The Year (In a Short and Sweet Review)
Well, as the year comes to a close, only now do I realize how great of a year it has been. All of my classes, despite the workload and the commitment, have made up for it in talented and witty teachers and the endless antics of my classmates and I. Many of the articles and stories we read addressed issues or topics that really made me stop and think, amidst the chaos and confusion of my junior year. The Michael Jackson article that talked about legacy probably made me the most intrigued and made me actually think for a really long time. The news about him and his inappropriate behavior had not reached me until after we had read that article, and I feel as though it helped to formulate my opinion. On the topic of whether we should celebrate either the artist, and remember what they did, or the work, and separate the artist entirely, I felt as though the work is itself an independent creation, almost with its own will. This opinion might be facilitated by the fact that it is convenien...
