Hi

Today is may 23rd, graduation day for the class of 2012. In just two days, it will have been one full year since I graduated from high school myself. Although we will all think along the lines of “wow, it’s been a year already, time flies!” and though it may be true, I think time is soothing. Every year I learn something new, not just in school with all these formulas and algorithms, but I also learn something new about myself. I’ve gone through alot in these twelve months, the amazing summer following graduation, learning and meeting new people in college, going to Arizona to chill for a week, seeing what it’s like to overload a schedule, spending time with my roomate. But one accomplishment that I really am proud of is what I did the last month of school. I kept telling myself that although school is useful, I still need some real world experience, and so I tried really hard this one week and ends up with a research opportunity on alheizmers research and on brain connectivity. I think what makes me very satisfied is that I am finally getting my feet in the water in terms of my career. All my life I have been stuck in school, studying studying studying, yet I didn’t have any idea how to apply that knowledge in a practical manner. Now, I look forward to this summer for reasons totally different from last summer, but hopefully result in the same happy feeling. Career wise I believe I am ready. What better feeling is there? I’ll be 19 soon, and I feel younger than I felt last year.

Comparing myself to the Michael from 4 years ago, I have changed so much, especially with what I think about on my free time or before I go to sleep. Life used to be so simple; wake up, go to school, return home, homework, tv, sleep. However, recently I noticed that I have been thinking about the past a lot. I think of how much I’ve changed or what I could’ve been done better. It hasn’t been that way because I think I have had no regrets. But then I started asking the question “what if” and it is truly the most dangerous question there is out there. I start to overthink things that I do on a daily basis and that eliminates me “being myself” at times. 

I don’t know if this is a bad thing or not. By thinking about the past, I get perspective, but often too much perspective is bad. I start making decisions based on the outcomes or past situations instead of looking at the parameters surrounding the current one. This is like trading, all this data is based on the past. All those moving averages and whatnot are causal, at most based on past statistics, with no accountability of future events. Sometimes it’s good to have perspective, but I also need to focus on the future. I cannot base everything on what has happened in the past and expect everything to magically fall into the same spaces again. 

“the truth can set you free, or put you into another prison” - Nikita

I had a dream that I went to a Ron Paul rally and took a picture with him :D! 

- I hope he comes to San Francisco during the California primary season. Please X)

New Hampshire Primary results 44% reported:

37% Romney 

24% Ron Paul

17% Huntsman 

10% Gingrich

10% Perry

The mainstream media is going on a full scale attack on Iowa frontrunner Ron Paul, hoping to sway some GOP voters away from supporting him. It will probably not work since his surge was not inflated by the same mainstream media that purposely surged Perry, Bachmann, Cain and Gingrich. Ron Paul has actual support, another instance where quality beats quantity. slow and steady wins the race. (I really hope so, he is our only hope for sound economy and common sense foreign policy.)

I just had a dream that I was back in Mr Kim’s AP English class. It was our last day and there were singing performances by some students in our class. There was a closing song by Daughtry at the end and then I went over to get interviewed by mr Kim. I was totally in tears and told him that if I had one wish, I would want this class to go on forever, never ending. That class taught me so much about life. And that was the end of my dream.

I woke up discovering I had really cried and my pillow was full of tears. This reminds me of one of his lessons: whether something was real or not, as long as it influences your actions, it is real. Though that dream didn’t happen, it was real because it shapes who I am and what I do in the future. The overlapping of the tears represents the continuation of the learning process. Though that wish of mine was seemingly impossible, it is possible in the abstract sense.

We as a group have moved on from his classroom and learned to bring what we’ve learned from his enlightenment to the outside world, sharing what we’ve learned in this class. What good is being in the light, out of the cabe by ourselves? We need to invite others and show others the truth. As evident by his reading of Harry Potter’s Dumbledore dream, we need to wake up to reality. Though we discover the truth we must discover that discovery of the truth can shield us from certain shades in life. We must overcome those prejudices and see the bigger picture. Which in my viewpoint is that this class isn’t over. It continues with everyone we see and meet in our lives, and job merely is to apply what we’ve learned on a larger scale.
Thank you mr Kim, your lessons remain with us and in our hearts.

Ron Paul is the only candidate that actually has a solution for our economic problems. Why won’t the media support him more? He has so many enthusiastic supporters, fair coverage would give very good ratings. Aren’t “RATINGS” important to TV shows, why aren’t they important to these political news channels?