Childhood Today - Stephanie Kang

Childhood in today's society is hectic and chaotic. Kids have more expectations for the future and many higher standards. Parents want their children to excel in everything from school, sports, and other activities. Of course, they are also expected to get into a decent college. In result, they do not have a true childhood. Pressure and stress replace the fun kids are supposed to have. It hinders them from experiencing the genuine joy of childhood to its fullest. Our society today causes the loss of innocence and the carfree nature of children.

Just Like A Game: Jonathan Collins

 Alice in many cases can at times become overwhelmed with her thought process, being she tends to think about a task or idea that has nothing to do with her current state. Which in many cases of the story leads her to beat herself up because she becomes overwhelmed with her current state of "reality". For example, when she was trying to escape the room with the mouse, instead of trying to escape the sinking room she insisted on finding out whether or not the mouse liked cats. Taking her thought process and applying it to how i feel in some circumstances, I can understand how thinking about something totally different than what is going on can allow us to temporaily subdue our overwhelmed state of being. This comes into play in my life when playing football, because at times the task at hand or the situation we are in can feel constricting, so simply thinking about something other than football allows me to decrease the amount of preasure that is currently taking affect. HOwever, sometimes I can become so concielled within my thoughts that they can also overwhelm me. Which just goes to show that all thought processes can potentially distract you.