What's The Message?

In life, there are many situations where a person has to choose between right or wrong, and as explained by this quote that our reactions are what makes us who we are. Any conflict that happens is actually trying to test our temper, patience and tolerance, but of course, we don't realize so. No matter how big or how small that specific problem is, there is always a solution with many reactions to choose from.

As said, reactions make up who we are, for instance, if you are in a car accident and you come out of your Mercedez Benz, shouting at the man or woman who is responsible for the damage that happened to your car without even asking if they are okay or if they are injured, some unpleasant characteristics will know about you for the rest of your life. Usually, in such a condition, the driver that is less hurt goes to check on the mistaken driver's car, taking care of its passengers and calling the police and ambulance if it is severe. In the first situation, the driver comes barging out of the car blaming the other driver. Cleary the disrespectful driver was wearing a negative lens at the moment, maybe that one was just not right for him. In the second case, the man had fixed his broken lens and got some brand new positive ones. That's why people had appreciated better from that point onwards because he had what was right and remained calmed while helping others away from danger.

Changing your lens is not always to the better, unfortunately, it can be to the worse. Another way people can judge you by is whether you stick to your moral or not. People can switch morals, but must always consider all factors, usually, there are pros and cons nothing is perfectly right nor fully wrong. A great example of characters switching morals is the great hunter Rainsford, from the book "The Most Dangerous Games." Rainsford is being tested whether he will stick to his moral by hunting animals only for fun or actually hunting humans as a game. If Rainsford does change his moral and continues his game of hunting people, then it's like he does not have the will to say who he is with pride. The moral that Rainsford might switch to is just like putting a negative lens on, while he could leave his positive lenses on by sticking to his moral. After all, everyone has the freedom to respond to different situations, but always beware that there might some costs if a lens is just too negative. A good piece of advice is to always keep in mind that the way you respond to situations by using different lenses will reflect on your life, so next time you are picking out lenses make wise decisions to express the good character that is meant for you.

FOMO

FOMO is a abbreviation for four words combined that have many meanings. FOMO is short for the words “Fear of Missing Out” which can be used in many different situations and can relate to many different things. The term FOMO was first identified in 1996 by a marketing strategist, Dr. Dan, but it was first published in 2000, in an article in the Journal of Brand Management.

Once about 4-5 years ago, it was a bright sunny Friday and it was the day of the week where we meet up with our aunts and cousins from my dad’s side. But this Friday was a special Friday, it was the Friday where we are invited to two dinners, one from my mom’s family and the other from my dad’s as usual. Our parents gave us the decision to either go with them to my dad’s family or with my grandma to my mom’s family. I really wanted to go with my grandma because it had been a long time since I met my mother’s family, but on the other hand I had the feeling of FOMO on all the fun we had with my older cousins. Finally I made up my mind and decide to go with my beloved grandma, even though it wasn't that fun. After I returned home, my siblings told me that they had such a good time and that it was so funny when the shoe holder fell on my sister’s hand due to the earthquake that day. I knew I should have went with my parents and that my FOMO prediction actually turned into reality.

Share below in the comments what were your FOMO experiences and what you felt like.

An Interesting Quote

" Everybody is a genius.

But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking that it is stupid." 

-Albert Einstein

This quote is the best quote I have read and reflected about among the millions of quotes and statements. It is a very touching quote and has many meanings to it in many different and wonderful ways, it makes one's mood a lot better while understanding its concept. When I understood all the meanings behind this statement, my perspective in life changed and I don't think that it'll ever return to how it was. Lets embark on a journey to a whole new world looking at us in a whole a different point of view. 

It took me lots and lots of research to get to the bottom of this quote and think outside of the box. As I zooming from one place to the other, I watched a great youtube video that had everything I needed to know, preciously and in detail. This youtube has become my favourite sociologist talking about honour society is developing, "PrinceEA." He filmed many videos about school, education and intelligences, these videos has resulted in many people across the world to change their perspective about life. 

About two years ago, it was my 12th birthday, my parents knew that I was really wishing for a dog as a present, but they kept telling me that I was not responsible or capable enough to take care of myself then to take care of a pet, haha. I was really offended and upset, and I would always have my face turned upside-down while facing them. Finally, when it was time for my birthday party, my dad drove me down to the bowling arena, where my birthday was being hosted. My mom said she'll pick up the cake and come straight away. Hours have passed and there is no sight of my mom, the party was almost over and didn't have a birthday cake! Later I found my mom walking in with a cute little white puppy with a beautiful rich red coloured coloured collar coming towards me, I couldn't believe my eyes! My dream has come true. After two months have gone by, my little puppy, Champy, still pees everywhere and was not potty trained. Thats when my mom profoundly took the decision to return her back to the pet shop, I kept trying to convince her but she said that she knew this was gonna happen. When my mom was at the door step, my younger sister stopped in front her and showed her one of PrinceEA's videos. Thank god, the video my sister showed her was the one where he uses this quote to state his opinion, "I JUST SUED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM." Now she is correctly potty trained, following a daily procedure.

In reference to that video and the quote, my dog was in the fish's "shoes," she was not able to potty in the correct spot at that age, and the tree was Chamy's challenge, to potty in the correct place.
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Reflection For the Nature VS Nurture Debate

Today in class, we had a very strong discussion that it turned into a debate, this is a really important topic in society and should have one straight answer, " Nature VS Nurture." We were split into two groups, nature on one side and nurture on the other. We did it in a really formal way and was loads of fun. Here is what we experienced:

The day before we had this debate, we were told to prepare information on both sides of the debate, citing quotes, examples and different life experiences. I prepared many of my past work and put it all together resulting in great, formal structured argument with all the requirements and more.

When it was time for action, my group and I were ready to take on anything, we were prepared and stated exactly what we are talking about and why. It was a great presentation by all! I think that my oral presentation was magnificent and couldn't be better, just joking! No one is perfect, I think that I deserve a level 4 in this section because I tried my best and talked with confidence and using strong and formal aggressive words towards the other group. I spoke in a court ordered way and let other in my group participate by giving them examples of what they can state or explaining to them the main concept of nurture.

When it was time for the counter arguments, I was firm while stating my objections and oppositions and stating evidence from what their speaker said providing proof from certain articles. When people were objecting statements that I've said, we would argue back and fourth about this topic for about 5 minutes until my opponent has nothing else to say and proves my statement correct. My group did a great job at answering the questions asked from another group with strenuous effort. I am really proud to have had them on my side.

Overall, I assume that I did a extraordinary in this debate all throughout it, from the beginning, preparation, to the ending, winning the debate. The way our team showed co-operation made us become closer and more understanding of one another' ideas and ways thinking. Great job nurture team!

During this debate, I learned many new things about this certain topic, this will help me ameliorate my background knowledge. At first when we started this assignment, I thought that it was really hard as I did not know the meaning of nurture. But soon, I found out that this is a really interesting topic and that I should learn more about it. I learned new scientific terminologies while researching for information about this topic, just like monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins. Also, I had my first structured debate and experienced how a real debate goes and how to communicate aggressively in a orderly fashioned way.

  “...The closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play”.

In my opinion, I think that this quote best supports the nurture side of the debate, as it states that physiologists look more into IQ and not preferences. As said in many articles, a human being’s development is all IQ until a certain point. Personally, I disagree with the nature development statement, because, it is proven that someone’s natural IQ and preferences that they are born with, start fading away towards adolescence and adulthood.


After that period of time has passed by, everything you do or think is just the influence of your environment and surroundings. For example, a person is born with natural instincts and use them throughout their childhood years. At school, we are taught to not smoke or do drugs, but unfortunately when we grow older into being adolescents and adults, our instincts change and also our influences. When you are peer pressured to smoke drugs, you’re instinct button is just malfunctioning and then your natural instincts turn into your influences, which is the nurture.

Hopefully everyone agrees that nurture is how someone's personality and identity not nature. This is why I think that nurture is the true reason to a being's development, of course nature also has a slight percentage in a person's identity such as beauty. I rest my case!

The Truth

  “...The closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play”.

In my opinion, I think that this quote best supports the nurture side of the debate, as it states that physiologists look more into IQ and not preferences. As said in many articles, a human being’s development is all IQ until a certain point. Personally, I disagree with the nature development statement, because, it is proven that someone’s natural IQ and preferences that they are born with, start fading away towards adolescence hood and adulthood.

After that period of time has passed by, everything you do or think is just the influence of your environment and surroundings. For example, a person is born with natural instincts and use them throughout their childhood years. At school, we are taught to not smoke or do drugs, but unfortunately when we grow older into being adolescents and adults, our instincts change and also our influences. When you are peer pressured to smoke drugs, you’re instinct button is just malfunctioning and then your natural instincts turn into your influences, which is the nurture.

Hopefully everyone will stop judging people about their IQ and natural before looking around them and seeing how society is developing. We can not blame someone for the way he is or acts but actually they way he is influenced in such a bizarre society and environment.

Dr.Seuss's Quote

"YOU'LL MISS THE BEST THINGS IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES SHUT."

Text to World:

In this quote, Dr.Seuss is trying to tell us to not fear the world. If you close your eyes one second, unfortunately, life can pass you by. Dr.Seuss is trying to get to our inner side, telling us to take risks and live the moment while it lasts. For example, has anyone ever walked around wondering how beautiful the sunrise/sunset are, or how it just happens in a cycle at the exact same moment every single day?

Text to Self:

This quote reminded me of many vacations that I went on and wouldn't care less to look around and discover nature. For instance, 2 summers ago, I was at Suma Bay with my family and family friends. One day we went out for a swim in the beach, bringing our snorkel sets with us. I went snorkelling for about 10-15 minutes then got bored and decided to return back to the hotel room. An hour later, my father came to tell me that they had seen a dolphin from a distance, I had never seen a dolphin in my life and I got so jealous. There was even a more regretting action I had done during my stay there. My family decided to go visit my uncle in Sahl Hasheesh that was about a 45 minute drive away. I didn't want to be squished or sitting on someone's lap in that tiny car we had came with. So me and my cousin decided to stay at the hotel, while my family went snorkelling "enjoying their time". When my younger sister returned, she described how beautiful it was there and that there was a private pool over looking the beach. She explained to me that they went snorkelling and that they saw a "SEA TURTLE"(one of my favourite animals). I regretted that I hadn't went with them and if I knew there were sea turtles, I would've even ridden in the trunk, even if it made me look like a barbarian.

Text to Text:

Reading this quote reminds me of many Dr.Seuss's great movies and series, like: Cat in the Hat and The Lorax. In the movie The Lorax, there is a man that has cut down all the trees in a town, The Lorax tried stopping hip from doing so but he didn't care. As the days went on that man cut down all the trees as well as habitats and food chains until there was only one tree left, he cut that down also. He kept the seed to the last tree with him until an intelligent boy found his house and they became friends. When, the man was cutting down all the trees he was not looking around him at all only thinking about his factory and not about the diverse colours and plants that were once right in front of him. After the man realized how much doom he had brought to his town, he decided to hide in a small house far away from everyone. When the boy found that man, he took the seed and planted right in the middle of the town and they all lived colourfully once again. If that man what have just listened to The Lorax and didn't cut those trees, everyone would have been in harmony as is. Or, after he had caused this misery, he couldn't have fixed by planting that on seed to make more and more.