University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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11th grade English My Own Philosohpy of Life I have to admit that I hadn ' t thought much about my life ' s philosophy until this year. Previously, I just lived everyday as it morals came, hardly thinking about the values and mxar±x that 1 lived by. ou could say that it was much of a superficial existence; my exist- ence this year has become a lot heavier in my thinking. The world has become too intense to just sit bgck and watch. What, with all the student demonstrations against the War in Viet am, the horrifying race riots throughout our nation, the crime that infests each Amer- ican city... one cannot just live i a life separated and alienated from the outside reality. But it is the reality within our own minds which we taust seek in order to discover ourselves and try to determine our roles upon this universe. I don ' t believe in God anymore, mush less do I believe that b e created existence and the universe. I ' ve become quite the scientific thinker (in a sense) and have be coem a true follower of eveolutionxary thought. I don ' t believe in following the crowd, and am a true seeker of individuality: in thought, in actions, in belief. I don ' t believe we were put here for a purpose yet, rather, we are all mere chemical accidents of evolution. (I ' his must seem pretty depressing!}! but it is a reality that we all must contend with.) Live and let live, is ay basic philsophy. , ith that, and a lot of love, the world would be a place of peace.

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UNIVEhSITY OF RHODE ISLAND ADMISSIONS OFFICE Please describe briefly what going to the University of Rhode Island means to you. Going to URI means alot to me. It means studying in the career I ' m interested in, meeting many more friends than I ' ve ever had, and living with them. I think I am mature enough to leave home and live an campus. Maturity is hard to define, but 1 think I get along with people and will be willing to study hard. I got good grades in high school. ost of my grades were B ' s. I look forward to living on my own. My parents don ' t hassle me, but I would feel much freer living on campus. I also want to meet more people. I have many friends now, but 1 want to be more independent. Living at home makes you very dependent on your family, and I think you should start doing things on your own by the time you re 18. It will be hard to leave home and my family, -t will be hard to take care of myself without my mother reminding me to do this and that, and my father warning me to stay our of trouble. But it ' s something ! have to do, and something I look forward to doing. I feel I must help myself grow. I feel URI van help me to do this.