52. What confuses you the most in life, and why?

So sorry I haven't updated in the past forever, but Mr. Rice's english class was soooo last year and everyone knows thats when i update my blogz. What I've got for you here today is a college essay I've been working on. A rather entertaining one, if I may say so myself. Enjoy.

Everyone is familiar with the time of year when the weather gradually becomes cooler, the days shorter, the leaves on the trees change into brilliant colours, and then wither away and drop to the ground. This time is called autumn. But during this season, there exists a strange phenomenon that is a cause of great confusion for me. I am speaking of course, of the time when our avian neighbors all share a common thought: flying south.
The idea of a bird flying south for the winter makes sense. It obviously feels chilly, so it flies in the warmest direction instead of hibernating or finding a warm burrow like its ignorant land bound neighbors. The warmest direction is obviously south – anyone can pick out the warmest direction to move in with ease. The only part that might invoke the slightest sense of confusion would be the fact that all these birds somehow manage to decide to fly south. They all somehow decide to pursue the exact same course of action, and notwithstanding that, they all fly precisely south, not east, west, or north. Some attribute this behavior to instinct – thought processes hardwired into each bird, so they all know to fly south when the weather becomes colder. Now the question that naturally arises is how are birds able to pass on knowledge regarding their annual migration on to their children? The adult birds neither teach their hatchlings how to differentiate between north and south, nor teach them the appropriate time to begin the migration.
Now for a college essay, this topic may seem a bit trivial. After all, no one cares that much about bird migration patterns. However, it is not that difficult to draw the connection between the behaviorisms of birds with those of man. If birds are able to somehow pass knowledge to their children, why shouldn’t humans also be able to? This is why I feel confused. After all, humans, birds, and all the other various creatures of the earth are said to have been descended from a common ancestor. Birds, along with many other animals, have received the ability to inherit instincts governing their behavior from this ancestor; yet, humans have been left out. Perhaps it is because of our so-called ability of “independent and intelligent thought” that separates us from the beasts. This ability is also a cause of confusion for me. If evolution is a process that will result in better-developed creatures, then why have humans lost the ability to impart their children with knowledge gained from the previous generation?
The processes governing human thought and learning mechanisms leave me confused. When I first started writing this essay, I set out with no purpose in mind. I started writing about something that genuinely perplexed me, and wrote my thoughts down as they came to me. In conclusion, I hope this brief glimpse into my musings gives you a general feel about my personality and individualism.