May 06th 09.
Questionnaire.
Age: 37 years old.
Sex: Female
Subjects taking are: Social Policy and Social Care.
Q.Does Being Bad relate well to the other modules you are taking?
This module engaged me to think in a different way than the assignments I have been given. Some of the weekly titles in the module will in someway link to the outcome of Social Policy and Social during employment.
Q. Have you found 'Being Bad' too demanding, too easy, or at an appropriate level?
Being Bad has helped me to think critically and rationally in regards to the weekly subjects.
Q. Do you think the list of topics covered on the module appropriate?
I think some of them are relevant but i done see the relevance of bad comedians and the Kids movie.
Q. Are there any topics not included in the module that you would like to see included?
I think it would be good to include racism and prejudice. Although they can be difficult subjects to talk about, I think it is very important to see that racism still exists very strongly.
Q. Do you think the format of the class has worked well?
I think a change of rooms would control some of the students. Many of them were loud and there were many different conversations taking place at any one time. Even though I always sat at the front of the room, I had difficulty in hearing the lectures at times.
Q. What do you think of the module team?
I think the team knew their subjects, but having different lectures each week, it didnt really make time for student and tutor relationship to form.
I think as a whole it would have been better to have a room other than the lecture theatre, that way other students would be able to get to know each other. Small group discussions would be good as it would help other student to have n idea of what other students think about the subjects.
Having different formats to hand in assignments helps students to think more rationally. I enjoyed creative writing but did not understand much about how to format the other types of presenting the assignments.
Q. Do you think that interdisciplinary modules are a good idea?
Yes
Q. Do you think you have benefitted from the disciplinary approach taken in the module?
Yes.
Q. Would you like to see more modules that cover this kind of subject matter?
Yes.
Q. Are you planning to take the follow-up module PH2004 module at level 2?
It all depends on how well I do with this one.
Q. Do you think the blogs (web logs) were a good idea?
I didn't like the blogs, so I will say no to this question.
Q. What did you think of the assessments?
I think it would have been better to have a 1000 words essay than two short pieces.
Q. What have you learned from the module.
That it is hard for me to self direct my study.
Q. What parts of the module have you found most useful and why?
Listening to the lectures and learning how they dumb down words which sound more difficult than they actually are. I also found the workshop very useful to have just before the main lecture.
Q. What parts do you think were a waste of time and why?
Going to watch a video, hardly anyone turned up. It would have been better to show slides and give our leaflets about a particular movie.
Q. Are there any other comments you wish to make regarding 'Being Bad'.?
Overall it was interesting and enjoyable.
Thursday 7 May 2009
Outlaws:
May 6th 09
Apache Kid.
George Cassidy
George "Butch" Cassidy was a skilled thief. During his outlaw days and unlike other bandits and outlaws, he managed not to kill anyone while he was on the rampage. This was one of the reasons why he was a mystique of bandit.
Apache Kid.
Bandits.
George Cassidy
George "Butch" Cassidy was a skilled thief. During his outlaw days and unlike other bandits and outlaws, he managed not to kill anyone while he was on the rampage. This was one of the reasons why he was a mystique of bandit.
Apache Kid:
Apache Kid's real name was Haskay-bay-nay-natyl which means tall man destined to meet a mysterious ending. As his name was too long and difficult to pronounce, he was nicknamed kid.
He worked as a scout in the Indian scouts and met up with the chief of scouts and rode alongside him.
Kid was normally a good person but got caught up in a wrong situation at the wrong time that would leave two men dead and the prospects of a prison sentence. In 18878, he and his fellow Apache's from the scouts made fermented fruit corn which was illegal called Tiswin. The laws had found out about this and two men had ended up dead back at eh camp where they brewed the tiswin.
This event had helped him into becoming a ruthless outlaw with no remorse to kill anyone who stepped in his way.
Outlaws are not usually ruthless heartless criminal, circumstances take them to destinations that many of us would not ever dare to tread. However, this style of living is unhealthy, imprudent, detrimental and wrong.
References:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=bandits&aq=f&oq=
http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/583,The-Most-Famous-Outlaws
http://www.google.co.uk/search?gbv=2&hl=en&q=APACHE+KID&meta=
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Body modification entry 2
May 6th 09.
Body modification.
Why would anyone want to permanently alter their appearance to look like this?
Normally when you think of body piercing, it would be the piercing of ears the most common one, but if you want to go a little further you may want to do your nose, navel, tongue lips and nipple. These type of piercings are generally the normal acceptable types of body piercing, these form of body modification are know as body art.
Other forms of body modification are usually due to cultural factors such as tribe engraving images of people, patterns, icon and animals on parts of the body as a part of ritual and commitment.
Other forms of modification can be seen as plastic surgery. Many people often women have plastic surgery in search of looking younger or creating the perfect body. Research shows that body modification can become addictive. People who start surgery often feel the need to have something else done for now step closer for their perfection.
If it makes them feel better within themselves then why not? Although sometimes body modification can look gruesome, its not immoral but can be imprudent and unhealthy.
Reference:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&um=1&q=body+modification&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20
http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/bme-pirc.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_modificationhttp://plasticsergeant.com/body-modification
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Telling lies.
May 05 2009.
Telling Lies:
We all do it and if anyone says they don't, is a liar.
We all want people to be honest with us, so it would be very useful if we could detect when someone is lying. According to the experts, body language plays a very important role in being able to tell if someone is lying.
Some of the signs to be able to specify if someone is lying are, physical expression will be limited and stiff, the movement of the body will be limited, as the liar may close themselves in, lack of eye contact, touching of the face, ears, mouth, scratching the nose and messing with the ears are signs to be able to identify if someone is lying.
Expressions are limited to mouth movements when someone is faking emotions when someone is caught out in a lie, they usually get defensive.
Lying to some degree I think is o.k and is human nature to lie as people often lie to protect someone else from getting hurt. Some people also lie to get themselves out of uncomfortable situations.
Overall, so called little white lies are quite harmless, but lying about a crime to get out of trouble as well as illegal it is also immoral, unhealthy and imprudent.
References:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=telling+lies&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=
http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies.php
Sunday 3 May 2009
Swine Flu
Pills, pills, and More pills,
I'm as sick as a parrot.
3rd May 2009.
Swine Flu Hype.
Ever since the craze of the pandemic of swine flu, it shows how human behaviour get hyped up about something we are told over the media about something some of us don't really know about.
Over the last week, we saw the pandemic of swine flu rise to 787 people across 17 countries due to the spread of the virus.
I am very alert about the news on flu as I am considering going on holiday to Spain where there have been cases of people with the virus.
The question I am concerned with is if it is healthy to inform people on severity of the disease being as the World Health Organisation (WHO) are not even sure themselves how much widespread it can become. It is adamant to stay vigilant to help sustain the levels of people getting the disease. But the education we have been receiving should be something we should practice in our everyday lives, and not just to help eradicate and prevent the spread of swine flu.
At the moment, the swine flu is at phase 5 where large amount have been discover but remains localised. But according to WHO it looks like it will disperse into phase 6, where the virus can spread amongst people globally. This makes the swine flu pandemic unhealthy.
References:
Comments on Jaspreet K. Uppal
May 3rd 09.
Comment on Jaspreet blog on racism.
I think when Jaspreet touched upon the subject of racism, he was right, brave and real. Being black myself I must say that I do face experiences of racism more now than when I was younger. Unless I have become more aware of the situation as I don't think I am paranoid.
I read his little poem about the black man who walked into an only white restaurant, and putting the racist white man in his place about having the nerve to call him coloured,when he generates more colour that he does.
I think people who are racist lead very simple shallow sad lives. While they are busy disliking someone due to the colour of their skin, what sort of enjoyment are they going to have living their own lives.
I personally think they are jealous of the colour of darker our skin. After all they are the one spending money to get a tan, going abroad to risk being vulnerable to skin cancer getting a healthy glow. I think if they didn't see black people with darker skin than theirs, how would they want to have a darker complexion.
Racist people are shallow, ignorant and are losing out on getting to know other cultures. Like it or lump it, black people are here to stay as there are many of you out there.
Being racist I would say is immoral, as it wrong to portray that sort of image to children as it gears them up to be prejudice without even know why they are. It is unhealthy for the individual to prejudge someone just because of their appearance, and detrimental as it can encourage segregation.
We are all they same inside, so just deal with it.
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