Reflection 5

Two weeks ago, my history teacher said, that he likes to know history of a country he visits, because he then can understand the local people and monuments better. I found it a very good motivation to learn history more. In advance, I always had the feeling, that I should understand the surrounding world well. What made me upset was the fact, that my knowledge about the past is rather insignificant. I thought about it for some time and understood, that it's extremaly hard to, like I said, understand the surrounding world well from every perspective. Supposedly: one person knows how the house was built, second one knows how this house is built on a molecular level, third person knows the history of the same house. Each of them is ignorant about the house in a way, but it doesn't make anyone uneducated. Also, after we gain knowledge about something, we see more things to learn about it. 

Reflection 4

Sometimes, I hear my friends complaining about math and saying it's pointless to learn it, because it's useless in real life. Well, it is very unlikely, that one will have to find the root of a certain function or check if a given sentence is tautology, during his/hers ordinary day. However, math is an universal language, which can describe the universe or make it more predictable. It turns out, that even nature follows some mathematical patterns(flowers using phi constant, for example). That's why I think everyone should understand rudimentary principles of mathematics and school system ensures it so far. Another reason to learn it is the way it develops our thinking processes and paves the way we solve problems. So having all of this in mind, I am convinced it's more favorable to teach maths in school.

Reflection 3

How would world look like if there weren't any animals? - I thought one day and I started to think about it. I am very curious, if we would feel lonely without them. Also, animals may make us feel more secure. We might be unaware, that seeing them doing their job without worrying about the next day has such effect on our minds. Secondly, inventions, which were made by observing creatures and copying them, wouldn't be made. In advance, through ages, scientists tried to unveil secrets of our body by researching animals' bodies. Finally, plants cooperate with animals to create favorable conditions for us, humans. 

Reflection 2

FIFA is selecting the best footballer of the year annualy. Performance during the matches as well as trophies won with the team are taken into account. The ceremony for year 2018 was held yesterday and the first ten places were announced. Lionel Messi happend to be only 5th despite having the most goals, assists, chances created, succesful driblings and MvP awards among all players. Adding to that three trophies and only four matches lost makes his result in the plebiscite ridiculous. Can it be, that he became victim to his own greatness? It would mean, that people started to be bored of his effective means to win matches and they are no longer amazed by his outstanding skills. For sure Leo set the bar very high and he may be expected to be better and better, but everyone will agree, that any other player with such statistics would win the prize right away. This situation annoyed me even more due to the fact that Messi's play is also nice to watch for most football fans and experts. The good observation would be, that even those at the top must improve consequently to still be considered the best.

Reflection 1

Recently, I was a witness to a situation, that made me think about human relations. I was casually looking through a car window, when I saw a car, that had just hit another one. They weren't going fast so it wasn't dangerous and the only effect could be a scratch. As me and my dad were coming closer to these vehicles, we could hear two drivers having loud and tense conversation. Woman, whose car was hit, yelled and insulted her interlocutor, who obviously didn't drive into her on purpose. I didn't observe this incident from beginning to end, but there was a better way to behave in such situation. I think, that people often lack empathy or are under stress and react so aggressively. We shouldn't be so hostile to people, because we won't solve any problems in that way.

What do we learn about modern society from the film "Joneses"?

This film reveals our weakness to advertisements, particularly stealth marketing. Many people will buy a product if it's presented with something they like. In the film, Larry starts to envy relationship Steve has with Kate. As a result, he buys products, that his friend has, believing it will make his own life as good as Steve's. Spectator, after watching this film, can learn how advertisements affect people and be more aware of such tricks.

Does art have to be beautiful?

In my opinion art is supposed to either express emotions of an author, be nice to watch/hear or be thought-provoking. Having this in mind, art doesn't have to be beautiful, but should fulfill one of criteria I invented. I also think, that we mustn't tell the artist what to do, because it may kill his creativity. Secondly, everyone has a different taste and maybe there is someone who actually likes not-beautiful works. To sum up, art doesn't have to be beautiful and can be made for different purpose than amusing watchers' eyes/ears.