I really enjoyed class this week. We talked about different cultures, and if they are all valid.  I love learning about other cultures and their traditions.  I think that our western culture is kinda going down the crap-shoot, and it would be good for us to look at other cultures to see other things that are good and try to implement them into our own lives.  I'm taking a class on the middle east right now and in the book we are reading the author is trying really hard to get people outside of the middle east to understand why Arabs behave the way they do, whether they are muslim or not.  It is fascinating.  Learning about how they communicate, and what is socially acceptable is really useful information in case I ever work with people from that part of the world.  I think sometimes as Amercians we feel like people outside of our culture are strange, and we look down upon them, and their beliefs or traditions, but the more we get to know people of other cultures I think we find that they are very similar to ourselves, as far as their desires.  Anywho, it was a good week learning about other cultures, and I liked the case study because it showed how cultures can clash.  Thats all for this week. Peace.

Another week

Hey sports fans.  I thought this was a cool week.  I really liked some of the activities we did in class, like the one where people gathered in a circle and Bro. Williams put pressure on people.  It really helped me see the impact that one person's decisions can have on a family.  I have a pretty large family with siblings that are active and less-active, and it is very true.  I have had to make some adjustments in my own life because of some of the decisions that my siblings, and even my parents have made, because of divorce.  I really enjoy the things that we learn in this class.  And that's all for today, fools.

This week in class we talked a lot about the trends in society in regards to the family.  We had a class activity where we looked at several trends and labeled them as being very important, kind of, and no big deal.  We found that all of the trends, whether it was living alone and rising age in marriage, were related in some way to each other, and none of them were no big deal.  It has been really fascinating to learn about what the public opinion of the family is because most of the people I associate with are members of the church.  It is interesting to note that the age of people getting married, even in the church, has increased.  I'm pretty sure that my mom was married and had three children by the time she was my age, and I'm not even close to being married... shows that times are-a-changin. : )

Well, that's it for this week.  Tootaloo.

Day 1

Okay, I had to set this thing up for my Family Relations class, so we'll see how it goes.  I went to class today...