Girl Vs Woman: Why Language Matters

In this video it focus' a bunch on our use of the term "girl" and how in almost everyday life we see a woman and immediately tag her as a girl just because that is the way we seem to label the female gender. The author of the video makes a point of clarifying who should be considered a girl and who a woman. On top of that when she is with others and they slip up using the term of girl she will correct them by using the things that signify that they should be thought of as a woman rather than a girl. She has made a very good point and we should try our best to make it so that we don't help with the confusion. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHH3lhYwqcY

OpEd

Who benefits from this: Trump and others he is working with.
Who have you also heard discuss this: anyone who has ever worked for or with the park service as well as many people who have visited parks or ever seen the beauty that lies within each of these parks.

What in another perspective: Trumps and the oil rig, or the nps and others, and saving the parks.“Here’s a suggestion: Go rogue, you lovable park rangers and biologists; tell the truth about science, you nerds in funny hats and badges. Let Trump’s thought police come after you at Golden Gate for tweeting that “2016 was the hottest year on record for the third year in a row.” Oh, the audacity of science!” (Egan) and this has happened there is now the AltNPS which is a group rebelling against Trump and wanting to do what is best for the park's, many rangers and parks have joined this movement.

What is getting in the way of our action: Trump and the fact that as president he can do anything.

Where in the world would this be a problem: anywhere there is a park that people visit to learn or enjoy the sights and learning opportunity.

Where can we get more information: online by talking with others following news and Trump.

When would this cause a problem: NOW!!! It’s a problem now and will continue to be as things progress.

When can we expect the change: it’s working on currently but the full change will be in the future we don’t have a for sure date as to when exactly or we would try to postpone it as much as possible.

Why is this a problem/challenge:  it’s not necessarily a change for the better just a change for a personal reason and gain.

Why should people know about this: to help combat it and see what we can do to change as well as informing others about it so that they can help as well.

How does this disrupt things: habitats of animals, the beauty, the overall work style of the parks.

How do we see this in the future: no longer protected parks oil rigs and drills where ever Trump wants them or we could try to get these things stopped so the parks can stay as they are now.

“But what are we to do when the edict to lie or suppress is about a foreign threat? A reason to go to war? Or job numbers that don’t fit a rosy scenario? When that happens, look to the Park Service to clarify that those are tears, not raindrops, on the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty.”(Eagan)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/park-rangers-to-the-rescue.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FNational%20Park%20Service&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

TED Talk: The Danger of a Single Story

Start with the secondly because then you will come up with a completely different story. If you listen or see the single story of another place this will cause us to have a singled view point of these people and the way they live when in reality it is not true for all of that place and those people. Our view points start with foreign literature and what the stories label these other places as one way, if we find literature from the source and that place it will bring about a new view point and a new idea. By listening to a single story we create the bias's and prejudices that hurt our society because we don't have a full understanding of the situation.  If we only look at one piece of the whole picture we have a flattened experience we need to look into everything the good, the bad, happy, sad, the expected and unexpected this makes it so we can have a full experience and give us the way we need to be think about life to have a great life. 


https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

Picture for inspiration

Now I can't wait till I can be helping them do nothing too! We are getting closer, spring break is upon us and then only a month or so left in school. YAY! Hopefully it will warm up in time for summer, other wise we might end up with similar thoughts just like Calvin in this one.

Blog Issue: Voicing our opinion

On the subject of the National Parks we need to have a voice in this topic even if it is just a little one. We should learn as much as we can so that way when someone asks us what we think we will know what they are talking about and will have a say in the matter as well. For me I have a very strong thought process on this issue if you asked me about it get ready for me to sit you down and voice my thoughts on the subject for a good amount of time close to an hour or more. I can do that because I am informed and I have a very strong opinion that I'm not against sharing. So go learn, and speak your mind. 

Blog Issue: AltNPS

There is a new group on social media calling themselves the AltNPS. They post things to help us keep in the loop about what is going on with Trump and the National Parks as well as their opinions. Although they are informative they seem to be a bit one sided and try to make it hard to see what it the real truth rather than fabricated thoughts and words from both sides. Although they do give some good insights from the park perspective on how things will change and what damage will be done if Trump continues with plans he has right now. But we should keep an eye out for both sides of the issue and see what doesn't match up then we know something is going on. They post telling the readers to call up their statesman and are always informing us of which parks are now joining the resistance. They did it they are the ones that have started the resistance who would have guessed that it would be park rangers. 

Americans Ignoring Facts

Due to "alternative facts" or misinformed ideas people aren't getting the correct information and then are creating their opinions on the wrong things. But when given the correct information they are so dead set in their ideas that they don't take the correct info and change their ideas even when they are wrong. One of the examples they gave was crime rate in the U.S. it has been decreasing in the last few years and yet when a poll was taken a majority of the people being polled thought that it was increasing, this was due to misinformation. We need to take the time to really study out the information and make sure that it is correct before making wild assumptions and having a dead set idea because you never know when it will be wrong and then cause a problem when talking with others.


http://www.businessinsider.com/sociology-alternative-facts-2017-2