Going-to future

purpose of learning this?” being the most asked question among students. “Because its written in your syllabus,” may not be the best answer because everyone has the right to know how will every knowledge and information they take in will benefit their future and life. i found that education helps me find myself and who I actually am. It expanded my creative thoughts which I never knew…

“The Sound Of Thunder” Everyone dreams of going back in time and experiencing the past, but is it really worth it? “A Sound of Thunder,” by Ray Bradbury, is an intriguing science fiction short story that brings us back to the past to experience the dinosaurs. The action and drama in this story really showed off the theme of the story. Ray Bradbury created a plot, conflict, and theme that made it over all a compelling read. The plot of “A Sound of Thunder” is a thrilling adventure of time…

This semester, even though it is not over yet, I learned a lot about myself. Going away to college was a huge adjustment but I adjusted well the first couple of weeks and now Athens feels like home now more than ever. I knew going away to college was going to be a challenge but I was excited for a fresh start. For the skills category, I learned finally how to study effectively. In high school, I never studied because I could just show up and do my homework and get a B or higher. I never could…

the world are the reasons to why I want to become this and that in the future and they are the reason to why I want to go to different places in the world: to experience what they have once experienced. For instance, I have a friend who went to a summer program at New Jersey during the summer of 2016, and during her time there, she got to go to New York as part of the summer schools program; the place I have been dreaming of going to ever since I was still in elementary…

dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” In this quote, he wisely teaches us that the present moment is a gift. The past is something that cannot be changed, and the future cannot be determined; the only time that can be controlled is the present. However, only few actually follow this mantra. In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Pip and Miss Havisham are two perfect examples of people who completely ignore this mantra. Pip focuses his entire life on the future,…

Comparing and Contrasting Two Futuristic Stories Ever wondered what the future might look like, bright and wonderful, or gloomy and dark? Well in the story’s “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Bennett, and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, they tell about the future and what seems to be in the stories future. The futures in both stories are equally creepy and equally interesting at the same time. The stories unquestionably are interesting as they are also scary, but it would be easier to…

life happily or to know about it and risk being told something you are not prepared or happy to hear. Miss Lucy decides that in this case, it is better for the students to be told about their futures and for them to know what will eventually come of them, rather than stay not knowing and unaware of the future they have been created to pursue. Miss Lucy is the complete opposite of Miss Emily, in terms of their mindset. Miss Lucy has the minority opinion at Hailsham. She wants to…

psychic abilities; they are able to recall future events. Doug can only see one set of events, the future, what he says is the only way that events will unfold. On the other hand, Judy sees many futures. She believes that there are many ways the future may pass. Doug believes that Judy is seeing one true future, the one he sees, amidst many false ones. He can be called a determinist, one who believes that at any given moment there is exactly one physical future. Free will seems to be a mutually…

built-in sensors in a car that determines tire pressure, or any smart device currently being sold on the market.. This technology is not all that new, in fact it has been around and in use for quite some time. With that said, this technology has a vast future ahead of it and the possibilities are virtually endless. To begin, the Internet of Things (IoT) has had a steady increase in use throughout all of it’s history. Although it did not get it’s official name used by most people until the year…

social crises that the world is used? The reason is simple, the reality check, the present is not good, the images of the future are few and increasingly short with little projection, and last drag contradictions and violence situations where you want to take off and forget "automagically". The solution, bound into a kind of trance where thinking is not necessary or in the future, no past, no family, just realize what you are doing at that moment and drift down the barrier of criticism or…