Rachel Hrovat~Rock Reflections

Earlier this week Professor Redick brought a rock in to class for everyone to observe. It started on the opposite end of the room and I was curious as to what kind it was. From far away it seemed to me like a boring grey piece of rock even though I figured it probably had some other significant meaning. When I turned around and grabbed it from the fellow behind me, I was stunned at how beautiful it actually was. It was a grey rock, but there was also a turquoise green shouting out from that grey which made the boring shade unapparent to my eyes. It had very jagged edges, and as I wrote about the edges in my sentence describing the rock, it made me think of how people also have sharp edges, but usually do for certain reasons. I thought about various people that I have met in the past year—and how I first perceived them as boring but as I grew closer to them, I was able to see their “true colors” as some old pop song goes. People sometime have areas in their lives that they want to keep to themselves, and in so doing can come across as unfriendly or cold. But it is the first appearance that can fool one. So as I was thinking about this, Redick asked if anyone knew what kind of rock it was. Someone said “Mica”, and then when asked what the common name for that rock was, he said “Fool’s gold”. Kind of funny how this rock which by looking at it made me think of people not opening up or upon first meeting/appearance seeming cold, when they are just “fooling” us all. Just like that rock had me fooled from a distance.