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I have a confession to make. I'm HORRIBLE at history. I mean it. I'm absolutely terrible at it. It's pathetic how bad I am at history. I excel in Mathematics, Science, and Art, but NOT history. Well, technically, the name of the class is Western Civilizations, but the point still stands. I'm terrible at history. My knowledge on history is more fail than a 20 minute montage of Failblog clips, and that's serious fail. It's seriously that bad. I FEAR history class. I'm in my first year of college, and all I know about history are tiny tidbits of certain topics. Here is an example of what I would write in an essay about Martin Luther King:
Quote:
Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist.
Right here, I'd be stumped, and would have to look at the encyclopedia to figure out more stuff.
Quote:
Isaac Newton: He has a unit of measurement named after him. An apple fell on his head one time (I think).
STUMPED.
Quote:
Julius Cesar was an emperor.
STUMPED.
Quote:
Alexander the Great was..
STUMPED.
Quote:
Olimpius is a city in which they held the Olympics one time a couple of hundred years ago.
MASSIVELY STUMPED.
This is how good I am with world history. Yet, somehow, this year, it's my favorite class in college. I'm studying Digital Animation in a Graphic Arts school here in Puerto Rico, and out of all my classes (Sociology, Introduction to Computers, Drawing Techniques, and Western Civilizations), somehow, Western Civilizations is my favorite class. Sociology isn't interesting at all, but I have a computer class and a drawing class, two things that I love, and yet, I prefer history.
HOW BAD CAN DRAWING AND COMPUTERS POSSIBLY BE FOR ME TO PREFER HISTORY OVER THEM?!
*pants*
Well.... truth is... they aren't bad at all. I like my drawing class, and I also like my computer class (I hate Sociology though). History, at least in this school, is really good. Something went over me today, and now I love history! I can't get enough of it!
I think it's fascinating how Herodotus, who is the father of history, traveled all of ancient Europe in search of knowledge about culture, religion, science, geography, and politics. For those of you that don't know, that journal is divided into 9 books, each book being named after one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology, and (in spanish) is called Las 9 Encuestas de Heródoto. Everything I've read about it has been very interesting to me, especially the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Did you know that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is so big, that if you were to gather every stone used, and line them up next to each other in a straight line, the line would circle the word 15 times before ending. Or even better, you'd have enough stone to reach the moon! Isn't that amazing?! By the way, I didn't need any external sources to write that. I actually LEARNED it, and I want to learn more and more and more and MORE!
I don't know what triggered it. I don't understand what erected my history b****. I think it was probably my girlfriend, who is studying to be an anthropologist and/or archaeologist. Or maybe it's just because history is just fascinating in every way.
Did you know that the Colossus of Rhodes fell because of an earthquake? Do you know what the Colossus of Rhodes is? It's really interesting. It's a statue that stood at least 100 or so feet tall (100 or 110, I don't remember exactly) in the island of Rhodes in Greece. No one really knows exactly how it looked like, since it was destroyed completely in an earthquake. Thanks to Herodotus, we know that it was a statue of the Greek god Helios, that is made of pure bronze, and stands atop of two pedestals. It's debatable if he was actually standing on pedestals, or if it was just on the ground. There was a canal between his legs, in which boats less than 100ft in height could pass through. One arm is held up high and has a torch. Actually, this is also debatable since they say that he could've been putting his hand up for a salute. Anyways, if you look at a picture of it, you'll see how truly amazing it is. Fun fact: The Colossus of Rhodes is what inspired the Statue of Liberty. We have a person standing on a pedestal holding a torch up in the air next to the ocean. This is all according to the French sculptor that made it as a gift to the US for their partnership during the American Revolution.
Are you as intrigued as I am?
I don't know WHY I'm so interested in history now. It's so unlike me, since normally, I'm a scrooge in history class, who always gets C's and D's in exams. What used to be a learning nightmare has now become a quest for knowledge. I think I just love the feeling of learning something new, so I can talk to my girlfriend about it. I don't want to learn history to impress my girlfriend, but I think I'm doing it without noticing. I don't know. I want to learn it, and I like it when my girlfriend says she likes that I'm enjoying history. I feel like a sucker for history.
Assuming you're still in school, what's your CURRENT favorite subject and why?
By the way, I did NOT just write this as a distraction for studying for my Sociology exam.
I have a confession to make. I'm HORRIBLE at history. I mean it. I'm absolutely terrible at it. It's pathetic how bad I am at history. I excel in Mathematics, Science, and Art, but NOT history. Well, technically, the name of the class is Western Civilizations, but the point still stands. I'm terrible at history. My knowledge on history is more fail than a 20 minute montage of Failblog clips, and that's serious fail. It's seriously that bad. I FEAR history class. I'm in my first year of college, and all I know about history are tiny tidbits of certain topics. Here is an example of what I would write in an essay about Martin Luther King:
Quote:
Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist.
Right here, I'd be stumped, and would have to look at the encyclopedia to figure out more stuff.
Quote:
Isaac Newton: He has a unit of measurement named after him. An apple fell on his head one time (I think).
STUMPED.
Quote:
Julius Cesar was an emperor.
STUMPED.
Quote:
Alexander the Great was..
STUMPED.
Quote:
Olimpius is a city in which they held the Olympics one time a couple of hundred years ago.
MASSIVELY STUMPED.
This is how good I am with world history. Yet, somehow, this year, it's my favorite class in college. I'm studying Digital Animation in a Graphic Arts school here in Puerto Rico, and out of all my classes (Sociology, Introduction to Computers, Drawing Techniques, and Western Civilizations), somehow, Western Civilizations is my favorite class. Sociology isn't interesting at all, but I have a computer class and a drawing class, two things that I love, and yet, I prefer history.
HOW BAD CAN DRAWING AND COMPUTERS POSSIBLY BE FOR ME TO PREFER HISTORY OVER THEM?!
*pants*
Well.... truth is... they aren't bad at all. I like my drawing class, and I also like my computer class (I hate Sociology though). History, at least in this school, is really good. Something went over me today, and now I love history! I can't get enough of it!
I think it's fascinating how Herodotus, who is the father of history, traveled all of ancient Europe in search of knowledge about culture, religion, science, geography, and politics. For those of you that don't know, that journal is divided into 9 books, each book being named after one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology, and (in spanish) is called Las 9 Encuestas de Heródoto. Everything I've read about it has been very interesting to me, especially the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Did you know that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is so big, that if you were to gather every stone used, and line them up next to each other in a straight line, the line would circle the word 15 times before ending. Or even better, you'd have enough stone to reach the moon! Isn't that amazing?! By the way, I didn't need any external sources to write that. I actually LEARNED it, and I want to learn more and more and more and MORE!
I don't know what triggered it. I don't understand what erected my history b****. I think it was probably my girlfriend, who is studying to be an anthropologist and/or archaeologist. Or maybe it's just because history is just fascinating in every way.
Did you know that the Colossus of Rhodes fell because of an earthquake? Do you know what the Colossus of Rhodes is? It's really interesting. It's a statue that stood at least 100 or so feet tall (100 or 110, I don't remember exactly) in the island of Rhodes in Greece. No one really knows exactly how it looked like, since it was destroyed completely in an earthquake. Thanks to Herodotus, we know that it was a statue of the Greek god Helios, that is made of pure bronze, and stands atop of two pedestals. It's debatable if he was actually standing on pedestals, or if it was just on the ground. There was a canal between his legs, in which boats less than 100ft in height could pass through. One arm is held up high and has a torch. Actually, this is also debatable since they say that he could've been putting his hand up for a salute. Anyways, if you look at a picture of it, you'll see how truly amazing it is. Fun fact: The Colossus of Rhodes is what inspired the Statue of Liberty. We have a person standing on a pedestal holding a torch up in the air next to the ocean. This is all according to the French sculptor that made it as a gift to the US for their partnership during the American Revolution.
Are you as intrigued as I am?
I don't know WHY I'm so interested in history now. It's so unlike me, since normally, I'm a scrooge in history class, who always gets C's and D's in exams. What used to be a learning nightmare has now become a quest for knowledge. I think I just love the feeling of learning something new, so I can talk to my girlfriend about it. I don't want to learn history to impress my girlfriend, but I think I'm doing it without noticing. I don't know. I want to learn it, and I like it when my girlfriend says she likes that I'm enjoying history. I feel like a sucker for history.
Assuming you're still in school, what's your CURRENT favorite subject and why?
By the way, I did NOT just write this as a distraction for studying for my Sociology exam.
