Get Organized: My Room

For this assignment, I decided on cleaning my room because it was a horrible mess. Clothes were everywhere and everything was so dusty and my closet was not organized at all. Before I started cleaning, I felt extremely lazy. I did not want to begin my cleaning because I knew that I would rather spend my time doing something much more fun or entertaining. I was procrastinating a lot because I just did not want to start.

When I finally got over my procrastination faze, I started first with picking up clothes and putting them in the laundry. This would help me clear my room. After that, I started with my closet and began to put long-sleeve shirts on the right and short on the left. Shoes were paired with their matching other, and so on. Once I understood what I was doing, it really did not feel like it was that much of a hassle. It actually did not seem all that bad!

After the closet was sorted out, I started dusting. This took a while, but it bother me because my mind was already set on finishing this cleaning project. I realized once I set my mind to do something I know I have to do, I can finish it without being mad or upset that I'm wasting my time. I had the mindset of, "if I already started, why not finish the job?" and this helped me throughout the cleaning process. I also found some pretty interesting old stuff, that I hadn't seen in a long time. This made it somewhat entertaining.

When I was finished, I really liked the way my room looked. Everything was orderly and it smelled nice and not like old clothes. I knew after the project that cleaning my room seemed difficult at first, but once you set your mind to do it, and finish it, the job didn't seem at all like a job. And when I finished I also realized that my room turned out for the better and that I had used my time wisely to organize my room. This allowed me to use it more often while doing homework and other tasks because I wouldn't be grossed out by the stuff inside it. I enjoyed this project and now I have a clean room because of it! Thanks!

360 Degrees: Why is Soccer Disliked?

For a great majority of my life I loved soccer (I still do of course) and I never really thought why anyone would hate the sport. It is the perfect sport. It takes a lot of skill to play and it takes good thinking and problem solving skills to help keep yourself playing well in the game. I thought, "how could anyone not love soccer?" But now I'm seeing different angles and perspectives.

America in general we all know, does not like soccer. Compared to football or baseball or basketball, soccer is a mere tiny little baby compared to those big name ones here in America. I started thinking why. Maybe because it's a sport where you actually have to sit down and watch for more than 5 or 10 minutes without a break? Maybe because people do not understand the game? Or the rules? I think the typical, American, football-loving person would say all these things. They would not like to dedicate themselves to sitting down for such a long period of time. Also the rules of soccer could be complicated, for example, the offside rule is a tough rule to understand. Maybe this is why people do not like soccer? Maybe there isn't enough hitting or bashing of players? This usually gets lots of people attention in football, but there isn't as much body-to-body contact in soccer compared to football. 

Another reason why people may not like soccer is because it's still dealing with problems internationally. FIFA have always had a problem with racism in the sport of soccer all around the world. Since a lot of countries in 2012 still haven't gone through a Civil Rights fight in there history, there are still many racists out there in the world and since soccer is the most popular sport in the world, it gets a lot of negative attention because of the racist fans. I believe that the majority of people still don't like the idea of racism in a sport so they decide not to watch it and therefore, not like it. FIFA is making rules and policies towards racism and it is helping not just the sport evolve but the world too. People don't want to banish there favorite team because of the racist things they've said during a match, they'd rather watch their team play than say these racist things. But in my opinion this racism issue is a large one, that many people don't like about it.

Or maybe people just don't like kicking and running? Maybe they'd rather watch a water sport, or a ice sport. All people have their opinions and that could lead them away from liking soccer. Soccer is the sport where you do the most running in. Maybe people would rather watch racing? Such as cars, or motor bikes. This could be their hobby and not people just running around a field for 90 minutes.

I've tried to touch on most of the perspectives of the sport of soccer and, of how people view it and if they like it. I talked about my opinion and a lot of the world's opinion that it's the most entertaining and skillful sport in the whole world. I touched on an American's view point. I also talked about the issue of racism and how people despise the sport for still having racism in it. I lastly touched on one's view of just not enjoying land games and liking swimming or racing sports. These are the perspectives that I could think of, and I realized when thinking of these I could understand why someone would not like soccer. It has helped me realize that my point of view isn't the only point of view out there. There are many and this assignment helped me think about that.

Best of Week: Aesthetics and Beauty

During pretty much the whole week we were always talking about how this unit and this quarter we will be focusing a lot on aesthetics and beauty. Aesthetics are the rules and structures for creating and appreciating beauty. We spent a lot of time discussing this and you spent a lot of time explaining it to us and how important it is.

When I think about the definition of aesthetics, I look at the word "beauty" and I think a lot about it. What makes something beautiful? What characteristics does something need to have beauty? Why are there rules for creating something beautiful? Can't anything be considered beautiful from a anyone's point of view?

Well there could be tons of answers that go along with the questions above. Many people will disagree and agree on these topics. My view, I say that beauty depends on the person viewing it. For example, a little boy really likes the color blue and hates the color pink. Whenever he sees something blue he thinks it is amazing and beautiful. But if he sees that same thing in pink, he will consider it ugly and not appealing. Many people are like this, they like something of their own taste, but if a different person says "this too is beautiful" to that same person, he/she will debate whether or not it is because they have a different taste or sense of beauty than the other person.

I myself have my own taste of beauty. I too am biased toward my own taste or sense of beauty. If I see 2 advertisements right next to each other and one is of a soccer player and the other is of a American Football player, I of course will think to myself that the soccer advertisement is a ton better. I will completely disregard the football one and even if it has better graphics and more vibrant colors, I would still pick the soccer one over the football one.

Aesthetics and beauty relate with each other a lot, but they vary vastly with someones thoughts or views on them. Depending on someones taste in beauty, they make their own definitions of beauty and aesthetics, there really can't be a one ruling definition on beauty or aesthetics because not everyone thinks the same.