Jessica-Talks about the Zimbardo's experiment and a method to get out of sadism
David-Talks about how people view other people resulting in sadism
Steven-Good giving an example of something that happen in your life that relates to the topic
Melody-I like your first paragraph and how you related peer pressure and sadism
Araceli-You should give an example of animal cruelty
Marinda-Talks about the relationship between human and animal cruelty
Shannon-Talks about sadism is due to lack of ethics
Summer-Mainly talk about animal cruelty
Chris-I like how you explain the second picture and how it related to the topic
Edilsa-You really went in depth describing the stages of cruelty
Erica-You talk more about the present time of sadism
First, we are going to introduce the topic of the day
Second, we will go through the discussion board and talk about some things that people wrote that stand out relating to the topic of the day
Third, we will do an activity that is related to the topic
Last, we will discuss about the activity and answer some related question
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Leadership, Ethics, Animal
"Experimenters said that approximately one-third of the guards exhibited genuine sadistic tendencies"(pg 488). Humans are some of the strangest creatures on this planet. There are many psychological ideas people enjoy such as anxiety or drama but the one that I find most cruel and unusual is sadistic. This is the mind set that people enjoy giving pain or watching other people suffer. Is it because causing misery is unethical so when you get a chance to try it for the first time at will you enjoy this newly idea. Sadism is what happen to these guards. They were allow to cause harm but some took it a step further and enjoy this procedure. Sadism, even thought its a psychological things, is something I believe should get help treated. Imagine if everybody was a sadism. This world would be cover in blood, pain, misery and nobody would stop it because you enjoy it. That shouldn't be the society we should live in.
"Children who have witnessed such abuse or been victimized themselves frequently engage in what are known as "abuse reactive" behavior"(pg 499). Sadism is not only unethical but it could lead to a serious problem for the next generation at a young age. Children being expose to these violence could be traumatize into acting the same way themselves or maybe even worst. Their mind would be boggle by the confusing of what they see and as a result they would reenact a scenario to relieve themselves of the mind set that was imprinted in their brain. "In short, such children can only achieve a sense of safety and empowerment by inflicting pain and suffering on themselves and others"(pg 499). As this quote state, sadism would pressure children into they very same mind set and if they can't ignore it then as they continue this life style onto the next generation they same procedure will happen which will lead to the society of blood, pain, and misery.
"Children who have witnessed such abuse or been victimized themselves frequently engage in what are known as "abuse reactive" behavior"(pg 499). Sadism is not only unethical but it could lead to a serious problem for the next generation at a young age. Children being expose to these violence could be traumatize into acting the same way themselves or maybe even worst. Their mind would be boggle by the confusing of what they see and as a result they would reenact a scenario to relieve themselves of the mind set that was imprinted in their brain. "In short, such children can only achieve a sense of safety and empowerment by inflicting pain and suffering on themselves and others"(pg 499). As this quote state, sadism would pressure children into they very same mind set and if they can't ignore it then as they continue this life style onto the next generation they same procedure will happen which will lead to the society of blood, pain, and misery.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Leadership, Ethics, Animal
"Do we eat pigs and not dogs because we don't have a system when it comes to eating animals?" (pg 446). This quote really caught my attention because there has been judging and controversy about what animal should be eaten. Places like Asian and African eat meats that Americans would find unethical. I find this amusing because in the end everybody is killing creatures for their appetite for meat so why look down on somebody that would eat an animal you wouldn't eat. Many people have different psychological mind set as to what to eat. Nobody is wrong and nobody is right. In the end we all kill to satisfy our own needs so it doesn't matter who eats what.
"In south korea, million of dogs are kill for their meat every year" (pg449). This is a prime example that any creatures are use for their meat. Some countries might think this is unethical because dogs are say to me men's best friend but in other countries dogs are just another form of meat to feed themselves. I still find it curious as too why people don't accept the fact that this is just the way of nature. People are just another form of species that happens to consume other species to live.
"The belief that eating meat is necessary is closely connected to the belief that eating meat is natural" (pg 458). This is something I would agree on because animals such as lions, alligators, sharks, and any other carnivores eat other animals because its just the way of life. Thats how they live and thats how people live too. Its just part of life and it just can't be help. There is nothing wrong with consuming eat nor is there anything by not consuming meat. There is also nothing wrong with consuming creatures such as dogs, cat, mouse, lizard, or any other animal society here might find horrifying to eat because its just part of life. Sadly to say, but some sacrifices must be made to benefit another species and if that is what human kind must do then so be it
"In south korea, million of dogs are kill for their meat every year" (pg449). This is a prime example that any creatures are use for their meat. Some countries might think this is unethical because dogs are say to me men's best friend but in other countries dogs are just another form of meat to feed themselves. I still find it curious as too why people don't accept the fact that this is just the way of nature. People are just another form of species that happens to consume other species to live.
"The belief that eating meat is necessary is closely connected to the belief that eating meat is natural" (pg 458). This is something I would agree on because animals such as lions, alligators, sharks, and any other carnivores eat other animals because its just the way of life. Thats how they live and thats how people live too. Its just part of life and it just can't be help. There is nothing wrong with consuming eat nor is there anything by not consuming meat. There is also nothing wrong with consuming creatures such as dogs, cat, mouse, lizard, or any other animal society here might find horrifying to eat because its just part of life. Sadly to say, but some sacrifices must be made to benefit another species and if that is what human kind must do then so be it
Leadership, Ethics, Animal
"Do we eat pigs and not dogs because we don't have a system when it comes to eating animals?" (pg 446). This quote really caught my attention because there has been judging and controversy about what animal should be eaten. Places like Asian and African eat meats that Americans would find unethical. I find this amusing because in the end everybody is killing creatures for their appetite for meat so why look down on somebody that would eat an animal you wouldn't eat. Many people have different psychological mind set as to what to eat. Nobody is wrong and nobody is right. In the end we all kill to satisfy our own needs so it doesn't matter who eats what.
"The belief that eating meat is necessary is closely connected to the belief that eating meat is natural" (pg 458). This is something I would agree on because animals such as lions, alligators, sharks, and any other carnivores eat other animals because its just the way of life. Thats how they live and thats how people live too. Its just part of life and it just can't be help. There is nothing wrong with consuming eat nor is there anything by not consuming meat. There is also nothing wrong with consuming creatures such as dogs, cat, mouse, lizard, or any other animal society here might find horrifying to eat because its just part of life. Sadly to say, but some sacrifices must be made to benefit another species and if that is what human kind must do then so be it
"The belief that eating meat is necessary is closely connected to the belief that eating meat is natural" (pg 458). This is something I would agree on because animals such as lions, alligators, sharks, and any other carnivores eat other animals because its just the way of life. Thats how they live and thats how people live too. Its just part of life and it just can't be help. There is nothing wrong with consuming eat nor is there anything by not consuming meat. There is also nothing wrong with consuming creatures such as dogs, cat, mouse, lizard, or any other animal society here might find horrifying to eat because its just part of life. Sadly to say, but some sacrifices must be made to benefit another species and if that is what human kind must do then so be it
Friday, November 26, 2010
LBJ Library
The picture above was one of the few things in the museum that caught my attention as a great characteristic of leadership, one which I would love to possess. This paragraph talks about a part of Vietnam war that the current U.S president during this time try to resolve through words rather than action. The last line of this paragraph state that North Vietnam ,who was the communist part of all Vietnam, actually consider to negotiate after the U.s president gave his speech. To have such leadership skill during the mist of war in order to prevent death by negotiation is rather impressive. This skill is great for me because if one can you use this skill in war to find alternative solution, someone like me could also use this skill to better society through the power of words rather than violence.
Just like the first picture, this picture also uses the leadership characteristic of words to find a solution to a problem. This picture state that after MLK had been assassinated Johnson was enrage and decided to seek out the african american leader to ask for helpin restoring claim in his nation. Later, Johnson went to congress to try to propose and persuade them into preventing discrimination in the sales and rental of homes. whether or not this proposal work or not its the fact that Johnson uses his leadership skill of words over violent to try and restore claim in his world.
Another leadership skills that I thought was unique is represented in the picture above. This picture display the president and the first lady standing on the balcony respectively waiting for the honor of guest. I thought this is a great leadership skill because by showing respect to others, you would get the same respect back. Considering these are some of the great leaders in the world, one must display great leadership to make the other feel welcome and safe. Respect is a key part of leadership I believe must be value because society loves to take care of their self but hardly other. With this leadership skill in me I can show society that their is more then just the people around you care about. The entire world is one big place that you must make everybody feel welcome and safe to live in
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The life of Twin Kittens
It was cold and I, Xtina, was very scared. All I remember was that I was cuddling with my mother and my twin sister (Xi’an), in an attempt to stay warm. It was painful to hear loud noises in the background; dogs barking, cars honking, and construction. These were just a few of these frightening sounds we both experienced everyday because we were born into this unknown world, however there were more problems we had to face.
My sister and I were not only cold and scared, but we were also extremely hungry. The situation was made even worse because our mom had been laying on the floor next two us without moving an inch for days. I was worried that our mother might not live to see us grow up. She was our only support for food, love, and safety and I don’t think we could survive without her. So as days went by, I did what I could to help get her strength back. Pieces of bread, water, anything that my sister and me could get to feed our mom. But it wasn’t enough for her because I could still hear her stomach growled loudly. My sister and I looked at each other and realized that we were both thinking of the same thing; she was not going to last much longer.
Our family was running out of food, we were stuck living in a horrible environment, which humans called an “alley”, and my mother was struggling to barely stay awake. The “alley” smelled like rotten food, was dirty, and after a few days my entire family had begun to experience an itchy sensation, which we later learned, was due to fleas. At that point I realized I had hit rock bottom, but I knew that if I was going to die then I was glad that I could still be with my mom and sister. One afternoon later that week, I saw a really big van drive into in the alley. Two people came out of the van, one holding a net and the other holding a tool that seems to grab when you pull the handle. They were getting closer and I didn’t know what to do. At that moment, I heard my mom start to hiss at them. I knew my mom was trying to scare the humans away in an attempt to protect my sister and me, however the humans still decided to approach us. Since we are still young and hungry we couldn’t do much. I just lay there thinking nothing would go wrong because I had my mother there to keep me safe. As I held on to her, I felt a cold sensation on my neck. Everything happened so fast! I was picked up by the grabbing tool and carried away from my family and put into a box with holes on the sides (cage). Those people carried me back to the van and left me inside as they went back to get my mom and sister. All I could do was look through the holes to see what they were going to do next. I could hear my mom hiss louder as they got close to my sister. Sadly, I could tell my mom was too weak to do anything but hiss. The humans used their scary tools to pick up my sister, put her in the cage, carry her back into the van, and put her next to me. I was relieved that my sister was fine, but I was worried about my mom. Since she was a big cat, unlike us small kittens, they decided to use the net. Mom could only sit back and watch in horror as the humans carried out the same procedure onto her as they had done to my sister and me. Thankfully, my family was still together in this vehicle, but we had no idea what was going to happen next.
I was sleeping as the door of the van woke me up. Two more cages were placed beside us and both had cats in them. About 2 or 3 hours later, the entire back of the van was fill with cats in cages. It was so loud in the van that I could not even hear my sister or mom next to me. After awhile the noise began to settle down and we all felt the van stop. The door opened with two new humans in addition to the other two that had captured us. They all slowly pick up each cage at a time and carried them somewhere. Since my cage was on the bottom I was the last one to get carried away. I didn’t think about it until that moment, but I was being taken away from my mom and sister. I felt really frightened because this was the first time we had been separated from one another. I look forward and saw that I was being taken to some kind of building. As we entered the building, the first thing that startled me was the loud barking of dogs. It freaked me out even more when I saw so many dogs lock up in cages just like me. Then we entered another room where I saw cats lock up in cages like me. I was placed on top of a table. The front of the cage opened and then two hands reached in and grabbed me. This time it was a lady wearing a surgical mask. She held me up in the air high checking my entire body for wounds or any kind of injuries. She said, “this is fine” and put me back into my cage. All I could think at this time was my desire to be reunited with my family again. I just layed there in my cage helpless and then I was happy when I saw my mom. The lady picked up my mom and I heard her say, “this one is no good, it’s almost starve to death”. Then I did not know why but another person carried my mother into a different room. That entire day I just witness the same procedure for every cat that was taken in. They were either put next to the rest of us or put into another room where my mom was taken.
The next day began and I was really hungry. Those people gave me some food that I was unfamiliar with (cat food) but I ate them anyway. A few hours later, I saw these two ladies wearing a shirt with the letters “APA” looking at each of the cats and asking about their history. When they got to me I heard them saying “ this cat was with her mom and sister when we found her”. The APA lady asked, “Where is the mom and sister?” and the other lady respond “ the sister is in this room but we had to put the mom to sleep”. I soon realized that the reason my mom was put into a different room was because she had to be killed since she was already near death. I felt so depressed hearing that. All I wanted now was to be with my sister. The APA lady said, “Ok I’ll take this kitten along with her sister”. The next thing I knew, my cage was being carried away along with this other cage which was my sister who I had not seen since I had gotten out of the van. At this point I had no idea what would happen next. I was puzzled with so many questions. Where are we going? What will happen to us now? Are we going to end up like our mother?
The vehicle stop, the door open, and we were taken to this new build with the same letters “APA” on it. These two ladies took my sister and I out of our cage and took us to a bathtub where we were shampooed and cleaned. All the itchy feeling suddenly began to disappear. I felt so clean for the first time. After the shower they took us to this other room where they held us down and insert these needles into us. Although I was still confuse, I felt more secure here than the last building. I decided to go along with whatever these people planned for us. Afterwards, they took us to a room with lots of fun toys and comfortable pillows. I was with my sister finally and the lady put these things around our neck and said “Ok you are Xtina (me) and you are Xi’an (my sister), now go and have fun”. I was very intrigued that we were given these names. I did not know what to do or what just happen but I enjoyed the environment here better than the alley or the other building. I just looked at my sister Xi’an and we just ran everywhere playing, climbing, and enjoying ourselves for the first time in months. I had lost my mother, but no matter what I want to be with my sister always. Every time we go to sleep we always cuddle together and keep each other company. Everyday I see random strangers come into this building and every now and then take a cat with them. I keep hearing people say “you are about to meet your new family” when they take a cat with them. I too want to have a new family, along with my sister and so as times go by, both me and Xi’an were adopted into this new family where I know we will be safe and happy for as long as we live there.
Apendex
The most amazing site ever when you walk into the cat adoption site is seeing two baby kittens snuggling with each other. What makes this even more adorable is the fact that they are two sister kittens just recently born. A gray kitten named Xtina and a black kitten Xi’an. These two kittens were separated from their mom and now they only have each other to keep them company. They were hand fed and got all the require shots and got inspected for fleas. Now all that’s left is two baby kittens waiting for someone to adopt them so that they can sleep on your belly or just be there and sleep with you. As playful these kittens are they sure love to sleep. So if you like to see sleeping kitten or you like kitten that are playful yet very quite these two siblings are for you. Xtina is a funny cat because she loves to on you. Put her on your stomach and she have found a new bed. Xi’an is even funnier because she prefers hiding herself when she sleeps. If she sees a blanket she will go under it and take a nap. But what really cute is that they mainly prefer to stay close together and sleep with one another. After they are all rest up you can just bring a toy and they will be ready to jump and hope to places while you play with them. Its sad that they were separated from their mom. If you are going to adopt Xtina or Xi’an I suggest getting both of them at once otherwise they will get lonely. Losing your sister is not fun especially if they cuddling with one another. So come to the APA animal shelter at 2807 Manchaca and give these two kittens more siblings to play and sleep with. And for those who are afraid to get a kitten because they might fight with your dog, well don’t worry because these kittens loves to sleep with dogs too!!
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
State History Museum
The picture above symbolized the animal the native respect the most. The museum try to represent this tent with these drawing as an act of honor and connection the people had for the animal. This animal has been a great beneficial to the people weather it was use for transportation from different location to uses of meat for the people to eat. The animal seeing themselves on the tent of the native would have probably feel appreciative that they are known for something more then just an animal.
Just as the first picture represent the animal, this picture shows how the animal were use in people's daily lives. The reason why longhorn was so beneficial was mainly because of transportation. The museum wants to display the power these animal can provide to carry large amount of items from place to place. The animal might not mine as much because even though they provide lots of work people have to treat and take care of them right so that they won't have any health problem. The animal would probably be willing too give their support as long as the longhorn themselves get treat properly.
As a long days of work for the animal, they had to take a rest and be taking care of somewhere. This shows that just like usual animal raising, they put the longhorn in an area surrounded by fences to keep the animal sub stain from running away. They still have a lot of room to run freely and still have the freedom to act the way they want. This would have made the longhorn feel grateful because they are not just being force to do work and still expect to be treated inhumanly. The animal still get their freedom to act their natural way when they are on break. All three pictures represent how the longhorn is special to these people. It also display the strong connection between man and animal.
Just as the first picture represent the animal, this picture shows how the animal were use in people's daily lives. The reason why longhorn was so beneficial was mainly because of transportation. The museum wants to display the power these animal can provide to carry large amount of items from place to place. The animal might not mine as much because even though they provide lots of work people have to treat and take care of them right so that they won't have any health problem. The animal would probably be willing too give their support as long as the longhorn themselves get treat properly.
As a long days of work for the animal, they had to take a rest and be taking care of somewhere. This shows that just like usual animal raising, they put the longhorn in an area surrounded by fences to keep the animal sub stain from running away. They still have a lot of room to run freely and still have the freedom to act the way they want. This would have made the longhorn feel grateful because they are not just being force to do work and still expect to be treated inhumanly. The animal still get their freedom to act their natural way when they are on break. All three pictures represent how the longhorn is special to these people. It also display the strong connection between man and animal.
Monday, November 15, 2010
P2
Anthony Nguyen
UGS- Leadership, Ethics, Animal
The life of twin kittens
It was cold and I, Xtina, was very scared. All I remember was that cuddling with my mother and my twin sister (Xi’an), in an attempt to stay warm. It was so painful to hear my twin sister crying and loud noises in the background. Dogs barking, cars honking, humans running everywhere, these were just a few of these frightening sounds we both had to experience everyday just because we were born into this unknown world, yet there were more problems we had to face. My sister and I were not only cold and scared, but we were also extremely hungry. The situation was made even worse because our mom had been laying on the floor next two us without moving an inch for days. So, not only was I worried about us being hungry, but also I was more worried about whether or not my mom would live to see us grow up. She was our only support for food, love, and safety; if she was not around to take care of us, I do not think my sister and I would make it one day on our own. So as days went by, we fed off our mother. Every night when my sister fell asleep, I would check to see if my mother was able to move. I really wished I could have done something to help even a little. I just wanted to go and find some water or even a piece of bread to give to my mom. She had not eaten for several day and it had gotten to the point that I can hear her stomach growling loudly. My sister and I looked at each other and realized that we were both thinking of the same thing; we are not going to last for much longer. Our family was running out of food, we were stuck living in a horrible environment, which humans called an “alley”, and my mother was struggling to live. The “alley” smelled like rotten food, was dirty, and after a few days my entire family had begun to experience an itchy sensation, which we later learned, was due to fleas. At that point I realized I had hit rock bottom, but I knew that if I was going to die then I was glad that I could still be with my mom and sister. One afternoon later that week, I saw a really big van drive into in the alley. Two people came out of the van, one holding a net and the other holding a tool that seems to grab when you pull the handle. They were getting closer and I didn’t know what to do. Next thing I knew I heard my mom started to hiss at them. I knew my mom was trying to scare the humans away in an attempt to protect my sister, and me, however humans still decided to approach us. Since I had not had a sufficient meal for almost a week, I was too weak to fight. I just lay there thinking nothing would go wrong because I had my mother there to keep me safe. As I held on to her, I felt a cold sensation on my neck. Everything happened so fast! I was then picked up by the grabbing tool and carry away from my family and put into this box with holes on the sides (cage). Those people carried me back to the van and left me inside as they went back to get my mom and sister. All I could do was look through the holes in the net to see what they were going to do next. I could hear my mom hiss louder as they got close to my sister. Sadly, I could tell my mom was too weak to do anything but hiss. The humans used their scary tools to pick up my sister, put her in the cage, carry her back into the van, put her next to me. I was relieved that my sister was fine, but then I began to worry about my mom. Since she was a big cat, unlike us small kittens, they decided to use the net. Mom could only sit back and watch in horror as the humans carried out the same procedure onto her as they had done to my sister and I. Thankfully, my family was still together in this vehicle, but we had no idea what was going to happen next. I slept for a good thirty minutes when I heard the van door open again. Two more cages were placed beside us and both had cats in them. About 2 or 3 hours later, the entire back of the van was fill with cats in cages. It was so loud in the van that I could not even hear my sister or mom next to me. It was filled with the noise that I was making, screams because I was scared and crying. After awhile the noise began to settle down and we all felt the van stop. The door opened with two new humans in addition to the other two that had captured us. They all slowly pick up each cage at a time and carried them somewhere. Since my cage was on the bottom I was the last one to get carried away. I did not think about it until that moment, but I was being taken away from my mom and sister. I felt really frightened because this was the first time we had been separated from one another. I look forward and saw that I was being taken to some kind of building. As we entered the building, the first thing that startled me was the loud barking of dogs. It freaked me out even more when I saw so many dogs lock up in cages just like me. Then we entered another room I saw many cats in cages that looked like me. I was placed on top of a table. The front of the cage opened and then two hands reached in and grabbed me. This time it was a lady wearing a surgical mask. She held me up in the air high checking my entire body for wounds or any kind of injuries. She said, “this is fine” and put me back into my cage. All I could think at this time was of my desire to be reunited with my family again. I just layed there in my cage helpless and then I was happy when I saw my mom. The lady picked up my mom and I heard her say, “this one is no good, its almost starve to death”. Then I did not know why but another person into a different room carried my mother away. That entire day I just witness the same procedure for every cat that was taken in. They were either put next to the rest of us or put into another room where my mom was taken. The next day began and I was really hungry. Those people gave me some food that I was unfamiliar with (cat food) but I ate them anyway. A few hours later, I saw these two ladies wearing a shirt with the letters APA looking at each of the cats and asking about their history. When they got to me I heard them saying “ this cat was with her mom and sister when we found her”. The APA lady asked, “where is the mom and sister?” and the other lady respond “ the sister is in this room but we had to put the mom to sleep”. I soon realized that the reason my mom was put into a different room was because she had to be killed since she was already near death. I felt so depressed hearing that. All I wanted now was to be with my sister. The APA lady said, “Ok I’ll take this cat along with her sister”. The next thing I knew, my cage was being carried away along with this other cage which was my sister who I had not seen since I had gotten out of the van. At this point I had no idea what would happen next. I was puzzled with so many questions. Where are we going? What will happen to us now? Are we going to end up like our mother? The vehicle stop, the door open, and we were taking to this new build with the same letters APA on it. These two ladies took my sister and me out of our cage and took us to a bathtub where we were shampooed and cleaned. All the itchy feeling suddenly began to disappear. I felt so clean for the first time. After the shower they took us to this other room where they held us down and insert these needles into us. I was still confused at first ,but I felt more secure being here then the last building so I decided to go along with whatever these people were doing to us. After the shower and getting shots, they took us into this room where they had toys and pillows and other objects that I was really intrigue about. I was with my sister finally and the lady put these things around our neck and said “Ok you are Xtina (me) and you are Xi’an (my sister), now go and have fun”. I was very intrigued that we were given these names. I did not know what to do or what just happen but I enjoyed the environment here better than the alley or the other building. I just looked at my sister Xi’an and we just ran everywhere playing, climbing, and enjoying ourselves for the first time in months. I had lost my mother, but no matter what I want to be with my sister always. Every time we go to sleep we always cuddle together and keep each other company. Everyday I see random strangers come in to this building and every now and then take a cat with them. I keep hearing people say “you are about to meet your new family” when they take a cat with them. I too want to have a new family, along with my sister and so as times go by, both me and Xi’an were adopted into this new family where I know we will be safe and happy for as long as we live there.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Sympathetic Imagination
Sympathetic imagination is a powerful source of literature as well as social emotion in the world. With sympathetic imagination one can have boundaries and point of view for another. "We are hounds. We have always been hounds. The long-ago faceless people-Before dumped us roadside in Mississippi" (pg 420) is a great example of sympathetic in my opinion. As I read the first few lines of this story automatically I felt a feeling of pity for these hounds. As they introduce who they are, they repeat again that they are hound but this time they added the diction "always" to emphasize and give a stronger tone. Then they gave an image of being dump by people who they do not want to name by calling them "faceless". All these components together and an audience such as me can give my emotionally feelings towards this fictional story. With the same effect in society, human beings can be more tamed and passive rather then destructive and outrageous to every one around them
"Let me tell you it's no life being dead. I'd give anything to chase the gulls again" (pg 438B) is another great sympathetic imagination example. No body likes being dead and as you read this story of this person who died you can feel sadness and pity for him. No body can really explain how it feels to be in the after life because once you are gone, you are gone. This man instead gives you an image of how he describe death. To him death is not fun, that anything would be better than death. I can sympathize with him because I wouldn't want to be dead either and after reading his story I strongly feel that I want to avoid that situation as much as possible. This example affects the audience in a sense that sympathetic imagination can enforce a person's own personal feelings. In society, those who can feel other people's pain doesn't want the same thing to happen to them so we try to narrow our path of decisions to better benefit us.
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"Let me tell you it's no life being dead. I'd give anything to chase the gulls again" (pg 438B) is another great sympathetic imagination example. No body likes being dead and as you read this story of this person who died you can feel sadness and pity for him. No body can really explain how it feels to be in the after life because once you are gone, you are gone. This man instead gives you an image of how he describe death. To him death is not fun, that anything would be better than death. I can sympathize with him because I wouldn't want to be dead either and after reading his story I strongly feel that I want to avoid that situation as much as possible. This example affects the audience in a sense that sympathetic imagination can enforce a person's own personal feelings. In society, those who can feel other people's pain doesn't want the same thing to happen to them so we try to narrow our path of decisions to better benefit us.
Citation
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Sympathetic Imagination
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Panda Experience at a Museum
The architecture of the building was quite impressive. Its not a normal museum where it looks like a nice fancy building from the outside. In my opinion, it looks pretty historic. The building was made up of concrete with carving designs on it. Most museum I have seen looks more modern with marvel and glass layout. This way of display shows that this museum connect with life and history that of what it holds inside. As I walk around the building, there was a statue of a saber tooth tiger and seats with the replica of a dinosaur spine. The saber tooth statue was really big but its was not too scale. The actual animal bigger than what they have on display. This shows that homo sapiens would like to recreate close to a life sizes extinct animal for us to learn about them. It was amazing to see how big of a creature this animal can be. Whats more amazing is that replica of the spine of a dinosaur. Even tho these chairs a 8 times bigger then what its suppose to be, have a spine that you can sit on is pretty big. Imagine the original sizes of it and it is connect to all the other spine of the creature. This spine could form a chain as long as 20 feet. What we can learn from these two animal is that even tho they are extinct now, we have to learn who use to rule this plant as some of the most dominating things on earth.
As the panda sees this hollow empty shell of this turtle, it made him feel sad to see that nothing was left other then the shell. I couldn't imagine if the panda going extinct and all was left was their fur or paw or head. Just having a piece of the animal to be on display for others to see is not all that great if you don't have the full animal. For knowledge purposes I think if would be better if some how homo sapiens can reserve the entire animal like on the second floor.
Even tho its better then nothing, and its also for education, stuffing animal still seems a bit wrong to being seen on display. But at least people have the decency to recreate each animals natural habitat in the museum. Weather is a deer in a forest, or a lion with its pack, or a bird in its nest, I don't think I would get offend seeing pandas stuff as long as they are being display in their natural habitat such as eating a bamboo or sleeping.
However, being on the third floor would scare me a bit if I would see other pandas in jars or reading about how people experiment on them. Even when I saw all the other animals in jars or pictures of experiment I feel like they have no sympathy for these poor animals. I know its for learning but the relationship between homo sapiens and other animals would turn to worst if this method of teaching get abuse. I feel that if you are going to do this to an animal weather its already dead or alive, you should respect the creature in the end and display things with some dignity to these creatures.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Leadership, Ethics, Animal
"The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, and by they desire to relieve it" (pg 399) is part of what compassion mean. Writing with such tone of voice can be hard to manipulate. Dictions, punctuation, sentence structures are components to give writing a set of tone such as compassion to emphasize the meaning behind the story. With compassion you can connect the story to the audience to give a sense of emotional feeling toward the audience. It could also be use the opposite way, making the audience give emotion to the story. Compassion gives great impact when you want to have an effect on people. With such strong feeling the audience is reading, it some times can't be help if people want to react to what they just read. An example of this is if you were to write a compassion story about an animal at the shelter, people might feel obligated to wanting to adopt the animal
Pictures:
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"This inability to feel their victims' pain allows them to tell themselves lies that encourage their crime" (pg 413) is what most predictor do to themselves. Many people only think that since they are doing these action that its ok. But in the end rape, molestation, and assault are all the same.No matter who did it or the reason behind it its illegal and its unethical. Rapist for example, once they rape their victim they might not stop because they think that since its sex that the other person will be fine with it since both people are getting pleasure but in reality its not that way. Only those that can actually feel others pain can react differently when they attack their victim. Those people can rethink their action so that they might not start the attack in the first place. However, for those predictors that don't think this way horrible actions would only occur.
Pictures:
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Leadership, Ethics, Animal
"The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, and by they desire to relieve it" (pg 399) is part of what compassion mean. Writing with such tone of voice can be hard to manipulate. Dictions, punctuation, sentence structures are components to give writing a set of tone such as compassion to emphasize the meaning behind the story. With compassion you can connect the story to the audience to give a sense of emotional feeling toward the audience. It could also be use the opposite way, making the audience give emotion to the story. Compassion gives great impact when you want to have an effect on people. With such strong feeling the audience is reading, it some times can't be help if people want to react to what they just read. An example of this is if you were to write a compassion story about an animal at the shelter, people might feel obligated to wanting to adopt the animal
"This inability to feel their victims' pain allows them to tell themselves lies that encourage their crime" (pg 413) is what most predictor do to themselves. Many people only think that since they are doing these action that its ok. But in the end rape, molestation, and assault are all the same.No matter who did it or the reason behind it its illegal and its unethical. Rapist for example, once they rape their victim they might not stop because they think that since its sex that the other person will be fine with it since both people are getting pleasure but in reality its not that way. Only those that can actually feel others pain can react differently when they attack their victim. Those people can rethink their action so that they might not start the attack in the first place. However, for those predictors that don't think this way horrible actions would only occur.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Lady and the Tramp
This painting is called "Portrait of a Lady with a Dog" and it was painted by Marco Benefial. This painting shows a lady with her dog or also known as her pet. As simple and straight forward this picture might look it actually represent a part of history that talks about the love for animals such as dogs for human companion. Back in the late 1600s people didn't have the need for dogs to be there pets. Dogs are just like any other animal so why would they have them in their house to take care off. Well this lady apparently had a different mind set of this canine and decided to get one as her pet. This represent a huge turn in the dog and human relationship. This lady from the looks of it has taken care of her dog as if it was her own child. The dog is sitting on a nice pillow, looks well groom, and looks happy as well. This relationship looks so strong that she wants to get a portrait of only her and her dog. This shows that dogs are capable of being raise by human as tho they were part of the family. This portrait basically symbolized the great relationship humans and animals can have together
Monday, October 18, 2010
Real Fur is just Wrong
I was researching an organization called PETA( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) which is about preventing animal cruelty. I read an article about people killing animals for their fur and I was shocked in the amount of death of animals due to this selfish act. It’s bad enough that we killed animals for food but if you are going to kill animals, at least have a legit reason for it and not something so useless like for a coat. We are giving up a life of an animal. People just see the result of the fur but not the effect of how to get it. People need to be aware that killing animals for fur is just wrong and they also need to be aware that the communities need to stop this animal cruelty as soon as possible.
As humans, we need to realize that all creatures are the same. Why do we want to kill animals? That’s the question people need to ask themselves. PETA talks about the animal cruelty and how we need to spread the word and information so that we can prevent this unethical ways. Media such as teachings in school, news, and awareness signs are being place everywhere in the world but this is not enough. The percentage of animal deaths decline with the help of PETA but we as a community can do much more such as form a organization at places like UT to support this protest. APA came to UT with a goal of making Austin a no kill city and because of this leap Austin is slowly becoming what APA had envision. We need to do the same, we need to start an organization that can make Austin a no animal cruelty city. PETA has this special day called “Fur-free Friday” on November 26 which is a day dedicated to teach the public about the inhumanity of skinning animals for their fur. Places like Washington have this event but not Austin. We can help support PETA by setting up this event in Austin to teach about the animal cruelty that is going on in the world.
Personally as a natural science major, I kind of feel a bit disgusted when I hear from my professor that UT have locations where they use animals for experimental purposes. I would protest about this idea and since my goal and major are both connected it makes it more motivational for me to gather my peers around me to follow me. Since APA came to UT with a goal of saving animals, people like us who love animals can gather together with the APA group and form an additional goal to teach about animal cruelty to people at UT. All it takes is a little support from APA and from people around us and we can create a club just like APA. Baby steps such as posting up flyers about this club and spreading the words are ways we can reach this goal. Things like setting an example in the leadership, ethics and animal class can also play a big role in stretching this goal for the future. If our class can make a big impact in the animal world then people who will take this class after us might feel inspire to create the same vision that we are trying to do. With all these procedures, getting supporters and spreading the knowledge of animal cruelty can increase drastically. As a result, the goal to prevent animal cruelty such as skinning animals can be stop.
With such leadership that we are performing I can use this same quality of mine to take me farther in my college experience. I can create new goals and take part in leadership position to try to spread my own ideas and acquired new purposes while I’m in college. Things I learn while being in the Leadership class like realizing that there are more to life then just humanity. There are natures and creatures that who are suffering because of us and I want to somehow fix this problem. Most importantly people like us should rise to the occasion to become the leader that will better the lives of tomorrow.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Leadership Examples
"They wanted an education.The University wanted to get rid of the deadbeats. Competition became tough" (pg901) is something I personally can relate too when I was reading about Tom Jones. Just like me, he was also a slacker even though I did't do some of the crazy things he did but I did got a lazy in high school and now a part of that is still here with me now in college. I am trying to find the spark in my college life where it can lead me to finally get serious about being at this university. Its true that competition here is tough. Majority of my friends are taking college really seriously unlike me. Luckily for Jones he has found a motivation for him to do his best and reach his potential at UT. Now as i read his life I too am trying to find this motivation where I can be just as serious as he is
"His health collapsed. His marriage fell apart. He failed courses and eventually dropped out of school. But Herman Sweatt had accomplished what he set out to do. His legal justic and equal opportunity to his home state's flagship university"(pg 949). As I read this I was shock in amazement as too what Sweatt had to go through but as I read on I was even more amaze that everything he did, no matter the good and bad that happen, ended up making his goal come true. I believed every body should have a goal that they can strive for just like him. I'm not saying that you have to pick a goal where you might lose everything just to reach it but I am saying is that you should have a mind set to accomplish something that is worth getting. I have lots of goals in my life and some i manage to achieved while others ended in failure. Goals are something great to have and when you reach those goals its just feels great. Point of the story is that nothing is impossible with right mind set. As long as you try and have determination you might end up making history like Sweatt did when he integrated the University of Texas.
Pictures:
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"His health collapsed. His marriage fell apart. He failed courses and eventually dropped out of school. But Herman Sweatt had accomplished what he set out to do. His legal justic and equal opportunity to his home state's flagship university"(pg 949). As I read this I was shock in amazement as too what Sweatt had to go through but as I read on I was even more amaze that everything he did, no matter the good and bad that happen, ended up making his goal come true. I believed every body should have a goal that they can strive for just like him. I'm not saying that you have to pick a goal where you might lose everything just to reach it but I am saying is that you should have a mind set to accomplish something that is worth getting. I have lots of goals in my life and some i manage to achieved while others ended in failure. Goals are something great to have and when you reach those goals its just feels great. Point of the story is that nothing is impossible with right mind set. As long as you try and have determination you might end up making history like Sweatt did when he integrated the University of Texas.
Pictures:
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sancho
"As far as i can find out, Old Sancho lived right there on the Esperanza" (pg.147) is a quote that almost everybody can related too.What we called home is the place that we feel most comfortable with and just like Old Sancho who did everything he can to go back to his home, we too have a place like this. No matter where you are in the world you will always have that one special place. People tend to forget this place because they feel like they want to explore and move on to new experience but home is the place where you grew up on, where you can relax they way you want to, and where you have people that cares for you. Old Sancho has this place too and that is at the ranch where Kerr and Maria live. So as a longhorn can remember his home "we" the longhorn at UT must remember where our home is as well
But for those who really enjoy the trill of being on your own tan you are like a mustang who loves to be "Sweep away, wild with sheer life, and free, free, free, free of all confines of time and flesh"(pg 179). As people gets older they tend to want the option of being independent and leave home to explore the life of being by themselves. Just like a wild mustang, people tend to do one of two things and that is to go wild or slowly calm down and be more domesticated. Mustang can fun freely or let a person ride on their back. People can make crazy choices or follow the ideal path of what society plans out for you. People can related to either one of these 2 creatures, "Longhorn" the simple animal or "mustang" the out going animal as well as many more
Pictures:
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But for those who really enjoy the trill of being on your own tan you are like a mustang who loves to be "Sweep away, wild with sheer life, and free, free, free, free of all confines of time and flesh"(pg 179). As people gets older they tend to want the option of being independent and leave home to explore the life of being by themselves. Just like a wild mustang, people tend to do one of two things and that is to go wild or slowly calm down and be more domesticated. Mustang can fun freely or let a person ride on their back. People can make crazy choices or follow the ideal path of what society plans out for you. People can related to either one of these 2 creatures, "Longhorn" the simple animal or "mustang" the out going animal as well as many more
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Monday, September 6, 2010
Time Management
"Right out a plan for your self. Make a schedule." (p.90). This is something majority of people these day lack. And as a result we have bad time management. Without a secure schedule, you will say you want to do something but end up doing something else because you didn't really plan out your day. You just say what you would do but a lot of time things can happen that will make you change your mind. An example of this is me telling myself that I would do my homework when i get to Houston but end up doing other things. If I had plan a schedule for myself and follow what I plan then i wouldn't have to struggle trying to do all my work at the last minute. Making a plan can also benefit you by reminding you what exactly you need to do on a day to day basic. At the same time it can help you with time management. Planning out your day will help you make sure you do what you need to do and have time to do it.
"To say yes to important priorities,you have to learn to say no to other activities" (p.156). With time management you have to learn what is more important. As human beings we all like to take the easy path so when we are faced with an easy fun choice or a hard busy choice, we tend to go for the easy one. As a result, our time management skill tends to be really bad. As this quote mention, we have to learn when to say "no". If we learn to say "no" to things we know we shouldn't be doing then our time management skill would be a lot better. If i learn to say no to some things then I wouldn't have to struggle sometimes with my time management too. If we learn to combine these too rules together, everybody would have a day where it can run smoothly because they are doing what they are suppose to.
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The 7 habits of highly effective people
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