Human Experience

Hello friends and citizens; this semester is about to become

history and I am about to fulfill my English requirements. I
ought to be overjoyed that I need not have to take anymore
writing classes of this sort. Instead I feel a kind of
emptiness, similar to when soldiers are about to go separate ways
after a long deployment together -perhaps never to see each other
again. I could re-enlist to take English 1103 however there is no
need because I have already served my time.
My name is Anthony Intawiwat, I am a sophomore and a
philosophy major and a classics minor at UNCC. The overall theme
of UWRT 1102 seems to be a study of the human condition; how our
social intercourse relates to other people, our surroundings and
within ourselves. Most of our assignments revolved around
observing and writing about ordinary people in extraordinary
circumstances -fiction or non-fiction makes little difference.
The intention of these lessons I surmise -not only to become
better at writing and expression- is to awaken our sense of selfawareness and inner contemplation. By observing others, we learn
what are our mistakes and successes. As a result, we can continue
to improve the quality of the time spent in our given life along
with those around us but, woe to the person who cannot see
further than their nose.

I enjoyed the advocacy project the most; for a couple of

reasons. The subject of physician assisted suicide has been a
personal matter for me as long as I can remember and it was
liberating to finally express my thoughts and feelings in a way
other than only writing about it. Secondly, I learned for the
first time how to create a Prezi and I feel as jealously proud of
myself as when I first created a WIX portfolio in UWRT 1101.
Next, reading and blogging about the Last Lecture. The last
time I read this book was two years ago; I have discovered since
then my thoughts about what constitutes meaningfulness in my life
has improved. Revisiting this book also helped me re-affirm my
confidence in the path that Im talking my life on.
On Ted Talks videos; I could not decide one or the other
because the topic of discussion I felt was of great importance.
Any subject that involves individuals dealing death is always of
great interest to me. I have learned from my Greek and Roman
philosophical predecessors that having an understanding of death
is a way to understand how to live.
I cannot mention anything negative about this class, for me
it was time well spent -especially for a philosophy major who
loves to observe and contemplate. I shall end this discourse by
also mentioning once again the completion of my English
requirements is a milestone for me; in high school my grades in

English were always Fs and Ds; in junior college I dropped out

of English 098. Ive always thought of myself as a poor writer
and loathed reading anything more than magazine articles.
However, that is not the case now; I wonder what changed? I think
I know the answer, but to speak about that is another reflection
in itself. Thus, permit me a take bow and with that I must part
ways for the mean time.
We ought to find out not who understand most but who understands best.
-Michael De Montaigne.