week 14

Sadly I couldn't attend class this last week. We were all on the road playing games and luckily we won all of the games that I missed class for. So even though I wasn't able to learn about anything that we learned in class I still learned a lot from events that happened throughout the week. A couple days ago a huge story came out about the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Stories came out that had given proof of the owner expressing his racial thoughts to a women. He said things along the lines of, "I don't want you promoting you being with Magic Johnson." Also mentioning later in the conversation that he would prefer that she didn't bring black people to his games. This incident is obviously huge news over the nation. I particularly am interested in it because I happen to be a huge Clippers fan. Upon hearing of the news I was disgusted to realize that such a horrible person could be the owner of this team. I would hate to be an African American and be a fan of the Los Angeles Clippers. I mean if you're an African American fan of the Clippers you can't even attend a game without feeling uncomfortable because the owner doesn't even want you there. I'm especially surprised that the players didn't boycott the game. Personally if my coach was so racist I wouldn't be playing for him. No matter what color of skin I was. It's hard to see something so disturbing happening in this day in age. Where we all thought we were past the racist and horrible times of our past. I hope that the NBA can solve this situation and that we can all enjoy this game together as lovers of this great sport.

week 13

Tuesday: At the start of class we started talking about the weirdest food that we have ever eaten and when I got thinking about it I haven't really ventured much when it comes to trying odd and unique foods. I guess if I ever go to Europe or anywhere beside North America I'll be able to experience many more types of food throughout the world. Next in class we got started on a video. I thought the video was kind of disturbing at the beginning when it started just cause it listed cats and dogs and humans! I thought the way he described the level 4 is perfect. I think it's funny that he says that most americans are that way because I always feel like that I'm more picky than everyone else. And even though I'm a level four I feel like all the foods that are listed in level five are gross! A lot of the time they were talking about how'd they'd eat brain! Could you imagine eating something that used to be somethings brain? In my mind it's just so weird to me that anyone would ever like any food above level 4. But when you really think about it the parts are from the same exact animal, and I don't even know how good it tastes. But when it comes to a person like me thinking about eating certain parts of the body I just can't do it.
On Thursday I was assigned to bring a snack and an article. When I was thinking of a snack to bring I thought of the snack I loved most while I was younger. And of course my favorite snack was a PB&J. So I decided to do my snack on peanut butter since I just so happen to have nutter butters. When I did research I found out that George Washington Carver was not the inventor of peanut butter. He just promoted different uses of it. Which I always thought of him as the inventor of peanut butter. Where the first use by the Aztecs which I would've never even guessed. Next was my article on the red mood. The article talked of how rare the red moon was. It said it was something that happened around the world only three times per lifetime. Which if you think about it is probably a big deal to people that are really into astrology. It's amazing that we got to see such a rare event. I guess sometimes as people that we overlook the little things such as a red moon. I'm going to remember the night I saw the red moon for the rest of my life because the mood was a different color! Enjoy the little things and I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

week 11

Thursday: On Thursday we listened to two guest speakers talk about their physical disabilities and how they deal with not only the disability itself but also how they deal with other peoples reactions to it. Mr. Peterson talked to us for awhile about his disability and how he's gone through life with his disability. Even though Mr. Peterson might be physically disabled, he is still one of the smartest people I know in and out of the classroom. If you get talking to him about sports it seems like he knows everything about any particular sport you mention. Then the other speaker started telling us  about his disability and what he's gone through. His disability is a little different from Mr. Peterson's. From an early age he was diagnosed with what seemed to be a less severe type of bipolar. Which you wouldn't be able to tell just by talking to him. He really knew how to speak to a classroom and just seemed like any normal person. What I got out of the two speakers that we heard was that they just want to be treated like any normal person. They want to be able to talk sports with their students and joke around just like any other teacher or person in society would want us to do. I mean Mr. Peterson might be in a wheelchair but he's probably not only one of the smartest teachers I've met but one of the smartest people I've met too. I just can't understand how two people that're more friendly can be treated so unfairly sometimes. Mr. Peterson hasn't been able to walk and he understands that, but maybe the people without physical disabilities should understand that most of us will never have to be in a wheelchair, so we should have to respect what he goes through everyday. And same with the other speaker! I don't know what it's like to have any sort of bipolar, but I couldn't imagine having such disorder! All I know is the two men that spoke for us are two people that're stronger mentally then I'll ever be. And I respect them for that.