So I got on the site and saw that I’m Featured Blogger for the week. I took it in stride, and was very pleased… Okay, who am I kidding? I skipped around my house like a Munchkin. Thank you, whomever nominated me!
With that little PSA moment, I have an issue. Yes, it has to do with school.
In order to graduate, I have to complete something called a “Senior Exit Presentation/Project”. Basically, it’s a ten to fifteen minute slideshow about myself: my background, the meaning of my name, where I plan to be in 2/4/10 years, and whom I consider my hero, among other things.
But, of course, if I was totally satisfied with the project’s outline, you wouldn’t be getting twice the recommended daily dose of acheshirecatsmilehidesall, would you?
PROBLEM: I, uh, don’t have a hero.
What’s the first problem-solving step? Definition of the problem.
Hero:
A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.
A person noted for special achievement in a particular field. (American Heritage Dictionary)
The second step is analyzing the problem.
There are lots of people who are considered heroes, like the Founding Fathers, Davey Crockett, those who helped rescue people during 9-11… But the hero is supposed to be someone that the presenter knows in real life, like Mom or Dad or Aunt Susie… And I don’t have anyone I look up to like that. I don’t have anyone I want to be like someday, and why should I want to be like anyone in my family? I have my own goals and dreams, dreams unlike any of theirs. I want to leave this country someday. I don’t know if I want kids or a family of my own. I sure as heck don’t want to baby-sit because I don’t have any kids of my own, so I “need experience”. I have no desire to be the “good child”, who stays around the family, takes care of Mom and Pop, and does exactly what my mom did! I don’t hate my family; I respect them very much… But their lives are exactly what I don’t want mine to be. It’s not that I’m not thankful for them, and what they’ve done for me, but I don’t wanna be a little clone. I enjoy them, but they’re not me.
As for those who may think, “Gee, she’s pretty ungrateful”, I’m not. I just don’t want history to repeat itself with me. I want to break the mold. I’m in awe of some of my family members (and others I want to smack upside the head because he robbed a dollar store…IDIOT), but they don’t fit the definition of “hero” given to us by the teacher (which is actually closer to “role model”).
The next few steps have to do with solutions to the problem: realizing possible solutions, analyzing them, and selecting the best course of action, followed by planning out the best course of action.
So, I see two possible solutions here: either omit the Hero section completely, or b.s. someone to be my hero. If I leave out the Hero thing totally, I’ll end up receiving a lower grade on my project. Also, I’ll have to explain my views on heroes, and why I don’t have one, and that could take a while to do. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if I chose to baloney this portion of the project, I could still get a decent grade, but I’d be lying to myself, which I really hate to do. As of right now, I’m leaning towards the elimination of the section, but that’s because I can’t think of anything else to do.
I’m not the only one who has had a similar experience, am I?
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I would, personally, simply say that while you have many role models, you haven't yet found someone that fit the hero criteria that you hold. You might have to explain it, but I'd rather explain myself than know I lied about it.
Good luck!
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't- A. France
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Finding a hero can be difficult. Now that you mention it, I couldnt' possibly think of who my hero would be. That would require a lot of thought, and some of my brain cells are suffering due to the onslaught of finals I had today.
Congrats on making Featured Blogger! Don't feel like a dork for--how did you put it?--"skipping around your house like a Munchkin". When I was featured, I screamed out "YES!" and had two friends staring at me strangely in a dorm room. I was beaming the rest of that day.
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lol. I never realized that being featured was such a big thing. It's good, though, that you guys do feel that way; makes featuring all of you worth keeping up! And it is a great accomplishment given the nearly 45,000 registered members ProU has! :)
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~Fallon~
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't- A. France
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I'd have an issue with that, too. But not because I don't have a hero...no, I never met my heroes...they're both dead and long gone. Homer and Poe...yup. I have literary geniuses to be my heroes, and people just don't get that sometimes.
I say you should, instead of just omitting the section, (this is going with what Fallon said) say that you have yet to find your hero because you strive to be different and "break the mold." That way, you're being honest, and not really omitting the section.
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
Yay rednecks (which will definitely have a portion of the powerpoint)!
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Woot! And we appreciate it much! xD
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
Ohh yes... Complete with a picture of either me on my mule (Gator) or muddin.
"My hero is my neighbor... He introduced me to the fine sport of muddin. Lil brother, I thank you!"
...Don't think my teacher would be too thrilled about that, though...
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There's never been a teacher that you had that helped to expand your interests beyond the home-town mindset you've been in? There's no one who has helped you grow as a person, no one who has provided you support... any of that?
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Lots of people have helped me grow, or provided support for me (the teacher thing is a definite no - they all seemed to think that we should stay around here, not have sex outside of marriage, not swear, and basically be good little children with no brains. Oh, and don't forget to vote! :D... *sigh*). I don't consider those people my heroes, though... Because I would have a lot of them, then. When I think "hero", the primary thing I think of is Achilles - unrealistic, mythological, and almost perfect with a fatal flaw. When I think of the people I know, they aren't perfect, and they definitely exist... And they have flaws (some which may be fatal, and others that aren't). They're real. That is for sure why I won't call any of them my heroes.
As for role model... Honestly, I love my family, but they've shown me the way I don't want to live. I don't want to be like them when I get older; I don't like being tied down. I don't like where I live, because I find it boring, and I know that if (big "if") I have kids and stay here, they will as well. I want to travel, I want to live in a place where I have to speak a foreign language every day in order to survive. I wouldn't be content here, in farm country... I'm a nomad. It's a noble position, caretaker, but I don't have the temperament (my family's trying to kick me out already - I don't have to be moved into my dorm until July. They say I'm getting restless).
I don't know how quite to describe it, because looking over my comment, I feel kind of self-centered and rude because I don't have someone I look up to (not even celebrity-wise)... There's no motives behind it, and I've been asked the question before, and have given the same answers. It's not that I don't care, I just don't know.
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Not having anyone to look up to just means that you're truly paving your own path through life. It's not necessarily a bad thing.
And that's comin' at ya' from yer local redneck hippie.
That's a song, not a come on. :)
I can relate to this. On my MySpace page, the heroes section says, "Cynics have no heroes."
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...Oh, sure, get my hopes up. Tsk, tsk.
It's all good, my title was from a song. God, I love Footloose.
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