Sunday, January 29, 2012

My opinion people..gonna see it a lot up in here

I like the weekly show Dance Moms..I love the parts where the little girls do there routines and they are so amazing. But to get to that point in the show, and understand where they are and what kind of routine they are doing, you have to get through all the draaaaaama.
     It is pretty amazing how horrible the adults are, and these kids are just sitting around watching this. Not to mention the tyrant of a dance instructor, yelling...yes yelling, at the top of her lungs at these kids when there toes are not pointed correctly. I think what makes these kids so great (besides raw talent) is what the instructor (Abby) is telling them, the corrections she is giving, repetition, and good choreography. Abby just needs to change how she is doing it. She could give the same instruction, and maybe even get better results (cause the kids won't be so nervous around her) if she simply said what to do/correct nicely, and then had them do the things they are having trouble with, several times in a row to perfect it the right way.
     Call me crazy but I get a lot more from my kids with positive reinforcement. All of these kids are going to need some form of therapy at some point in there lives to get over how they are treated and what they witness from the adults in there lives. Case in point...Last episode she told a seven year old, "If you forget it, don't come back in here, cause I'm gonna cut your head off." With no joking in her face or voice. Wow...is all I can say.
This of course is just my opinion...and they are just like ass holes, everybody has one and they stink.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Out of the mouth of...Adults?

I am taking a very interesting class called Religion and Sexuality. I needed to fill the humanities slot with something and this sounded the most interesting. Well it has proved just so. So far topics have been...
Sexual identity and the social construction of it.
Reinventing sex: New technologies and changing attitudes.
History of sex, from ancient civilizations to modern times.
Where we think we are in today's world in terms of conservative or liberal attitudes and behaviors.     

I have been shocked to see how the attitudes have fluctuated throughout history regarding sex because of what was going on around the world. For example: During world war II they deployed 12 million of our men over sea's. And because of the women entering the work force in droves, there was a lot of hanky panky going on behind the scenes. Meanwhile, the solders are also having there fun learning all kinds of new things from the foreign ladies and contracting some lovely venereal diseases. Well when the war ended..along with the men came new idea's about how sex was done.
To make a long story short, society does have a huge role in how the world perceives our body's natural urges. We have been going from conservative to liberal and back again, for centuries.
I added a link to a very interesting video about body types and sex appeal.
Sex appeal video

What are your thoughts on any of the above subjects?