AYN RAND

1. READ THE BIO

2. Collectivism-people in all make the decisions
Individualism-making decisions by ones self
Socialism-making decisions with a society
Capitalism-the government or a country makes decisions
Communism-making decisions by communicating.

3. I will place my idea about what I've read so far about the essays. Ayn Rand
was a very radical capitalist from the Soviet Union. Her concepts are still controversial today, some fifty years after completing her major works. College classes are dedicated to understanding what she is saying. For us, as high school students, to be required to comprehend something that is so dense that college professionals devote years to conceptualizing, is derogatory. So, to impose a collective train of thought on an idea such as individualism is an insult to her and her books. I feel like we should not read it as a class because it undermines her own teachings, and therefore is contradictory to Rand's whole philosophy, something that she fought aggressively to live by. I don't know if we are going to read the book as a class, but if you want to offend her by reading collectively, please be my guest. However, I would prefer not to be apart of it.

Fast-Foward

Why can't life be like movies?
Alternate endings, life lessons, and even story book romances
Instead, I'm in this life that is sometimes unfair

I look at what this world is coming to
People killing someone for money
Or a mother killing her child because she wants to be young again

Why can't life be like TiVo?
Pause at the good moments, and fast-foward through the bad
Laugh at the funny moments, and cry at the sad

I think about the day I die
And I shiver with chill bumps
A life without smiling, or tears for every lesson that I've learned

Sometimes I wish I could fast-foward through my life
Just like TiVo, I could see what my future holds
Will I be success, and accomplish everything I dream of?
Will I find that special someone who completes me as much as I complete them?

Only life can tell what your future holds
You can't fast-foward through your life, as much as you wish you could
You must live life and learn from your mistakes instead of giving up, and just fast-fowarding your life away

"WHY"

Some people ask the question "WHY?"
Others might response "Why not?"
Why is the world round, or Why is the sky blue
I have no idea, and neither do you

Why do some see just black and white
When the world is made of people, not blobs

Why can't we just all get along
Some response "They just don't belong"

Why do people cry in the rain
Some response "Just to hide the pain"

Why do dreams rarely come true
Some might response "It's just not in you"

I've seen these people that often ask "WHY" or "WHY NOT"
And I response "Because, the world is too big for some many WHYS"