Brendan Walsh

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I will defend the statement “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” I firmly believe that what you but into life you will get out. If I were to work at my job for five hours, the amount of money I receive would be equal to the time I put in. Similar to this analogy what you put in is what you get out. This applies to every aspect of life whether it be school, fitness, work or anything else.

When I think of the price of something I have to pay in my time I think of sports. I am a runner and run because I seek to improve my physical fitness. The price I pay to become a better run is the amount of life I put into it. In mathematical terms the amount of effort I put in is 1.5 hours or 5400 seconds a day. I also use approximately 359 Joules of energy for running.  To a high school student like myself this is a high price to pay. Taking an hour and a half from my already busy schedule certainly makes things harder. A mathematical equation to represent this quote is probably not best. Perhaps examining this quote through a historical lens would best defend it. During the 1940’s WWII raged and many lives were lost. The price that the US paid to stop Hitler and to stop the axis can be measured in life. The price America paid was in American lives. Many American soldiers died and that was the price paid to stop the axis advance.

Think about the pope and the price he has paid in life to be where he is. To devote years of your life to anything is a high price. Imagine being a service member in your country’s military. Think about signing a contract for an amount up to and including your life. In terms of measuring the price of something by the amount of life you put in, you could say being in the military is paying a very high price.