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Although Roseanne becoming president is a long shot I thought it would be a great spin to write about the differences Mittens and Roseanne have on Gay marriage.
Romney has shown in many occasions how he does not approve of anyone from the LGBT community. He refuses to even accept that these people exist and should have the same rights as any heterosexual and that is really sad. In an article that I read Mittens himself said ""What should be the ideal for raising a child? Not a village, not 'parent A' and 'parent B,' but a mother and a father.'" Honestly that is completely sickening to me. No one is asking him to like the fact that people are LGBT but to at least acknowledge that they are every much as human as he is. If Mitt Romney is elected president I do strongly believe that it would almost be like taking back all the years we had fought for equality for all LGBT, people of color, and women. May seem a little extreme but after reading these articles it does not seem that he will budge for his "belief". Here is one last article that has clips of Romney speaking on this subject...enjoy.
Roseanne Barr is a legendary comedian and as crazy as she is I love her dearly. She has always been an advocate for LGBT and has two siblings that are gay, her sister and her brother. As a comedian she puts a comedic twist on almost everything but this is something that is dear to her heart. A story has fled about her tweeting about a restaurant named Chick Fil-A that made a lot of commotion for all LGBT and LGBT supporters. Here is a more serious article on Roseanne and the rights of Gay marriage. I honestly would love to see a battle between Rosey and Mittens on this issue but thats just me.
All jokes aside I would vote for Roseanne over Mittens any day because I believe in equality for all human beings no matter how you look, act, feel, etc.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
In The Service Of What?
by Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer
Quotes
"...such service learning activities seek to promote students' self-esteem, to develop higher-order thinking skills, to make use of multiple abilities, and to provide authentic learning experiences-all goals ofcurrent curriculum reform efforts."
This completely sets the article for why service learning is such a great learning experience all all aspects listed above. It another way of learning and also putting what you learned to actual real life situations.
"We attempt to "apprehend the reality of the other" and then to "struggle [for progress] together." In so doing. we create opportunities for changing our understanding of the other and the context within which he or she lives."
Instead of believing what everyone says about a certain type of people or person you get to learn first hand what it is like being them and then pass that on to others. To know that not all people are who you were told they are.
"The experiential and interpersonal components of service learning activities can achieve the first crucial step toward diminishing the sense of"otherness" that often separates students-particularly privileged students-from those in need"
This quote follows up with the second quote I posted but explains in greater detail. If everyone was giving the chance to do service learning, I think there would be more acceptance toward students and different privileges.
I love that we have a service learning project because I get to use the things we learn in class in the classroom I'm working in instead of waiting until one day when I have my own class, however long that may be. It's cool to be able to compare and contrast this elementary school to my elementary school. Also the difference of being on the other side.
This is a cool website I found on pinterest that I think will be extremely helpful in the future
Quotes
"...such service learning activities seek to promote students' self-esteem, to develop higher-order thinking skills, to make use of multiple abilities, and to provide authentic learning experiences-all goals ofcurrent curriculum reform efforts."
This completely sets the article for why service learning is such a great learning experience all all aspects listed above. It another way of learning and also putting what you learned to actual real life situations.
"We attempt to "apprehend the reality of the other" and then to "struggle [for progress] together." In so doing. we create opportunities for changing our understanding of the other and the context within which he or she lives."
Instead of believing what everyone says about a certain type of people or person you get to learn first hand what it is like being them and then pass that on to others. To know that not all people are who you were told they are.
"The experiential and interpersonal components of service learning activities can achieve the first crucial step toward diminishing the sense of"otherness" that often separates students-particularly privileged students-from those in need"
This quote follows up with the second quote I posted but explains in greater detail. If everyone was giving the chance to do service learning, I think there would be more acceptance toward students and different privileges.
I love that we have a service learning project because I get to use the things we learn in class in the classroom I'm working in instead of waiting until one day when I have my own class, however long that may be. It's cool to be able to compare and contrast this elementary school to my elementary school. Also the difference of being on the other side.
This is a cool website I found on pinterest that I think will be extremely helpful in the future
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Cinderella Ate my Daughter
Arugement:
The author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter argues that gender specific toys like Barbies, American Dolls, Princesses and any domestic type toy teach young girls and boys the wrong views of the world. To some extent I agree that the plots in the movies are wrong and not every girl is put on earth to be pretty and to get married but these are the fairy-tales we have and we can't change it. I think that this author is going to absolutely drive herself insane if she continues to pick apart each and every aspect of Disney princesses and all things pink. It totally sucks that this is the world we live in but we still shouldn't take the imagination and fantasies away from the children. I mean my male cousin at one point played "house" and "dolls" with us all the time and my family saw nothing of it. I myself had a playskool tool table that I was pretty obsessed with for awhile and I would go around pretending to fix things in my PINK tutu. I think that watching and playing with these toys are okay as long as other options are available to your children. Also I think it depends on the child too, my sister was a Disney fanatic and I mean I watched it because it was on but I didn't really care for it. She loves anything musical and to her the songs are all she cared about, not the plot. To this day my sister can recite any and all Disney movies but if you were to ask someone in my family who was the more "girly" daughter, all fingers would point to me.
Although with that being said, I dont like the message that these toys and movies portray, here's a video on Disney, She swears a lot but she gets her point across!
The author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter argues that gender specific toys like Barbies, American Dolls, Princesses and any domestic type toy teach young girls and boys the wrong views of the world. To some extent I agree that the plots in the movies are wrong and not every girl is put on earth to be pretty and to get married but these are the fairy-tales we have and we can't change it. I think that this author is going to absolutely drive herself insane if she continues to pick apart each and every aspect of Disney princesses and all things pink. It totally sucks that this is the world we live in but we still shouldn't take the imagination and fantasies away from the children. I mean my male cousin at one point played "house" and "dolls" with us all the time and my family saw nothing of it. I myself had a playskool tool table that I was pretty obsessed with for awhile and I would go around pretending to fix things in my PINK tutu. I think that watching and playing with these toys are okay as long as other options are available to your children. Also I think it depends on the child too, my sister was a Disney fanatic and I mean I watched it because it was on but I didn't really care for it. She loves anything musical and to her the songs are all she cared about, not the plot. To this day my sister can recite any and all Disney movies but if you were to ask someone in my family who was the more "girly" daughter, all fingers would point to me.
Although with that being said, I dont like the message that these toys and movies portray, here's a video on Disney, She swears a lot but she gets her point across!
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us
Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us
by: Linda Christensen
Quotes
"when we are reading children's books, we aren't just reading cute little stories, we are discovering the tools with which a young society is manipulated."
This quote makes such a strong statement and opens discussion for the rest of the reading. It imply's that every story a child see's or reads sits deeper in their minds and creates how they should be in the world. Girls should be pretty with a small hourglass figure so they can get the man of their dreams, step parents are seen as always mean, and that men are always at the top of the hierarchy of life. The whole text kind of surrounds around this one quote.
"Look, Ursula the sea witch is ugly and smart. Hey, she's kind of dark looking, The young pretty ones only want to hook their man; the old pretty ones are mean because they are losing their looks."
This goes on in almost every fairytale I have seen. The villain is always ugly looking or they are mean because they are losing their looks, and every girl is simply on earth just to find that one guy. I mean Ariel gives up her voice to become and human but to really find the prince, seems a bit much don't you think? These types of stereotypes and many more are shown in the text and how the students now see what the underlying message was.
" The Barbie syndrome starts as we begin a lifelong search for the perfect body. Crash diets, fat phobias, and an obsession with the materialistic become commonplace."
Anything you watch whether the pretty girl is always the one that most resembles a Barbie doll. Cinderella, Bell, Ariel, Pocahontas, Jasmine, and Snow white are all shaped like a Barbie. In our society that is the "Perfect" body and that any girl who does not look like them are not considered beautiful. It gets in your mind without even knowing it. Growing up watching how the men all swoon over these women make us think that is how we need to look in order to get the right attention. The relevance to the text would be anything of the woman characters in all of the movies, and tv shows.
Growing up as a young girl my sister and I grew up on all Disney movies. It was just the two of us so it was Barbie and baby doll heaven in my house! I totally fall into the category that one day i will have my happily ever after and it has probably ruined my sense of crappy boy acknowledgement ! I am a hopeless romantic and I definitely give some credit to all of those fairytale movies. I am now just accepting my body for what it is, all throughout high school and most of college I wish I could always look skinnier, or more fit, or had a bigger bottom. Now I am starting to get more comfortable with who I am and taking me as ME and not caring what others think. I am who I am and will continue to try to love myself more everyday regardless of what those fairytales showed while growing up!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
LGBTQ
Found this photo on pinterest and I thought it went very well with what we were discussing today :)
Plus who doesnt love The Lion King?
Plus who doesnt love The Lion King?
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