One More Chapter
A twenty two year-old's view on life, death,
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
My grandfather always tell us that, "you learn something new everyday", when we go over to visit him and our grandmother. For a long time, I thought he was simply referring to us learning within the school context, but eventually I realized that he was not referring to that. In fact, I think it is in his belief that we learn more from our everyday experiences and encounters than we could ever learn from sitting at a desk for eight hours and having facts spewed out to us. Everyday we learn more about ourselves, our lives, the people around us and the world in which we live, and these aren't these the things that truly matter? Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love school. I would go on the weekends if I could just because I'm that much of a nerd. But what most people don't realize it that you need to take these random equations we learn in math, dates and people we learn in history, and facts and terms we learn in science and apply them to our own life and our own context. In this way they will help you reach a greater understanding of this world in which we live and bring you closer to the life you desire. This is why English has always been one of my favorite courses in school. It finds a way to express the different ways in which people are experiencing the world or understanding it. A work of literature or a piece of poetry can convey emotions and sensations through mere manipulations of the English language, it's really some kind of miracle. So I urge you to try something: for the next week, or maybe just the next couple of days, be aware as your day goes on of what things you are learning. And keep in mind that this new knowledge can appear in a great number of ways in a great number of places. You just might start to see things a little differently. Thank you for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayBlood Brothers by Ingrid Michaelson
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