Willingness to learn

                         When people ask me do I like school I comply and answer with the up-most enthusiasm and state yes I love going to school. As a child I completely hated school and all other aspects that came with being in school. I would pretend to be sick for instance having a stomach ache or holding the thermometer up to the light and right before my mother would come back into the room I would stick it into my mouth . That method only worked a few times, my Mother started catching on. When my dad would be at home and I would try and pull one over on him it didn’t work so well. My mother was always the more sensitive one. As I continued to grow up I began to form a certain liking for school after I figured out I was actually pretty good at it.

                     As I reached middle school my family and I moved to Decatur, Alabama where I had to start from scratch and make new friends and form new bonds with my teachers as well.  I had a great time at the beginning of the school year when the work load was minute, but as the years moved forward the workload increased dramatically. It did not make it any better that my loving mother signed me up for the hardest classes offered.  I had to balance being an athlete as well as an honor student.  My willingness to learn was really tested. The experience of having to juggle several important things to me really taught me responsibility and in a sense forced me to grow up. Through all of my trials and tribulations of tackling so many different things at once I succeeded exceptionally well. I as well as my parents was very proud of myself.

     High school was one of the biggest challenges I have had to face in my short life time. I attended Austin High School also in Decatur, Alabama. High School for me was an awesome experience. My willingness to learn was really tested. On top of me having a part-time I played AAU basketball also ran track. Now one would say that I was in over my head. But in my mind I was setting the foundation for my future. Going through all the experiences I did in high school really made me a better-rounded person. Today when challenges arise like completing assignments I revert back to that drive that I had in high school and use those specific traits to complete the certain task at hand, my willingness to learn I feel has grew tremendously from the beginning of my schooling career to this present moment.

 My question to you is HOW STRONG IS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN?

Authority

 

              

           How does one classify authority? For this post I actually sat down and did a brief questionnaire with some people on my specific topic. Now one of the questions that I asked was what was the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word authority? Some answers that I received were; power, teacher, God etc. I thought those answers were very interesting.  I proceeded with the next question which was how do you classify authority? Some answer were someone with control, an entity above others, and again God. Last but not least I asked do you have respect for all authority. Answers were yes, no, and depending on who is in authority.  

                      This study really made me think of what thought process individuals went about to come up with the answers they felt were the best.  Other people that I did not account for gave me answers like. I do not believe in authority, they felt as if your over a certain age then you were capable of making your own decisions. I was very intrigued by all of the responses I received. So with being so intrigued I went on a hunt to see how other people actually classified authority. In my searching I stumbled upon a famous Poet and dramatist named Oscar Wilde who was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland to an eminent surgeon. Wilde was also widely known for his wit and flamboyance. Wilde being the vastly educated man that he was still did not agree with authority. Stating there is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad. When I read that I wanted to dig deeper into the web to find as to why he felt so strongly defensive about authority.

                 So I found out that Wilde was arrested for sodomy and convicted in a trial that became internationally notorious for his actions. He wrote a recriminatory letter to his lover that was edited and published as De Profundis (1905) that was later turned into a ballad. After being released Wilde moved to Paris and worked on his ballad which was about inhumane prison conditions. So I finally began to understand why he made such strong statements of that magnitude about that particular subject.  On the other hand I wanted to find someone who actually agreed with authority and accepted it as well.

                       On this excursion I found a man that in mind was much respected and had a lot of followers in journey for civil rights. Mahatma Gandhi born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India at a young age Gandhi was a much respected young man. At the infantile age of thirteen he was to a girl his same age. This union was an arranged marriage. Gandhi started young on building his empire of prosperity and unity in the Indian community, by him being such an outstanding young man I totally understood why he made the statement Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

         After all of this research I have come up with one question, HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY AUTHORITY ?

Heaven and earth

"Earth has no sorrow that the heavens can not heal"- unkown

        As a child my upbringing was heavily influenced by religious views and religious people. With my father being a preacher and my mother being the youth director at our church , being a infant in the church I really did not understand why we had to get up so early every sunday morning, rush to get dress just to sit and watch my father talk some man that he knew. I often got in trouble in school for questioning my parents motives for their actions. I got in a greater magnitutde of trouble when I question my parents about this man that it seemed everyone had meet but me. They tried repeatedly to explain everything to me but my feenle mind was incapable of grasping the total concept of actually who this man was.
      
       As I got older I actually started to sit and listen to what my father was saying on those early sunday mornings. As I started to relize that this great man my Father was talking about actually died and rose again.'Now when he rose early on the first day of the week , he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils"-Mark 16:9 . That pretty much freaked me out, but intrigued me to the point where I just had to know about the zombie person. Over the years i have relized that the man is the farthest from a zombie. This man was the greatest man on earth, this man did not have the ability to stay dead. My father gave me this scripture "Ask and it shall be given unto to you ;seek and ye shall find ;Knock,and it shall be opened unto you"-Matthew 7:7, when I ask could he could tell me more about the great man . After I read that picticular scripture almost fifty times ,I finally had grasp just what my father was telling me. So I began on this endevour seeking to finf all the answer to my questions. I must say , it has taken me up until this year at 19 years old to fully understand all those stories my father was talking about. In the world today I am faced with a lot of difficult decisions and/or situations but through all of that I am going through pricks my heart aswell as my mind and brings me back to something my father said or one of his sermons.

       I feel taht by me haveing such a rooted background this world better watch out ! Because I strongly think and feel that i can do anything if i set my mind to it . The question is CAN YOU ?

"I can do all things through christ which strengthens me"- Phillipians 4:13

Battle of the sexes

When people hear the term " Battle of the Sexes " how the mind is configured it automatically pulls toward an athletic event and or occasion . But on the other hand when I think of this widely used phrase I think of an intellectual event that transpires between the opposite sex . But who is to say that at every occasion it would be necessary to title that particular experience a battle ? I think Andrew Jackson said it best when he stated "If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword". In my opinion Young ladies and men battle one another every single day , but don't know that they doing so . The way the world has conformed today we are not aware of our actions. As I woman I feel that you should find your balance and stand with it. Find your song and sing it out . Find your cadence and let it appear like a dance. Find the questions that only you now how to ask and then answer that you are content to not know -Mary Anne Radmacher. But as for males I think it is best stated by Andrew Carnegie when he said " the mortality of compromise sounds contradictory . Comprise is usually a sign of weakness , or an admission of defeat. Strong men do not comprise , it is said and principles should never be comprised . You be the judge !

Great minds think alike

I have came to realize in this group project two minds are better than one . During this project my partner and I have hit a lot of bumps in the road . Especially when we attempted to do things on our own. In my opinion I feel that when I attempt at a particular task on my own I sometimes think way to much into it and quickly lose focus on that specific task at hand. But when I am in the pleasurable company of my partner , I seem to just take a step back first and assess every goal that needs to be meet . Then I begin working on exactly what needs to be completed . So as I reiterate , two minds are definitely better than one . Something that I feel works exceptionally well in my in my group would be communication . Sometimes it seems like my partner and I just share one single brain, because it seemed like we were always on one accord with the particular parts of the project .I feel Adams said it best when he stated "Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure. Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances" -Bryan Adams. I feel that my partner and I have definitely conquered our failures and especially our failures .

Technology in the monden world

With this being my sixth blog post I have came to the conclusion that I have yet to concure the ability to complete the assignments in a timely manor . In my iniputant mind I feel at Les Brown said it best when he stated "You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change". That quotes really stand out in my mind simply because my father used to use he same metaphor in my younger days . As a child kit basically went in one ear and out the other. I used to have the mentality that noting was impossible for me and I I wanted I could conure bathe world. When I got a little older I began to conform to preteen asspects of life . I felt as the world was against me , and I didn't need anyone but myself. But, as for growing into a young teenager again I started to conform into thinking as such . Although something changed in my young teenage years ! I was introduced to a little something called TECHNOLOGY  it rocked my whole it opened my eyes to this new world that I have never seen before in my life. Technology was to me the key to success . I never once looked back after I was introduced these operation of outlets. In High School technology was a key factor to success . You had to either get with the program or get lost simple , it was no if and or buts about it . Technology in High School was get in get the shit done and get the hell out period. As for right now college technology is my crutch I love and depend on it , I need it and most important I yearn for it.
Technology has become apart of me and it is with me for the rest of my natural born life and that is a promise I have made to the world as well as myself.

Believe in the power of teamwork.

This week the class got into larger groups than before and had to review and edit some pages from the wiki pages that were assigned to smaller groups. This week has been an interesting week for me to have encountered with. The team I was assigned with was an awesome group; they were very complying and understanding. Working with this group really broaden my horizon on working together with fellow classmates. I myself am getting very comfortable with working hand and hand with someone other than myself. I feel that the results of the project will end up to its best quality. I really am a more joyous student now a days. These webpages are very interesting pieces of work. Some of the challenges we encountered was; being more descriptive in describing the information presented to us in the Wikipedia pages as well as using proper grammar in describing the information in the informative vastly descriptive webpage. But, as for those little stumbling blocks we mastered the project. I am truly honored to have the pleasure to come in acquaintance with.