A Look Into the Life of Lauren

Below I included two views that compare the life of a high schooler  through  the perspective of  an adult (left) and a student (right). The students in today’s society are too academically involved, which causes them to lose their ability to cherish the company of others. Their entire lives consist of school, studying, eating, and sleeping, which seems to be repeated each day, even on the weekends. I remember back in my high school years how my friends and I would hangout during the week, and obviously do things on the weekends too. However, today’s students are so academically busy that they rarely see anybody outside of the characters in their textbooks. Students need to acknowledge that there is more to life than school, in that they can focus on being with friends and maybe even going outside for once, instead of studying or sitting on their phones. Stress is an additional element that has been sparking throughout society lately. Students get too worried abo...

Out of all character traits that individuals possess, being arrogant is definitely one of my least favorite. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, arrogance is defined by “an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions.” I don’t exactly understand why some people think that they are so special and shouldn’t have to listen to the opinions of anyone else. We all know that one person who always thinks that he or she is right, whether it be at school, work, or home. The confidence of these people leaves you afraid to speak your ideas, as if you will instantly be shut down from the arrogant others. Essentially, the cockiness of some individuals mutes the surrounding society from offering new ideas, those of which may hold significance. It’s like when Swift states that he “can think of no one objection that will possibly be raised against [his] proposal” (409). I don’t know about you, but I would certainly be afraid to dis...

The world that high schoolers live in today has become nothing more than a stressful search to determine what their futures will withhold, while additionally trying to navigate through the competition among their classmates. Worst yet, many students engage in extracurricular activities that they must balance with their determined efforts to keep as many A’s as possible. And this doesn’t even conclude the troubles that students face, as they have to put their endless schoolwork aside at times in order to be with their loved ones. All of these elements combined create a very common, and dreaded, feeling -- anxiety. The shocking component to it all is that students and surrounding adults rarely make a significant attempt to relieve student stress. Our society simply brushes the anxiety of others to the side, just like how society disregards the immoral ways that we treat animals, as seen in “Consider the Lobster.” Wallace questions how his audience can eat animal products without feel...

Tell me that this series of events hasn’t happened to you before. You walk into a restaurant and find out that there is a forty minute wait, which creates your first grudge against the business for the night. Once you are seated, the waiter takes forever to fill up your empty water glass and ask for your orders, since he seemingly disappeared from the restaurant. After eating your meal, which felt like it took five hours to come, you wait some more to receive your bill. Lastly, you face the decision of how much your waiter deserves for a tip, so you review your entire night at the restaurant. In the end, you come to the conclusion that the service was slightly slow and eventually decide an appropriate amount. I’m definitely guilty of performing these actions, as well as the majority of our society. While some customers are polite and appreciative, others endlessly complain about their food being cold, not having enough ketchup, or the fact that the restaurant is too loud for their...