Thursday, November 01, 2007
Quizzes, Papers and Tests, Oh My!
Yep, it’s the time of the semester when sleep deprivation starts to set in with the plethora of papers and exams. You can definitely start to notice the bags under people’s eyes including my own. Even right now, I should be working on my term paper for a biology class but instead I’m blogging. I still have 24 hours!
As I am sure you know, yesterday was Halloween; a very uneventful one for me. I didn’t even watch any scary movies and the horror genre is my favorite. I think I’d enjoy Halloween more though if I still was able to trick-or-treat. Honestly, what isn’t better than rotting your teeth from bags full of candy? And then there were the costumes. Lets see...I was a tiger, Robin Hood, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Leonardo), a Power Ranger (blue person?), a vampire, the Joker from Batman (and I forget the rest).
In other news, Guitar Hero 3 has already come out and I’m getting it tomorrow! I have yet to play any of the Guitar Hero series but I am extremely excited to be getting it. I highly recommend Halo 3 for anyone that hasn’t played it yet. If any of you fellow readers are interested in setting up multiple Xbox 360’s for multiplayer let me know.
Also—I’m looking for people to play racquetball with on a regular basis....any takers?
This has been quite the random post but I’ll try to update soon when my brain isn’t so fried from paper writing.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Thought of the day…
The interesting aspect of attending a college is that you are allowed to reinvent yourself. People know nothing about you when you arrive as a freshman, and everyone is eager to make friends. What you did not like about yourself in high school you can change without anyone from college knowing; you have this clean slate.
I brought my yearbooks back from high school and middle school along with some pictures from prom, graduation etc. to show a few of my friends. They laughed hysterically at the pictures—at my expense of course. I had selective amnesia of most of high school until I began recently looking at all of the pictures, which threw my past back in my face.
I often wonder if I could relive my school days over again with the knowledge I have now, would I? My answer is probably no, but I often contemplate how my life would change if the choices and decisions I made were different. If my family was less supportive of me would I have gone to college? If I was better friends with the people from high school would I go to the same college as them? If I didn’t go into college with a girlfriend, would I have made one at college freshman year? If I went to a different high school would I still have wanted to go to medical school? If I didn’t choose Hartwick College, would I still want to go to medical school?
It is also interesting to think about if I didn’t attend Hartwick College what kind of people would be my friends, and how that would affect the type of person I am now. If I went to another college—what type of people would I talk to? Would I have mixed with the wrong crowd of people? Would the type of friends I had made influence my GPA? I mean, if you think about it, you have probably made very close friends at Hartwick (for those who attend). You would just as easily have made friends at another college. And, when I go to medical school, I’ll start all over again (again).
“What if?” questions are numerous and you can’t change the past but it doesn’t stop us from wondering.
Think about this quote from behaviorist John B. Watson. “Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” (1930)
Monday, October 08, 2007
The problem in front of us…
I was watching a movie (a rather girly one I’ll admit 
) with a friend the other night that got me to think a lot about myself and those around me.
“Calling somebody else fat won’t make you any skinnier. Calling someone stupid doesn’t make you any smarter. And ruining someone’s life definitely doesn’t make you any happier. All you can do in life is try to solve the problem in front of you.” (guess that movie!)
I think everyone can relate to having said something of that nature about someone. I hear students make outlandish comments about professors, their friends, enemies, etc. I know I have said comments before about professors, but the truth of the matter is it will not help me learn the material any better.
This can even be seen in politics with the upcoming elections. Barack Obama’s campaign has taken stabs against Hillary Clinton and her husband. Engaging in the politics of personal destruction will not strengthen your campaign nor make your views appear any better. Pointing out the flaws in in another’s plan doesn’t make your plan any better.
Anyway...I hope I left you with a little food for thought, so that next time when you “let off steam,” you can do so appropriately.
Until next time,
Joe
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