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Spotting A Liar

 When Meyer states that lying is a cooperative act means that both people have to participate in order for a lie to be successful. This means that the person being lied to has to truly believe what they are being told. I disagree with statement because in order for someone to lie to they just have to be telling me false information, I don't have to believe what they are saying. Lying is a way of connecting what we wish we were with what we truly are because we can lie in ways that make ourselves look better. When someone believes a lie that we wish was true it makes us feel as if that lie is a reality. One could lie about getting amazing grades when in reality that person is failing. The positive response of the person being lied to makes the liar feel how they wish they did, like they are doing well in school. I agree with Truth #2. As a society we all condemn lying, yet we all are guilty of it. Sometimes we are put in situations where it's better to tell a white lie. For exam...
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Dear Future Me

 Dear Future Me, By the time you graduate college you will have (hopefully) grown a lot as an individual. I hope you grew in confidence, enhanced your communication skills, gained more leadership skills, obtained more financial skills, and learned how to be more disciplined. Growing in confidence will allow me to earn more confidence and allow for more opportunities that otherwise I would've passed on. Enhancing my communication skills will allow me to better articulate what I'm trying to say. This will allow me to explain my reasoning and allow me to communicate with others more efficiently. I wish to learn more leadership skills because these are transervable skills that will be useful in any occupation field. I hope to have better fincacil skills because as of now I'm clueless on taxes, bills, and a lot of other financial details. This is a necessary skill for the real world. Lastly, learning more disciplinary skills will allowed me to live a happier and healthier life. ...
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Dear High School Senior

 Dear High School Senior,      They say college is the best time of your life. It's safe to say that during a pandemic it's hard to live your best considering the many social restrictions. Therefore, my college experience has only been a fraction of what college is truly like. This experience has however, led me to the conclusion that college is what you make of it. If you sit in your dorm room all day you will not have a lot of fun. On the other hand, if you get involved you'll create friendships and memories. I recommend trying to put yourself out there your freshman year. Be thankful for the opportunities your given because maybe, if you're as unlucky as us, a pandemic will strip you of those opportunities. You have your whole life to sit around. Take advantage of your youthful years and have fun while still studying hard. As long as you maintain a good work ethic your soicla life and academic life will prosper. 
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My Biggest Regret

 "Regret", a haunting word that unfortunately I'm very familiar with. When speaking of one's biggest regret people often reflect on monumental moments in their life, such as decling a job offer or forming relationships with bad people. For me it wasn't so much a spur of the moment decision, but a lifestyle. For years I was living a life of conforming myself to fit the opinions of those around me. I spent majority of my time worrying about what others thought of me, and I worked relentlessly on pleasing those around me. I became someone that fit everyone's idea of who I was "supposed to be", while I should have been becoming the person I was "meant to be". I was so wrapped up in the thoughts of others that I lost sight of the opinion that truly mattered - my own. I concluded that I'm my happiest when I am unapologetically myself. I'm still discovering what kind of woman I truly am at my core and the kind of woman aspire to be, but I...
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Locked Away

 Once upon a time, there was a girl named Rapunzel who craved adventure. As a child, her grandmother told her she was diagnosed with a deadly disease that caused her to remain indoors for the rest of her life. The only person she ever talked to was her grandmother. Rapunzel would explore the mansion whenever her grandmother would run errands. She would often find her way to the attic, where she watched a neighborhood boy swim with his dog.  One day he saw her peering through the window and waved. Out of embarrassment, she ducked and instantly became flushed. She peaked her eyes over the ledge of the window and saw the handsome neighborhood boy making his way toward her. He shouted up at the window in hopes of getting a response. Rapunzel revealed herself through the window and shouted back. They talked for a couple hours. As soon as the grandmother began to pull in, Rapunzel told the boy to come back tomorrow at the same time. He nodded and trotted away. They continued t talk ...
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Revealing the Truth

 Children are perhaps some of the most innocent people. They base everything they know off of their own assumptions from observations or information others have told them. They trust that those around them are telling the complete truth. Unfortunately, everything they are told isn't always the truth - especially if it comes from a sibling. From my personal experience, older siblings tend to be the source of many false beliefs. One belief, in particular, went on for about a year of my childhood.  As a child, my older brother Collin was incredibly lazy. He would always ask someone else to do the simplest of tasks for him, like getting his shoes from the closet or grabbing him a water bottle. He realized the other members of the family were reluctant to do these favors for him. Desperate for a water bottle one day he told me I had an important task to do by the orders of the Disney Princesses. Obviously, I could not let down my idols. I jumped at the chance to impress any of the ...
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The Community Elevator

       This video begins with two people entering an elevator. The author made it immediately evident that these two people were very different. The older man on the right kept looking over and appeared to be judging the much younger girl on the left who was obnoxiously chewing her gum. The girl began to play pop music off her phone loud enough for the man to hear. in retaliation, the man played opera music off his phone. They both turned up the volume and the music was clashing as another woman dressed in business attire entered. She glanced back at both of them and then grabbed her advanced phone and played the music genre that she enjoyed. This pattern appears to repeat itself as the scene cuts to six total people in the elevator all playing different types of music on their phones. The elevator doors open yet again revealing a man with a radio on his shoulder. As he enters the elevator the others begin turning their music off knowing that a speaker will overpower...
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