Category: Unit 2

Part 1

James Baldwin once said, “the world is bigger.” This might mean that the world is getting larger in a regular way, but also in terms of information. In school, we learn a lot about history, which is important, but there are other essential things we should be taught, like how to pay taxes and manage our finances. I still don’t know how to pay my rent, and it’s unlikely that we’ll learn that in school. Another thing we should learn in school is how to handle things like insurance. I have no idea how that works; I just assume it’s like a subscription to stay insured. There are so many life skills we could be learning, like swimming. Some people, including myself, don’t know how to swim. We should also be taught how to take care of our homes, deal with disasters, and keep pests away. We rely on our parents for this because reading a lot of text doesn’t seem to help me learn these skills. If teachers taught life skills, we might be more confident in the world and able to learn about history with more interest, without the pressure of tests on people we haven’t had the motivation to research.

Part 2

When I was a kid, I always found hospitals interesting. The doctors and the medical stuff fascinated me. Every time I went to the hospital, I’d notice how the doctors dressed and how quickly they talked about patients and their diagnoses. I’d ask my mom what they were saying, what the tools they used were for, and she did her best to explain. But there was one question she couldn’t answer: “Why is it that people go to the hospital to get better, but sometimes they get worse? Why does that happen?” I’ve stayed curious over the years about what’s on a doctor’s mind and how they do procedures. I wanted to be in the medical field, but not spend years studying, so now I’m learning about helping patients with X-rays. These questions kept my interest in medicine alive and brought me where I am today. Without traditional schooling, I might have lost interest, but teachers and counselors guided me to explore opportunities in the medical field. They even brought professionals to talk to us about it. I still wonder how medicine will change in the future and if doctors and nurses will still be needed. The medical world is always evolving, and it’s exciting to think about what the future holds.

Part 1
When James Baldwin said “the world is larger” I think he could have meant by its expanding as usual but information. Like in school we are still being taught about history a bunch of history its important to learn however we aren’t learning about taxes or how to pay them. I still have no clue how to pay my rent later and we will probably not learn that in school. Another thing we should be learning in school is how to do deal with paying stuff like insurance I still have no clue how that works I just assume it’s a subscription to make sure you stay insured. Which brings the second question there is a lot of stuff we should learn in school I can think of. Like some specific life skills or should at least be paid for to learn outside of school. For example swimming some people don’t learn how to swim I know people who don’t know and I am one of them. Another thing is how to take care of your house, stuff like how to pay taxes, deal with a disaster or how to keep invasive pests away. There are so many things we could have been taught while we were little or middle aged that we have to rely on our parents for because no disrespect to the articles but reading a bunch of text never seems to get the message into my brain on how to learn these life skills. If only teachers were teaching life skills maybe we would enter the world with more courage and confidence to live correctly and maybe then we can go back and learn about history. I know for a fact it would probably be more interesting without a test on some person we haven’t had the motivation to research.

Part 2
When I was little beside my toy trains and cars my dad always got me there was the beautiful night sky. The pretty sky I always wondered when I learned about the solar system I was always fascinated. So fascinated I wanted to do a solar system for science fairs at least three times. That fascination slowly grew to theories and I remember I used to always theorize the dumbest things that I found on Youtube. Like Area 51 and stuff like that. I asked questions a bunch about those theories to google and always got interesting results. Of course I didn’t think it was true especially now but a couple stuck key one was multiverse theory. My curiosity grew more and more as I got into high school and aged up and gaining more knowledge. I eventually was at my last year of high school and decided to take world building. So then everything all came together as I was forced to create a world with my own story. I was learning about space and different planets. Like there is this one planet with so many rings and there is another just like Earth. I’d say the educational system definitely boosted my curiosity and when I reached the summer of this year I started watching movies and then multiverse theory was my huge thing I have been curious about. Was it bad? I think it positively influenced me. If multiverse theory wasn’t in my brain all the time I feel as if I would be on a different path that I am now. Why? I almost always think about each outcome on what I do everyday not always though since procrastination still get to me today. So that’s what I wanna research it all comes full circle and multiverse theory and space are so cool.