Fraction Friends?

 Many people believe that you act like the people that you hang out with. For instance, if you hang out with the "athletes" you are most likely going to be an athlete yourself, or if you hang out with people who love something specific, you probably love the same thing. Not only do you probably like the same things as the people that you hang out with, you probably act like them. 

I believe that this is true. I think this is not only true for the people I know, but also for myself. I have developed traits and characteristics from my friends, that if I did not hang out with them, I most likely would not have. I can see some of my characteristics in my friends as well. I believe that this naturally occurs. In the same way that we have some of the same personalities as our family, we also develop personalities similar to our friends over time. It is rather impossible not to when you spend so much time with someone.

For me, I feel like this is a good thing, I think that I can learn and grow as a person by being with my friends. I think that I have developed some of their good traits, and it makes me a better person. However, this is because I have a great group of friends that make the right decisions and do the right thing. I am so thankful for them and glad that they put me in a position to grow as a person.

Ignorance is Bliss?

I believe society’s main problem as a whole is ignorance. This is why our world is struggling in so many different areas. People are uninformed on economic, social and other issues that concern not only some, but many. The leaders in today’s world base their decisions off of a feeling or one reason. Instead, we should be informed on these issues and study the historic times that our world has faced these issues. For example; if we are dealing with economic issues, we cannot simply do what we think is the right thing, but we must also study history. Before making a decision, we must see if we have faced the issue in past times, and how to deal with it properly and what not to do. The term “Ignorance is Bliss” is not one that we can relate our problems to. Ignorance is fact is not bliss, ignorance leads to many problems. We do not know how the decisions we make will truly affect our nation and world as a whole. Instead, we think of the part time issues.

The way we solve the issue of ignorance is simple. We should allow more informed people to run our countries and make decisions. If we allow ignorant and uninformed citizens to make all the decisions for everyone, we will be in trouble. And that is what has happened. We have allowed ignorant people to take head positions over our countries and trusted them with our lives. The decisions they make determine almost every aspect of our live. Instead of dealing with the major issue of ignorance, why not place informed people over us, which will eventually solve numerous problems that we are dealing with.