Echo and Narcissus- Alexander Reese

     Echo was a nymph who would always have to get the last word in an argument. One day Juno took away her ability to talk first, but she would still get to have the last word. One day a "youth" called Narcissus and pursued him. He spurned her affection and one day took a rest near a fountain. He had rejected another nymph who cursed him so that he would have to feel the pain of loving someone and being rejected. As he looked into this fountain he saw his image and was entranced. His reflection did not return his affection and so he pined away and died. Echo mourned for him.


    I abhor Steve Jobs. he's a real piece of work, and if you've read his biography, you'll quickly learn he had no friends and nobody liked him. I admire his work as a marketer, but as a person he is truly horrifying. Everyone tried to avoid him at work, and everyone he worked with hated him because he would get rid of them as soon as he had no use of them any longer. He also did not get cancer treatment because he thought he personally was stronger than pancreatic cancer.


   I admire my dad's old professor who lives in Arkansas. He lives off his inheritance, built several log cabins and spends all of his time working with charities and teaching kids with learning disabilities math. He is also over 65 and still participates in marathons and goes to Canada for two weeks once a year to canoe.