Busy but not forgotten

Oh hello blog. So since my son has come back we have been going to the park and playing everyday. I started doing flash cards with him  i started out with 40 cards now he know 23 ooh i'm so happy.

Writing

I can be the first to tell people writing is not my strong point, give me math questions then writing a paper. But since I been talking classes I have noticed in the first week I had a lot of papers to write. And a blog to write in curiosity to one of my teachers. But then I noticed that the more I wrote the more I learned how to express my self better, I'm not saying I don't make errors but I feel at ease now  going up to someone and asking if they can look over my paper. And I admit once I wrote the paper I never looked at it again. Which is bad. yea bad. I  think I learned a lot this quarter. Now that I look back at it when I went to the Art Institute of Ft.Lauderdale for three years and I think I had written four papers at least . Yea Wow. Its never to late to learn something.

Cultural Body Modification

 I had to write a last journal for sociology this week I had fun writing this paper. My paper was about body modification and how it related to sociology. So I wrote about the beginning with the tribes and how it related to the new tribes of today. Well I am going to paste a copy of my paper here if anyone would like to read it.

 Cultural Body Modification 

When explaining culture one has to know the definition, culture is the ways of acting, and materials objects that together form a people’s way of life. Culture throw out the years are slowly blending us, as people together. This document explains about the past cultures with examples of tribes and what type of body modification they have experience. Also what is taken from these cultures and why today certain people try to resemble modern primitives? In the following how body modification is going too related to sociology.

Body modification has been a part of every different culture globally.  Body modification has been a part of history throughout time. It is said that body modification is linked to religious associations and right of passages to deter other tribes from abducting their women. I feel today body modification is linked to creativity and self-expression. Types of body modification are influenced by the type of culture that is surrounding the people, class they are in, and history that surround that culture.

            In the Chinese culture, especially the T’ang Destiny, area they women would have their feet bound. The women it is the foot binding stated because there was a “concubine of a Chinese prince walked gracefully as if she Skimmed over the top of golden lilies” (Crites, 2005)The woman from the story was adopted to their culture and then started the binding the feet of young woman.  Foot Binding started with the rich because women were depends on servants. This body modification became a social norm for their society.  I believe that foot binding can into the existence to make the woman be subservient to her husband. “Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco” found that women ages 80 and older with bound feet were more likely to have fallen in the previous year and to need assistance in rising from a sitting position. They also had lower bone density in the hip and spine than women with normal feet, increasing their risk of debilitating fractures” (U.C.S.F., 1999).

From the Apatani Tribe, both the men and women modify their body. The practice with the woman is thought to start because the man of the tribe didn’t want males from neighboring tribes to take their woman away from the tribe. According to the tribe “the Apatani women were considered to be the most beautiful ones among all the Arunachal tribes” (Clyde.2012). The Apatani women have plugs put in their nostrils. The men from this tribe have a tattoo of a “T” shaped on their chin.

The Mursi, are a tribe that still performs the body modification of women were they wear plates in their lower lips. The girls from this tribe have their lower lip punctured and they have a small wooden stick put in their lip. Over the leading months the girl stretches the lip by adding bigger plates over a period of time. “When a girl from this tribe does not wear the plate is label to be lazy and not being committed to her culture and husband” (LaTosky, 2012). The stretching of the lip can cause the front bottom teeth to be knocked out. If these woman do not properly take care of their lip infections can happen. This tribe is widely acknowledged due to the fact they have photographers come into the villages and take pictures of the young woman.

In the Island of Borneo, the Dayak and Iban have the Palang is the piercing the Glans Penis horizontally the tribes traditionally use little rods made from gold, copper, bamboo. The term "Palang symbolizes the “protective power of the male over the family” (Morrison, 1998). This modification is performed on men. The Dayak also had tattoos in their culture. Dayak tribes acted as pirates and were also head hunters.

The modern primitive is a person that seeks to return to primitive times. A modern primitive person seeks resemble a person from a primitive culture by modifying their body by piercings, tattoos, and scarification. Some people want to try to relate by projecting the image of a primitive person. Tattooing and piercings have different meanings in different cultures, often as a rite of passage into adulthood or as a means of bonding and marking membership in a particular subgroup (Kulish, 2011). By having the urban primitive person changing their appearance they are creating a subculture. This subculture is taking on the older primitive ways by acknowledging others. The modern people exchange stories almost like the older tribal describing their rights of passage or battle wounds to other in their tribes. Some Americans feels society should “become part of a tribe simply because it is fun” (Haidt, 2008). In the United States, there are people modify their bodies every day. People modify their bodies from minimal modifications as changing hair color to extreme procedures like breast implant or suspensions.

In ending, culture plays significant role in each and everyone’s life globally. Culture is dividing in to norms, moral, and laws. Cultures in group were they establishes a set of norms which is lead often by the elder that a specific group. Some of those are body modifications. Body modifications are found in every group globally some maybe extreme or minimal.

What's the matter with kanas? My respond to the movie.

I believe that a majority of Kansas’ lower income individuals are favoring Republicans is because they relate heavily to a Christian way of thinking. They are also trying to project more conservative ways. Kansas residents are also trying to follow the church’s view to live their lives, and believe that politics are not important in the eyes of God. Because of this, Kansas’ residents have taken to the Republicans because they feel they follow the teachings of God more so than the Democrats. For example, Republicans are against abortion and gay marriage so the residents of Kansas follow without question.

Thomas Frank, the author of the book “What’s the matter with Kansas?” believed that Kansas politics are based more on culture than economic issues. He also stated that people are kept in a constant state of outrage so that they can be robbed blind. The distraction is to focus the people on their moral being, rather than what is really going on in the state. They are more focused on abortion in Kansas because the issue was pushed harder instead of the important issues within the government. This led to the more important issues of the government completely overlooked by the people letting those in power do whatever they pleased. He also wrote about the trickle-down theory. The tickle-down theory is when Republicans use tax cuts for the rich. The money from the taxes is eventually everyone is receiving the money.

Kansas, being a heavy Christian state, is hugely against the big bang theory and follows the bible’s explanation of creation. This is why I feel the majority of the people changed from Democratic to Republicans. I also believe that Kansas is a state that is based more on church and the bible instead of the problems and needs of a modern society. If a Democrat is representing a side that is pushing legalizing gay marriage and abortion while the bible says a man should only be with a woman, to Kansans it clearly goes against the God and they feel they cannot trust someone that doesn’t have the same religious beliefs. I also feel that the Republicans do not care about the lower class. The Republicans care more for the wealthy and this is why they are pushing the religious beliefs to keep Kansans confused.

In the end, I feel the people of Kansas are more likely to vote for someone with the same religious beliefs rather than someone who has their best interests in mind. In the end of the election, Kathleen Sebelius a liberal democrat won the election. She won because she pushed the issues of health and higher education. I believe that Kansas can benefit from someone who believes in the same political issues instead of someone who has the same religious beliefs.

   

Google Drive

So I found out about google drive today. Let me explain google drive it is an app for your phone and you can access your documents on your phone and write. Which is good for me since I am always on the go. Oh technology you amaze me everyday with new things.

What the F*ck

So today is an up setting day. I spilled contact solution on my computer. But on the bright side I have a friend that fixes computers. So he said he will take a look at it. Hopefully he can fix it or at least fine the piece I need for cheap. Oh man.

Generation Me: Entitlement

When doing my entitlement paper I started reading a book the title of the book is called Generation Me: Why today's young Americans are more confident, Assertive, entitled-and more miserable than ever before.  This book is a really good. On the note of entitlement it amazes me when a student comes in late and they begin to disrupt the class and then wonders why their getting a failing grade. I wonder why?

Speech

So Today is my speech presentation and I am scared but I think I'll do good. My presentation is on Industrial Hemp... Wish me luck people. I can do this I talk to everyone anyway so yes I can.

Entitlement

I have read so many articles that include entitlement. I still think that entitlement is still a big issuse with generation "y". Hopefully I do good on my paper

Walmart shopping

So today I went to walmart and did some shopping. Well since we have been discussing entitlement in class, I decided to people watch. I notice this little girl acting up at the store and the mother told her if she stopped then she would buy her a toy. I started thinking of class and all the articles I read and then I thought wow that's how it start the mother basically rewarded the child for being bad. And thought to myself and that's how it begins