<p>Prompt: Does the truth change depending on how people look at things?</p>
<pre><code>An old saying reads, “A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches isn’t so sure.” Throughout history, this saying has held much truth, in that the truth of various situations and beliefs has changed depending on the way in which it is viewed. Clearly evident in Anton Rutherford’s scientific trials, the Berlin Conference, and one person’s college admissions follies, the truth changes depending on how people look at things.
Anton Rutherford was an iconic German scientist who, at his time, was often viewed as a quixotic mad man engrossed in the chicaneries of the scientific world. This physicist faced much opposition in a society that rejected the pivotol discoveries that science had to offer and favored a more religious view on life. Rutherford, however, was determined to prove his overly religious society wrong when, in 1837, he began devising an experiment that would prove to be one of the most substantial scientific discoveries to this day. A deeply imaginative person, Rutherford extemporized an experiment that he hoped would unlock the answers to the greatest question of the day: what is an atom made of? In this experiment, Rutherford planned to utilize an electron beam and gold foil in order to prove his hypothesis on the structure of an atom. As he shot electrons at the gold foil, something amazing happened: an atom was shot back right at the gun, as though it had been deflected by a concrete wall. Rutherfords scientific view had allowed him to see the truths of matter in a new light, much differently from the way in which his religious society did. In essence, Rutherford had changed the truths of his contemporary.
As the first world of the 20th century met in Berlin, Germany in order to divide the territories of Africa up, they believed the were conducting the most godly of duties, soon to assist the African nations to power. Viewing this situation from the outisde, however, the truths they held were much different than those held by the Africans. The terrified African natives saw this as an attack on their personal liberties and political sovereignties. Consequentially, from viewing this situation inside and out, the truths had changed drastically.
As a friend, Carren, received her college admissions results, she was devastated to see that she had been rejected from the top ivy league school. However, she did get into the top engineering school, not seeing the situation in the way that I did; the truth was, she had a glowing future.
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<p>So this is the first practice essay I've done, and I'm perfectly aware that it is terrible (and lacking factual information) but I'm curious as to what grade you all think it might receive.</p>