Class
I seriously enjoy my Sociology class more than any other class, simply because there's controversy in that class...we're aloud to speak our mind, and argue whatever points we want, and discuss what we want...
Today, someone brought up the point that the only thing they show on the media about Katrina is poor black people, and how help didn't arrive soon enough, and how it would have if it was a middle class white community...they talked about the article in the USA Today of a white family with grocerys with "looking for food" subtitle, and then the black family with the "looters" subtitle under the same type of picture...it was interesting some of the things that were talked about, the fact that the media just likes conflict...but, the part I liked best was the fact some woman was like "well, the media is talking about how it took so long for help to get to the blacks because we're still trying to make up for the fact that we feel bad about them being slaves...", and some man goes..."I don't feel bad at all, I didn't do it..."...yea, someone's gonna end up gettin' really pissed in that class...There's been times that I'd really like to say stuff, but I keep my mouth shut...like today when they were talking about takin' telecourses, and the woman was saying it was good thing for parents, and this guy said it was for people who were just lazy...yea, okay this is the same guy, who confessed last week that he found out his 13 year old daughter is having sex, perhaps he could stand to be lazy in his education, and not in his parenting???...someone also brought up the fact that there's so much focus on the black in New Orleans, and that nothing has been talked about hispanic commuities, or white communites in Alabama or Mississippi...
Whatever.
I'm done with Service Learning, which I'm sort of glad, because it makes my days not so packed, but at the same time, those kids were fun to work with...this little girl Alena lost a tooth yesterday, gross.
Well, I'm gonna take a nap, before I go out tonight...
Today, someone brought up the point that the only thing they show on the media about Katrina is poor black people, and how help didn't arrive soon enough, and how it would have if it was a middle class white community...they talked about the article in the USA Today of a white family with grocerys with "looking for food" subtitle, and then the black family with the "looters" subtitle under the same type of picture...it was interesting some of the things that were talked about, the fact that the media just likes conflict...but, the part I liked best was the fact some woman was like "well, the media is talking about how it took so long for help to get to the blacks because we're still trying to make up for the fact that we feel bad about them being slaves...", and some man goes..."I don't feel bad at all, I didn't do it..."...yea, someone's gonna end up gettin' really pissed in that class...There's been times that I'd really like to say stuff, but I keep my mouth shut...like today when they were talking about takin' telecourses, and the woman was saying it was good thing for parents, and this guy said it was for people who were just lazy...yea, okay this is the same guy, who confessed last week that he found out his 13 year old daughter is having sex, perhaps he could stand to be lazy in his education, and not in his parenting???...someone also brought up the fact that there's so much focus on the black in New Orleans, and that nothing has been talked about hispanic commuities, or white communites in Alabama or Mississippi...
Whatever.
I'm done with Service Learning, which I'm sort of glad, because it makes my days not so packed, but at the same time, those kids were fun to work with...this little girl Alena lost a tooth yesterday, gross.
Well, I'm gonna take a nap, before I go out tonight...