Mahiriimancjcq's Blog

Dear Marlen,

This entire semester as been fun and a little challenging at times. I really enjoyed this class-meaning I can leave here knowing I learned some really valuable things that I can use in other classes and in the future. When I first came to this class I was thinking about dropping it because of the amount of work. The best decision I have made thus far this semester. I thought it was going be way harder but in the long run it was kind of like a breeze to me. Reading different books for all different artist and view points was really interesting. Even after reading the seeing the “Color Purple” movie a lot of times I still found the book to be really interesting. The difference of the two was quite remarkable. I loved a lot of the books we read and there was a couple that I disliked which will happen most likely in an english class.

I liked the first half of the semester better than the last because the class had begun to get boring to me. I like when we watched movies and stuff like that but I didn’t like when we worked in groups. I didn’t have a problem with working with people it was the fact that nobody seemed interested in the topics and it became boring. The movie that I liked the most was the “Into The Woods” play. That was a fun movie to watch and it held a lot of significance when it came to archetypes,characteristic and morals.

I have learned a lot in the class. Now I can look at movies and notice when a person is during the flight and their call. I can now look at different archetypes in characters and how they all react with each other. I can read myths and poems and find a real meaning between them. I know about the belly of whale and that life is a journey and it can lead you can where. It’s much more that I have learned in this class that I will always remember. I enjoyed having you as a professor and wish I could have tooken your class for research writing but i didn’t fit in my schedule.

I liked learning about feminism and it showed me that it isn’t just about women power. Learning about women and how they have been depicted and criticized because of their gender for years has shown me that the world has a lot of changing still to accomplish. I learned about queer theory for the first time this semester and know I have a good understanding of what it is. I liked when we talked as a group in class and everybody shared their view points on noy only queer theory but other hot topics this semester.

In conclusion, this semester has come to an end and I have mixed emotions. I wish I could do it all over but them again im ready to move on and explore different classes in college. I’m ready to learn more about myself and see will my journey will lead me. Isn’t that what this class was about? my journey from this class has ended but my future id just beginning. Thanks for the opportunity of taking this class and teaching the way you did. you made the class worth the tired 8 o’clock morning’s.

I can relate to the color purple because I have a little sister, we are two years apart. Our Relationhip is really close. Something like celie and her sister. I can understand the bond they had with eachother and how separating them made them so sad but in reality brought them closer together.

If my sister was to ever leave me or go live so far I wouldnt know what to do either. When you grow up with someone who’s your sibling you become really attached and tend to lean on that person for supposrt and strength. so when celie sister left her she lost a part of her as a person. They didnt have contact with eachother for years because Mr. refused to share the latters from Africa. The stenghth that Celie had through this whole novel I would say would have to me my younger sister. She’s younger then me but she is stronger, I wouldnt been able to live like that I would of ran out  and never came back. In some cases that might make celie seem stupid but then again it might make her seem strong cause she was able to bare all that.

If I had a good and understanable knowledge about a certain situation or thing then yes, I would share it with the world. I can posibly help pther or embrace others. Why not share knowledge that you as a person have gain something from. Its nothing that I can see someone losing because they shared knowledge with others in the world.

If I ever was to come across some really valuble information then yeah I would share it with others and I could be helpful to someone,probably not everyone but I believe it would do a small amount of people some good. Knowledge is cognition, the perception of reasoning and learning.

The song that makes me think about crossing the return threshold is a song called “P-h-I-l-l-y”. The song is a collaborations my Eve and Beanie Siegel which are two hip hop artist from Philly. The chorus of the song is Oh Philly, Philly, Philly where I am from Philly, Philly Philly where I am from Philly, Philly Philly where I am from Philly, Philly Philly where I am from. This song always makes me think of where I’m from and always give me an idea of leaving college and returning to philly. The song states good things about philly and even bad things. If you have never been to philly and you listen to this song it gives you a visual of hoe it might be to live there go visit. Being home always give me a sense of security and love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyBCSYSjWx4

The Call to adventure is when a person needs to find something else to do in order to make their selves happy. It when people make a choice to go from their everyday life and take on an adventure. The song that makes me thinks of this is ”Successful” written by a new artist name drake. Many like this song because it shows ambition of wanting to be successful in life. The song is really nice and when I first heard it made me pressure myself even more in order to be successful in life and whatever I put my mind to. This song made me want to adventure out to college and get a good education in order to have a nice house and cars and plenty of happiness 10 years from now. The song is really inspirational which relates a lot to the call of adventure. Before leaving for college I headed off to something I knew little about but that didn’t hold me back from my call to adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkEgARlbyE

The belly of the whale is sort of like being reborn and getting another chance at life. After facing many obstacles the person decides to turn their life around and start off right from the beginning. The song that gives me inspirations to do this is by the legendary hip hop artist Biggie “The sky is The limit” the reason I chose this song is because he raps about life obstacles and how one bad thing that happens should cause a person to give up themselves. Listening to this song gives me a sense of strength that no matter what happens there is always a second chance to life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUfex4_fHug

Coming to college has always been something I wanted to do in life. I always had it set in my mind that I would go to college,try to get good grades and become a succesful pharamacist., but in many ways I was scared. it was something I never done before which meant that anything could happen and college could not be what its hyped up to be. So i became really nervous like any emotion that someone might feel if they had to live some where, were they never been or never heard of.

Before coming here I didnt know Pennsylvania was so big in range and distance. the first time I came to visit IUP was during orientation. I dont know if that was a good idea or bad but I was doing something that was out my element which made a treshold. Anyone that first come to college they cross an huge treashold because its something that their not use to and can be  huge change in their lives.

I crossed into the unknown

I crossed in my destiny

I crossed into my future

I crossed into possible victory

I crossed in friend

I crossed into life lessons

I crossed into defeats

I crossed into ambition

I crossed into college

We are beast

We are powerful

We are tremendous

We are scary

We are fearless

We are monsters

We are fighters

We are Frankenstein

We are women

College was always my dream thing to do

Sometimes I want to give up

College is sometimes harder than people might think

Sometimes I want to give up

College and good grades is my number one priority

Sometimes I want to give up

College is a great place to be

Sometimes I still want to give up

College isn’t for everybody

Sometimes I still want to give up

I refuse to be a failure or a quitter

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Everything people like Alice Walker, Emily Dickerson and Oprah Winfrey have made it better for females today

Remember that women are the most beautiful creations and we are way more than just pretty faces

Emily Dickerson, Virginia Woolf, Lady Muraski, Bell Hooks and Gloria Steinem are all women writers. They have written books, novels and poems.  Women are not noticed in the writing world. Some people believe they should only be house wives and men are the one that write the greatest but these women has proven every stereotype wrong. They writings have won many prizes and they have been awarded by people from all over the world.

Emily Dickerson wrote poems about her life and the problems she had to face. One poem she wrote was called “because we could not stop for death”. All Her poems are really interesting they all show a significance in a  women lives.