People and "True" Love

               Okay, a secret about me: I enjoy watching a show called The Millionaire Matchmaker. It’s an entertaining show because it’s about all of these people who seek the matchmaker, Patti, to help them find true love. The people that come in though, always seem to think that they are all that and that it other people’s problem that they haven’t met their “true” love yet. There is usually something wrong with them though (mostly involving their attitudes), and Patti finds it and then uses it to deflate their egos a bit (plus teach them a lesson) leading to them being more desirable to women. Watching the guys change though is a hilarious rollercoaster. However, only some of the couples end up lasting more than a couple of months. They believe that they have true love, and then the relationship ends so quickly.

                I don’t really think that I believe in true love. I find it a nice dream to have and I am always so ecstatic for people that I know when they find their dream soul mate, and I believe it possible for them; however I have never thought it possible for me. I know that it is a strange way of thinking, but that’s what I have always thought/believed. What adds to my disbelief is that when kids today say how much they are in love with their boyfriend/girlfriend, I immediately want to laugh at their foolishness. For kids these days, to believe that they are in love and only in high school is hard to believe, I mean it is high school and we are still so young, so how is it possible to know who we want to spend the rest  of our lives with? The word “love” is used way too casually in our everyday conversations. How are people supposed to realize that when you tell them that you love them that you mean it like you love a sweater or that you actually like them for who they are. Also, it’s not as big of a deal these days if you don’t love someone and your married to them, because you can just get a divorce, compared to in other societies and cultures, you are stuck with that person till they die.

                All in all, I feel that love is not a good word to use because of its common everyday usage. Its common usage is based off of our society and how as people become more dramatic, then they also look for more meaningful words to replace the everyday words. So I feel that the major lesson of the day would be to not use words unless you are prepared for their real meaning and that you sincerely mean what you are saying. 

Hypocrisy Involving Truth

            People can be so hypocritical when it comes to telling the truth.  There are situations where humans desire to know the truth, and either they receive it or are lied to about it. Then there are other times where they think that they want to hear/discover the truth, when they would actually be happier not knowing, or believing a false truth. I dislike the hypocrisy surrounding the concept of truth, but it is perfectly understandable to me about why it exists. A classic example would be a girl asking a guy if an outfit looks good on her. If it doesn’t the guy could either tell her the truth and face the consequences or he could say yes and lie about it to keep her happy.  The girl may desire the truth about the outfit, however most off the time, the people might just think that they want to know the truth however ignorance is bliss to them.  

It is human nature to try to keep people happy, and if that means lying and not telling them the truth, then so be it. The people that are brutally honest usually get a bad reputation in society because others view them as being mean and cruel, because they are not censoring their thoughts. They just say what comes to their mind, leading to them being very blunt and honest. It might be human nature to survive, which is why people deceive others when it comes to the truth. People don’t want to hurt others or burden them with reality, so instead they tell false truths to help others survive in today’s world as best as they can. However much society would like to believe that they are truthful, in reality by believing that is just adding to the lies surrounding truth, and is proving human nature to be very hypocritical and cowardly because they don’t want to own up to what life actually is.  

Life Without IB (Shout Out to Tori AND Katie!)

Okay, so I was slightly procrastinating on homework the previous night, and I was flipping through some people’s blogs (awful way to procrastinate because it is still homework related) and I saw one on Katie’s that was a shout out to one that Tori did, and I really liked the topic that they wrote about. So hopefully they won’t mind that I am going to use their topic as well. I don’t know if I could see my life without IB. However I feel that if I wasn’t in the IB program I would probably be doing as many AP classes as possible, leading to a slow and painful death. At least with the IB program, the classes are planned out so there is a slightly smaller chance of not overworking myself. I feel though that if I was taking AP courses, I would not be friends with a lot of the people that I am friends with now. Granted, I would be able to spend more time with my older friends, but I am always one for new friends. Plus I feel that with AP I might have had more of a social life (strange concept…a social life…huhhh…).

 However AP courses are not as much my style because it is more memorization then comprehension and I have one of the worst memories possible. Plus, I wanted to improve my writing and since we do so much writing in IB, it’s a great way to improve my writing. Without IB, I would have more time for my extracurricular and volunteering activities. Plus I would possibly be able to get more sleep. Though IB takes a lot of work and there is so much stress, I feel that it is a great experience and I am enjoying learning new things about different people from teachers to students. All in all, I really like IB (and I feel that so does everyone else), no matter how much we all complain and whine about it! 

Dreaming about Sleep/Sleeping

           Sleep…also known as the elusive dream of a high school student. Or at least the elusive dream for an IB and AP student, and I guess anybody else who works really hard. I know that for me, at least during the school year, getting sleep is difficult. A good night’s worth of sleep is 6 hours. It’s so little because between the extracurricular activities, school work/homework, stuff to be done at home, and then friends and all of their problems, it’s hard to get everything done. Yet it’s what we as students do to continue doing what we are doing in our lives. Still, it’s hard for me to see some of my friends change as they lose sleep. One of my friends has gained bags under his eyes and his temper has become worse because he is not getting enough sleep, as he instead studies and does sports.
           I read an article today about how teenager’s brains are chemically wired for the teenager to sleep more than an adult or a little kid, as they grow at the crucial stage of almost like a halfway point. The article proves that teenagers need more sleep, yet I know nobody who gets the nine hours of sleep a night. To me, that’s insane. It would be nice, but there is just so much to do, and we are at a crucial point in our lives right now, so how could we spend nine hours sleeping and not doing homework? However, I know that on weekends many people crash as they get about 12 hours of sleep a night. I remember when I was younger, I would always think that those types of people were storing the energy away for the week, so that that way they could continue functioning properly.
           Personally, during the week I can’t wait for the weekend to get some sleep but even then it’s difficult because of the homework received on Friday and then due Monday. I find it ironic then when we come back to school on Monday and in for example, Spanish class, Señora Foster would always ask us what we did over the BEAUTIFUL weekend. The weekend that nobody enjoyed because of homework, she is always so surprised.  It’s just entertaining to me to see sometimes the teachers surprised by the amount of work that we do. Even my dad, was shocked by the amount of homework that we can sometimes get. Well, I kind of got off topic however I can’t wait for college to get some sleep! (Just kidding, college will probably equal double the work load of now…Yay! *please note the sarcasm*)