If you knew when you would die..

[jessicashim2013]

This week in class we read a poem called "Seize the Day." One of the main point this poem is trying to tell us is "do not question when you would die." It's probably because if we knew, we would start to worry about it and won't be able to enjoy our life. What do you guys think? If you heard that you would die next month, what do you think you would do?

[ginayang]

If I knew that I would die in a month, I would probably cry and stay in bed for a little bit. Then, I would tell my family and my close friends the bad news so that I could receive support from them. And I would try to spend as much time with them as I can and make many memories with them. Also, I would stop studying because there will be no use for it after I die.

[seongrae]

I think the quote, "do not question when you would die" is because one will be freaked out and try to change their fate which they could not. When I knew the date when I am dying, I will try to spend a lot of time with both friends and family and do whatever I want when I living in earth. I will try my best to not left anything that I want to do and spend most of the time with family which most of the people not do.

[sujeonggg]

I first would not want to know anything about my death. Once I got to know anything about it, I would start think about ways to escape from it. And it would ruin my whole life until I face the death. I might be paranoid and might relate everything to my death. So I think that one line quote explains all these consequences. And if I heard that I will die in next month, I might be freaked out and spend half the time thinking what to do or crying:(

[jessicak016]

Most likely I would be shocked for a moment and not believe that I would die next month. Since I am still healthy, I would think that it would be impossible for me to die because of bad health. Maybe I would go to hospital for a check up. And if I find out that I do not have a serious disease, I would start enjoying my life and do things I have always wanted to do. But on the last day, I would be very careful and think about every way possible I could die.

[hannahs]

I would like to think that I would accept the fact that I'm going to die really fast and not dwell upon how sad it is that I'm going to die. I don't think I would tell a lot of people just probably my family and some close friends. I wouldn't want a lot of people to know because if I saw them looking at me with pity and sadness, it would make it harder for me to enjoy my last month. Then, I would enjoy the rest of my days with the people that I want to be with.

[sarahlee2]

I think I would mope around for a bit because it would be really shocking to think that I was going to die the next month. I think I wouldn't try to do too much but spend as much time as I can with my family and friends. But I would hate to tell them that I was going to die soon. I feel like the only thing that we would talk about is death and they would always pity me.

[yerin0727]

First of all, I dont think I would want to know when I am going to die, but if I happened to be informed of it, then I would probably not be able to do anything for a while because of the shock I will be in. After that though, I would write down a long list of things that I have always wanted to do and start going down the list by doing all of those one by one.

[sageda]

I would love to say that I'd go out and seize the day but the truth is that I'd probably be depressed most of the time. One month would not be enough for me to even being accepting that fact. But as sad as this sounds, every time someone tells me "what if you knew you were dying in [amount of time]" I'm just relieved that I wouldn't have to worry about school or college or jobs. The fact that I wouldn't mind my life ending early to escape this is the most depressing part lol

[davidh]

probably make like a bucket list and follow it...? well it reminded me of a move and book called "The Time Traveler's wife" because Eric Bana knew when he is going to die but didn't know what time.. So that made me real sad and made me think that I should do what I want before I get old and die.

[minjaeyang]

I think the author does not want us to question when we would die because he wants us to enjoy life. Nobody knows what will happen in the future, so I think it is better to just enjoy the moment. If I find out I would die next month, I think I would spend time with my friends and family.

[michellelee]

If I found out I would die soon, I would probably be crying all day since there are only a couple of days to live. However, since I cannot change my destiny, I would try doing things that I have wanted to do, for example going on a cruise trip.

[joannekim]

I think I would not believe it in the first place and continue my normal days for a month. However, if I become sure that I will actually die, I would be really sad for a while and confused about what to do. I would then tell my family and close friends about my death. I would try to mentally prepare myself for the death and do the things I have never got to do. However, I think I would try to continue my normal life until my death-I do not want death to affect my life so much.

[minchoi0923]

If I knew when I'm dying, I think I'm going to spend my time more wisely. At first, I would be depressed but I will soon recover and try to do something meaningful. I'll probably spend most of my time fulfilling my bucket list such as travelling around the world and etc. Then I'll say thank you/ sorry/ and other stuff to people around me like my family and friends. By the time I'm done with this, I'll just wait until I die, peacefully.

[elijahlee]

I really don't know. I would probably do whatever I had to do that I really wanted to do. Honestly, I don't think that I would be telling many people because I don't want things to change too much.