Chase , Age 17
What do you expect prom to be like?
" I don't really know , I just want to go to see what its like. It only happens once"
How do you feel about the typical expectations of prom? ( loosing you virginity , partying, hotel rooms)
"That shit is mad corny, that only happens in far whack lonely places like Utah or Oklahoma."
Are you planning on going home prom night?
"Fuck no"
Amber , Age 18
What do you expect from prom?
" I hope that it goes smoothly ! I want everything to be perfect my shoes, hair, makeup, dress, accessories. I'm excited but the wait it a drain. "
How do you feel about the typical expectations of prom? ( loosing you virginity , partying, hotel rooms)
"That's only in like small towns, in the city its not like that, its mostly about the after partying than the prom. It's all so exciting though."
Are you planning on going home prom night?
"Probably not"
Analysis- They both have different view points, altough they arent as excited as someone would expect they are anticipating for the day prom comes. They both view the stero-type of loosing virginity's at prom as a "small town thing"
Asha Age 19
How was prom for you?
'' It was fun , I was stressed out though. So much to do in so little time ! Everything was last last minute and the you finally go and have fun and then its over."
Would you do it all over again?
"Uhhh yea I think I would , I would change my dress though I spent so much money on it, and I'm never going to wear it again. Kinda like a wedding dress. "
Kelly Age 21
How was prom for you?
"It was terrible , it rain and the DJ was whack but the after party was the best part. We had so much fun and went to the beach and watch the sun rise" (they rented a shore house for the night/day)
Would you do it again?
No, prom only happens once for a reason
Samantha 26
How was your prom , do you remember it?
"Yes it was a lot of fun , we all were so excited to get our dresses and prepare and makeup. I definitely got drunk that night.
Were you excited for your prom?
"Yes, waitng to get asked was annoying but it happend in a cute way it was more about who you were going to end up in a hotel with "
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
HW 57
I was never really interested in prom , there seemed like there were so much controversy and drama involved with it. It seems like prom is only big in small towns, its suppose to be the highlight of senior year. Theres a lot of stero-types that girls loose theyre virginity on prom night or get knocked up. As the years go by prom (in my opnion) is becoming less and less important.
I noticed that a lot of prom themed movies only come to theathers during prom season.Theres a lot more work into preparing for prom for girls compared to boys, its almost like a mini wedding and is definitly seen as a milestone in life. The proms in the 60s compared to today are extremely different, I've seen movies where they wont allow the kids to touch eachother while they dance (Grease) or when they "greasers" or "bad kids" spike the punch.
Questions
Who invented prom, came up with the concept?
When and where was the first prom?
What are the pregnacy rates on prom nights?
Why is prom seen as a sexual thing?
I noticed that a lot of prom themed movies only come to theathers during prom season.Theres a lot more work into preparing for prom for girls compared to boys, its almost like a mini wedding and is definitly seen as a milestone in life. The proms in the 60s compared to today are extremely different, I've seen movies where they wont allow the kids to touch eachother while they dance (Grease) or when they "greasers" or "bad kids" spike the punch.
Questions
Who invented prom, came up with the concept?
When and where was the first prom?
What are the pregnacy rates on prom nights?
Why is prom seen as a sexual thing?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
HW 55
Coments
Leah-
I loved this, I was actually really interested in the topic you chose to do your project on. I think that the Hindu culture focuses more on the morning and celebration of the deceased life rather than appearance of the burial ground and or cost. I thought it was interesting that they crack the skull in order to release the soul from the body , even though it seems a little gore-ish it makes sense. Its almost as if a person's soul is trapped in the vessel(they're body) once they die so they need to be released. Religion really plays a huge role in the Hindu culture and its shown by they're social dominant practices.
"In the Hindu culture, they will bring their sick loved ones home with them to die peacefully instead of hospitals. It is Hindu custom for the family to build a shelter and perform a fire ritual (homa) in order to bless nine brass pots and one clay pot. In absence of a shelter a fire is made at home. Relating back to the cremation only men can attend it, women are forbidden."
They're social dominant practice with funerals seems to be a home funeral, which seems far fetched in the states and most people don't know about them.
Steph-
I liked christina's and Salathen's views on death, you wont know what hurts or whats being done with your body cause your dead and wont feel it. I think that puts ease to my mind (and possibly others) when I think about death. I like how you question your own actions when it comes to drawing a cross on your chest and kissing your hand to the sky. I also wondered why people did this and will probably ask or do some research on it. Your video was nicely put together and was interesting to watch.
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Comments left on my blog. . .
Larche
Ally,
I liked your elevator speech, which brought me to your blog. I liked that you decided to make an informative brochure on the alternative burial options compared to a conventional one. I liked that the brochure had pictures of each one and and little story and info on the burial and why it was chosen.
Jay
Seeing your brochure for a few seconds in class made me want to come to your blog. I thought the idea was very original and I liked that you decided to go your own way with it. The simplicity of your brochure is great and something like this should be implemented in the funeral society. Something like this could be of great use to families who are in too much grieving to research care of the dead option. They could simply pick up a brochure like this and learn more about different techniques quickly, and they could then research further into the ones they are interested in.
David
After seeing your presentation in class I wanted to learn more on different types of burials. I really liked the brochure you made on introducing alternative burials to those that aren't familure with them. For my project I also looked into Home Funerals which made me want to look more in depth about it and from your brochure I got some extra information like the prices of a Home Funeral. I really liked that you made your brochure easy to read, included the key information, and had three burial types instead of the dominate practice.
Leah-
I loved this, I was actually really interested in the topic you chose to do your project on. I think that the Hindu culture focuses more on the morning and celebration of the deceased life rather than appearance of the burial ground and or cost. I thought it was interesting that they crack the skull in order to release the soul from the body , even though it seems a little gore-ish it makes sense. Its almost as if a person's soul is trapped in the vessel(they're body) once they die so they need to be released. Religion really plays a huge role in the Hindu culture and its shown by they're social dominant practices.
"In the Hindu culture, they will bring their sick loved ones home with them to die peacefully instead of hospitals. It is Hindu custom for the family to build a shelter and perform a fire ritual (homa) in order to bless nine brass pots and one clay pot. In absence of a shelter a fire is made at home. Relating back to the cremation only men can attend it, women are forbidden."
They're social dominant practice with funerals seems to be a home funeral, which seems far fetched in the states and most people don't know about them.
Steph-
I liked christina's and Salathen's views on death, you wont know what hurts or whats being done with your body cause your dead and wont feel it. I think that puts ease to my mind (and possibly others) when I think about death. I like how you question your own actions when it comes to drawing a cross on your chest and kissing your hand to the sky. I also wondered why people did this and will probably ask or do some research on it. Your video was nicely put together and was interesting to watch.
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Comments left on my blog. . .
Larche
Ally,
I liked your elevator speech, which brought me to your blog. I liked that you decided to make an informative brochure on the alternative burial options compared to a conventional one. I liked that the brochure had pictures of each one and and little story and info on the burial and why it was chosen.
Jay
Seeing your brochure for a few seconds in class made me want to come to your blog. I thought the idea was very original and I liked that you decided to go your own way with it. The simplicity of your brochure is great and something like this should be implemented in the funeral society. Something like this could be of great use to families who are in too much grieving to research care of the dead option. They could simply pick up a brochure like this and learn more about different techniques quickly, and they could then research further into the ones they are interested in.
David
After seeing your presentation in class I wanted to learn more on different types of burials. I really liked the brochure you made on introducing alternative burials to those that aren't familure with them. For my project I also looked into Home Funerals which made me want to look more in depth about it and from your brochure I got some extra information like the prices of a Home Funeral. I really liked that you made your brochure easy to read, included the key information, and had three burial types instead of the dominate practice.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Extra Credit
- Spend at least a half hour each walking around two or more cemeteries. Post 3-5 paragraphs of your reactions and thoughts and include a small photo with you in each cemetery.
Javon Lucy and I decided to go to the two cemeteries near the brooklyn bridge, one was next to the trinity church and the other was on Broadway. Walking through a cemetery wasnt as scary as I expected it to be, it was interesting to read the tomb stones and find out information about the person who died. Most of the dates were in the 18 hundreds and surprisingly many of the people who were buried there died very young. The tomb stones were very old and gritty and had no flowers, I didnt expect the tombstones to be very pretty since they been there for so long but I did expect to see flowers and candles.
While we were at the cemetery by the Trinity church we saw a group of children playing and running around the cemetary which I found very interesting. It made me think back to Skip's visit and how he thought that children should be exposed to death and not be taught to fear it. Although you shouldnt shove death in a childs face but I think its important to know that death is real and it happens. They seemed to be on a trip or a play date with a babysitter and I wondered if theyre parents knew that they were there, and how they would feel about that. I also wondered why the chaporone took them there, did they ask about death? Did they decide that they wanted to visit one or did they have absolutly no idea that they were running around and over a dead person.
Seeing the cemetery actually convinced me that the social dominant practice of a funeral and or burial isnt something I want. In a few years I would be walked over and that thought doesnt sit well with me. The tomb stone writting fades and deterierates, and sooner or later people will stop visiting and leaving flowers and candles. I wouldnt be thought about, I'd just be rotting underground.
Monday, May 16, 2011
HW 55
For this assignment I decided to create a brochure that would typically be found at a funeral home that introduces the public to alternative funeral arrangments, most Americans are ignorant when it come to alternatives to dominant social practices.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
HW 54
I was unsure on how to do this post so I decided to ask my grandmother her views on eternal life and haven, shes a Jehovah's Witness and has been one for most of her life.
Heaven
"Jehovah Witnesses believe that everyone has a chance at being resurrected, the bible says that only 144,000 will be resurected and go to heaven to be apart of the heavenly goverment and the rest will be ressurected to a paradise earth.
Why 144000?
"Why does our goverment have a specific number of people running the show? Because thats how many people they need. God needs that many people to run the Kingdom of God."
Eternal Life
"Jehovahs witnesses believe that no one has enternal life, when they die theyre dead until god sees fit to ressurect them."
Like the candle goes out?
"They exsit only in God's memory"
Heaven
"Jehovah Witnesses believe that everyone has a chance at being resurrected, the bible says that only 144,000 will be resurected and go to heaven to be apart of the heavenly goverment and the rest will be ressurected to a paradise earth.
Why 144000?
"Why does our goverment have a specific number of people running the show? Because thats how many people they need. God needs that many people to run the Kingdom of God."
Eternal Life
"Jehovahs witnesses believe that no one has enternal life, when they die theyre dead until god sees fit to ressurect them."
Like the candle goes out?
"They exsit only in God's memory"
Monday, May 9, 2011
HW 53
I read an article online about death and dying on Maxzip.com called "Sociology of death and dying" and this particular passage stuck out to me
LINK"the sociology of death and dying is concerned with the role of mortality in social life. Many social thinkers believe that death poses the fundamental threat to the integrity and continuity of society. Social structures must provide a symbolic canopy which guards against the terrors of extinction by providing meaning to human activity. Societies respond to this threat in a wide variety of ways ranging from the collectivist, death accepting, rebirth orientation of the East, to the personal, death defying, hedonism of the West. The sociology of death and dying, therefore, provides a unique perspective to investigate the core values of a culture."
The author of this article seems to think that many "social thinkers" think that death is a threat to the world so we fabricate the harsh reality of it. Our society uses the fabrications to guard themselves of thought that the human race would be extinct (according to the article) We make the continuous rituals that we preform seem meaningful so that we feel our life has meaning. We live in a society that's taught to deny death, there are two things that go along with death in our society and thats hope and fear. We hope that we can postpone death and fear that we wont. Death isnt really taught to be accepted in today's society, your suppose to deal with it when it happens.
LINK
The next article I read was called "sociological perspectives on end of life care" it was long and draining but this passage caught my attention
"The experience of suffering is universal across time and cultures, and reminds us of our human vulnerability, and the fact that one day we all must face dissolution through death. There is a long tradition of philosophical and sociological perspectives on death and dying, with many proposing that our shared awareness of our inevitable mortality, and by implication the possibility of suffering, is the key factor in how we construct the very fabric of society, how we understand what it means to be human and how we negotiate the business of living (Clark and Seymour, 1999)"
Death reminds us that we can go at any point in time which can make someone feel vulnerable. This article somewhat ties together with the previous one but the 1st article speaks more about societies defense mechanisms to ignore death and the 2nd article tells why we build up these defense mechanisms and its simply because were scared and feel vulnerable.
LINK"the sociology of death and dying is concerned with the role of mortality in social life. Many social thinkers believe that death poses the fundamental threat to the integrity and continuity of society. Social structures must provide a symbolic canopy which guards against the terrors of extinction by providing meaning to human activity. Societies respond to this threat in a wide variety of ways ranging from the collectivist, death accepting, rebirth orientation of the East, to the personal, death defying, hedonism of the West. The sociology of death and dying, therefore, provides a unique perspective to investigate the core values of a culture."
The author of this article seems to think that many "social thinkers" think that death is a threat to the world so we fabricate the harsh reality of it. Our society uses the fabrications to guard themselves of thought that the human race would be extinct (according to the article) We make the continuous rituals that we preform seem meaningful so that we feel our life has meaning. We live in a society that's taught to deny death, there are two things that go along with death in our society and thats hope and fear. We hope that we can postpone death and fear that we wont. Death isnt really taught to be accepted in today's society, your suppose to deal with it when it happens.
LINK
The next article I read was called "sociological perspectives on end of life care" it was long and draining but this passage caught my attention
"The experience of suffering is universal across time and cultures, and reminds us of our human vulnerability, and the fact that one day we all must face dissolution through death. There is a long tradition of philosophical and sociological perspectives on death and dying, with many proposing that our shared awareness of our inevitable mortality, and by implication the possibility of suffering, is the key factor in how we construct the very fabric of society, how we understand what it means to be human and how we negotiate the business of living (Clark and Seymour, 1999)"
Death reminds us that we can go at any point in time which can make someone feel vulnerable. This article somewhat ties together with the previous one but the 1st article speaks more about societies defense mechanisms to ignore death and the 2nd article tells why we build up these defense mechanisms and its simply because were scared and feel vulnerable.
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