Final Exam

I personally find this final exam challenging and  I am almost a hundred percent sure that Mr. McCool knows it. That's the reason for us to write this journal entry anyway, to pour out confessions and readjust stufy habits. Fine by me. Even though this is not the main part of this journal entry, but for those who kew me well enough, I like to go off topic. Anyway, the study of the final exam is sort of last minute. I spent last week preparing for my french and math final exams, weekends for Science, and have only one day to prepare for the English final. Next time, perhaps I should squeeze in a little titer. Now getting back on track, no  I wasn't excactly ready for the final exam. 1) Poetry is challenging, and I have no energy to care. 2) The materials should be spent more time on. Instead of spending only one class discussing about Paul Reveere, perhaps we can spend two. Ironc to say, the parts that I am most confidient about this test are the quesitions about Paul Reveere. The one that I find most challenging is the final essay question that nearly blew my head off. If the teadher had said as he was passing out exams " Don't worry,  it's verry easy", I would probably feel indifferent. Cause that's what he says everytime. It's like a greeting, only an unwanted greeting for a test yet to come.

Heroism Today

Not until the last breath of human kind, heroism will never be dead. Reason? Simple and easy. We desire. We desire for a number of things: money, gold, beauty, popularity, intelligence, freedom, love...etc. Yet the one bad thing about desiring is that you don't have what you desired, ( stating the obvious...haha) that is how the word came about in the first place. So we little ones who carely has no clue to acheive our desires would look up to those experienced people who had already accomplished their goals. For example, If Jane desired money, her hero would probably be BIll Gates who makes a ton of money. If Hraddk desired beauty, her hero would probably some super model across town. Anyway, you get my idea. As long as there are humans with brains that still function, there will be desire, and there will be heros. Heros in today's society don't neccesarily have to be brave or all too mighty, and they no longer represents the nations' interest as a whole. Instead( as I've stated previously), it represents the interest of each individuallity. That, in some way can be a good thing since people it sets each individual different( Sorry for this line, I really am running our of idea to put on the blog).

True or False?

I think sometimes in certain circumstances, altering the truth is actually necessary in order to create a better work of art. A sand truth about a work of art is that is not how it was drawn or the value of it that counts, but how others criticize them. A good art work can simply be something that the public favored in general, and what was considered bad art work can simply be things that may be something that exceeds the public intelligence and profoundness. Now before you start throwing your fists in the air and prove me wrong, I'll tell you that does not go for all artworks, the literary ones especially. One hard thing about literary texts is the identification of which matters more? THe truth? Or the popularity? Do I want this novel to be truthful yet tedious, or interesting yet fake? This is a very hard decision, but the writers often go for the second choice. Since well, without sells, no writing. And again, this does not go for all cases. A famous example for altering the truth is an infamous chinese novel which English name I struggle to recall , but I think it's " The three empire war"??? Which is supposedly based on a chinese time period of chaos when three heroic figures rose from the bottoms of the endless pits China was in to unify their country. This novel, though very interesting, is not entirely based on fact but rather the reader's interests. Which is why this book is still a very debatable issue today. True or False? You make the decision.