So today at the Bergen County Academies orientation, a well-respected teacher gave us a very meaningful presentation about the importance of education. Most people might of thought it was boring and pointless, but surprisingly it gave me a lot to think about. Before going on with his lecture, the teacher made us take two visual-self quizzes. The first one really got me. He told us that in a few minutes, he would be showing us a 20-second clip of people passing basketballs at each other. However, the goal was to see how many times the people in WHITE pass balls to each other. and ONLY the white. So, everyone got to the edge of their seats and stared carefully at the screen while the clip came on. Immediately, I noticed there were people in two colors; white and black. I knew that concentrating on people in black was unnecessary, so I was only looking at the people in white. After the clip finished, I definately thought I knew the answer and raised my hand, but another kid was called on and he had the same answer as me. I thought to myself, "What's so hard about this? There must be a catch..." Then the teacher asked us, "Did anyone see anything bizarre?" But right then I became confused. He told us to watch the clip again carefully, but this time look at the whole thing. A few moments later, I started bursting in laughter as I realized that there was a person in a black gorilla suit walking and dancing in the middle of the people passing, then simply leaving. After showing the clip again, the teacher asked, "How many of you did not see that man in the gorilla suit the first time?" As I raised my hand slowly, many other hands were going up too.
This small yet meaningful quiz showed me that at times, the most important things in life can be missed without being recognized. If I focus on the wrong things at the wrong time, a big opportunity can flash away right before I even have the chance to grasp it. It hit me, and it gave me a reason to become more aware of important things such as the world and humanity instead of spending my time on useless things such as myspace or facebook. Hypocrite? You may say, but I'm aware and will not be ignorant.
EDIT AT 12:12pm.
Well, I just got back from my date with my love, Ashley Z. Like always, we had loads of fun. Haha. Okay it's late, I'll shut up and here are some pictures.
panera. what I always like to get; turkey artichoke with apple on the side. and to complete it! a jones peach drink (:
after panera, we watched Balls of Fury. Not what I expected but there were pretty hilarious parts in which Ashley and I would make fools of ourselves and laugh about it for several minutes.
And here are some random pictures from other times we've chilled over the summer...
I think I'm getting addicted to Outback.
