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November 17, 2005
Life of Puzzle
When I was little, I was a big fan of block games such as puzzle, chess, or tetrix. I remember the thrill that I felt when I finally completed the 1000-piece puzzle. At the time, I didn't realize that I was developing basic problem-sloving logics. They were only games that I was having fun with. However, now I got to think of those experiences as the valuable lessons that trained me to think in a logical way, and since I realized that life itself is a series of problem-solving tasks, those logic I developed from the games became the strength that is so useful in life.
As mentioned in the reading, those block games have solutions which the maker already laid out for us. However, in life, there is no certain rule that can solve the problems. Every case is different, therefore, the solution is wholely upto each individual's decision. That is what makes life so hard and complicated, yet it is also the element that makes life interesting because you never know what will come next for your decision.
In the last Applications class letcture, there was a line that Micheal Holly, the speaker, told us about. "If you don't have a problem, there is no solution." For a positive thinking, life should be seen not as a sequence of problems but as a sequence of problem-solving games.
Posted by Jane Oh at November 17, 2005 02:48 AM