Activity 5

For my social action report, I am still debating on a couple topics, but I think I have narrowed it down to the topic of the different stresses that the opposite sexes face based on what society has deemed as right and wrong. I would like to cover different topics such as: dating, school, socializing, and what is expected of he/she in later years. I would like to interview men and women of all ages to gain research in what our society really expects from women or men. Another aspect I could research is how different cultures have varied expectations for the women and men. I am interested in portraying to each sex what it feels like and what is expected from the opposite. Are the expectations of our society for men and women out of control along the lines of body image?--or is this just an individual's problem.

Diversity

The United States is essentially referred to as a melting pot. This term relates to the fact that this country was inhabited by a vast majority of races. The diversity in this country is refreshing and educational. I attended a high school where my graduating class consisted of fifty-six people. My class was all white students. There was one Asain student in my entire school and about six black students in the school--Kindergarten through high school. Needless to say, I never experienced much diversity. When I came to college I finally had the chance to socialize with people of different races than mine. I felt too sheltered and unexperienced to the diversity of a world outside of my little home town.

Activity One: Linguistic History

During elementary school, most of my writings were actually rewriting stories. In class we would read a story, then after, we were supposed to rewrite what we remembered from the story. I suppose this exercise increased our reading comprehension and aided our grammar skills. I also remember stapled phamlets that had statements at the beginnning and we were to finish with a story, such as: "If I were a bird..." I also wrote letters to my mom and dad. At the time, I thought they were letters, but most of them just said "I love you." I wrote in a diary once in a while. I never stuck with writing in a diary all the time though. I would write for a week then forget the next week and eventually pick back up a month later.

I do not think writing is a hard task. I think the idea of writing is actually harder than the task itself. When I have a paper due, my initial thoughts are negative, but when I actually sit down and begin, t is not a hard task at all. I had a journalism and college writing course in high school which helped a great deal when I started college. In high school I was on the school newspaper, but I mostly did polls and managed the quote of the day (the paper was on the internet.)

Hi

Hi. My name is Cassie McAfee. I am a senior and my major is art education and art history is my minor. I am new to blogging, but I am looking forward to the class.