Week 16

Part 1:

1. The course catalog student learning outcome #1 for this class states:
"At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
Articulate the ways in which the study of Humanities provides diverse ways of understanding human thought, creativity, and aesthetics in a global and/or historical context."
How did you accomplish this as a student in this class?

Throughout this humanity course I have learned about many diverse cultures and ideas. Everyone has their own interpretation of the world and can make their own decisions if they chose to. But I have also learned that actions differ in cultures. Some cultures decide to stay closer to their culture and even though they interact with other cultures they are much closer to their native culture. Sometimes cultures have to articulate and be creative to better themselves. The deaf culture came up with sing language and that's one way of creativity. Many people show their creativity in different ways. I learned that we can never learn too much and from Paulo Freire that we need to be aware of our incompleteness and strive to be more fully human. I agree with his ideas and think that we can be always learn more from one another. It is a mutual process where we cant afford to dehumanize others in an attempt to enhance our humanity.

2. The course catalog student learning outcome #2 for this class states:
"Demonstrate an increased ability to critically interpret and evaluate art forms and ideas from diverse cultures and historical periods (i.e. visual art, architecture, literature, philosophy, film, music, dance and theater)."
How did you accomplish this as a student in this class?

I accomplished this by visiting online and on person museums. I looked at many forms of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, film, music, dance and theater. I learned that some of the most famous paintings are in the Louvere Museum in Paris, France. I had no idea that the Monalisa was one of those paintings and now I know. What came to my attention too was that most of the museums I have seen have a really interesting and good architecture which demonstrates that what you see in the outside is only the beginning and that in the museum's interior it will be even better and you can appreciate many different kinds of art which our humanity has created. Art is just a form of expression that allows our humanity to communicate in many different kinds and forms of art. What I did notice too was that this forms of art we study have been around since their invention many years ago. We have known art, music, architecture, literature, philosophy and film for the longest time now and they are still around us and are forms of ways in which we can communicate and understand diverse cultures. No matter what culture people belong to we can always see that every culture seeks these forms of arts in their everyday life.

3. The course catalog student learning outcome #3 for this class states:
"Demonstrate how understanding the humanities can enhance our own creativity and our appreciation of our own and other cultures."
How did you accomplish this as a student in this class?

I have always been intrigued by other cultures other than the ones I have been introduced to. I was born and raced by the Mexican culture and later on by the age of ten introduced to the American culture. I now have been sharing two cultures and go from one to the other one in seconds. It is very interesting to realize that I have more than one culture in my life and that sometimes I am able to shift from one to another or even combine both of them. But i don't think those two are all I want to be familiar with I want to learn from many others and through this class I learned about many different ones. I had always been mysteriously interested in the Egyptian culture and that is why I decided to go to the Young Museum in San Francisco and see the King Tut exhibition they were having. I was able to see their culture and understand the symbols they used to communicate with each other. They used to make things out of pure gold and seemed to not now what the value of it was or if they did they didn't care much about it at the time. They had intricate symbols and beautiful artifacts that are now considered art because of their historical value. Museums are great doorways to our humanity's past and history which we can go to to re-live a piece of. It is important to understand not only the times in which we live now , but also the past and how our humanity has been living for since our creation.

Part 2:

1)Antonio- Sam Cohen's situation touched him deeply.

2)Judy- People use to think deafs' were hopeless and couldn't learn the way hearing people can but this is not true.

3)Raquel- One has to consider that due to the social and cultural component of the non-hearing world, not always a deaf person may be willing to accept a “cure” to their condition since they will not be able to “pass” for a hearing person and their peers may consider them a “traitor” to the deaf culture and thus not being accepted in neither of the two “world” and forced to an endless loneliness.

4)Mario- For hundreds of years, hearing professionals did not value the strengths of deaf culture.

5)Michael- Never poke or snap at any deaf person to get their attention.

6)Danielle- Being deaf is not a disability, it is a difference.

7)Alex- The Deaf community somehow considers themselves as a minority group.

8)Alexa- There is a different sign language in Mexico than the United States.

9)kyle- Another fact is that, like African, Irish, Italian, Japanese, German, and Gay Americans, the Deaf or hearing impaired have been discriminated as well.

10)Catherine- It was in that year that a French teacher named Laurent Clerc, brought to the United States by Thomas Gallaudet, founded the first school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.