Responsibility

A situation where the responsibility may fall on either person is when a patient takes a medicine and they have a reaction. Is it the persons fault for taking a medication that they may have a reaction to, or is it the company’s fault for not testing the product well enough and labeling the side effects? I feel that this is the individuals fault. While I know that sometimes bad things happen and can not be prevented, this could have. Knowing what causes reactions in one self is the individual’s responsibility.

I define who has responsibility by the one who could have prevented it. In the examples given, the person who has faulty brakes is the one responsible even though the other person is the one who had the accident. The first person had the responsibility to have a safe vehicle for the other to drive. If it is a persons fault when something bad happens then they need to take responsibility for it. The American society has a habit of pushing things off and honesty has become rare.  

When something bad happens and I am involved, I look at who was doing what. If I was supposed to wash the dishes and it never got done than it was my fault. If my mom told my brother to tell me to do the dishes and I never got the message, than it is not my fault. I would have done the dishes if I was asked, but I was never asked because my brother never relayed the message. In this case it is his fault. He was asked to do something and did not do it and as I result I did not do what I was asked to do.

           

Of Course it is Theater Related

  

I have found that the project that was the most difficult brought me the most joy. In ninth grade English I did a project about Johnson’s Island. We were told to either pick a part out of Rebels on Lake Erie or to find another topic. Many times it was mentioned that the prisoners held on the island formed both musical and theatrical groups. This interested me as I am a drama student and the idea of learning about a theater that was 150 years old drove me to make the decision to research it. Later in the year we excavated block eight which was perfect because that is the block in which the shows were held. This may sound like the perfect project, I was interested in my topic and that was all I should ask for, but it was truly difficult.

I found that researching the activities of men from 150 years ago was easier said than done. While the documents at Johnson’s Island were superb coming from educated officers, they were limited on content pertaining to the theater. It took hours of combing through articles, discussion boards, published papers, and old documents, but I finished my project.

I could not have asked for a better conclusion to my project. I found more information than I could have ever imagined was possible. This was the one project that I truly enjoyed putting together. Most projects feel like work, but this one did not. I spent hours filled with curiosity about what I would find next and that was worth the hassle of trying to read the writing from a century ago.

I also tied this project into my own life. I was talking to my grandparents about this project and I mentioned that there was a violin that was carved on the island and used in the shows. My grandmother then led me to an upstairs closet and pulled out a violin. This was my many greats grandfather’s and he obtained it from another prisoner at Libby Prison. While I researched the life of Confederate soldiers I found that the life of a Union soldier was right in front of me. I continue to research Libby Prison and I am glad that I can continue an amazing project.

To Those in Pursuit of Adventure:

Throughout the known ages people have explored the unknown and made discoveries. It may be as simple as figuring out a wheel axle or as major as finding a new continent. Many people have yearned to understand the mysteries of the world and they have done this in many ways. Some go on voyage looking for specific things and they find it. Others have a specific goal in mind and they find something unexpected. An example of the last is Christopher Columbus. He thought that he was finding an easier way of getting to India, yet the discovery he made by accident changed the course of the world.  From sailing across the world to walking miles through the desert, people have found something that unravels the mysterious unknown of the universe.

To devote oneself to a life of discovery and exploration must be a difficult thing. There are so many things that will have to be sacrificed, but I do not think that they see it that way. We see sailing under cruel conditions to a freezing place while they see an unknown region that no man has ever walked. Anything can happen and they never know what they are going to find; that is what drives them. They want to be that person to unravel the mysteries and maybe even make the world a better place for it.

Those who choose to pursue the unknown have a difficult path. Months or even years can be spent on just one exploration. Many times these people go without the basic supplies and they have to endure it. Most explorers are willing to give up anything to find what they are looking for. Relationships, hygiene, health, and even sanity may be sacrificed to discover something new.  Not many can do something like this and those who do should be commended for coming back intact.