Humanism is is a type of life philosophy. In which humans are treated as singular objects that are free on their own. Humanism believes humans have responsibility shape their own lives, shape nature, and shape society the way they favor. It is a belief that appeared in the Renaissance Age. It emerged after 10 centuries of the Middle Ages, where science, art, and culture been intentionally neglected for 1000 years of time.

1. All people should be educated (5/5):
   Renaissance humanism believed that everyone should be educated in literature, science and arts. My connection: I come from a family that believes in a good education. I believe too, a good education will give us a promising future with various knowledge;
2. Realism (4/5):
   Thinking, acting and believing things based off facts and knowledge when something is realistic. Instead of relying on instinct and emotion, believing in something that is near impossible.
   
   My connection: I strongly agree with realism. Acting with knowledge, facts and reason. But I admit that sometimes I act on emotion, gut feeling, and instinct. Because I think human nature includes our natural reflexes to issues and situations. This is almost inevitable, but I think we can all be rather reasonable towards thinking and reacting towards situations;
3. Confidence to shape nature and society (4/5):
   Humanists believed they were in control over nature and had the ability to shape our own societies. This might be a little of an overconfidence though, as people at the time still didn’t have the full ability to control nature and society.My connection: I think we should control our nature and society in an orderly manner, even in modern days. We should not be overconfident that we 100% can do control nature and society well mistake-free but, I think it is a common goal we should work toward;
4. Individualism (1/5):
   Believing in the value of freedom/benefit of the individual over family/society. Or believing in the worth of the individual.My connection:  This is a special case for me as a humanist believer. Because I come from a rather traditional Chinese family/culture, I value the benefits of society or others over myself. I, myself value more in collectivism more than individualism;
5. Secularism (5/5):
   Secularism believes that religion should be separated from states, societies, states and governments. They further think that religion should be removed or at least minimized (to the very least) and should have no connection with the ruling system whatsoever.
   
   My connection: I, as someone who doesn’t take belief in any religion, strongly believe in secularism. Maybe this is partially because I don’t know what it is like to be ruled under heavy religious governance. But as of now, I feel like religions better stay out of the governing system. For example, the Middle Ages did not go well with the catholic church ruling Europe.

In conclusion, I have an average score of 3.8 for favoring the Renaissance humanism. Therefore, I am a humanist! I think humanism not only exists in the renaissance age, it also lives with us in our modern age. Tightening itself with our flow of history, humanism has been with us for centuries already and has heavily impacted the growth of humanity in general. Humanism has affected our thoughts, art style, and much more. I am sure it will continue to make change for this world to become better and more thoughtful. As someone who believes in humanism. I now wonder why many people (on the internet and in our school) do not believe in this well- rounded philosophical theory. What can we do to further convince people to think the way we do, or do others have better reasons for not believing in humanism?