Introduction

Hello, my name is Briana.  One word that best describes me is charismatic.  My interests include volleyball, singing, board games and church.  Oh and eating.  I do not have one specific goal in life, however, my overall goal in life is to make a difference.  I want to go into the field of psychology so that I can work to better other people's lives.  I want to be successful, but I don't measure success in wealth.  I measure success with love, family, and being happy with my life.  There are many things that I like about school because it gives me the opportunity to figure out my likes and dislikes.  If it wasn't for school, I may not be going into the field of psychology in college.  Also, school is where I have gotten the opportunity to meet many different types of people, and some of them I can even consider to be friends.  Surprisingly, there are things that I do not like about school.  School stresses me out because of the work that I have to do.  I want to do well and challenge myself, but along with that comes more homework, harder tests, and higher standards to live up to.  My favorite teacher is actually a good teacher! He can get students to understand material and he will not give up on you.  He makes accommodations according to the student.  My level of interest in history is very low.  I do not like reading history in a book, so my hopes is that this class will increase my interest in history, through film.

"Are you proud of humanity or disappointed in humanity?"

I would say that I am proud of humanity.  Yes, there have been past events that were extremely horrible, but I think humanity has learned from those events.  I am a strong believe that you learn from your mistakes, and I feel that is what humanity is doing.  In the past there were horrible conditions in factories and other workplaces.   Because of that, humanity has learned that they were wrong and we are on the path to recovery.  We now have laws and standards that we have to live by so that we can do our best to not repeat history.  In the past we had to deal with slavery and discrimination, and although it is not completely fixed yet, more of humanity has realized that it was wrong.  Humanity has made huge strides from separate bathrooms to interracial schools.