Emerson Day 2

Jorge

Everyone has a role. We chose to be that role, no one else.

Yasmin

Be your own star, no one else can be you. For example, you look at a mirror and its you, only you. You are your own star.

Regina & Jesus

Urges people to follow their individual. Don't be like everyone else (a herd of sheep) be your own person. Don't try to fit in with society.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself"

Emerson For The Young Buck

I learned a lot of things during the time i read "Self Reliance", but what really intrigued me was Emerson's point about being a man. We gotta go with our gut, we gotta go with the things that feel good to us. We people always imitate other people because we do not want to be different. That's what Emerson is trying to say, we gotta go with things that we believe in. We must entitled to our own opinion. And for a 10 year old could understand this if we talked to them in there own language. Meaning using there slang of words so a 10 year old could understand. Therefore, a  10 year old could understand this essay.

I'm Self Reliant

I have a question on the essay, why did Emerson write this? What purpose was he trying to get at? Through out the essay, i thought to myself, is Emerson telling the reader to be a "man"? I'm thinking that might be what he is getting at. Because when Emerson writes "trust thyself"....., he wants people to believe what is right to yourself. Also, when he says "traveling is a fools paradise"..... I'm analyzing that people often go with the crowd, people don't think there own way. It's an intresting way Emerson is using these comparisons to make the reader feel more entitled to their own opinion, instead of choosing what society is giving us.

Something Intresting in the Book I'm Reading

Since I watched the movie, and I was really interested in the book. I'm reading no country for old men. And there is a scene where the assassin and a gas station clerk are talking, and the assassin pulls out a quarter and says "call it". It is a very intense moment, and I'm trying to figure out if the assassin did not like the clerk, or he just wanted to kill him. Because the coin was representing the clerks life. So clerk had to choose from heads or tales. The clerk chose heads, he he got to keep his life.

Crowd Control

As you already saw the title, you already know this is about magic. So, today was the rally for my school. A rally is a huge event where all the students and faculty go to an area and celebrate about an event that's going to happen later in the day. Anyways, before the rally had started, I when up to a few people and showed them a couple of tricks. And so, the person I showed was amaxed at my performance and started to gather up his friends so I could show his friends other tricks. So I did.

When the bell rang, I told everyone that I was gonna go to the rally. They crazy thing is though, they all followed me there. I was headed to the gym to go to the rally. All the people I was with, showing tricks all followed me. I never had that kind of attention before. The people around wanted me to do more magic tricks. At the end of the day, I felt good. Not only for myself, but just bringing joy, excitement, and a little bit of confusion to the people I was showing tricks to. That's why everytime I show a trick to someone, I make someone's day a bit better. Chris Ramsay (other magician on youtube) once said "magic means a lot of things to a lot of people. To magicians, magic is mostly the emotions a spectator feels. I think that the magic is there" And that's why I do magic tricks, I like to see people's reactions and emotions toward the tricks I do.

Quote of the Day

I saw this quote a few years ago that i quit enjoyed, and made me think about my choices that i make.

"Someone once told me the definition of hell; the last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become".

Pretty chilling isn't? It makes me think, if i do anything wrong and die without telling my sins, i will see the person i could have become.....

My American Voicr

Speaking up is a good thing to do. Talking about what is on your mind is a really a great thing to do. A person. Can be able to express there feelings with a person on to see what is going on in their life. It may take time to share someone's feelings towards another person, but it will be comfortable. A person will be able to express, and feel comfortable around a certain person. And that causes a great relationship.