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THREE questions: (1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras!)
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1.) What does it mean to realize life?..
--I think that realizing life never really comes to a person until something 'life' changing happens. Sometimes people don't realize something till they have come close to losing it.
2.)Describe life back then apposed to today. Similarities/Differences
--Back then women weren't treated the same as men are. We weren't paid the same when we had jobs and thats if the manager was willing to hire a woman. Also en weren't allowed in the room when a woman was giving birth. Now Woman are paid about the same as a man is, ans men are allowed in the room with their wifes while they give birth.
3.)"There is something way down deep in every person." What connects us to one another?
--I honsetly think that 'life' in general is just a big room and the people that you meet are stuck in that room with you. Until you move on those people and you have to learn to enteract with each other. Wether it may be getting along with them or arguing with them. What connects us, is that we are stuck with this person, either for a short term or through a series of obstacles, and that we have to learn to get along or argue.
1.) I think the only way to realize life is to come face to face with Death. a quote from the movie Troy explains it best in my opinion. "The Gods envy us, because were mortal everything is more beautiful, any moment could be our last." Anyone CAN realize life just proving that any moment is your last by facing death is the only way to realize life.
2.) Everyone shares one thing in common. no matter how cruel someone can seem they always have a love for something. Love is what connects all of us as humans. every person at one time fells love for something whether they show it and how the show it is what makes us different. The only i can say about the circle of life is better stated by Walt Whitman when he said the quote about every person being one blade of grass that makes up a part of lawn.
3.) When i think about they way things were i think about the push for equal rights by Martin Luther king. and yet i think that that is one thing that will always be the same. In this world there is always going to be some person and some group of people or better yet countries that always think their better than everyone else. As bad as it sounds Racism is one thing that will always be around no matter what we do. the way we treat sexes will change as we go on in life.
1. To realize life, takes the realization of death. If you come across something life threatening and you see how easy it is to die, then you can realize life. Also, it doesn't need to be you that has the experience to see this, if someone close to you dies then you may also understand.
2. I believe that there are many things that make us human. One that is more prominent is our feelings. We all want to have people be kind and accept us as we are. We don't want to be hurt physically or mentally because that shows we are not liked and everyone wants to be liked.
3. The 19th century has to be one of the centuries with the most change, tons of new technology and ways to do things. Then with all this change comes more change with the ways humans react to one another. Even with change some things stay the same like traditions, and the normal everyday things in life. We work for money then spend it on things we want or need. Go to a party for fun, visit friends and family, just living life. The basics will always be the same, but how we do them will constantly change.
(1) An events of relizing life is maybe.. When you're holding the bundle of joy that you or your wife has been looking forward to seeing the face of your new baby. Or when you are sick and may die, you relize what you could have done differently when you were younger or not sick.
(2) We are all different which IS what makes us individuals. But we all have some of the same emotions; sadness, happiness, and anger are things everyone experiences. We all go through the same things sometime in our lives.
(3) Back in "the day" there were midwives that would deliever the baby, not a doctor. People back then weren't as "open" as we are now. People would NEVER would have talked about sex, taken sex education; like we do now. Then the death aspect we didn't have the medication that we do now so people had a higher chance of dying or not getting something cured than there is now!
1. The way i realize life is if i have a near death experience or when i see one and sometimes i just think about it randomly.
2. The reason i connect to this is because i like to help people and alot of people are similar in that way.
3. Life has changed alot because some people dident have rights in the early decade and they have rights now so i think it has changed in a good way.
1.) I think that you don't realize life till something in you life has changed. people close to death or have dyed. state custody which means people being taken from there parents at any age.
2.) Love is what connects all of us humans. how that makes us unique is cause all us humans show all our emotions differently.
3.) Life has changed cause we have rights. in the older days there wasn't a doctor who would deliver a baby so you had to deliver it yourself, men were not allowed in the delivery room. men and women were not treated the same back then or paid the same, now ya days we are all paid the same by the hour. there were no medication back then so your chances of dying were more likely, and today we have medication to treat the sickly.
(1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
--Sometimes it takes a mistake to realize what you did was wrong. When you are almost close to doing something and you might lose it, your attitude towards it would change. I realize life when I do something wrong, or just being aware of what is going on around me. Some people may realize something a different way, they just have to do what they are doing and what is going to happen. If something bad has happened to you, you normally learn from it.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
--We all have our differences and we're stuck in one big world. Everyone has feelings, its just a matter of how we show them, and how it happens. We all have a way of doing something, we just may do it a different way. Everybody is all alike in one way, shape or form. It's just a matter on how we see something.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
--Voting wise, women weren't allowed to vote and they had to stay home and vend for the house while the husband or man in the relationship went out and worked. We are on the road to recovery from recession apposed to depression which will once again make us the most powerful and richest country in the world. For the first time ever we have a black president and back then, blacks weren't even allowed to ride a bus or vote. When riding the bus they were only allowed to ride if there was a seat available and they had to ride in the back. It has changed for the better and has made reality better. It has proved that any man or woman is made equal.
1)I think realizing life only happens when you see someone close to you have their life taken away.I realized life when someone close to me passed away earlier this year.
2)I think every human is unique in at least one different way. We are are human because of our emotions. We all have our emotions and i think thats what makes every human tie together.
3)I think that we as humans are still growing from where we were back in the early 1900's. Every year we see changes and i think when i am older i look back and think it was hard when i was a kid but if you think way back things were a lot harder and things are only getting easier with the inventions being made.
1) What does it take to "realize life? I belive to realize life something life chaging has to happen like to lose a close love one or something happens to you personaly like a major injurie or a diesae. I think everyone can experince somehting like this if they dont then there unhuman.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" i belive that the one thing we have all in commom is love. We all have love for something or someone even thought some of us might not show love for that thing all the time it doesent mean we dont love it. Some of us have differnt ways of showing love too.
(3) "This is the way we were" everything is different than it use to be from daily life to birthdays. Daily life use to be so much more labor intence, there really wernt many diseses around. Birht was so much different the dads were not allowed in let alone a camera. But i do belive when it comes down to it the basic's are still the same as they use to be.
1) I think that it could take something bad or good to happen to realize life. When something good happens people realize life because they get caught in the moment when they see that good things do happen if you set ur mind to something and not give up. I think that people realize life the most when a loved one dies like i did when a family member or friend of mine has died. Its the worst thing knowing that ull never beable to see,talk,laugh or especailly tell them you love them again. It really wakes you up and shows you to live life, love with all uve got and never give up on something you believe in.Because you never know what could happen or when it could.
2)Love is deffinatly what CONNECTS us all because we care about eachother and thats apart of love. Lovind and Caring is what keeps us all TOGEATHER.
3)The way things are today are different from the way they were "back Then". I think familys are different now because back then familys had to be what they thought was purfect. Everbody had to know everything about everyone. So people hid alot of things. They didnt want to be look at differently because that would be the end of the world. A teenage girl getting pregnant, or even talking about sex in public was unherd of.Today being judged is not a big deal to people because we have bigger things to worry about.
This is what I think about these questions.
1. Realizing life. I believe that at one point or another every woman and man will find or discover the one thing that they crave or want over everything else life has to offer. Sometimes its good things like knowledge, friendship or love; and other times its not so good things like power, money, or lust. Either way, we all eventually find the one thing we realize we could not live without. The only thing that remains is, who has the confidence and courage to make sure nothing happens to lose them.
2. The question about us being human brings up something I find interesting. Humans may techinacally be nothing more than an advanced species, but our thoughts and dreams are truly something to admire. As far as we know, all other animals care about is food and reproducing. Humans on the other hand show a side that only we have. Humans have religion, which as far as we know is unheard of for other species, as well as the choice of what to believe in. Humans also feel love much more than other species, as they are the only species to have a choice on hetero, homo and bisexual. What I mean to say is, what makes us human alone is how we feel about live, nothing more, nothing less.
3. Things are much different compared to earlier years. I myself would without a doubt choose this period of time over the earlier ones. Back then ther was not exactly equality between all humans; until sometimes in the 1800s African were cruelly taken as slaves, and women hardly had any say in any matter whatsoever. Nowadays, it is a little harder to find someone who still believes the unfair times were better, not counting the ones who say it as a joke anyway. Either way, things will get even better over time, but who knows how much longer.
1.) I think each person has a time in their life when something really great, tramatic, or just really big happens in their life. When that thing happens, that person realizes life. I think I "realized life" when my parents got divirced. I never thought of it as a big deal when my friends talked about their parents, but when it happened to my family, it was horrible.
2.) Back then, women were treated like crap. There were unequal rights. Today, men and women are treated equally (by most people). Back then, people had little money with little care in the world. Today, people have alot of money and those people worry about everything. Back then, medical attention was little to nothing. Today, our medical capabilities are amazing.
3.) Each person in the world can connect to one another, even if they dont know it. Kids and adults all over the world go through the same types of emotions and situations. These people are all connected through those things, even though they might not have ever met.
(1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
--i think that sometimes people take life for granted without realizing that they are doing it. then there are some people who just don't care. Sometimes it takes something bad to happen for people to realize how fragile life is and how you should live everyday with purpose.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
--i think the thing that makes us unique as humans is our compassion. i think that it is something that all of us have. some people show it more and some less. but when something happens like 9/11 it's compassion that brings people together ,and puts things like race or gender aside.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras!)
--as time goes on people are becoming more open about everything . Most people have really done away with privacy. People are very outthere with thier personal lives. things like myspace and face book where people can pretty much see whatever you are doing whenever. that proves that socially things have change alot.
(1) Realizing Life
To realize life means to know that you are you. With this realization you can almost get this overwhelming feeling of just knowing. I have felt this way and it is sort of scary. Living almost as if your a character in a book is easier then actually knowing your you. One event that could help a person to realize life could be like a close to death experience.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person"
Well I just saw lion king on Broadway yesterday and the circle of life has a much deeper meaning then just living and eating plants then dieing and becoming those plants that others eat. As humans we can connect because of the simple knowledge of knowing that we are together on this earth. As humans we need this comfort of knowing that we are not alone in order to be content, knowing that what we do can affect others for better or worse.
(3) "This is the way we were"
Families have changed greatly. What used to be a sit down diner at the family table in the home has now become the quick microwave personal meals that can be eaten on the go. Also there is the fact that most families now a days are not even living in one home. Most kids have two homes. One with their mother and the other at their fathers. Marriage has also changed in the fact that divorce is more excepted then in the past. With over half of marriages failing this is considered okay to the general public. When in the past this would be awful to hear about.
1. What does it mean to realize life?
In my opinion realizing life only comes after you realize death or something absolutely life changing. I think until you face death or something life changing you haven't really realized life.
2. Describe life back then apposed to today?
Today life is much different than it was back then. Women had a very hardtime working, and were expected to stay home. Men were not allowed to be in the room while women gave birth, but now its weird if then man is not in the room.
3. There is something way down deep in every person. What connects us to one another.
I think what connects us to one another is just life in genral. I think that we are all connected by life.
Angeleyes
1.)To relize life it takes some life it takes something life changing llike a death in the family of even if your dog dies then you reliize life more than what you did before that happened. along with that it takes time.
2.)back then you could walk around without haveing a worry in your head about getting killed. NOw a days you always have to worry about yourself. What's going to hurt you or not. people hurt alot of aother people not as bad as back then.
3.)Every human keeps sercrets every human worries about themselfes first. However humans have the abilty to sense things in other people thats how we conect too eachother. When people are around the same kind of people as them whatever is deep down inside them it will come out!
What does it take to realize life? How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever really can realize life?
To realize life it takes living life to the fullest and it takes a person that is willing to take that risk that no one else would. To realize life you need to exsperiance life to the fullest, to gain all the knowledge of exspericance in all of the aspects of life. You can only realize life when you have exsperianced all of the parts of life.
There's something way down deep about every person... How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of the circle of life?
What makes us uniquely human, connects us as humans or makes us a part of the circle of life; our ability to care and love, to think things over and make choices based on past experiences makes us uniquely human. The humans ability to care for others connects us as humans, when one human is in danger or harm has come to them we as humans have the natural instinct to help. When hurricane Katrina hit Americans from all over donated clothes, food, water and time to help the people rebuild their city and their homes. Our interactions with the environment and animals makes us a part of the circle of life. What makes us uniquely human, our ability to understand what is happening around us. Humans can understand and interpret what we see, hear, feel, taste our understanding makes us the unique creature that we are.
This is the way we were What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
Things today are handled very different then in the past. Take daily life for example, twenty years ago people did not have the fancy computers, ipods and wireless internet that we have today. Twenty years ago daily life consisted of going outside to do entertain yourself rather then just sit in front of the tv play the play station. When people wanted to talk to each other they would go and meet in person rather then text on their cell phones. These are just little aspects of daily life that have changed. Although how we handle things has changed some have stayed the same. Holidays have mostly stayed constant throughout the years. In the past and today people have always celebrated Christmas to be with their family, Thanks giving to give thanks to all that they are thankful for and Halloween just to have fun and dress like a completely different you. We handle things differently then in the past yet on the other hand we handle other aspects in the same way as we have in the past.
Realizing life:
I don't think that you can't realize life its self, but i think that you can realize whats in life and how you pertain to it and what you can do differently to change. For example when someone has a near experience or hit rock bottom they most often try to make amends and change their life so that they can live better. For me I realized that i had to change my life when i hit rock bottom and finally became a diabetic and had to start insulin so that i could live.
2. I think the thing that defines us as humans and connects us all is our ability express or not being able to express our love to one another. I don't think that there is just one think that connects us all human. I think that we all have something different and that how we connect.
3.I agree that birth is handled differently with the father being allowed in the delivery room as where they used to not be allowed. But I think that we make more of a bigger deal about birth having parties and giving out birth announcements. Traditions for every family are always different so in that aspect i think that traditions are the same. Each family has unique differences. I think that community is different now, yes we do help each other but i don't think that we are as tight and wanting to help build homes for families in need and feed a stranger a meal in our home. We stick more to our family and min our own business.
1)-to realize life is to accept what life brings you and take the challenges it lays before you, to live life to the fullest and the best of your abilities. For someone to realize life i belive it takes a death, because once a death happens they know how much life is loved, needed and wanted.
2)-The things that define us as human is the qualities we show, the emotions we have and sometimes cannot controll, love, hate, sadness and happiness. we feel pain when no physical harm is being done and we feel pleasure when nothing is being done. we all share the sadness and happiness in others too. we share almost everything with everyone eve if we dont know what it is and when it is happening.
3)-The things we deal with differently now than then is gay marriage. The states and people are now understanding and excepting the gay rights and are now letting them marrie. as when back then it was thought wrong to even show affection for the same sex. we are giving equal rights to all and not just some single community.
1.) Realizing life? Well I believe that I may still be rather unsure about what this question truly means. But I suppose that I believe as Lucinda Matlock said "it takes life to love life". In this same way I think it takes life to fully understand life and even then perhaps you never will. I guess realizing life to me would mean that you understand life. You understand it as a privledge and as a fleeting thing. You understand it for all that it truly is and recognize it's ups and downs and perhaps even how it came to be.
2.)All I can picture with this question is Lion King. Ashleyann and I just went to see it on Broadway a week ago. But so I guess I believe that everything in the universe is tied together. The world would continue on without human beings. We are not the most crucial being in this universe (though we don't always like to acknowledge this). We can only exist ourselves because of the food and resources provided for us here. There are many traits that make humans unique. There is no other creature in the animal kingdom that comes even remotely close to the human intellectually. Humans are very unique but they are just a single piece of the vast universe. We are connected to one another often as humans but don't most animals connect to others in the species? We find comfort in similarity.
3.) Many many things have changed over even the last generation. I work in a nursing home and the residents have shared a great many stories with me about how life was in their day. Mrs. Vigue made an interesting point with the birth piece. It wasn't announced and flaunted about at all back then like it is today. Today you could turn on your television and watch a woman give birth and this would have been completely unacceptable 50 years ago. Even things as simple as driving. Every teenager today goes for their license. The majority of the women at the nursing home where I work never learned to drive and the few that did, hardly ever drove themselves anywhere. Every decade the world changes ever so slightly and by the time 5 or 6 decades go by, drastic change can be seen.
(1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
I think realizing life involves finding meaning in the small things that we experience every day. Big events like weddings, funerals, births are obviously important; it is easy to find meaning in them, and to realize that they are significant parts of your life. But life also includes the mundane things that you do on a daily basis, like washing dishes or going grocery shopping, that may not seem important at the time, but actually make up the majority of your life. I think that life should be valued for more than just the momentous occasions, but for all the little moments that we take for granted. I think that most people don’t realize their lives until the end of it, when they are able to look back and realize that life is made up of small, seemingly inconsequential events which are actually some of the most important parts.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
I think that the concept of what our humanity consists of is impossible to define; I think there are many theories about what makes life meaningful, and people have sought to explain our existence since the beginning of time. However, I think we are all connected by the fact of our own mortality. While our individual lives may be completely different, we all know that our time on earth is finite. In that way, I think we share the same basic experience of life at its most rudimentary.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
Some of the most drastic changes in our society have been made to the area of medical science. We now have vaccinations for diseases which were once fatal, and know much more about the human body than did our ancestors. Chemotherapy, open-heart surgery, and ultrasounds are examples of procedures that we now take for granted, but which were not available to patients in the past. In terms of love and marriage, getting married was once considered the only option for young women, and making an advantageous match was the highest expectation for a girl. In current times, it is acceptable to be unmarried, and marriage is more open; for example, interracial marriage is no longer illegal, and same-sex marriage is permitted in some states. Another aspect of our society that has changed over time is community. In earlier times, people relied on their neighbors as a support system; communities came together to help each other in times of need, even though families often lived far from each other. Now, people may live very close to each other, but it is not unusual for neighbors to have never met. Today, technology such as the internet or cell phones is used to stay connected; proximity is not as important a factor as it once was.
1.) What does it take to Realize life? How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever really can realize life?
You have to be able to take risks and do things that you normaly wouldn't to realize life. It takes someone who lives outside the "box". Someone who is willing to take a really big risk to get the reward. I think you can really reaize life, as long as your not the type that just lets things pass you by you by. Someone who lives outside there comfort zone everyday and tries new things is going to live life to the fullest and is going to realize what life really is.
2.)There's something way down deep about every person... How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of the circle of life?
What connects as humans is the fact that everyone has something alike. There is one thing that humans care about, it might be different for each person. Caring and helping other people is a big thing that humans have in common. When something bad happens theres always someone there to help. That's just how people react to bad situations they help even if they don't know the person. Caring and helping is what connects us as humans.
This is the way we were What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
Alot of things are different between now and the past. Now compared to the past things like Women's rights, black rights are things that have changed major. Even though these things have changed i think that you can't change how people thing about eachother. With the rights of black people equal with white people, there are somethings that will never change. Also little things like the way a baby is delived is different. Alot of things have changed but something will never change in the mind of people.
(1) Realizing Life- (reread Lucinda Matlock) What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
I believe this may be one of those things were you have to lose it to truly appreciate it. Although this may sound morbid, it may be true. One may have to lose what their idea of life to reality, or even have a near death experience to know what living truly is. I believe that it is possible to realize life, but only when you’ve passed on to Heaven will you really understand the true meaning of why we are here and what the grand scheme of the universe is. We may be able to get a small glimpse of it while we are still alive.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
I would define it as being a soul, but that my religious take on it. Some people do not believe in religion and are strongly opposed to any idea of it. I believe what separates us from most animals is the fact that we have a soul. The truth is that each and every one of us is different and created specially and uniquely. We are part of the circle of life not only because we can be created, live, and then pass on (almost like the cycle of a butterfly), but that our bodies are practically the same material as everything else in the universe. It may be arranged in different sequences, but essentially it is all the same. When our bodies die, it decomposes and provides for other living creatures in the future, even other humans.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras for goodness sake!)
Things that were regarded as improper or taboo back then are now acceptable. Just as with any culture what is acceptable and what is not is constantly changing. Before women would be seen as promiscuous if they left the house without five petticoats on underneath their corset and gown. Women now leave the house wearing shorts with a three inch inseam and tube tops that barely cover their breasts. Children are not longer expected to stand at the dinner table, and are in general more spoiled. I’m not saying that children should stand at a dinner table, but a hundred years ago an orange was a wonderful Christmas present, and now children want Power wheels and Barbies and electric scooters.
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I think in order to realize life you have to live it to its fullest. We take life for granted and most of the time if we ever do realize life it happens in that one little moment. That second when all of your experiences you have had through life all come together to make you see what you have been through in your life.
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What I think that makes us all uniquely human is our desire for something more. Even if you're not religious you still have that belief in something above this world. Whether you believe in God or you are superstitious. That is what I think connects us all as humans.
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Many things, like we discussed in class we handle the same or feel the same about. Our simple pleasures as expected are somewhat the same. Through the years technology has been introduced in to our lives though, and in that manner some things have changed. Our daily life and the way we communicate and interact with each other has changed dramatically because of cell phones and the internet. Marriage is also something that I feel has changed. In years past marriage seemed more sacred and was not taken lightly even though people got married very early. These days people get married early but usually soon after get divorced.
My friends dad is sick And when I saw him in the hospital. It made me realize Alot of things...
2 When I was kid it was the best. gas was cheaper there was less responisiblty, no school.
3. the things that connect people together is how they llok and how they present there selfs.
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in realizing life you need somethign dramatic or big to happen in your life. some events that can help you to realize what life is a death in the family or losing someone (dont need to be as in death but losing as a friend) that you care alot about.
2) the thign that is deep down in all of us that mkaes us ourself and not anyone else is that everyone has a differant kind of personality and everyone has a different feeling about everything noone can have teh exact same experances so it makes our thoughts and oppiouns differant.
3) in teh past the african americans was treated alot differant and treated preaty cruel.. teh africans americans had no rights as to what some or most people thought; and now a days the african americans are actualy treated like humans and people.l in teh since of birth back then the dads wasn't allowed in teh delivery room and now its preaty much a automic thing that teh dad is in teh delavery room and even more they have cameras.
1.) It doesnt take much to realize life. you could take you forever and maybe never realize it but you could realize it as soon as you think of it. i think that you have to make mistkes learn how life goes follow the rules and you pretty much realize what life is. Most lifes are not the same everyone lives there life differently.
2.) We are all the same people that live different lives. We all connect and come together because we can trust most everyone. Everyone is a friend to someone, And everyone knows everyone.
3.) i think life is way different now then it useto be. they came out with more better and fun things to do. when back then, life useto be dull and kids couldnt have fun everything was stricked.
1. What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
I think that personal experiences that you can learn something from or have a deep connection with help you in realizing life. Events that happen throughout our lifetime, whether they are good or bad, make us emotional and feel alive. Having the sense of being alive and not taking that for granted helps you in realizing life. I feel that it is not impossible to really be able to feel and know your living life. It doesn't take death, or birth either to have that feeling. It could be as simple as going to a graduation or a wedding. Having an emotional sense of bonding with someone, or an event is what makes you realize life.
2. "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
I can honestly say I do not have an answer for this question right now and need time to think about it. Other than, I feel that we all share an emotional tie with one another. That is what makes us instinctual when it comes to telling emotion and expressions from another human being. However, we are not all the same. Some people are truly evil and some insanely good. Then there are some who really try to be good but make mistakes and learn from them. The group who is not perfect, but tries there hardest to be. I don't understand how we can be so different when it comes to that, and still but under the "circle of life" as one. Except for reproduction, then I can see a circle of life.
3."This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
Marriage has a huge difference in how it was treated now compared to in the past. People destroy the sanctity of marriage now. They get married and then get annulments or get married in Vegas when there drunk. There is so much divorce that it doesn't seem like anyone gets married for love anymore. In the past, marriage might not have been perfect but it sure didn't have the divorce ratings there are now. Also marriage was a huge deal back then. It was not taken for granted like it is today.
Tradition has changed in these past years as well. Families did a lot more together as a unit back then. They either had tradition to go to church every Sunday, or maybe ate as a family every night or every holiday. Maybe they had a game night every Saturday night. That doesn't happen as often know.
Sports is very different now too. It seems like there is more pressure than ever on athletes now. Maybe there is so much pressure to be the best that that is what makes famous athletes to take drugs. Or high school athletes to take performance enhancers. I feel pressure during sports all the time. I can't even imagine a college team that wins a lot and the pressure they feel to be the best and not let their coaches down, or their teammates. I don't know much about sports in the past but they are getting worse and worse. Before we know it all the baseball players will be on steroids.
(1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
-In order to truly realize life one must first experience it. No one can ever realize life if they are naive and do not know what goes on in the world around them. Those who lived through the wars, lived through the depressions and lived through things many cannot begin to comprehend may have the best understanding of how truly precious life is. Many people like to live in the moment but by doing this they are not making memories that will last more than a few days. The events in life that usually aid us into some insight are those most precious and those most terrifying. The birth of one's first child. This is a moment in time when someones life is instantly changed. To see the beauty and absolute innocense makes one realize how amazing this life can be. Tradgedies like the 9/11 terror attaacks or the loss of a family member help us to see how short life is and how much we should cherish it. Very few people actually truly realize life, many of them are elderly and have known all aspects of life. They have experienced being in love, fighting in a war, having a family, seeing loved ones die, taken advantage of every oppurtunity they could. It takes a truly spectacular person to realize life.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
There is no one way to define what makes us uniquely human. Each person is amazing in their own way. Every one has the ability to shine even when it is dark. Its hard to put a definition on. It is hope. Hope is some thing that we all seem to have. We hope every day that something great will happen and even when it doesn't we seem to keep hoping. Every person you meet you have met for a reason. Maybe it is some one who you have alot in common with or it could the person you don't ever want to be like. Somtimes you can find that thing with in yourself by just being alone, other times it takes a world of people to help you become who you are. We are all given basic parts but who we are comes from inside and once you've found yourself it is hard for any one to try and change you.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items)
The way we were in the beginings of this country would seem appauling today but are we really that different? Slavery and racism reined throughout the country in the early ages. If you were a different color you were considedered inferior. Now we are afraid of terrorists. Muslims and Arabs are shunned. They are being demeaned for their religious standards and that is unconstitutional. Women stayed home and worked out of the kitchen. Their only jobs were to take care of children, cook and clean. Men went to work and made money then they came home and did nothing. They were not family men and they went out to party every week. Now women work just as hard if not harder than most men. Men can be found in kitchens cooking now and out side playing with their children. Many things have changed between then and now some good and some bad. Things were simpler then but now we are closer.
1. I think the way that you can realize life is to have a really big event happen that makes you take a step back and analyze what life really means to you and what you may take for granted in your life. A big event that could take place could be death; a lot of people re-analyze what their own life means to them after the death of someone they love or someone who is really important to them. Although, such an event does not have to be a bad thing that happens to you in order for you to "realize life". Many times parents feel completely different after the birth of their child (usually first) and they see that their life did not have nearly as much meaning before as it did once they had a child. I believe that people think that they "realize life", but then their views change on that once they grow older and have new experiences.
2. There are many things that any one person could say connects everyone as humans way deep down. One way that I see humans being connected and makes us uniquely human is our fondness for curiosity and our constant search for more knowledge. The human race always has been and always is going to be curious. We are always going to want to know more, if only purely for our own enjoyment.
3. So many aspects of life have changed in the past one-hundred years - some of it simply because of technology. They way that we get information now (and how quickly)has changed. People have access to so much information in a matter of seconds - and right at their fingertips that everyone is so much more aware of what is going on in the world around them. Branching off into another one of our categories - while still in reference to technology - the way that people can watch sports now allows them so much more access to their favorite teams. Even if someone does not live in the same city (or even same state) so that they can go to the games, they can still be just as big of a fan - because they can watch them live for basically every single game. People are more distant with their families as well, because of technology. Not wanting to eat supper all together because something they want to watch is on tv. Or maybe they want to go somewhere and have to eat quickly. So many things have changed for people, especially with peoples rights, as well.
1.realizing life, dont really come to a person i dont think till something that means so much to them/ or is really close to them and they loose it... and realize what they had when its gone..
2.back in the day, we woman were suppose to stay in the house and cook clean; housekeeping mostly...we were not suppose to get jobs were suppose to cater to the man and their need.. well today it totally changed, for example woman have their own jobs make there own money, and the men do their own thing yes we still cook meals and stuff but that not the only thing that were expected to do.
3.I think the the biggest that connect everyone to one another is that we all lean on each ohter for one thing or another, like we all want a relationship of some kind either a family relationship or and boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.. but also life in general is a big thing that connects us together...
1.Realizing life means that you dont take things for granted and dont wish away what you have in store for you, you take in every minute and enjoy life.
2.The same thing about today and back then is that the people are human and each one makes mistakes. The real challenge is whether you learn from those mistakes or not.
3.The thing that connects us to one another is love and life. people always love something whether it be a person or a thing. People also have life, life can be very upsetting at times and people may wonder how they can love life but life needs to be loved before people can actually have it.
1.) What does it mean to realize life?..
- To me, realizing life means to understand what you've got, and to enjoy it. Without taking it for granted.
2.)Describe life back then apposed to today. Similarities/Differences
- Back then, women werent treated like they are today, they were treated as objects, instead of people. Now, women make the same amount of money, and can vote!
3.)"There is something way down deep in every person." What connects us to one another?
- We all hurt the same, cry the same and love the same. There's no right or wrong way to love someone, or to cry. We all do it, it's just something we do. We all have that feeling piece that connects us, and we've also got life in general. We all just live, day by day. Some live higer than others money wise, and some just life 'better'.
1) It takes full understanding of your life and how you came to be. I'm not sure anyone really can realize life without something for them to go by. No one person could fully realize life, people try to grasp it and understand it but how can one know that they realize life? Death makes people look into their own lives, that may help them realize it.
2) Because we are all human that gives us each a bond, our reaction to certain events make us human. Every person is not that same, that is unique. The world has a circle of life: people are born, live, then die but this cycle is repeating.
3) In the past men were higher above women, men could vote and had special previlegies compared to women that stayed home. The communities have changed, some stay together and others are separate. The world we live in has changed, more opinions and voices are being heard. Our minds are opening to different possibilities.
(1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?"
--I think to realize life you need to experiance it to the fullest. Maybe we will never realize it until we have almost last it, then we can understand how precious and fragile our lives really are.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person"
--I think we all have a connection just by being the same, and at the same time extremely different. Each person has those few things that separates us from eachother-such as personality.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now?
--I think things are constantly changing. People change which causes out community to change and it goes on in a chain that is always changing. Sence everything is constantly changing there are very few things that are the same now compared to what they were then
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