Tuesdays with Morrie

This week in class we have been watching a movie called Tuesdays with Morrie. This movie is about an old man who once was a sociology teacher who is now becoming terminally ill. One of his former students felt guilty about never visiting him so he decides to go and see him...every Tuesday. For Mitch, the former student, this was life changing for him. Morrie throughout the time Mitch had been visiting him has been teaching him life lessons that he will never forget. One major value that Mitch was never able to grasp was love. Mitch was in a relationship with janene but had a tendency to take her for granted. Morrie however taught him that it is ok to give love and receive it. I feel like people now a days are scared to love and be loved because they don't want to get hurt. Not only that but now people are more independent and don't need to rely on others no matter what. Morrie taught Mitch that it is ok and throughout the movie Mitch was more becoming with the idea of love. I can definitely understand where he is coming from because people are afraid and we need to learn that in the end it is ok

Nothing

For my nothing assignment I stood in a grocery store literally doing nothing for 10 minutes. I stood in the middle of the aisle just to make it inconvenient for people trying to get past. At first I noticed people looking at me funny when I wouldn't respond after the third or fourth time. It was a really weird and difficult experience. I was basically experiencing what it was like to be mute and putting myself in the shoes of those who really are. I tried not to think so much and I would catch myself spacing out and then I would snap back into it then space out again. After I was done with the ten minutes I felt more relaxed.

In sociology we have been talking about culture and how they are different all around the world. After watching God Grew Tired Of Us I have learned how many things Americans take for granted. We don't value the things that are most important in life as much as other cultures do. In the movie it showed how fast everything was moving and how you always need to be doing something and in the most off all of that we don't have time to relax of spend time with friends and family. I have definitely realized this recently because I have school and of course going to Stevenson we get hours of homework and then I also have a job so things can become hectic and there's times when I don't get everything done and because of that I get punished. I just feel like we need to slow it down and enjoy that things around us.

Not only have we been talking about culture but we have also been talking about the values within those cultures. This week in class we were going over all the values Americans have and comparing them to other cultures values. Throughout this week I have realized that our values aren't exactly what we believe they should be. We always talk about how equality is a big factor but in reality not many people would pick that as one of their main values. Because we're living such a fast pace lifestyle many people's values revolve around time and how we control it. I would definitely make this one of my strong values because of how I've been taught, that it's bad to be late that you need to do this and that in a certain amount of time. For that reason alone I make time a priority in my life and I HATE when I'm late to something or don't finish things on time. I bet not many other cultures would pick time as their main values..