4. If you could go back in time and be someone in history, who would you choose to be? Why?

If I could go back in time and be someone in history I would pick to be Albert Einstein. I would pick him to prevent the formula E=mc2 to be released to the public because the mass destruction atomic bombs have created. Probably, if that formula was never published, war would not be as devastating as it is now.

3. How have you taken something that you have learned in the classroom and integrated it into your nonacademic life?

I try to integrate what I have discussed from my Theory of Knowledge class about how the media controls the information we receive and how the media is not biased to question what I see in the cover of magazines or in the homepage of websites. For example, the issue of Time magazine of the first week of December portrayed a man with a gas mask and his fist in the air with the headline “Revolution Redux” in the magazines published in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific, while in the U.S.A. version there was a cartoon with the headline “Why anxiety is good for you.”

1. Pretend that you are talking to a blind man and have to describe for him what "red" is. You should use narrative and descriptive writing techniques, and try to appeal to his other senses!

I would start by comparing the color red to music. I would tell him that red is a vibrant color that shows passion and love. I would tell that songs like “She loves you”  by The Beatles are a red, that they express love in a very cheerful way. I would tell him that red is intense, I would give him a spicy sauce to taste so he could feel the burning sensation in his mouth and would mirror the intensity of the color red. I would tell him that although red is a cheerful, passionate and loving color, it is also the color of blood which symbolizes death. I would ask him to put his hand over a candle to feel the heat,passion, the color red expresses.

5. If you had the responsibility to decide where $1 million should be spent to improve conditions somewhere in the world, what project(s) would you choose? Why?

If I was responsible of deciding where one million dollars should be spent on to improve conditions somewhere in the world, I would choose to create a project of a free school system in Mexico for children eighteen and under where they could also live. I would choose this project because I think that education is the most important thing that could be provided to children to be able to change their life. Also, this project would reduce crime rates in Mexico since children who do not have a family or place to live at are exposed greatly to criminal cartels. The institute would consist of dorms, classrooms and a park. To provide everything a child to a teenager would want.

8. If you were to describe yourself using a quotation, what would that quotation be? After you have chosen a quote, then write a bit about how it relates to you and reveals what kind of person you are.

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." -- Albert Einstein
 

This quote by Albert Einstein defines me because it reflects what I think of learning, that we should always aim to acquire more knowledge of any kind. I am a person that likes to read articles and be informed of current events in the world. Every day I read at least two articles about anything that interests me, even a video game or a soccer match. I consider every source of knowledge to be an important source of knowledge.

10. What is the best advice you've ever received? Explain.

The best advice that I have received was “… first learn to play it slowly then, you will be able to play the whole song.” I was at Best Buy playing a song in the music room, I was struggling with a part of a song because it was supposed to be played at a fast tempo and I could not replicate the rhythm. Sitting next to me was an African-American blues player who was improvising some to some melodies. He turned around and told me to “… first learn to play it slowly then, you will be able to play the whole song…”  but that advice besides helping me learn a song it helped me realize that everything in life is learned  in a step-by-step manner. For me, this advice is basically saying to stop, relax and think before giving up, to try to learn something slowly as well as do something slowly to make it better. Although, I will probably never see that man again I will always remember his words.

7. If you could introduce one new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, what would it be?

If I could introduce a new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, I would pick to introduce the idea of atheism. I would choose to introduce atheism to prevent people from being fully devoted to religion, something that in a scientific perspective does not have enough evidence to be seen as true, that way with people not devoting their full potential to other fields like science or creating other technologies. I personally think that religion is only a way to control the masses and by introducing atheism I would trivialize the effects that religion has imposed upon other fields of our society like the government. Although many people would disagree in that religion is a useless idea, I think that the society would benefit more on trying to find new technologies or creating other forms to express feelings, etc.