G Angara - INT 101

 Part 1. Build Your Stand  - What would I do if I knew I only had one year to live?  If I knew I only had one year left to live, I would want to travel. I would want to see different places like London, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, or Paris. I would want to look at all the different cultures around the globe and learn what little I can from them in whatever time I have left. But I would also want to spend as much time with my family and loved ones as I could. I would want to go visit them, or have them accompany me as I try to visit all these places. I would want to make a list of all the things I wanted to do, and try to cross off as many items as I could, even the silly ones like going sky diving or getting a tattoo. I would want to be leaving some kind of mark on the world after I'm gone, whether that's by making sure my family knows how much I love them, or by some kind of broader impact like writing a book. I would use my last years to tie up all my loose ends, with...

As I was reading the excerpt from the old women's handbook, I was struck by two things. First, how unfair it was that these girls were expected to live by these rules, when I'm sure that their male counterparts would have much less restrictions placed on them. Second, it was apparent through the beginning of the text when they talked about privileges and "freedom of life in a large group", that the the people who wrote this genuinely believed that they were offering the female students more freedom than was necessary. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like to live in a time period like that, where it was normal and expected for women to be under more restrictions than men, and for them to show "ladylike behavior" and accept their restrictions. I'm also currently living in Boone Hall, which is part of the M.E.P, which was referred to in the text. This made the stark differences in our situations even more apparent, because the women...

 I think that when you are in a situation like the people of Omelas are, where one child has to continuously suffer so that everyone else can be happy, that it is an unfair situation. I would want to save the child, even if that meant that I would be dooming everyone else to feel less happiness and to feel guilt and pain, and other emotions that make us sad. I believe in the saying that people in a family or in a community are really only as strong as their weakest person, and in this case the weakest person is the child. The child's continuous suffering cannot be permitted to continue, because it is inhumane and terrible to allow a child to suffer like that at all. Even if what the people of Omelas tell themselves is true, and the child will never fully recover, I think that is in fact all the more reason to bring the child out and attempt to right the wrongs done to it. 

 I think these teachers are generalizing the experiences of everyone they're talking about. When they talk about the "Black experience" and the "White experience" as though they are completely separate things they are adopting an incredibly close minded perspective which doesn't allow for any kind of growth. In fact, I think having white suburban males listen to rap music and like rap music broadens people's perspectives on others, making it easier to form connections and lose racist tones. I believe that the teachers in this interview are not fully seeing the bigger picture, which is that it can be good for different cultures and people to mingle without stereotyping anybody. 

Watching the video, I felt horrified at the state of the square, and the fear that the photographer was feeling as he tried to capture it. Seeing the "tank man" stand up to the government like that makes me think that there are people in the world who truly know what they stand for, and when they have to make a stand. At the same time, I also admire the photographer's bravery, because he also chose to risk his life by going to the square and taking as many photos as we could. I think both of them showed incredible bravery that day. I don't know what I would stand for in that way. As much as I believe in something, I don't think I could risk my life the way "tank man" did. I have never been in such an extreme situation, and I don't know what I'd do if that ever happened to me. As much as I want to, I don't know if I could display the same bravery that "tank man" did. 

 Geetanjali Angara, daughter to Manjula Rao Rojukhirdu and Satya Ramana Rao Angara and sister to Meenakshi Angara, has passed away at the young age of 18.  She was beloved by her whole family, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, and her dog, Max. If she were here she would want it to be mentioned that she loved them all just as hard. Geetanjali was born on June 13, 2007 in Indore, India. The first child in her family, she was immediately showered with love and adoration. Throughout her life, though admittedly short, she had lived in Hyderabad, Chennai, Chicago, Long Island, and finally, Cumming, Georgia. Before her death, she had been enrolled at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.  Her love for reading could be matched by none. You could always see her with a book in hand, rapidly absorbing every word. Her at home library of more than 200 books is another thing we'll have to figure out what to do with now.  Geetanjali's second great love was music. Born into a...

 1. I am someone who loves to read. 2. I am nervous about this semester. 3. I am excited for all the new possibilities for the next 4 years. 4. I am someone who lores . 5. I am missing my family.