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This blog is made for Charlotte's ninth grade humanities class.
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My Ishmael
1. What are Ishmael’s two general rules on how to identify people from our culture? Do you agree with Ishmael when he says that people from all over the world are part of the same culture? Why or why not? Ishmael's two general rules of how to identify the people of our culture are... Our culture is a culture in which our fool is all locked up and owned. Our culture thinks ourselves of a race that is "fundamentally flawed." We expect wisdom to be rare. When it comes to the people all over the world being a part of the same culture, it all depends on which culture you're talking about. When you talk about the way a place lives and religion and how they go through their lives then of course our cultures aren't all the same. But when you talk about our corporations and businesses plus adding in our human flaws then it does seem as if it is all the same in our business corporation. I wouldn't completely know, though -- not being complete in all the people of the world. 2. Ishmael disagrees with Mother Culture’s voice that says that humans are inherently flawed. After reading through page 66 of My Ishmael do agree or disagree with him? Why? I disagree. I do believe humans are flawed. Especially when we say how much we need to change but do nothing about it in our hypocracy. That in itself is a human flaw. Humans have many different flaws. So I will have to disagree with Ishmael when he says that humans are not inherently flawed. 3. Ishmael uses a parable of Tunes and Dancers to explain his idea of Takers and Leavers. Who are these Takers and Leavers and how do they relate to American culture? When Ishmael references to the Takers and the Leavers I believe he means the people who joined in the Agricultural Revolution and the people who "dance" (as in work) for their food and pay for it and join in locking their food away as the Takers. The Leavers are the people who continued to do thing "the old fashion way" and grow their own food and work only so they can eat their own food and live off of the things they need. ![]() This picture is called "Dystopia" If you can't read the caption it says: The pervasive, enduring, and widespread acknowledgment that man's most steadfast potential is the ability to completely screw everything up. On Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 7:05 PM
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( i ) Sustainably. From, sustain. Sustain: to support, hold, or bear. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life. to keep up or keep going. To me, the meaning of living a sustainable life is to live a simple life. Without things that in our modern day people believe are necessities and living with only the bare minimum. When that happens most of a person's worries would disappear due to the lack of need to keep the unnecessary items taken care of and kept track of. I don't know if it makes sense to everyone but it makes a great deal of sense to me. To live with only what we need to survive on and not what we want to survive on seems like a sustainable life. ( ii ) In our society most fourteen - sixteen-year-olds don't believe they have much freedom. I do admit I have had times where I've used the 'It's not fair!' or 'My big sister can do it!' and maybe 'I'm old enough!!!' and then later I realize how childish I was being and how lucky I am to be able to do what I am able to do at my age. Compared to other culture's treatment of their children America's adolescent culture is absurdly free. In other cultures children our age are required to work from morning to night and do it over again the next day. So I think fourteen - sixteen-year-olds in America have as much freedom as we need -- sure we may not always deserve it but we get it anyway. ( iii ) As a fourteen - sixteen year old I think it would be possible to live a life that is more sustainable by casting away the things most teens my age are obsessed with. Television. Video Games. Myspace. And all around laziness. Though, telling teenagers to cast those things away is easier said than done... I do believe that a teenage life without those would be a more sustainable life. Also, stopping the ever-so-"healthy"; McDonald's, Jack In The Box, Burger King, In'N'Out, etc. Would lead to a more sustainable life but that's probably less likely than the other non-sustainable things I listed earlier. ![]() This picture is called "The American Diet" On Monday, February 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM
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![]() Konbanwa. My name is Brendon -- and I am a girl, mind you. I'm gluttonous -- I eat a lot... but sadly I've had to cut that down for weight purposes and the sake of my braces (Owwies!). I like some healthy stuff, apples are my favorite. Celery is good too. Specially with peanut butter. I have a really big sweet tooth, specially for chocolate but sadly if I eat too much my throat starts to hurt and I get a bloody nose. If I eat TOO much candy my teeth start hurting too.
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