Thomas Southey's Blog

What is something you’d like to change about the world, our community, or Uni High? Why would you like to make this change? By Thomas Southey Willful Ignorance    I would like to change a million things about the world. However, if I had to choose one it would be people's willful ignorance. Everyone in the world can have such close-minded and stigmatized views about so many topics and I find it to be one of humanity's worst flaws. Humans are naturally inclined to want to learn and adapt for the great or good. One of the biggest things I see that affect the community and world everyone lives in is the willful ignorance about the LGBTQ+ community. It is genuinely one of the worst things to hear when people's families and friends disown and disassociate themselves with that person just because they came out about their sexuality or gender. Or the fact that someone is killed or attacked on the streets for the sole fact they like the same gender. People need to wake up to see th...

     What is something you disliked in the past, but now like? By: Thomas Southey         Something that I used to hate but now like is writing. I used to think of it as a waste of my time. I did not see much use for it aside from school work. I also didn't like the way it was taught, especially with intricate parts about grammar and all these little things that matter in your writing to make it perfect. I think it was mainly me just being a kid that influenced this just wanting to have fun with the work. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I was forced to spend more time inside and leave myself on my computer for 2-4x my usual amount. Since we were all quarantined and inside it made it very easy to want to develop a new skill or hobby. In my downtime, I would think of little things I see every day that would make an interesting story. I started to do this more and more and I found that I kind of liked creating my little world surrou...