Kyle's Thoughts

Coming into first semester, I was under the impression I wouldn't really learn much because of the new format and the circumstances. In addition, college applications was the main focus throughout October and November. However, I think I have learned a lot of tangible and, I think more importantly, intangible skills. As a writer, I have been able to incorporate more of my voice into my writing. This is because of the writing we do in class, but also because of the sheer amount of college essays I was writing. Along with this, I think I have been able to grow as a reader. Nothing super specific, just a generally better reader. One thing that improved my thinking this semester is the ambiguous nature of this course. There is never one concrete answer, rather, it is up to interpretation and anything could be a correct answer with sufficient reasoning. As my strength has always been STEM classes, I would've thought not having a concrete answer or algorithm to find an answer would a...

How would you describe a color? Of course, you can name things that are a specific color. What is blue? What is green? “Well, the sky is blue and the grass is green. Green is a mixture of yellow and blue. And, teal is like in between blue and green. They’re colder colors.” You can talk about similar colors and attributes that have been given to these colors, but there has to be a baseline understanding of what a color is. This understanding is based on one’s perception and relativity. The sky for you could be purple in my eyes and grass could be red, however we have labeled the sky as blue and grass as green, so that’s what they’re called. To a blind person, you cannot describe a color. Colors (much like a lot of other things) are based on perception and the aggregation of information. Although we can agree on a lot of things to be true, we cannot truly understand what someone else’s perception is. That’s the nature of perception. “All perceptions begin with energy-producing events, ei...