1. young, wild, and Free (in journal)
2. Alcohol advertisments (in journal)
3. Pyschology today (in journal)
4. "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (Lenina)
5."I'm claiming the right to be unhappy" (John the Savage)
6."Love's as good as soma" (Lenina)
7. "Every soma-holiday is a bit of what our ancestors used to call eternity" (Dr.Shaw)
8. "Half a gramme had been enough to make Lenina forget her fears and embarrassments."
9. Historical: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emotions-17th18th/ 17th and 18th century theories of emotion
10. psychology: http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/lbh24/emandmopsy.pdf the role of emotion in moral psychology
11. psychology: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/05/05/what-do-you-know-about-being-happy-the-positive-psychology-quiz/all/1/ What do you know about being happy?
12. psychology: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199509/prescriptions-happiness Prescriptions for Happiness
13. historical: http://www.law.du.edu/forms/writing-competitions/documents/winners/6.pdf the sacred of happiness
14. scientific: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045 Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
15. historical: http://hbr.org/2012/01/the-history-of-happiness/ar/1 the history of happiness
16. Scientific: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db76.htm antidepressant use in persons aged 12 and over: united states 2005-2008
17. scientific: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303649504577493112618709108.html
18. interview
19. interview
20. survey
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Essay 2
I never quite learned how to fly on
my own. That’s probably why I have always wanted to be superhero, because with
superheroium (yes, I know a word that spellcheck does not) comes the ability to
soar above the entire world. Well, at least that is what Will Stanton (the main
character from The Seeker: The Dark is Rising movie) thought, yet we were both heartbreakingly
surprised to discover that Will could not fly, even though he was a
“superhero.” I remember watching the movie at a friend of mine’s thirteenth
birthday party and loving the movie so much that I just had to read to the
book. So long story short, I go to the library and pick up a book called The
Seeker, as it turned out, this book had absolutely no connection to the
movie I’d just see, but I read it anyways. The book I read was actually of part
of trilogy of books, by a brilliant author named William Nicholson. Each book
began with three separate stories that couldn’t have been more different, yet
by the end the three characters were all looking each other straight in the
eye, fighting of course, but still looking. Now I’m aware that was probably the
most pointless story you’ve ever heard (well since you see thousands of
applications I am sure that you have heard of children eating their parents to
make themselves stronger and pet unicorns that encourage their senses of
imagination, and while I have those stories also, this one seemed more relevant
and people-reading worthy).
During my high school career, I’ve
learned that certain things in life are simply uncontrollable, like my ability
to fly. And as much I want to have
everything in my life go the way I planned, it never happens that way. I
remember being in eighth grade and telling myself that I would never take AP
classes. Ever. I ended up taking almost all of the AP classes offered at my
school and wishing that I could go to the school across the street that has an
IB program and more AP classes. In my life, my motto has always been to
challenge myself, because even if I fail, I believe that failing is always
better than simply not trying at all. As a high school senior, I’ve been given
this amazing opportunity to not only reach for the stars, but to land on the
moon while I’m flying, figuratively of course. I refused to take the easy path
out of high school, and I refuse to take it to get out of college. I want to be
challenged not only in my academic career but also in a way that allows me to
step off campus and out of my comfort zone. Life is too short to simply remain
to simply remain in the shallow end, and because this very well might be my
only opportunity to reside on this earth, I am determined to fly, even if it is
only in my imagination.
College Essay One
I
can still remember my first day of Drumline practice, and thinking that those
first five minutes that followed with my little bass drum were the worst five
minutes of my entire life. It took hard work, time commitment, and willingness
to learn but I survived. If someone asked me what I felt the most important
quality that someone needed to have in order to be a part of the Bishop Verot
Drumline, I would not say musical ability or experience drumming, I would say
perseverance. When I started drumming the summer before my freshman year, I was
awful. The music was difficult, the drum was heavy, and the members were so
strange. Yet for some odd reason, I decided that I was going to be dedicated to
Drumline and that no matter what difficulties come my way, I would never stop
trying.
As a part of my
school community, I value the phrase non-excidet, which we interpret to mean
“we will not fail.” I always laugh when people understand the phrase to mean
that you are never supposed to make mistakes or that you will never fail.
However, that clearly is not true. I have never met a perfect person, and I
predict that I probably never will. I interpret failure to occur when one has
stopped trying and simply given up the effort. Sure, if I do not get accepted
to your fine institution it would not be a prudent decision to simply apply
every year till I’m eighty, yet does that mean that I shouldn’t try now and do
whatever is in my power to be considered for admission. No.
For as long as I
can remember, my grandfather and I have been saying that “cannot” died in World
War I and “can’t” died in World War II. I have absolutely clue why we started
this saying or what it could mean, but I use it in all of my decisions. During
my four years of high school, I found out quickly there is no reality in which
everything I want is awarded to me and no matter how hard I work, I can
probably always find someone with better grades than me or nicer hair, yet I
will not stop striving to be the best that I can be.
One of my favorite
songs, the song I happen to be listening to at the present moment, is Put Your
Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae. The song inspires me to take chances and
risks and live as every moment is my last. I’ve been blessed with this amazing
opportunity to create something completely new and perhaps even change the
world. This very well may be my only to chance to live, and I want take
advantage of everything afforded, and music is simply one way I enjoy life. Clearly,
I am not a perfect person, I often take too many risks, and then at other times
I take too few. I do not enjoy hamburgers, and I very well may be the only
person in Fort Myers who is not obsessed with Moe’s. However, whichever
decisions I make and risks I decide to take, I will not fail because I will
never stop trying to succeed.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)