Education opens doors where none seems to exist

Education opens doors where none seems to exist. In my opinion, I do not quite agree with this statement. This statement looks like the education does all to me. However, I know that the education cannot do everything so that people can live better or happily. I saw lots of children who have not educated before. They know nothing but they know what they are good at which are their special gifts from God. They live life by using their special gifts. That obviously shows they are able to live without education. My point is not being educated does not mean that people cannot open doors where none seems to exist. People cannot be educated the things that people learn from society. Perhaps they can be educated the things that people might face but, when they face the real problems or real conflicts, they do not know what to do. Life is practical. In my opinion, there are several ways that can open everyone’s door and make him or her feel like he or she has something valuable, not only education. It can be money, hope, confidence, religion, person, etc… I agree that in some part of life, education opens doors where none seems to exist. However, I do not agree that education opens every doors where none seems to exist. 

censorship

While I was reading this article, I agreed with Mathabane’s thoughts on censorship. I have not read the book, so I think I might change my thoughts on censoring his book. However, for now, I agreed with his thoughts. As he wrote at the end of this article, I also think that censorship is not the solution in this situation because everyone can publish the books in the way he or she wants because everyone has freedom. I think if I were one of parents who have a child reading “Kaffir Boy” in school, I would censor the school, not the book. I think it is school’s mistake that they did not tell the parents about this book or story, because it became required reading for thousands of high schools in America and why they think this book is valuable or why they think government decided to let high school students read this book. I understand that the human refuges to take facts or realities in their life because they do not want to hurt themselves by accepting the unacceptable facts or cruel realities. However, in my opinion, people also should not censor the prostitution scene because it is a fact and it is a reality that the author experienced and it actually helped people before and also now it helps. I think it can be an opportunity that parents usually cannot hold to teach teenagers about prostitution and what they need to do when they have those kinds of situations. Lots of books are published even though the stories are just cruel, sexual, or critical. “Kaffir Boy” is selected to be read in thousands of high schools and I think there is why it is selected even though this story has sexual part. So I agree with Mathabane’s thoughts.

censorship

While I was reading this article, I agreed with Mathabane’s thoughts on censorship. I have not read the book, so I think I might change my thoughts on censoring his book. However, for now, I agreed with his thoughts. As he wrote at the end of this article, I also think that censorship is not the solution in this situation because everyone can publish the books in the way he or she wants because everyone has freedom. I think if I were one of parents who have a child reading “Kaffir Boy” in school, I would censor the school, not the book. I think it is school’s mistake that they did not tell the parents about this book or story, because it became required reading for thousands of high schools in America and why they think this book is valuable or why they think government decided to let high school students read this book. I understand that the human refuges to take facts or realities in their life because they do not want to hurt themselves by accepting the unacceptable facts or cruel realities. However, in my opinion, people also should not censor the prostitution scene because it is a fact and it is a reality that the author experienced and it actually helped people before and also now it helps. I think it can be an opportunity that parents usually cannot hold to teach teenagers about prostitution and what they need to do when they have those kinds of situations. Lots of books are published even though the stories are just cruel, sexual, or critical. “Kaffir Boy” is selected to be read in thousands of high schools and I think there is why it is selected even though this story has sexual part. So I agree with Mathabane’s thoughts.

Lesson 3 - Anthropology

I think this tour was very interesting. The theories that Dr. Del came up to compare his opinion were making this tour more interesting. The first question came up in this tour was what is evil. I think that evil is what we afraid of while we enjoy some of it. Biblically, evil came to this world when Adam and Eve ate the fruit that God commanded them not to eat.  I think as soon as they broke the rule that God gave them, evil started to live in human. As I continue to watch it, there was the hierarchy of needs came up. I agreed to this. The most part that I agreed with was that man’s ultimate objective is self-actualization.  As soon as I heard it, I defined that it is very true because I remembered that even baby shows it. The babies cry whenever they want to eat, feel uncomfortable, or sleep. It is what their desire and it is the self-actualization because they show everything they feel, everything they think, and everything they want to do. However, as people grow up and become adults, they realize that they cannot do everything that they want to do. Then, the self-actualization becomes people’s ultimate objective. Later, another question comes at the end of this tour. Dr. Del asks why the evil bothers us. In my opinion, I think it is because of the truth that comes from Christianity. I think the truth in Christianity is opposite of the evil and because the Christianity wants believers to follow their rule which is completely different according to what the evil wants people to follow, the evil bothers us. However, the evil also bothers non-believer because people knows that doing what they want to do only makes them fail and sometimes makes them to be judged or condemned by anyone around them and it makes them hurt, they try to avoid doing the evil things. This tour made me think a lot of things like what I wrote above, but it was very interesting and learnable.