https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9 Final Project en-us 2017-05-11 16:51:44 UTC 2026-03-14 13:30:07 UTC hello@padlet.com alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314235 I noticed that my social media was filled with a lot of people boys and girls bashing women. I usually never really noticed it because if a post seemed ignorant I wouldn't follow them or engage with their posts. As I would stumble across someone who posted something that would bash women I would look through the thread, one man posted about his girlfriend who cheated on him, the comments were saddening. People saying all girls are the same, all they are is cheaters, one man even joked about shooting this girl. The most frustrating thing to me was watching women put down other women but then also saying girls should band together. On social media I found that the boys/girls with "ideal" body types were praised and those who didn't were mocked and their opinions weren't relevant. There were a lot of posts about ways to enhance your beauty, very few people would post about being natural or content with themselves. In the LGBTQ community I found that many people who didn't fit the stereotypes made jokes about their sexuality. That confused me a bit, being that they want respect but they also make light of their sexuality. Overall having to really examine my social media instead of glimpsing over it like I normally do opened my eyes to what society feels is acceptable to post online regardless of the real life effects it could have. ]]> 2017-05-11 16:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314235 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314565 I conducted a survey about how gender may affect dominance in a relationship. I used social media to create an anonymous poll asking "Does gender determine dominance in a relationship" giving them the option to only as yes or no, 60 people voted, 32% said yes 68% said no. This shocked me because I based on what I had seen on my social media that people would feel that one gender would be superior to the other. I then asked my closest guy friends what the role of a woman was. I was prepared to shut down their arguments if they said it was a woman's job to tend to her husbands needs. They all answered reasonably. That a woman's role is to do what she pleases, they acknowledged that we are no longer in the 1950's and gender roles have changed. I then asked if they felt threatened by women of power, they said no but regardless of gender they would only respect someone who earned their respect.]]> 2017-05-11 16:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314565 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314906 At first I found it boring and inconvenient. I felt silly at time doing the yoga poses. I never felt like there was a good space for me to do it. Once I actually got comfortable with what I was doing it was actually relaxing. I enjoyed it more when I did it in the morning before school, since I have an open first it was the perfect time destress before my day actually started. I noticed I didn't get headaches through out the day like I usually do. We would do yoga in cheer but I usually just laughed at how weird the instructors were, with out all my teammates there to make me laugh it was actually much more effective. I used videos on youtube and amazon to guide me on my yoga journey. I probably wont continue to do it because my daily routine is about to change. Perhaps once I find a good time slot to do it I will, or even go to a yoga class when im older. ]]> 2017-05-11 16:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171314906 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171315086 I attended a baseball game here on campus, it was their senior night. The feeling I got at the game was truly heart warming. Everyone was so caring, inclusive and kind. Hearing the boys cheer for each other when one would be at bat, they seemingly put their differences aside in hopes to become league champs, which they did. Parents were so incredibly kind to me, I was offered snacks and waters. All the parents were encouraging every guy who went up to hit. Everyone there came together to support the boys. There were a lot of parents talking and planning family trips. Since I used to stats for the team many of the parents had conversations with me asking how im doing and what my plans are after high school. This was so different than any other sports event ive been to. The baseball parents were much more inclusive and talkative. ]]> 2017-05-11 16:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/171315086 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173520634 I decided to take on the powderpuff boy cheerleaders. I wanted to give them a glimpse of what cheer really is and how difficult it can be. Many of them went in to practices thinking it was going to be really easy. After the first day they were still pretty confident, I took it easy on them, but as we got into more advanced stunting they struggled. Then when they found out they had to stunt, dance, tumble and jump all in one routine they felt discouraged. In all my years of cheering I've learned that boys are naturally more daring, they're stronger tumblers. I taught one of them to do a back tuck, a skill which takes years for girls to learn it seems like and two of them front flips, these are even harder than back tucks. Their attitudes weren't as negative as the girls usually are. I didn't encounter as many tears as I do in normal cheer practice. They boys were able to do some things, but it was hard to get them to be as comfortable with each other as the cheer team is. They lacked the grace and team chemistry that is needed to be super successful. They all had underlying fear of coming across the wrong way. Overall I really enjoyed my time with them. Here's a funny video to show that boys aren't always better at sports. ]]> 2017-05-24 01:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173520634 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173523784 What started off as a random trip to the mall with friends turned into me running to Barnes and noble to find a bilingual children's book. It was kinda awkward telling my friends I needed to go read a little kids book. I ended up finding a few, but I picked "Besos for baby" it incorporates Spanish words into the text very easily. I picked a Spanish book because I don't speak Spanish although the rest of my family does. I hoped it would expand my vocabulary just a little bit. It really didn't teach me that much, I then realized it was for ages 0-3 and I understood why I wasn't able to take much away from it. Many parents would be reading it to their babies, not the children reading it for themselves. I think bilingual children's book are a great tool to help kids learn two languages. My cousins are four and three, while learning to talk we noticed they got English and Spanish words mixed up and that often led to sentences that didn't make sense. With the help of books they might have learned how to talk more effectively with less confusion. ]]> 2017-05-24 01:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173523784 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173525022 I went into this having no expectations for the music I was going to listen to. I didn't even really know what to look for. I searched up Spanish music and found a YouTube playlist with plenty of songs to occupy my time. There were a few songs in there I had heard before, but the playlist wasn't really what I expected, I expected typical "banda music" but instead I got a much more upbeat music that would seem like it would appeal to a younger audience rather than the music you'd hear at a quince. The music I listened to was really similar to what I'd hear on the radio, catchy choruses, fun upbeat tempo. The only thing that was honestly different was the language. I didn't understand the good majority of what was being said, I still enjoyed it though. It would've been something I liked more if I could understand more of it. I'd listen to it again. ]]> 2017-05-24 01:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173525022 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173532426 So my bigges fear with this one was that I would find a movie and it would turn out to be something wierd that I completely misinterpreted because I really don't understand any other language other than English. So one night before going to bed I was on Netflix and I stumbled across a movie called "Para Elisa" it was under the thrillers section and I am a horror movie fanatic so I gave it a whirl. It wasn't what I had expected at all. It turned out to be a strange movie about a woman who kidnaps a woman and basically forces her to live as a human doll to please her special daughter Elisa who is facinated with dolls. It was so strange that I just couldn't stop watching it, I stayed up later than usual to make sure I finished it and instantly regretted it in the morning. The movie was completely in Spanish, the Spanish to English sub titles seemed a little off, the words didn't always make a whole lot sense. I didn't dislike or like the movie. I was confused most of the time. ]]> 2017-05-24 02:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173532426 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173536824 When I looked up feminism on YouTube I was expected many women to come up and express their views. Instead I found many men, women and Anonymous YouTube channels hating on the idea of feminism. Many people attacked how feminists look and very superficial things. I believe in the idea of feminism, but I do agree that some women take it to a whole new level. Men and Women are fighting for equality for women, and that is what I believe to be feminism. Not what some women call feminism, they aim to be the superior gender. This takes away from everything that they've wanted for women. I found that some of the most popular videos were someone clowning a feminist. To me I feel like the biggest problem is social media leads young impressionable people to get false ideas of what feminism is and should be. Ignorance consumes a lot of people unfortunately many of these people have large platforms and spread this ignorance. ]]> 2017-05-24 03:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173536824 alyssa_fisher1750 https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173537266 After feeling a large amount of stress I needed something to destress but still allow me to be productive. I remembered this was on the list of activities we could do. I took a picture to mark the time then set an alarm and asked my sister to bring my phone to me once the alarm went off. I sat in my back yard on our patio just listening to the sounds around me. Then I moved to stick my feet in the pool and lounge around on our pool chairs on the deck. It was so peaceful, but I got bored, I then started counting how many birds would fly in and out of our orange tree. I went up the hill in our backyard and looked at all the trees my dad had planted. WE HAVE AN AVOCADO TREE!!!!! I love avocados, I was really excited to see that tree to be completely honest. I noticed the things my dad spends his time doing that I usually don't pay any attention to. It was nice to not have my phone with me and not worry about what had to get done. I really enjoyed this experience, I'm definitely going to do this more often. ]]> 2017-05-24 03:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_fisher1750/34lag6ct7tw9/wish/173537266