Whatta Man

With this course coming to an end, I can absolutely say, these journal entries helped me not be as oblivious to my everyday encounters. A lot of things are revealed throughout my journaling, but two major things are: I always found myself thinking about gender stereotypes and the difference between Iowa and California social inequality. Although racial issues are a problem, I didn’t directly experience or see any. The only unsettling things I observed were like how a mall was mostly full of…

As can be seen, Joan of Arc divulges her struggle starting from her own family, where the diligent work on the family farm makes her very strong. She is fond of exertion of physical strength, she is in authority over sheep, pigs, dogs, and chicken, and to some extent over her father’s hired laborers. She skillfully learns from this little experience and challenges her father’s will, who denies her to step outside of the village because of a dream he once saw, which later becomes a reality. By…

My second elective practicum is at Novata Cares assessing children for Autism and other neurological problems. I was testing this 6-year-old child using the WISC-IV. There was a question that asked him, “What is courage,” for which he replied “that’s being brave like me I’m a boy.” His answer did not shock me as I would have expected. It is a common thing for us (society) to tell boys to be brave or not to cry because that’s a girl thing. This 6-year-old child has already learned that courage…

The individual I chose was Indria Nooyi, who is the CEO of PepsiCO. Nooyi grew up up in a conservative family in India. Her mother always pushed her and her sister to get married early and to the right man, but also to have dreams. She got her MBA at Yale and it help further her career. Her mom would make her and her sister make a speech every night at dinner about being a world leader and her mom would vote on who she thought would win. This helped inspire Nooyi to follow what she believed in…

thinking or talking about is a man. I think we should just say his or her. It lets women know they are included. Furthermore it only refers to one sex. Finally it will end the talk about sexism. Saying he or she lets women know they are included. Women will be feeling better because if people say he or she, women will know they are equal with men and they will feel included. Women will feel better and if people start saying he or she more they will know they can do whatever a man could do. It…

When watching John Cassavetes’s film, Shadows, one of the first elements that intrigues me the most is the cinematography. He does an excellent job of telling the story not so much through the story being told, but the way it is told in the different shots. A lot of directors and cinematographers often do not have the same vision when it comes to telling the story of the film, but both Cassavetes and cinematographer, Erich Kollmar, take it to the next level. The films use of cinematography is…

The Color Purple portrays a lot of different female characters throughout the novel. We see a variety of personalities from all of the different female characters that come in and out of play during this book. Some of women are strong and independent, such as Sofia and Shug. On the other hand, Celie is a very reserved and disrespected to start out, but turn into strong, independent women as the story goes on. This book is an accurate representation of the two typical women you would find…

Even with all the talk of having an equal relationship, males were more likely to feel solely responsible for the finances and the females to go part-time after having a child. With the male participants, four out of the six of them believed they had main responsibility of the finances. Whereas Noah and Kalvin both believed to share the responsibility equally with their significant other. However Kalvin is an outlier as he was the only participant in the whole sample that did not want to get…

Raiden and Kuma walked into Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, and before Raiden could speak they were greeted by a witch dressed all in purple with a bright, friendly smile. "Hogwarts, dear?" she asked before Raiden could speak. "Another young man is being fitted up just now, in fact." She commented. In the back of the shop was a boy who appeared to be Raiden's age. He had pale skin and light brown hair, and he stood with a slight slouch atop a small stool while another woman dressed in…

To begin a proper investigation into the actions and motives of a certain group of people, my partner and I carried our curiosity to the center of physical activity on East Campus: Brodie Gym. Reasoning to this idea is not truly known; however, it seemed to prove itself as an interesting experiment nonetheless. In a very conspicuous manner, we sat ourselves down on the sidewalk immediately in front of the main entrance. Upon careful study and diligent notetaking, we observed some social patterns…