Last class kinda hit home for me in a way. Talking about parents. One of my closest friends doesn't know who is father is and he comes to me sometimes and just talks about how he wished he had a father so he had some more guidance in his life and wanted to have memories with his dad. So last class made me think back to all the converstions we had about that. And it makes me realize how luck I am to have great paretns.
Ryan Hiepleh
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Fancy seeing you here
Hello, I just wanted to show you a quote a found. "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
Toronto Maple Leafs Win The Stanley Cup!
Just got this email from my Dad, it made me laugh (mostly because I'm sad it can't happen!) and I wanted to share it with you...
Canada was stunned Monday when it was announced that The Stanley Cup will be awarded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, possibly as early as December 6th. The cup will be stripped from from 2008 playoff champions, the Detroit Red Wings, and be awarded to the Leafs, who didn't even make the playoffs. How is this possible, Canadians ask?
Well, the Leafs have formed a coalition with Eastern conference semi-finalists the Montreal Canadians, and conference quarter finalists the Ottawa Senators, now outnumbering the Red Wings. According to current Leaf coach Ron Wilson, "The Red Wings have lost the confidence of the league and should hand the Cup over immediately to our coalition."
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is cutting short a European trip to try to resolve the unprecedented hockey crisis that could force a second playoff series, or see an opposing team coalition take the Cup.
Canada was stunned Monday when it was announced that The Stanley Cup will be awarded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, possibly as early as December 6th. The cup will be stripped from from 2008 playoff champions, the Detroit Red Wings, and be awarded to the Leafs, who didn't even make the playoffs. How is this possible, Canadians ask?
Well, the Leafs have formed a coalition with Eastern conference semi-finalists the Montreal Canadians, and conference quarter finalists the Ottawa Senators, now outnumbering the Red Wings. According to current Leaf coach Ron Wilson, "The Red Wings have lost the confidence of the league and should hand the Cup over immediately to our coalition."
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is cutting short a European trip to try to resolve the unprecedented hockey crisis that could force a second playoff series, or see an opposing team coalition take the Cup.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Today
Hey, just wanted to say that one of your questions today.. do you think there is always a power dynamic associated with being a parent?... I feel that the power dynamic of parents and children does not last forever, i feel like when the child reaches an age where they live independently that power dynamic begins to go away. When I was young I felt much more of a power dynamic with my parents but now that I live away from home and do almost everything for myself that power dynamic has deminished.
However, I see the parental power dynamic in my grandmother and my dad. For Christmas this year my Dad just wanted to hang out at home with just our immediate family and not go to the big family function. My grandmother threw a huge fit about how 'when she is dead my dad can miss christmas but not until then, and that he and the rest of us have to go to the big party because it will really hurt her if we don't ' and just because my dad feels so bad about hurting her feelings ( the power in love? )now we are going to the family function she wants.
Impressed Les? I actually talked about something maybe relevant to power!
P.S im coming to your office tommorrow to get the sheet for that essay, i forgot today.
April
However, I see the parental power dynamic in my grandmother and my dad. For Christmas this year my Dad just wanted to hang out at home with just our immediate family and not go to the big family function. My grandmother threw a huge fit about how 'when she is dead my dad can miss christmas but not until then, and that he and the rest of us have to go to the big party because it will really hurt her if we don't ' and just because my dad feels so bad about hurting her feelings ( the power in love? )now we are going to the family function she wants.
Impressed Les? I actually talked about something maybe relevant to power!
P.S im coming to your office tommorrow to get the sheet for that essay, i forgot today.
April
Hey
Looks like I should also make an attempt to blog. Let's talk about today's class. Les, you said we could be honest so.. I thought it was boring. But, that is probably because I have no interest in it. I'm not sure why.. I tried to get into it when you were talking but I just kept feeling myself drifting. Politics just aren't my thing, i don't think. No offence to anyone that enjoys it. And as for voting, I don't vote because I don't pay attention to the government. I don't listen to all this politics stuff, so if I voted, it would be a random vote. Which completely defeats the purpose.
Shannon
Shannon
Prop 8 Musical
Click to watch
This is hysterical. Who would have guessed that gay marriage would save the economy?
Down With Prop 8!
-Lauren
This is hysterical. Who would have guessed that gay marriage would save the economy?
Down With Prop 8!
-Lauren
The Island
I watched a movie the other night that has a great power dynamic along with what the truth really is. The movie was "The Island" This movie shows different ways people are manipulated and lied to and how their up bringing affects their decisions in life.
-JJ Soklich
-JJ Soklich
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Exams
Hey Les,
Just thought that now since its getting to be week 15 I better start posting some blogs to get some marks. I just wanted to talk about how school and exam time has alot of power in my life, it has the power to make me do things like sit and study and prevents me from doing so many other things i would rather be doing. Exams are so stressful and people often let them take over, just wanted to say goodluck studying everyone, i know the nursing programs got a killer load of studying to do and im sure you all do too, best of luck!
-April
Just thought that now since its getting to be week 15 I better start posting some blogs to get some marks. I just wanted to talk about how school and exam time has alot of power in my life, it has the power to make me do things like sit and study and prevents me from doing so many other things i would rather be doing. Exams are so stressful and people often let them take over, just wanted to say goodluck studying everyone, i know the nursing programs got a killer load of studying to do and im sure you all do too, best of luck!
-April
The Power in Music (what I think)
Last week in Power class we talked about music and how it can affect us in all sorts of ways.
And we all listen to music for different reason, and we listen to all different styles depending on our moods or personality.
For me music is very important in my everyday life no matter what time or what reason music is always there. Music can excite me, to calm me, to relax me and or to just pass time.
When we were asked to pick a song based around Power I personally found it challenging for the reason I didn’t know what song I wanted to use because I found so many songs that personally touched me and felt that were very soul touching and moving; some of the song where
Josh Groban: You raised me up, Your still you
Phil Collins: Though my eyes, Testify
Celine Dion: The Power of my Love, This Time, Alone
The song that I used was This Time song by Celine Dion which is a very powerful song and touches on real issues that happen to people on a daily bases and we don’t realize it.
Over all I think music help clear the soul on everyone no matter what we listen to.
If you want to listen to the song that i picked here is a link:(hope you like it)
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=This%20Time&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#q=Celine%20dion%20This%20Time&emb=0
~Lyndsay
And we all listen to music for different reason, and we listen to all different styles depending on our moods or personality.
For me music is very important in my everyday life no matter what time or what reason music is always there. Music can excite me, to calm me, to relax me and or to just pass time.
When we were asked to pick a song based around Power I personally found it challenging for the reason I didn’t know what song I wanted to use because I found so many songs that personally touched me and felt that were very soul touching and moving; some of the song where
Josh Groban: You raised me up, Your still you
Phil Collins: Though my eyes, Testify
Celine Dion: The Power of my Love, This Time, Alone
The song that I used was This Time song by Celine Dion which is a very powerful song and touches on real issues that happen to people on a daily bases and we don’t realize it.
Over all I think music help clear the soul on everyone no matter what we listen to.
If you want to listen to the song that i picked here is a link:(hope you like it)
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=This%20Time&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#q=Celine%20dion%20This%20Time&emb=0
~Lyndsay
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