Ignorance Is Bliss Research Paper

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"Ignorance is bliss"
Journal: December 18th, 2016
I had an odd dream last night. I was in a dark room, with only a cream-colored lamp as my only source of light. No distractions. No sound. It felt nice, the dark, quiet walls surrounding me. A small, light brown table was in the center of the room, and a wooden, worn-down chair was tucked into it. A paper laid on the table, faced down. I walked over to the table and sat down on the chair. I stared blankly at the paper. Should I flip it over? Or should I leave it alone? My curiosity getting to the best of me, I flipped the paper over. I said that I will die on Christmas Eve of this year. That’s only about a week away (6 days to be exact). And it said that I will die in a car crash.
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Maybe I did, but I don’t remember. Did I even have a dream last night? Maybe not. Should I tell my parents about the dream? I don’t know if I should. I usually tell them everything, from what happened at school, to nightmares I had the night before. I mean, I kind of have to tell them, so they don’t worry about me. I should tell them before I leave to visit my cousin. Five days will go by quick. Or not, who knows? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~December 20th, 2016
I still haven't told them about the dream or paper yet. I'm not sure why. I really should. I think that they won't believe me if I tell them. It's just something that I will say that will make them not believe me. I mean, I don’t even believe it myself. So, why should they? I'll just tell them, even though they won't believe me. It's okay, I'll tell them anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~December 21st, 2016
I finally told them. And guess what? They didn’t believe me. Honestly, I'm not surprised that they didn’t. Whatever, I don't care. I won't matter that they didn’t believe me. But did I say something that made them not believe? The wording? The dream itself? It won't matter in the long run, at least, I hope so. They probably wont talk to
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That’s good I guess. I guess they got over it, but not really. They're still acting a little weird around me. They're not even talking to me that much. Just during dinner and when I come home. To get my mind off this topic, tomorrow, we are going to drive up to North Caroline to visit some family (my cousin to be exact). I'm really excited. It has been a while since I saw them. I believe the last time I saw them was last Christmas. I remember my Christmas present being a new bright orange Nintendo 64. It's brand new! That’s awesome!!! I had a dull red one, but it messed up. Some technical issues that is. Anyway, I need to pack up for our "mini trip" kind of

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