Response to Danny Fiddelman’s Essay

I like the way you separated your essay into the different phases of life because I feel that our perception of time is not the same for each stage.  I think it is really interesting how you described time as something that we can control.  At first when I did not understand the validity of the point, especially because in class we have been talking about how uncontrollable time is.  But then when I read about how your time and time management was being controlled by your parents and others, I understood what you meant in your opening argument and I completely agree.  I felt the same coming to school here and now having the strange feeling of control over what I do and when I get to do it.  It is a different interpretation of time, us having control over it instead of time being the controlling factor, but it is so relevant, especially at this point in our lives.  How should we spend our time now?  Doing work, staying up late, hanging with new friends, finally getting to sleep in for as long as we want.  These are all elements that are influenced by our control over time.  I thought that this was very interesting and a new viewpoint of the concept of time that I had never considered before.