Difference From One To Another

Difference From One Two Another

 

                Families, all people have so many different thoughts and ideas about what families should look like or how families should act. When I think of a family I think of going to family members houses for birthdays and different holidays. I think that all families have changed over time and that families are harder to get together all at one time.

                Two pictures were looked at during a class period. One was a family of an older generation on page 58. The other picture I compared different thoughts about was on page 59. The family on page 59 looked to be of a younger generation and in a modern house. The older generation family had thoughts the same as me about getting together with grandma making the homemade thanksgiving dinner while we all enjoy the company of our family members being together.  In both the images the family is together yet in the younger generation picture the family looks confused, scared and not enjoying the company of one another. I feel this is how some families are when they see each other. I feel that in the older days many families were grateful for the dinner grandma made and thankful that they were all able to be together. Many families today have to split themselves between their father and mothers families because of divorce. These families are still considered families, but not how one would picture a family.

                After looking at these pictures I am truly thankful for my family that we are all still together and connected as one family. Even with families changing over time my family is still made up of a mom and dad married happily. As for our extended family we still all enjoy going out to grandma’s house for holidays to be with one another.

One friend put off for the Other...

Poetry, so many poems with so much meaning. They all bring different interpretions some short some long, but all with many thoughts out into them. With all these poems we read the poem on page 4 from Niedecker really stuck out to me.
I feel it stuck out to me because it was short, but had so much meaning and pictures through my mind on what she was describing like the sentence, my friend tree I sawed you down. Just that one sentence makes me picture so much. Like sitting in the woods with tons of tree around, but that one tree that is in the way of her sun shining through. I picture the trees with all their leaves on and full of color. The sun is out over the tree tops and you can only see the sun if you were out of woods. I also think of Niedecker as enjoying the sun when she can. Niedecker has poems that are confusing, but this poem was full thought out and not so confusing for me which helped me think and make it a easy to understand for me.
Niedecker has influenced me by helping me make sure I am descriptive in my writing and have decribing words like sounds, movements I had made, decribing exactly what it looked like where I was, and the different things I saw. I used what I learned reading her poems in my poem that I wrote:
 Deer coming close-
    as I sit and watch
    hoping one to come closer to me.
Brisk, vigourous winds
    showing the signs of winter
    look two more deer came out
The winds picking up blowing still
Whoosh-----
     All deer gone.
I feel I connect with Niedecker because I enjoy nature and it is something easy I can write about. I really enjoyed this poem and glad I can connect with her.

Who's To Say?

Marissa Meyer

Who’s to Say?

 

Gender roles what girls should act like, what girls should wear or what a guy’s job should be or what he should do at this job. We have all these specific labeling with these gender roles.  While looking closer into gender roles the question pops up into my mind, who started this labeling on how a specific male or female should look and act or what should the male or females specific job be?

             When I think of these certain stereotypes I think a guy should be working in the factory doing hard physical labor while girls are at desk doing paper work and typing away at the computer. I think this is changing in the work force today. Also the way someone should dress or act being a male or female.

For example in the band videos we watched about three different bands. In the first band we had a female that was acting “boyish” wearing baggy clothes and her hair was in her face all the time while playing the drums and singing. In the second band video we watched the girl was wearing a pretty shirt and a skirt to push her gender the way she dresses. Making it clear that she is a girl and proud of it. In the third video I would have described the singer as scary and freaking unsure what she was trying to get across to the viewers. While her make-up was thick and her hair was a mess, she still was wearing a dress and promoting how she is a girl.

            I am glad people are feeling more comfortable and feel they can dress what ever way they feel when being themselves. I don’t think that the certain gender roles are pushed as much. Meaning males and females are wearing what they want and acting whatever way they want. People may judge their action, but deep down we are in a different centry and we are all equal and can do what we want.

Education and Empowerment

                    School Bus Illustration

      To think that was me many years ago the excitement, nerves and question that were all on my mind. What was going to happen, who was I going to meet, and is my teacher going to be mean? These were all thoughts that happened to me when I was going to go on the bus when I was younger. The picture we had to pick apart on the first day of class is when these thoughts came back to me.
      I still wonder what was truly happening in the illustration. Were the kids coming or going to school, what did their facial expressions mean, how old were these kids, were they going on a field trip? When interpreting a illustration you never know whats going on in the image unless the illustration has text explaining the picture in depth so, the thoughts you process are the best thoughts you can have.
       I believe that this picture was to illustrate on how education has changed and how children has different thoughts of school with how they will be taught and how many things aren't in their control when they are in school, for example what to read, what is due, and when it is due. I hope schools make children have their own thoughts and help be independent at the end of their careers up till high school.

Bringing it Back!

Why should teal pants be brought back? The reason the blog is written is because I want everyone to feel strong and bold like I do when I wear them. I have a pair and its funny how my mood and personality change when I wear them. I feel bold and ready to set a statement and give people something to talk about. This brings me to the others reason for my blog. I want people to start feeling good that people are talking about them and not get upset over it be happy they are talking about you. If they talk about you, your statement must have been set and they are jealous and talking about your statement you set! Stay strong and bold people