Who has shaped my life

Throughout the eighteen years I have been alive, I have met a lot of people who have shaped my life in one way or another. However, the one person who has continued to shape my life for the better, day in and day out, is my mother. She is by far the strongest, most independent woman that I have ever met. Ever since I was young, my parents have been divorced. Unlike that stereotypic MB single mom, she was fine being alone. This isn’t because she was okay being alone, but instead, she knew that us kids were her priority. She has spent every hour of my life making sure that I am happy because happiness is indeed the best gift a person could receive. Not only that, but she is able to provide us with every opportunity we need to succeed. 

All of this doesn't come free. My mom, Genette, works at her job full time and gives it her all because she realizes she must do so to help our family run smoothly. In some aspects, she is a superhuman. I could not be happier to have such an amazing woman that I can call my mother.

Socratic Seminar Topic

What separates humans from animals? Is it the fact we can walk on two legs? That we communicate with one another in English? The question “What separates a person from all other animals?” was brought up in this past Socratic Seminar and truly stumped everyone. What seemed like such a simple question turned into a half-hour long conversation in which an answer wasn’t found. For some, this answer might be redundant since we believe we are nothing like animals and are far superior. However, why do we think this? In fact, genetics show that we aren’t actually that far off from some sorts of animals.

            Here is what really stumps me… Is the reason that we believe we are nothing like other species because we are just comparing them to ourselves? What if they do have their own form of communicating with themselves? With all of this being said, humans truly are something special. The way in which we interact is nothing like any other species. We communicate for a living and truly strive only when we do so. Unlike other species, we don’t succeed in isolation. In a movie I just watched in one of my classes, it describes the true characteristic of a human being: greed. Us human beings strive to get to the top and will honestly do anything to get there. There are so many examples of this especially coming from the Wall Street. Some people on the Wall Street get so caught up in trying to reach the top that they even screw people over trying to get there. They steal money from hard working people because of all the greed present.

            So, some people ask what the difference between humans and other animals are, well, I think it isn’t the genes and such, but the way in which we act. Yes, other animals seek love along with greed, but it is far less dangerous than the way we feel it. With all of this being said, it is only an opinion. I am quite certain and excited that the future will give us a lot more information about the differences between humans and animals. I believe that we will soon learn that these other species are a lot more similar to us than we think now.