Thursday, November 19, 2009
Day 22
Do you think it is always best to know the truth? Consider a time when you wanted to know the truth about something and others warned that it would be in your best interest if you did not know. What happened as a result of your push to learn the truth? If this is not relevant to you, then discuss why, at times, ignorance can be bliss and give a time in your life where this was true and why.
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Many people disagree on whether it is always best to know the truth. Personally, I think it is always best to know the truth. One time my friends were talking about something, and I wanted to know what they were talking about. I asked them if they could tell me, but they said that they couldn't. I asked them why they couldn't tell me, and they said because I would get upset. I told them that I really didn't care, and that I just really wanted to know what they were talking about. Finally my friends told me what they were talking about. They told me that a guy was making fun of me behind my back. At first I really didn't care, but when my friends told me what he was saying, I got kind of upset. However, I am still glad my friends told me. After my friends told me, I went up to the guy and asked him to please stop making fun of me. The guy said sure and he apologized. So in the end, I did get somewhat upset, but I still feel that it was better to know the truth.
Becca Need
3rd Hour
I don't think that you should know the truth all the time. It is too much to handle. Sometimes not know ing is better then knowing. Umm one time i wanted to know who took my ipod and i intarrigated evryone and my best friend helped. He knew who had it and i begged him to tell me. He said that your not going to want to know and he told me he took my ipod and then sold it. It was bull shit. After i pushed to tell the truth i felt like shit. I wanted to kill my friend and some how get my ipod back. I wish i had never had asked him to tell me.
ZAck Rufifn
NO!! its not always a good thing to kno the truth because somtimes the truth hurts and somthings u might do better without knowing< but it is in our human nature to be curios so we usaully push the truth and somtimes thats a good thing and somtimes its a bad thing. i try by best to stay out of drama (because i hate it)but somtimes it catches up to me and i get into these kinds of sichuations
In some cases its a good to know the truth, but in a lot of cases its better just not to know. A time when this happened is when i heard my friends whispering to eachother, and i asked what they were talking about. They wouldnt tell me because they said it would hurt my feelings. So then i said just tell me, so they said that someone was saying crap behind my back to people. At first i pretended like i didnt care, but later i was really hurt by it. So in that instance, it would of been better just not to know. I think that ignorance is better, because what you dont know cant hurt you. If i never found out that people were talking about me, then i wouldnt of been hurt by it.
I lie all the time. I think that sometimes it is best for a person not to know the truth. I can understand that sometimes people should know what is going on, but there are times that is good for the persons health, life, or situation, that they didn’t know the truth. There have been so many times that I didn’t want to know the truth and yet did find it out. One situation is when you have, maybe, two friends who will keep something from you because they “don’t want you to know.” I hate that! Its like, if you don’t want me to know then don’t bring it up in the first place. Then when they tell me the real truth, it is the dumbest thing I would have ever heard. Those lies are the stupid little ones. Sometimes I have situations where the stress of knowing the truth puts you on edge. The worst lies are rumors. When people are saying stuff about you and then you finally find out the truth and know that it is wrong. Thos lies are the only lies I think should never be brought up. All in all, telling someone the truth is a good thing, but there is a time to tell the truth and a time to lie.
Lauren Beattie
3rd Hour
I think that yes it is always best to know the truth. Sometimes the truth may hurt you but all in all it is the right thing to always know the truth. This is the same with always telilng the truth even if it hurts you or someone else. One time my friend wouldnt tell me something and i really wanted to know. I asked like alot of times for her to tell me. She fianally did but it turned out to be something that i didnt really care about. I was glad i knew what it was anyways. It is alwyas good to know and tell the truth sometimes it might turn out to be ok.
Katlyn Twigg 2nd HOUr
No I do not always think it is best to know the truth. i know this personally from experience. One time one of my good friend had told me that one of my other friends had been saying bad things about me. However she wouldn't tell me hat had actually been said. After bugging her about it for an hour she finally told me. I felt terrible, I was so upset that one of my friends would say something like that. I was glad I knew because I didn't think of that person as a friend anymore. However I was so hurt by what she said, that it was all I could think about. I wish I had not asked to be told because in the end it just hurt me more then not knowing.
Taylor Dieck
2nd hr.
Last year I was out of school for a couple days, and something had happened while I was gone. When I came back to school my friends were talking about something, and when I walked over they changed the subject really quick. I wondered what was going on and when I asked them, they wouldnt tell me. At first I thought they were talking crap about me and I was getting angry. When I finally got it out of them, they had told me that one of my good friends had overdosed on drugs and died while I was gone. This isnt a very good example of not wanting to know the truth, because it was something that I was going to find out one way or another, sooner or later. I feel that it shows that sometimes the truth is hurtful. I'm happy that I had heard it from my friends, rather than another group of kids just gossiping. So what i'm trying to say, is that yes, the truth is hurtful. When it comes to the truth it is better to hear hurtful things from your friends rather than other people. The only reason I say this is because people gossip alot, and then stories get changed around as rumors spread. If I had heard that from somebody else, im sure it would have been a completely different story and I would not have known. So sometimes the truth is hurtful but you always find out, whether it be from your friends, or other kids. It is much better to find things out from people that you know you can trust, and im sure its less hurtful to hear the truth from your friends and not somebody who is just talking crap and spreading rumors with their friends.
Although I have never been in a situation where it was best if I didn't know the truth, there have been plenty of times where ignorance was bliss. At times ignorance can be bliss because you don't really know what can hurt you and what can't. A personal experience of when ignorance was bliss, was when my girlfriend broke up with me. She said that things wouldn't work out because we lived a hour away and she was busy, but I'm pretty sure she just liked somebody else. I never actually found out if she did, and I would rather not know, but I just moved on believing what she told me was the truth because I never had a reason not to believe her. I choose to move on because the thought of her liking another guy while we were going out just killed me on the inside. So i figured I would live a less painful life by not searching for the truth.
Yes, I believe it is always best to know the truth. Not knowing the truth can eat away at you. My Aunt in Alabama was diagnosed with lung cancer. My parents did not want to tell me that my Aunt's cancer was really bad and she was going to die. As parents they wanted to shield me from the sadness of death. I was young, but I could tell that something was really wrong. As a result of me pushing to know the truth I could send my Aunt cards and let her know how much i loved her.I know that she enjoyed getting them. Even though knowing someone is going to die makes you sad; knowing allows you the opportunity to do things that showed you cared.
No, it's not always best to know the truth. Sometimes the truth is painful and if it becomes irrelavent to your life then it's best not to know. I deffiantly agree that ignorance can be bliss. One year I was on a team and it was my first year on it. I knew some of the girls didn't like each other but I didn't think much of it. I ended up talking and becomeing friends with a lot of them so I had a ton of fun. Then, this year I was talking to one of the people on the team and started talking about a huge fight between two of the girls and everyone took sides. I was so confused and asked when this happened. I made it clear that I had no clue what she was talking about. She explained to me what happened and then told me that everyone thought I was just being neutral. The reality of the situation was that I just had no clue anything was happening. Ignorance was bliss at that time because if I knew what was truely going on I probually would have taken a side. This would have resulted in me having less fun and not makeing friends with some of the girls on the team.
Kristen Pauly
2nd hr.
I prefer knowing the truth. When people say "ignorance can be bliss," that is bull crap. That is basically another saying for "I'm lying to myself." It isn't making the situation any better, it just means that you are putting it aside, but it will never go away. Some people say that this is better, but personally I would rather know the exact truth than to live life as a lie. Although I think that the truth is the way to go, under certain circumstances I believe that lying should occur. For example, I sorta let something innapropriate slip form my mouth while I was babysitting. The kid asked what that meant so I said I meant to say blahblah (or whatever) and then made up a meaning for it. Sometimes the truth can hurt, and I think everyone has some kind of experience with that, but I think not knowing isn't going to make it any better.
In most cases it is better to not know the truth because most of the time the truth can hurt. I have not personally experienced having to know the truth, but where ignorance was bliss because sometimes you recieve information that can really take you back and it is good to ignore the situation because if it really effects someone then you might open your mouth and that can lead to drama that is not needed. Well a few years back i was told a rumor about somebody and a red flag came into my head to forget that i heard anything. This was good for me because the person who told me ended up telling that rumor and ended up looking like a complete jackass because the rumor was not true and he got bitched out by the person he started the rumor about.
Will Michaels 2nd hour
I think it is best to know the truth. I say this because all lies at one time will be caught or the truth will slip out. One time when I was little I wanted to know what happened to my pet lizard. I asked numerouse times to find out what happened. My mom would just say she let him go. I knew better than that so finally after I asked again she just said it died. When I was little like that I was just really upset. Thats a time when truth was not better but over time I would have found out. I felt better knowing what happened than never really knowing.
3rd
While sometimes the truth hurts, I think that it is best to know the truth. When people tell me that someone has been talking about me, it hurts, but I am glad to know so I can know who to trust. A lot of times my dad won't get into things about work or his past because he says I don't need to hear about it, and I should focus on my own worries. When my mom and dad were talking about my dad's job, I pushed them until they told me what they were talking about, even though they didn't want to. It ended up worrying me a little bit, because they were making plans to move if my dad lost his job. In the end however, I'm glad I know so I can be prepared if this happens. I think that as a child ignorance is bliss at certain times. A child doesn't need to hear about all the horrible things going on in the world, it doesn't help them to know. My parents never watched the news around me when I was young, because they didn't want me exposed to the horrors of some crimes. It was better for me to live an innocent childhood, and learn about these types of things when I got older. In the end, I think that when you are older the truth is more benificial than ignorance.
The truth. I think knowing the truth is important, but sometimes it's not a good or neccessary thing to know. I know there have been times in my life where I didn't need to know the truth. For instance, when one of my friends wasn't talking to me I wanted to know why. I asked one of their other friends to tell me what was going on and they warned me that I didn't want to know. I told them I wanted to know and they told me, but it turned out I really didn't need to know why. And for the rest of that day I was depressed because it turned out that I had lost a friend. So knowing the truth isn't always a good thing.
James Richardson
3rd hour
I think it is important to know the truth but also what you dont know cant hurt you. A lot of times we push to know the truth once someone brings up that we dont know it. However, before they brought it up we had no desire to know about it. This has happened to me recently. A friend told me that they had a secret from me and i somewhat pushed to know it. After a while i just let it go and decided i didnt want to push them anyways. A while later they told me and this was something that changed our friendship. The secret is very personal and confidential but after they told me i told them that it wouldnt change things and i still wanted to be friends with them. But, unfortunately they couldnt face me anymore knowing that i knew this about them. We dont talk anymore and our friendship is basically over for now. Usually when this happens the person who was told the truth is the one who gets upset. Most of the time when you push to know the truth you end up not liking what you hear. Sometimes people get mad at the person for telling them when they pushed to hear it in the first place. Some secrets are secrets for a reason and are meant to stay that way. Even though friends say they tell each other everything thats usually not the truth. We keep secrets from people sometimes to hurt them but usually to protect them from what you know they dont want to or cant handle hearing.
I think that it is always best to know the truth, because I rather be told the truth then have someone lie to me. A time when it was better to know the truth was when my friend kept ditching me for her other friends. At first I had no idea that it was happening, you could say I was completely clueless. Then I would talk to my other friend and she said that our mutual friend was doing the same thing, so we would exchange stories, and they were different. She told us different stories and didn't think we would tell each other. I think that it was good that my friend and I found out what our other friend was doing to us because we learned that we couldn't trust us, and obviously thought we weren't good enough to be friends with. I was really mad for the longest time, but then I just decided not to care, and that was the best decision. I still get frustrated with her lies, but I can't change her, that's just who she is. I'd rather find out now, then catch her in the act, and have her lie about her lie. The truth may hurt, but it's always better.
Alanna Nagi
2nd hour
What doesnt kill you, can only make you stronger. Sometimes the truth hurts, but knowing the truth can only make you grow. Whether it be about yourself, or someone else, it is only another lesson you will learn. Ignorance can be bliss, especially when dealing with something extremely tough. However, you cannot escape the truth forever. So, you may be able to stay ignorant for a short amount of time, but eventually you will learn the truth. If you choose to be ignorant and learn the truth later, it will only hurt more.
i've always thought ignorance is bliss. i think the truth is really hurtful and no matter how delusional it is most of the time i don't want to hear the truth. for example when someone says oh i heard something about you, as much as i shouldnt listen i always want to hear it because i do care about what other people think of me. so i tell the person to tell me and when its something i wish i wouldn't have heard, it bothers me all day. people dont need to know how people judge them or how people think their not good enough. i'm a confident person but it still hurts when people say things about you, it doesn't matter how confident you are they still get to you. so i'd rather not waste my time on negative thoughts and just not know.
Honesty is a big thing to me. I would much rather someone tell me the truth, no matter how bad, than lie to me. A time this happened was when a couple of my friends were whispering about something, so I obviously got curious and asked what they were talking about. They said if they told me, i would get upset about it. In response, I was like, if its bad I want to know, just tell me cause if you keep whispering I will get pissed. They told me a few kids were talking shit about me. I didn't get pissed, I just confonted the kids and told them to grow up. I was actually more pissed that my friends wanted to keep something so juvenille from me. I always tell the truth, no matter how brootal. People say I'm being a bitch, but its just the truth.
Sam Tedder
2nd hour
Throughout my life i have believed that knowing the truth to things is best. Though i hear this, i have found myself in possitions were i regret demanding the person tells me the truth. Overall i feel it is just best to know the truth to things, cause it seems that in the long run all truth spills so why not bring it to your atention at an early point.
I remember a situation that killed me to know the truth but eventually i was going to, and that was when my dog i grew up with all my life died. I remeber we got home from vacation and went to my gramdmas to get my dog dillon but when we got there, she said he had been sick and has not moved that much. After this, we took dillon to the vet but could not stay while they looked at him because i had a hockey game that night and had to go. After my hockey game, my family and i rushed back to the vet and asked to see how dillon was. Not knowing the truth whether he was good or not i became very nervious. At first i did not want to know the truth and felt like running out but thought i ougta know now cause i will find out sooner or later. The vet came out and told us he just passed away about 5 minutes before we had got there. It was the sadest thing to hear about your dog dieing that you had grew up with. These kind of things are very tough decisions to make when it comes to wether you want to hear the news or not.
conman
Yopu should tell the truth, but not always. You can tell little white lies like if your friend asks you if you like thir new shirt and you say “ya its cute” or “ya I like it” just to make the person feel better. Rather that “no its an ugly shirt” just little white lies. When its something bigger you should always tell the other person the truth. Even if it will hurt them a little. my family had some issues a couple of moths ago and i wanted to know what was going on. When I asked they said that they didn’t want to get me involved because they didn’t want me to get hurt. I told them id be fine and that I could handle it. So they told me. I was right and handled it. I mostly just stood on the side and let them deal with it. it did hurt me a little just because it was something to do with ppl I love and care for. But I am glad they told me and I understood what was going on.
I agree partly with saying its always best to know the truth. Ignorance can be bliss in a lot of situations though. For example, when it comes to food. When I was younger my mom used to blind fold me because I was so picky about what the food looked like. Eating something that tastes good didn't matter to me it was about the appearance. One time I tried chili and I really liked it. I took off the blind fold and I could of sworn that I ate a bowl of poop, I wanted to throw up. It also goes the other way around. Seeing the food and not knowing what the taste is. So if I ate something that tastes good, but in reality it's disgusting like liver or bull testicle then I wouldn't be very pleased to find that out. I'm just going to stick to ignorant can be bliss half the time.
In my opinion, I think it is best to know the truth. Even though sometimes you shouldnt tell people the truth. It might really hurt them in the end. Especially when its one of your close friends. If I asked someone to tell me something I hope that they would tell me and not lie to my face. I know that if they asked me I would tell them. Even tho I wont just go up and say the truth, if I knew it was going to hurt them.
Yes i think it is better to always know what happened. If you know what happened you have closure on the situation. Now Im not saying you should hear it all in full details, but it gives you closure if you know what happened. For instance if someone were to kill a close friend or family member of mine i would want to know what happened how it happened and who did it. I am a strong believer in the eye for an eye method. If you take another innocent persons life you should be killed as well. I would want to know who did it so i could make sure what was done to them was just as painful and bad as what they did to an innocent person. Its almost like the movie "The Punisher". When a man has his whole family taken from him, And he goes out for vengeance. As far as what would happen if you pushed to learn the truth it is really up to how you control the situation. if someone dies of course your going to be upset but if your know how it happened you don't have to imagine worth things that may have happened. Your mind's imagination often makes it worse then it actually happened.
Taylor Wattles
I dont think it is alwawys good to know the truth. Knowing the the truth is not good cause it just pisses people off. I really dont care abouot the truth or not, as long as I'm. I might have had a few times where the truth hasnt been told, but I dont want to know the truth because Id rather be happy. The only time I want to know the truth is when it is good news. Thats why I dont think knowing the truth is always best.
Jake F 2nd hour
I dont think its always best to know the truth because it could be something that relates to you in someway but you dont know what it is. A time when others kept the truth from me and thought it was in my best interest, was when I lived in Germany, and found out I was moving again. I had previously heard my parents talking about it, and I asked them about it, but they kept putting it off. They said it did concern me and wasnt in my best interest to know. I kept bugging them about it and asking where we were going to move, and when they finally told me, I was upset. Its easy to get hurt when you discover the truth. On the other hand, the truth sometimes gives you the benefit of the doubt.
I think it is good to know the truth. Even if it will hurt its better than being lied too. Like one time my family was talking about something and they wouldn't tell me because they said it would upset me. It sucked not being able to know, even though it would of hurt me. Not knowing the truth makes me made, and makes me wonder. Sometimes I think its okay not to tell the truth. Only if it is the best option. Usually I don't like when people don't tell me the truth.
Katlin Gotshaw
3rd Hour.
I dont really know if it is always best to know the truth. Even though I would like to know the truth somethimes it can turn around and bite you in the ass. One time that I pushed to know the truth was when I heard that my grilfreind cheated on me. I asked her numerous times if what I was hearing from her friends was true. She continued to denige it until she finally told me that what I hearing was true. It broke my heart that someone could do that and I lost alot of trust in her. I decided to give her a second chance to see if I could trust her. Today now I realize that I made a good decision in giving her a second chance. At times I will still question the truth and find when she is lying, but its always something stupid.
John McLean
2nd hour
I remeber one time one of my friends hinted that someone said somthing bad about me. I usually dont really care about what people say about me, becauses words are words. I pryed it out of my friend and she worned me that i wouldnt want to know and that it would hurt my feelings. I continued to pry and eventually she told me. Once she had told me and told me who said it i was very taken back. It acctually really hurt my feelings, especally becasue it was one of my best friends who had said it. Truth isnt always the best thing, somtimes its better not to know becasue things could really hurt you. somtimes truth is nott in peoples best interest, and its not bad to keep something from someone to save them.
I think its best to tell the truth, but not in all situations. Sometimes knowing the truth hurts you more than wanting to know. During the summer my ex boyfriend was hanging out with a bunch of other girls to get me jealous. I would always text his best friend and try and find out what my ex was doing with these girls. He would never tell me so i kept trying and trying. Finall he told me my ex was already dating some bitch, that i absolutely hated. it was so pathetic but i cryed and cryed for hours. it was embarrasing too because i was on vacation with jessicas family and they all saw me cry over a guy. A day later he broke up with her becasue he realized he made a huge mistake and he got back together with me. If his friend would have never told me i would have probably never found out and never have been as miserable as i was that night.
I personally think that it is always better to know the full truth rather than not. True, it may hurt to hear the truth, but knowing the truth allows us to make informed decisions. Knowing the truth about a person may however lower how we think of them, but if they mean enough to us, we will still manage to like them, even if the truth is bad. One case in my life that i was told that i didnt want to know the truth but i asked anyways was when i found out that my grandpa was a violent alcoholic, and would often hit my grandma and uncle. This came as a huge shock to me, and at first i was devistated, and for a while i wanted to hate him. But i couldnt. later in his life he stopped drinking and never laid a harmful hand on anyone again. Even though he did really cruel things, i still loved him. Sometimes i try to think whether this would be true if he had never quit drinking and hitting his family. I dont think i would be able to forgive him as easily. Ignorance may be bliss, but if you are willing to accept the truth, and accept the flaws that come with it, then the truth can be bliss too.
I think it is always best to know the truth. One example of a time is when my friend knew something that I didn't want to know and she didn't want to tell me because it would have hurt me. I really wanted to know so she told me. It did hurt but I think i'm better off to know the truth and whats really going on. Nothing really happened as a result, even though it hurt, I'm glad she told me. If people were talking bad about me then I would want to know about it. I can understand why some people wouldn't want to but I can handle it. I don't really care all that much and a few bad words really aren't going to tear me apart.
To be completly honest, no I do not think that it is always best to know the truth. There have been many times that I wanted to know the truth about something but others warned me that I really would not want to hear the truth. However, I would rather discuss why, at times, ignorance can be bliss. I strongly believe that some people would rather live their lives ignorantly instead of opening up their eyes and seeing the true colors of the world around them. In fact, I think that in a way every single person looks away from evils in the world in order to avoid the truth. Bliss is a sort of emotion that is described as being at peace and with happiness. People purposefully turn their heads from certain truths going on around them, which makes them ignorant to those such evils and allows them to feel blissful. I would say instead of an example from my life, take Mr. Magoo for instance. The old cartoon I remember watching years and years ago is about an elderly man who was blind and likely death. Everywhere he went he left a complete rack of destruction. He did not mean to but he was always in the way of others, like when he drove backwards down the street. Mr. Magoo had absolutely no idea that he was causing so much damage and he kept going on with his day happily and with bliss. In my life I am sure I have caused incidences unknowingly, but rather than looking back on it I guess it would be easier to simply go on ignorantly minding my own business as horrible as that sounds. This shows perfectly how ignorance is complete bliss.
Personally I think it is best if you don't always know the truth. I think that ignorance can be bliss at times, not all the time though. If someone is talking about you and someone tells you that, you will want to know what they were talking about. Sometimes it is better if you don't know what they said because if it was bad, you might get angry and do something that you might regret ,like fight them, or something like that. I don't think I would mind that much baecause I don't give a shit what people think about me. The only time I would ever do something would be if they started saying stuff about family or friends. So I think it is best for you just to let people talk about what they want and just ignore it.
I think that it is not always the best idea to tell the truth. I think that because you might want to hurt a person's feelings by telling them the truth. If someone said something bad about me and my friends knew what they said I would want them to tell me. I would want them to tell me because I don't get my feeling hurt very easy and I wouldn't care. I would also want to know who said it and what they said so I could confront the person. If one of my friends were in the same situation I would tell them. I would tell them because they derserve to know the truth. When I told them it would be direct and to the point.
I think it is not neccesarily always best to know the truth. Sometimes it is best to be left out, for your best interest. I am definately one of those people that has to know the truth and I wont leave you alone until I find out. First off, if someone knows something it will eat me apart if I don't know it. However, if they say it's best if you dont know, and I finally get them to tell me, then usually it turns into something I will worry about even more. Either way, I get eaten up inside, which isn't good. I think, therefore, from personal experience, that it is best sometimes if you don't know the truth in a situation. Although, the truth is, if someone is holding a secret from me, I don't like it, and I will probably be mad. Thei is different from if I knew, which would probably make me worry.
John Kent
11-19-09
I strongly believe that the truth is not always best to know. Like for example that there are people that would kill you just because you are an American. Now there was a point in everyone’s life that they had believed in Santa. Eventuality we all found out the truth and it broke the kind and loving elusion that every time Christmas brought. This childish ignorance to me seemed to have made Christmas brighter for all of us as kids, but we all have to grow up sometime. When I was told that there was no Santa, it seemed that the world seems slightly darker. Now if you can imagine the thousands of kids that now knows the truth. This is a dark truth.
The truth can be so hard to handle. It can stab you right in the back. Sometimes not knowing the truth is the best thing. I think that keeping the about somehting that could hurt someone is completly different then telling the truth about your everyday lies. Poeple lie everyday, weather you like to admitt it or not. I think that you should always tell the truth to someone when it effects them. I remember when I was little i was having a birthday party of just my close reletives and my dad was suppoesed to be there. i hadnt seen in a long time. When i was pulling in to the parking lot of the building I saw my dad in the back of a black car, and my mom tolf me my could make it. My whole family started talking about what happened to him, tried to get them to tell me but they told me i wouldnt understand. A while after that found out that he was aressted when got there. I now that finding that out was upsetting and i probably wouldnt have understood why at that the time. But deep down i wish they would have told me.
I dont know of a time where ive pushed for the truth and didnt like the outcome. But i know of an example, such as in the movie planet of the apes. The human wanted to find out the truth about their existance and pushed and pushed to see how they became dominate species. At the end of the movie he was let go to find the amswer he was looking for, but was warned that he probably wouldnt like the outcome. Sure enough, when he seen the statue of liberty in the ground, he was shocked by the truth that he had been in space for thousands of years. I believe that in certain situations not knowing the truth is better because some things can be so hard to accept, that you might not know what to do. And sometimes knowing the truth can hurt more than wondering the truth.
No, I don't think its always best to know the truth. For a little kid it might not always be best for them to know why there parents got divorced. I totally agree with the statement that ignorance can be bliss. I think its true until you turn about thirteen, then you should start paying attention and getting to know stuff. When my family was going through a lot it was better for me not to know exactly what was happening. It was better for me to just be ignorant to the things around me and stay in the dark then to realize and pay attention to what was actually happening.
Tayler Chase
I don't always think its best to know the truth. Sometimes you don't want to believe the truth and it can upset you in many cases. Knowing the truth in some cases can be ok, but somethings they should be kept confidential. One case would be when i wanted to know the truth about how my uncle died, but i was too young to be told. Eventually i was told when i got older. Still to this day i kinda wish i still didn't know the truth because it was disappointing. So i believe that some truths should be told and some should be held for specific reasons.
i dont think you should tell the truth all the time. some times it is better not to know things. i dont know a time when i wanted to know something. But some example where i havent told the truth are when i talk to the police. I never snitch on a friend, and i always try to save my own ass. It is better that the police dont know so you dont get in trouble. so it is not always good to know the truth.
I think it is always best to know the truth. You can't go through life being so ignorant. Well, you technically could but I personally think you would be living in a false reality. There was a time when I was talking to my father about what happens at animal shelters and pounds. Eventually my dad told me the truth and that sometimes they have to put the animals to sleep. He warned me before but I still wanted to know. The result left me devastated. I felt horrible and kind of wish I didn't know, I wanted to pretend like that wasn't actual fact. I do not regret knowing. Now that I know, maybe I can do something about it. If people don't know whats going on, how is anything supposed to get done or change? By knowing the truth, people can help each other, because life isn't all rainbows and gum drops, people go through hell and horrible things happen. The sooner people accept that, the sooner we can start to help and heal. If we are ignorant then the world will continue to be in chaos and hate. Knowing the truth is always best. No matter what. Its a part of growing up. Its a part of life.
Megan Kastelen
2nd hour
Everyone knows the saying, " The truth hurts", sometimes that's true and sometimes its not. I personally would rather know the truth then have people lying to me. One time I wanted to know the truth was the day I found out my grandma was diagnosed with cancer. My mom didn't want to tell me yet, but I heard her talking to my brothers about something and I wanted to know. When she first told me I thought to myself, " wow i wish i didn't just hear that." But I'm happy I found out sooner so I could cherish every moment I had with her from then on. It hurt to find that out, but in the end it was better then not knowing, when everyone else did.
Hannah Aittama
2nd Hour
When i read this question, i think of a surprise. In this case i do not think it is best to know the truth because it ruins the surprise and theres no excitement to keep you interested anymore. A time when others wanted be not to know the truth about something is when my aunt was taking me to Dave and Busters. I didnt know where she was taking, and i was getting suspicious because we were in the car for so long. I kept asking her where we were going and what the surprise was, but she wouldnt tell me, and my mom pretended not to know what was happening. They told me a story of when they were younger and they pushed to know the truth, for a christmas present they were curious about, and when they figured it out on their own, they didnt get the feeling that everyone loves on christmas morning. I didnt push for the truth, and the ignorance was bliss because when i got to Dave and Busters, i had more fun that i would have had, had i have known the truth of where we were going.
Personally, i think its best to know the truth. Even though knowing the truth could hurt you in some situations, its what i think is best. When my my friends led me on to think someone was talking about me behind my back and wouldnt tell me it pissed me off. When i begged and begged them to tell me and they said no it will just make you upset, i still wanted to know. Finally they told me, and yeah it hurt my feelings and pissed me off but atleast i knew who my real friends are and who i can trust. I still talk to that person and act like theres nothing really wrong, but i just know not to trust them at all. So i think that its best to know the truth because it helps you in most situations, even if it brings you down at the moment.
I believe it is always best to know the truth. You may feel better without knowing the truth but I still think it is best to know the truth. When I was little I had a bird that died while I was staying the weekend at my friend’s house. My friend and I were at subway and my mom called me. I then answered and she told me to meet at my friend’s house so she could tell me something. Right at that moment I knew she wanted to tell me something that I didn’t want to hear. But either way I was going to hear the truth. Then she told me that my bird died. I was sad at first but then accepted that fact that stuff happens and I was glad my mom told me the truth.
Most people will say it is best to not know the truth. Personally, i agree with them if i knew the truth about everything nothing would surprise me. For example, if i had a choice to know the day i would die i would not want to know the truth. If i knew when i was going to die i would just go through my life sad and worried and anxious. That is not the way to live life. So i believe that it is not always best to know thee truth. You can't go through life knowing what is going to happen. Then its not even considered life because you dont make mistakes. If you don't make mistakes then you can't learn fro those mistakes.
Alec Shoems 3rd Hour
Many people debate if knowing or wanting to know the truth is the best choice. Some times the truth can hurt very bad. But sometimes it can be a better thing. I hate knowing the truth, always because it seems like the truth is always hurting me. For example like with me and pat. all my friends told me i wouldnt want to know what was actually going to happen or what he was actually doing. And in the end when i found out it sucked. the truth is actually better now. Knowing that im done with him has made everything better in my life. I hated knowing that before but sometimes the truth always can turn out good in the end.
Alot of people dont think that its better to know the truth. I myself personally would rather know the truth. Instead of living off of lies. The truth may hurt sometimes, but its better to know the truth. A time when I wanted to know the truth and I was warned was probably when I found out ryan cheated on me. I wanted to know so bad what happened, and I was constantly getting lied to over and over. Even by my friends, they's lie to cover themselves up. Once I found out the truth it was the worst feeling in the world. I hated myself for wanting to know the truth. But you need to know the truth for certian things to be able to move no with your life, instead of dwelling over it. The best thing to do is just ignore it and move on.
People have all different opinions on whether it is best to know the truth or not. In my opinion, knowing the truth is the best. People who choose not to know the truth will go through life thinking the world is a happy place and that nothing bad happens. Knowing the truth keeps you from second guessing certain sitautions. When I was younger (in 5th or 6th grade) one of my "friends" kept stealing things from my house when he came over. One of my other friends knew who it was and I wanted him to tell me. Eventually he told me and I'm glad he did. Next time he came over, I put five dollars on my desk and of course, when I went in my room it was gone. I confronted him and he finally confessed. In the end we were still friends and he stopped stealing things. If my friend wouldnt have told me who it was, I would have kept getting things stolen.
I believe that it is not always best for a person to know the truth. It does however depend on the situation. This ties very close into the question "Is it okay to lie?" The same answer applies to both questions; sometimes. Do I want to know for sure if I'm going to be successful, have a terrible injury, get cancer, etc? No. I would spend more time worrying about this kind of bad thing than actually living my life. One time when I was much younger, some kids were looking at me and laughing. I asked them what was going on. No body would tell me. Finally, after I begged enough, someone said that they were making fun of the way I was always asking questions during class (ones that they thought were stupid). I was pretty embarrassed at the time, and really would have been better off not knowing.
I think that ignorance can be bliss at times. At times if you ignore the truth it shields you from pain. And it can also help you think about stuff. It helps you seperate yourself from everyday life. But sometimes you end up staring off into space and daydreaming. It can help you become desensitized to everyday life. You can learn to tune things out that annoy you. When people try to get on there nerves I just smile at them and act like I'm listening.
Truth is a strong thing. It can be good and bad sometimes. A time when I wanted to know the truth about someone but others told me it wasn't in his best interest happened to me earlier this year. I had a great first impression of this person and really liked them. I had talked to some people about this person and I got the exact opposite of what I thought. As I found out more and more about this person it changed my perception of them. When I would interact with person I would think about all the things I had heard about them and our friendship just wasn't the same. It ruined our friendship but I look back on it and think that I would have found out either way so it was better that I was told sooner. Even thought sometimes the truth hurts, I am the type of person that wants to know the truth no matter what the consequences may be.
Audrey
Do you think it is always best to know the truth? Consider a time when you wanted to know the truth about something and others warned that it would be in your best interest if you did not know. What happened as a result of your push to learn the truth? If this is not relevant to you, then discuss why, at times, ignorance can be bliss and give a time in your life where this was true and why.
In some situations I feel it is not necessary to always know the truth. In my ownlife, I had anexperience with this when I was very young. I always wanted to know why my mom was making my grandma all of these meals. For the longest time, I had bugged and bugged to get the truthout of them. It happened one day when finally mymom was fed up with me. She told me my great grandma was dying and couldn't cook anymore. I was heartbroken since it was going to be the first major death in my life that i could understand.This led to me being afraid to let goof my grandma. However, I always would like to know what is happening to be able to prepare myself. It is alot better than being suprised with horrible things.
I personally think it's always best to know the truth no matter what. People may not always want to here the truth. But the truth is the truth and it can't be changed. I do agree with the statement ignorance is bliss. This means that if you don't know something it can't affect your view of the world. An example is if you had didn't know anything about math in life I wouldn't necessarily hurt you because you had no awareness of it. It's like it is nonexistent to you. In my life I don't always like to here the truth if not knowing is better. I don't always take my advice. I know it would smarter to know the truth, but I would rather be happy with out the truth than unhappy knowing to truth.
I have been in situations where i may not of known the truth, yet still found out. However, personally, I feel that knowing the truth is the best. A while back I was dating this guy and things seemed to be fine. I was close with his friends and they started saying all this stuff that happened. Even though they were blunt about it I still knew something was up, so I asked my boyfriend. He was always in denial about it all, leaving me not knowing who to believe. Over time he fessed up and told me he had cheated on me with this one chick. I was really upset, but glad I heard the truth. Foolish me, I gave this kid another chance.. a month or so later I dumped him. When I ended things he came clean about everything and I found out he cheated on me 3 more times AFTER I gave him the second chance. Even though the truth may hurt at times I'm glad I knew in the end because it allowed me to learn from the experience. That was the only guy to ever cheat on me and hopefully it will stay that way.
Sometimes not knowing the truth is good for emotional stability, but knowing can help make decisions. I only have problems like this when it comes to my boyfriend, I can feel it when he is lying, and when I confront him he will tell me what's up. I usually feel like there is more he is not telling me and I pry until I hear what I want to hear and it ALWAYS hurts me in the end. We end up fighting and feelings get hurt because when you push the truth out of someone, you are, in a way, saying you do not trust them.
Yes, I do believe it is always best to know the truth. Lying will get you no where in life, and I learned that the hard way. If your a liar, your just a coward. Afraid to face the truth, the facts of life. This blog doesnt really relate to me. I always push to get the truth out of people and 99.9% of the time I succeed. Even if I find out something that I didnt want to know as a result, I still always feel better when I know the truth about things. It just puts a rest to things when the truth is finally given. When one lie starts, it just tangles you in a web of a million other lies, and you have to keep lying. Its no good. Just face the truth; face your fears. Ignorance can be bliss sometimes because it does change things when you know the truth. For example, when I was in 3rd grade, on 9/11, I did not even hear about the attacks until I got to school. I think it was better for me not to know, because when I found out it sent a rush of thoughts through my head, and being a little 3rd grader I got stressed out thinking about war, terrorism, and how people could do such a thing to other people. which leads me to another example. I believe that the war in Iraq right now is one of largest subjects that people are ignorant about in general. If they really knew what happened in war, and saw what the soldiers saw, everyone would be going crazy. Sometimes, the truth is too much to handle, but in the end, lying is worse...
People think its sometimes better to lie. I disagree for a lot of reasons. I think its good to know the truth so you can be realistic. I think examples of this is if a guy needs to know if a girl is out of his leauge. He then knows so he doesnt make an ass out of himself. Also, the truth allows us to reflect on our lives. A lot of times we have to make changes. Other peoples input of the truth helps whether you like it or not. As a result of the truth most people get angry or down but I dont agree with it. You have to stand up and tell the truth.
Blanz
late for hockey
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