I had spent about 12 years of my life between the Iraqi education system and the Jordanian education system before I came to, United States. Both of the two systems are extremely difficult, numerous amount of memorization and studying. I turned out with having a mechanical brain. Focusing only on the science subjects, such as Biology, Math, Geology, Chemistry, and physics. Studying frequently about 7 hours a day, in order to become, scientist, in the future. In that point, my life was revolved around numbers and equations. I did not have a pure vision of life, however, I learned a new subject which has changed my understanding of life forever. It has revealed unseen person inside me, he was in the darkness of my maze, in the
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When my friends start talking or having discussions about literature or philosophy subjects, I say “guys please do not waste my time.” And they laugh because they know I do not like these types of conversations. One of my friends said, “Dude you should expand your mind, start to listen, think openly and more important be open minded,” I replied, “I’m opened minded what are you talking about. I event this expiration, however, let us talk about how we can improve our grades in chemistry.” He said, “Whatever you want Mr. Bilal, I give up man trying to convince …show more content…
It appeared, I have lived in corruption world, loaded with hate and greed. Frederick Douglass said in his Essay, learning to read and write, “I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity.” He said that because he was one of few slaves who can read. Reading has expanded tremendously his consciousness of his situation. He was a slave, no freedom, no future and no hope. He became capable of seeing the immoral things that surrounded him, but he could do nothing to change it. He considered reading is a curse more than a pleasant, however, later on in his future, he earned his own freedom, and in addition, he helped slaves to get their own by becoming an abolitionist. All this rooted history that Frederick Douglass started with reading. The point is, if you learn, subject, or experienced a situation that changed your life perspective, then you started seeing the world differently. You will become capable of seeing the mistake and the errors in it. You will know the rules, and if necessary, break them in order to improve the system. That can make you cable to be a game changer and a great
When my friends start talking or having discussions about literature or philosophy subjects, I say “guys please do not waste my time.” And they laugh because they know I do not like these types of conversations. One of my friends said, “Dude you should expand your mind, start to listen, think openly and more important be open minded,” I replied, “I’m opened minded what are you talking about. I event this expiration, however, let us talk about how we can improve our grades in chemistry.” He said, “Whatever you want Mr. Bilal, I give up man trying to convince …show more content…
It appeared, I have lived in corruption world, loaded with hate and greed. Frederick Douglass said in his Essay, learning to read and write, “I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity.” He said that because he was one of few slaves who can read. Reading has expanded tremendously his consciousness of his situation. He was a slave, no freedom, no future and no hope. He became capable of seeing the immoral things that surrounded him, but he could do nothing to change it. He considered reading is a curse more than a pleasant, however, later on in his future, he earned his own freedom, and in addition, he helped slaves to get their own by becoming an abolitionist. All this rooted history that Frederick Douglass started with reading. The point is, if you learn, subject, or experienced a situation that changed your life perspective, then you started seeing the world differently. You will become capable of seeing the mistake and the errors in it. You will know the rules, and if necessary, break them in order to improve the system. That can make you cable to be a game changer and a great