Julia Margaret Cameron was born on June 11th 1815 in India. She was the second of seven daughters. Her father, James Pattle, was an Englishman, and her mother Adeline Pattle was of French descent. In 1838 she married Charles Cameron. She was educated in France and England traveled to South Africa with her parents, returned to India with her husband, and then took her family to England after her husband’s retirement in 1848.
Julia Margaret Cameron was among the most original British photographers of the 19th century. Ms. Cameron was very distinguished in contrast of her sisters due to her generosity, ardent enthusiasms and artistic talents. When Julia was 48 years old her daughter gave her a camera as a gift and consequently she started photography very late in her life. She found that photography was an ideal outlet for her creative talents. She produced most of her work from home and she developed her own darkroom. Most of the people that she photographed were from her own family, personal social circle and many prominent figures in the community. The collection of her works indicated the ambition of an artist whose career lasted little more than a decade. In less than ten years she was able to produce a collection of art contributing significantly to the world of photography.
She photographed people, historical scenes and literacy works. She experienced her inspiration from literacy works and paintings by Raphael, Giotto, and Michelangelo. Her photography was unconventional and she consistently created a blue hue due to exposure time that was too long. The subject would move and she would leave the lens out of focus purposely. She used the soft-focus lens and very dramatic lighting effects. She was more interested in the spiritual depth of her art, than in technical perfection. Her technical ability was often criticized, but her portraits were considered exceptional in quality. She remains known for her unique portraits of famous men and romantic, allegorical images of women. She quickly gained mastery of the art of photography and developed into one of photography’s most noteworthy pioneers and innovators.
I love this photo by Julia Cameron. It’s so intriguing. Even though the lighting is a little dark the details, with such a contrast of light and shadowing, gives the photography a 3 d effect. The way that the young lady is resting her head on the background is phenomenal. The background is interesting but not overwhelming to the photo’s main subject. Looking at her holding the necklace with her hand gives me insight that maybe she misses someone or she is waiting for someone to come for her, a lover perhaps. The young lady and her dress are very beautiful and I feel that Ms. Cameron really captured her beauty and the emotions that the girl is experiencing.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Groups History
1) Johannes Gutenberg:
Johannes Gutenberg was an inventor, blacksmith, goldsmith, stonecutter, printer and publisher. He is most famous for the invention of the movable printing press. Before the printing press was invented; manuscripts, documents and books had to be written out by hand. Consequently there were poorly kept records. This was a very time consuming and tedious task. For example stories and songs were passed from generation to generation verbally and became changed over time. The printing press could be used and reused. The individual letters were easily movable and they were brought together to make a page. Since letters could be arranged into any format, an infinite variety of texts could be printed with limited man power and considerably improved speed. Without the invention of the movable type printing press the world would not be the same today. Gutenberg’s press was a slow and tedious process but made a major impact on the future production of the written word.
2) The Medici:
The Medici family lived in Florence, Italy during the 14 century. They were a wealthy family that gained power through the Medici Bank. They developed the double entry bookkeeping system that kept records that tracked credit and debts. The most important accomplishments of this family were through the sponsorship of the arts. The Medici family wanted to finish the dome of the cathedral in Florence to enhance art and gain more political power. This type of architecture had never been attempted before and the people of Florence thought that it would fail. The dome was successfully finished and the Medici family became recognized as the most powerful family in Florence, Italy. The Medici dome served as a model for western architecture. Many buildings were inspired by this design like the US capital in Washington, DC. The capital in Washington, DC became an inspiration for some of the 50 states in America. Domes are an important symbol of the United State’s government. The Medici family’s ideal of how to communicate the whole concept of strength, power and prestige by the use of architecture was obviously historically influencial. This message of power by use of a unique dome has gone down through history as being significant and demands attention for generations long after its creators have been gone.
3) Christopher Columbus:
Historically Europeans had used the route known as the Silk Road a passage between China and India. The land route to Asia became very dangerous and difficult to travel because there were pirates and bandits. Consequently Portuguese explorers and King John the II sought to reach Asia by going around Africa in 1488. India was the source of precious spices and other rare goods, but reaching it by sailing east was difficult, because Africa blocked the way. During this time Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer and a navigator and he disputed the myth that the world was flat and he felt that he could reach India by sailing west. Columbus convinced Queen Isabella that he could find a better way to reach Asia. Queen Elizabeth granted him permission to go provided him with money and three sailing ships. He was appointed admiral of the seas by the queen and promised he would receive some of the profit if he agreed to bring back valuable goods for Spain. On August 3rd 1492 he made his first voyage across the sea reaching the Bahamas and he thought that he was in Asia. Columbus accomplished two more voyages which included the discovery of America. The Vikings had discovered America long before Columbus but he is important because his explorations made Europeans more aware of the new world and helped to encourage more explorations of North and South America. He enlarged the known world by inspiring other explorers to discover additional parts the world.
4) Napoleon Bonaparte:
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution. He rose to prominence under the French First Republic. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code was a major influence on civil law jurisdictions worldwide. The Napoleonic Code refused privilege based on birth rank, allowed freedom of religion, and specified government jobs were to be held by the most qualified people. This code remains a basis of European Continental law to this day. He is most remembered for his role in the wars that was led against France by a series of coalitions called the Napoleonic Wars. In 1799, he staged a coup and elected himself as the first consul and then the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. He established term hegemony which is authority or control or dominating influence by one person or group especially by a political group over a society. He consolidated the imperial monarchy of the Regime. Napoleon’s reputation has survived generations. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time and his campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world even today.
5) The Renaissance:
The Renaissance was a movement during the 14th and 17th centuries. Renaissance means rebirth in knowledge. Science and the arts were becoming more significant. It began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. As a cultural movement, it encompassed Latin and vernacular literatures, the development of linear perspective and other techniques such as more natural reality in paintings. In politics the Renaissance contributed the development of the conventions of diplomacy. In science there was an increased reliance on observation. This period is best known for artistic development. Secular music is non-religious music and it was becoming more popular during this time with a rise in instrumental music and dance music. The printing press was invented during this time and people considered the printing press to be the most important contribution to civilization in the last one thousand years. The printing press allowed music to be printed quickly. Before the Renaissance the music had to be copied by hand. The Renaissance was important because it awakened the world from a very long sleep. The Middle Ages had ruined people's dreams and forced them into an meaningless pattern of life. The Renaissance period brought progression, change, and beauty. The Renaissance was an important turning point in Western thinking and cultural tradition. All of these changes centered on the idea of Humanism in which, people became less "God Centered" and more "Human-centered". The scientific advancements and the music and art created are still enjoyed today.
1) Causes of WWI:
World War I was started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia of Austria in 1914 and than the war continued until 1918. This war was between the allied powers France, England, Russia and the United States of America and the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungry and Turkey. The German government had sided with Austria and had agreed that they would support Austria. The political leadership in Germany didn’t really desire to be involved in the war but was pulled in by their pre-war alliance to Austria but other factors that influenced Germany’ participation were nationalism, imperialist competition, and militarism.
Nationalism was a product of unified Germany that occurred around 1871. Under Otto Von Bismark’s leadership he accomplished major architect building of a nation by the creation of a united Germany. His accomplishments were a mammoth success in land growth. This was a period in Germany’s history where a dramatic nation building was accomplished by unifying multiple territories and states using military force. Germany had been transformed into a major continental power. Consequently people of various political beliefs agreed that national unity was the ultimate goal and Germany was high on success and felt invincible.
On the home front the German citizens supported and glorified war and consequently welcomed war and cheered about it under the premise of nationalism. The feelings for the need to expand national unity were strong and people thought that war would make them even greater and all agreed that Germany could not forfeit any land. To date Germany had never lost a major conflict and many of the populous had been raised with strong feelings of nationalism. The German government had spread propaganda that the war would not last very long. The German people did not recognize the inability of their emperor Kaiser William to lead with military savvy as past leaders had done.
The government, with the support of the German people’s encouragement, recruited young, under educated boys from schools and universities. They told the boys that it was their duty to serve for their country and that if they accepted and conscripted, the war would be a very beautiful and glorious opportunity for them and if they died for their country they would be considered national heroes. These young men were usually between the ages of 18 and 19 and had no idea what war was all about. They joined the German army quickly because they were naïve, excited, and sought adventure. Germany’s participation in WWI was the precursor for WWII. Historically Germany has a lingering reputation of the desire to rule others and has become famous for outstanding war atrocities.
2) Lenin:
Vladimir Lenin was born a Russian in 1870 and lived until 1924. He is well known as a Marxist revolutionary and he became a strong communist leader in Russia. Europe was in the chaos of WWI and Russia was on the brink of national chaos. Its people were demanding the end of war, land reform and the end of shortages of goods. Lenin had been exiled from Russia for his radical views. The Tsar of Russia, Nicholas Romanov II was overthrown by Lenin, the leader of the political party known as the Bolshevik’s in 1917. By initiating the Bolshevik Revolution Lenin seized control of the government. He created a communist country that is called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic which was later renamed the U.S.S.R. Since his death in 1924 he has been idolized by the Russian people as a genius, leader and teacher of people of the world. Historically Lenin is arguably the most significant person in the world of Russian politics.
3) The League of Nations:
The League of Nations was the first international organization, established in 1919, whose goal was to maintain world peace. The League of Nations headquarters was in Geneva. The League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations in 1945. The United Nations headquarters is in NYC and it sits on international land. The United Nations helps to prevent wars, disarmament, helps to settle disputes between countries, make treaties, have just treatment of native people, help to control human and drug trafficking, arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe.
One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone is born free and equal, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of a person, that no one should be in slavery, that slavery is prohibited and no one should be subject to torture, or cruelty. Everyone has the right to recognition as a person; no one should be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. This law says that everyone is entitled to a fair public hearing; and in a penal offence they have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law attacks, the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state, the right to nationality, the right to seek and to enjoy life, and everyone has the right to marry and start a family. Everyone has the right to own property, the right to freedom of thought, the right to freedom and expression, the right to a peaceful assembly, the right to participate in government, the right to social security, the right to work, the right to have rest and leisure, the right for adequate living, the right to education, the right to freely participate in cultural life, and are entitled to the social and international order.
The UN has developed effective mechanisms to protect human rights, benefiting people all over the world. Currently there are 193 countries in the world that have membership in the United Nations working toward understanding and improving communication to decrease world dissention.
4) Containment:
Containment was a United States policy immediately following WWII with the focus to prevent the spread of communism. The policy was first established by George F. Kennan in 1947. This policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge the communist influence on Eastern Europe. Containment stated that communism needed to be contained or it would spread to neighboring countries. This spread would be very rapid and cause the Domino effect. The Domino effect is that if one country fell to communism, then each surrounding counties would fall as well, like a row of dominoes. During this time President Harry Truman warned of the evils of communism threatened the democratic freedom of its people. The Soviet Union wanted a world modeled on their own country’s society and values. Even though the Soviets claimed they provided all citizens with economic and social rights, the US saw communism as a slave state that control the private life and thoughts of its citizens. The threat violated both the democratic rights and civil liberties of its citizens. Therefore this threat required the continued efforts by the United States to make sure that it did not spread to the homeland and other nations that had not moved politically towards communism. As such, this Policy of Containment stated that the US would try to stop (contain) the spread of Communism by creating strategic alliances or support to help weak countries to resist Soviet advances. Currently many countries of the world continue to be concerned toward the threat of not being able to contain communism.
5) The Paris Peace Conference:
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. They met, discussed various options and developed a series of treaties called the Paris Peace Treaties. These treaties reshaped the map of Europe with new borders and countries, imposed war guilt and had stiff financial penalties. Germany and Russia were not invited to attend because of their aggressions during WWI. For six months Paris was effectively the center of a world government. The results included a peace treaty that declared Germany guilty, weakened its military, and required them to pay all the costs of the wars to the Allied Powers, Great Britain, Russia, France and Belgium. Unsatisfied with these results the United States returned to pre- war isolation, never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, never joined the League of Nations, and signed separate peace treaties with the three countries it had declared war against. Historians state that with the agreed division of property into states they became rivals to each other and were politically and economically weak. The main concerns by all countries involved after the Paris Peace Conference were economically hardships and maintenance of world peace. These issues reached far into the future for all countries concerned
Johannes Gutenberg was an inventor, blacksmith, goldsmith, stonecutter, printer and publisher. He is most famous for the invention of the movable printing press. Before the printing press was invented; manuscripts, documents and books had to be written out by hand. Consequently there were poorly kept records. This was a very time consuming and tedious task. For example stories and songs were passed from generation to generation verbally and became changed over time. The printing press could be used and reused. The individual letters were easily movable and they were brought together to make a page. Since letters could be arranged into any format, an infinite variety of texts could be printed with limited man power and considerably improved speed. Without the invention of the movable type printing press the world would not be the same today. Gutenberg’s press was a slow and tedious process but made a major impact on the future production of the written word.
2) The Medici:
The Medici family lived in Florence, Italy during the 14 century. They were a wealthy family that gained power through the Medici Bank. They developed the double entry bookkeeping system that kept records that tracked credit and debts. The most important accomplishments of this family were through the sponsorship of the arts. The Medici family wanted to finish the dome of the cathedral in Florence to enhance art and gain more political power. This type of architecture had never been attempted before and the people of Florence thought that it would fail. The dome was successfully finished and the Medici family became recognized as the most powerful family in Florence, Italy. The Medici dome served as a model for western architecture. Many buildings were inspired by this design like the US capital in Washington, DC. The capital in Washington, DC became an inspiration for some of the 50 states in America. Domes are an important symbol of the United State’s government. The Medici family’s ideal of how to communicate the whole concept of strength, power and prestige by the use of architecture was obviously historically influencial. This message of power by use of a unique dome has gone down through history as being significant and demands attention for generations long after its creators have been gone.
3) Christopher Columbus:
Historically Europeans had used the route known as the Silk Road a passage between China and India. The land route to Asia became very dangerous and difficult to travel because there were pirates and bandits. Consequently Portuguese explorers and King John the II sought to reach Asia by going around Africa in 1488. India was the source of precious spices and other rare goods, but reaching it by sailing east was difficult, because Africa blocked the way. During this time Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer and a navigator and he disputed the myth that the world was flat and he felt that he could reach India by sailing west. Columbus convinced Queen Isabella that he could find a better way to reach Asia. Queen Elizabeth granted him permission to go provided him with money and three sailing ships. He was appointed admiral of the seas by the queen and promised he would receive some of the profit if he agreed to bring back valuable goods for Spain. On August 3rd 1492 he made his first voyage across the sea reaching the Bahamas and he thought that he was in Asia. Columbus accomplished two more voyages which included the discovery of America. The Vikings had discovered America long before Columbus but he is important because his explorations made Europeans more aware of the new world and helped to encourage more explorations of North and South America. He enlarged the known world by inspiring other explorers to discover additional parts the world.
4) Napoleon Bonaparte:
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution. He rose to prominence under the French First Republic. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code was a major influence on civil law jurisdictions worldwide. The Napoleonic Code refused privilege based on birth rank, allowed freedom of religion, and specified government jobs were to be held by the most qualified people. This code remains a basis of European Continental law to this day. He is most remembered for his role in the wars that was led against France by a series of coalitions called the Napoleonic Wars. In 1799, he staged a coup and elected himself as the first consul and then the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. He established term hegemony which is authority or control or dominating influence by one person or group especially by a political group over a society. He consolidated the imperial monarchy of the Regime. Napoleon’s reputation has survived generations. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time and his campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world even today.
5) The Renaissance:
The Renaissance was a movement during the 14th and 17th centuries. Renaissance means rebirth in knowledge. Science and the arts were becoming more significant. It began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. As a cultural movement, it encompassed Latin and vernacular literatures, the development of linear perspective and other techniques such as more natural reality in paintings. In politics the Renaissance contributed the development of the conventions of diplomacy. In science there was an increased reliance on observation. This period is best known for artistic development. Secular music is non-religious music and it was becoming more popular during this time with a rise in instrumental music and dance music. The printing press was invented during this time and people considered the printing press to be the most important contribution to civilization in the last one thousand years. The printing press allowed music to be printed quickly. Before the Renaissance the music had to be copied by hand. The Renaissance was important because it awakened the world from a very long sleep. The Middle Ages had ruined people's dreams and forced them into an meaningless pattern of life. The Renaissance period brought progression, change, and beauty. The Renaissance was an important turning point in Western thinking and cultural tradition. All of these changes centered on the idea of Humanism in which, people became less "God Centered" and more "Human-centered". The scientific advancements and the music and art created are still enjoyed today.
1) Causes of WWI:
World War I was started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia of Austria in 1914 and than the war continued until 1918. This war was between the allied powers France, England, Russia and the United States of America and the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungry and Turkey. The German government had sided with Austria and had agreed that they would support Austria. The political leadership in Germany didn’t really desire to be involved in the war but was pulled in by their pre-war alliance to Austria but other factors that influenced Germany’ participation were nationalism, imperialist competition, and militarism.
Nationalism was a product of unified Germany that occurred around 1871. Under Otto Von Bismark’s leadership he accomplished major architect building of a nation by the creation of a united Germany. His accomplishments were a mammoth success in land growth. This was a period in Germany’s history where a dramatic nation building was accomplished by unifying multiple territories and states using military force. Germany had been transformed into a major continental power. Consequently people of various political beliefs agreed that national unity was the ultimate goal and Germany was high on success and felt invincible.
On the home front the German citizens supported and glorified war and consequently welcomed war and cheered about it under the premise of nationalism. The feelings for the need to expand national unity were strong and people thought that war would make them even greater and all agreed that Germany could not forfeit any land. To date Germany had never lost a major conflict and many of the populous had been raised with strong feelings of nationalism. The German government had spread propaganda that the war would not last very long. The German people did not recognize the inability of their emperor Kaiser William to lead with military savvy as past leaders had done.
The government, with the support of the German people’s encouragement, recruited young, under educated boys from schools and universities. They told the boys that it was their duty to serve for their country and that if they accepted and conscripted, the war would be a very beautiful and glorious opportunity for them and if they died for their country they would be considered national heroes. These young men were usually between the ages of 18 and 19 and had no idea what war was all about. They joined the German army quickly because they were naïve, excited, and sought adventure. Germany’s participation in WWI was the precursor for WWII. Historically Germany has a lingering reputation of the desire to rule others and has become famous for outstanding war atrocities.
2) Lenin:
Vladimir Lenin was born a Russian in 1870 and lived until 1924. He is well known as a Marxist revolutionary and he became a strong communist leader in Russia. Europe was in the chaos of WWI and Russia was on the brink of national chaos. Its people were demanding the end of war, land reform and the end of shortages of goods. Lenin had been exiled from Russia for his radical views. The Tsar of Russia, Nicholas Romanov II was overthrown by Lenin, the leader of the political party known as the Bolshevik’s in 1917. By initiating the Bolshevik Revolution Lenin seized control of the government. He created a communist country that is called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic which was later renamed the U.S.S.R. Since his death in 1924 he has been idolized by the Russian people as a genius, leader and teacher of people of the world. Historically Lenin is arguably the most significant person in the world of Russian politics.
3) The League of Nations:
The League of Nations was the first international organization, established in 1919, whose goal was to maintain world peace. The League of Nations headquarters was in Geneva. The League of Nations was replaced by the United Nations in 1945. The United Nations headquarters is in NYC and it sits on international land. The United Nations helps to prevent wars, disarmament, helps to settle disputes between countries, make treaties, have just treatment of native people, help to control human and drug trafficking, arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe.
One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone is born free and equal, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of a person, that no one should be in slavery, that slavery is prohibited and no one should be subject to torture, or cruelty. Everyone has the right to recognition as a person; no one should be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. This law says that everyone is entitled to a fair public hearing; and in a penal offence they have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law attacks, the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state, the right to nationality, the right to seek and to enjoy life, and everyone has the right to marry and start a family. Everyone has the right to own property, the right to freedom of thought, the right to freedom and expression, the right to a peaceful assembly, the right to participate in government, the right to social security, the right to work, the right to have rest and leisure, the right for adequate living, the right to education, the right to freely participate in cultural life, and are entitled to the social and international order.
The UN has developed effective mechanisms to protect human rights, benefiting people all over the world. Currently there are 193 countries in the world that have membership in the United Nations working toward understanding and improving communication to decrease world dissention.
4) Containment:
Containment was a United States policy immediately following WWII with the focus to prevent the spread of communism. The policy was first established by George F. Kennan in 1947. This policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge the communist influence on Eastern Europe. Containment stated that communism needed to be contained or it would spread to neighboring countries. This spread would be very rapid and cause the Domino effect. The Domino effect is that if one country fell to communism, then each surrounding counties would fall as well, like a row of dominoes. During this time President Harry Truman warned of the evils of communism threatened the democratic freedom of its people. The Soviet Union wanted a world modeled on their own country’s society and values. Even though the Soviets claimed they provided all citizens with economic and social rights, the US saw communism as a slave state that control the private life and thoughts of its citizens. The threat violated both the democratic rights and civil liberties of its citizens. Therefore this threat required the continued efforts by the United States to make sure that it did not spread to the homeland and other nations that had not moved politically towards communism. As such, this Policy of Containment stated that the US would try to stop (contain) the spread of Communism by creating strategic alliances or support to help weak countries to resist Soviet advances. Currently many countries of the world continue to be concerned toward the threat of not being able to contain communism.
5) The Paris Peace Conference:
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of Allied victors following the end of WWI to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. They met, discussed various options and developed a series of treaties called the Paris Peace Treaties. These treaties reshaped the map of Europe with new borders and countries, imposed war guilt and had stiff financial penalties. Germany and Russia were not invited to attend because of their aggressions during WWI. For six months Paris was effectively the center of a world government. The results included a peace treaty that declared Germany guilty, weakened its military, and required them to pay all the costs of the wars to the Allied Powers, Great Britain, Russia, France and Belgium. Unsatisfied with these results the United States returned to pre- war isolation, never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, never joined the League of Nations, and signed separate peace treaties with the three countries it had declared war against. Historians state that with the agreed division of property into states they became rivals to each other and were politically and economically weak. The main concerns by all countries involved after the Paris Peace Conference were economically hardships and maintenance of world peace. These issues reached far into the future for all countries concerned
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Odd Rod
On April 4th 2012 Odd Rod came to the Corning Community College triangle lounge. The room was filled with cheering as he showed everyone his incredible talent. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up in poverty, his mother was addicted to drugs and his dad was not in the picture. Through his experiences of being a kid and his pain and suffering he discovered that he had a natural talent for poetry. He sat down and just started writing. He said that he is a people poet. He doesn’t use big words to express his feelings. He spoke the poetry from his heart and he uses simple, easy to understand words to get his message across. He now travels around the country to colleges and speaks his poetry to encourage the talents and college students to not be afraid to be “odd” in their own way. An example of his work exactly as he wrote is:
“Priceless
On everything I believe and everything I say
I know I won’t be half the man that I have become today
If momma hadn’t been on drugs and daddy hadn’t strayed
I probably would’ve took less thoughts about the choices that I made
I’ve watched my piers throughout the years (who had both parents home)
Get everything they’d want as kids but suffer when there’re grown
I didn’t have that much back then I used to dream a lot
Those dreams had reached realities I’m blessed with what I got
I mean no harm in what I say I’m not the type to brag
It’s just I appreciate the times when “times were bad”
I appreciate the poverty I am thankful for the pain
I know I’ll defeat them both if they returned again
I am stronger than the average man in fact, I am more unique
I speak with good intentions but I’ll show I’m from the streets
So when you see the fancy wheels the latest jewels or clothes
Know I care less for them my past is valued most
My struggle turned to be a gift it made a man of me
For if I hadn’t gone through that I’m not sure who’d I be”
He was an uplifting, extremely enjoyable, educational experience.
“Priceless
On everything I believe and everything I say
I know I won’t be half the man that I have become today
If momma hadn’t been on drugs and daddy hadn’t strayed
I probably would’ve took less thoughts about the choices that I made
I’ve watched my piers throughout the years (who had both parents home)
Get everything they’d want as kids but suffer when there’re grown
I didn’t have that much back then I used to dream a lot
Those dreams had reached realities I’m blessed with what I got
I mean no harm in what I say I’m not the type to brag
It’s just I appreciate the times when “times were bad”
I appreciate the poverty I am thankful for the pain
I know I’ll defeat them both if they returned again
I am stronger than the average man in fact, I am more unique
I speak with good intentions but I’ll show I’m from the streets
So when you see the fancy wheels the latest jewels or clothes
Know I care less for them my past is valued most
My struggle turned to be a gift it made a man of me
For if I hadn’t gone through that I’m not sure who’d I be”
He was an uplifting, extremely enjoyable, educational experience.
Locus of Control
The locus of control theory explains that the level of control that a person thinks that they have determines the outcome of their life. The locus of control can be internal where they believe that they can control their life or external where they think that the environment or a higher power controls their life and they can do nothing to alter its course. The locus of control shows how people view the world and their roles in determining the outcome of heir life. People who believe in internal locus of control feel more empowered and positive about their life versus people who believe in external control feel helpless and more like a victim.
People who have a strong internal locus of control emphasize achievement, strive for things that will improve their situation, work hard to develop knowledge, skills and abilities, are inquisitive, take note of information they gain from experiences and use it to make positive outcomes in the future, and have a more participant management style. For example if a person was in a car accident a person with an internal locus of control would say that they hit the tree because they were driving too fast and that they should drive more slowly next time. A person that has an external locus of control would say that they hit the tree because God made them swerve off the road and hit the tree and they can’t do anything to change the fact that God wanted to warn them about their sins and He may not be so generous next time.
People who have a strong internal locus of control emphasize achievement, strive for things that will improve their situation, work hard to develop knowledge, skills and abilities, are inquisitive, take note of information they gain from experiences and use it to make positive outcomes in the future, and have a more participant management style. For example if a person was in a car accident a person with an internal locus of control would say that they hit the tree because they were driving too fast and that they should drive more slowly next time. A person that has an external locus of control would say that they hit the tree because God made them swerve off the road and hit the tree and they can’t do anything to change the fact that God wanted to warn them about their sins and He may not be so generous next time.
All Quiet On the Western Front
World War One was started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia of Austria in 1914 and than the war continued until 1918. This war was between the allied powers France, England, Russia and the United States of America and the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungry and Turkey. The German government had sided with Austria and had agreed that they would support Austria. The political leadership in Germany didn’t really desire to be involved in the war but was pulled in by their pre-war alliance to Austria but other factors that influenced Germany’ participation were nationalism, imperialist competition, and militarism.
Nationalism was a product of unified Germany that occurred around 1871. Under Otto Von Bismark’s leadership he accomplished major architect building of a nation by the creation of a united Germany. His accomplishments were a mammoth success in land growth. This was a period in Germany’s history where a dramatic nation building was accomplished by unifying multiple territories and states using military force. Germany had been transformed into a major continental power. Consequently people of various political beliefs agreed that national unity was the ultimate goal and Germany was high on success and felt invincible.
On the home front the German citizens supported and glorified war and consequently welcomed war and cheered about it under the premise of nationalism. The feelings for the need to expand national unity were strong and people thought that war would make them even greater and all agreed that Germany could not forfeit any land. To date Germany had never lost a major conflict and many of the populous had been raised with strong feelings of nationalism. The German government had spread propaganda that the war would not last very long. The German people did not recognize the inability of their emperor Kaiser William to lead with military savvy as past leaders had done.
The government, with the support of the German people’s encouragement, recruited young, under educated boys from schools and universities. They told the boys that it was their duty to serve for their country and that if they accepted and conscripted, the war would be a very beautiful and glorious opportunity for them and if they died for their country they would be considered national heroes. These young men were usually between the ages of 18 and 19 and had no idea what war was all about. They joined the German army quickly because they were naïve, excited, sought adventure, wanted to travel and thought they would miss out on something if they didn’t go right away because the war would be short lived. In the end they would all find out that war is not glorious, that they had been misled and that they would be exposed to the most horrific horrors and 2 million would die.
After returning from the war front in 1929 Erich Maria Remarque wrote the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque was a German citizen who had experienced the war first hand and was angry about being a part of it. Remarque a young German man was enticed to join the war through propaganda. He like many others was young and left school to join in the cause due to the encouragement from others. The war novel is seen through the eyes of 19 year old Paul Baumer and his classmates. The young men in the novel would find out quickly that war was not a glorious event. The war was a nightmare and there was no way out of their dilemma. “All at once everything seems to me confused and hopeless. Kropp feels it too. It will go pretty hard with us all. But nobody at home seems to worry much about it. Two years of shells and bombs-a man won’t peel that off as easy as a sock” (Remarque 87).
They would fight everyday without really knowing who or why they were fighting. The young men wanted to go home and had a better solution to war than having men fight. “Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it among them selves. Whoever survives, his country wins. That would be much simpler and more just than this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting” (Remarque 40).
The western front was formed by the Germans as they continued to advance into France. The front itself really consisted of deep trenches that the men dug out, lived, built close relationships, hid and fought from for days at a time, hence the name of Remarque’s book “I listen; the sound is behind me. They are our people moving along the trench. At once a new warmth flows through me. These voices, these few quiet words, these footsteps in the trench behind me recall me at a bound from terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed. They are more to me that life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades” (Remarque 215).
He wrote about how the soldiers would march for miles and food was very scarce. “We bagged five tins altogether. The fellows over there are well looked after; it seems a luxury to us with our hunger-pangs, our turnip jam, and meat so scarce that we simply grab at it. Haie has scored a thin loaf of white French bread, and stuck it in behind his belt like a spade. It is a bit bloody at one corner, but that can be cut off” (Remarque118). At night they couldn’t sleep because of the constant bombing outside and rats. They would dream of when they would be home again. Some of the men in the company had wives and children and farms they wanted to see again. But Paul and his friends didn’t feel that they really had anyone or anything to go back to but Paul dreamed of falling in love. He stated that “Between the glowing columns of the cloister is the cool darkness that only churches have, and I stand there and wonder whether, when I am twenty, I shall have experienced the bewildering emotions of love”(Remarque119). He was a romantic man and wanted to experience love like older men in his company had but he would never get the chance because at the close of the novel he is killed in action.
The war progressed on and bankrupted the German government. Because Germany depended upon outside trade there were no guns or ammunition and they resorted to hiring chemists to help alleviate lacking war supplies by substitution. The war lasted much longer than the German government had promised. The farmers lacked laborers to work the lands because many of the young men were dying in battle. Consequently there was a massive food shortage and many of the German people died from starvation. They had lost 50% of their milk supply and had no potatoes for the winter and experienced in 1916-1917 winters of the turnips, a food previously feed to animals, just to survive.
After the war the streets were not safe because the German government had been so disorganized that they had no system to disarm the soldiers and the streets were full of wandering, armed and disillusioned soldiers when they returned home. If the soldiers survived the war they came home to food shortage and many would die from weakness, disease or starvation. 750,000 people died after the war because of starvation.
The German people could not accept losing the war. They blamed their weak politicians for their defeat. Consequently they forced their emperor Kaiser William II out of power. The war brought with it severe economic disaster, a serious loss of manpower, traumatized civilians, and protests that included previous soldiers. The whole country was especially angry over the Treaty of Versailles. The German government and people were forced to forfeit already acquired lands and were subject to huge war debts.
Consequently when Remarque wrote his novel one can understand the tone of the book. Many have classified this book as an antiwar book, but it is also a book about the perilous of war done under an unnecessary and false rationalization. He wrote the book in 1929 exposing within his literature the bare, gruesome facts of an unsuccessful endeavor. His book was accepted by the German people and they could not dispute his explanations and human reactions. The German people had suffered a plight too by being deceived and suffered the consequences in a variety of ways. It becomes very clear why the German people were so ripe to accept the mad screaming propaganda of promises made by Adolph Hitler. As Hitler gained strength Remarque’s book came into major dispute. Hitler ordered all the books of All Is Quiet on the Western Front burned in 1933. Remarque escaped Germany with his family to America and lived out his days. However his sister remained in Germany and was eventually captured, tortured and killed by Hitler’s new regime as a substitute for Remarque. By destroying anyone or anything that disputed him, Hitler was preparing the German government for a new leadership, a promise of renewed power and recognition as a force to reckon with.
Works Cited
Remarque, Erich. All Quiet on the Western Front. Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1928. Print
Hunt, Lynn et.al. The Making of the West. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin. 2007. Print
Lualdi, Katharine. Sources of the Making of the West. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin. 2010. Print
Nationalism was a product of unified Germany that occurred around 1871. Under Otto Von Bismark’s leadership he accomplished major architect building of a nation by the creation of a united Germany. His accomplishments were a mammoth success in land growth. This was a period in Germany’s history where a dramatic nation building was accomplished by unifying multiple territories and states using military force. Germany had been transformed into a major continental power. Consequently people of various political beliefs agreed that national unity was the ultimate goal and Germany was high on success and felt invincible.
On the home front the German citizens supported and glorified war and consequently welcomed war and cheered about it under the premise of nationalism. The feelings for the need to expand national unity were strong and people thought that war would make them even greater and all agreed that Germany could not forfeit any land. To date Germany had never lost a major conflict and many of the populous had been raised with strong feelings of nationalism. The German government had spread propaganda that the war would not last very long. The German people did not recognize the inability of their emperor Kaiser William to lead with military savvy as past leaders had done.
The government, with the support of the German people’s encouragement, recruited young, under educated boys from schools and universities. They told the boys that it was their duty to serve for their country and that if they accepted and conscripted, the war would be a very beautiful and glorious opportunity for them and if they died for their country they would be considered national heroes. These young men were usually between the ages of 18 and 19 and had no idea what war was all about. They joined the German army quickly because they were naïve, excited, sought adventure, wanted to travel and thought they would miss out on something if they didn’t go right away because the war would be short lived. In the end they would all find out that war is not glorious, that they had been misled and that they would be exposed to the most horrific horrors and 2 million would die.
After returning from the war front in 1929 Erich Maria Remarque wrote the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque was a German citizen who had experienced the war first hand and was angry about being a part of it. Remarque a young German man was enticed to join the war through propaganda. He like many others was young and left school to join in the cause due to the encouragement from others. The war novel is seen through the eyes of 19 year old Paul Baumer and his classmates. The young men in the novel would find out quickly that war was not a glorious event. The war was a nightmare and there was no way out of their dilemma. “All at once everything seems to me confused and hopeless. Kropp feels it too. It will go pretty hard with us all. But nobody at home seems to worry much about it. Two years of shells and bombs-a man won’t peel that off as easy as a sock” (Remarque 87).
They would fight everyday without really knowing who or why they were fighting. The young men wanted to go home and had a better solution to war than having men fight. “Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it among them selves. Whoever survives, his country wins. That would be much simpler and more just than this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting” (Remarque 40).
The western front was formed by the Germans as they continued to advance into France. The front itself really consisted of deep trenches that the men dug out, lived, built close relationships, hid and fought from for days at a time, hence the name of Remarque’s book “I listen; the sound is behind me. They are our people moving along the trench. At once a new warmth flows through me. These voices, these few quiet words, these footsteps in the trench behind me recall me at a bound from terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed. They are more to me that life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades” (Remarque 215).
He wrote about how the soldiers would march for miles and food was very scarce. “We bagged five tins altogether. The fellows over there are well looked after; it seems a luxury to us with our hunger-pangs, our turnip jam, and meat so scarce that we simply grab at it. Haie has scored a thin loaf of white French bread, and stuck it in behind his belt like a spade. It is a bit bloody at one corner, but that can be cut off” (Remarque118). At night they couldn’t sleep because of the constant bombing outside and rats. They would dream of when they would be home again. Some of the men in the company had wives and children and farms they wanted to see again. But Paul and his friends didn’t feel that they really had anyone or anything to go back to but Paul dreamed of falling in love. He stated that “Between the glowing columns of the cloister is the cool darkness that only churches have, and I stand there and wonder whether, when I am twenty, I shall have experienced the bewildering emotions of love”(Remarque119). He was a romantic man and wanted to experience love like older men in his company had but he would never get the chance because at the close of the novel he is killed in action.
The war progressed on and bankrupted the German government. Because Germany depended upon outside trade there were no guns or ammunition and they resorted to hiring chemists to help alleviate lacking war supplies by substitution. The war lasted much longer than the German government had promised. The farmers lacked laborers to work the lands because many of the young men were dying in battle. Consequently there was a massive food shortage and many of the German people died from starvation. They had lost 50% of their milk supply and had no potatoes for the winter and experienced in 1916-1917 winters of the turnips, a food previously feed to animals, just to survive.
After the war the streets were not safe because the German government had been so disorganized that they had no system to disarm the soldiers and the streets were full of wandering, armed and disillusioned soldiers when they returned home. If the soldiers survived the war they came home to food shortage and many would die from weakness, disease or starvation. 750,000 people died after the war because of starvation.
The German people could not accept losing the war. They blamed their weak politicians for their defeat. Consequently they forced their emperor Kaiser William II out of power. The war brought with it severe economic disaster, a serious loss of manpower, traumatized civilians, and protests that included previous soldiers. The whole country was especially angry over the Treaty of Versailles. The German government and people were forced to forfeit already acquired lands and were subject to huge war debts.
Consequently when Remarque wrote his novel one can understand the tone of the book. Many have classified this book as an antiwar book, but it is also a book about the perilous of war done under an unnecessary and false rationalization. He wrote the book in 1929 exposing within his literature the bare, gruesome facts of an unsuccessful endeavor. His book was accepted by the German people and they could not dispute his explanations and human reactions. The German people had suffered a plight too by being deceived and suffered the consequences in a variety of ways. It becomes very clear why the German people were so ripe to accept the mad screaming propaganda of promises made by Adolph Hitler. As Hitler gained strength Remarque’s book came into major dispute. Hitler ordered all the books of All Is Quiet on the Western Front burned in 1933. Remarque escaped Germany with his family to America and lived out his days. However his sister remained in Germany and was eventually captured, tortured and killed by Hitler’s new regime as a substitute for Remarque. By destroying anyone or anything that disputed him, Hitler was preparing the German government for a new leadership, a promise of renewed power and recognition as a force to reckon with.
Works Cited
Remarque, Erich. All Quiet on the Western Front. Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1928. Print
Hunt, Lynn et.al. The Making of the West. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin. 2007. Print
Lualdi, Katharine. Sources of the Making of the West. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin. 2010. Print
Coping Styles
Coping styles vary differently from males to females. Females use the tending and befriending coping style. Women respond with nurturing activities that are designed to protect themselves and others from a potential threat (the tending) and create social networks that provide protection from potential threats (the befriending). The nurturing helps to lower stress and improve immune system functioning. The befriending creates close ties between women when they use social support as a coping skill. Befriending will help women to exchange resources and watch out for predators and support each other to provide childcare.
Men are more likely to use the fight or flight coping style. They consciously make a decision as to whether they will stay and fight or leave the situation to cope. Men are more aggressive and competitive than women and they generally do not care for children as much as women do. The fight or flight response doesn’t work as well with women because of their home duties and personalities. Women attempt to avoid aggressive behaviors due to danger during pregnancy and their participation in the care required for the children.
Social support perceives others to be responsive and receptive to one’s own needs and is useful in both males and females. Social support helps to improve mood, reduce fear and lengthen ties. Studies have shown that persons who have a life threatening disease such as cancer are less stressed and their immune systems functioned more properly than persons without a strong social support system. The research does indicate, however that the social support must be positive in nature.
These gender differences occur because women are more nurturing than men by nature. Women are more emotional in reaction to events than men. Men use a different coping style and many times demonstrate being aggressive because they try to outdo one another and society views this as an expected reaction.
There are health implications that come with different ways that people cope. One of the best ways to decrease a health problem when experiencing traumatic events is journaling.
Journaling is a very good way to release tension and stress. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur in people if they don’t seek an outlet for traumatic events that they have experienced. PTSD is a frequent occurrence in ordinary people’s lives that have experienced extra ordinary events that traumatized them. When someone journals it can lead to feeling better, cause them to think through their feelings, reflect about the event and feel more relieved.
Although I have never experienced anything that has caused me PTSD I have kept a journal for many years. Since I was in 2nd grade I have kept journals in composition books. I love to write so I started journaling and found that I love it. Journaling is a very good documentation of events that occurred in someone’s life. I love to re-read my journals every once and a while to remember my experiences and how I felt at that time in my life. Rereading events in your life that maybe were a big deal or causing stress for you at the time, can be are viewed differently when you read it later. It helps you realize that you have made it through and everything can work out and be ok.
Men are more likely to use the fight or flight coping style. They consciously make a decision as to whether they will stay and fight or leave the situation to cope. Men are more aggressive and competitive than women and they generally do not care for children as much as women do. The fight or flight response doesn’t work as well with women because of their home duties and personalities. Women attempt to avoid aggressive behaviors due to danger during pregnancy and their participation in the care required for the children.
Social support perceives others to be responsive and receptive to one’s own needs and is useful in both males and females. Social support helps to improve mood, reduce fear and lengthen ties. Studies have shown that persons who have a life threatening disease such as cancer are less stressed and their immune systems functioned more properly than persons without a strong social support system. The research does indicate, however that the social support must be positive in nature.
These gender differences occur because women are more nurturing than men by nature. Women are more emotional in reaction to events than men. Men use a different coping style and many times demonstrate being aggressive because they try to outdo one another and society views this as an expected reaction.
There are health implications that come with different ways that people cope. One of the best ways to decrease a health problem when experiencing traumatic events is journaling.
Journaling is a very good way to release tension and stress. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur in people if they don’t seek an outlet for traumatic events that they have experienced. PTSD is a frequent occurrence in ordinary people’s lives that have experienced extra ordinary events that traumatized them. When someone journals it can lead to feeling better, cause them to think through their feelings, reflect about the event and feel more relieved.
Although I have never experienced anything that has caused me PTSD I have kept a journal for many years. Since I was in 2nd grade I have kept journals in composition books. I love to write so I started journaling and found that I love it. Journaling is a very good documentation of events that occurred in someone’s life. I love to re-read my journals every once and a while to remember my experiences and how I felt at that time in my life. Rereading events in your life that maybe were a big deal or causing stress for you at the time, can be are viewed differently when you read it later. It helps you realize that you have made it through and everything can work out and be ok.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Chapter 24 Connection War and Journaling
1) The war affects children by causing them to be unable to go to school, play, limited food and water available let alone eat what foods they prefer and makes their childhood stressful and frightening. The children in the war torn country are scared about what they loose on a daily basis, staying alive and if they will ever see their families again.
2) When the war is approaching her city she is calm and not very worried. But then she hears about how they are going to bomb Sarjevo and she get nervous and starts to freak out.
3) I don’t think that Zlata knows anything about the politics that started the war. Politics is a hard concept to understand and takes maturity. Many people never reach a level in their life where they are well informed about their government and political actions.
4) Zlata used to have a happy childhood with friends and play but now the war has taken everything from her. War is very disgusting and ugly experience for anyone but especially the children. War has become more and more technical and sophisticated, but the human effects and losses basically go unchanged regardless of the time in history.
Zlata is journaling her experiences when the war is unfolding. She and her family try to have a normal life but as time goes on they are unable. Recently in my social psychology class we learned about aggression. Journaling was brought up as a positive way to reduce aggression because it lets people’s feelings out on paper. It has also been studied as a good psychological method for reducing or management of PTSD post traumatic stress disease. PTSD is a frequent occurrence in ordinary people’s lives that have experienced extra ordinary occurs that traumatized them. When people journal it leads to them feeling better and relieved.
Although I have never experienced anything that has caused me PTSD I have journeyed for many years as well. Since I was in 2nd grade I have kept journals in composition books. I love to write so I started journaling and found that I love it. I love to re-read my journals every once and a while to remember my experiences and how I felt at that time in my life. They are a very good documentation of events that occurred in someone’s life. I recommend journaling to everyone. Journaling also helps you reread events in your life that maybe were a big deal or causing stress for you at the time, but when you read it later it helps you realize that you made it through it and everything is ok.
2) When the war is approaching her city she is calm and not very worried. But then she hears about how they are going to bomb Sarjevo and she get nervous and starts to freak out.
3) I don’t think that Zlata knows anything about the politics that started the war. Politics is a hard concept to understand and takes maturity. Many people never reach a level in their life where they are well informed about their government and political actions.
4) Zlata used to have a happy childhood with friends and play but now the war has taken everything from her. War is very disgusting and ugly experience for anyone but especially the children. War has become more and more technical and sophisticated, but the human effects and losses basically go unchanged regardless of the time in history.
Zlata is journaling her experiences when the war is unfolding. She and her family try to have a normal life but as time goes on they are unable. Recently in my social psychology class we learned about aggression. Journaling was brought up as a positive way to reduce aggression because it lets people’s feelings out on paper. It has also been studied as a good psychological method for reducing or management of PTSD post traumatic stress disease. PTSD is a frequent occurrence in ordinary people’s lives that have experienced extra ordinary occurs that traumatized them. When people journal it leads to them feeling better and relieved.
Although I have never experienced anything that has caused me PTSD I have journeyed for many years as well. Since I was in 2nd grade I have kept journals in composition books. I love to write so I started journaling and found that I love it. I love to re-read my journals every once and a while to remember my experiences and how I felt at that time in my life. They are a very good documentation of events that occurred in someone’s life. I recommend journaling to everyone. Journaling also helps you reread events in your life that maybe were a big deal or causing stress for you at the time, but when you read it later it helps you realize that you made it through it and everything is ok.
Money Happiness
Happiness is defined as an emotional state of positive and pleasant emotions that create intense joy. After the basic necessities of life are accounted for the material possessions of happiness can be achieved. People usually think that people that are rich and live in mansions have more happiness but that is not the case. Rich people are actually less happy than non rich people because they have less satisfying social relationships. Having more meaningful social relationships is what people strive for. People can achieve happiness by setting meaningful goals and helping out others. Helping others can help people to connect with other people, enhance social relationships and they can view themselves in a more positive light. When a person becomes engaged in doing something that they enjoy and making progress they are happier. People become happier when they are engaged in the flow of a task that is challenging like writing, performing, or composing. Flow makes people loss track of time and where they are. Flow is a very pleasurable and absorbing state. Money doesn’t help people become happier.
A real life situation that really defines this concept is the life story of Stephen King the famous author of horror. Steven taught in a high school, but really desired to write professionally, but he had a family to support. He was able to get by on a teacher’s salary, but desired more from life and wanted to utilize his talents at a higher level. The rest of his life is history as far as his tremendous success goes, but did he find happiness. He experienced all the frustrations and threats to himself and his family’s safety as the public pushed into his personal life as he became more and more famous. He was discovering that being extremely rich did not bring with him happiness. He decided that besides the flow of his daily writing he would branch out into other areas to bring him satisfaction. He was able to discover that his small town was in drastic need of a little league field and park. His son wanted to play baseball and really had no where to do this activity. Mr. King bought property and paid to have a beautiful little league field and complex built in the rural state of Maine where he lives with his family. After these accomplishments he realized that this did bring him happiness and he was able to write better and feel more secure in his surroundings. Mr. King then heard that the only radio station in the area was going bankrupt and was on the brink of closing. Mr. King set out to change the course of the business and purchased the radio station. Today it remains running and successful because he pays for the total support of it and hires people to run it to make sure that the small town keeps their radio station. Mr. King is a real life experience of rag to riches story, but than the dissatisfaction with the wealth and how a person can change the course of their own life to reach a level of happiness by helping others.
A real life situation that really defines this concept is the life story of Stephen King the famous author of horror. Steven taught in a high school, but really desired to write professionally, but he had a family to support. He was able to get by on a teacher’s salary, but desired more from life and wanted to utilize his talents at a higher level. The rest of his life is history as far as his tremendous success goes, but did he find happiness. He experienced all the frustrations and threats to himself and his family’s safety as the public pushed into his personal life as he became more and more famous. He was discovering that being extremely rich did not bring with him happiness. He decided that besides the flow of his daily writing he would branch out into other areas to bring him satisfaction. He was able to discover that his small town was in drastic need of a little league field and park. His son wanted to play baseball and really had no where to do this activity. Mr. King bought property and paid to have a beautiful little league field and complex built in the rural state of Maine where he lives with his family. After these accomplishments he realized that this did bring him happiness and he was able to write better and feel more secure in his surroundings. Mr. King then heard that the only radio station in the area was going bankrupt and was on the brink of closing. Mr. King set out to change the course of the business and purchased the radio station. Today it remains running and successful because he pays for the total support of it and hires people to run it to make sure that the small town keeps their radio station. Mr. King is a real life experience of rag to riches story, but than the dissatisfaction with the wealth and how a person can change the course of their own life to reach a level of happiness by helping others.
Bullying Program
A new bullying program has been implemented at some area schools. The school board of Anywhere High School would like to have this program assessed to evaluate its effectiveness. The schools that have utilized the program ideally should have collected data in their own schools to help measure the situations surrounding bullying. Of course much of this data will be subjective, but the measurement actually is measuring the perception of the students, faulty and support staff related to the incidents of bullying. Then they would have implemented their program for the intervention with the goal to decrease the bullying. After a school wide bullying intervention has taken place than a re-measurement or also known as an evaluation should take place. The results for the pre program should be contrasted with the post program. If the incidents of bullying are drastically decreased or the severity of the bullying has been decreased to a predetermined level of effectiveness than I could than recommend the implementation of the intervention. This is an interesting question actually because my high school that I graduated from just did a similar process. Three years ago they took a school wide professional questionnaire asking students to rate bullying incidents. They did an educational program that included 12 hours interspersed through out the school year educating about what bullying is, what maybe factors that influence it and where to go for help to manage it. The program did not seem to really have an effect so they hired Rachael’s Challenge professional team to come to the school for an all day workshop about Columbine. The previous survey was again given after the program. The Rachael’s Challenge workshop did not seem to have much of an impact. It is noted in the literature that the largest group of bullying occurs at a junior high level so anti-bullying approaches through discipline is now being utilized to try and curb this phenomena.
Something that might be more effective would be to set up in the school a CISD program. CISD stands for the critical incident stress debriefing. This program brings people together after a traumatic event to talk it out to prevent post traumatic stress disorder. The students in the schools could be split up into groups based on grade level and then they would talk about their experiences with bullying. After the discussions evaluations could be distributed to the students. After the program was over the teachers, faculty and psychologists would evaluate the student responses to see how they liked the program and if they thought the program would be effective. A few weeks later the psychologists would return to evaluate the students to see if the bullying was reduced or eliminated.
Something that might be more effective would be to set up in the school a CISD program. CISD stands for the critical incident stress debriefing. This program brings people together after a traumatic event to talk it out to prevent post traumatic stress disorder. The students in the schools could be split up into groups based on grade level and then they would talk about their experiences with bullying. After the discussions evaluations could be distributed to the students. After the program was over the teachers, faculty and psychologists would evaluate the student responses to see how they liked the program and if they thought the program would be effective. A few weeks later the psychologists would return to evaluate the students to see if the bullying was reduced or eliminated.
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