week 9

I feel that it is important for children to learn to lose because it builds character and teaches them sportsmanship. I also feel that all children need to learn what it means to loose, because failure is always a possibility and nobody wins all of the time. There are so many children that feel that they are owed something and they also feel that they should not work hard for things. In life people are not obligated to achieve things, so I feel that children need to learn that with the good things come the bad things.

week 9

I feel that people should learn from history because if they don’t they will repeat the same mistakes. I think that when people didn’t learn from the signs of Hitler and his holocaust, they remembered later when Africa had the Genocide. I think that there are signs that are displayed and when we as a society choose to ignore these sign we learn once again in tragic ways. I also feel that when we forget what too much power does to a person we remember in tragic ways. Castro for many years has kept his people oppressed and finally after all those years they have been given some opportunities to make decisions.

Week 9

I feel that a lie is a moral puzzle, because when you tell one like you usually have to cover that lie up with another. Soon the lies start to build up and one has to make sure that each lie fits neatly with the other one. It is often said that one lie spawns another and so on. Also the lies that are told affect people other than the person who is telling them. These lies also can cause chaos and drama on a larger level. Lies are like a puzzle because things are not always what they seem to be, and just when you think all the pieces fit you find that you have missed something.

week 8

Sometimes in life all we have are appearances. Sometime people never really let you get to know them so the only thing that a person can do is go by what they say. Also we tend to believe that if a person is beautiful on the outside then they are also beautiful on the inside. I feel that in the technology age we are use to things coming easily and without much effort. So instead of getting to know a person for who they are we tend to take the fast approach and look on the outside for what is within.

week 8

We ascribe values and status to a job by the amount of power and money a person has. Two things that a people find most appealing are power and money. This is because if a person has power then they can dictate to other anything that they want. Power gives a person control and a lot of people want to control to feel important. The other is money, because if a person has money they can do things that the average person cannot. If a person has a job that pays then a lot of money, that person can then live a life that many others cannot imagine living. With these things in consideration, as long as you have money and power your job will always be one of value.

week 8

There are several things that one should know about the interview process. The first is when you find out about your interview you should read as much as you can about the company and the position that you are applying for. The applicant should be well read on these subjects in case the employer want to know what the applicant knows. The next thing that the applicant should know is how to dress for success. Perception is everything and if you give the impression that you are a well educated then people will view you as such. Also any tattoos or piercing that are showing should be covered up or concealed.

week 8

I feel that we pay a big price for progress. I also feel that we sometimes give up things in order to achieve progress. Right now we are giving up several soldiers’ lives in order to obtain peace and order in another part of the world. There are always causalities in war and sometimes we have to weather the storm in order to see the progress. Unfortunately, we are not always around to see the outcome of the sacrifice that we have made.

week 8

If I were talking to a group of high school students about college I would tell them that college is a lot different from high school. I would also tell them that in the real world you have to have at least a high school education to get a job at McDonalds. So this means that to get any other job there will be many more requirements than this. I would emphasize that in order to achieve a comfortable way of life they would need to work hard to obtain a college degree. I would also tell them that in the corporate world a B.S degree is about the equivalent of a high school diploma.

week 7

I don’t know if I have any risk in my life. I try to live my life in a positive way, and treat others the way I would want to be treated. I am now focused on my happiness for the first time in my life; I have always been a person to put a lot of stock in others and their feelings and none in my own. I have just learned to be careful about the decisions I make and not take things for granted. I have learned a lot that some of my peers can’t ever fathom

week 7

Physical attractiveness is very important in today’s society. There are companies that are making billions of dollars a year selling product that promise to fix, lift, or clear any problem that the consumer is having. There are also doctors out there who have a procedure that will lift, clear, fix, tighten any body part. I feel that it is unfortunate that we have become some invested in what a person looks like and not who they are. We now teach little girls it is more important to be pretty than it is to be smart or a good person.

week 7

I feel that the long term effects of childhood experiences help mold and shape who a person is. I also feel that it is all about perception and how a person’s experiences affect them later in life. If a person that has been through terrible things never comes to terms with those situations they might tend to be angry and vengeful latter in life. It is known that everything that a person goes through in life has some impact on them. Also childhood is a very important time in life because that is when we develop who we are and how we will be later on in life. All the experiences in life that we go through have lasting effects on our lives whether they are good or bad

week 7

I feel that they way we dress really affect how the world see’s us. In today’s society your appearance is everything and if you dress like a thug or a prostitute people will perceiver you as such. Unfortunately, most times in our society you have to conform to society’s norms in order to be perceived as a member and not an outcast. There are people who have tattoos, piercings and other body art that have to hide their art in order for people to view them in a positive light and I think that that is unfair. However I feel that in the professional world if you dress unprofessionally you should be viewed negatively. I feel that there is a time and a place for everything and that sometimes people should learn their boundaries.

week 7

I feel that it is stupid to change the way that the word woman is spelled. I don’t really understand what the purpose is behind changing the spelling. It amazes me how people have nothing else better to do than find things to pick to death. I don’t understand what the big deal is about having the word men in it. There are so many things that need to be changed about focused on and this is not one of them I feel.

week 5

I think that gender differences are somewhat real. I feel that just because there are a lot of men who are taller than women does not make all men taller than women. Also I feel we learn through socialization so boys tend to learn that they should play with trucks and be dirty, while girls learn to play with dolls, bake cakes, and stay pristine. However there are some boys that grow up with only women and tend to take on some of the roles of a woman. I also think that some of these things are innate and that not all women are feminine and not all men are masculine.

week 5

I cannot think of any words or phrases that are taboo in my culture, however I can think of some actions. One of them is sweeping a person’s feet, they say that if you get your feet swept you will go to jail or either you will not get married. Another one is if you see a woman naked you will not get married. Another saying is if your right hand is itching you will get some money. One more that I can think of is you should not walk around with one shoe off, I am not aware of what this means, but my grandmother is very adamant about me not doing it

week 5

The audience in my ad is women who want to be fit. The image is of a woman who is physically fit and happy. The way that they grab the reader’s attention is by showing a woman who is physically fit and the ad goes on to talk about how she uses their protein powder to make her body fit. The ad also talks about the different contest that she has won and in what years she has won them. I feel that the ad is persuasive, because they make the reader feel that if they use this protein shake they will also look the way the model does.

week 5

I feel that if a person has the internet then they have infinite knowledge at the tip of their fingers. Today a person can turn on their computer and find out about almost anything that they want to find out about, within a matter of moments. Also they can search for jobs, houses and merchandise without ever leaving their home. So I would say that a person can have more success if they have the internet, because their resources are only limited to their effort. Today there are so many opportunities to grow and develop and the internet makes it so much easier to obtain the success.

Week 5

I would not say that men are smarter than women; however men and women excel at different things. Most men are not good at multitasking and can only deal with one thing at a time. However men are better with their hands and are great with maps. I don’t feel that it can be summed up by saying that men are women are smarter. Also in studies that have been done they have found that women and men score about the same across the board. Something else to consider is that no matter what there will always be extraneous variables.

Week 3

Question 5
I feel that sex has nothing to do with judging masculinity and femininity. I don’t see how sex could validate how masculine or feminine you are. I know that society a man is not a man if he has not had sex by a certain age, and his peers will look down upon him for not being experienced. However if a girl has sex with a lot of guy she is looked down upon and often marked as not the type of girl you would take home to your mother. So I guess I feel that for me if you have not had sex with a lot of people then you would be better represented in my eyes because there are so many diseases that are going around.

Week 3

Question 4
I feel that the scientific progress should be limited, because when we look at cloning and stem cell research we are putting lives at risk. When the topic of cloning came up it was a dangerous one. I felt this way because even though there are good things about it there are also the bad. If a person gets sick can that person get a clone and then harvest the clone’s organs for their own use. Then you have to think about the rights that the clone should have or whether they should have them or not. Do we consider the clone as a human or an object? I feel that when it comes to the scientific progress there should be regulations.

Week 3

Question 3
It depends on what you mean by sexuality. If we are talking about sexuality as for as intercourse, then I would say that we need as a society need to focus more on developing healthy relationships and less on the physical aspect. I also feel that the media does glorify sex and being sexy, therefore leading some young girls to think that the only way to get love is through sex. Now on the other side of that parents have to start at home to teach their children what is valuable and what their focus should be. Children can only learn what is taught to them and if they have the right people teaching them then what the media puts out there won’t matter as much.

Week 3

Question 2
I think that no matter what we do there will always be people who still believe in the Jim Crow Laws and they will then teach those beliefs to their children. I feel that we have come a long way in a short amount of time, but we have a long way to go. It amazes me that it hasn’t been fifty years since the civil rights movement and things have progressed so much. However as long as “the good ole boys” are still teaching their younger generations to hate I think that nothing will change. People often fear what they do not understand and ignorance is bliss.

Week 3

Question 1
Sometimes when I enter convenient stores I notice that the owners stare at me. I am not sure if they stare at all of the patrons of if they only stare at African American’s. I have also noticed that I walk up and down the aisles that they tend to follow me as I shop. I feel that it is unfortunate that all people are treated a certain way because of how a few act. I believe that no matter how far we progress as a people there will always be people out there who will still be stuck 1800’s America or 1930’s-40’s Germany.

Week 2 Question 5

I am my biggest influence in right now. I know what I want and I don’t let other people deter me from what I want. I have always been determined and I don’t give up easily when it comes to my goals. For me I don’t let others set my goals anymore I follow the decisions that I make for myself. I think that sometimes I am my own best guide through life. I feel that I know what my purpose in life is and I try to strive to be what I called to do. I don’t think that I will ever stop being my biggest influence, because sometimes when people look to others for what you should do they are led astray.

Week 2 Question 4

My life’s goals are to receive my PhD. before I am 30 and to use a lot of my free time to counsel at risk youth. This is a passion of mine, because I want to effect a positive change in the lives of our future generations. Those two things are my passion and I don’t want to change either one of them. The only thing that I could see affecting my goals are children. I don’t plan on having any children until I am at least thirty so that I am finished with school and I can dedicate more time to my family.

Week 2 Question 3

I can’t really think of any moral dilemmas that I have had. I really try hard to live my life with the belief that I will treat other people the way I want to be treated. I work really hard at that because there are often times that people will do things to me that I don’t like and it is so easy to do those same things back to them. My life’s motto is to keep it positive and never let the bad things get you down. I believe that when you live that way you will prosper in everything you do. When you let the negative things, become positives you have a better outlook on life.

Week 2 Question 2

Question 2My family plays a hands off role in whether I succeed in school. The two most important people in my life are my mother and my grand mother. They have given me all of the tools that I will need to succed in life and in school. Neither of them every put pressure on me about school or my grades, but I know that they want see me do well in life. I know that without the two of them being the silent driving forces in my life I would have given up along time ago. They constantly remind me to take all that the world has to off and never give up.

Week 2 Question

My life when I began college is very different from my life now. When I first began college I was naïve about live and the way the world really works. I didn’t really care about college or getting and education and the only reason that I went was because my mother would not let me take a year off. On the other hand I am now working on my Master’s degree and hope to come back to get my Phd. I have grown a lot over those 6 years and I am now a better and more prepared person than I use to be.

week1 question 5

I think that today double speak is used more often than ever. I feel this way because there are so many technical ways for a person to get over on another person. The one situation that I can think of that this is most often used in when you buy purchase something. I know that the salesperson will tell you some things that are not true to get you to purchase their merchandise. They might led a person to believe that they are getting one thing when it is really another. However I have found that if you are an informed buyer then you are less likely to be tricked by double.
I am not sure if there are times when double speak is necessary, but I know that sometimes it is easier. I know that sometimes that some people do not handle the truth very well and prefer to be told things in a certain way so they can be appeased. So I guess that it depends on who you are dealing with.

week 1 question 4

question 4

My biggest fear is that I won’t reach my full potential in life. I have spent a lot of my time sabotaging myself and I know that this is because of my fear of failure. I know that the only way I can be who I am suppose to be is to not let the possibilities of failure rule my life, but sometimes I rather not try. I think that I sometimes give up because the possibility of failing won’t be there if I don’t try. I know that that does not seem rational, because if I don’t try I won’t know what I can accomplish. In recent years I have tried to force myself to do things that are out of the ordinary for me. I have some anxiety issues so I try to control that while still forcing myself to be more outgoing and try new things. I try not to let my anxiety issues rule my life, but it is harder to do that when the pressure of life and expectations increase.

week 1 question 3

My grandmother is my role model. Flora Lee Bradford Scruggs has worked hard her whole life and she has never depended on another person to achieve her personal goals. My grandmother was born October 27, 1934 in Madison, Al and she is the eldest of four children. My grandmother did not go any further than grade school and during the winter she did not go to school, because she had to walk there. While she was a child she only received one pair of shoes a year, so she knows what it is like to have little to nothing. Until my mother was eleven my grandmother chopped cotton to make a living while she also cleaned houses.
The reason that my grandmother is my role model is, because she has beaten the odds. My grandmother worked as a lunchroom worker for 29 years at West Madison School. The home that she purchased stared out with only two rooms for her and her two children. Those rooms were the kitchen and a living room. While working in the lunchroom she managed to pay for her own home and make additions to the same home, by adding two bedrooms and a bathroom.
My grandmother is everything I want and hope to be. I pray that I have inherited some of her courage and strength to preserve in life. My grandmother is the best blessing that God could have bestowed upon me and my life would not be what it is without her. She is my gift from God.

week1 question 1

I have not written anything creative in several years. I use to write poems all of the time but lately I have not had the energy or the emotion to write anything. I don’t know why it doesn’t come as easy as it use to. I have poems that I wrote years ago and I don’t remember writing or where the thoughts come from. It is sort of like I go into a zone and all these organized thoughts come pouring out. Later I can go back and read what I wrote and I am amazed at the feeling and emotion that I put into what I wrote. Currently the only writing I do is in my private journal.
I think that I have several weaknesses that I could work on. When I write I have so many things that I want to say and I don’t know how to get it all out. I also don’t know how to relay my thoughts in a way that makes sense to the reader. I feel like I know what I want to say, but there are so many things that I want to say and I don’t know what to leave out. I also want to learn how to organize my sentences so that the structure is grammatically correct.
I think that my only strength is that I can come up with some valid points, but the way I see them in my head is not the way they come out on paper.