Truth...Universal?

When you say the word “truth”, everybody usually thinks the same thing. But the truth is different to every single person. So why do people think that the truth means “the truth”? Since the truth is based on opinion, it can’t be universal. And yet, we all think of the truth being the same thing. Fro example, in the game “telephone”, a person starts off with a statement and that statement gets passed from person to person, but as the game moves on, people may hear something wrong or tell something wrong, changing the starting statement. Now almost everybody has a different idea of what the starting statement was. This is like the truth. Everybody has a different idea of what the truth is, and yet, the truth still is perceived as the same “universal” term. How can the truth be the same for everybody, when everybody has different opinions? The answer: its not. Another example of how the truth is an opinionated topic is global warming. People will say “the truth about global warming is…” Other’s will tell you that global warming doesn’t exist. But there is no right opinion. Everybody has different opinions, which is “the truth” to that person. So the next time you hear something form someone, and they tell you that that is the truth, remember, the truth is merely an opinion. You can choose to believe that opinion, or you can choose to disagree. Either way, the truth isn’t something universal, something that is the same to everybody, but simply an idea.

Why Do Human Beings Push Their Luck?

Personally, I think that we as humans push our luck because we can. We know that there is a chance that we will get caught, but that just adds thrill to bending the rules. For example, if a person decided to break a rule, and they got away with it, then other people will think that they have a right to break the same rule, just because another person got away with it. But why do people break the rules to begin with? In my opinion, I think that some people break rules because they want attention. If you do something, like bend the rules, then people are going to notice you, they are going to give you the attention that you wanted. Some people may even copy you to get the same attention that you got. Another example of people “pushing their luck” could be with teenagers and their curfew. I have an older brother, and he stayed out until 12:00 am, even though he was only allowed to stay out until 11:00. I think that children and teenagers push their parent’s rules because they want to see how far they can go. If the thrill was taken away, if people just stopped caring what you did, would people still push their luck? I think that it really depends on the person. Maybe thrill is everything for some people. Maybe some people just don’t care if they get attention or the thrill. But for the most part, if there were no rules, if people didn’t care what you did, then people probably wouldn’t “push their luck”.

I chose this piece to post because it was one of the first assignment we had to do this year in ELA. It was the first time when we had to think "critically". It was strange at first to "question the answer" I wanted to show that people really do push their luck, and that people usually do it for the attention.