en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/6218054 Comments by jmp5869 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/18/voices-from-the-classroom-304/#IDComment624990309 There was never a party where there was only one race in it, there has always been diversity to the point where you cat really tell how diverse is. Since I am Hispanic I am leaned towards going to Hispanic parties. I also enjoy more mainstream parties, which are white parties. Although, I have only been to a few fraternities, I have not experienced as much diversity in those parties, unless there are frat brothers that actually live in the house and know people that they can bring to their house. Overall, I think other people have to adapt to the parties I go, more than I do. I think, because more main stream guys and girls go to those parties, it makes it more difficult for them to adapt than from us, the majority, to make them blend in. But I think overall, there are always those who have the fear of just letting go and adapting, fearing that something crazier. After all there has never been a time where I had to leave because of I couldn't fit in. I had one episode where an African American young girl said racist slurs to my friend and I. My friend was really mad and we had to leave the party for the good of the girl because my friend was not thinking right I guess. I think those stuff make a party to get ruined. Other than that the steps I take to accommodate to different I start to spot what is different with what I normally do, after that I start slow to accommodate and keep spotting differences, at the end I think I let myself go and enjoy the differences, because that might be the last time I experience something different rather than just bachata for me. Letting myself go, means embracing the others one difference, yet I still feel that some things are still the same but in different ways that you might realize that there are not differences at all. Always try to have a good time, no matter what is going on around, because at the end you go to a party to have fun, not to judge or to be judge by someone else. Remember that sometimes you are going to feel uncomfortable to dance to certain songs or drinking certain drinks, or even talk about certain weird things with people that you don’t usually hang out with. No matter what, the people, or most of the people that go to the party, they go to have a good time and not to be a bunch of weird people. You have to realize that if you go in with an open mind, you might come back with tons of new friend and one of the best experiences ever. Just have fun! Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:43:56 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/18/voices-from-the-classroom-304/#IDComment624990309 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-297/#IDComment619491377 Knowing the person you are about to have sex is one of the most important step you can take in order to become satisfied in the act of sex. Not knowing the person you might have sex with creates a barrier of insecurity and antitrust that you cannot do something you like or something that you might want to experience. Now open mind does open you a few doors but does not let you in to a a maximum pleasure room. Man does not ask the women they are having sex if they are satisfied or not for many reason. We can say that is only a one night stand and that we don't care about the girl and just ourselves. I am not talking about myself but this is the theme that reigns mainly in our male world oriented : Guy meets girls, girls is hot, girl has short skirt and breast coming out and then guy get excited. Talks to the girl and/or offers her a drink and when they are having a "good time" he asks her to have sex and girl say yes and boom. Penis is pleased. Love? Trust? Special moment? None of those apply in this situation. Guy satisfied? Check. Girl satisfied? No one gave a shi... At the end of the day the penis got what it need and that is what mattered. Sad reality for most of my male fellows out there. Now for girls are different I suppose but mainly it involves that the guy actually stayed there to cuddle and talk about shit in life and things that the guy can careless (unless he is really into the girl). Later on, walk in the park...some other cool girly stuff and off to another night of wild earned sex, so my theory is if you want the girl to be satisfied, you gotta earn your sex...and eat that kitty or vigorous foreplay. Earning sex does not mean paying for it, well maybe if your wife wants a new fridge and you want sex, then definitively that fridge will get you what you long seek for. But there are other ways, for example doing stuff she asked you to do, or do the laundry, groceries, etc. Kind of like being whipped but knowing that you are gonna get that pleasure that night. And no it is not called whipped, if you are getting the good stuff…and of course if no other guys know that you are getting whipped (Guy Code). Earning that sex at the end of the day only means that, women get pleasure by the things before the sex rather than in it maybe. Believe me, you are going to have a great night when your women that got an A on her chemistry test, rather than with the one that just gained ¼ of a pound. Nevertheless, there is never a way to tell a girl or a guy that are right away satisfied, you gotta chat it up, maybe ask her to make sounds when she likes or something like that, you know…get creative. Make sure is getting the good stuff, because if she, there is a chance that you are too, and even more that you might be in for another round in the next couple hours. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:30:56 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-297/#IDComment619491377 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-299/#IDComment619490272 Knowing the person you are about to have sex is one of the most important step you can take in order to become satisfied in the act of coitus. Not knowing the person you might have sex with creates a barrier of insecurity and antitrust that you cannot do something you like or something that you might want to experience. Now open mind does open you a few doors but does not let you in to a a maximum pleasure room. Man does not ask the women they are having sex if they are satisfied or not for many reason. We can say that is only a one night stand and that we don't care about the girl and just ourselves. I am not talking about myself but this is the theme that reigns mainly in our male world oriented : Guy meets girls, girls is hot, girl has short skirt and boobs coming out and then guy get excited. Talks to the girl and/or offers her a drink and when they are having a "good time" he asks her to have sex and girl say yes and boom. Penis is pleased. Love? Trust? Special moment? None of those apply in this situation. Guy satisfied? Check. Girl satisfied? No one gave a shi... At the end of the day the penis got what it need and that is what mattered. Now for girls are different I suppose but mainly it involves that the guy actually stayed there to cuddle and talk about shit in life and things that the guy can careless (unless he is really into the girl). Later on, walk in the park...some other cool girly stuff and off to another night of wild earned sex, so my theory is if you want the girl to be satisfied, you gotta earn your sex...and eat that kitty or vigorous foreplay. Earning sex does not mean paying for it, well maybe if your wife wants a new fridge and you want sex, then definitively that fridge will get you what you long seek for. But there are other ways, for example doing stuff she asked you to do, or do the laundry, groceries, etc. Kind of like being whipped but knowing that you are gonna get that pleasure that night. And no it is not called whipped, if you are getting the good stuff…and of course if no other guys know that you are getting whipped (Guy Code). Earning that sex at the end of the day only means that, women get pleasure by the things before the sex rather than in it maybe. Believe me, you are going to have a great night when your women that got an A on her chemistry test, rather than with the one that just gained ¼ of a pound. Nevertheless, there is never a way to tell a girl or a guy that are right away satisfied, you gotta chat it up, maybe ask her to make sounds when she likes or something like that, you know…get creative. Make sure is getting the good stuff, because if she, there is a chance that you are too, and even more that you might be in for another round in the next couple hours. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:28:14 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-299/#IDComment619490272 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619489916 Knowing the person you are about to have sex is one of the most important step you can take in order to become satisfied in the act of coitus. Not knowing the person you might have sex with creates a barrier of insecurity and antitrust that you cannot do something you like or something that you might want to experience. Now open mind does open you a few doors but does not let you in to a a maximum pleasure room. Man does not ask the women they are having sex if they are satisfied or not for many reason. We can say that is only a one night stand and that we don't care about the girl and just ourselves. I am not talking about myself but this is the theme that reigns mainly in our male world oriented : Guy meets girls, girls is hot, girl has short skirt and boobs coming out and then guy get excited. Talks to the girl and/or offers her a drink and when they are having a "good time" he asks her to have sex and girl say yes and boom. Penis is pleased. Love? Trust? Special moment? None of those apply in this situation. Guy satisfied? Check. Girl satisfied? No one gave a sh... At the end of the day the penis got what it need and that is what mattered. Now for girls are different I suppose but mainly it involves that the guy actually stayed there to cuddle and talk about shit in life and things that the guy can careless (unless he is really into the girl). Later on, walk in the park...some other cool girly stuff and off to another night of wild earned sex, so my theory is if you want the girl to be satisfied, you gotta earn your sex...and eat that kitty or vigorous foreplay. Earning sex does not mean paying for it, well maybe if your wife wants a new fridge and you want sex, then definitively that fridge will get you what you long seek for. But there are other ways, for example doing stuff she asked you to do, or do the laundry, groceries, etc. Kind of like being whipped but knowing that you are gonna get that pleasure that night. And no it is not called whipped, if you are getting the good stuff…and of course if no other guys know that you are getting whipped (Guy Code). Earning that sex at the end of the day only means that, women get pleasure by the things before the sex rather than in it maybe. Believe me, you are going to have a great night when your women that got an A on her chemistry test, rather than with the one that just gained ¼ of a pound. Nevertheless, there is never a way to tell a girl or a guy that are right away satisfied, you gotta chat it up, maybe ask her to make sounds when she likes or something like that, you know…get creative. Make sure is getting the good stuff, because if she, there is a chance that you are too, and even more that you might be in for another round in the next couple hours. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:27:24 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619489916 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619489480 Knowing the person you are about to have sex is one of the most important step you can take in order to become satisfied in the act of coitus. Not knowing the person you might have sex with creates a barrier of insecurity and antitrust that you cannot do something you like or something that you might want to experience. Now open mind does open you a few doors but does not let you in to a a maximum pleasure room. Man does not ask the women they are having sex if they are satisfied or not for many reason. We can say that is only a one night stand and that we don't care about the girl and just ourselves. I am not talking about myself but this is the theme that reigns mainly in our male world oriented : Guy meets girls, girls is hot, girl has short skirt and boobs coming out and then guy get excited. Talks to the girl and/or offers her a drink and when they are having a "good time" he asks her to have sex and girl say yes and boom. Penis is pleased. Love? Trust? Special moment? None of those apply in this situation. Guy satisfied? Check. Girl satisfied? No one gave a sh... At the end of the day the penis got what it need and that is what mattered. Now for girls are different I suppose but mainly it involves that the guy actually stayed there to cuddle and talk about shit in life and things that the guy can careless (unless he is really into the girl). Later on, walk in the park...some other cool girly stuff and off to another night of wild earned sex, so my theory is if you want the girl to be satisfied, you gotta earn your sex...and eat that kitty or vigorous foreplay. Earning sex does not mean paying for it, well maybe if your wife wants a new fridge and you want sex, then definitively that fridge will get you what you long seek for. But there are other ways, for example doing stuff she asked you to do, or do the laundry, groceries, etc. Kind of like being whipped but knowing that you are gonna get that pleasure that night. And no it is not called whipped, if you are getting the good stuff…and of course if no other guys know that you are getting whipped (Guy Code). Earning that sex at the end of the day only means that, women get pleasure by the things before the sex rather than in it maybe. Believe me, you are going to have a great night when your women that got an A on her chemistry test, rather than with the one that just gained ¼ of a pound. Nevertheless, there is never a way to tell a girl or a guy that are right away satisfied, you gotta chat it up, maybe ask her to make sounds when she likes or something like that, you know…get creative. Make sure is getting the good stuff, because if she, there is a chance that you are too, and even more that you might be in for another round in the next couple hours. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:26:21 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619489480 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619488398 Knowing the person you are about to have sex is one of the most important step you can take in order to become satisfied in the act of coitus. Not knowing the person you might have sex with creates a barrier of insecurity and antitrust that you cannot do something you like or something that you might want to experience. Now open mind does open you a few doors but does not let you in to a a maximum pleasure room. Man does not ask the women they are having sex if they are satisfied or not for many reason. We can say that is only a one night stand and that we don't care about the girl and just ourselves. I am not talking about myself but this is the theme that reigns mainly in our male world oriented : Guy meets girls, girls is hot, girl has short skirt and boobs coming out and then guy get excited. Talks to the girl and/or offers her a drink and when they are having a "good time" he asks her to have sex and girl say yes and boom. Penis is pleased. Love? Trust? Special moment? None of those apply in this situation. Guy satisfied? Check. Girl satisfied? No one gave a shi... At the end of the day the penis got what it need and that is what mattered. Now for girls are different I suppose but mainly it involves that the guy actually stayed there to cuddle and talk about shit in life and things that the guy can careless (unless he is really into the girl). Later on, walk in the park...some other cool girly stuff and off to another night of wild earned sex, so my theory is if you want the girl to be satisfied, you gotta earn your sex...and eat that kitty or vigorous foreplay. Earning sex does not mean paying for it, well maybe if your wife wants a new fridge and you want sex, then definitively that fridge will get you what you long seek for. But there are other ways, for example doing stuff she asked you to do, or do the laundry, groceries, etc. Kind of like being whipped but knowing that you are gonna get that pleasure that night. And no it is not called whipped, if you are getting the good stuff…and of course if no other guys know that you are getting whipped (Guy Code). Earning that sex at the end of the day only means that, women get pleasure by the things before the sex rather than in it maybe. Believe me, you are going to have a great night when your women that got an A on her chemistry test, rather than with the one that just gained ¼ of a pound. Nevertheless, there is never a way to tell a girl or a guy that are right away satisfied, you gotta chat it up, maybe ask her to make sounds when she likes or something like that, you know…get creative. Make sure is getting the good stuff, because if she, there is a chance that you are too, and even more that you might be in for another round in the next couple hours. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:23:56 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/09/voices-from-the-classroom-298/#IDComment619488398 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/05/voices-from-the-classroom-292/#IDComment614102516 I asked the same question in my discussion group last Friday and the same question did strike me. I am from Peru, and as we saw on Tuesday the top search was Gay pron and really struck my idea of what there is in Peru. I know that gay community is frowned upon in Peru and that there is not a big gay community either. Just looking at the everyday life I probably assume that homosexuality does not even exist. Yet I can see that all the top ten spots are gay related porn, and I think is because there is something more personal that each of us believe that we do not convey with other people but ourselves. I think that for most people watching porn is something that is taboo as well. We do not openly discuss it with anybody, maybe with your frat brother to recommend certain things, but overall we keep it to ourselves. But if we all openly discuss this trend of ours or what we like we would find many interesting stuff, such: How big our hypocrisy is. How much do we think we know ourselves. How much we are all alike. Taboo or not this information, as we saw in class, makes you doubt if restricting something from someone only encourages them to do it or they just don't do it. For examples on places like Tennessee, a place white dominant, we can see lots of black related porn, making theses maybe due to the dominance of one group not letting the other group being seeing and wondering if they are different in other ways or in this case, if they are hotter. Other than that I believe that people most people are not honest in their opinions about who they really like or who they prefer. After all we can all show that what we feel and what we say is not the same. We are not that open at the end. But who’s to blame? I think the fact that this is a taboo topic makes it more restrict to people to even thinking about what their porn preferences are. In fact, I am not even that comfortable to talk about it myself. It is something that will never be known but until someone creates something like the page showed in class, we will never know about those things and what are the “rules” in those sectors are. At last, people are never going to be willing to share any personal information to be displayed with the entire world but if there is an incognito way they might be lenient. Until then, we will be missing data that we do not even know might exist in the world. Mon, 8 Apr 2013 01:24:14 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/04/05/voices-from-the-classroom-292/#IDComment614102516 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/28/voices-from-the-classroom-283/#IDComment608517991 An "aid" is something that we are free to give, no matter what situation and no matter to who, what we call aid is something we give up to to give it to someone else that in some cases needs it. I believe that we are all human beings living on the same planet, and because of convenience and protection we have separated into small groups such as countries or religious groups and because of these we do see ourselves as equal or maybe we some people less. And I also believe that we have created the word "aid" because we are afraid of using the word share. There are great ways in which we help our own people but sometimes we leave the ones "outside" of our own away. But ye the irony, what happens in the US with the Native Americans. We must realize that we all live in a place called planet earth and no matter who we help. Yes we would be talking about who we call our own, but yet who isn't our own that is not stepping in the same earth as we are. Nevertheless, we should never forget who has helped us before, but also never to forget who we helped. With our aid, other people might progress and some will become lazy so we have to watch this. But going back into the helping our own problem, I believe that sure we should look close to home to see who surrounding us need helped, but that doesn't mean that the other help is wrong or bad. We should take care of our own in a way where we can take care of people who need it regardless where they are from or what territory of the world they happened to be born at. Helping someone in need is still helping no matter who you help to. It will probably make a difference if you create another situation where you cannot even provide for yourself and you are giving away every single thing you have and that might take you to being in help. We always have to look up for ourselves, because in order to give, most of the times we have to have. Never regarding the fact that there are always people less fortunate than us, and that we always have to thankful for the things that we have even if those are so little, because some people just do not have them as oppose to have little. Finally, we must understand that helping is helping no matter what, how or to whom and we must be grateful that we are the ones helping and not the ones getting help at the end. Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:20:52 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/28/voices-from-the-classroom-283/#IDComment608517991 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/21/voices-from-the-classroom-274/#IDComment603253229 If I had an internship in my hands for an IT position, I would not give it to my son who's studying to become a chef or viceversa. I think that when we give handouts we also make sure that whomever we gave a handout at those people are qualified ENOUGH to do the job that is required. WE can also say that those people have earned enough trust form the other person to make them qualified enough not have to go through a formal interview, because they already know how and maybe they also already know what they are capable of doing and what they are not capable on doing. Further more, there are always a way people can choose you to fulfill a position, maybe they are going to use you in a different way or they can make you work in a team. But the fact that other people are chosen rather than others is because there is always another factor that influences who people pick to fill the position that they offer them. Aspects such work ethic, will power, leadership, enthusiasm, character, etc that most people are yet to master but that others in reality are more likely to have those than the more "educational" background qualified. Leading to maybe other people looking at those individuals that are referenced to them or that they are known by them that possess those qualities that might at the end shape the job that they required instead of knowing what the fraction of the 2/3 magnitude of gamma rays. Yet we always perceive that well educated is all you need for a job which is not true at all, you need hard work and discipline. If I was given a handout because of affirmative actions is because I was destined to get that handout, because of my hard work or because of things that I have done to walk into the way of it. I believe that there is always a reason why things happened, sure other people might get more help than me or other people will get less help than me but that I did something wrong. Look at this way, white people are getting more money because of their skin colors, while colored people are getting more opportunities because of their skin color. I think that equal balanced actions against each race is none the lest worth it, because there will always be a way we are different and a way we need to come back together. But accepting others handouts might be the way opportunity that life is giving you back and no matter what race, sex, political view you have, you will always need help to reach the top, and if you accept those handouts, its okay, but always remember to give back as well. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:52:57 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/21/voices-from-the-classroom-274/#IDComment603253229 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/12/voices-from-the-classroom-268/#IDComment596303184 I think taboos that affects in many cases are things that are more personally to us that we are just uncomfortable because we might not agree as a whole with it or it is really controversial. Yet we find excuses not to touch the point of view for other people to see what we really think, because they might not agree with the same or because them stress about the subject. But also because this stuff is personal and its not like you can Tweet about it. I think the more controversial it is, the more we avoid talking about it, but yet so it comes out of being taboo, we should talk about it instead. We should question what everyone opinion is about it and maybe that topic is not really taboo at all, is that we don't talk about it as much as we should. So it can become a less taboo. Also it can be hurtful to some people to talk about it, we might hurt other people’s feelings and that is not good. Therefore we dont talk about it. For example, the 9/11, we might see it as taboo just to talk about it in a public space, because some other people might have been affected for such big tragedy and we do not want to make other people uncomfortable. Yet we desire to see what those people think about it, not because to hurt them, but because their opinion is also interesting. Also other taboo things are mostly stuff we dont want to hear, Like what people do when they take a dump or when even what political party are they most leaned towards. I do not know what is the matter so much for political parties and being taboo and that if you ask some people and they get angry and start flipping out that you shouldn't ask those kind of questions because those things are "personal". I guess because if you are so into another party people might treat you differently. Or because let say you are gay and also people might treat you differently or you are not what you are expected to be as the way you look. Yet we wonder if these kind of things are ever really that taboo that if you speak about it, it might be your death sentence. We will never know if we don’t alk about it and the people who are just one sided thinking that might get all hurtful for one’s opinion, and have to think that are other people who will certainly disagree with that stuff. If we don't open up to stuff that we think are taboo, we will never know if it actually is or not. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:50:30 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/12/voices-from-the-classroom-268/#IDComment596303184 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/01/voices-from-the-classroom-265/#IDComment591682913 I think that the fear of death has never made a huge impact on myself just because I am not scared of thinking that death is something horrible like everyone think it might be. As far as other people dying, I think that it will affect me greatly the closer that those people are to me. Although there are many ways we can prevent form people to die what scares me is if I cna do anything to stop from them dying because the relationship I have. Yet I wonder how the feeling of seeing someone dying is, I guess a combination of pitty, sadness and helpless. I see myself as trying to understand something that I am not used to but yet knowing that it is par of life and that i should not have to be afraid or to fear something that we will all have to go through at some point in our lives. But because I have never seen someone die or have a close relative that I was personally closed to die, I have not get those feelings and I should not be afraid of somehting that I have no experienced before. I dont call it being weak, but I call it dealing with things we dont know and we dont understand it. I think there is always going to be a way death is going to find us and we should be ready for it but we will never be, because we always need something to realize, such as if we lived the way we wanted to do or if we left a legacy of ourselves as we wanted to do. Death is always at our doorstop, and as Mumford and Sons would say, it will steal your innocence, but it will not steal your innocence. Which means that there is a death that is always with us and that it will always happen as soon as you get out from what you consider safe. But at the end it will come and it will steal our innocence because you will now know about the fear to die and the fear to go dark. But at the end it will not steal your substance which means that it will not be as bad as you think and will not replace who you are. People are going to remember you the same way you were in life so it will never steal that from you. Along with that I do not fear life because I have learned that it is part of life and I should understand that life does not stop there and it will continue in my being and in my mind and if I die, people are going to remember the way I am and so far I am glad the way I am. Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:19:32 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/03/01/voices-from-the-classroom-265/#IDComment591682913 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/02/21/voices-from-the-classroom-257/#IDComment578633612 I believe in a God, and I think there is much more than just knowing that there is one or there is not. I think religion is all about believing whether there is or there is not. Like we see in ,many situation like ww2, where Hitler made a whole society believe that the Jews were a really big problem for society. We and everybody knows that is absurd and not the case, but we can see that for a certain time, people believed in that and because everybody else was like wtf man, they are cool, did not mean nothing to them and kept doing their thing. But going back to what you were saying, if I wake up and there is prove that there is not a god at all, I wouldn't think I would stop believing in God, reason being is because faith. We know it might not exist but we believe with a big force that he or she does exist. My believes are much greater than what media or science can prove. And I think many people believe that way as well. If I were atheist, I will also have my doubts on whether there is or not for ME. Because until I can prove myself I am wrong I might not believe it. I will not be able to completley accept the fact that somewhere, someone had proven concretely that there is no or there is a god. But also I might as well start to believe that perhaps there is a possibility that I might be wrong. Also we would have to be given the source and the way a experiment or a study was conducted to know if there is a god or not. I see the people with a lot of doubts of whether something like this can be proven by one single man or women with a method that is bizarre. Yet I also can see people panicking because there is nothing that can save them in the afterlife. Moreover, I can see people giving up on life because there is nothing they can believe on that it will make everything alright with a prayer or two. Perhaps, there is more than that, we can a whole society (whether is the religious society or the atheist society) crumble apart. There is a saying that if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything. Meaning that there might be people that concur to other alternatives to fulfill their lives, like drugs, alcohol, crime, etc. Which I believe that is much extremist but it could happen. Summarizing, I will never believe that there is no God, until I can prove myself wrong. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:10:25 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/02/21/voices-from-the-classroom-257/#IDComment578633612 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/02/07/voices-from-the-classroom-243/#IDComment568132551 I believe that many of us, by nature, fear the war. It brings destruction, killings, and scars that would never go away in some. War in places such as Iraq, Iran and so on are seemed in a way where there is only suffering, which there is, and also you can see that there is kids without parents and parents without children. But overall, we associate army and armed forces with the war, yet the army actually does more things than that. I would join the army to help protect my country, not the US, but Peru. I have a huge sense of patriotism and respect for the land that me and all other my fellow Peruvians rightfully own. I think we have to divide people in those who have a sense of patriotism and those who do not have it. It is difficult to protect and care of something when you don’t like it. There is where many people actually get lost in between why or why not to join the military of certain countries. Nonetheless there will always be people that claim to be there whenever there could be a threat against their country. I think why most people do not want to join the war is because they either have a family or something they are so attached to that they do not want nothing to happen to them so they can be with that person. Other people are just afraid to death itself, while taking their lives on the line of fire to protect their homeland. They would rather do not try. Also we can see that other people have all their means necessary to protect the skies above them. Think about it, if you would not do such a thing, then who would do it. If the citizens itself are not defending what they believe is from them by law. Imagine the Roman Empire or the Persian Empire. Theses Empires created way to sustain their army and because of that no one wanted to mess with them and their land, instead they would create a sense of power over the whole world because they have ways to defend what they have and also to attack. So why I would join the military, for Peru, is because I really love my country and what with God has rightfully given us in it. I know that religion is always against war, but I believe that religious people can also join the army, to help the ones in need or give shelter to the people that actually need, and that most of the time the army is doing and not going into war. We are all responsible of our own land and if someone is trying to take it without reason, they better know that there are million people that will give their lifes to protect the land that shelters their family and kids. Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:14:41 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/02/07/voices-from-the-classroom-243/#IDComment568132551 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/01/31/voices-from-the-classroom-237/#IDComment562235533 A race is ethnicity and culture combined. It doe splay a huge roll of how you look and what your culture is all about. First we all see how a person was created and how she or he looks like. If he or she is white, black or brown then they are from a different race. We can also look at their cultures, what culture does what and how they do it. We can have black people from Africa that are still in a tribe and still wear huge nose rings or that still smoke pot to talk to their "gods", but yet we also have educated Africans from citizens that are politicians, doctors or company owners which are at the same race but in different culture. There is also many other example. We can have white women that are from Korea and we can have white women from Russia and from the United States and they are completely different. But also we can have people with different looks and that are in the same culture. For example we can have religions, which are different looks all over the world but that are the same "culture" because they share their own believes and their own thoughts about a higher being. Cult also brings values and perspectives of life in different people. We can say that many places are the same races but are not in the same culture as well. I think what it is most notable from a culture is the way they react to certain things such as how they react collectively to disasters among each other. We can see how together their race comes together to help each other out. We can also have many other places that are full of different races, but that are not the same races even though there is the same culture. Furthermore, we can say that races always stay, but culture is the one that might change along the way on the society. Although both create an entire society, we can have a society with the same race or a society with the same culture. Depending on what their different backgrounds are and what different believes each individual has to offer to the community. Races have to come a great way to change because there is few races that have disappeared in the world. Whether they stay or not, depend in the people and how identify of that races they are and how they want their kids to learn about that race and maybe also they culture and believes. Races are what people may see has the color of your skin, the color of your eyes, shape of your eyes, etc. But at the end it’s all about how you identify as and how you want the see that you are. Simple. Mon, 4 Feb 2013 04:17:47 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/01/31/voices-from-the-classroom-237/#IDComment562235533 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/01/23/voices-from-the-classroom-233/#IDComment555648628 I personally believe that racism is derived from two perspectives. One comes from what was taught to you or you have learned from the media. We can say that at some point, for most of us, we were told that if we say something people might get offended or feel uncomfortable of what we say about them, the way the act or their beliefs. Nonetheless, we were told to watch what we say because its “racist”. Now on the media goes both ways, some, for example, newscast and formal TV shows try to always be politically correct with their terms about African Americans robbing a store or a White Male opening fire somewhere. They try to not saying anything that might offend their viewers or send a message that because someone’s beliefs or ethnicity people with these same characteristics should be portrayed as the one who committed the deviance act. In other cases we have, as said by the person asking the question, we have entertainment shows, talk shows or even shows that have a small and specific targeted audience where they may use racial-suggested content. For example, Comedy Central, most programs are race- insensitive or stereotyping cultures. But while offending people in a way that might be funny, they get away, not from being racist, but getting away of being portrayed as “bad-guys”. But overall according to the media racism for them is only under certain circumstances, and not racist if it is for entertainment purposes. The other side would be our own personal beliefs, our own point of view of what racism is. Yet we are not comfortable sharing our own ideas, we might sense that everyone has that same “gut-feeling” that if himself/herself or someone else represents something racist they might react upon it. In some cases tho we might feel racism, for most of us taking a class with Sam, to be something we can freely discuss without getting people offended (of course there might some people in the back thinking ”Man did this white dude said that?...I gotta get the hell out”). Racism in this class is nothing, but an excuse to not express what you feel, but always keeping it with respect. Therefore what I believe racism is all about is not respecting people’s ethnicity, believes, point of views or just plain being stupid that insults my actions. Yet I have to admit to laugh of racial jokes and I have a firm believe that we can all laugh together at our differences. We do not need to make someone feel bad with a racial comment in order to be funny, but we can take all the different and funny unique things from everybody and highlight them. That is not being racist, that is call “Learn that not everything is meant to hurt you, but to laugh together at how dumb sometimes all of us can be.” Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:53:13 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2013/01/23/voices-from-the-classroom-233/#IDComment555648628