Stay Focused

Flash Fiction

           Everything all goes away as fast as it came. You’ll never have the chance to do it again. If you get one shot or one opportunity, take it because it may be the first and last one, you’ll ever get. Be ready for what will be thrown your way have a game plan with specific goals. You must stay focused and tune out any and all of the outside noise you will hear. You have to be prepared for the worst and for the best. Change will happen, and it has to happen because it will get you ready for what is next. Don’t let yourself down and put yourself down either. You hold the pen, no one else. Its your life, your story, and your name. How will you carry yourself and let them know your name?

Artist Statement

In my picture you will see me standing on the trap line shooting last March during the season for the school. The picture to me shows my determination and how focused I am on what I do while taking advantage of the opportunity to shoot for our trap team. The black and white filters to me symbolize my experience and makes me think of how I was when I first started shooting trap compared to how I am now. The black and white also makes me think about how since I’m a senior now that I really have to seize all opportunities thrown my way because it may be the last time, I ever get to do it. Some won’t understand, and I don’t expect them to but its more than just shooting a shotgun at a clay pigeon. I feel it shows my personality because of the level of focus and concentration I have when I’m shooting in practices or competitions.

              

          My flash fiction connects to this because it’s me saying this to myself in my head. I talk about my opportunities and dedication to the sport. It’s also about how my personality shows too by the amount of concentration and focus I have in any situation. I don’t like to and I never want to put myself down but sometimes you just can’t help it. I say how will I present myself in a way to reflects my name and character in a good way.

Reflection

People say that perspectives is the way you think about a text or something somebody has said. That your personality is just some vague idea, but it is much more in depth and that bias is just being one sided on all topics that there is no sort of in between. People think this because they don’t take the time to actually think of what they are talking about before they begin talking about a certain topic.

In the “How do we overcome bias? Walk boldly toward them.” TED Talk by Verna Meyers, she talks on how people use bias or how we may not even now we are being bias. For example, Meyers says, “Biases are stories we make up about people before we even know who they are.” She also said, “I leaned on a bias that I didn’t even know I had” which shows that even the experts in these particular situations didn’t know they were doing so until they thought about it more. It means we all more than likely do it without taking notice of it, we may think of it but after that we blow it off. The biases we hear about or think about we really don’t know were doing it until someone calls you out for it. She explains how you basically cant judge a book by its cover only in the sense that she is talking about people in society. 

I agree with Verna Meyers that we can’t just make up different stories about people and automatically have some sort of bias toward that person. You have to meet that person first and they evaluate after meeting them. I don’t prejudge or hold any sort of bias toward someone before I meet someone, I meet them and try to get to know them. Not meet them and have the mindset of thinking something about that individual and just not like them. I didn’t really know that about myself until in class we took the personality test and that was one of my traits was that I’m somewhat shy at first but if you get to know me or if I open up to you that I’ll more likely talk to you and don’t mind being around you.