competition friend or foe

Lisa Stricks’s purpose of writing this essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” is to illustrate that we as individuals feel more pressured to excel in doing things we once did fun because of the competitive world we now live in. Strick would us to go back to the day which we just did hobbies for the fun of it. I don’t completely agree with her because I have a number of hobbies and I don’t feel pressure to be superb at all of them, only the ones that I want to be great at. I could relate to what she says because I had a friend took a prank too far because of competition.  

When I was still in high school a couple of my friends had a prank competition. It started out innocent, a toilet paper house here, an egged car there, you know ,the basics. Then one day after a long day of school, a group of us went to our friend Jeremy’s house. So we were there in the kitchen drinking an apple drink (Dave Chappel). Alex, a participant in the prank,competition went into the bathroom. So Brandon, another participant, pulls out some eyedrops hearing that if it was consumed that might cause diarrhea. So Brandon places three drops into Alex’s drink. After Alex returns from the bathroom he finishes his drink not knowing what had happen while he was away. A few minutes later Alex started to cough, gages, and vomit. So much, in fact that, that we had to rush him to the hospital to get his stomach pumped. This prank is a prime example of taking competition too far. 

Fishy cheeks

How many times are we ashamed of things just because we are afraid or worry about what others might say or think? In the essay “Fish Cheeks,” Amy Tan’s writes about a time she was ashamed. She was ashamed about the food she ate and her family in a sense. But she realizes that the things she is ashamed of is the very thing that makes her special. In the end she learned that she shouldn’t be ashamed of her favorite things or even ashamed of herself.

I remember a time when I felt like Amy. I’ve been vegetarian for eight years now. Since I’ve started coming to the Art Institute, I’ve made some good friends. All of my friends wanted to hangout and get lunch but instead of telling them that I don’t eat meat, I told them I was not hungry. I was ashamed but eventually I told them that I was a vegetarian and it turns out that they knew a lot of people who doesn’t eat meat as well. I felt like an idiot because in my mind I thought that they would think I was strange. 

Welcome to my blog

Hi, my name is Dennis.
I live in Sac for about  8yrs now. If your here you already know that I go to the art institute. I hope to become a award winning animator some day. I have two dogs named Jack and  Kairi( pit and chiwawa) . This is my first every blog so i don't really know how this is going to workout. I plan to post some of my art work on here once a week and some feed back would be great.

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