Tim's blog

I was absent on both Monday, October 30th and Tuesday, October 31st.  

 I was absent on Friday, October 27th.

 

 Today, we finished up our assignment given and (most groups) presented each of our contribution of our role analyzing Antijos  by Julia Alvarez. I learned a couple things, including more insight of what it's like in other, less affluent countries, in aspects of general living as well as how a woman feels being alone in a place like this. I also learned what "hullabaloo" meant through context in the story. The amount of caution women always have to exercise when alone and the nervousness that comes in a situation where they do end up alone is what impacted me. With this knowledge I plan to exercise my insight on the topic and have sympathy toward situations like this. What I liked about the lesson was that we got an insight into the way a different country works and how different 3rd-world countries are compared to America. Of course we all knew of this to an extent, but it is a good reminder of how different America is compared to other countries. What I struggled with w...

 I was absent on Monday, Oct 23 and I was in the cafeteria for Waffle House on Tuesday, Oct 24.

 I am going to be absent on Friday, October 20. I'll be in Seattle, WA for a church conference for the entire coming weekend.

 Today, we read The Myth of The Latin Woman  and listened to a Ted talk about being a Hispanic/Latinx means in the United States. We wrote down interesting things, misconceptions, and questions pertaining to the text and video. We also looked at a new extra credit assignment. I learned a lot about Latinx and Hispanic people/cultures. What impacted me was how many misconceptions there are about these groups that aren't even easy to realize without seeing examples of them being revealed. With this knowledge, I plan to better identify and keep myself from generalizing people of Latinx background. What I liked about the lesson was that this information is very valuable for communicating properly in our social lives. This lesson was mostly writing in pencil, and I really prefer typing, but this hasn't ever kept me from doing my work as well as I could. Today, I am feeling great. I have been quite productive already and I can feel a difference from going to sleep an hour earlier las...