There were two topics that sparked my interest in class today was the idea of choice making and the discussion we had on the rational self. I liked the reaction self class discussion because I do agree that there is more to being a person than what people say or give credit to. Like love isn’t rational and the choices people make aren’t always rational. People do not always make sense and we are moved by something bigger than ourselves or romance. I think that is important to remember and note, and it’s something I think about often.

When we were talking about making choices and how the real American dream is that nobody should be confined by the circumstances of their birth, I was reflecting on how true that rings for me. Everything is a choice. You make time for what matters and you prioritize things are they are important to you. Whether that is clearly labeled as a choice or not, it is. And the American dream is so stupid. “if you work hard enough you can accomplish anything”???? that is so stupid. We live in a world where the government is corrupt and ruled by money and people are judged by what is on the outside rather than what is on the inside. The real American dream should be that nobody should be confined by the circumstances of their birth, but they are and ignoring that won’t make anything better. We should recognize that not everyone is on the same playing field and do something to gain equality. In regards to music, we were talking about race music and questioning if is it acceptable to to listen to a certain type of music in a specific area where it isn’t popular. Is it acceptable to listen to rap music in Bulverde, Texas? Is it acceptable to listen to country in Fairfax, Virginia? and making these choices consciously, or unconsciously reflect back on who we are. I find it interesting that country music is  for all technical reasoning, black peoples music. They are the ones in the south and where the music started with them, yet I find it weird because a lot of people, such as my father, who is a white male would say that rap is black peoples music and he listens to country. I found it weird that a lot of the songs that we play in class, I listened to in my house hold. Some of the one’s were songs such as “Railroadin’ some by henry Thomas” and “yellow Rose of Texas”.