Today we learned the difference between oral (of the mouth) and aural (aural). I found this very interesting because I am a musician, specifically a vocalist. These words have been thrown around me my entire life and the last place I expected them to appear was in my history class. I knew the difference but it was refreshing to know something in a class that I knew nothing about.

As we moved on we talked about the difference between idealists and realists. Idealists believe that there is something somewhere in the universe that is ideal and the purpose in life is to seek the ideal. Realists have no ideal, just a variation of a particular thing or idea. I identify as a realist more than an idealist. After hearing the difference between the two I knew that there was no way I was an idealist. I don’t believe there is an ideal for everything. I believe that I have a particular vision in mind of something, but there is no ideal. There are variations of shirts, chairs, dresses, microwaves, doors, etc. but there is no idea shirt, chair or dress because depending on how the item was made depends on its functionality. Some items have better functionality than others depending on what it’s used for. That’s why I don’t believe in the ideal. Because I don’t believe there is one single item of anything that can fulfill all potential services it might need to.