"I believe racism will not go away for a very long time. I'm Korean and most of my friends joke around with me, and it doesn't bother me, but when somebody I don't even know stereotypes me it gets me kinda angry and its really…"
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Won Jun Choi commented on Matt Sievert's blog post College picking time"College's picking time is a scariest moment for most of the seniors and me. I have chosen couple of colleges here and there and trying to reach that goal I set. This blog actually gave me a slap and made me rethink about my senior year. My…"
Jared Niec commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"Racism is something that has existed for many many years. The odds of it ever going away are near 0%. Hate will always exist, and with that will come racism. It's a form of hate in a sense and people will point at whoever there able to. Its sad…"
Meghan Byrne commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"I don't think racism will ever go away... Which sucks big time because we're alllllll equal. There really is no point to point the finger and laugh at someone who is maybe a different color than yourself. Its unfair. Its uncalled for. I…"
Morgan Delapa commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"I also dont think racism will fo away. I think that as the years go on it willl slowly decrease but it will never be fully gone. There are always people out there that just can not changes or accept the truth. I feel a lot of the time people dont…"
Bridget Babcock commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"I don't think racism will go away. I think that we have to expose ourselves to other races and religions to fully understand. Knowledge and time will lessen racism. Matt is right as well when he says that we have to view everyone as individuals…"
Aly Glover commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"I think everyone is racist at some point but definitley not like it used to be. I don't think racism will become a big issuse as long as we remember that it's wrong to take it to the extreme.
Another thing I find interesting is that when…"
Alex Konrath commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"Im agreeing with robin here in the fact that everyone is a little racist, in making snap judgements about people whether you notice it or not. Racism today definitely is not what it used to be and i'm glad, when i hear about racism today its…"
Robin de Freitas commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"Racism will never obside in America, nor in any other country. People are technically racist all the time unintentionally, even by small things when you see another person of another race you instantly judge them no matter what, even if you…"
Gary Anderson left a comment for Matt Sievert"Matt -- Log on to the Ning and go to My Page. Under your name, you will see Settings. Click on that. Then you will select Email. You can check/uncheck the boxes to determine what emails you receive.
Please let me know if you have any questions…"
Patrick Norman commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"i think that racism is never going to leave the average american. This is because most people look for something to look down upon other people to make themselves feel more impowered. They use racial slurs to acheive this. Racism is just another…"
haena y. commented on Matt Sievert's blog post College picking time"I have not really started my college search. I have one college that I really want to get in on my mind, but I am so scared that I might not get in. Sigh, this college is the it college for me, at least I think. I mean I am working really hard to…"
haena y. commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"Racism and stereotypes have been apart of out society for a long time. Racism and stereotypical comments can be perceived as gossip. Both are hurtful comments that leave scars behind. As of now, racism and stereotypes will never go away. Racism and…"
Michael McWilliams commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"People will always be a little racist simply because we look different.
We also have a need to feel different, special and better then everyone else for no reason at all besides how are mind works. People just need to get over the racist jokes and…"
Phil Schroeder commented on Matt Sievert's blog post Will racism ever go away?"As long as people are different their will be predjudice. My small group leader said that someone told him that if everyone were exactly the same, same hair, same teeth, same everything, we would all find something different to make fun of people."
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Informant movie review
The Informant connected to some of the big ideas from our class. Although it was good for connecting it was a very hard movie to follow. There were to many characters and to many things going on. I was hoping for a little bit of humor or some action, there wasn't much of either of those. Matt Damon is normally great ,but I did not like the role he played in this movie. For these reasons I am going to recommend not seeing it.
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Will racism ever go away?
Many people think that racism is an issue of the past. I think that our country has still not put it behind them. It may not be shown as directly at all, but there are lots of little and big things that show racism. People still make racist jokes and don't always fully trust other races. People are identifying people by there race and stereotyping. That is racist. The other day i was in gym… Continue
Posted on May 25, 2010 at 9:08pm — 35 Comments
College picking time
All the juniors at Fremd high school keep hearing the word college. The word keeps being said more and more and that's how you know it is getting closer. Many people have started looking for ideas, and maybe some already know where they are going to apply.So you know you're going to go to college, but you have no idea where you want to go and don't even know how to start deciding what school is right for you. If this is your scenario you are reading…
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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones joined by Tuvan throat singers-culture project
This weekend i went to the congress theater for the chicago blues and bluegrass festival. I went there mainly to see one of my favorite groups the flecktones. They came on at 8 and were playing a lot of christmas music they began to play 12 days of Christmas and said something crazy would happen on the 12th day. on the 12th day bela fleck welcomed Alash a throat singing ensemble acompanied by instruments all the way from Tuva( a country in Serbia). Their name was Alash, throat singers can carry… Continue
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- At 9:54am on September 23, 2010, Gary Anderson said…
- Matt -- Log on to the Ning and go to My Page. Under your name, you will see Settings. Click on that. Then you will select Email. You can check/uncheck the boxes to determine what emails you receive.
Please let me know if you have any questions about or problems with this process. I hope you're having a good year.
- At 6:42pm on March 30, 2010, Gary Anderson said…
- Matt -- Thanks for the blog revisions. It's now posted.
- At 10:26pm on December 15, 2009, Gary Anderson said…
- Matt--Yes, you have ten ning contributions. You're welcome to do more though.
Please bring me a ticket stub for the Bela Fleck thing, and you'll have a culture project.
- At 9:30pm on October 29, 2009,
Josh James said… - Yes I photo copied the smileys and I have about 50 now. haha
- At 7:35pm on October 25, 2009, Gary Anderson said…
- Matt -- Thanks for your ten ning contributions. You're welcome to keep going!
- At 10:25am on September 3, 2009, Gary Anderson said…
- Hey, Matt. Welcome to the ning. We hope you find a lot of good ideas and inspiration in here, and we look forward to your contributions.
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I'm not usually someone who writes a lot , not publicly anyway but I do love to express my self through art, usually visual art but most of the time the art I make is influenced by something . In this case it's a song a written by one of my favorite musicians as a response to the feeling of horror and disbelief as he watched the Twin Towers in New York go from icons to ruins on 9/11/01. The song is sad,…See More
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