School choice

“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” (Napoleon Bonaparte) In life, decisions we are always faced with decisions: what school to go to, what to eat, where to shop, where to live etc.; most of these decisions are small and do not have very much risk behind them. Then there are the life changing decisions that may impact your life forever like: who to marry or what career path to take. Decisions can have a huge impact on one’s life and there are often…

adapted from the movie Heaters by playwrights, composers, and lyricists Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, recently put on at Texas Tech, the main character, Veronica Sawyer finally gets what she wants in high school in that she gets noticed by the girls looked up at as gods to the school. However, she soon realizes that isn’t exactly what she had wanted, and when her new love interest steps in to help, all seems to go towards the worst, involving multiple murders, and a gruesome suicide. I…

Every day of one’s life, we are presented with choices. These choices vary from simple, such as taking a different route home from work; to difficult, such as picking which law school we want to attend. No matter what choices we are presented with, no one will remember those. All anyone will ever remember are the decisions we made in life from our presented choices. Take Young Goodman Brown, for example; a man whose every decision in life has been the right one. This is a man who, not only is a…

something vital to life is missing. The thing that makes it all worth it. Happiness. We can choose to take the steps towards happiness or allow ourselves to stay in the same place, in the same miserable state of mind for years. Being able to make choices for your own happiness takes a level of self-confidence and courage that can, at times, seem unobtainable. Occasionally we don 't even realize how unhappy we are until someone or something comes along and reminds us of what we deserve in life.…

Fate Comes Choice In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, the combination of the circumstances and the choices that Connie makes all indicate that she is responsible for her own fate. Connie’s family life plays a large role in making her a very independent and self-reliant person. She wants to present herself as a mature attractive individual, and her family structure sets her up with the opportunity to do as she sees fit. In making the choice to…

involves with capitalism and society. There are also people that are fighting and excited of the new products and the fake nature, instead of thinking and feeling of what they had done so far. In capitalism, it is all about money or money is the only choice in order to talk to someone. In another word, their body seem like it has less value compare to the products made. There is nothing free. People are working so hard every day just to pay off their bill and getting the freedom that they…

According to the dictionary, free choice is defined as the ability to choose, think, and act voluntarily. One would think we practice free choice in every embodiment of the tasks we perform. However, what if the choices we make every day were not as voluntary as we once thought? You would this to be impossible, would you not? I eat when I am hungry, I drink when I am thirsty, I wash myself when I am dirty, I sleep when I am tired. Are these not examples of free choice? Well, according to…

When speaking of obligations, one is also speaking of responsibilities. Characters dodge their obligations because the thrill of being free and having a choice overrules their responsibilities. No one likes to be told what to do or how to do it, yet alone be forced to do it. When the opportunity to be free of worry presents itself, this is when choices become more difficult to choose because nothing is sweeter than adventure and thrill. The characters in “Would Our Two New Lives Include a…

are a product of your environment, and that you don’t have any choices in what you believe or the paths that you take in life. I believe that you make your own choices in life, and can really be successful in any situation if you set your mind to it. You are your own person, and can make your own decisions. Throughout the readings you can see this over and over again. In “Don’t Blame the Eater” you see a young man make positive choices in his life after being dealt a bad set of cards. In the…

Decisions: Even the most minor of choices, could have a major impact on the character that made the decision, and people around them. The most crucial choices are the ones that usually end up affecting the greatest amount of people. Jenna Fox was a girl like any other when her life was drastically altered after suffering from a traumatic accident that left scars too deep to heal. Claire and Matthew Fox, parents to Jenna, were left with two options: letting their one and only precious daughter…