women and children FIRST!

If all people are given equal rights, there shouldn't be exceptions for any one, whether they are woman, men, or children. Women and children are viewed as more vulnerable compared to men. For years, women have been told that they are physically weaker than men and there place in life is to live at home and do work at home for their husbands, and for years they have done this. In modern day society, women have been more and more welcomed into the work force and recognized for their accompishments and equal to men in many ways. Since people have become more open to allowing women to work and more jobs are available for them, the more the working society has grown in many different aspects. Continuing this recent adjustment to the working world and outside the home, could only bennefit our country as a whole by unbelieveable amounts. Men and woman both have very different experiences and knowlegde to share.

INTO THE WEST

Since Native Americans (or also known as indians) were the first people to settle and live off the land in America, why are cowboys viewed as the "heros of the story of America"? In old movies or tv shows, the cowboys of the West were seen as the good guys while the indians were view as savages who were the bad guys. Realistically, if you see the cowboys from the indians point of view, it's the complete opposite. The indians were bothered by people with more advanced equipment, who wanted to take over their land and selfishly take it for their own and get credit for being a good guy/innocent person in all the encounters between the cowboys and indians. It might not have been until later that the cowboys realized what they had done was bad, but to this day, they are viewed as the ones defending themselves against the big bad indians.

the question of the YEAR!!

What have you changed your mind about?? I know that every day my mind wanders in and out of topics and all over the place, and in just in one sitting. It's completely out of my control and since I'm used to it, I don't find it annoying. I guess it's a small part of who I am as an individual because it's a piece of my personality. As people mature and grow year after year, they're asking themselves different questions and finding as the year goes on different answers. People eventually learn from their mistakes. The question of the year is very broad and can lead to different directions of critically thinking but the best part about having something so general is that it is applied to everyone. For me, something that I've learned a lot about this year is how to truely respect other people and how to show that you do. It's a common quality that everyone no matter who, should have. It's easier to lose respect than it is to gain respect. I've changed my mind about how I view people. Just because someone you know or love doesn't like another person, doesn't mean you have to agree with them. For many instances I've sided with my friends on my view points of other people in school and sometimes not. but for everyone, it's not always easy to stick with what is right. Since I've tried walking in other people's shoes this year, I've changed my mind about a lot of people.