Response to the allegory of the cave.
       I think that Plato's allegory of the cave is very wise and well thought about. I Believe that what he is saying is true. I just think that if I looked at something for my whole life and I never knew anything else except for these shadows, then when I turned around, I don't think that I would know that what i was seeing is actually reality or if it was just a dream. Also if they saw a shadow of a book (which is rectangle) then how would they know from the shadow that this was a book if they have never seen one before. I think that what Plato was saying though is very wise and that many people are like the people staring at the wall and never know anything else.

Ahhh! the weekend.

Over the years since I was just a freshman in high school until now. I have learned to enjoy the weekends more and more. I have figured out how to use every bit of the weekend I can to relax and catch up on sleep that school just drains you of. Now that I am in college it seems like even my weekend is taken up by school work and studying and not getting enough sleep because of studying at night. I have so many things to do throughout the day I don't have time to study in the day and I have to study at night, and therefore, I don't get sufficient sleep. I am writing this blog post on Thursday night so I don't have to stay up late and do it tomorrow! I miss the elementary school days when I had no homework and I had nap time. The weekend is nice and maximizing your time to relax really plays a big difference on how the week goes.

College

The farther I progress into this first semester of college I see that there are so many more differences than high school. In college, I have so much more time throughout the day to complete anything I need to do so I don't have to stay up so late at night studying like I did in high school. Another thing I have realized that there are no really daily bring home assignments. Its more like read these pages or you will fail the test. I like not having all of those daily assignments. The last major thing I have noticed is that as the semester progresses, I am getting so much more weighed down with reading and studying. As the weeks have passed, the more reading I have done. I am sure that some weeks will be worse than other though, definitely.

Forest Ghost

People know me in the forest as the forest ghost. I go so fast on the mountain no one can ever catch a glimpse of me. People have tried to catch me, take pictures of me, and even kill me, but i just go too fast. When I am riding my bike, I feel like I am flying and love to go as fast as I can. I enjoy the adrenaline rush I get from going faster, higher, and farther. When I am on my bike, I feel like nothing in the world can ever touch me and I can just be free and have no limits at all. It is great to explore and find new trails and see these wonderful views from the tops of mountains. I have found something I am very good at, and will continue to mountain bike until I no longer can. So if you are out on the trails and you hear something go by, or if some one tells you the rumor, just know it is me.
I am not that fast :( I am probably slow as molasses compared to professional downhill mountain bikers but its always nice to think big I guess!

My archetype

All of the archetypes have little bits and pieces of me, but I think that i am mainly an explorer. I do not like to be fenced in by limits and want to find out who I really am by going out and exploring new things. When I think about how I do not like to be fenced in, I also think about me being a creator. I do not like to be fenced in by ideas. I want to let my imagination free and think of everything fun I can create. Either to make me not be bored, or to have something to do so I can feel accomplishment when i succeed. I think that exploring new things and then creating new things can tie in with each other, because the more i explore, the more I think, and therefore, the more i create.