“Why was he no longer their chief”
“Of course it wasn’t the dead chief. It was an omen sent by a witch. Go on” (217 7th para)
I find it very comical how they assume that the King is a heif because that is really all they know. I also find it funny how the elders interrupt Laura an think it is ok because they are elders and in their culture elders are always right.
“His question barely penetrated my mind I was too upset and thrown too far off balance by having one of the most important elements of Hamlet knocked straight out of the picture” (218 para 7). I can imagine how frustrating that would be.
This article is important in addressing that there are indeed cultural differences and it is very narrow minded and ignorant to think that you are the only person in the world who is right about everything. I am not saying doubt yourself, but take into consideration that different people, different cultures think differently, and see things at different angles.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
What are Homosexuals for
Talking about Gay people is a tough topic for me because I do not understand it fully. I have gay friends and ironically I go to church with all 5 of them. I have only talked with one of them though and it was mainly about why he didn’t think it was a sin and why he didn’t understand what the bible said about it. It didn’t get much deeper than that, it didn’t get to the seep dark secrets I bet he wanted to scream at me. If I were gay id want to explain everything to someone, but I personally part am to shy and part don’t want to know really.
Sullivan explains how hard it is for Gay and Lesbians in this world, and frankly I feel bad but at the same time don’t. I know that sounds a little mean but I’m honestly not for it and if it were totally acceptable I don’t think many would think about it as much before deciding that that is who they really want to be and how they want to live.
He mentions that while trying to hide their secret, they develop a love for design and art as a way of expressing themselves other than being up front. (386, 1st an 2nd para)
I felt the article was a little needy sounding, kind of pathetic. He was begging his audience to realize there is a purpose for Gays and Lesbians on this earth… but duh, there is purpose for everyone, and anyone gay or straight can possess the qualities he is claiming Gays are so good at.
Sullivan explains how hard it is for Gay and Lesbians in this world, and frankly I feel bad but at the same time don’t. I know that sounds a little mean but I’m honestly not for it and if it were totally acceptable I don’t think many would think about it as much before deciding that that is who they really want to be and how they want to live.
He mentions that while trying to hide their secret, they develop a love for design and art as a way of expressing themselves other than being up front. (386, 1st an 2nd para)
I felt the article was a little needy sounding, kind of pathetic. He was begging his audience to realize there is a purpose for Gays and Lesbians on this earth… but duh, there is purpose for everyone, and anyone gay or straight can possess the qualities he is claiming Gays are so good at.
No Name Woman
This was a very depressing story. It shows the culture of the Chinese, and shows how the Chinese Americans differ due to the ambiguity of why their culture would allow such things to be acceptable.
“’She’s pregnant’ [but] we did not discuss it” (391 para 3).
I think that is really weird that their culture could be so dishonest merely because it was unacceptable. I tried to imagine what I would do if I noticed my sister in law’s pregnant belly when it could not have been my brothers baby; I would be hesitant to say something and would be very mad, either that or I would ask suddenly why and how and if she had a good reason I would comfort her. The silence and dishonesty was definitely a cause for her suicide.
“The old women from the net field swept a broom through the air and loosened the spirits-of-the-broom over our heads.” (392 para3). How creepy to see even old women do such harm. It was probably something that was passed down generation to generation their way of going about things. But I wonder had they done this before?
The villagers “wore white masks” as the “men and woman” they “knew well” “raided” their “ house” (392 para 1). I absolutely think it is so sad the women and men they knew very well were the ones responsible for doing such a horrible thing.
“’She’s pregnant’ [but] we did not discuss it” (391 para 3).
I think that is really weird that their culture could be so dishonest merely because it was unacceptable. I tried to imagine what I would do if I noticed my sister in law’s pregnant belly when it could not have been my brothers baby; I would be hesitant to say something and would be very mad, either that or I would ask suddenly why and how and if she had a good reason I would comfort her. The silence and dishonesty was definitely a cause for her suicide.
“The old women from the net field swept a broom through the air and loosened the spirits-of-the-broom over our heads.” (392 para3). How creepy to see even old women do such harm. It was probably something that was passed down generation to generation their way of going about things. But I wonder had they done this before?
The villagers “wore white masks” as the “men and woman” they “knew well” “raided” their “ house” (392 para 1). I absolutely think it is so sad the women and men they knew very well were the ones responsible for doing such a horrible thing.
Miss America
“Though I was a Dean’s list student at Northwestern, suddenly people assumed I didn’t have a brain” (615 para 2). Well i really never assumed the Miss America contestants were dumb, but I never saw it as more than a beauty pageant. I think that is how most people view it, and even though I see it as just a normal pageant, I still love watching it. I like that the former Miss America is so against the purpose it is portraying and actually is someone who cares about more than looks.
“We’re told it’s about leadership. If it’s also about looks, then organizers should admit it, instead of capitalizing on the swimsuit competition while swearing that it is an insignificant part of the show (616, para2). Amen sister. I have never seen an overweight chick in a bathing suit strutting her stuff down the cat walk, and not that I want to, haha but, literally if Miss America is about changing the world and using your talents an brains to make a great change, there has to be something fishy going on because skinny beautiful women are not the only people making the differences.
“We’re told it’s about leadership. If it’s also about looks, then organizers should admit it, instead of capitalizing on the swimsuit competition while swearing that it is an insignificant part of the show (616, para2). Amen sister. I have never seen an overweight chick in a bathing suit strutting her stuff down the cat walk, and not that I want to, haha but, literally if Miss America is about changing the world and using your talents an brains to make a great change, there has to be something fishy going on because skinny beautiful women are not the only people making the differences.
Letters to America
Yes I do agree with Margaret Atwood that America is no longer the once seeming wonderful land that it used to be; I mean things now a days are so hard and there is so much terror here and abroad that threatens and harms citizens on a daily basis that were not present back when Atwood admired America. But I have two problems with her paper.
1- She was a kid and didn’t focus on all of the negatives back then like she would now. Like she said, we were her “ Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comics she read in the late 1940’s” (555, 2nd para). As an eighteen year old I already focus on more serious and most of the time depressing issues than I did when I was fifteen. That is only a three years difference, and for her she’s talking way back in the early fifties when she was a child. No wonder we are foreign to her, she grew up!
2- Times change, and situations call for measures that we would hope would never happen. When she wrote this 9/11 was barely in the past and that alone had caused our nation so much change. Doesn’t she get that?
“People around the world will stop admiring you” (567 para 6). I already feel like we are not that admired, but everything happens for a reason and I have faith that with trial and error our country will find a way out of it’s slump,
1- She was a kid and didn’t focus on all of the negatives back then like she would now. Like she said, we were her “ Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comics she read in the late 1940’s” (555, 2nd para). As an eighteen year old I already focus on more serious and most of the time depressing issues than I did when I was fifteen. That is only a three years difference, and for her she’s talking way back in the early fifties when she was a child. No wonder we are foreign to her, she grew up!
2- Times change, and situations call for measures that we would hope would never happen. When she wrote this 9/11 was barely in the past and that alone had caused our nation so much change. Doesn’t she get that?
“People around the world will stop admiring you” (567 para 6). I already feel like we are not that admired, but everything happens for a reason and I have faith that with trial and error our country will find a way out of it’s slump,
Crimes against Humanity
“American Indians have protested that use of native names, images, and symbols as sport team mascots.. is by definition, a virulently racist practice” (536, para 2)
At first I didn’t get this, mainly because I’m not a crazy sports fan and really had no clue what the images looked like, but after reading more into this article and seeing the images, I can understand why the Indians feel this way. I must say however that I do not agree that using their names is racist; I mean we use the name the Cowboys for example, but it is what image we use to depict the name. If there is a stereotypical picture of an Indian smoking from the peace pipe with flaming red skin, then yes that is racist; but if we showed an Indian representing courage and strength, then no it is not racist.
For sports teams, whoever it is that chose the names obviously chose them because it was to represent their skill and make them sound intimidating. When the team chose the racist stereotypical image, that is when it just gets stupid to me.
It was really interesting yet so sad hearing about the boarding schools that “’deculturized’” (541 para 2) Indian children. I had previously learned about this in my recent US history class, and find it fascinating that we could do that as a country and think it to be morally right.
At first I didn’t get this, mainly because I’m not a crazy sports fan and really had no clue what the images looked like, but after reading more into this article and seeing the images, I can understand why the Indians feel this way. I must say however that I do not agree that using their names is racist; I mean we use the name the Cowboys for example, but it is what image we use to depict the name. If there is a stereotypical picture of an Indian smoking from the peace pipe with flaming red skin, then yes that is racist; but if we showed an Indian representing courage and strength, then no it is not racist.
For sports teams, whoever it is that chose the names obviously chose them because it was to represent their skill and make them sound intimidating. When the team chose the racist stereotypical image, that is when it just gets stupid to me.
It was really interesting yet so sad hearing about the boarding schools that “’deculturized’” (541 para 2) Indian children. I had previously learned about this in my recent US history class, and find it fascinating that we could do that as a country and think it to be morally right.
A Tale of Two Divorces
Her sister would say “Don’t give him and argument.” She would say, “I’ll try to do better, I really will.”(206, 2nd para). I think that is so sad, the strangeness of divorce in the fifties kept people lock in the prison that was their marriage. No one should be “forced” to stay in an unhealthy relationship, even if it was society’s judgment forcing them to stay in there. They should have attended counseling!!!!
“I spend enough time with you.. I’ve already said everything I want to say.” (207, para 1).
OMGOSH!! How could she put up with that for years? I would either start becoming insane out of depression or dump him!!
“But then I found him in the coat closet with a lady and lipstick all over his face.” (207 para 1). That is disgusting, are there really fathers like that? I know there are but I don’t have any friends with fathers like that. Why did he act the way he did? What went through his mind?
“If my mother had been brave enough to go it alone I might have seen myself differently” (209 2nd para). That is a thought that I have had many times; if only my mom was a better example to me in this area I wouldn’t have this insecurity or be so mislead. Parents who are selfish do not realize the impact their actions have on their kids, and it’s a shame because so many people have a hard life because they are not emotionally prepared for many problems, like what to do when a spouse is hurting you emotionally.
“In twentieth-century America we place so much emphasis on romance that we barely notice the other essentials of marriage that include economics ad child rearing” (209 3rd para). Very true, and this relates to the thought of the Indian friend that was being interviewed by the lady in the story Shakespeare in the Bush.
“I spend enough time with you.. I’ve already said everything I want to say.” (207, para 1).
OMGOSH!! How could she put up with that for years? I would either start becoming insane out of depression or dump him!!
“But then I found him in the coat closet with a lady and lipstick all over his face.” (207 para 1). That is disgusting, are there really fathers like that? I know there are but I don’t have any friends with fathers like that. Why did he act the way he did? What went through his mind?
“If my mother had been brave enough to go it alone I might have seen myself differently” (209 2nd para). That is a thought that I have had many times; if only my mom was a better example to me in this area I wouldn’t have this insecurity or be so mislead. Parents who are selfish do not realize the impact their actions have on their kids, and it’s a shame because so many people have a hard life because they are not emotionally prepared for many problems, like what to do when a spouse is hurting you emotionally.
“In twentieth-century America we place so much emphasis on romance that we barely notice the other essentials of marriage that include economics ad child rearing” (209 3rd para). Very true, and this relates to the thought of the Indian friend that was being interviewed by the lady in the story Shakespeare in the Bush.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Arranging a Marriage in India; Serena Nanda
(142) "Of course I care... my marriage is too important to be arranged by such and inexperienced person as myself." This comment is so foreign to me, an American who has been brought up to believe that each person finds the person/ persons they should love and marry/ divorce (haha, it's true though). But even though it is foreign to me, I respect the idea of it. Love is not taken seriously, and it really irks me. Why repeat the vows and accept to marry someone when you are not really and truly in love with them . I also do not think divorce is unnecessary, from my parents situation, it was totally necessary, and should have happened way before it did. Over the years my dad had developed an emotionally abusive attitude that was not present before they were married, and so there is nothing wrong with my mom wanting to divorce someone who changed and hurt her day in and day out. But would that have happened if they had their parents choose their future partners for them, instead of choosing unqualified lovers themselves? Who knows, maybe; even in arranged marriages abusive and unloving partners are chosen.
One hears that in America girls spend all their time worrying about whether they will meet a man and get married.(142; 6th para.) I do, and so do my best friends. But i bet those girls in India who are not up to par in their looks and have certain negative attributes or their family brings them down worry about it too. It would be even harder for them, they would most likely NEVER get married, where over here in the U.S. even the trashiest people seem to have luck, four times sometimes.
"She had me there. The high anxiety of the competition to be popular with the opposite sex certainly was the most prominent feature of the life as an American teenager in the late fifties."( 142; 7th para)
It is true also, and holds strong even in the 21st century, but I have friends who are very sure that one say they will find someone and do not worry that much about things like that.
Many adolescent girls base their "self- esteem" on their popularity and grow up too fast.
" I reflected that absence of this competition in India most certainly may have contributed to the self confidence and natural charm of so many of the young women i met." (142, 7th para) I have yet to meet a true Indian, because the Americanized ones I know think the same way I do.
"If he is a good man, why should I not like him?"(143; 3rd para). Good point, if he is a good man, then there would be little that cold go wrong, but then again, attitudes clash and money makes relationships go sour.
"With you people, you know the boy so well before you marry, where will the fun to get married?There will be no mystery and no romance." (143, para. 2) I disagree with this whole heartily though; what if he is abusive, I mean it could happen in either the Indian relationship or the American, but with the American there is a better chance to seeing it before hand.
One hears that in America girls spend all their time worrying about whether they will meet a man and get married.(142; 6th para.) I do, and so do my best friends. But i bet those girls in India who are not up to par in their looks and have certain negative attributes or their family brings them down worry about it too. It would be even harder for them, they would most likely NEVER get married, where over here in the U.S. even the trashiest people seem to have luck, four times sometimes.
"She had me there. The high anxiety of the competition to be popular with the opposite sex certainly was the most prominent feature of the life as an American teenager in the late fifties."( 142; 7th para)
It is true also, and holds strong even in the 21st century, but I have friends who are very sure that one say they will find someone and do not worry that much about things like that.
Many adolescent girls base their "self- esteem" on their popularity and grow up too fast.
" I reflected that absence of this competition in India most certainly may have contributed to the self confidence and natural charm of so many of the young women i met." (142, 7th para) I have yet to meet a true Indian, because the Americanized ones I know think the same way I do.
"If he is a good man, why should I not like him?"(143; 3rd para). Good point, if he is a good man, then there would be little that cold go wrong, but then again, attitudes clash and money makes relationships go sour.
"With you people, you know the boy so well before you marry, where will the fun to get married?There will be no mystery and no romance." (143, para. 2) I disagree with this whole heartily though; what if he is abusive, I mean it could happen in either the Indian relationship or the American, but with the American there is a better chance to seeing it before hand.
Not that that matter most of the time, because most Americans don't know what love is and would stay in the harmful relationship anyway. And people change over the years so there will most likely be things to get accustomed to overt he years.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Why was it such an upheal that she got pregnat unrightfully? What did it mean in that time period when someone did that? Now a-days it is so common, but I still think it is sad under most circumstances. Not that it has to be this way but my generalistic thought on young irresponsible single mothers is that they become depressed and then look for attention and a guy to help take care of the baby, but leave the baby with mom, and introduce bad relationship after relationship to the baby teaching it nothing about love, stability or self-confidence. That's my negative view but I know young single mothers and that doesn't prove true for them.
"Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don't humiliate us. You wouldn't want to be forgotten as if you ha never been born." (392-393, last and first paragraph on each page.) Words of a loving nurturing mom. haha.
"I wonder whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on our family" (393, 7th para.).
How creepy of a thought is this; this quote reminds me of the Ku Klux Klan and how the masked themselves during their raids, but during the day they were most likely the people selling and conversing with the Blacks.
"Now that you have started to menstruate, what happened to her could happen to you. Don't humiliate us. You wouldn't want to be forgotten as if you ha never been born." (392-393, last and first paragraph on each page.) Words of a loving nurturing mom. haha.
"I wonder whether he masked himself when he joined the raid on our family" (393, 7th para.).
How creepy of a thought is this; this quote reminds me of the Ku Klux Klan and how the masked themselves during their raids, but during the day they were most likely the people selling and conversing with the Blacks.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Shop like a Man: Underhill
Most of the guys I have shopped with me made me uncomfortable and rushed because something in me felt like I had to entertain them since there was really no reason for them to be in Forever 21, but I have also had at least two guy friends who enjoyed shopping with me and looking at clothes... and no they are not gay. But it's true that you feel uncomfortable with guys most of the time when you're a female in a women's only store.
"They're becoming a lot more like men in that regard." pg 187 He views men as know it alls, and people who take pride in what they know, because that is what he is saying in his quote that women are starting to resemble the men's attitudes when it comes to shopping; women own the shopping realm and take pride in it.
"They shop like they drive." pg 187 I thought that was funny, and yes i do think that is true for most, but not all men.
" A good argument for positioning fitting rooms nearer the men's department than the women's, if they are shared accomidations.... because if he has to search for it, he may decide it's not worth the trouble." pg. 188) From my experience, this does not prove to be accurate becasue my exboyfriends or guy friends have never tried clothes on, they know their size and they buy what they like. So I don't think they should be nearer the men's department, and I don't agree near the women's bras and panties section eighter.... because that's just uncomfortable for anyone when you are with the opposite sex... but they should have the dressing room in the middle.
"Throw a couple of kids in with Dad and you've got a lethal combination: he's notoriously bad at saying no when there's grocery acquisitioning to be done... It goes to the heart of the man's self-image." pg 189 I do agree that men have a harder time sticking to a list when they shop, and that dad's usually give into to kids plea for snicker's and bublicious, like my dad used to do, but I think it's ironic how the male feels almost obliged to give into the situation to make sure he is still seen as the provider.. that's an oxymoron right there.
"It allows him to feel in charge even when he isn't." Funny. Who cares about groceries? haha
Although he generalizes on everything from clothing to supermarket to car shopping, I agree with him for the most part, and I really like how he acknowledges that even in his generalizations, they do not apply to all men or all women.
"This is changing as the percentage of female- headed households rises, but it still holds." 191
Perfect example of how great of a generalizer he is.
"woman ...with... female companion: 8 minutes, 15 seconds
woman with children: 7 minutes, 19 seconds
woman alone: 5 minutes, 2 seconds
woman with man: 4 minutes, 41 seconds"
It makes sence, the more people there are to talk about product with the more time in the store, and obviously a woman can talk to herself more than she can to a man whos not interested.. hahaha. (Lol i didn't even read what was after that and it explained it exatly!!)
Talking about the beer tasting (pg 194) not even focused on selling more beer but on making the supermarket more male dominated, and in doing so adding to the sales of all the other junk guys buy, is a good way of looking at. I work at Costco, and I never saw the samples that way before, but it would work in Costco just the same as any plain supermarket, and i bet that is the reason for samples.
" A man in the kitchen is sexy" pg 195. I agree.
True that world is becoming more appealing to men because men are now taking the roles more often as the shoppers due to the stretch in singleness (pg 195, last para, and 1st para on 196)
Also restated on pg 197 and 198.
"The whole baby category needs to be reinvented."199
Hahaha.. taking it a little to far there buddy. Guys at my church look just fine carring there plain baby bags.
"They're becoming a lot more like men in that regard." pg 187 He views men as know it alls, and people who take pride in what they know, because that is what he is saying in his quote that women are starting to resemble the men's attitudes when it comes to shopping; women own the shopping realm and take pride in it.
"They shop like they drive." pg 187 I thought that was funny, and yes i do think that is true for most, but not all men.
" A good argument for positioning fitting rooms nearer the men's department than the women's, if they are shared accomidations.... because if he has to search for it, he may decide it's not worth the trouble." pg. 188) From my experience, this does not prove to be accurate becasue my exboyfriends or guy friends have never tried clothes on, they know their size and they buy what they like. So I don't think they should be nearer the men's department, and I don't agree near the women's bras and panties section eighter.... because that's just uncomfortable for anyone when you are with the opposite sex... but they should have the dressing room in the middle.
"Throw a couple of kids in with Dad and you've got a lethal combination: he's notoriously bad at saying no when there's grocery acquisitioning to be done... It goes to the heart of the man's self-image." pg 189 I do agree that men have a harder time sticking to a list when they shop, and that dad's usually give into to kids plea for snicker's and bublicious, like my dad used to do, but I think it's ironic how the male feels almost obliged to give into the situation to make sure he is still seen as the provider.. that's an oxymoron right there.
"It allows him to feel in charge even when he isn't." Funny. Who cares about groceries? haha
Although he generalizes on everything from clothing to supermarket to car shopping, I agree with him for the most part, and I really like how he acknowledges that even in his generalizations, they do not apply to all men or all women.
"This is changing as the percentage of female- headed households rises, but it still holds." 191
Perfect example of how great of a generalizer he is.
"woman ...with... female companion: 8 minutes, 15 seconds
woman with children: 7 minutes, 19 seconds
woman alone: 5 minutes, 2 seconds
woman with man: 4 minutes, 41 seconds"
It makes sence, the more people there are to talk about product with the more time in the store, and obviously a woman can talk to herself more than she can to a man whos not interested.. hahaha. (Lol i didn't even read what was after that and it explained it exatly!!)
Talking about the beer tasting (pg 194) not even focused on selling more beer but on making the supermarket more male dominated, and in doing so adding to the sales of all the other junk guys buy, is a good way of looking at. I work at Costco, and I never saw the samples that way before, but it would work in Costco just the same as any plain supermarket, and i bet that is the reason for samples.
" A man in the kitchen is sexy" pg 195. I agree.
True that world is becoming more appealing to men because men are now taking the roles more often as the shoppers due to the stretch in singleness (pg 195, last para, and 1st para on 196)
Also restated on pg 197 and 198.
"The whole baby category needs to be reinvented."199
Hahaha.. taking it a little to far there buddy. Guys at my church look just fine carring there plain baby bags.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Guys vs. Men; Dave Barry
I really enjoyed the humor of this article.
I have a hard time with generalizations, but its good to see a lighter side to them.
" One of the major characteristics of guyhood is that we guys don't spend a lot of time pomdering our deep innermost feelings." (pg 403, 3rd para.)
It's hilarious how he has nothing to back up his thesis, yet he somehow backs it up.
"I won't be able to stop myself, I'm a guy." (pg. 404, 4th para.)
Okay, this is honestly a generalization I do not like... it proves nothing, but when he says it I don't really take it as seriously as I would if someone said it and meant it because Barry is hilarious.
"She'll be sound asleep in bed, and suddenly, at 2 A.M. she'll be awakened by the urgent thought: The blue-green sofa needs to go perpendicular to the wall instead of parallel, and it needs to go there RIGHT NOW."
I have soOOOo done that before, but not with living room furniture. I would be a perfect example for his stereotype.
"These are middle aged guys, supposedly adults, and they're out there bragging about their performance in this stupid juvenile footrace. Finally I couldn't stand it anymore. "Hey!' I shouted. " I could beat 5.75 seconds."
HAHAHA, he used a sly approach to prove his point but i expected it. It reminds me of something Will Ferrell would say in Anchorman.
I also love the part where his "friend" calls "so he could express his concern. 'Just remember... you didn't beat me.'" Classic.
"Two women will have a conversation, lasting several days, during which they discuss virtually every significant event that has occurred in their lives and the lives of those they care about, sharing their innermost thoughts, analyzing and probing, inevitably coming to a deeper understanding of each other, and a strengthening of a cherished friendship" (pg. 409, para 6). I have to say that I also fall under that stereotype ...
I think it is also very cute how he explains the weekend when he and his good friend talked about a video game and how his friend said "he had even seen the Evil Presence, although he refused to tell me what it looks like. We're very close, but there is a limit. " I sense sarcasm in that statement, but at the same time I get this feeling that the guy is super serious. that guys actually thin that way, and I do not think that is true for most, but it's scary to realize that yeah, some are like that.
I have a hard time with generalizations, but its good to see a lighter side to them.
" One of the major characteristics of guyhood is that we guys don't spend a lot of time pomdering our deep innermost feelings." (pg 403, 3rd para.)
It's hilarious how he has nothing to back up his thesis, yet he somehow backs it up.
"I won't be able to stop myself, I'm a guy." (pg. 404, 4th para.)
Okay, this is honestly a generalization I do not like... it proves nothing, but when he says it I don't really take it as seriously as I would if someone said it and meant it because Barry is hilarious.
"She'll be sound asleep in bed, and suddenly, at 2 A.M. she'll be awakened by the urgent thought: The blue-green sofa needs to go perpendicular to the wall instead of parallel, and it needs to go there RIGHT NOW."
I have soOOOo done that before, but not with living room furniture. I would be a perfect example for his stereotype.
"These are middle aged guys, supposedly adults, and they're out there bragging about their performance in this stupid juvenile footrace. Finally I couldn't stand it anymore. "Hey!' I shouted. " I could beat 5.75 seconds."
HAHAHA, he used a sly approach to prove his point but i expected it. It reminds me of something Will Ferrell would say in Anchorman.
I also love the part where his "friend" calls "so he could express his concern. 'Just remember... you didn't beat me.'" Classic.
"Two women will have a conversation, lasting several days, during which they discuss virtually every significant event that has occurred in their lives and the lives of those they care about, sharing their innermost thoughts, analyzing and probing, inevitably coming to a deeper understanding of each other, and a strengthening of a cherished friendship" (pg. 409, para 6). I have to say that I also fall under that stereotype ...
I think it is also very cute how he explains the weekend when he and his good friend talked about a video game and how his friend said "he had even seen the Evil Presence, although he refused to tell me what it looks like. We're very close, but there is a limit. " I sense sarcasm in that statement, but at the same time I get this feeling that the guy is super serious. that guys actually thin that way, and I do not think that is true for most, but it's scary to realize that yeah, some are like that.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
What are homosexuals for?
Sullivan's answer to the question in his title is that in his opinion, homosexuals are created to test the waters. To be free souls, to experience what they desire, to make our world a better place with their style, and ability to make our world more artsy.
I don't agree.
I do however agree with Sullivan when he says that "The abandonment of intimacy and the rejection of one's emotional core are, I have come to believe, alloyed evils." (381, 1st para) This statement is made referring to gays and how they deny their feelings to be accepted and also distance themselves because they do not neccesarily know how to be close with straight people, and how in doing those things creates a horrible outcome.
"All to often, they preserve the persona at the expense of the person."(381, 1st para)
I do not believe that same sex couples are correct as a Christian. God made male and females for each other, not male for male and female for female. Look at our body parts. But as a heterosexual, i can not imagine the feelings, curiosity and the sadness a homosexual experiences when they go through the "I'm not normal" phase, (assuming every homosexual does). The way homosexuality works into God's plan is that technically all homosexual and heterosexual alike are born into a sinful nature. God allows sin because he did not make us robots, and force us to love, obey or worship him. In saying that, no bodies nature is exactly the same, and each individual person has different temptations. Homosexuality is a sin and temptation just as lust is, no matter if you are straight or gay, the lust for another individual is just that, a sin (lust and liking someone are way different). I have about 4 guy friends who are gay, and really only one has explained to me his feelings about other guys. He is a christian too, and so are the other 3 actually.
blah blah... Just like any sin or temptation, I and all Christians would go to God with it, or try to handle it on our own and realize we are powerless. but a longing to be with a girl for me would just mean that God allowed me to struggle with this in order to overcome it and glorify him and develop me into someone he had intended me to be. Everyone was created for a different purpose, and the different temptations we go through and overcome develop us for that purpose.
"I wondered which was a deeper feeling: the sense of excruciating pain seeing a member of my acquired family die, or the excruciating joy of seeing a member of my given family born."
Sullivan states that our society has become more and more accepting to diversity. I totally agree. At my high school, it seemed like every year, more and more people stepped out of the closet due to everyone else doing it. It just became more normal.
I dont get what Sullivan means when he says that "The acceptance of diversity has ... become virtually a definition of " racist" to make any substantive generalizations about a particular ethnicity, and a definition of " homophobic" to make any generalizations about homosexuals.
Interesting that he mentions that Homosexuals mainly major in and choose jobs that deal with the arts, and are more keen to looks and peoples actions when they talk.
Once I found the strength to be myself, I had no need to act myself. (Sullivan 386, end of 2nd para)
"one of the goods that homosexuals bring to society is undcubtedly a more highly developed sense of form, of style." (386 last para.)
This guy uses way too many big words!!
I don't agree.
I do however agree with Sullivan when he says that "The abandonment of intimacy and the rejection of one's emotional core are, I have come to believe, alloyed evils." (381, 1st para) This statement is made referring to gays and how they deny their feelings to be accepted and also distance themselves because they do not neccesarily know how to be close with straight people, and how in doing those things creates a horrible outcome.
"All to often, they preserve the persona at the expense of the person."(381, 1st para)
I do not believe that same sex couples are correct as a Christian. God made male and females for each other, not male for male and female for female. Look at our body parts. But as a heterosexual, i can not imagine the feelings, curiosity and the sadness a homosexual experiences when they go through the "I'm not normal" phase, (assuming every homosexual does). The way homosexuality works into God's plan is that technically all homosexual and heterosexual alike are born into a sinful nature. God allows sin because he did not make us robots, and force us to love, obey or worship him. In saying that, no bodies nature is exactly the same, and each individual person has different temptations. Homosexuality is a sin and temptation just as lust is, no matter if you are straight or gay, the lust for another individual is just that, a sin (lust and liking someone are way different). I have about 4 guy friends who are gay, and really only one has explained to me his feelings about other guys. He is a christian too, and so are the other 3 actually.
blah blah... Just like any sin or temptation, I and all Christians would go to God with it, or try to handle it on our own and realize we are powerless. but a longing to be with a girl for me would just mean that God allowed me to struggle with this in order to overcome it and glorify him and develop me into someone he had intended me to be. Everyone was created for a different purpose, and the different temptations we go through and overcome develop us for that purpose.
"I wondered which was a deeper feeling: the sense of excruciating pain seeing a member of my acquired family die, or the excruciating joy of seeing a member of my given family born."
Sullivan states that our society has become more and more accepting to diversity. I totally agree. At my high school, it seemed like every year, more and more people stepped out of the closet due to everyone else doing it. It just became more normal.
I dont get what Sullivan means when he says that "The acceptance of diversity has ... become virtually a definition of " racist" to make any substantive generalizations about a particular ethnicity, and a definition of " homophobic" to make any generalizations about homosexuals.
Interesting that he mentions that Homosexuals mainly major in and choose jobs that deal with the arts, and are more keen to looks and peoples actions when they talk.
Once I found the strength to be myself, I had no need to act myself. (Sullivan 386, end of 2nd para)
"one of the goods that homosexuals bring to society is undcubtedly a more highly developed sense of form, of style." (386 last para.)
This guy uses way too many big words!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Man this was so far the craziest story I have read. I really want to see this ladies (Mary Pipher) proof of everything she has said, because to me it sounds like she talked to a couple girls and made generalizations for the whole female race. WOW.
Okay so some points that drove me berserk were on the first page, the last sentence, "I know one teacher who, when she reads to her class, routinely changes the sex of the character so the girls will have stronger role models."
Well my dilemma is not the fact that it might be true that story characters are more likely to be male than female, I really have no idea what my elementary school teachers read to me, or what they read now, but in my opinion girls do not usually have short story characters as role models. It's possible for a chapter book to have a character that the students might really look up to, because I really used to like reading Amber Brown because she was a girl who was in the same grade as me, and her parents had just recently divorced and mine had also so I guess in a way I was able to see her reactions and it helped with mine but when I read that comment it made me think of like a colorful fish "who could"or something like that and i was just like who cares about the stupid fish and if its a boy or a girl.... okay.. wow....that was so stream of consciousness!!!
Anyways, for that comment, If she meant it in a way like my Amber brown experience i can see her point.
Alright so the next thing i really didn't care for...
"Boys are more likely to be praised for academics and intellectual work, while girls are more likely to be praised for their clothing, behaving properly and obeying rules."
What I do not like about this, is that in my life, and my experiences, this is not true. Girls, boys, me as a girl, we were both treated the same, praised the same, encouraged the same, the only difference was that we (girls) got to go to the bathroom a whole heck of lot more! And I'm sure girls boo-hoo their way out of assignments more than guys, because that's just how it was at my school and for me.
And the last thing that pushed my button was the section on page 280, in the 1st paragraph where the message to boys was that they are smart if they fail, its just that they need to focus more, and the message to girls when they failed was well, maybe sure just not good at this, you've already given it you're best shot maybe give up and go have babies.. well i added the last part but.. man, that is not true for everyone. I know some guys that have low self esteems and when they fail they feel like it's the end of the world, and I know some cocky girls who when they mess up, they blame it on other things because they think in their heads there is no way that their perfect self could have messed up. It is totally a self esteem thing, and is dependant of how you were raised and what examples you have had in your life.
I didn't even want to write this much.. but i did so ehh.
This lady... Mary Pipher... is a generalizationister!
Okay so some points that drove me berserk were on the first page, the last sentence, "I know one teacher who, when she reads to her class, routinely changes the sex of the character so the girls will have stronger role models."
Well my dilemma is not the fact that it might be true that story characters are more likely to be male than female, I really have no idea what my elementary school teachers read to me, or what they read now, but in my opinion girls do not usually have short story characters as role models. It's possible for a chapter book to have a character that the students might really look up to, because I really used to like reading Amber Brown because she was a girl who was in the same grade as me, and her parents had just recently divorced and mine had also so I guess in a way I was able to see her reactions and it helped with mine but when I read that comment it made me think of like a colorful fish "who could"or something like that and i was just like who cares about the stupid fish and if its a boy or a girl.... okay.. wow....that was so stream of consciousness!!!
Anyways, for that comment, If she meant it in a way like my Amber brown experience i can see her point.
Alright so the next thing i really didn't care for...
"Boys are more likely to be praised for academics and intellectual work, while girls are more likely to be praised for their clothing, behaving properly and obeying rules."
What I do not like about this, is that in my life, and my experiences, this is not true. Girls, boys, me as a girl, we were both treated the same, praised the same, encouraged the same, the only difference was that we (girls) got to go to the bathroom a whole heck of lot more! And I'm sure girls boo-hoo their way out of assignments more than guys, because that's just how it was at my school and for me.
And the last thing that pushed my button was the section on page 280, in the 1st paragraph where the message to boys was that they are smart if they fail, its just that they need to focus more, and the message to girls when they failed was well, maybe sure just not good at this, you've already given it you're best shot maybe give up and go have babies.. well i added the last part but.. man, that is not true for everyone. I know some guys that have low self esteems and when they fail they feel like it's the end of the world, and I know some cocky girls who when they mess up, they blame it on other things because they think in their heads there is no way that their perfect self could have messed up. It is totally a self esteem thing, and is dependant of how you were raised and what examples you have had in your life.
I didn't even want to write this much.. but i did so ehh.
This lady... Mary Pipher... is a generalizationister!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
English 99: Literacy Among the Ruins by Frank Gannon
Wow.. this Essay was depressing; not only were the facts about the students very sad, but the whole ordeal with the "professor" being fake, and not even helping them in the long run was ridiculous.
Answering the questions before reading the text, the one where it asks if there are different groups of people in my classes; well yeah there are, of course. In our English class we have some very outspoken people, and some very reserved people, some are more open to ideas, while some are very closed off to only their point of view. We also have classification by appearance, but its very diverse, more diverse than just jocks, foreigners and dumb popular girls.
It was difficult to come up with something they had all done. The three groups- the bored-looking girls, the jocks, and the refugees- were like three separate countries. They were all trying to get to the same general place. But they were starting from places a million miles apart.
(217 4th para). This reminds me of my high school English classes, I remember my teachers saying how difficult it was for them to teach because everyone is at different places and for some its to slow and for others it was a definite struggle. This story also made me think of how shallow many Americans are, based on the "bored-looking girls" and thew "Jocks", compared to the refugees, their worries made them look retarded.
Answering the questions before reading the text, the one where it asks if there are different groups of people in my classes; well yeah there are, of course. In our English class we have some very outspoken people, and some very reserved people, some are more open to ideas, while some are very closed off to only their point of view. We also have classification by appearance, but its very diverse, more diverse than just jocks, foreigners and dumb popular girls.
It was difficult to come up with something they had all done. The three groups- the bored-looking girls, the jocks, and the refugees- were like three separate countries. They were all trying to get to the same general place. But they were starting from places a million miles apart.
(217 4th para). This reminds me of my high school English classes, I remember my teachers saying how difficult it was for them to teach because everyone is at different places and for some its to slow and for others it was a definite struggle. This story also made me think of how shallow many Americans are, based on the "bored-looking girls" and thew "Jocks", compared to the refugees, their worries made them look retarded.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Ok.. first things first... Thank you Mr. Davis for assigning us a 3 page article.... That was awesome!!
So what does it mean to be educated? And what should it mean....? There is not one answer to these questions, unless they're very vague, which Jon Spayde's answers are. It's kind of a dumb question to ask if you are expecting one answer.
Spayde for one thinks it is unnecessary to assign a list of books to a group of students, and say to them, "Once you have read these, you will be considered smart, until then, you are pretty much dumb" or to teach student that getting the highest grade on an exam makes you the most educated. While getting good grades does indicate that you have knowledge in that area, it doesn't make you wise in all areas.
An overall education of many things, from reading books of different subjects, learning about people and how to communicate with them, learning how to cook, and just learning a skill that you are interested in is what being educated is all about in the opinion of Jon Spayde.
I myself agree that an overall knowledge is what "being educated" should be about.
to be continued...
So what does it mean to be educated? And what should it mean....? There is not one answer to these questions, unless they're very vague, which Jon Spayde's answers are. It's kind of a dumb question to ask if you are expecting one answer.
Spayde for one thinks it is unnecessary to assign a list of books to a group of students, and say to them, "Once you have read these, you will be considered smart, until then, you are pretty much dumb" or to teach student that getting the highest grade on an exam makes you the most educated. While getting good grades does indicate that you have knowledge in that area, it doesn't make you wise in all areas.
An overall education of many things, from reading books of different subjects, learning about people and how to communicate with them, learning how to cook, and just learning a skill that you are interested in is what being educated is all about in the opinion of Jon Spayde.
I myself agree that an overall knowledge is what "being educated" should be about.
to be continued...
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Politics in te Schoolroom, by Lynne V. Ceyne
This article sucked... haha just kidding!!
Honestly though, I really did not care for her opinion. Not only did I think she was wrong on many of her points, but the subject was of no interest to me and she somewhat jumped from one subject to another.
In the opening pages of Cheney's insight on education over the past couple decades, she focuses mainly on the fact that today's students are taught about history with a negative slant rather than one that would make someone proud to be a citizen of the U.S. Even if that is true according to some texts, and to some research projects, it is mainly up to the teacher how they choose to teach the curriculum, what tone they themselves add to the text. And it can be argued that in college courses, sometimes the teacher is not teaching the text, it is the student student who is reading it themselves and being quized on it, so it is mainly up to the slant of the book, but the teacher is still going to give lectures and add their opinion. My teachers in High school were very un biased in their teaching , and even when they did teach according to their own opinion they let it be known that it was there "own opinion", so if my high school was the only school that taught that way then let me be wrong, because that is an overstatement that all students are getting a negative view of our history based on text books.
I also think that elementary school kids should be able to hear the truth in a very subtle way, not to be lied to and find out later in life that their education a child was "sugar-coated", then they have to learn the different perspective along with the false one.
Cheney then goes into discussing how certain important issues are eighter left out of textbooks, or overlooked, which is something i agree with her about. I have a horrible memory and don't even know some common knowledge becasue we go over so many things that sometimes I don't think are even that important, but that plays into society also, not only textbooks and teaching methods. Our society today is more concerned with possesions and looks than our future as a contry or our past.
Cheyne then once again switches gears and focuses on female roles in education, well more of how our society depicts them and how they are doing compared to males in school.
to be continued.....
Honestly though, I really did not care for her opinion. Not only did I think she was wrong on many of her points, but the subject was of no interest to me and she somewhat jumped from one subject to another.
In the opening pages of Cheney's insight on education over the past couple decades, she focuses mainly on the fact that today's students are taught about history with a negative slant rather than one that would make someone proud to be a citizen of the U.S. Even if that is true according to some texts, and to some research projects, it is mainly up to the teacher how they choose to teach the curriculum, what tone they themselves add to the text. And it can be argued that in college courses, sometimes the teacher is not teaching the text, it is the student student who is reading it themselves and being quized on it, so it is mainly up to the slant of the book, but the teacher is still going to give lectures and add their opinion. My teachers in High school were very un biased in their teaching , and even when they did teach according to their own opinion they let it be known that it was there "own opinion", so if my high school was the only school that taught that way then let me be wrong, because that is an overstatement that all students are getting a negative view of our history based on text books.
I also think that elementary school kids should be able to hear the truth in a very subtle way, not to be lied to and find out later in life that their education a child was "sugar-coated", then they have to learn the different perspective along with the false one.
Cheney then goes into discussing how certain important issues are eighter left out of textbooks, or overlooked, which is something i agree with her about. I have a horrible memory and don't even know some common knowledge becasue we go over so many things that sometimes I don't think are even that important, but that plays into society also, not only textbooks and teaching methods. Our society today is more concerned with possesions and looks than our future as a contry or our past.
Cheyne then once again switches gears and focuses on female roles in education, well more of how our society depicts them and how they are doing compared to males in school.
to be continued.....
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Deborah Tannen's essay is really good, but some parts of it are kind of hard for me to imagine, like where she states that in somebody's observation of a class, that NO girls EVER challenged the author, that they mainly asked questions or talked about an issue in the paper. I do not think that is true for all classes.
It seem's to me that girls speak out more than boys these days, just from evidence from our first period. Sometimes I think boys are embarrassed to or think tht if they share there feeling about something, that other guys might think they are lame. But literally that is not the case at all, and that is not all boys of course.
Also, even though I do not fully agree with Tannen about how Boy's are the only one's to speak up and defend their personal views, in a sence I see her point. I do think that girls talk more, but when boys state their opinions it seems like they are more controversial. And also that plays into what I said about the guys feeling that if they state their feelings they may be made fun of, maybe they go for the more argumentive statement about the author rather than what they feel about the article becasue they think like they have to be manly. And maybe some girls feel the same way, that they have to play the part and go more with their own feelings than be "adversarial".
I personally was not raised by a family who confronts others when they totally dissagree, and I really do not like getting critisism from people I do not respect, so when I read about the lady that dropped out of her Graduate program after a year, it made me think of me. But honestly I think that my lack of confidence when it comes to confronting people is just an imaturity, so unlike the lady who left becaue she hated it so much I at least see me growing and getting used to it, or well getting better at it, and getting over my defense when it comes to critisism I don't want to hear. Because that is how you gain wisdom is by seeing others points of view and by learning to judge what you agree with ad what you don't without getting offended.
Tannen jumps from the differences of boys and girls, to the way the human race thinks that opposing others opinions is more important than making you own point. I really gained insight about arguments, and am going to put into practice how you should not only cosider what is wrong with a point, but what is right with it also. But i think that plays a part only in some circumstances. And I know I am switching back and forth from side to side, becasue i just sai i mself will start to try to see others views adn ask myself about the pros and cons, but I do not see the point to over thinking subjects that you are morally against, like abortion for me, or same sex couples.. there is nothing anybody can say that will make me view those things as ok, or as the right of the person.
All in all I loved this reading.
It seem's to me that girls speak out more than boys these days, just from evidence from our first period. Sometimes I think boys are embarrassed to or think tht if they share there feeling about something, that other guys might think they are lame. But literally that is not the case at all, and that is not all boys of course.
Also, even though I do not fully agree with Tannen about how Boy's are the only one's to speak up and defend their personal views, in a sence I see her point. I do think that girls talk more, but when boys state their opinions it seems like they are more controversial. And also that plays into what I said about the guys feeling that if they state their feelings they may be made fun of, maybe they go for the more argumentive statement about the author rather than what they feel about the article becasue they think like they have to be manly. And maybe some girls feel the same way, that they have to play the part and go more with their own feelings than be "adversarial".
I personally was not raised by a family who confronts others when they totally dissagree, and I really do not like getting critisism from people I do not respect, so when I read about the lady that dropped out of her Graduate program after a year, it made me think of me. But honestly I think that my lack of confidence when it comes to confronting people is just an imaturity, so unlike the lady who left becaue she hated it so much I at least see me growing and getting used to it, or well getting better at it, and getting over my defense when it comes to critisism I don't want to hear. Because that is how you gain wisdom is by seeing others points of view and by learning to judge what you agree with ad what you don't without getting offended.
Tannen jumps from the differences of boys and girls, to the way the human race thinks that opposing others opinions is more important than making you own point. I really gained insight about arguments, and am going to put into practice how you should not only cosider what is wrong with a point, but what is right with it also. But i think that plays a part only in some circumstances. And I know I am switching back and forth from side to side, becasue i just sai i mself will start to try to see others views adn ask myself about the pros and cons, but I do not see the point to over thinking subjects that you are morally against, like abortion for me, or same sex couples.. there is nothing anybody can say that will make me view those things as ok, or as the right of the person.
All in all I loved this reading.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
"The Case Against College" by Linda Lee
Subject and Purpose
1. Lee is not against College, but she does not think it is for every person.
3. (skipped 2) Her purpose was to really get it in the heads of parents and students that there is no pressure to go to College becasue everyone else is, it is a personal thing, everyone is different and if you do not embrace your individuality you may end up spending money and not truly getting anythign out of it.
Stradegy and audience
2. (skipped one) Her thesis is in para. 3, last sentence, "Not everyone needs a higher education."
Questions on Vocab. and Style
1. Opening with "You" is just a good attention grabber. Appealing to reader makes them feel like they're being directly talked to.
2. I would say Lee's essay was informal becasue normally "you" is not formal in a writing. And it was definately conversational.
3.Definitions: Incumbent:current holder of position.
Savy: understanding
1. Lee is not against College, but she does not think it is for every person.
3. (skipped 2) Her purpose was to really get it in the heads of parents and students that there is no pressure to go to College becasue everyone else is, it is a personal thing, everyone is different and if you do not embrace your individuality you may end up spending money and not truly getting anythign out of it.
Stradegy and audience
2. (skipped one) Her thesis is in para. 3, last sentence, "Not everyone needs a higher education."
Questions on Vocab. and Style
1. Opening with "You" is just a good attention grabber. Appealing to reader makes them feel like they're being directly talked to.
2. I would say Lee's essay was informal becasue normally "you" is not formal in a writing. And it was definately conversational.
3.Definitions: Incumbent:current holder of position.
Savy: understanding
My thoughts on John Henry Newman's, "the Idea of a University"...
1. The goals Newman intends for the University... (he's saying for a Catholic University right?)
a1. To educate in many ares so student is a well rounded individual, who is respectful and worth respecting, who can decide for him self what he thinks is true; who has manners; who focuses on the more serious events in our world and attributes to the whole to make the world more intelligent.
2. Newman's style was definately more solemn than stuffy. I agreed with him for the most part, well I'm Christian, so i would go for a Christian University, but I agree that an education in many different subjects help to make someone who they are, and if they are gaining knowledge they're more likely to be "better people," to focus on the important issues our world faces rather than be more capable of dealing drugs, stripping, or just living in poverty trying to make ends meet and dealing with different kind of problems that necessarily only effect them.
September 8, 2007 12:29 PM
1. The goals Newman intends for the University... (he's saying for a Catholic University right?)
a1. To educate in many ares so student is a well rounded individual, who is respectful and worth respecting, who can decide for him self what he thinks is true; who has manners; who focuses on the more serious events in our world and attributes to the whole to make the world more intelligent.
2. Newman's style was definately more solemn than stuffy. I agreed with him for the most part, well I'm Christian, so i would go for a Christian University, but I agree that an education in many different subjects help to make someone who they are, and if they are gaining knowledge they're more likely to be "better people," to focus on the important issues our world faces rather than be more capable of dealing drugs, stripping, or just living in poverty trying to make ends meet and dealing with different kind of problems that necessarily only effect them.
September 8, 2007 12:29 PM
Friday, September 7, 2007
SooOOo...
ok i understand this now!
I accidentially posted my other blogs as comments to my own first blog..
I accidentially posted my other blogs as comments to my own first blog..
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