Romanticism Blog

Blog on Romanticism

 Are you more a product of the Enlightenment or Romanticism?

As I have sat back and reflected upon the two periods of time the Enlightenment and the Romanticism, I would have been a perfect candidate to live in that time period.  The Romanticism period was more of a time of true self emotion, free spirited, spontaneity, no more reason or explanation.  This is totally me.  As I grew up I needed no reason.  I did what I wanted to do when I wanted too.  more times than not if you gave me a reason for something I would rebel and do the opposite just because there was no one that was going to give a reason or tell me to do something.  I found so much freedom in learning things for myself and allowing myself you grow and develop into who I am today.  Now yes It also allowed for consequences and hardships but those are valued lessons in life that I had to learn due to wanting to do things my way.  Since I have become a mother I have been able to see the Romanticism in full effect with my children and how I have been raising them.  Yes I am there mom and I am here to guide them but I do let them govern themselves for the most part.  One example I let them explore and play where they want (as long as it is safe) and I feel as if all eyes are on me by my neighbors because I am not that mom that sits outside if her children are outside playing.  Allowing them to be able to explore and do things on there own.  We have engaged in numerous activities that involve hiking, camping, boating and bike riding.  These activities let us get away from the hustle and bustle or everyday life.  We are not subjected to others rational/reasonal thinking.  And we defiantly don’t do what everyone else is doing because everyone’s doing it.  By being more of a romanticism person I have a true love of life and find great pleasure in being me.  I am very out spoken and speak freely my thoughts and feelings.  I allow my kids to do the same, to find their own place where they fit in because they are who they are.

Baroque Blog

Is our society more Baroque or more Renaissance??  I really think it depends on who you ask how they feel about society as a whole.  I believe that this question could be answered in both ways.  I will defend that I think society today is more of a Renaissance era.  As we know Renaissance means “re-birth” , that can mean in many different ways.  As a rebirth in the Renaissance period people were not concerned with wealth and fame.  There no boundaries to how far you could go.  You were empowered by humanistic ways to learn more and expand on your learning.  As we reflect on society today as a whole there have been massive amounts of Renaissance tendencies manifesting themselves everywhere.  We now live in a society that is so diverse and has come so far with exploration.  A few examples: gay and lesbian rights have been brought to the fore front.  Many states are now allowing marriage of same sex to take place and more and more people are okay with it. Medical innovation:  you go to any other countries and they are lacking in the medical field, mostly due to money and knowledge.  In our country most people have had the opportunity to receive a good education and move on to further their education to make innovation possible.  You also have the Renaissance Man.  In the days of the Renaissance period it was Shakespear, a good example today would be Justin Timberlake.  He sings, dances, acts, writes and produces because he is one of many talents.  What about Arnold Schwertsenager?  He too was a man of many faces and abilities.  Renaissance is a time of innovation and newness.  It is a time of growth and development and in our society today that is what we do.  We have learned and grown to be accepting and find new solutions

Blog 4 Happiness

Blog Post-Happiness

When you are dealing with children I firmly believe that it is not beneficial to have everyone win the game to save face in fear of hurting someone’s feelings.  As humans we begin to be taught at a very young age to do things and act a certain way.  As you and I know if we were to be taught at a young age that we are always the winner we would be setting ourselves up for an epic failure in life.  If we teach our children that it is okay to win all the time when they really did not what expectations are we setting for them to help them succeed in life?  How would it be to always be the winner or the best, then compete against someone and lose?  I do not think you would even be able to tolerate it.  I see a glimpse of it as I deal with my kids.  I have a 5 year old who gets completely butt hurt if he is not the winner all the time and a seven year old who loves to rub it in his face.  I have to keep explain to my five year old that it is okay you don’t have to be the winner all the time.  We need to allow other people the opportunity to win so they too can feel the feelings of being the winner.  Not only does it boost our self-esteem to be the winner but it allows us to also deal with our emotions if we don’t win so that we don’t become vain and selfish and think that the world revolves around us.  This will allow for great teaching moments for parents to teach their children that life is not always fair.  Life will throw us curve balls but as long as we know how to handle our emotions and the situation we can deal with life on lifes terms.  If we teach our children young they will also not expect to be the winner or the best all the time.  I think that if we teach our children these valuable skills they will be better off in life and they will be able to handle upsetting situations better than if they expected a certain outcome.  You don’t have to be a winner all the time to be happy.

In to the Woods Blog 2

“Wishes may bring Problems such that you regret them.  Better that, though, than to never get them”

Oh how this is so true.  Sometimes in life we wish for things that do come true and then we are really kicking ourselves in the ass for doing so.  As you see with witch and her daughter Rapunzel.  The witch wished and wanted so badly for her daughter to stay in the castle and to live there and never venture off.  The witched tried so hard to keep her enclosed and cut off from everyone that once Rapunzel figured out that it was a completely different world she choose to go explore it.  Once Rapunzel t left the castle there was no coming back no matter how hard the witch tried.  In the end Rapunzel wound up dying.  Also Jack and the chicken with the golden eggs, he wanted it so bad and climbed the bean stock to get it.  Once he came back down he cut the bean stock and killed the giants son which lead the giant to come and cause havoc of the others also resulting in death of some of the characters. 

                In my life I have seen this manifested in so many ways.  There was a time in my life when my husband was a raging alcoholic and I would pray that god would just send him to jail because I could not deal with it anymore.  Poof…next thing I know he has gotten in trouble and taken to jail.  Little did I know how hard it was to care for three kids and go to work.  But yet I had wanted something to change and I thought I had the answer.  That was probably one of the toughest times in my life.  Be careful what you wish for because wishes do come true.  It’s not just in fairy tales

Into the Woods Post 1

As I viewed the theatrical In to the Woods I must say it was very entertaining.  I highly enjoyed watching the play come together with all the different fairy tale characters.  In the song “One Midnight Gone” there were many different proverbs that were sung.  One of which was “Opportunity in not a lengthy visitor”.  As I reflect on the meaning of that and how it applied the show it takes me back to the baker and his wife as they were trying to acquire the four things that the wicked witch had advised them to get.  The baker came in contact with jack who had the cow whose skin was fair and white.  He need the cow and got the cow from jack but then later lost the cow because someone else saw an opportunity to get so they took it.  Opportunity does not stay.  It is more for the taking and if you do not take it when it knocks you will lose it. 

Example; at work there was a position for a new supervisor that had opened up.  I chose to apply and what to see if I made the cut.  I did and received my first interview.  As I went to my interview I was pretty nervous but once I got in there I calmed down quite a bite and had good feelings when I left.  A few days later I received an email stating that I had not made it past the first round of interviews.  I was pretty bummed out so I went and spoke with the person who had administered the interview and said “what did I do wrong”.  She told me that I had a really good interview and she was very pleased with me however, I did not toot my own horn.  I did not understand what she meant by that and she said well when you are in a competition with others for a management spot you need to be boastful and conceded.  It was my time to shine and show out and I had not done that.  She knew I had management experience but want to hear from me how good I was.  In the end my opportunity came and went because I did not take advantage of it while it was there and show off and up talk myself.  That was a lesson learned well that I will never forget and will always implement when I applying for jobs or anything else in life

Blog Post 1

Hi my name is Darcee Chris, so you may remember me, I am the one who got in the head on collision and broke quite a few bones.  It was pretty intense and I am glad there are only pieces that I remember.  So a little insight to me and my life, I am a wife and mother of three.  I truly love being a wife and adore my kids.  They are the reason I do the things I do.  I work in sales at a company called allconnect and have truly found a good place to be.  It is not where I want to stay forever but it works for now and I do a very good job and I am treated well.  My life in the past three years has taken a complete 180.  My husband is a recovering addict and through all that I have made huge improvements on my life and the life of my family.  I enjoy boating, relaxing, cooking and sometimes cleaning.  I do hate laundry and doing dishes though. 

As I sit here contemplating how Edmundson thought that college students are passionless I have to disagree.  Are they overly passionate, probably not however, I believe there is a passion, or why would they be here?  We live in a world today where many people can get a good paying job without a college degree and more times than not when they do have a degree they cannot find a job in their field of studies.  Take for example the place that I work you simple have to have a high school diploma and that is it.  My place of employment is one of the highest paying places of employment here in southern Utah.  Why would you not want to work there?  Why would you want to go to school on hopes of finding a career that will work for you?

For those who do attend college I believe there is that passion for something better to achieve, something that you know that you worked hard for and you take full responsibility for what you do or do not accomplish.  Once you reach the stage of college you are basically on your own.  No more mom or dad you push your way through high school to do whatever they can to make sure you graduate.  At least that is how it was for me.  My diploma should have been given to my mother.  She worked much harder than me to get it. 

As I am little older now I and I am having to pay for things and go into some major debt I really take my schooling seriously and have passion in doing so.  Not that I get the highest grade in the class, just that I do the best that I can because in the end it will all pay off.  I will reach my goal and get to walk the stage as a college graduate.  i do not think that college students go to college with the intent to fail or the attitude of who cares.  It is more than that.  A sense of major accomplishment; a milestone being reached.  A passion within to reach to higher heights and to become a better individual on many different levels.