Today work in class...

Today was an interesting day at the library here at Parkview high school, first I read on some of the experience of people and the trivialities of 9/11. So I had a good time reading and understanding how they felt as another background, and not being white and giving insight and looking at the National situation. This also helped me as a listener to understand how different people look at situations like this.

The next thing on are life agenda was to do the Harvard University implicit bias, this test I had a mild problem with this test. One I think I failed the test because I had made so many errors on it that my answer was unable to be calculated. Second this test forces the idea of subjectivity to a person who is taking this test. As the test was conducted it made it where the bias was meant to happen, so the test itself was in a way built on the idea of biased. Then finally the photos where cropped to the point of no return, I thought some of the people on there where like not even white or black but rather Mexican or Asian. So this in the end I did not like this test because the idea of biased is so subjective to a person that this test failed to pick up on that. So this test gets an F.

 

            Final I watched a video on a Class Divvied and I wish that this could happen now. The test was conducted where race was out of the equation, but the teacher used the color of eye color. I enjoyed to see the test and how it was conducted and that the kids in away how decimation is harmful and that it could happen with any group. But also that I found it was interesting to see how the minds of children where flexible to the situation and that they reacted fast to how the fl0ow of punishment went from the brown eyed, to the blue eyed. Also it highlighted how groups with power had the ability to always point the finger to the minority in the case was the brown eyed. So in the end I had a wonderful time watching this video.

Book Review 4 Man Repeller: Seeking Love, Finding Overalls- Brandon Nguyen

"If people remember nothing else about me when all is said and done, they should remember my other life mantra: when in doubt, add a motorcycle jacket. Heck, even when not in doubt, just add a motorcycle jacket."  This is probably the best quote in the book Man Repeller: Seeking Love, Finding Overalls by Leandra Medine. In the book she uses fashion as the highlights of her life, and a reference to remembering those memories she had in the past good and bad. 

She is called a Man Repeller for her fashion choices, from high wasted denim mom friendly jeans to the selective use of her crop tops. She also turn looks that are man getting to Man Repelling with a turban and a stack of arm parties to the high havens. I was happy when crossing this line in the book, because in a way I wish I could be just like her, be known for my fashion and maybe nothing else. Her fashion is fun and energetic with a combination of colors, prints and lavish accessories.

In the book she has a mild tension between the ideas of more is more and at times less is more, and this quote backs her more is more theory. Where there is never too much, and that if you’re going to leave the house remember to stack on another set of bracelets by Lavin. I enjoy this kind of mentality from her, as she states earlier in her book of the weight problems that she dealt with and that she was also taught in a traditional Jewish school, where she had to dress modestly as it was being a prestigious school in Manhattan. This is in a way her reaction to that restraint, as she is now able to be care free with her fashion.

Another aspect of this quote I like a lot is that people in this world are going to think of you in different ways. And that the most powerful impact to help them remember is the way you dress and how you carry yourself. So if you have the one goal of being remembered in the night, to Man Repellers standards, just wear a t-shirt with high wasted jeans and a chunky Celine chain necklace and the mini Clair bag by Chloe will surely help you with that goal.   

(This is a photo of Leandra in a all double denim look with a motorcycle jacket, and some crazy shoes.)