(school, home, neighborhood, media). Write a list about all the scenes or situations you come across on a daily basis that you think are unfair and/or not right in some way. Pick one of the ideas from your list and write a longer entry about it - 2-3 paragraphs. Describe the problem, what's wrong with it, cause and effect, and possible solutions."
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Everyday, I see people ignoring each other and everything around them. It bothers me. Why, I don't know. I am not sure if people do this purposefully, or they are just oblivious to the world around them. Either way there is no real excuse for it. There is something wrong with the idea that when people look up, they're not paying attention to the world, but to something else. I am not saying that I don't do this myself, but doesn't anyone get annoyed when the person in there headphones playing Angry Birds on their iphone bumps into you. Doesn't it make you wonder how many things that person is missing around them, when they're in their own little world. I am pretty sure that about everyone in the world can zone out into their world, and not realize anything that's going on, or appreciates the world around them, but I still think that it's a bad habit that we all have.
When people don't pay attention to things around them they are not able to appreciate the world itself. If people were to look up, or wake up and step out of their own world, they would see that other people have worries to. They're not the only ones with issues or problems that need to be solved. They would realize the good and the bad things out there. If people payed attention to the world around them life would be easier. I think that people are so preoccupied with their own self, that they are not concerned about the world around them.
Alyssa,
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a sophisticated writer, and I can only wonder how you will flourish as a writer someday, whether it is for a career, or just for yourself. Don't stop writing, because you have things to say, and people will want to read about it!
I agree when you write, "Doesn't it make you wonder how many things that person is missing around them, when they're in their own little world. I am pretty sure that about everyone in the world can zone out into their world, and not realize anything that's going on, or appreciates the world around them, but I still think that it's a bad habit that we all have."
Someone I know reflected on how they were so into what they were doing on their iPhone, that when they looked up, all of a sudden they took notice of the real beauty in the world, the beauty of Fall leaves changing color around this world, and here he was, mindlessly wasting his time on a manmade device.
You are absolutely right that if we fail to look, we fail to see who is in need. And it is an awareness we all need to continually practice.
Great work!
-Ms. Hoque