VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Homework

Read the article and write down any questions you have about phrases or words you don’t understand.

Personal Responsibility 102: The Importance of Owning Up to Your Mistakes and How to Do It

they won’t give you any ~~sensitive~~ serious medicine without a good reason.

Drug – 1. a medicine 2. a substance that you consume to change you state of consciousness, or mind.

eg: Those cancer drugs are very harmful to people.

eg: He was doing drugs and quit university.

narcotics – illegal drugs

eg: Pablo Escobar was a famous Colombian narcotic dealer.

Vein –

Arteries –

eg: They put a needle in my veins and gave me an IV drip.

respiratory system – your breathing system

eg: I have an infection in my respiratory system.

Antibiotic –

eg: Do you know if that medicine is an Antibiotic?

mutate – change its form, on a cellular level

eg: If people don’t take all the antibiotics a doctor gave them. The virus can mutate and become stronger.

Prescription

eg: You need a prescription to get antibiotics.

insecurity – something that people are often worried about and thinking too much about

eg: He has a weird insecurity about

lean in – to fully accept the situation

eg: If someone compares you to a cartoon character, the best solution is to just lean in. don’t hide from it.

own it – Admit or accept your mistakes. when you have a problem or mistake, and you simply accept it, and don’t hide from it

eg: Yeah, I broke the door. I’m a big idiot, but at least I own it.

I was considering ~~about~~ business school

I don’t know if philosophy leads to depression, or if depressed people are drawn to philosophy.

when I was a young kid maybe I will think about that – maybe I would think like that