Being Alive Timeline
BUS 247
Gillian Bubb - Monday 1:00 – 3:50 Tuesday 5:30 – 8:20
PHIL 100
Ethan Davis – Tuesday 11:30 – 2:20 Tuesday 4:00 – 6:50 Friday 10:00 – 12:50
Peter Raabe – Thursday 10:00 – 12:50
Glen Blair – Wednesday 2:30 – 5:20 Thursday 7:00 – 9:50
BUS 201
Kirsten Robertson – Thursday 11:30 – 2:20 Friday 11:30 – 2:20
STAT 270
Monday 2:30 – 3:50
Wednesday 2:30 – 3:50
Friday 11:30 – 12:50
COURSE SYLLABUS for ECONOMICS 101
University of the Fraser Valley –May - June 2014
Course Name and Section: Principles of Macroeconomics Section 50186
Instructor: Nancy …show more content…
Graduating college, getting a job, getting married, buying a house and having kids. For most people these are joyous events that are celebrated with family and friends; and come with hard work. However some people have a different mindset towards life. They perform tasks for the mere sake of getting the job done and life almost seems like a check list. There is a difference between being alive and truly living. Being alive is fulfilling the responsibilities and duties that are required of you. Truly living is when you seize every moment and make the most of it. One appreciates the small pleasures in life and is satisfied with what he or she has. It is easy to go through life without realizing you are not enjoying it. We get so caught up in trying to be the best version of ourselves that we don’t stop and appreciate the small things that bring every day …show more content…
However as we read on we come to realize that he is living almost robotically. Relationships don’t have much value in his life. He does what he thinks is the right thing to do, and follows the examples of everyone around him. He is scared of getting left behind and wants to make a name for himself. This leads to Ivan Ilych's life being "most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible” (1458). His life ends up being a total waste with no real friends, no happiness and lots of regret. It is not until Ivan is on his death bed in his final moments that he realizes that the personal relationships we forge are more important in life than who we are or what we own. But by then it’s too
Gillian Bubb - Monday 1:00 – 3:50 Tuesday 5:30 – 8:20
PHIL 100
Ethan Davis – Tuesday 11:30 – 2:20 Tuesday 4:00 – 6:50 Friday 10:00 – 12:50
Peter Raabe – Thursday 10:00 – 12:50
Glen Blair – Wednesday 2:30 – 5:20 Thursday 7:00 – 9:50
BUS 201
Kirsten Robertson – Thursday 11:30 – 2:20 Friday 11:30 – 2:20
STAT 270
Monday 2:30 – 3:50
Wednesday 2:30 – 3:50
Friday 11:30 – 12:50
COURSE SYLLABUS for ECONOMICS 101
University of the Fraser Valley –May - June 2014
Course Name and Section: Principles of Macroeconomics Section 50186
Instructor: Nancy …show more content…
Graduating college, getting a job, getting married, buying a house and having kids. For most people these are joyous events that are celebrated with family and friends; and come with hard work. However some people have a different mindset towards life. They perform tasks for the mere sake of getting the job done and life almost seems like a check list. There is a difference between being alive and truly living. Being alive is fulfilling the responsibilities and duties that are required of you. Truly living is when you seize every moment and make the most of it. One appreciates the small pleasures in life and is satisfied with what he or she has. It is easy to go through life without realizing you are not enjoying it. We get so caught up in trying to be the best version of ourselves that we don’t stop and appreciate the small things that bring every day …show more content…
However as we read on we come to realize that he is living almost robotically. Relationships don’t have much value in his life. He does what he thinks is the right thing to do, and follows the examples of everyone around him. He is scared of getting left behind and wants to make a name for himself. This leads to Ivan Ilych's life being "most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible” (1458). His life ends up being a total waste with no real friends, no happiness and lots of regret. It is not until Ivan is on his death bed in his final moments that he realizes that the personal relationships we forge are more important in life than who we are or what we own. But by then it’s too