Bertrand Russell Reflection

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian and political activist. All of his commandments have to do with the idea that he is a liberal. I believe this illustrates how he is very biased and doesn't have any conservative commandments. The first commandment says, " Do not feel absolutely certain of anything". This has to do with the idea of being a liberal because change is always constant and people sometimes break the rules. This is very true in most aspects of life, but sometimes is not what always happens. You cant always be certain of anything because you never know if you will be alive the next minute. This is pretty dark, but it is simply just life. Commandment #4 says, " When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory". This is definitely a liberal opinion because it goes against everything in society. It is known and expected that you respect and listen to your elders. Russell is arguing against this rule in society by saying to stand and argue with what you believe in because authority or age shouldn't constitute the winner of the argument. I chose these two commandments because they go against what society believes. At first it seems crazy, but when you put thought into what he says, it all starts making sense.   

Paper #1 Reflection

The process of writing the paper was both a great learning experience and a long, thoughtful journey. One difficult part of the writing was process trying not to summarize. I seemed to really struggle in persuading people without letting them know a majority of what happened in the movie. The movie Miracle  is based off of a true story, so I wanted to include the important parts. Another thing that I thought was difficult was making my outline. I was constantly repeating what I wrote in my introduction and I knew that the flow of my paper was going to be off. I usually don't write that big of introductions and I feel like I gave away too much information in the beginning of my paper. I conducted my research on the internet and found a quote to connect the movie with my life. The end result of the paper did not turn out how I thought it would because I ended up connecting the movie with my life more than persuading someone to watch the movie. I unfortunately mixed up the topic at hand and my best effort was not showed. Time management skills need to be improved for me and I think I will write a thorough and better paper. Another part that I wasn't too fond about was how much I knew about the movie. Since I had so much knowledge with the movie, I felt I wrote too much about it. Our next paper will benefit me because I will have selected a topic that I know very little about, which will require me to do more research.

My Major

As a second year student, I just declared my major. I have decided to take on and pursue a degree in Finance. One reason that I believe I could be successful in this field is because my father has a lot of experience in it. He currently works on Wall Street and I want to follow his foot steps. I love working with numbers and people. In Finance, it is very important to have a strong relationships with stockholders. Therefore, my skills in the field and my communication with others could help me build my way up in a firm or buisness. Although I know what I want to do now, I had a close-minded attitude when I first came to college. I didn't believe that I was mature enough to make a decision on what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. With this being said, my parents were a huge influence on my choice. We all sat down at the dinner table and discussed what I was good at and what i would be happy doing. Finance was ulitimately the final decision and I can't wait to see where the process takes me. Writing isn't really associated with Finance, but sometimes it is necessary. An example of this is when a buisnessman has to write about buisness loans or FICO scores. This major requires a lot of hard work and dedication in order for a high success rate. I can't wait to take on the challenege and make it to Wall Street.

My experience with writing

Writing is representing language in visible or tactile form. Since a young child, teachers have implemented in our heads that reading and writing can help you be a successful student. I couldn't agree more with our education system because strength in the English subject is a very helpful tool later in life. Personally, I love writing. The system and process of writing a paper takes a lot of steps and organization. These steps are important to me because writing isn't just about one right or wrong question. It is about taking your time to realize where you can improve in your writing and re-writing your essay over and over again, in order to put out your best work. As a college student, I hate being narrowed down on what I have to write about. This leaves me very stressed and may lead to a disappointing paper because I don't have much interest in writing it. If the professor gives many options to choose from, than I couldn't ask for anymore from him/her. I believe that interest in writing a paper is a key for success. Sometimes I like to compare writing to playing a sport. If a person has no respect or no interest in a sport, do you think they will ever be successful? An example of this is when a parent takes his child for his/her first sporting practice. The parents have no idea if their kids will enjoy it but they take them anyway. This is just like writing because if the professor just throws a random topic for us to write about, than we don't have any other option other than just to simply write about that topic. Interest and passion for something is so powerful in every aspect of life.  +