I have a paper to hand in when I take my Core 10 final...

[conuly]

I swear, I should make a complaint against this guy, he can NOT teach.

Lizziey, a 30 point curve means that everyone failed, so he changed our grades so that if you got a 50, it was recorded as an 80 instead.

Anyway. In order to do this paper, I'm supposed to interview someone, and I forgot until now. It has to be two pages, double spaced, but I don't mind blending answers from different people. Cheating, yes, but he'll never know.

The questions are:

What do YOU think the meaning of life is?
Have you always felt this way?
What has affected your opinion on this matter?

*huggles* Those who help get, um... marshmallows?

Comments

Hope this'll do..

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

Q: What do YOU think the meaning of life is?
A: My personal philosophy on life revolves around the idea of happiness. I believe that when one finds happiness, one’s life is complete, per se. This ‘happiness’ can be molded into many forms. For example, one person may consider owning many cars their happiness. Another person may find theirs in leading a life of aiding others. My individual happiness, I believe, is found in companionship with others. As cliché or petty as it may sound, I am truly not happy without close personal relationships. I could be without any financial stability, yet if I had a shoulder to cry on, life would still taste sweet. I don’t think it’s necessary to go to a fancy college, to get a degree, to earn a PhD in order to look better on résumés, to boost annual earnings on your paycheck. Does a huge house, a fast car, a hot tub, that new Rolex, or the big fat monthly income really matter? Will I be a failure in life if I end up living in a small apartment living check to check, even if I am truly happy? And, do those things, ARE those things really what I’m striving for? No. I don’t need a fancy car. I don’t need nice jewelry. I don’t need an air conditioner or a swimming pool. The Beatles said it; all you need is love. All I need is people who love me. All I need is to love myself.

Q: Have you always felt this way?
A: No, for numerous years, I believed that the only way to have a successful life was to be perfect to the standards that my elders placed upon me. My grandmother always told me that I needed to hold my fork a certain way. My aunt Anita always told me that I had to style my hair back because when it was in my face I looked ‘Like a fat troll.’ My mother always told me I needed to mind my father, and my father always told me I was a disgrace. I never honestly took the time to think that perhaps my life was not meant to be lived like theirs. I look now and realize that they really are unhappy people. They picked me apart because they didn’t want the conversation going back to how THEY lived their lives, and how they wish they could turn back time and redo it all… I think that my family’s negative impulses on me have truly helped me to realize my goals in life, by showing me what I did not want to become.

Q: What has affected your opinion on this matter?
A: As stated before, my family has always been quick to pick at me, and others, in order to keep the topic off of themselves. Through this I have realized that my goals in life differ greatly from theirs, and that’s okay. I want to be my own person, and with that comes another reason for my being here. I don’t need to be like them, I need to be like me. I need to be me, and I need people who accept me for who I am. As long as I have that, no matter how unhappy I may get at given times during my life, I’ll still have that very strong wall to fall back upon. I’ll always have me, and the people who will be there for me no matter what.

Re: Hope this'll do..

[conuly]

Thankies! The more, the better.