Reflection

I actually really like Philosophy class.

Really! Sure, it seems like I'm completely uninvolved in the discussions during class. I just sit there, taking notes, but I'm just trying to absorb everything that we learn.

I know, I know, I rarely talk during these discussions. Actually, now that I think about it, I never talk.

But this class is such a great gateway to ideas that are so new to me. I've never, ever, had a class like this one. It's all so overwhelming! I just don't know how to respond to these kinds of ideas, mostly because I've never encountered them. I really don't know what to say. Anyways, these new concepts have probably passed me during my sixteen years, but I just have never acknowledged them. Maybe they've existed at the back of my mind, but I definitely never thougth about them to this depth.

I used to think about things like, "Wow...when I die, that's it. I'm never going to wake up. I'm going to be asleep forever." I could never grasp concepts like that.

I'm taking small steps, though. Like I said, I've never acknowledged thoughts as deep as the ones that I have to encounter now.

With this class, I can.