roll of women

I have known that women have always had some unique rolls many years ago and I read some very interesting information about the rolls of women in the early 1900's. "Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men"(McDonald 1).  Women have been seen as a source of evil and temptation (McDonald 1). Women were only supposed to be a mother and a wife, these were the only professions they were really allowed to have (McDonald 1). Now women are supposed to do these and also have a career on top of that, women have gained many more rights now, they are not only allowed to clean and cook but can vote and work and many other things (McDonald 1).

McDonald, Bridget. "Early Attitudes Toward Women." Women's International Center. 2010. Web. 31 October 2010. <http://www.wic.org>.

readings

I really liked reading the owl creek piece, the whole time I just thought that it was so cool and then I got to that last paragraph and realized that the whole piece was just his thoughts. I was kinda mad when I read that he died, I had honestly thought that he survived. I really liked how the writer of the piece made the story seem like he really did escape. The story made sense though, I can understand how his mind was going crazy like that, he was about to be hung I totally understand how he was kinda going "crazy". I did not really like the most dangerous game, I remember reading it in high school and it almost was frightening to me, I still can not figure out why he would want to kill humans..... it really did not make sense. I liked how both of the pieces left me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next.

The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas

I thought that this story was very sad, I thought that when all of the busy people walking around walked right past the boy that was playing the wooden flute and did not notice him that that was really sad. But it is just like today when we are all so busy that we can not slow down and enjoy life and notice things that are not a huge deal. I also thought that the part about the boy or girl in the basement of a building was very sad too, that they all knew that the child was down there but they did not care, some people would look at the child and just keep on going. I think that some of them may think that if they do something about the child that the city may be ruined or that it might be changed in a was that they do not want it to.

rbaa

The process of writing this paper is taking me forever...and the research part has been kinda difficult, there is so much information about childhood obesity I cannot find what I am looking for specifically. It has be somewhat stressful and I have spent a lot of time looking for what I need and it is getting kinda annoying. I think that writing the quotes down on the note cards has really been helpful to me and it makes me feel like I am very organized while writing this paper. I can not wait to be all the way done with it though!

class

at the beginning of the year I was really overwhelmed by the class, I thought that we had a ton of homework and it was hard for me to get it all done with all of the homework I have in my other classes. Now that we have been getting a little bit less homework I feel a lot more relaxed when it comes to this class. I like the classes where we are in the rectangle and all talk, I feel like it is a lot more laid back I guess you could say and it is not so much like you are in the spot light when you talk. I feel that I am getting a little bit better at writing but I am still not a very good writer, writing is still very hard for me.

topic

I think that I have narrowed my topic down to childhood obesity. I think that obesity is almost taking over children. There are so many kids that are in elementary school that are obese and if they are not obese they are extremely obese. One of my cousins is 11 and he has weighed more that I do for the past 3 years and I am 18, this scares me because I want everyone to live a healthy life, I also want everyone to live as long as they can. I think that part of the problem is that schools are feeding their students food that is so unhealthy and the students really do not have many other options of food. I think that schools need to try and serve food that is healthier to students and make sure that they are serving the food in portions that are healthy.

research ideas

I did not think of very many things in class today but I wrote down a few. Things that I wrote down that make me mad are how easy it is for people to get jobs if they have connections to some one that works there or something along those lines, another thing that really irritates me is when people make fun of other people or bully other people. I really can not stand when people are rude to other people just because they can.... it makes me really upset to see people being bullied or made fun of. The thing that irritates me the most is when people stand right outside the door of a building smoking. I can not stand smoke and it really irritates me, I do not want to smell like smoke and I do not want to have to smell smoke either.