Category: Unit 2

Something that interested me over the years ever since I was a child was painting/drawing. Painting became more than just a hobby. The possibilities in painting were infinite. There was no right or wrong in your creativity. I could spend the whole day sitting with a canvas and painting with the many color of acrylics that were in front of me. I mainly thrived during art class, I was able to express myself in my creativity. But art class was always considered an elective and not really an important subject. To me, having a class where students are able to explore their skill and creativity is very important. We have the opportunity to acquire new skills and boost our critical thinking. i’m still very interested in painting but i consider it more of a hobby now. With all of my responsibilities I barely have time to sit and paint, but every once in a while when I’m feeling stressed, painting relives my worries and relaxes my state.

As a kid, the idea of being a popular YouTuber was what piqued my curiosity in knowing more about. Actually trying it out for myself is something that I considered at several points in my life, even nowadays. I would question how youtubers made the content they made, when they realized they could do it, or what it was that made them decide to do it in the first place. If I remember correctly, I did “make an attempt” in content creation on YouTube for about 2 years when I was in middle school. After that, I slowly, but surely, started to neglect it’s overall existence. There was no particular reason for this as it just kind of happened on its own. It wasn’t until recently when I strongly considered that it could actually be a good career to be in due to the creative aspect of it and how flexible it can be, in terms of working hours. The education system did not necessarily make a direct impact on how I viewed that lifestyle, however, I guess you can say it opened my eyes to the many different fields I could go in. It was likely a good thing this happened since most people’s YouTube career don’t last as long as others, more specifically on how safe or reliable it is. There is probably a much darker side to the life of a YouTuber that I’m unaware of at the moment which is why I see this as being one of my greatest interests.

Religion was one of those things my mother said not to question but to rather go along with, and with time I would understand. However I am now almost 18 years old and still don’t quite understand but have created a relationship with. I have yet to get any answers to my questions. Why are there so many religions?Who created them?How do we know if any of the bible stories are true? These are all questions I had as a kid. When we would go to church I would sit there and listen to the bible verses and stories our priest would tell. I would start to wonder how any of this could be true. Sometimes there would be deacons who would answer our questions but of course with more bible verses or stories it, naturally as kids we would just keep asking “why?” until he would hush us away because he had ran out of answers and explanations to give us. My mother, who is very religious and a found believer, liked that I took an “interest” in religion but didn’t like all the questions I was asking. She would tell me “those are things you do not ask but leave to them to answer”. Who is “them”? Why “them”? This would naturally spark my interest more but out of respect to my mother I stopped asking so many questions. Nonetheless these questions would remain in the back of my mind. I vividly remember this one history teacher I had in 6th grade was very verbal about conspiracy theories along with other things. She would be the one to have an answer/explanation to my questions. She would give me her belief the scientifical belief and why others believe. In the end she would leave it up to us to formulate our own answers to our questions if there even was a clear answer to them. She was jewish but showed respect and insight about hers and other religions. She told students no question was dumb as long as we were willing to listen and think with an open mind. In my years of being in school I have only truly encountered two teachers who truly made me think of the bigger “why?”. Both being good encounters and great teachers changing my way of seeing and thinking about things.