In Mali, women are bleaching there skin to become more white. They make themselves pallid which is not salubrious for the skin. It is under the mesmeric influence of the media that these women think being white will make them more attractive which is completely embellished to the point of making women destroy there skin to accomplish this form of beauty. They think this will make their husbands jovial but men do not want their wives and girlfriend to be in great pain. The only ones who are ebullient because of this are the makers of the products used. This bleaching can cause skin cancer, great pain, and blemishes. It is also due to salacious ads that exhibit women that this idea of white is better has taken place. This terrible problem will only increase in time unless something is done. We can only hope that this terrible thing will be solved.
Bibliography
Article
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Socrates socratic seminar
In this seminar (discussion about soething) we talked about socrates. We also talked about the four greek virtues (Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, Justice). I will post my notes and then will go in deapth about the seminar in this blog.
Ignorance means justice
eye for eye
No univesal virtue
What is ignorance (lack of 4 virtues?)
Everything is a opinion
I will first go over my first note. I was talking about the saying that "Wrongdoing is a consequence of ignorance" said by Socrates. It means that humans do wrongs out of ignorance.
The second note is referencing the famous saying,eye for an eye. That means that revenge is justice which I made a point of saying when we talked of justice.
No universal virtue means that virtue is in the eye of the beholder. in other words every thing is of opinion which i will go into later.
Someone suggested that ignorance was the lack of the four virtues which are Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, and Justice. It also means that our wellbeing depends on these 4 virtues.
The last thing is something that I brought up throughout the seminar. Everything is of opinion. To clarify this prospect, we must look at what a fact is. Facts are percived by the mind and therfore opinions. That means that being opinions they are not deffinet andnothing is certain or everything is of opinion. So in order to be truly wise, one must know nothing for then they are correct in thinking that their thoughts are their point of veiw.
So those are the notes I took and some explanation of them. The discussion was fairly interesting and I learned my classmates opinions. I know secratic seminars to be great and therefore think it making it my opinion. My logic is immaculate.
Ignorance means justice
eye for eye
No univesal virtue
What is ignorance (lack of 4 virtues?)
Everything is a opinion
I will first go over my first note. I was talking about the saying that "Wrongdoing is a consequence of ignorance" said by Socrates. It means that humans do wrongs out of ignorance.
The second note is referencing the famous saying,eye for an eye. That means that revenge is justice which I made a point of saying when we talked of justice.
No universal virtue means that virtue is in the eye of the beholder. in other words every thing is of opinion which i will go into later.
Someone suggested that ignorance was the lack of the four virtues which are Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, and Justice. It also means that our wellbeing depends on these 4 virtues.
The last thing is something that I brought up throughout the seminar. Everything is of opinion. To clarify this prospect, we must look at what a fact is. Facts are percived by the mind and therfore opinions. That means that being opinions they are not deffinet andnothing is certain or everything is of opinion. So in order to be truly wise, one must know nothing for then they are correct in thinking that their thoughts are their point of veiw.
So those are the notes I took and some explanation of them. The discussion was fairly interesting and I learned my classmates opinions. I know secratic seminars to be great and therefore think it making it my opinion. My logic is immaculate.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
You tube Dove commercial response
If you go to the bibliography at the bottom you can see the commercial I watched.
The Dove commercial was fairly weird and I didn’t understand it until the very end. The main idea of this was to show how media can influence a person. Also it wants to let parents know about this danger to their children hence the “talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does”. Another thing was that the music was interestingly compatible with the commercial. I really did not enjoy that commercial or found it relates to me because I am a boy and therefore am less worried about my appearance.
Bibliography
Dove commercial
The Dove commercial was fairly weird and I didn’t understand it until the very end. The main idea of this was to show how media can influence a person. Also it wants to let parents know about this danger to their children hence the “talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does”. Another thing was that the music was interestingly compatible with the commercial. I really did not enjoy that commercial or found it relates to me because I am a boy and therefore am less worried about my appearance.
Bibliography
Dove commercial
Womens rights in ancient times
In ancient times, women’s rights was a complicated thing. However, I will be focusing on two cities different views on this subject. I will focus on women in Athens and Sparta.
Spartan women where well educated and treated with the same respect as men while Athenian women where not educated (with acceptations for the Hetaerae or high class women) and treated with very little respect.
There is a fairly simple reason for the Greeks, having bent a very advanced society, did not treat women with the same rights as men. They didn’t feel a need to. And those who did feel a need to change didn’t have the power to make those changes in society. And since the ones who had power in Athens where men who saw no flaw in the treat women like property plan, not much was ever changed in women’s rights there. But then one must ask oneself, what about the Spartans? Why where they better with women’s rights? The answer lies in their heritage. One theory about the Spartan women is that they are the remnants of the Amazons, a race of warrior women. This could explain the Spartan’s respect for women.
Now for how this relates to beauty, I will talk of how I think art from these two cultures depicted women.
Athens: short, in the background, not very colorful.
Sparta: medium height or tall, up front, as colorful as the men.
Bibliography
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofsparta.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/amazons/amazonwho.html
Spartan women where well educated and treated with the same respect as men while Athenian women where not educated (with acceptations for the Hetaerae or high class women) and treated with very little respect.
There is a fairly simple reason for the Greeks, having bent a very advanced society, did not treat women with the same rights as men. They didn’t feel a need to. And those who did feel a need to change didn’t have the power to make those changes in society. And since the ones who had power in Athens where men who saw no flaw in the treat women like property plan, not much was ever changed in women’s rights there. But then one must ask oneself, what about the Spartans? Why where they better with women’s rights? The answer lies in their heritage. One theory about the Spartan women is that they are the remnants of the Amazons, a race of warrior women. This could explain the Spartan’s respect for women.
Now for how this relates to beauty, I will talk of how I think art from these two cultures depicted women.
Athens: short, in the background, not very colorful.
Sparta: medium height or tall, up front, as colorful as the men.
Bibliography
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofsparta.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/amazons/amazonwho.html
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Beauty in youth and ideals
Youth is a beautiful thing. It is an energetic beauty that springs forth into the world. Also, youth to an extent signifies the form of beauty cute which is harder to find the older you get. It holds a unique sort of ignorance that makes it a wonderful thing. A truly beautiful time in life is youth.
The perfect human form is considered part of beauty. However, I believe that due to the fact that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and is usually not realized until seen. However, I will do my best to describe what current culture believes is beautiful in people.
Women: Big eyes, blond or light brown hair, thin, buxom, straight hair, medium height – short, narrow cheeks, no glasses
Men: Blond or brown hair, tall- medium height, wide shoulders, no glasses, wavy and straight hair, no spots on face (freckles or moles)
Finally, for my thoughts on what beauty is. I will be honest. I am not sure I can give an answer because I have not been exposed too much beauty in the form of people.
The perfect human form is considered part of beauty. However, I believe that due to the fact that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and is usually not realized until seen. However, I will do my best to describe what current culture believes is beautiful in people.
Women: Big eyes, blond or light brown hair, thin, buxom, straight hair, medium height – short, narrow cheeks, no glasses
Men: Blond or brown hair, tall- medium height, wide shoulders, no glasses, wavy and straight hair, no spots on face (freckles or moles)
Finally, for my thoughts on what beauty is. I will be honest. I am not sure I can give an answer because I have not been exposed too much beauty in the form of people.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Beauty
This picture embodies a theme of beauty known as cute. It is the act of making something seem nice in a way that has a tendency to refer to childishness. A perfect example of some different themes of beauty is comparing a poodle and a puppy. One is very elegant and well groomed while the other has a childish charm. The interesting thing about the form of beauty known as cute is that it also encompasses personality and actions. This turtle is cute because as you can see it’s on a finger. That adds scale and another important factor is the eyes. It is widely of opinion that big wondrous eyes or puppy eyes are cute. Also the way it has it’s legs moving is so babyish and beautiful. Now on to the next picyure that encompasses another form of beauty I talked about before. Elegance.
This turtle seems proud and elegant. It looks like it’s gliding across the water. Also the fact that the ridges in the shell point towards the head bring more attention to that. Another beautiful point is the wake line. It once again leads to the head and attract your attention to it. One interesting detail is that the sun is on the side away from the camera. This brings very interesting contrast to the picture as it is going against the standards of lighting up the closest side. However, this also brings out shadows and while that may not be the best choice with an already black leatherback sea turtle. It is quite interesting to see. I love turtles as it is plain to see by the two pictures. I hope you have enjoyed these pictures and find them useful in time.
About me
Hello. I'm Saul Propp from San Diego California. I am a 14 year old student at High Tech High. This is my school blog where I will talk about school things. I will post many inetresting things. So enjoy this blog of learning. To end this introduction I will end on something funny I have found. Even though I know that blog means web log, dosn't it sound like someone vomiting? So I think of these posts as of bits of information being vomitted onto the web. Blog! Enjoy this blog and heave your comments onto it but most importantly, have fun!
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