We can't learn proper communication and social skills in school. We do not learn what we want, therefor I believe it's holding us back. If I want to be a doctor, I need a math and two sciences. Sciences which do not specify a particular subject that one would maybe want to specialize in. Now not everybody wants to specialize in something specific and move on to getting a masters degree. That is not saying they are stupid, lazy, or can't do it. Everybody is different, this is why we need more courses when we are in high school because I believe that by this time people have a general idea of what they would like to do when out of school and if not then they can take a course and see if they like it. Another positive about having more options and specifications for courses would be that if you are taking a course that does not intrigue you as much as you would of believed it would, you can get different opinions from your friends or family that have taken different courses than yourself. Next year I would like to be attending some kind of criminology or law course, this is partaking that I am successful in all of my courses in my grade 12 year. In conclusion I believe that the ideal school that would fulfil my need in the future whether I am in school or working at Wal-Mart would be one that has courses that stipulate a specific matter in a subject. So if someone wants to go into the profession to be an international criminal lawyer, there could be an international conflicts or law course. I also believe that the school system should benefit everybody and not put us into groups. If you are exceedingly commendable in your studies you should not be held back by your age. I believe that we should have the ability or option in school to excel in something that interests you.