The Third Act

re·al·i·ty Noun: the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. As we finish up our last years in high school it's good to keep that little word in mind, a small, rather sobering word that everyone needs to accept in order to be fully engulfed into adulthood. Personally I think William Lyon Phelps had his head in the clouds when he said "if you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible" I don't know but for some reason the more I keep reading that the more I feel it belongs on a motivational instagram page; and before I say anything else let me just say that this is my Orwellian opinion on how things are in life, nothing more. According to our boy William, on paper if the average person were to train everyday for the...

    Learning about the various schools that implement the honor code system this week had me thinking about just why it exists in the first place; basically to put an end to cheating among students, but after reading the sources about said honor code I realized just how often people demonize the person cheating. these sources made cheating seem to be the most unholiest of sins a student could partake in  and should be immediately punished for stooping to such levels in the first place, children are raised on the notion that cheaters never win and that its better to fail a test because you don't know it than cheat and pass, but honestly I dont agree with that at all.     When you think of a cheater you probably get the same google stock image of the slacker in the class that spent too much time hotboxing the bathroom than taking notes during the lecture, there the ones who text you at 10pm asking for answers to the homework, or the one etching notes into the ta...