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On Tuesday we talked of change and various examples of good and bad change, deciding that either way, it generally shapes us into better people. Few of us accept change with open arms, yet most of us praised it in our essays. Yes, theoretically it is beneficial -- it breaks up the monotony of life, but when it's your home that's breaking or your parents getting divorced, you aren't quite so willing to accept it. In this sense, our lives are stories and they are constantly changing, or being revised.

 Then we spoke of challenging the opinions of the majority. On what grounds can one do this? Who's to say what's right and what's wrong? This summary isn't right. But it isn't wrong, either. It's just biased because it's my interpretation of the events that transpired. This is my story. You can believe it if you want to. We believe what's convenient, what's useful. All stories are biased -- we believe what we choose to believe, not what we know to be true. What is truth for that matter?

This led us to conclude that we can ignore truth and reality when arguing stories.