Blog #5 - William McKenna

Prior to this year whenever id have downtime at home after school and had nothing to do I'd usually find myself researching and looking into either topics about the world's oceans or topics about the universe and solar system. When I would do this it was just me skimming the internet looking for interesting articles when I was bored at home so it definitely was not very formal. Some questions I'd ask were, "How many species of fish have been discovered' & "How big is our universe" for example. As for books, I did not often read ones based on the ocean and universe for some reason. Instead, I mostly enjoyed reading mystery and action books.  When I had time to watch TV it was always something comedy related. If there was nothing funny on the TV I would just end up turning it off. The one question I would always find myself asking about the world is, "Why do awful things happen to good people". Many family members and friends of mine have passed away throughout my life and thinking about this question often upsets me because there's really no answer. When I think back to research I've done in my past I remember having to do one serious research paper in High School were I based it off whether or not college athletes should be paid.  That topic does not really interest me anymore though because as I've grown older my opinions have gone one sided on the issue.