Do You See What Eye See

Eyes, "the window to our soul." I'm guessing that eyes must be pretty interesting considering the fact they have all these fancy quotes. When I look at a person, automatically my attention will be directed to their eyes. (Not just because it is the polite thing to do when speaking to another) People who have beautiful, intriguing eyes are usually in my opinion more physically attractive, eyes really do define a person to some extent. If someone has bad vision they will most likely be squinting, as someone who is sad might have a watery eyes, if you're tired your eyes might be bloodshot, if you're in love they might be focused on on person, ect. Someone's eyes are usually the first impression, whether you catch someones eye in public or lock eyes with an opponent, automatically you would be able to have an opinion about that person.

Eyes caked in makeup vs. all natural eyes?

It really depends on your opinion, but from my point of view an eye that is left alone to present its own beauty sparkles more then the 1 pound of glitter on another eye. Makeup is a way to hide your flaws which were given to you for a reason, nobody is perfect and by caking yourself with makeup you are correctly the flaws that make each individual special in their own way. If everyone was flawless then there would be hardly a variety of people, a flaw may be seen as a negative from ones perspective but to others it defines you as a person. When someone decides to wear no makeup they shouldn't be judged, they have the courage to display their flaws while others choose to hide them. Eyes that are left alone are pure beauty, eyes that are caked in makeup are beautiful too, just in a different way. 

Photos: Tumblr

Eyes can come in all different types of colors, shapes ect. Brown eyes are a dominant trait, blue and green eyes are a recessive trait. This can be defined as the brown overrules blue in a genetic showdown. In other words, every offspring has two alleles, one from each parent. So lets say that we use an A to represent our eye color, if one were to have two big A's (AA), it means the they have brown eyes because brown is the dominant trait, and if someone were to have two little a's (aa), it would mean they had blue/green eyes, this is because blue/green eyes are recessive. If someone were to have a big A and a little a (Aa), it would mean they would have brown eyes, because the big A is dominate to the little a, meaning brown takes over the blue/green due to the fact brown is the dominant trait. Lets say that your dad was "AA", and your mom was "aa", you would positively have brown eyes because your dad has two big A's. Now if your dad were to have "Aa", and your mom still had "aa", you could have a chance of receiving blue/green eyes. If both of your parents had "aa", you would definitely have blue or green eyes. It is possible that two brown eyed parents can have blue or green eyed kids, because if both parents have "Aa", it means they both have brown eyes because of the big A, but if their kids receive the little a from both sides they would have blue or green eyes. It is possible for two brown eyed parents to have blue or green eyed children, but it is impossible for two blue or green eyed parents to have a brown eyed kids. Eyes are very complicated, even with the newest technology we have, eyes are somewhat mysterious. So if the whole science lesson didn't confuse you enough why don't you go check out this article because I'm sure what they are saying makes a lot more sense then what I had blabbered on about for what seemed like ages.

Photo: Eye science

Since we are talking about eyes, how about we discuss why some people see black/blue and others see white/gold. Depending on the lighting, people may perceive different colors from the same dress. Our eyes are able to assign fixed colors to objects under widely different lighting conditions. This ability is called color constancy. But the photograph doesn’t give many clues about the ambient light in the room. Is the background bright and the dress in shadow? Or is the whole room bright and all the colors are washed out? Different people may pick up on different visual cues in the image, which can change how they interpret and name the colors. Articles have proven the dress to be blue/black but depending on the amount of dark lighting/ light people may interoperate the dresses' colors differently. Why did this cause such a big uproar? People were frustrated with not being ale to see the same color as someone else or the fact that everyone freaked out over the actual color. Who knew one crappy photo might turn into many science articles and people talking for ages on what the true color of the dress is.

Photo: New York Times

Honest Truth About High School

Is high school all that I expected? No, not in the least - besides the fact grades count. Well first off technically I'm still in junior high due to the over crowding at the actual high school. On the other hand, this is my freshman year, truth is the difference from 8th-9th felt like nothing besides the fact I can play high school sports and take harder classes that can end up wrecking havoc on your GPA. Want to know more? Read below...

1. In at least every one of my classes a kid falls sound asleep. Over the years kids have learned many tricks to make you look like you're paying attention, but really you are taking a nice nap. One of the ways is to put your backpack on the desk and hide from your eyes down behind it. Another way is to just simply lay you're head down or turned away from the teacher and take a quick snooze. If teachers actually wanted us to focus on learning they should consider starting school later. Seven am is just too early and creates a whole school full of the walking dead until around fourth period when we all start to get rowdy.  

2. Some teachers would rather talk about beauty products and fashion then continuing on with the lesson... I'm not exactly complaining because it is nice to have a break every once and a while, but they shouldn't expect us to score extremely well on times like this considering we didn't learn the material. Some teachers will teach  but only have us take around four pages of notes every class... and going back to #1, many of these classes I have literally had to hold my eyes open because there is only an endless powerpoint to stare at. Many people take a nice long nap during this class, and the teacher just laughs and continues to "teach"... a.k.a reading size 14 words off of a powerpoint. Again they expect us to learn this way... I guess some kids do but others, like me,  do not learn that way.

3. If you ever even considered that high school was anything like movies then you're most defiantly wrong!  We technically aren't allowed to go off campus,  who's enforcing the rules at PCHS because almost every student that can drive will leave during lunch. Maybe the fact our "healthy" school lunches taste like sh*t and are anything but healthy. The only thing about lunches that will ever change is the portion size. WARNING: if you are able to bounce the cheese like a rubber ball, then it is most likely fake or genetically modified to be cheap. Heres the disclaimer, I have only had experience in Park City schools but maybe the food is better in other schools around the world...

4. In one of my classes we learn by games and easy to take notes... but these aren't just any kind of games. We are talking "extreme" buzzer game, chair game, row game, and many more! Our teacher brings learning to a whole new level. You can't win if you don't know the material, so we all study and bring our A game the next day. If you haven't played the chair game, you're missing out. We are talking full on sprinting and shoving to get in the chair first and present the right word. (Don't worry the chair is heavily padded) When we play the "extreme" buzzer game, we do cartwheels and crawl so hit the plastic buzzer first. This class is what I call learning, we are challenged in an extreme way but  I end up learning a lot, perhaps this way of learning through games and fun works for me!

5.  Another exciting way of learning is being able to scream insults at each other in Shakespearean language. Not only calling each other nasty names, but creating cheers and doing 360's off desks. If you have ever been allowed to do that in a class room let me know...? Also I pretty sure you didn't know how to flip someone off back in Shakespeare's time. HINT: you bite your thumb at the person you despise. Secretly we are being taught to understand Shakespeare's way of speaking, but  no one really knows that part.

6. When a teacher has taught your dad and all of his siblings and is currently your teacher you know this may turn out to be a good thing or a bad thing. Well, it turns out my dad caused her grey hair and now she holds a grudge.   mean after 20-30 years don't you think your  teacher would forget about an annoying student? Nope, apparently the worst and the best students remain in a teachers brain, in this case it was a bad thing.   Thanks SO MUCH dad!  The teacher  could tell me every single detail about my father, who happened to be one of the most challenging students she had ever taught.  This teacher sounds like one of the people on a smoking commercial... she is short and scary. When we are assigned to a recipe in the kitchens, she makes it so stressful that a kid could break into tears at any moment. I'm almost 100% sure that cooking should be stress free and fun. Wow. I am really good at being wrong. Foods #1 with Mac can be one of  my most stressful classes of the day, and I am taking honors classes with sh*tloads of homework every other day.

7. In the movie "Mean Girls" it shows many different cliques that in one way or another get bullied by the three or to be four "Mean Girls". Turns out that doesn't happen so much in high school, The cliques sort of disappear to an extent and there aren't names for social groups... As a kid I was convinced that in high school there would be cliques of girls that ruled the school and everyone bowed down to them. Hey look, I am wrong again. The only borders between social groups is basically sporty girls/guys and non sporty or "nerdy" kids. I mean,  the variety of different students and all the different ways of doing things is huge.

8. HOMEWORK OVERLOAD! I'm not exactly sure if it is just because I take honors classes or the fact I complain to much but I'm pretty sure when you have to spend over 3 hours doing homework each night there is too much. I wouldn't consider myself a winer, but along with many others I highly disagree with the amount of studying and homework I am stuck with each night. When you play sports and don't get home till late (11-12ish) and you still have a mountain  of homework due the next day, your life sucks. I'll admit to being a bit of a procrastinator, but it's not like I'm going to devote my whole life to homework.... isn't high school supposed to be fun and filled with friends? So far I have had to stress almost every night on what is due the next day or even worse finals. I wouldn't say I am a bad student, but more on the keeping an even keel and balancing social life//homework//test//sports etc.

9. The absolute worst feeling in the world is staying up till 2-3am and then hearing your alarm go off while its still dark outside. In my opinion, the schools need to realize the average teenager will not go to sleep before 11pm and dreads the idea of getting up at 5:45-6am. You want us all to stay in school right? SHORTEN THE PERIODS AND GIVE US ANOTHER HOUR OF SLEEP. Many of the people I talk to have tons of tardys and first period absences. We need sleep, desperately and the weekends if not spent getting up early for 7am games, sleeping in till 11am at least. I get Park Cities theory of letting kids start early and get out early but it takes a toll on the  kids, by fourth quarter I know for a fact we are all the walking dead.

10. I guess this is the last one so I better make it count. High School encourages the lower classmen to socialize with upper classman. Personally, this is my favorite part about high school, the fact we get to meet so many new people with all this experience. If you haven't had the chance to yet, become friends with some of the older grades, they can help you a lot with homework and social situations considering the fact they have already gone through what you are. Many freshman are nervous to talk to upper classman, but to be honest they are 1000x better then half the people in your grade. It could be the fact hey have had more time to mature, or they could just be nicer people in general. I know for a fact that some of my best friends are upper classmen and I can trust more of them then people in my own grade, which kind of sucks considering that you will be stuck with your grade during senior year. By then you will have time to create inseparable friendships with some lower classman.

Here's my advice:
Survive high school... you can do anything.

                                                       Photo: PCHS halls at rush hour