The Men We Carry In Our Minds

1. Sanders sees the different physical conditions of the men he knew when he was a little, he saw how those men worked for hours doing labor with their bodies which lead them to be hurt or have soared bodies, on paragraph 3 he gives many examples "the nails of their hands were black and split, the hands tattooed with scars". Sanders shows how these men were affected by the labor they did, how their hearing was affected from so many years of working with machines or how their knees ached from standing on concrete. He also shows how their physical appearance was affected from so many years of labor " the fathers of my friends always seemed older than the mothers." (Paragraph 3).

2. Sanders describes the "other sort of men" as some one who wouldn't "swear and break down like mules" because this men didn't work like the other men, they lived in military bases waiting to be call for duty, like wars transfers and they seemed like their work wasn't hard like the other men but they had something that the other men didn't, these men would spend their days practicing in a simulated war so they could be ready for the real action "I also felt certain that when the hour for killing arrived, they would kill. When the real shooting started, many of them would die. This was what soldiers were for, just as a hammer, was for driving nails." (paragraph 4)

3. Besides the "warriors and toilers" there was another kind of men , men that Sanders could never imagine becoming them "I could no more imagine growing up to become one of these cool, potent creatures than I could imagine becoming a prince." Sanders grew up as a low class boy and all this "cool jobs" were high class for the people who he read and watch on the television, these men were politicians, astronauts, generals, lawyers, philosophical doctors. Sanders believed that he already had a destiny and that was to follow his fathers steps and since he was never one of these men, he knew that he couldn't couldn't be like them.

4. Sander's father has a different job than all the men he knew "my father, who had escaped from a red-dirt farm to a tire factory, and from the assembly line to the front office" so this means that Sanders could have a different ending since every one followed their father's steps "they were bound to work as their fathers had worked, killing themselves or preparing to kill others." but since Sander's dad worked in an office he had a chance to work there too without enrolling on those hard jobs or the military and get train to kill some one or simply kill himself on those labor jobs that they offered.

5. When Sander went to college he met women who thought in a different way than him "and for the first time I met women who told me that men were guilty of having kept all the joys and privileges of the earth for themselves." He was confused by their thoughts could he would see the men at home and would ask himself what privileges they were talking about, if the men he know worked themselves to dead for their families to have a roof but then he realized that they were talking about the college men and he saw that their lives were completely different "here I met for the first time young men who had assumed from birth that they would lead lives of comfort and power, then he realized and understood that women have the better life "the only ones who ever seemed to enjoy a sense of ease and grace were the mothers and daughters." so he understood that women had more privileges than the men he knew.

6. Sander later realize that men and women have the same work to do just in different ways and they suffer the same or sometimes it would be worst for women. "I did not realize-- because such things were never spoken of how often women suffered from men's bullying." (paragraph 8) He also talks about how women were abandoned wives, single mother and how tired it could be to take care of a baby all day so these changed the way he saw women because he realized that they have the same amount of work to do just in different ways.

7. What Sanders and the college-educated women was that they wanted to be in control "The daughters of such men wanted to share in this power, this glory. So did I" (paragraph 11) but he knew that these women saw him as an enemy because of his sex and because he was destined to become like his father but he believed that he was more of an ally than an enemy to them but he knew they wouldn't believe him if he shared his thoughts with them.

Summary

I didn't do the summary because I procrastinate on it, I waited until the last minute to do it and eventually found myself in class realizing that I didn't do the summary, then I turned in the Pass but I thought it was a pass that it would excuse you from the project but it wasn't like that so I didn't do it, what I'm going to do now for the new summary is dedicate time to do it and if I don't know how to do something ask Susie or visit her on her office hours and ask her for help or I can also email her but this time im actually going to dedicate time on it and put all my effort to do it right, I can also go over other people summaries to see how they did and read their comments to see what I can do or what not to do.

Libby Blog Response

The author's survey demonstrates many different points of view, males say that they can not believe in it because they are guys and some people just by hearing the word they freak out about it because they believe it's something bad. Libby offer many reasons why people don't identify themselves as feminists, one of the reasons is that most people don't believe that this problem exist either because they don't like it or just ignore the fact that this problem it's actually going on in the world, another reason why people don't call themselves feminists it's because they simple don't believe the ideas or agree with what it means to be a feminists. People believe feminism is a bad thing and the media propaganda shows it as a negative thing in the world like a way of saying women are raising against men and will try to take control over the country but people should get inform of what it really means to be a feminist and this is that women and men have the same right that they can choose the way they want to live, that they have the same right at home and on the streets, that they will not be discriminated because of their gender. Many women don't call themselves feminist because they believe it's something bad but it's not it's something good for them because it will give them the same right as men, it's a way of fighting for what they believe it's right for them. Libby believes that more people should be identify themselves as feminist but I think it's a personal decision weather you know what it really means or not it's up to you to decide if you believe in the idea but don't want to be called a feminist, every one has the right to decide what they want to be so it's really up to the people to decide what they want to be and articles like this one can influence people to think in a different way but it's still up to them to decide who and what they want to be.

Highlight of conference

There were many different things in the conference that caught my attention, I was impressed of how many people there was in the conference from many schools and to have some one like Cruz Reynoso to take make time to go and talk to us I think that was the hightlight of the conference for me, it's really impressive how he became what he is now and how he didn't give up when people were attacking him, he kept fighting for what he wanted and that inspires me to fight for what I want and whenever some one tries to stop me or tells me I can't do it I will remember that I can because I am capable of doing many things I just how to get my head on my goal and fight for it and try my best to accomplish it. Another thing that I liked was the campus of Sacramento it's a nice university the campus is really big and has many departtaments that you can go and study and what they have to offer really caught my attention and also everything that they have on the campus really impressed me. This conference was good the trip, the workshops, the campus and being able to spend time with my friends from the Puente class.

Anzaldua Blog Response

I agree with the ideas that you presented about how sometimes we don't fit in, in a certain place because the way we speak and we feel out of place because we ask ourselves "where do we belong?" and how we have to conform ourselves to other cultures that are around us, on my experience when I moved to the Unites States I was the only Guatemalan in my class and everyone else were Mexican so I had to get used to their words and use them because I was the only one who was "different" and living that changes the way you are, it can change your culture, if people ask me what I am I will tell them I am Guatemalan but I am a mix of different cultures, I don't speak like a Guatemalan because I'm used to speaking English and also "Mexican" which is totally different than the Spanish that I grew up with and sometimes it's hard to fit in a certain group because I don't speak like them and makes me think who I am and after reading your article I realize that I'm a mix of different culture and no matter how hard I try not to be changed by the way society is it just happens naturally I don't try or push myself to act different its just out there that it becomes part of my life, I know what my culture is and how I was raised but living half of my life in my country and the other half in another country changes the way I am and created a new culture because its a mix of two different countries, in a way it could be a good thing because I can learn different things from both of them but it can also confuse me of who I am and that's where I sit and think who am I? but like I said after thinking I realize I am a mix of many cultures since I live in another country, hang out with many different people that have different cultures so I learn from them and get used to them, so I agree in everything that you presented in your essay because it's true and it helped me to see who I am and I decided that I am Guatemalan, American and a mix of many different countries.

College Student Inventory EC

There are thing in which I agree and disagree on the College Student Inventory, I agree in many things for example my desire to finish college it's high, my attitude towards educators, academic assistance. Those are thing where I can relate myself and see that I am really good at and those are my strongest attitudes. This inventory shows me different interests or needs that I have, there are some parts where I disagree, for example on the Academic Confidence my results were very low but I do have confidence on my academic skills, motivations but there must be a reason why the results were low so even though I disagree it should be something that I should look at and pay careful attention to it, to understand it better what it really means and what it proves. This show me problems that I have like study habits, I do have a very poor study habits I'm not used to study or prepare for a test or presentation I always try to see what my brain knows which doesn't help me because I always end up doing bad on it; this should be something I need to change so I strongly agree with the results that I have a very low study habits. These also gives me recommendations that I would strongly follow like getting help with reading and writing skills because they are not my strongest parts and I do need help on them. I agree with mostly all the results that are presented on this paper the very high and very low results, it really describes my behavior or the way I am when it comes to school, different activities or even with my family I agree with what it’s presented to me.

ROG Question

What would people be willing to sacrifice in times of hardship?

People make many sacrifices in life, and we ask ourselves why they do it or question their reason but sometimes we don't know the real reason or cannot understand it, for example Juan's mother made a huge sacrifice, she went out and beg so she could find money to feed her children many people don't do that because of their pride their "orgullo" this stops them from being some one else or have shame for what they do but this didn't stop her, she went in front of that church and sat there and ask for money while the people were passing by, when Juan found out about this he was in shock because it never goes through your mind that your mother would be begging for money after being rich or having the money to buy what you needed, he felt bad because he was hearing rumors about "the old lady outside the church" so when he went out to look for the old lady his surprise was that it was his mother, this affects every one because you believe something else and then you found something like this, I know that it would affect me if I found my mother outside a church begging for money but I know that she is doing it to help the family to bring food to the table obviously there are other ways to earn the money but there is always an easy way out to earn it. Another example can be brought from the text "Leaver your name at the Border" people sacrifice their name to have a better future for their families they do everything they can to survive they swallow their pride and follow the game to have a better life, every one makes a sacrifice in life and something you can see it or sometimes you can't but we can never judge people for what do if we don't know the real reasons of why they do or the way they are doing it, we are no one to judge people for what they do we just have to accept them for who they really are and help them, pick them up from the whole not push them down just because we don't believe in what they do.

What is the value of family?

Family has different meaning to every one, according to the dictionary family means: "any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents. children, uncles, aunts, and cousin", but some people it can mean something else ever one has a different perspective of what family really means, you might have a different perspective that mine about this, what I believe family is and I can prove my points with two different examples; I believe family is some one who cares for you and loves you no matter what you do, how you are, they still love you and they are willing to do anything for you because they are "your family", one example is from the book "Rain of Gold" Margarita cares for her family and is willing to do anything to help, protect them. She does everything to be there for her family to provide them food even though they have no money she finds a way to do it even if it is a degrading way, she still does it because it's her family and that's what family do for each other be there when the other needs you. Another example that I can use if from the text "Leave your Name at the Border", families sacrifice their lives, their names that mean everything to them it's who they are but they decide to give it up for their families and it's because they know the value of family they know how much family is worth so they do anything to survive in a country that it's not theirs and for what? They do it so their children can have a better future than what they had, and if by this you cannot see the value of family then I don't know what definition you have for it but I believe that the real "family" sacrifices who they are for who you are going to be and I have seen it and lived it because I have learned who my real family is so think about it, think who you real family is? the ones who are willing to give everything for you? for your wealth being? so take a moment and think who is your real family? and the only thing we can do is be thankful about who we have and not complain because what they do it's for our best even if we don't understand it.