Don't Ask Don't Tell

I always knew about don't ask, don't tell but never fully understood the extent of it until recently. Lady Gaga was at the VMA's and she brought with her several members that were discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation. I did not know up to this point that you could be released for that, I thought they didn't want you talking, but not that you would be released. I think it is important to repeal don't ask, don't tell because if somebody feels passionate enough about defending our country, who are we to tell them no because they are gay. Their partner should receive their military benefits as well because many of them want to start a family just like the rest of the straight servicemen and women. Many gay couples adopt children and start their own families. If something were to happen to their spouse, they should receive benefits so that they are able to still raise their family. I think that repealing don't ask, don't tell would be a huge step in a positive direction for acceptance between the gay and straight community.

Globalization

I always thought that "Americanization of the World" would be good actually. I thought that it would create commonalities among the world so it would make the world a smaller place. When everybody has the same ideals, I feel that there is less conflict, however, those opinions are changing. I like that people are different because it makes the world more interesting. I knew that there were people wearing American clothing around the world because I have friends that go back to their home countries often and will wear their American clothing, however, I didn't know it was so widespread. I feel that it is ruining the world for American's because we will not be able to experience anything new, if they lose their own sense of culture.

McDonaldization is the fact that the McDonald's Chain is spreading across the world everywhere. However, it is bigger than that. It is a change of lifestyle for many people. McDonalds is not a healthy choice when it comes to eating, but it is fast and cheap, so people buy it. This extremely unhealthy lifestyle that has taken over many people's lives in the U.S.A. is going to continue to spread causing an unhealthy and obese world.

Pessimistic Hyperglobalizers are people who do not want globalization to spread anymore. Their views are that instead of having some commonalities, we are all becoming the exact same person, and that a sense of individual culture will be lost to Americanization. Optimistic Hyperglobalizers also believe that globalization is making the world become the same but that it is good because it is creating American values of democracy, and creating a sense of equality among the world.

Multigenre Plans

I think the genre that would work best for my topic is a movie. I feel that I could incorporate a variety of information this way. I will hopefully include recorded interviews, direct quotations, and statistics that I have found. I will also incorporate pictures, videos, graphs, and music.

Social Wealth and Classism

3 Racial Differences in Wealth Accumulation:
Racialization of State Policy
Economic Detour
Sedimentation of Racial Inequality

He interviewed Kevin who is a 75 year old retired homeowner

A main theme that I found was the job acquisition differences between whites and blacks. This causes problems for their children because parents want to provide their children with all the advantages they can, but it comes down to how much money you have. These differ among race because as he said from the interviews black families ten d to have less money.

I think that a way to fix this problem is by ending racism. I know this seems general, but people need to get the hatred out of their hearts and promote equality. Also, although we have affirmative action there is not enough being done to promote it. Everyone deserves an equal opportunity.

My story of coming to college is that I wanted to either go to culinary school or teach, and I decided on teaching. I knew that ISU was a great school for teaching so I really wanted to come here. My biggest incentive to coming to ISU was that it was best for my major. Also, I knew that going to college would greatly benefit me in the long run. My biggest obstical was choosing between culinary school and teaching. It was a very hard decision to make, but I figured I could always go back to culinary school since most are only 2 year programs. Besides that I have not faced any economical obsticles, thankfully. The biggest challenge I've faced in college is being judged. I feel that a lot of time, people judge me by the cover and not what is inside, but I feel that the people that get to know me generally like me, I hope.

Social Class

From the interview I received,this person appears to be from the middle class. According to Stew his family earns an average amount of money and lives in an average neighborhood. His parents have good jobs, his dad being a water Reclamation Utility Man, and mom being a Secretary of an Elementary school. His family has very good values, such as helping others and being happy with what they have, which is very important. According to Stew his extended family is not perfect and there are some issues and this has caused them to have different values than Stew's immediate family. This goes to show that you will develop different values depending on where you grow up. He is very happy growing up in the middle class because he has met many great friends and has not found any struggles with being middle class. When asked about what struggles he might face being middle class he responded "Nothing, I really like middle class." He thinks that being middle class is better than upper class because they always have a good time, and has learned that he can make stable money with a high desire of work.

Analyzing Results

1) Surveys were sent to 200 participants to teachers in Urban Areas of the U.S.A., however only 118 were returned. So the final sample was 118 urban school teachers, special ed and general ed.

2)This section begins by explaining why they are even doing this study, and explain what they are trying to find out. I think that it is very helpful because you know right away what the basis of their research is.

3) The findings are discussed by each section to which there were four sections total of the surveys.

4) A main theme that occurred is that more general education teachers believed that there was cooperative learning taking place in their schools, however more Special Education teachers said that they actually integrated cooperative learning themselves. Another section found that more General Education teachers use cooperative learning less in more areas, but special education teachers use cooperative learning in more in less areas of study.

5) To support these claims they used statistical data from their research.

6) What stood out to me is how factual it was, but still really easy to understand. I thought it was written very well and encompasses very great research.


http://rse.sagepub.com/content/30/4/234.full.pdf+html

Urban Elementary School Teachers' Perspectives Regarding Collaborative Teaching Practices.

Social Action Project

So far I have my interviews set up, however, they have not taken place yet, but will most likely next week. I have my surveys printed out and I am going next week to go door to door in the neighboring areas. From there I am going to make many comparative graphs.