Blue Highways

Blue Highways” was a great book to start of the fall semester. I felt that it was easy to relate to. In almost every passage given to us to read, I felt I could relate to. Heat Moon, like us, started a new chapter in his life that significantly changed him. This is hopefully what we can all gain through our SMU experience. Instead of meeting people on the “Blue Highways, we are able to meet new and influential people here at SMU. We meet handfuls of people with different cultural back rounds and beliefs and although it may not seem like it we can learn from them, read “Blue Highways” and then disagree with me. We should take advantage of the diversity on our campus. This is what the book “Blue Highways” taught me to open up to people because you never know what they have to say, it could be something completely meaningless but there is a small chance they can influence your life. If I meet Mr. Watkins I probably wouldn’t have even looked twice, just judged him by his appearance, lower class and unintelligent… what could he possible have to contribute to my education? After reading his theories and thoughts, I definitely would have missed out! This book showed me there is more to education than just classes and books. Only through life experience you can gain knowledge. You have to think for yourself, develop conversations with interesting people and be open-minded.