Comments on Implications
2031 words by Erin Davis
Comments on Implications
This week is the dreaded week where we have to read the blogs of ten other people and comment on them. It is times like this that I wish I did not work all week long and had time to read these things earlier so I would not be pressed for time to do it now. But, oh well, we reap what we sough correct? Well, before I start, I just want to reiterate what it is my project entails. As you already know, I identified three world problems, a lack of universal love, lack of respect amongst people and currency. Out of these three problems, two of them, namely spreading universal love and ridding the world of currency, were nearly impossible to accomplish. The only thing that I could hope to make a change in was the lack of respect people had for one another. In order to implement this project, I decided that the formulation of stereotypes was a huge problem that led to disrespect. Therefore, my major plan of action was to rid the world, or as much of it as I could, of forming stereotypes. The first thing I did was to identify four main categories of discrimination that usually lead to unhealthy stereotypes. These four categories were racial and cultural discrimination, gender discrimination, age discrimination and socioeconomic discrimination. My main goal, or the way I was to implement my plan of action was to go to Immaculate Heart of Mary School and discuss and shed light on the student about people from these different backgrounds. I felt that by educating our youth and by familiarizing them about these differences would lead to a decrease in stereotyping which will thus lead to a decrease in disrespect. This plan has already been implemented and I’m sure that you have read what I have already accomplished in last week’s blog. So now, without further ado, here are my ten comments for last week’s blogs.
Comments for:
1.) Stephanie Warfield
2.) Teanakia DeOcampo
3.) Nedra Goldman
4.) Whitney Davis
5.) Whitney Hardy
6.) Brian Adams
7.) Rolise Wright
8.) Michael Looper
9.) Fatima Griffin
10.) Jimi Song
For my first comment I read Stephanie Warfield’s week nine blog on her implementation plan for spreading awareness to teens on HIV / AIDS. First of all, I want to say that I fully emphasize with you on what you said about having to educate the children in between 13 and 17 years old in order to make a difference. I believe that education is the main key to change and I also believe you are right in saying people in this age group are the ones we need to focus all our energy on educating. They are the ones who will make the most change in the world. I also want to say that I agree that educating yourself as much as possible before doing your seminars is the best thing to do. You do not want to go into your discussions with limited knowledge, you want to give as much information as possible to these children so that they can be well equip with dealing with STD’s and know how to avoid them as much as possible. The majority of people who are diagnosed with AIDS are the one’s who do not know anything about it. Also, I think that it is a good idea to show or let people meet people who have already been diagnosed with AIDS and let them tell their stories to student. If you can actually pull off getting some of these people to talk to the students in your seminars, then I believe that you could really make a difference.
Well, there is nothing that can really suggest to you about your project. You seem to have everything covered already. The only thing I can say is to get all of the information you can and try to start your seminars before the semester is over. You could really do some good in the world if you were to get this project implemented.
The next blog that I read was written by Teanakia DeOcampo. Teanakia, I just wanted to say that, yes, it is shocking that a city so close to us is the second city that has the highest population of people with AIDS. While I already knew that fact, it is still shocking to hear. Baton Rouge is more commonly called the STD capital and I actually heard that in the dorms there is a list of people’s names posted on the wall that have been diagnosed with AIDS. This list is designed as a warning to not sleep with these people. As you can imagine, the list is quite long and it is a bit scary to know that so many people have this disease and it is even scarier to know that a vast majority of the people who have it do not even realize that they have the disease.
I do not know if you said this already, but, I think that if you collaborate with the Xavier University Health Center to host some type of seminar, you can really make a difference that could occur sooner. It would definitely spread information about AIDS a lot faster. Also, to get participation, maybe you can collaborate with the university 1010 professors and make their students attend the information session.
Anyway, I think that you have made true progress towards your goal and I hope you keep it up.
Nedra, I just read your blog and I must agree that I feel that week nine’s blog was a bit redundant. Speaking personally, I have not really had that much time to implement my plan. Although I have gotten the preliminaries out of the way, there is still much that I have to do. I especially feel sorry for the people who live on campus and do not really have any means of transportation. This project must be giving them hell. Anyways, I think that Dr. Homan was right in saying that maybe you should go and volunteer at the Habitat for the Humanity. Even though it is not what you originally planned, you can possibly be finding some people who would want to volunteer to help your cause. And besides, by volunteering at the Habitat for Humanity, you are working towards your goal to help the homeless. I wish you luck on implementing your plan and regardless if you finish your project or not, through volunteering I believe you are improving the world already.
Whitney Davis, I have just finished reading your blog and I wanted to say that I believe that political awareness is very important these days. I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I am one of those young people who really did not care or know that much about politics. It wasn’t until the September 11 tragedy and the battles that commenced as a result that I realized or was interested in politics and how it affects us in our daily lives. I feel that it is especially important now with the Bush Kerry election coming up in three days. In order to keep a certain someone out of office, it is important that we know about politics and get active. I think that you are correct to say that your ideas are just ideas and that the only way to implement them is to get out and do something. However, that is very hard to do when you are a college student.
I also wanted to say that it was smart to write to Drew Barrymore and Sean P. Diddy Combs for assistance. They have been the two most famous advocates of this year’s election and have had much success in spreading the word about voting and getting registered to vote. I hope that you get replies from them soon.
Hey Whitney, this is Erin with a comment on your plan for the improving the world project. Well, it seems like someone has been a busy girl! My god, you are like the one person that I know who has gotten this far with their improving the world project. I also wanted to comment that you are a very good writer, everything flowed wonderfully. Anyways, keep up the good work. You are making excellent progress with your project and I wish you luck with your Bible Forum.
Dear Brian Adams, I am with you when you say that you did not believe that accomplishing or making improvements with this problem was feasible. But, now that I am actually implementing this project and reading what others have accomplished, I must say it is possible to change the world. And as for your mother getting your four friends to vote, I do not think that you should be embarrassed about that. After all, four people have become voters, and it is, indirectly, because of you. So I do think that you have made progress in your project. I also think that you should apply her method of using guilt to increase the number of voters. I know by first hand experience that guilt is a powerful tool of persuasion. Well, now that I’ve made myself sound like evil incarnate, I think I’ll move on. Sayonara! And keep up the good work!
Dear Rolise, I have just finished reading your blog for week nine. I agree with you that parents do have a huge impact on their children and that they need to be good role models for their children because children, ultimately, follow in the footsteps of their parents, one way or the other. However, I also believe that outside forces can have a huge impact on children, namely teachers, or other family members. After reading the first few things that you have done, becoming a big sister to your little cousin and another elementary school student, I think that with these few steps you have already made a difference in the world. By trying to better yourself to become a suitable role model is another thing that has already improved the world.
As for the second stage of your plan, I think that with you simply learning as much as you can about drugs and drug usage, you have already completed a phase that brings you closer and closer to achieving your goals. I think learning about the dire affects of Marijuana use and teaching it to your little cousin or elementary student, with parental permission gained first, of course, will make the children aware and possibly less likely to partake of the drug. So keep up the good work!
Dear Michael, your project and my own are very similar. The problem that I am focusing on is trying to decrease the lack of respect in the world by focusing on educating and familiarizing youth about people from different races or cultures, genders, ages and different socioeconomic statuses. I feel that a lot of disrespect and discrimination in the world comes from a lack of knowledge and understanding of people from different backgrounds. The way that I am implementing my plan is by holding seminars at a grade school to educate children in middle school age about people of different backgrounds. Maybe you can do something similar to implement your solution. Good luck!
Dear Fatima, I think that it is great that you volunteer at all of these youth centers. I do believe that by setting good examples and being a good role model it will begin to rub off on children. I also believe that keeping children busy is a good way to keep them away from violence and away from bad situations.
Dear Jimi, I’m sorry that it is so hard for you to make the 2000 word limit every week. I think it’s hard on everyone, but we just have to try. As for your project, spreading love, I think that a great way to do this is to visit old folks’ homes, volunteer at hospitals in the children wards, reading to kids at the library. Any of these things are suitable things to do for spreading love. Anyway, good luck with your project!