Week 2

Video 1

President Barack Obama talks about the history, cultures, and nations of The United States and Muslims. He talks about events from the past like the Cold War and the Holocaust. Obama focuses on religion and he uses a lot of quotes some from the bible since he is Christian and some from other sources. This was a great speech that focuses in the unification of humanity. He said we had to focus on the similarities we have and not the differences. We are in a time of crisis where we can no longer a ford to do that. He also said that he wanted to make it clear that the united states did not have any interests of conflict with Muslims. What I did not know was that thanks to the Muslims we are able to use many things such as medicine, important elements to pursue the subject of education, and many other things. I also didn't know that there were going to be billions of dollars invested in the subject of education in the Muslim nations. The president talks about dialogue, but states that this is not the only way of coming together. He talked about visual arts, drama, film, music, dance, literature, philosophy, and religion because this are some of the areas that have been around since humans first invented them or applied them to their lives. Obama was focusing more in religion and he might be using this as a form of applying what he learned from the bible and he might truly believe what he is saying. He said that its time to move forward and if we live in the past then we are never going to get anywhere. We can help each other by treating each other equally. and that's where he says " do into others as you would like them do unto us".

Video 2

Oprah Winfrey was in this video and she gave a very inspirational speech. She goes on to talk about her godson as he was growing up and then she talks about her show and all the different stories she has presented on her show. She also talks about who are her favorite hosts. She talks about how we are here to help someone and how we can affect someone by doing tiny little things. She described her story about when she was a little girl and someone came up to her and told her she was pretty. The part that stroked me the most was when she talks about the inspirational stories. The one about the flesh eating bacteria was very moving. That women knew that her decision could change her little baby's life if she made a mistake. She decided to go ahead because she wanted to look her baby. I think Oprah is a human being with great qualities. She has very clearly in mind what she can do to help others and she doesn't just think about it she actually goes into action with it. She is definitely influential for our communities and who ever come in contact with her. He advice everyone to follow our guts because they will never let you down. Ultimately that is what we have to do and know what is right for humanity. Because changing someone's life for good is the best thing you can do with your life and it makes you grow more and you can achieve what being human really means.

These two videos talk about how we should behave as humans. We might be forgetting what it means to be humans and it seems as if we don't want to be humans anymore. We are in a time where technology is being focused on and we are forgetting about humanities. We should still be aware that we can contribute more to humanity as we are doing right now. We can do it before is too late.

2nd Part

Antonio-I learned that the love of my life is willing to learn anything interesting from this class.
Danielle-I learned she is taking this class to fulfill her GED requirements mainly.
Mario-I learned that Mario thinks that the world is complicated.
Christine- I learned that she lives in Ukiah.
Leilali-I learned that she thinks about ROAD CONSTRUCTION when the word Santa Rosa comes up.
Tamika- I learned that she really has an interest in humanities and that's why she is taking this class.
Thelma- I learned that she is thinking about Global Warming when she thinks about the world.
Michael- I learned that he thinks this is a good place to live in because there aren't that many natural disasters but it is more expensive.
Stephen-I learned that he has never created a blog page before but he definitely texts.
Daniel-I learned that he thinks that there are too many problems in the world and not many people looking for solutions. That's right. I agree! =D

Week 1

1. What is your first name only (NOT last name)

My name is: Araceli

2. Why are you taking this class and what do you hope to learn

I'm taking this class because is required, but I don hope to learn alot from it. And maybe I will like it.=D

3. How far do you live from SRJC main campus?(For this I want you to go to google.com, then select maps to get the SPECIFIC answer; for this you type in your address and 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA to find the exact mileage. EXAMPLE: 2.6 miles from campus. The goal here is to use new tools available to us AND to know the distance your classmates are taking this class from. Every semester I have a few students out of state, out of country. You can always come back to edit this. To Edit in Blogger, click on COMPOSE, then you'll see the EDIT link)

I live 14.9 Miles away from Santa Rosa Junior College

4. Briefly, what do you think of when you think:
Santa Rosa?The city
California?The State
West Coast? The Ocean
The U.S.A? All the states and the flag
The World?Everything that can posibly go through my head, and mostly lots and lots of things all at once. The world has its mysteries.

5. Have you created a blog or webpage in the past?

I do have A myspace, facebook, and some other blogs.

6. Regarding computers, are you on a mac or a pc?

It depends because at Santa Rosa some computers are Mac, but at home I have a PC.

7. Do you/can you text on your phone?

No.