Sunday, October 25, 2009

I'm like my family in every aspect of my habits and personality. My mom, dad, and sister all share the same qualities all together but we dont each have the same qualities. My parents think my personality is spacial because even at a very young age i was very sociable and welcoming. When i was in day care the school and chosen to use me to introduce all the new kids so that they felt welcome. I also was always able to intrigue and communicate with adults at an early age and was another level of my acceptance of all different types of people. Their aren't any parts of my parents personalities that i wouldn't want because any negatively perceived elements are apart of how that type of personality learns. It is impossible to go against nature and nurture because it's how a person deals with those constants that define their personality. So to go against it would make you anti social as that is the only way against nature and nurture, ignoring them .

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Mr. Smith- i didn't do this blog earlier because i am a space head

any who here's what i owe you

A "new" water in my life is the effects of artificial reality and the disconnect from face to face social experiences. Now i'm not saying its not their in our lives, but it is dramatically less than how the whole world used to be. Back in the day lets say 200 hundred years ago their were social forums where people used to converse, meet up, and even trade, but as that had evolved civilization created technology which became the start of a lot of new water. If i want to have fun with my friends- we dont go outside and everything seems artificial. the only options you really have is video games, computers, and tv. there seems to be a screen between all interaction now. plays are now movies, txt screens become the face of your friends when you converse, and playing a game of pick up basketball turned into halo on xbox with a mic as your only connection to your friends.

Navigation through this water is hard since hoping on the band wagon and giving into how interaction works now a days. I highly enjoy my time with friends conversing and interacting, but it just feels weird not being able to see the person as an individual interating with you. communication is just what you say or how you say it, it's your expressions, body language, and being without the option of turning your friends "off" through what ever screen your using.

the american values that i embrace is equality (like everyone is really equal lol), freedom (not like we're that free but at least we're better off than everyone else), majority rule (society gets what it wants wheather minorities do or dont.....basically i dont care if im against the majority only because i know life goes on). I have my own set of values and they are all inherreted by individual situations, but i always accept new insight from wise people that know how to give it. Im content with living my own life by my rules until i die---thats how i find my happiness----doing things my way while accepting new ideas to add to my repitoire.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Infantilize

Infantilization occurs in America's business marketing techniques. It's used to make people feel good about a decision, but only because the person was being treated like a child. A good example is how most girls sweet talk their dogs with the over exaggerated positives tones. Infantilization negatively effects society because it takes the mutual respect away from relationships. I know i feel disrespected when im at Stevenson and am not aloud to be responsible for myself as a 17 year old and am treated like i was 10, yet at the same time it is expected from me to handle any given situation better than most other students because i do go to Stevenson. how does that make any sense? one example brought up in class is the fact that im not aloud to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom without permission. When in your life that you've ever been in an enviroment when you were older than 10 and had to ask to be allowed to go to the bathroom- or even to go get a drink? Now i don't mean asking where the bathroom is, im talking about asking for permission for you to leave and go handle your bodily functions that you've been able to deal with since around 3 or 4 after potty training.
One other Stevenson infantilization problem i have is the dress code- your'e not allowed to wear anything inappropriate yet high school students conversations include things way worse than anything i've ever seen on a t- shirt. just another time where your treated like a child only months before leaving to live on your own and go to college.