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3/2/10- What makes nostalgia so great? Nostalgia is defined as a sentimental longing for the past, typically for a period with happy personal associations. It is the reason I still enjoy watching old episodes of Spongebob and why I continue to play Pokémon. It may seem silly to the people that were not there with me, but I will continue to do childish and strange things because it makes me so happy and reminds me of what was fun and cool when I was young. Why do I feel this emotion though, and why don’t I try to find new and exciting things to enjoy? I would say that I definitely find new things to do for fun, and new tv shows to enjoy, but my past shows still rank amongst my top 10 or 20. I think that rewatching those shows reminds me of how carefree I was as a child and lets me feel that “carefreeness” for just a little while. Then the show ends, or I beat the game and I’m pulled right back into reality. I have midterms to study for, or a paper to write. I think we feel nostalgia because it lets us escape the present and relive the happy past.

3/4/10-Why I like Math:

1. Math always has an answer. In a system of learning where the quality of an answer is often the same as the opinion of the teacher, math is the one class in which the teacher’s opinion cannot affect the validity of my work. If I get the answer right, I got it right.

2. There is no partially correct, or further analysis that needs to be done. Writing questions are few and far between, meaning my hand doesn’t get tired. I only ever have to write numbers or a very short definition.

3. Also, I can always check my answer. If I have time at the end of a test, I can plug all of my answers back into their equations and make sure they give me the correct answer.

4. You don’t immediately know the answer to every problem, but you can figure it out. This is not true for other subjects. If I don’t know who the main character of Atlas Shrugged is in English class, then I don’t know and there is nothing I can do to remedy that situation on a test. Math teaches you a skill while most other classes teach you facts that must be memorized.

5. Finally, you almost always have help. Your calculator is always there to help out when things get tricky, a commodity that is not granted to you in other subjects. I don’t know what I would do without my calculator.