Misc. Update
My lifefor the last, um, 3 weeks?
Anime Convention:
Unbelievable. No words to truly describe it. I was an awesome Aerith (ha, take that drag Aerith!)... Cloud said so. ^_^ And Zack...but Zack wan't hot, so it was sad. I'm now a Miyavi fangirl, and am determined to see him in concert again.... He will come back to Texas....at least, he'd better.
Peace vigil:
was supposed to be last week, but we got rained out. Will be this Friday instead.
Day of Silence:
Very, very hard. I gave up in dance, because Whitney was attempting to do Meredith's part and I had to instruct her. But I did stay silent for 4/5th of the day... And the guys weren't able to get me to talk. Ha.
Tommy Tunes:
Nothing won, but some schools are absolutely amazing. But now I'm brain dead.
French:
Reading Petit Prince.... I actually like it, but I wish we were gi en more vocabulary lists... I'm now writing an essay on the book, and connecting the story of the Baobabs to prejudice, incuding rasism, sexim, and homosexuality. Um... and this is being handed in to the conservative school.... at least it's in french.
History:
Currently reading Son of the Revolution... about Maoist China.... and writing an essay. I'm doing first prompt... and here is my intro paragraph...
COnfirmation:
2 classes left before I'm confirmed!!! Yes!!!! And before FInals too.
The change from Imperial China to the new regime of Mao Zedong was a time of tumult throughout cities and the countryside. The establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 by Mao signified a new beginning for China. Although Mao and the Communist party started their political revolution for the general good of the people, their goals were never fully realized, and the revolution ended up hurting the Chinese people. The Great Leap Forward in 1958, intended to industrialize and raise agricultural production, instead became one of the most economically devastating movements started by Mao and the party. Son of the Revolution, a memoir by Liang Heng, reflects a control over China very similar to that of the imperial dynasties. Liang’s experiences as a boy growing up in Maoist China shows how the absolute control wielded by the “new” government was not much different from the absolute government control used previously. The discord between the Communist party and the Kuomintang (Nationalists) reflects the discord seen in previous dynasties, especially the late Qing dynasty and the dynastic rule of Shih Huang-ti, the first emperor of China. Mao greatly revered Shih Huang-ti, and attempted to model himself after him. By Mao’s death in 1976, despite his attempt to revolutionize the country and the Cultural Revolution (1960), traditional values still held their place within society. The imperial-style rule used by the Maoists reflected the history of China, and although the Maoists influenced the political and cultural aspects of society, the socio-economic aspects were affected the most.