independent

For NHD me and my partner ashley brown have decided to keep our topic of the Innovation of PLayboy magazine. We decided that this would fit best because it can be broken down to more deeper levels as far as society, and culture. We still plan on doing an exhibit. They tried to convince us to do a website but we feel that the website would somewhat be too "pornographic" if we are talking about playboy.

independent project!

Today in the computer lab  i worked on refining my sociology project as well as work on proposal for NHD project. My topic was Playboy and how it redefined what sexuality was but unfortunately it had to be changed so now I'm back at sage one. i plan on working with Stephanie Townsend and Ashley Brown on this project.

independent project!

SO IM BORED AS HELL IN MADHI CLASS...NEEDED SOMETHIN TO DO SO I HOPPED ON THIS CORNY BLOG!!!

Symbolism

Have you ever had something or someone in your life that meant so much to you, but people didnt realize how important they were? In the story Of mice and Men by John Steinbeck this was actually close to whata character Candy wasfeeling when a friend of his, Curley told him that his dog was worthless and old and should be killed.

Many people say that Candys dog was not a character in the book but he actually was a character who had a meaning not to us as readers but maybe to Candy. Candys old dog could be a symbol of what people will grow to be, old,tired,beat up, no longer able to stand and work. In this book i think that John Steinbeck used the dog to make Candy and the rest of the gang think wow is this how u guys are gonna treat me when i get old and wont be able to move anymore, will they just think of them as useless and take them out and shoot and that's why i think that Candy was so upset when no one understood why the dog meant so much to him.

Another important symbol in the story would be the puppy. In this novel the puppy was a symbol of hope because Lennie is a big strong amn who is not known for handled small objects with much care (mice, opuppy, candys wife...lol) So for George to allow him to have the chance to have the puppy lennie can now show that he can take care of an animal without killing it.

The final symbol inn the book was the farm. The farm was a symbol of success and responsibility to george and Lenny. For Lenny and george to have a farm of their own they would not have to worry about going out and working for someone else because they will finally have something that they can call their own and take the responsibility of raising their own crops and cattle.

From reading This novel i have learned that the littlest things that people take for granted can have a more heartfelt meaning to someone else. I have also learned that life is too short to just worry about working and having the best life possible jus take time to " smell the roses"

Reflection May 28, 2008

This week fr service learning i actually feel like my group really got something done. We brokeup into two small groups. one group went over to K-mart, which consisted of group leader Juliene, Tabitha, Veasna, Gribbin, Jessica and John. Their job was to just go and price things out and see how much we will need to supply the store. Th other group which consisted of myself, Morgan, Arlette, Brandon stayed behind to do some finishing touches on the bill. We also went downto the lunch and we realized that the room we wanted the first time was way to small for a school store so we went over to another and we really liked it because we had a lot of space and we all could fit in there at once. We swept the floors mopped it up and the room looked and smelled way better.

Independent Service Learning: Dragon Boat Races

Part of my independent service was at the annual Philadelphia Dragon Boat Race, which is an annual boat race held every year at a different location. Me and several of my fellow students went out to the waterfront to volunteer in this activity.

-What have I learned about myself through this experience?
From this experience i have learned that i am a very impatient person and i get annoyed easy. for instance, I had to work on the docks and we had to hold this long boat by the tail with at leats 300 pounds of weight in it and litereally be dragged across the dock until the starting bell went off and in my mind while im doing this im thinkin,' If they dont ring that m-effin bell", lol...

-What would you change about this situation if you were in charge?
if there was one thing i would change it would be the fact that i was out on the dock all day and when we finally got off the park was empty and i had nothing to eat, so i stayed up there for 7 hours while everyone else was home.

-How will service learning change your future behaviors/attitudes/and career?
i think that service learning willl help me not be so rude and ignorant to people and at least try and help them out. (sike)