Well guys, we did it! We made it to the half way point. Like all academic years, this one is soaring by. I still remember the first day when I (not very technological) was saying to myself OMG HOW DO I MAKE A BLOG?! Haha embaressing now... anyways! We're half way through some pretty interesting and challenging material. I don't have too many comments to make currently about our english topics, however... in my last cultural geography class my professor did a lecture on Racial Humor. He talked about meaning behind them, how they came about, and he even told some, actually A LOT. Point being, I was slowly drifting into my "not paying attention" zone, staring at whatever could amuse me when he said that the language of jokes is how we express our ethnic emotions and feelings towards one another, and word for word said, "well, its certainly not the other way around. Langauge doesn't shape us" and I was like, "BAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM" you are wrong (atleast according to the post-structuralist knowledge I have) And I have a good laugh about it to myself. I wanted to turn to my fellow classmates and be like "Did you hear that?!" Sadly, it was not possible. But thanks to the good ol' blog, I can still get it back to all of you :) I included this picture with it, for I found it to be very interesting. In my cultural geography, I've learned sooooo much about so many different languages! And when I came across this picture on the net, I had to share it with all you. Take care everyone, enjoy the snow!!!!
I like how you .. or your geo prof?? haha.. referred to jokes as a language. How many other kinds of languages are there!? What about a language of compliments (it was the first random language that popped into my head as a possibility lol).?
ReplyDeleteI agree this school year is going by really fast .... almost too fast
ReplyDeleteand same thoughts about how to make a blog ran through my head too.
it's funny how at the time something seemed very complicated but looking back on it now many of us say to ourselves "wow that was so easy! I can't believe I had troubles with that"
Well i might have worded it wrong Kaedee, we were actually talking about different races making fun of each other through the language of jokes, but that was all we covered regarding it. Language of compliments, hmm i find that interesting. lol you might like my next post coming, i suppose it is somewhat the opposite, a language of hate.
ReplyDeleteAnd Melissa I totally agree. Even the theories we did last semister, at first I was like how does he expect me to write on overview on this poem with THIS outlook now?!?He is nuts! Haha, but I handed in every single one, and didn't fail. Eventually it didn't sound like psycho babble when he talked about the theories, as I slowly but surely connected the dots!!