What are we doing here? Why are we here? While you may not ask these questions everyday as you make your way to school, we are here because of fear. Fear, well, what fear? It is the fear of failure. We fear that without an education, we wouldn’t be able to get a proper, good-paying job, despite the fact that we constantly complain about how boring school actually is and whine when piled under mountains of homework and assignments. You’d rather be anywhere but here, and you are always free to leave - but you don’t. In fact, you are free to make your own decisions in life, but then again, they all have consequences. You have to pay if you make a bad choice, and so you just don’t make bad choices. But it’s not that simple, and this is all because of fear. Fear influences the actions that we make everyday, whether we like it or not. (48 seconds)
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We avoid things and situations that seem dangerous to us. For example, people have a fear of snakes and spiders, because humans evolved alongside these dangerous creatures. Chapman University’s “Survey on American Fears” found that 51% of Americans are afraid of snakes, while 30% are afraid of spiders. We fear things that don’t seem natural, even if it is part of nature, such as these creepy-crawlies. Having an “abnormal” amount of legs may seem scary, or perhaps even a 100 legs. We all fear different
We avoid things and situations that seem dangerous to us. For example, people have a fear of snakes and spiders, because humans evolved alongside these dangerous creatures. Chapman University’s “Survey on American Fears” found that 51% of Americans are afraid of snakes, while 30% are afraid of spiders. We fear things that don’t seem natural, even if it is part of nature, such as these creepy-crawlies. Having an “abnormal” amount of legs may seem scary, or perhaps even a 100 legs. We all fear different