ATA 5
Recapping on the assignments, assignment takeaways, blogs, archives and the overall class itself, allowed me to see what I had learned in the class. The most interesting part of it all was the fact that being consciously aware ( and sometimes when you are not) of what and who we are exposed to and how it has an effect on everything that is done. The old saying that goes, for every action, there is a reaction, falls true on this. Completing assignment five also served as an outline for what we will do our final Top Artifacts Page that is due on December 12th by preparing and organizing what I will present.
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This image reminds me of the day I started Assignment 5. I had printed out every assignment that we had worked on to try to narrow what I had learned the most. As much as I have enjoyed the class, I now feel burned out.
ATA 4
Two things are for sure on assignment four, I found out how comfortable I am in my relationship with my husband and how much I have matured over the course of my life. Although, I haven’t always felt such a sense of well-being, how I have grown was apparent in my scores. It is so much that couples have to worry about and achieve throughout the process of relationships. The worry of not measuring up or not satisfying the other will cause any relationship to fail. On this assignment I had an advantage over most because of the length of time of my relationship. For nearly twenty-five years we have been a couple. Not to mention, this is my third marriage. With this, comes the age advantage as well. I also compared what my answers would have been in the first marriage when I was merely seventeen. The results were drastically different, with almost, a complete opposite answer for each question. Truly an eye opening assignment. It makes one think about their progress in relationships and love and how much they have grown or need to grow.
Couple Not Ready for Commitment
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Experienced Couple Ready for Commitment
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I chose the above images because each one represents me in my marriages. The top one shows two teenagers scared of what lies ahead of them because of the result of a pregnancy test. A situation that only added chaos in a immature and undeveloped relationship resulting in divorce some years later. The bottom image represents a well rounded couple, much like my husband and I experience now.
ATA 3
Witnessing prejudice and especially racial prejudice has the tendency to outage me. I would hope that most people share this feeling of outrage at such ignorance. Famous people such as Mel Gibson and Michael Richards were caught with their “pants down” so to speak and thought by merely apologizing would be enough to fix the problem. I highly doubt that that was achieved. I realize apologizing may be the first step in recovering from such an incident but by doing so, did it really make things that much better? In my opinion racial remarks can never be justified, under any circumstances. Watching the video has made me more conscious of how I react to certain situations. and how I say things. Their is always someone watching you, whether it is videoed or not. In today’s world such behavior is easier to document with how technology has advanced in say fifty years ago. Once words are spoken, they can not be taken back and once they are videoed they are even more implanted in the world.
WE ARE ALL THE SAME ON THE INSIDE!
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ATA 2
Looking at pictures of myself and giving a self analysis seemed a bit odd at first but after I got more involved with the assignment I felt as though my perception of myself in regards to self concept, self-control and self-presentation has a great impact on what others typically think of me. After all, if you think you are or display a sad, depressed, or frantic person, that is what people will perceive you as being. There are so many things that make me present myself in certain ways, my family, my job, my peers. Looking at the photos that I picked, told a story, my story. As the years have gone by I have learned to “handle” myself. A task that has not always been easy and not saying I did on every occasion. I was often told as a child, there is someone always watching what you do so act like you have some raising. I also used this on my own children Reading the material in our text has reinforced what I had to learn on my own through trial and error. It tied loose ends together and put everything in perspective.
As I often mention in conversation, the decision to go back to school after twenty-eight years was a bit unnerving. I wish I had a picture of myself when I first started the journey. The confidence that I have gained is extraordinary! I owe a lot to the faculty but I have to give the credit mostly to the students. They often come find me at school just to thank me or to chat about what they are doing now. Some have told me that I was an inspiration to them. I don’t think they realize that it was actually them that inspired me along with my loving family.
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ATA1
I always hear people talk of fake news, but never realized how much it really impacts the world until I read Chapter 2. Fake news is all around us and I’m not just talking about the media. Our day to day operations with people gives us fake news or a fake interpretation so to speak as well. Our decision making is too often a reflection of what others say, do and even sometimes of how they appear. Since the assignment, I have tried to look at things a little differently. It was hard. We as human beings have become so dependent on other’s opinion and other toxic sources that we fail to just function by our own thoughts alone. Society rules us, no matter if we want to believe it our not. Representative, availability, anchoring and adjustment and status quo heuristics are the cause of every decision, right or wrong, that we make because it is easier and quicker to rely on such tactics than to do our own investigations.
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