Reading Autobiography Assignment Follow-up-blog

*Authors Note: Considering the fact that I grew up reading imaginary fantasy picture books with very little words that were probably created by some man in Kansas wanting to "get rich quick" by creating a book that took him 2 hours to write, cut and glue together... I think I turned out pretty darn good.

I haven't always loved reading. Like any other American child who grew up in a public school, I started reading in kindergarten prior to learning the alphabet in preschool. You may ask yourself, "how do I know he's telling the truth about that?" Well, it's because I'm actually able to write and type this, so you analytical people out there, go away, your kind is not welcome in this dimension!

With this project, we we're able to actually look back and laugh (or cry) at the person that was us
8-10 years ago. This was kinda cool because in retrospect, I now know that all the crap about how if your child reads non-fiction from a young age, they'll be smarter. The reasons I know this is that I am in an advanced class for Science, Math, English, and History with a ton of other people just as smart as me. So if any adult is reading this that did have there child read non-fiction and listen to classical music at a young age, good for you. I'm just saying that the facts aren't a hundred percent on this one.

Now, when I looked back to my days of picking my nose and still needing stuffed animals, I kind of realized where the heck all of my creativity came from. I used to read books about things that if they existed, would go about destroying the very fabric of reality! OK, maybe there not that bad, but I still read about food with legs that walked, underwear wearing principals, and a giant man saying "Your a blizzard, Harry!" Or was he a wizard...? Never mind, the point is that it kind of hit me in the face when I thought about this that depending on what ever I read back in kindergarten and grade school has seriously changed who I am and the way I act/think to this day!

So I may have read those stories at a younger age, but they still helped to set the foundations for my ever growing brain! So the next time you are going through the infinite amount of boxes in your basement, look through them and look back at what helped you to become you!

My ever growing brain :P - Carter

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The Truth About the Truth

So in class, we started talking about the truth. I may have walked in that period thinking that the truth is as it says, "the truth", but I definitely left feeling confused. Up till that point, the only thing I really had to think about was what I was having for lunch. But then we started discussing the huge open ended question,"what is truth?" At first I just thought the truth was the opposite of a lie, but then we started getting in depth, and that got my head spinning. Pretty soon the bell rang and we were up and out of the class. Now were supposed to just write about the truth. So, what is the truth? I feel that the truth is a much broader subject then just one answer, so I'll answer it by saying what I think the truth is. 

To me, the truth is whatever you want it to be. It can be the utter dread in your stomach as you realize that you are doomed to be a sanitation engineer. Or maybe its your belief in God. But the truth is that there is no one truth when it comes to anything. With all of the world having separate viewpoints, you can't just simple say "this is the truth, deal with it." And thats what makes the truth important, the fact that you can think anything you want about any subject you want. So at the end of the day, the truth is everything... other then lies, but thats story for another day.