Sam,
Agreeing to what Amhara said i really enjoyed you're style of writing, I apologize about the way i write my blog i have a bad habit of rushing what I'm trying to explain. Reading your blog made me want to better what I'm writing since people are going to read my work, so i thank you. Now to your blog, you did a really good job at comparing and contrasting the senior center grandfather's house. It created a new view of what a senior citizens home really looked like, because I've never been to one I've always had this view that it was this homey hospital looking place. It might be for some but maybe for not the Hallmark one. Most of all you had a really good ending for your blog, instead of having just a catchy ending, you asked questions, and answered them which flowed and carried on to become this catchy ending. So Good job.
-Rigel
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Amhara,
You're blog was really insightful, I really enjoyed the opening statement where you talk about what younger and older person would think about when knowing that their mortality is very slim. And I agree with what you said, a younger person would feel like they haven't done enough with their lives and need to experience life to it's fullest, and someone who's much older would regret about things that they wish they did or did. Which i found interesting because they're both regretting that they haven't done enough, which gave me a question. When does one live life to the fullest? I personally think that the answer to that question would be hard to answer, considering that everyone has their own way of living their life, but I'd like to hear your answer, because i can see that you have a lot on your mind which again I'd to like to hear, so nicely done.
Rigel.
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Matthew,
I think out of everyone in the class you spoke about the best topic, I believe alienation is a major part of our culture when dealing with the sick. It's one of those things in life that are right in our face, and we know it's their but we do such a good job ignoring the fact that we are alienating people on a daily basis that, it becomes second nature. Now here's I think why you're blog and topic is really important, everyone's blog all focused on the effects of knowing that someone we care about is so ill and can die is heart wrenching and when they die we get sad and try to remember them. At the same time when these people were and are alive, we try to avoid seeing them because we believe they want their space to enjoy their last moments, and when they die we hold a lot of regrets, and i believe most of that regret isn't because we wish that it was someone else, but mainly because we know that we didn't spend "enough time" with them, which is another way of saying we alienated them. Perfect job, perfect topic, perfect job.
-Rigel
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For my blog:
Amhara R:
The fact that most societies ways of handling death connect to one common worldly theme is mind blowing to think about. Especially because the common theme is so insightful: We all want to believe that we will still be apart of the world after we die. It's a beautiful thought. It is also interesting to see the many different ways humans have accomplished to fulfill this want. Physically, Mentally, Spiritually, Religiously. I like the thought that all societies can have commonalities while staying true to their individuality.This makes me wonder about the other universal themes that have been expressed and repeated throughout history. I'm curious about them because they must have been so prominent for a they are agreed upon ideas.
Sam J:
Rigel,
You have really good ideas here that show a great deal of depth and understanding, but your grammar mistakes and poor wording in some parts were killing me. They took away so much credibility from your piece because the little mistakes you are making do distract the reader from the message you were trying to get at. I understand what you are trying to say in terms of the various ways of dealing with death and how your culture deals with that. I think that if you focused on one aspect of a "cultural" death, and wrote about that, then you would have a more logical train of thought that would be easier to follow.
Good start though,
Sam
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