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Blog # 9

In our last class each student shared the experiences that they had in the Tunnel of Oppression assignment. It was interesting that most student were disturbed when someone was whispering in their ears, and they said it was one the most uncomfortable feelings that they had. I had the same feeling, and I was very […]

Blog #8

In our previous class, Julian informed us by getting involve in club at university. It was very useful information for knowing some activities at university. I really like to join to sociology and psychology clubs, and I also like to join to sport club, but my problem for this semester is that I don’t have […]

Blog#7

In our two previous class, we discussed about sexual orientation, and we had our  presentation about Hope in the Unseen book. At first we had a nice discussion about stress and how to manage it. We divided in groups and then each group came up with some interesting ideas about stress management. In my  group, most […]

Blog#6

I sometimes wonder about people with disabilities, and  I think about their lives. It most happens to think about them when I interact with them, or see a movie about their lives. At that moment, I think about their obstacles’ in daily life. How do they handle it? How is it like to be  a physically […]

Blog #5

Last week  in class, we did not start with any activity which I really liked previous activities because they were very interesting. However, Julian informed us with APA format and the difference between MLA and APA. It is important for all of us to know how to write in APA format because our final writing […]

Blog # 4

In last class, Julian started the class with nice activity which he called it reacting adversity. We divided to three groups, and each group had a different situations. We were supposed to discuss and write the best solutions for our given difficult situations. That was a nice activity to see how people had different and […]

Blog #3

In the previous class we started by sharing our short and long goals in our life which it was very exciting to learn about other students goals and how we created visions to achieve our goals. What really surprised me was that everybody had realistic goals because when I talked to my friends or relatives most of […]

Blog #2

Last week we started to discuss about reading strategies. We all had different reading strategies, and we have learned them from our previous courses. However, it was a good reminder to learn more effective reading strategies. I liked to hear different voices, and find out the best strategies for effective reading. Highlighting the words that we […]

Blog#1

It seems that white privileges and male privileges are real concerns in our today’s society because many writers and scholars argue about those privileges. Peggy McIntosh in her essay argues that white and male privileges exist overtly and covertly in U.S. Historically, we had all kinds of racism and sexism in the United States. We […]