We could not have been served with a plate of reality as well as this movie has served it to us! When we watched the movie in class...it was as if we were looking into the windows of someone elses life. From frame to frame we were given critical glimpses into the various decision making issues army men have to face within themselves...it's so bold! The emotional impact of the movie is so believable that it blows me away! It just goes to proove how much deeper human existance is for some people.
I am glad that we as a class can experience this together. We can all be witness to an experience beyond our own simple life. Assuredly, if we can educate ourselves...and learn to be more empathetic to eachothers struggles or causes...then assuredly this can become a better world.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Sanger
I totally agree with most of the posts for Margaret Sanger...she was a woman ahead of her time...but not in the totality of the depression she was in. She did make further advancements with the impeding issues of birth control that's for sure! For most women, who were SUFFERING from giving birth in general...there wasn't enough preventive measures women can take in this arena at the time. Women's lifestyles were spiraling downwards in society and in the economy respectively. All of these private issues were pressing for women...pretty much nobody stepped up to the plate until her. She underwent lots of harsh criticisms in her time. Demonstrative failures even lead to sub-issues...such as sterilization, racism, eugenics, and all matters SEXUAL!
We couldn't ask for a better leader...a better mentor to model ourselves after.
A woman who understood the dynamics of the position she was in given all of the hardships she has had to dispel from a micro point-of-view into a marco point-of-view.
We couldn't ask for a better leader...a better mentor to model ourselves after.
A woman who understood the dynamics of the position she was in given all of the hardships she has had to dispel from a micro point-of-view into a marco point-of-view.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Today's class discussion
Today in class, we had a discussion in regards to our troops being in war for, according to some people, no excused reason and I feel that I disagree with some of the things that were being pointed at and want to get them out of my chest. Feel free to put your personal input if you have something to say. Am sure everyone has an opinion on this.
First of all, I don't feel that we are there just to "kill" people. I think, we at times get so blinded with all the confusing media that rather goes to get their information with some people other than those ordinary people that have actually had interacted with the soldiers; and, forget our original purpose for going after this war. I am no way in favor of George Bush's decisions, but now that we (our troops, that is) are there, we might as well do what we need to do. In addition to that, I think that by being there, Americans are also setting an example of freedom to those Iraqi people that have been exposed to a very cruel treatment due to the regime in which they lived. Believe me, we are not worse than what they have experienced in their lifetime, our country is making them free.
Having said that, maybe instead of saying something so unacceptable as being there to "kill" people, we should at a minimum try to understand the other reasons why we are still there, realize that most of the countries we have fought against are either prosperous or just better (take Kuwait for instance) and that if wasn't because of our soldiers you wouldn't even have the freedom of speech you currently enjoy of. Also, if some countries such as Belgium have so much appreciation for our military (check d-day history, Bastogne historical center,)why do we disrespect our military or our country by calling it "world police" and even dare asking why aren't we looking after some other country. Our country is the country with the highest defense budget and does its best to help out the world yes, at our expense; however, if it is criticized already as it is, imagine if our troops were in every single country's business!
First of all, I don't feel that we are there just to "kill" people. I think, we at times get so blinded with all the confusing media that rather goes to get their information with some people other than those ordinary people that have actually had interacted with the soldiers; and, forget our original purpose for going after this war. I am no way in favor of George Bush's decisions, but now that we (our troops, that is) are there, we might as well do what we need to do. In addition to that, I think that by being there, Americans are also setting an example of freedom to those Iraqi people that have been exposed to a very cruel treatment due to the regime in which they lived. Believe me, we are not worse than what they have experienced in their lifetime, our country is making them free.
Having said that, maybe instead of saying something so unacceptable as being there to "kill" people, we should at a minimum try to understand the other reasons why we are still there, realize that most of the countries we have fought against are either prosperous or just better (take Kuwait for instance) and that if wasn't because of our soldiers you wouldn't even have the freedom of speech you currently enjoy of. Also, if some countries such as Belgium have so much appreciation for our military (check d-day history, Bastogne historical center,)why do we disrespect our military or our country by calling it "world police" and even dare asking why aren't we looking after some other country. Our country is the country with the highest defense budget and does its best to help out the world yes, at our expense; however, if it is criticized already as it is, imagine if our troops were in every single country's business!
Reminder, Version II
No outline will be required for the essay due next week, despite what the class outline does say. Any outlines completed will be gratefully accepted and returned with comments, but the professor will base grades on the essay only.
Excercise PS
Just to be clear, the recent post with the unpunctuated paragraphs is NOT intended as homework. We're going to have a look at punctuating it in class next week, so you can work on punctuating it in the meantime or not, as you prefer.
Reminder
In writing the coming essay, I have to remind everyone that an outline has to be turned in along with the completed essay. I have not heard the professor bring it up in class, but it is written in the syllabus that we do so.
choice
I am glad Crandal gave us many choices to do our essay on, Am I correct we can choose from the speach,Heart of Darkness or the Birthcontrol. I feel I'd do a better job if I could write on the movie instead. It is a more current event, and some more detail was paid attention to the descrptive narraration. It was not so boaring as the book was. I just could not get into the book. The more I read it over and over and over, I could not comprehend what I was reading. I was just going threw the motion of word by word.
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