so i missed almost all this week of history class. monday we didnt have class at all and wednesday i had a softball game at stanislaus (wwe won both games woohoo!) but i feel like i have missed a lot, especially after talking to alexis and having her fill me in on some things. (thanks alexis :) so i figure the only thing i can do is talk some more about chapter 18. we have talked a lot about this in class already so let's see where my thoughts take me...
one thing we have talked about a lot in class and that everything seems to relate back to is marx's idea of utopia. i think that it is a good idea to hope that the workers will eventually work their way up to owning the company but it is a bit hard to actually accomplish. with just thinking of it, like marx probably only did it sounds great and definitely attainable, but when it actually gets played out it seems more and more impossible. first of all, marx says that the workers will eventually be the owners, but what happens to the original owners? do they just step down and say "okay your right, you've worked long and hard enough, you can have the company now"? i highly doubt that. this is the first thing that was wrong with his idea, the workers would have to do more than just keep working to own the company, you have to talk to the higher up people and eventually work out something with them, the ownership doesnt just fall into your hands.
the other problem i have with the marxism idea is that i dont think he put much thought into the circumstances that these people were in, that he was involved with as well. the way that these people lived was working all day, for long hours, under terrible situations and getting very little pay for it. these people are worried about getting through the day. of course they want to get to the top so they can be in charge and so they can get better pay and live "the good life" but half of these people had no way of knowing how to get there let alone knowing that they are even capable of such a thing.
i believe that marx's idea would be a bit more attainable in our lives today. there are some cases where a common worker ends up getting to the top of a company, but this also takes years of hard work and years of putting up with the common job. however, we also live with the knowledge of what people have done in the past which is working to the top on their own or becoming their own boss. being an entrepreneur. but this is also not very consistent with marx's idea because he said that the worker will just become the owner.
my favorite part about learning about the industrial revolution is that it is all evident in our lives today. we can see how agriculture was changed because nobody farms in separate plots, there are always fields of agriculture. the other aspects, like line of production and replacements of workers is also evident. it is also very cool to see how we have grown from those times. we now i have laws that only allow people to work for a certain amount of hours, protection, workers rights, and all that stuff. the industrial revolution has really shaped america into what it is today, a country full of hard working people who are all trying to get to the top
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
chapter 17
usually i really enjoy the beginning of the chapters but i was not too crazy about this one. it started off fine talking about the parade but i got a little bit lost in they focused on the fact that the chinese people were leading the parade with bikes.i understand their reasoning and what their message was but i did not understand why the author used this example to kick off this chapter. i feel like it was a bit of a stretch to use this type of an example as nationalism and the other ideas portrayed in this chapter.
i would have never thought that the french revolution really kicked off the other revolutions around the world. i always knew that the revolutions were close in dates and that they all happened around the same time, but i never really thought that they were all like a chain reaction. its almost like one country saw france and what they did and thought "hey that looks cool, lets to that too" i guess that is what really happened, just in better lingo haha
i was looking at the grapg on page 501 and i think its weird that the british had to recognize american independence. it makes sense after i think about it, but at first i thought of britain as america's mother and like they were asking permission to be their own country like a kid asks permission from their mother to go out. americans did leave britain and they did act as a "mini britain" for a little while but the whole reasoning why we fought with the british was so we could be on our own and do what we wanted, but then we have to be recognized by britain? i dont understand that. it should be that big of a deal.
i have always found it really crazy that we started out with 13 colonies all on the east coast. i can see why the settlers were so worried about traveling and finding the rest of america, that is a lot of land to explore!!!!! its crazy to think that they got all the way across america!
i found it intersting that i didnt know much about that haitain revolution. i was always taught about the french revolution and the american revolution but not muchwas said about the haitian war. im not sure why because it seemed like it was just as important as the other ones. but reading about it in here, it was very violent. it seemed similar to any other fights, bloody and gruesome, but the picture on page 509 just really added to the pictures alre3ady in my head about war. this picture with the haitians hanging their enemies, was very terrifying. i think the part that made it especially gruesome was the fact that in the background there were about 20 more hangings, it wasnt just a picture of one or two, it was a lot of images of people being hanged.
i still cant get over the chain reactions that went on between the revolutions. knowing the things that people fought for and the ideals behind everything, it makes sense why people feel so strongly about their independence.
i also feel very strong about womens rights. i feel that a woman is just as strong as a man and should be able to take on the same things if she wanted. i mean c'mon a man would never be able to give birth! haha
i would have never thought that the french revolution really kicked off the other revolutions around the world. i always knew that the revolutions were close in dates and that they all happened around the same time, but i never really thought that they were all like a chain reaction. its almost like one country saw france and what they did and thought "hey that looks cool, lets to that too" i guess that is what really happened, just in better lingo haha
i was looking at the grapg on page 501 and i think its weird that the british had to recognize american independence. it makes sense after i think about it, but at first i thought of britain as america's mother and like they were asking permission to be their own country like a kid asks permission from their mother to go out. americans did leave britain and they did act as a "mini britain" for a little while but the whole reasoning why we fought with the british was so we could be on our own and do what we wanted, but then we have to be recognized by britain? i dont understand that. it should be that big of a deal.
i have always found it really crazy that we started out with 13 colonies all on the east coast. i can see why the settlers were so worried about traveling and finding the rest of america, that is a lot of land to explore!!!!! its crazy to think that they got all the way across america!
i found it intersting that i didnt know much about that haitain revolution. i was always taught about the french revolution and the american revolution but not muchwas said about the haitian war. im not sure why because it seemed like it was just as important as the other ones. but reading about it in here, it was very violent. it seemed similar to any other fights, bloody and gruesome, but the picture on page 509 just really added to the pictures alre3ady in my head about war. this picture with the haitians hanging their enemies, was very terrifying. i think the part that made it especially gruesome was the fact that in the background there were about 20 more hangings, it wasnt just a picture of one or two, it was a lot of images of people being hanged.
i still cant get over the chain reactions that went on between the revolutions. knowing the things that people fought for and the ideals behind everything, it makes sense why people feel so strongly about their independence.
i also feel very strong about womens rights. i feel that a woman is just as strong as a man and should be able to take on the same things if she wanted. i mean c'mon a man would never be able to give birth! haha
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
chapter 16
i didnt read this chapter on tuesday but we also didnt talk about it in class, thats why i am reflecting on it now.
i always knew that religion was one of the main reasons why countries fought with one another, the basic beleifs of how we came about and the attempt of one country converting another country to their desired religion. I had not known that Muslims had ousted Christam Crusaders by 1300. I wonder what things would have been like if the Muslims did not do this. Would christianity be even more powerful? Probably. Would there be less Muslims in the world? Maybe. It is a weird thing to think that such a small event could have made such a huge difference in the variety of religions in the world.
I cannot believe the lives that Popes and preiests had lived. More focus on the ones that were higher up and the ones that got away with things like corruption. Most importantly i am shocked to read that popes would take bribes or sell indulgences in order to remove penalties or sins. this is not how christianity works. i am a catholic myself and feel very strongly about this situation. you cannot bribe yourself out of sin, it takes some good old fashion prayer or confession and nothing feels better than praying for forgiveness. i dont think i could ever bribe my way out of a sin, i would feel so guilty and could never live with myself. sadly, some people think this is the way to receive forgiveness. however, these are the people that need to find God the most.
i find the chart on page 464 very interesting because i do now know much about the protestant faith. being a catholic i have not studied many other religions. it is crazy to see the differences in beleifs like how important Mary plays a role and other such things. I was always raised on catholic beliefs so i find it weird in some of the cases of what the protestants believe in.
it sounds a bit odd at first to think that when people expanded across the world, their main concern was to find other people who shared the same faith as them.
after thinking more about this however, it makes more sense because it would eliminate many debates because they all have the same beliefs. it is a bit surprising because for the longest time we were taught that people expanded to find new land and discover things like gold and spices. religion was never brought up as a huge issue or the main goal.
not only am i catholic, but i am also very interested in the sciences. which makes things some what confusing. i can easily see how many cultures turned to science to explain things and follow it like it was a religion. with so many religions to choose from, why not go with something that we have "evidence" on. the scientific revolution is one of the things that is evident in our schooling today and that makes a huge controversy for many scholars in all countries. however, without this scientific revolution we might still be drawing the world flat or thinking that the earth is the center of the universe. i think that the scientific revolution has not only helped bring the science side of things to the table of evolution, but it has also forced the religious scholars to dig deeper and find more answers to the many questions in life. with these two ideas bouncing off one another, there are unlimited questions that will slowly be answered in time.
i always knew that religion was one of the main reasons why countries fought with one another, the basic beleifs of how we came about and the attempt of one country converting another country to their desired religion. I had not known that Muslims had ousted Christam Crusaders by 1300. I wonder what things would have been like if the Muslims did not do this. Would christianity be even more powerful? Probably. Would there be less Muslims in the world? Maybe. It is a weird thing to think that such a small event could have made such a huge difference in the variety of religions in the world.
I cannot believe the lives that Popes and preiests had lived. More focus on the ones that were higher up and the ones that got away with things like corruption. Most importantly i am shocked to read that popes would take bribes or sell indulgences in order to remove penalties or sins. this is not how christianity works. i am a catholic myself and feel very strongly about this situation. you cannot bribe yourself out of sin, it takes some good old fashion prayer or confession and nothing feels better than praying for forgiveness. i dont think i could ever bribe my way out of a sin, i would feel so guilty and could never live with myself. sadly, some people think this is the way to receive forgiveness. however, these are the people that need to find God the most.
i find the chart on page 464 very interesting because i do now know much about the protestant faith. being a catholic i have not studied many other religions. it is crazy to see the differences in beleifs like how important Mary plays a role and other such things. I was always raised on catholic beliefs so i find it weird in some of the cases of what the protestants believe in.
it sounds a bit odd at first to think that when people expanded across the world, their main concern was to find other people who shared the same faith as them.
after thinking more about this however, it makes more sense because it would eliminate many debates because they all have the same beliefs. it is a bit surprising because for the longest time we were taught that people expanded to find new land and discover things like gold and spices. religion was never brought up as a huge issue or the main goal.
not only am i catholic, but i am also very interested in the sciences. which makes things some what confusing. i can easily see how many cultures turned to science to explain things and follow it like it was a religion. with so many religions to choose from, why not go with something that we have "evidence" on. the scientific revolution is one of the things that is evident in our schooling today and that makes a huge controversy for many scholars in all countries. however, without this scientific revolution we might still be drawing the world flat or thinking that the earth is the center of the universe. i think that the scientific revolution has not only helped bring the science side of things to the table of evolution, but it has also forced the religious scholars to dig deeper and find more answers to the many questions in life. with these two ideas bouncing off one another, there are unlimited questions that will slowly be answered in time.
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