The Periodic Table Reflection

The Periodic Table was a rather good book but confusing. I like chemistry and all but he likes it a little too much. The Periodic Table was an autobiography on the life experiences of Primo Levi even though he went through the tragic events of the world famous concentration camp Auschwitz. He was a Jewish-Italian that was captured and sent to Auschwitz. The Periodic Table told the experiences of his life through each book being named after chemical elements. It was really cool how he tied the book titles into chemical elements because he was a chemist before he was captured. The book was rather hard to understand. Levi used many big words that I had to look up just have some clue what he was talking about. The first chapter was a blur because of the Hebrew language type writing. After the first chapter, things began to become easier to understand. Levi seemed to be good man because he was never ashamed of the mistakes he made as a chemist. He had good determination to do well and fix his mistakes. He was not afraid to communicate with his mentor when he experienced an explosion in the lab. If I would have gone through the things he went through, I would probably be very kept to my self and would not want to tell anyone anything about me or my life. Levi was not this way. He saw the good things in life such as his trips to Alps. He loved chemistry and really found a way to tie it in his stories.

Outside Event 2

I went to an outside event that included a speaker that talked on and on about arguements and how to break them down into small little bitty pieces. She was an expert on the subject and to demonstrate how regular people viewed arguements she formulated a test to see how people broke down arguement. I usually am not that bothered by these outside events but this one kind of pressed my buttons. Mainly because she was young and automatcially assumed we knew exactly what she was talking about and make us look stupid if we didnt. There was a weird crowd there so I tried to keep to myself in the very back while I enjoyed my mc double.

outside event 1

I went to burkes bookstore to listen to the readings Mrs. Wendy had offered us. I went to this one by myself so I ended up getting there a little late and of course there was no any parking. Stressed out and ready to get this over with, I parked in a no parking zone and ended up getting a ticket. Anyways, a man named Richard Bausch read a some from his book called “Something is out There.” He read a sotry from that book entitled “Immigration.” As you might have guessed it was a sotry about a couple trying to become an accepted citizen in the Untied States of America. Not only did the reader do a good job of reading, he really put himself in the story. He began to sum up accents for each one of the characters so that the listeners could visualize the setting. He was different from all of the other outside events that I have attended. He was actually kind of entertaining. However, I probably would not have attended if I was not threatened by a bad grade.

what if?

What if you realized that you were mentally delusional? DO NOT READ THIS BLOG IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SHUTTER ISLAND BECAUSE I ABOUT TO EXPOSE THE MOVIE TO HELP DEMONSTRATE MY BLOG! I came up with this idea from the movie Shutter Island. It was a great movie about a former U.S. Marshall that killed his wife because she killed his three children. He never accepted what he did and he built a fantasy world in his head and lived by it for two years and thought that was his life never knowing it was fake. What if you found out you were living in a fantasy world? I would be so shocked because everything is controlled by your brain and whatever you brain believes is real is real to you. It is a scary thought because some people are really like that. They live fantasy lives that there minds make up and if someone tells them they are wrong there go crazy even though they already are. It is another reminder to be thankful for what you have. Those people cannot help the way they are. I would not want to go on living if I kept on making things up in my head. Some patients that are mentally delusional come to there senses and realize that they are making up fantasy worlds but sooner or later most of them "reset." It is a scary thought. You could be making up a fantasy world and never know that you are. The scariest thing, I think, is not knowing something. Shutter Island is a great movie and I persuade everyone to go see it! It would help to understand what my blog is trying to get across.

what if?

What if you won the lottery? What would you do with that money? No, I would not drop out of college and try to depend on that money for the rest of my life. I like to work for what I get. Personally, the first thing I would do is drive down to either Pickwick or Heber Springs and purchase a nice lakefront house along with a Malibu boat and a jetski turbo-charged. When I was younger my family went to the lake almost every weekend it was warm enough. It is such a peaceful place to be and I want my kids to grow up on the lake because it is filled with good times along with responsibilites. I would not go out and buy a mansion because it would cost way to much and I would probably get bored with it one day and want another one. I would end up losing a lot of money if I decided to sell it. However, I would definately go out and buy an upper class car. I would not buy a Ferrari or Lambo. My dream car is a Dodge Viper. I would probaby get a Dodge Viper and a Porsche 911 turbo. Writing this blog is making me want to buy a lottery ticket. I would most certainly set aside a finite amount of money to pay off my undergraduate school and professional school I plan to attend. After all of those expenses, if I had any money left I would purchase some bonds that way my kids could have a good frame to lean on when they get out into the real world. It would be so awesome to win the lottery but I am not much of a gambler. I guess you could say that I am smart with my money. Winning the lottery, would be worth it though!