Since I am reletively new at this whole blogging thing, I have decided to dedicate this article to getting to know me.... Alison Watkins: 1) I am from Ohio (the fart of it all)--I grew up in Football Headquarters, Ohio (Canton). Here, we have a hall of fame dedicated to football's finest. It looks kind of like an OJ squeezer. Come check it out...There's all kinds of head statues of these football greats...when I was younger I stuck my finger up the nose of OJ Simpson's statue...aren...

In exactly one week, my boyfriend is moving to Long Island,NY to pursue a Doctoral Degree in Trumpet Performance. I'm going to head out there with him for a week of vacation and then perminatley in January. During my visit we are going to check out the city....can anyone suggest some places we should visit??

I recieved a 123/100 on my journal!! yeah!!! Now I will graduate Magna Cum Laude in December!! MAybe I'll write a blog about my adventures being a student teacher this fall...That could be fun....

What I've Learned from Philosophy Class 1) Question Everything--This goes back to the statement "If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?" Just because one person makes a statement (i.e. Plato saying art possesses the soul) doesn't always mean it's solid fact. So just take a step back and think for yourself. 2) Observe as much as possible--This is a great idea that started with Aristotle and continued on through Philosophers such as Descartes and Hume. If you observe, then you...

Okay, so how many people watch(ed) Sesame Street? When I was younger, every day circa 4:30, I found myself waiting in anticipation to find out what the Count's secret number of the day was. He would sit down in front of that silly organ and go up the scale until he reached that magical number. Some days he wouldn't have to go up very far, and others it seemed like he would go up each and every key. When the magic number would be played, confetti filled the tv screen, and it seemed lik...

Let me share a story with you: About four years ago my cousin had this great idea to set me up on a date with one of his friends. I had a bad feeling about this from the start, because I tend to be on the shy side in general, but I decided to go along with the whole charade just to humor all parties involved. Anyways, to get to know a little bit about this person, he (my cousin) gave me this guy’s e mail address. I figured, what’s the harm in exchanging e mails, I guess it’s better to do t...

According to Twentieth Century Philosopher Suzanne Langer, Music is considered to be the "Purest of symbolic media". She goes on by questioning if music can be the universal language for everyday life. Being a musician, I wish it was true, but music is definitely NOT the universal language. One might argue who in the world does not know the first four chords of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony? While everyone in the world might know this particular melody, it doesn’t hold the same cognitive...

The Meno is one of Plato's mid to early Socratic dialogues. The conversation between Meno and Socrates throughout the dialogue primarily focuses on the concept of "virtue" and whether or not it can be taught. I believe that Meno's primary definitions of virtue are rather vague and very worthy of Socrates' unclear answers. At one point, Meno states that one cannot learn about what one does not know. To balance out this argument, Socrates argues that the inner soul is eternal and that learning...

I am 23 years old and I am an American Citizen. Here in America I am blessed with many rights, which thus includes my right to vote. This should be a really liberating concept, right? Well, I think so, but I do not think that others in my age group realize the significance of voting. As everyone knows, the Democratic National Convention was held this week in MA. When I was out saying my goodbyes to a friend that is leaving to go to graduate school across the country, I asked if the bar c...

In philosophy class, my teacher shared a very interesting story. His son is just learning how to ride a bike where the breaks are located on the handle bars, instead of pushing back on the pedals. Because he is not comfortable using the hand breaks, he keeps stopping by putting his foot down on the ground, and has been rather successful at doing so. One day he decided to go down the driveway and pedaled at speeds faster than he's ever been before. He stood up and began to put his foot...

Dictionary.com (the greatest site ever!) defines fate as, "The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events." In other words, inevitable daily tasks are predestined by this uncontrollable force. So according to this so-called principle of fate, the bowl of frosted flakes that you ate this morning might either make or break your whole entire day. For example, say you wake up, shower, go through the rest of your morning routine and on a whim decide to pour yourself a hea...