Saturday, December 19, 2009
A class discourse
It was a great discourse with our professor. We were discussing sociologically the implications of
celebrating the Christmas season. Indeed, it was fun-filled after the
discourse, or should I say (I was happy with how it turned out that we
were really able to analyze the celebration of the season sociologically.)
The
Christmas season is a time of gift-giving and remembering Jesus
Christ's birth. It is the time when people buy material things in order
for them to give these gifts to their loved ones. Sometimes, the true
meaning of Christmas is being questioned by many. Is the true meaning of
Christmas the happiness in everyone's homes because of the fact that
they are together? Or is it merely because of the gifts that they
received during the season? Is Christmas also for the marginalized? Or
is it only for the rich people?
Let me give my personal analysis on this matter- relating the season to Karl Marx's concepts and Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann's theory.
We give the capitalists a chance to gain profits through buying gifts for our loved ones. It is implied in our actions that we give them the support that they need and want because basically, what they want and need is PROFIT. This is the reason many capitalists do the devil's laugh every Christmas season. They always gain their profits. Happiness may be relative, but the truth is that people are already giving a notion of happiness on the material things that they receive from their loved ones. This is a socially constructed ideal. This is the reason some people think that Christmas is only for the rich. The poor will not generally have the chance to buy gifts for themselves, but there is another socially constructed ideal here. It involves their thinking of simply having all family members together for the Christmas season.
Let me relate another phenomenon for this. The New Year's celebration and even the Valentine's Day celebration. It is a socially constructed ideal that the happiness of a loved one (on Valentine's) is through the flowers and chocolates. Same as true with the Filipinos relying their fate and success in material things. There is the fetishism of commodities in this regard. There is the faith that material things are helpful in the attainment of success in life. Remember. We always give these capitalists a chance to gain profit in every cent we spend for them. It is their gain and our loss. Now you see?!
Think twice. I'm simply trying to rationalize everything sociologically.
Hope you enjoy reading this. :)
Let me give my personal analysis on this matter- relating the season to Karl Marx's concepts and Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann's theory.
We give the capitalists a chance to gain profits through buying gifts for our loved ones. It is implied in our actions that we give them the support that they need and want because basically, what they want and need is PROFIT. This is the reason many capitalists do the devil's laugh every Christmas season. They always gain their profits. Happiness may be relative, but the truth is that people are already giving a notion of happiness on the material things that they receive from their loved ones. This is a socially constructed ideal. This is the reason some people think that Christmas is only for the rich. The poor will not generally have the chance to buy gifts for themselves, but there is another socially constructed ideal here. It involves their thinking of simply having all family members together for the Christmas season.
Let me relate another phenomenon for this. The New Year's celebration and even the Valentine's Day celebration. It is a socially constructed ideal that the happiness of a loved one (on Valentine's) is through the flowers and chocolates. Same as true with the Filipinos relying their fate and success in material things. There is the fetishism of commodities in this regard. There is the faith that material things are helpful in the attainment of success in life. Remember. We always give these capitalists a chance to gain profit in every cent we spend for them. It is their gain and our loss. Now you see?!
Think twice. I'm simply trying to rationalize everything sociologically.
Hope you enjoy reading this. :)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play.So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat there, we two.And I said, "How I wish we had something to do!"
-From The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
I wonder how many percent of all prep students in the Philippines can't read this simple poem. We noticed that most of the students in Sitio Layak has a problem reading and writing. Children sitting in the classrooms in the country struggle with reading. I know all children can learn to read at grade level with proper intervention.
Teach a Child to Read
with my student Jhoanne
Grace-Pipoy birthday blowout at SM Cubao.. Fun-filled day.!!! Met new friends..
Thursday, December 3, 2009
certified cartoonophile
*Wishing You well episode*
Squidward: Could you not stand so close? You're making me claustrophobic.
Patrick: What does claustrophobic mean?
Spongebob: It means he's afraid of Santa Claus.
Squidward: No, it doesn't.
Patrick: Ho, ho, ho!(giggles)
Spongebob: Stop it, Patrick, you're scaring him!
Patrick: Ho, ho, ho!
Squidward: It's not working, Patrick.
Patrick: Darn.
FYI claustrophobic is an abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces.
Guilty as charged. That is right. Certified cartoonophile.. I'm 18 turning 19 next year and watching cartoons is something I will never outgrow. American dad, Spongebob, Powerpuff, Family guy, Dexter's lab. Jimmy Neutron, Chowder, Totally spies, Grims adventure of Billy and Mandy, Johnny Bravo, Yamato Nadeshiko to name a few. I'm very much young at heart. I'm fond of watching cartoons and I'm not ashamed of it, and I don't consider it childish either. They are more entertaining, and have more truth to them than any stupid reality tv show like PBB? ewwness.. I even mimic the behaviors of some cartoons. Lol.!! Anyway there is no age for watching cartoons right?
P.S. To those people who keeps saying cartoons are stupid and teaches children moronic things and bad behaviors. Airheads!
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