Today we went over some general stuff as always and went around and shared all of our projects (and favorite colors). We are now going to look for a piece of research for a person and someone will find some for us (reminder: actually do that).
Next we listened to aThis I Believe essay from NPR about taking risks and leaving ones comfort zone. The author starts out talking about surfing and then moves on to discuss meeting with different people in his life and how it has been an aspiration of his to do this because he wants people to challenge him. My first reaction was wow, this sounds just like my college essay! It is strangely true that my essay was all about having people challenge you and how that's a great thing. One thing I was thinking about over the course of the day though was Ms Gergley's comment about there being a fine line between being stupidly dangerous and taking a healthy risk. I think this is totally true but sometimes fear and insecurity can make that line pretty fuzzy. I really believe that the whole idea of the essay to take risks is so important in life, but the problem that Ms G addressed happens when taking risks becomes the ultimate thing. If all someone does is live to go out of their comfort zone what's the point of being comfortable anywhere? Do you even have a comfort zone in that case? Overall though I think the more common problem is the opposite: being too stuck in a comfort zone. What an awesome idea it is to have a list of people you want to meet for the sole purpose of razzing you up and throwing you a curve ball, making you question everything you know. That, I believe, is brave and an awesome risk to take.
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