For all of those who believe in love at first sight or fairy tail love stories, you would hate the idea of love as a logical decision. If these people can get past the first thought of disagreement with the statement, it may start to make sense. To think of finding someone that you not only have feelings for but they also logically fits into your life and the type of life style you live can make marriage and any relationship much easier. With this type of logic, it could help to fix the horrific divorce rate that has taken over marriage lately.
The example of this is all of the online dating sites. The match.com's of the world have changed dating forever and have tried to make a science of selecting who should be coupled together. After answering hundreds of questions about your own like and dislikes, and what morals you need from your partner and which are not necessarily needed, the matching begins. These questions are all calculated and matched with others who have taken the test and you are given "matches" that they think you will get along with. This method has seemed to worked with the match.com fact of "1 of 4 new relationship starts online". If these relationships are starting and working then maybe love can be broken down to a science.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Week 7 Blog Reviews
Amara:
9/28
I enjoyed reading your post on men and women communication. Your story of how you and your husband experienced communication problem just as Tannen described and you now understand why his "silent attention" is still listening. The one part that I can say needs improvement is that I didn't not get to know much about the article other than the exact quote that answered your communication issues.
9/30
The post on monogamous humans was a very good explanation of the article and I feel that you hit on the all the important issues that were discussed. The only thing I could find is that at a point it got a little repetitive and the same things were being said for a second time.
Hilary:
9/28
Your post on communication between men and women was well written and put together very well. I like how you started with some back round information on your relationships and how the article has affected you and your partners communication. I feel like your post could have had more quotes and given a little more in site to what the author was thinking.
9/30
Your post on "Our Cheating Hearts" was very described and well organized. I feel that you got a lot of points across and anyone reading this post would know what it was about. The only part that I would change is there may be to much information for it to be an overview of the article. There are parts where some of the information is not necessarily needed.
9/28
I enjoyed reading your post on men and women communication. Your story of how you and your husband experienced communication problem just as Tannen described and you now understand why his "silent attention" is still listening. The one part that I can say needs improvement is that I didn't not get to know much about the article other than the exact quote that answered your communication issues.
9/30
The post on monogamous humans was a very good explanation of the article and I feel that you hit on the all the important issues that were discussed. The only thing I could find is that at a point it got a little repetitive and the same things were being said for a second time.
Hilary:
9/28
Your post on communication between men and women was well written and put together very well. I like how you started with some back round information on your relationships and how the article has affected you and your partners communication. I feel like your post could have had more quotes and given a little more in site to what the author was thinking.
9/30
Your post on "Our Cheating Hearts" was very described and well organized. I feel that you got a lot of points across and anyone reading this post would know what it was about. The only part that I would change is there may be to much information for it to be an overview of the article. There are parts where some of the information is not necessarily needed.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Heterosexual Monogamous
I believe that in America today it is important to have monogamous relationships to keep the idea of a family in tact. With how common divorce has become and how public figures are always said to be either cheating on their spouse or leaving their current marriage for a newer fresher one. Almost everyone has a friend that had their parents go through a divorce and many divorces are cause by infidelity. In the reading Wright talks about how difficult completely monogamous relations have become and has many thought on why women and men cheat.
The quote that I feel described this article is "Much of what I discovered about human mating is not nice". The dating world is a very tough, heart breaking place where it can be hard enough to find your "perfect mate" so complicating it with fidelity and jealousy very much makes in "not nice". So when or if someone does find their perfect mate and they try to start a life and a family, to have to deal with the commonality of infidelity and divorce makes the little arguments a lot worse and the bad arguments much worse than they used to be seen.
The quote that I feel described this article is "Much of what I discovered about human mating is not nice". The dating world is a very tough, heart breaking place where it can be hard enough to find your "perfect mate" so complicating it with fidelity and jealousy very much makes in "not nice". So when or if someone does find their perfect mate and they try to start a life and a family, to have to deal with the commonality of infidelity and divorce makes the little arguments a lot worse and the bad arguments much worse than they used to be seen.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Battle of the Sexes
I think that the paper by Deborah Tannen was a very interesting perspective on how men/women arguments are seen by a woman. I do agree with most everything she said when it came to what women argue about and how different it is than what men will argue about. Tannen says "complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities.....instead, they focused on communication." "He doesn't listen to me" and "He doesn't talk to me" are quotes that I feel are associated with what women think of their husbands. Rather that men thinking what she "Doesn't do for me" is what they feel they should argue about. I do not think that one is "better" or "worse" than the other, just different ways of thinking.
I think that most people have had someone of the opposite sex to argue with and know what their opinion is and how it was affects them and the way they go about bringing up or talking about certain sensitive topics. The way couples talk about these subjects and how certain topics maybe should not even be brought up is a very important part of being in a marriage of any time of relationship.
I think that most people have had someone of the opposite sex to argue with and know what their opinion is and how it was affects them and the way they go about bringing up or talking about certain sensitive topics. The way couples talk about these subjects and how certain topics maybe should not even be brought up is a very important part of being in a marriage of any time of relationship.
Week 6 Blog Reviews
Amara: I enjoyed looking around your blog and getting to know you from your about me section. I think that Erin Brockovich is a very good choice for the "Real Wild Woman" because of the way she portrays herself to the viewers. She goes around and uses her sexuality to convince men to agree with her and help her get ahead in her job. A part that I do not agree with is where you says that she is nurturing and that is a standard attribute of womanhood. I think that she does not follow the role of nurturing by the way she presents herself more than half of her daily life.
The effect of technology on family has been just as big as capitalism and has changed almost everything in every day life. I feel that your example of families not communicating effectively or distancing themselves from each other is a very real and scary thing that can happen and is happening today. I also agree that social network sites have changed ways to communicate and keep up with people without interacting or ever seeing them.
Hilary: I like how your blog is set up and easy to read and very colorful. I have never seen the movie Heartbreakers so do not know how the women are portrayed but the way you describe them it does seem to fit the article very well. Your quotes fit what you were trying to portray very well and gave a good incite to what you are trying to portray.
I think your article about "Capitalism and Gay Identity" was well written but could have been longer with more ideas. I did like your point about how adopting can solve the issues of not having enough children to fill jobs and keep the economy going because more people are able to express the homosexuality. I think that this is a difficult topic to write about and I feel you went about it very well.
The effect of technology on family has been just as big as capitalism and has changed almost everything in every day life. I feel that your example of families not communicating effectively or distancing themselves from each other is a very real and scary thing that can happen and is happening today. I also agree that social network sites have changed ways to communicate and keep up with people without interacting or ever seeing them.
Hilary: I like how your blog is set up and easy to read and very colorful. I have never seen the movie Heartbreakers so do not know how the women are portrayed but the way you describe them it does seem to fit the article very well. Your quotes fit what you were trying to portray very well and gave a good incite to what you are trying to portray.
I think your article about "Capitalism and Gay Identity" was well written but could have been longer with more ideas. I did like your point about how adopting can solve the issues of not having enough children to fill jobs and keep the economy going because more people are able to express the homosexuality. I think that this is a difficult topic to write about and I feel you went about it very well.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Real Wild Women
When I read the chapter about Real Wild Women/Wild Real Men the first movie/TV show to come to my mind was the Real Housewives of OC/Atlanta/New Jersey or any other city that hosts the show. The show consists of usually five or six women who are "friends" and their families. You get to watch them go through out their daily lives with all its ups and downs. The show is full of drama and arguments that involves everything from family issues to who was or was not invited to their weekly parties. This show and shows like these has, in my opinion, changed the way people watch television forever with the unreal "reality" storylines. I feel that the show does put a positive light on women is some aspects, but at the same time the show is seen as a joke so it is not always a positive. The question that I think every time I have seen the show is "is any press, good press?". Most of the women on the show are seen as dumb or fake which is not good "press" for women, but other women on these shows have charities that they are able to raise money for through the shows which is a very good thing.
The quote that stood out from the reading was "the celebration of individual freedom and enterprise has simultaneously permitted a history of colonialist exploitation." When I am watch a movie or a TV show I rarely think of what ramifications could come from someone taking this movie to seriously. I agree that freedom of speech is very important but it can be dangerous if not handled well.
The quote that stood out from the reading was "the celebration of individual freedom and enterprise has simultaneously permitted a history of colonialist exploitation." When I am watch a movie or a TV show I rarely think of what ramifications could come from someone taking this movie to seriously. I agree that freedom of speech is very important but it can be dangerous if not handled well.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Week 4 Blog Reviews
Amber- I like the painting you picked it is very colorful with a lot of stuff going on around the main part of the picture. I like that you see a painting at you first reaction is to sing, I think that says a lot about the kind of person you are and lets the readers see how you are. I like your description of the painting, it points out just about every important part that I saw. I like the mother nature reference because that is exactly was I thought when I first looked at the painting.
April- The picture you chose is a very interesting one because I think there are many different ways to interpret it. I think that your objective description is one of the best I read. You were able to step back and describe only what you saw and not what you thought very well. I liked your interpretation of the picture to see what stood out to you because is was not what stood out to me. I always like to hear someones opinion when it is different than mine to see what they saw.
Mary- The painting Frida and the Casarean Operation is one of the strangest that I have seen from Frida Kahlo. I think you did a great job describing this painting because of how much is going on and how many different way it can be interpreted. I like how your view of the painting was affected by the sad story of Frida Kahlo and how it brought a personal experience to you mind. I think that art is best when it makes you think and feel.
April- The picture you chose is a very interesting one because I think there are many different ways to interpret it. I think that your objective description is one of the best I read. You were able to step back and describe only what you saw and not what you thought very well. I liked your interpretation of the picture to see what stood out to you because is was not what stood out to me. I always like to hear someones opinion when it is different than mine to see what they saw.
Mary- The painting Frida and the Casarean Operation is one of the strangest that I have seen from Frida Kahlo. I think you did a great job describing this painting because of how much is going on and how many different way it can be interpreted. I like how your view of the painting was affected by the sad story of Frida Kahlo and how it brought a personal experience to you mind. I think that art is best when it makes you think and feel.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Frida Kahlo
Objective Description
In the picture "The Dream" the you see a woman laying on a bed made of wood. Her head is on a white pillow and is covered with a yellow blanket. On top of the bed frame there is a skeleton with its head on two white pillows with flowers in its hands. There are cylinders that are strung together with wire covering its legs. There are green leaves growing up the blanket toward the head of the woman and is starting to surround her. The bed is floating in the sky with clouds behind it.
Impressionistic Description
When I look at the picture the first part that catches my eye is the plant moving up the bed. It makes me thing of the dream creeping up into her mind and surrounding her body. It seems to be like while the the dream, "the plant" is covering her everything that surrounds her is part of the dream. Like while everything is there the dream is still protecting her. The next part that I notice is the skeleton over her, which I took as death is near and over her.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Writting Assignment Pg 165 #1
In the article "Thinking Machines, Take Two" Wright is talking about the question that seems to be talked about more and more, "Can machines think?". I think that the thesis of the essay has to do with the consciousness of computers and how there are different ways of looking at the consciousness. In the article Wright uses examples of other to argue both sides of this question. Kasparov's example of himself playing the computer in chess is one way where Wright uses another to argue one side. Kasparov is trying to tell of how himself playing and beating the computer in chess shows that humans are smarter than computers. On the other side, there is Chalmers who argues that his machine cog can process data just like a human. This side of the argument also can make sense to anyone reading by the way Chalmers tells of how this robot processes everything with the feeling of pain and can always make rational decisions. Wright goes on to tell of his opinion on the topic where he takes somewhere of a middle ground saying there is some level of consciousness with machines. I think the thesis of the paper is well described and well argued on both sides.
Week 3 Blog Reviews
Amber: I agree with much of what you said about humans being smarter than computers since humans made computers. I think that there is a lot of things computers can do that is not even humanly possible. When you said that there is no way you can remember how exactly you felt in a situation weeks ago, I thought the exact same think when I was reading the article. So overall I think that there are many tasks that a computer can do that a human cant, the biggest difference is that computers would not be able to be around and function without humans.
April: I like how you break up your response in your blog. The first part you give a well written overview of what the writer was talking about. You then go on to analyze and give your opinion on what you read. When you talk about humans being able to plan ahead I believe that computers can run through any situation ahead of time also so there is not a big drop off between the two in that situation.
Mary: I like how in your blog you talked about personal experiences with computers. I think that everyone remembers the first time their family or someone they knew brought home their first computer so it is always interesting hearing about other people experiences. I think that robots taking place of troops and saving many lives in war time appeal to millions of people who have lost loves ones during war time all over the world.
April: I like how you break up your response in your blog. The first part you give a well written overview of what the writer was talking about. You then go on to analyze and give your opinion on what you read. When you talk about humans being able to plan ahead I believe that computers can run through any situation ahead of time also so there is not a big drop off between the two in that situation.
Mary: I like how in your blog you talked about personal experiences with computers. I think that everyone remembers the first time their family or someone they knew brought home their first computer so it is always interesting hearing about other people experiences. I think that robots taking place of troops and saving many lives in war time appeal to millions of people who have lost loves ones during war time all over the world.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Class Discussion pg 136 #2
As Brook talks about in his writing, bigger does not always mean better. There are plenty of situations where small many not only be better but can only be small. For example, eye contacts have to be thin and small or else they would not fit on the eye. A hearing aid is another example where technology is better as they got smaller. A situation where all sizes can work is something like a plane used in war. Sure a big intimidating plane look cool but is an easier target to hit and is not as mobile. These large planes can not be a stealthy and go un-detected. In nature, smaller can be better all throughout the food chain. For animals that are not carnivores in nature, it is better for them to be smaller so they can go unnoticed by predators. Almost all predators go for the bigger slower prey rather than the smaller faster ones. A lion would much rather go for a fatter slower zebra with much more meat than the smaller faster rabbit.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Week 3 Directed Freewrite
In my opinion a thought and an idea are two different things that comes from the same place. A thought in my opinion is anything your brain wanders across. I does not need to have any meaning or point to them, just something you find yourself thinking about. While on the other hand I think ideas have to have a point to them. An idea needs to be able to evolve and grow from the original point it came to you. I also think that an idea is a thought, but a thought is not an idea. For example, if someone thinks a flying car would be fun to drive, that is a thought. If someone thought, is it possible for cars to fly, while it is still a thought it is an idea at the same time. So that is why I think that the two come from the same place in the brain. The are very similar to each other and have very similar starting points, an idea just develops past where a thought ends.
Week 2 Blog Reviews
Amber Crouch: Ambalicious is a very colorful blog which is full of personality. I really enjoyed the About Me section, it is very personal and I feel like I got to know a lot of your likes and goals without having to read an essay. Then you get to know more about you in the My Life post, my favorite part being the "when I grow up" line. I think most college students have felt that at some point or another, I know I have. I like the blog overall, it seems like you can talk about yourself easily and get your personality across to the reader.
April Page: This blog is very appealing to the eyes. The post are easy and enjoyable to read, and I seem to have learned a lot about your personally. It seems like family and work are two very important parts in your life and you seem to get that point across from the beginning. I think that I know a lot about your everyday life but not as much about your personality, likes and dislikes. So other that maybe a little more about yourself it is a great blog.
Mary Bac: When opening your blog it looks very neat and organized. The About Me section tell a lot about your past and your family. I played hockey growing up so the talk of a frozen pond turning into a rink makes me want to spend a winter over there. I would like to know a bit more about your personality and what you enjoying doing everyday. Food you like, music you listen to.
April Page: This blog is very appealing to the eyes. The post are easy and enjoyable to read, and I seem to have learned a lot about your personally. It seems like family and work are two very important parts in your life and you seem to get that point across from the beginning. I think that I know a lot about your everyday life but not as much about your personality, likes and dislikes. So other that maybe a little more about yourself it is a great blog.
Mary Bac: When opening your blog it looks very neat and organized. The About Me section tell a lot about your past and your family. I played hockey growing up so the talk of a frozen pond turning into a rink makes me want to spend a winter over there. I would like to know a bit more about your personality and what you enjoying doing everyday. Food you like, music you listen to.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Question #2: Can we be good without God?
I believe people can be good without God. I think human nature and life experience influence a person's behavior. For example, if a child is raised in a home in which there is no belief in God, he or she can be taught appropriate (good) behavior through the use of values such as morals or ethics. Also, there are many people who believe in God who do not exhibit 'good' behavior. Therefore, there is no innate connection between a belief in God and being 'good.'
There are many aspects of human nature that influence our behavior. It is sometimes our human nature to risk our own life to save the life of a complete stranger. Little children enjoy doing nice things for people they love, even though they may be completely unaware of the existence of God. It is also human nature to become angry toward another person, even to the point of physical violence. Even a baby can feel compelled to hit another child, and human beings have been going to war against each other for thousands of years, with or without their worship of God.
Our life experiences also influence our behavior. If a child is raised with kindness, he or she will usually treat others the same way. If a person experiences anger or abuse, he or she may act out with anger or abuse toward others, as well. Again, this occurs in people who do believe and who do not believe in God.
There are many aspects of human nature that influence our behavior. It is sometimes our human nature to risk our own life to save the life of a complete stranger. Little children enjoy doing nice things for people they love, even though they may be completely unaware of the existence of God. It is also human nature to become angry toward another person, even to the point of physical violence. Even a baby can feel compelled to hit another child, and human beings have been going to war against each other for thousands of years, with or without their worship of God.
Our life experiences also influence our behavior. If a child is raised with kindness, he or she will usually treat others the same way. If a person experiences anger or abuse, he or she may act out with anger or abuse toward others, as well. Again, this occurs in people who do believe and who do not believe in God.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Question #1
I believe that meeting people online or taking online classes can be just as affective as meeting someone in person. I feel that having conversations with someone that you are not face to face with is easier for most people because they are not nervous when speaking, and a person cannot really be shy when typing on a computer. I think that it is also easier to start and hold conversations online, because you can talk at your own pace and there are no awkward silences between the people. Also, when meeting someone online you can take your time and think about what questions you want to ask that person and they can think about their response, so I feel that you can get into more in depth conversations which leads to getting to know someone just as well as you can in person. When it comes to taking online classes, people who usually would not voice their opinions in a classroom will have the opportunity to feel more comfortable speaking their mind through discussion boards and student chat rooms.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
All about Mr. Connor
I'm Connor. I am a Junior at ASU and I am double majoring in Elementary Education and English Literature. I am a very loud and outgoing person who loves to meet new people unless you go to UofA. I watch sports constantly and would love to be a sports writer after I graduate, if that ever comes. I listen to all types of music except country. My favorite bands are Blink 182 and Bad Religion. I eat Mexican food about every meal of the day. I am 100% Irish and am in the middle of applying for dual citizenship. I hope to read all of your blogs and get to know everyone.
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