my education

thinking more on the issue of my education. i was speaking with my friend, michelle, last night about how i thought it was wonderful that my dad always told me how i could be anything i ever wanted to be. she reminded me that that wasn't necessarily true. women didn't have the same opportunities as men and my dad should have been honest with me. or maybe my dad didn't realize the implications of what he was saying.

The Learning Place - Museums & Organizations

The Learning Place - Museums & Organizations

i would like to visit the museum of women in alexandria before i leave VA. i must also visit the cowgirl museum in texas, but i wonder shat kind of info is there about the education of women, compared to the education of women in virginia. both southern states, note though the focus in TX is on cowgirls. fitting i suppose. what is similar or different about the barriers that the cowgirls had to face in education?

first blog

last night after my women's in ed class, i reflected that i didn't really know how to reflect. i guess that is a start, right. i decided to be more reflective in my studies and in my life, i will have this blog to diary my thoughts and feelings about anything. my life is going by way too quickly. i was discussing when i ran my first marathon, and it was two years ago...when i was 26. i am almost 28 and i feel like my life is boring and in many ways too self absorbed. i have made one thing clear; i must do more for the environment. sean and i went to the Green Festival last weekend in d.c. it was exhilarating to see so many different people sharing their ideas and creativity about how to make this world a better place. waste, greed, selfishness, war, are all huge problems when you look at the spectrum of what is going on in the world. it seems ironic to be talking about being more reflective and less self-absorbed. can one achieve this? i will think about these things:

1. my education (class reflection topic)
2. union of man and woman in a spiritual sense, not sexual at all. i am referring to the yen/yang or the 6 pointed star. how does this relate to the educating the whole child? we talk about educating to all the different senses, but what about getting kids in touch with their femininity and masculinity? how does this help teach citizenship?
3. what is citizenship? not just voting anymore, is it?
4. 4:30 AM trip to the National Museum of Native Indians

OH, so much on my mind.

peace, friend.