International Women's Day Reflection
"I'm Every Woman" is iconic re: Woman's empowerment. It might be the unofficial anthem (smile).
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chaka+khan/im+every+woman_20028809.html
Here is Chaka Khan singing with others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56l7ZN2w0Q
From her CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xuUdI1an0
Party
On the last Wednesday of March, March 28, 2012. Bring in a favorite song, video, artifact, photo, recorded interview excerpt, poem plus food to share that day.
Any videos need to be on DVD. Any music needs to be on a CD, so we can play it. Technology is not guaranteed.
"I'm Every Woman" is iconic re: Woman's empowerment. It might be the unofficial anthem (smile).
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chaka+khan/im+every+woman_20028809.html
Here is Chaka Khan singing with others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56l7ZN2w0Q
From her CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xuUdI1an0
Party
On the last Wednesday of March, March 28, 2012. Bring in a favorite song, video, artifact, photo, recorded interview excerpt, poem plus food to share that day.
Any videos need to be on DVD. Any music needs to be on a CD, so we can play it. Technology is not guaranteed.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 9:04 AM
19 Comments:
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
International Women’s Day Reflection
In-class freewrite
When I went to school in New York ten years ago, I took a job as a courier. Although I needed the money, I took the job because it was a great way to get to know the city. My employer would give me subway tokens and extra money for taking the bus. Sometimes I would take mass transit, but usually I would end up walking. In my travels in New York City, I came across many amazing landmarks.
One that stood out to me was Milbank Hall of Barnard College, in Morningside Heights. It is not the most historic building, nor is it the most beautiful, but for some reason, it captivated me. I decided to learn more about the building.
As it turns out, Barnard was the first college in New York City, and the world, to offer women the same liberal arts education as men. This speaks to the beginnings of gender equality in New York.
Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, for whom Milbank Hall is named, was a great philanthropist who supported public health issues, war relief, and advocated education for women and African-Americans. She was one of the first women to start a foundation in New York, the Memorial Fund Association, later to be renamed the Milbank Memorial Fund. It is very symbolic that Milbank Hall should be a part of Barnard College, since both the college and the woman for whom the hall was named made such an impact on women’s rights.
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
Note to Professor Sabir:
I accidentally posted this same free-write immediately before this section. Woops.
John Sills
Professor Sabir
English 1A
8.3.12
My mother has been the most influential women and roll model in my life. She is smart, hard working and has a true moral compass. She holds three masters degrees from the top university's in education, psychology, and child psychology. She has worked in education for the last 45 years, 40 of which have been oversees. She is the head of two different charities and run her own small business. Also, she organizes conferences for students to help address and tackle global problems. She will be a keynote speaker at two different conferences this year in Rio, Brazil and Johannesburg, South Africa. Even with all of these responsibilities she still manages to not take life too seriously and enjoys everyday she gets to take part in it.
Mark Jansz
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A, Spring 2012
8 March 2012
Free-write: International Women’s Day Reflection
In the song “Dear Mama” by Tupac Shakur, he raps about how his mother has always been there for him. His mother was a single mother raising children of her own. She was working day and night to support her family, with no man in her life to help her. Tupac raps about how his mother was always there for him and even though she had her downs, she was still a great woman to him. Also it was hard for his mother to raise her kids with all the problems. It was a great challenge but in the end she raised them up to be good kids and successful, but they also had much love for their mother because if it wasn’t for her, they wouldn’t be who they were. I find that this song is a great song because it not only show’s how a woman can do anything, but not everybody is perfect. People will have their flaws but, with family there that loves you, things will go great in life. It also show’s how much love a woman can have for her kids, because in his rough life he needed love, and his mother was always there with an abundance of it.
Keith Salminen
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
3/8/2012
Today, I am doing my free write on my late grandmother Mary Salminen, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 82.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=3390117722030&set=a.1073488567749.12837.1542231421&type=1&theater
A very strong and sometime very stubborn Portuguese woman, my grandmother was born in Oakland, CA on 4/29/1929. She was a devoted wife of 60 years to my grandfather Henry Salminen. Beloved mother to my uncle Kent, my father Paul (my mother Lisa) my uncle Eric (my aunt Diane) Salminen and my aunt Karen Galvin.
Mary was the proud grandmother to seven grand children: myself (my wife Kristy), my sister Susie, my brother David, cousins Amber and Kelsea Salminen and couMichael and Jennifer Galvin also one great grandchild, Jason Galvin. As a mother, Mary enjoyed being involved in her children's sports. Whether it was keeping stats at a basketball game or a timer at swim meets or ringing her cow bell when her kids excelled.
She like to fish and wasn't afraid to bait a hook. She was an exceptional bowler and an expert at crossword puzzles. She was a sports fanatic and an avid 49'er faithful.
Adriana Ultreras
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
International Women Freewrite
A women who I think is a hero, cannot be googled in the internet or heard about in the news. The woman who I admire is my mother, Olga Ultreras. My beautiful mother brought me into this world, a 10lb baby and that should be enough for me to have to admire her for (for those who haven’t been in labor, a 10lb baby is a huge baby). Over the years, I have grown to become best friends with this woman. She goes above and beyond her job as a mother by always helping those who need her, never expecting anything in return. In my toughest times she’s always been there for me, and with her inspiring advice I found a way to get me through my hardest times. Friends of mine always go to her when they are seeking good parenting advice.
Let me tell you more about the way that she is. She is a traditional women, but with very liberal thoughts. She believes that everyone is genuinely a good person, which I completely disagree with. She is always honest, stands by her word. If she says she will do something for you, she never fails to do so. I feel as if I can go to her with any problem, and she will find a way to make everything alright. Overall, she is the best mother in the world. One who gives her heart, and expects nothing in return. She has been an inspiring role model since I am now a mother myself, who follows her parenting examples to raise my beautiful daughter.
Analise Bostrom
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
International Women’s Day Reflection
Women are awesome. They’re kind, gentle, and beautiful. And just like our book says, they hold up half the sky. I honestly don’t understand why they’ve been oppressed all throughout history. Why women are treated unequally from men? Why should we need a designated day just for women? Every day should be women’s day, just like every day should be men’s day. It’s a pity we need to make the effort to appreciate one over the other. Women’s appreciation should be a given.
There are so many amazing women; I don’t know which one to reflect upon. The easiest one would be my mom; I know her best. She’s living proof that women can achieve just as much as men. She raised three kids, including one mentally disabled one (not me), while holding down a full-time job and keeping the household together, meanwhile her husband is off flying (he’s an airline pilot) and is hardly home to help out. She did all this by herself, and never broke down. She is truly a strong and independent women, and proves that women can provide just as much as, if not more than, men.
Jovita Wechsler
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A
3/8/2012
Freewrite: International Women’s Day Reflection
Women’s day was officially created in 1911 by a group of 100 women, from different parts of the world, in Copenhagen to talk about the idea of having an International Women’s Day. It was agreed that the date would be March 8th.
The idea of IWD is to bring awareness towards the social and gender inequality that women have to go through around the world. And on this day in countries all over the world rallies are held, events, and people who speak about this special date and bring attention to the issues that women still face today.
In my opinion have a special date to recognize the efforts and fights women have gone through and are going through until now, is important for everyone to know, especially for the female gender. Nowadays we, women, might take for granted everything we have and not realize the oppression and hardships our ancestors had endured to get us the rights and lives we lead.
There are still many things to be fixed, world wide, so every woman can enjoy the liberties and pleasures of life that are a right that we have as human beings. There are simple issues, such as: having equality in business and in politics, and there are more serious ones, such as: education and violence against women.
My belief is that, since more and more women are ascending economically and socially, we will be able to make a change in how we are viewed in our own societies, to then have the capacity and force to change the lives of women elsewhere.
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
March 8, 2012
Free Write: Women’s International Day
I didn’t need to bring in anything else besides the picture of my mom. My mom is perhaps one of the most important women on this earth. To me this woman is the strongest one I’ve met by far. She has always said that she wants the best for us, and has sacrificed a lot of things for us. She has even risked her life. Not only is she a strong woman, but she is also a strong mother. I think its important that we have this Women’s International Day, so that everyone all across the world have a day to appreciate everything that women have done. Though women always seem to be weak and delicate, there are strong women out there. My mom is the most influential women I know, and I look up to her in every aspect. My mom has always worked and likes to be an independent women, she doesn’t like to rely on my dad, which is a good thing because many women rely on there husbands for everything, and it stops them from doing and being who they are.
Kenneth Windham
English 1a
Professor Wanda Sabir
8 March 8, 2012
International Womens day reflection
I have choosen the destiny child song “Bills,Bills,Bills” to exemplify a favorable quality of women who stand up for themselves and don’t allow men to take advantage of them just because their in a relationship it is a women s empowerment song to encourage women to get rid of a men who cant take care of them while at the same time being able to take care of themselves. She tells you the type of man and what behavior is unacceptable for a boyfriend to have such as “buying gifts in my own name” having “a girlfriend pay your bills” etc. In a traditional relationship a woman and the man depend on eachother for support in many ways financially , mentally ,physically but how can you have a strong relationship when the man is interested in you for your money because he doesn’t have any, and you must become the breadwinner.
Flora Diamond
Profesor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 March 2012
International Women's Day Reflection Free write
I brought a an old bra of mine into class to share, although I didn't share it, I feel that a bra is a symbol of being a woman and female. Feminity is often associated with the bra, as is sex and to a lesser extent, breast feeding. In American culture, boys and girls alike are conditioned and tuned to believe that breasts are a sexual reproductive organ, and with it a controversial taboo is into our young generations. I feel that this is because we are a developed nation that a breast is still culturally seen as taboo in American culture. If a woman pulls out her breast to feed her child in public, more than likely she will be asked to leave and breastfeed in private; despite the numerous laws that protect women from having to remove themselves.
The brazzier does indeed have numerous functions, for one it supports a womans breasts so they do not become heavy and unbearable or get in the way of activities. Women around the world can attest to this. Women in other countries who do not wear bras, usually have tight fitting, pieces of clothing to bind the breasts for the purpose stated above.
I feel that bras have also been largsly considered to be a sexual thing in America. To wear a bra means that one is sensual and advertisers use this excuse to illustrate that sex and breasts and bras are sexy. If one see's a picture of a woman without a bra, she is considered to be a hippie or from another country where they are considered unclean.
With most devices we use today, the bra has existed in one form or another for thousands of years. Women have always had the need to hold the breasts up, and it wasnt until corsets became a fashion that breasts had more and more emphasis put on them. In a way, the way humans view breasts has co-evolved with womens bras.
Hoan Vu
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
My grandmother is a small woman. But any one that knew her realize that she is only small in appearance, on the inside she is a big person and a very stubborn, strong and determine woman. My character and personalities came from her more than from my mom. When I was growing up in my country, she took care and discipline me and my sisters more than my mom did. We spent almost half of our time over at her house. My grandmother has 13 children, but only 10 survived, two of my uncles die from disease and one die from the war. She had ten children to feed plus me and my sisters (we ate at my grandmother’s house almost every day). She was a super busy and hard working person. But working hard alone could not be enough; she was very smart, strong willed and clever person. Therefore, she overcame every obstacle and challenges that were threw at her and find the way to keep her big family alive. Despite a hard and difficult life she never forget to smile at her children and treat them with passion. Once in a while I think of her and wonder how she did what she did.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
International Women’s Day:
A special day to remind people how important the female gender is to the world. Do we need to be reminded how women unconditionally give without the need to be recognized because women just take action and facilitate what is needed because it comes naturally. Women are fierce, we have passion and when the world conceptualizes the positive powers, to which women are capable, there will be peace.
My quote is from a poem, “What Rules the World,” by William Ross Wallace, “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World,” praises motherhood as the preeminent force for change in the world. Giving life is a wondrous event, it encompasses a totality of innate gifts in women, to which we share generously and unconditionally. The precious moments with our children will hopefully deepen their individuality and positive nature, as they journey into the vast complexities of the world. Parents are the keepers of life for a short time, to which we must relinquish and place trust in their being, as when they took their first breath into the world. A child is an extension of a woman’s labor of love and generosity because women understand that essentially a child belongs to the world.
Savannah Conley
Wanda SAbir
English 1A
March 8th, 2012
International Women's Day Reflection:
As a child, I learned women could be very powerful and have great potential. My mother for several years was a single, teenage mother, but she didn't let that get in the way of being both a great mother and keeping up with her education. I went to high school with her senior year and I went to her lectures her freshmen year at the University of Nevada. She didn't skip a beat, she stayed strong and empowered to do what she had set out to do. She is a great mother, and I appreciate the work and the obstacles she over came to be the mother she has been for me. She has always made sure my education was a priority, and that I appreciated women and didn't let being a girl get in my way. She paid out of pocket, while she attended UC Berkeley, for me to go to an all girls privet elementary school for five years. And today she helps me as much as she can with college. My mom is one of the hardest working people I know, and she hasn't had the easiest of lives but she made it a great one for the both of us and now her other two children.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
Response to Daniel:
Daniel gave valuable information that is pertinent to our current book “Half the Sky,” to which education should be a priority and given an opportunity to all people.
Response to John, Keith, Adriana, Analise, Ana, Hoan and Savannah:
Wow, the care, the love, and devotion speaks volumes to each one of you that shared such amazing respect to the women in your lives. The commonalities of each women represented holds true of the continuous strength that women hold dear to their families and the people in their lives. The examples of women holding down the fort, bringing in the bacon, frying it up in a pan, having a passion for education, inspiring, root for their families in their special events, having to roll with what ever comes their way, being a rock when it came to discipline and sacrifices for better education for their children goes without saying, because these are the actions and characteristics that define strong women. It touches the heart to have read the reciprocation of the loving-kindness written about their women heroes.
Kathleen Adams
Professor Sabir
English 1A
9 March 2012
Free Write International Woman Day
Mrs. Mae Brown was a beautiful soul, business owner and outstanding chef. I could not wait to work with her. She was always willing to help feed someone her delicious food. She would take the elderly dinners, because they were sick. She donated clothes to the women’s shelter to help clothe homeless women and children. She loved giving, with a smile that stayed on her face.
Mrs. Brown started her business with boxes of potato chips, which were flavored in, red hot and sour scream. She had two types of popcorn hot and butter. Along with her specialties of the day, in addition she cooked fast foods such as hamburgers and fries, corndogs, tamales, and one cent candies. It took only one year and her business was thriving. Later, she added a juke box machine that played music and some games.
She cooked daily with a different menu of mouthwatering foods, which definitely kept you coming back for more. Sunday would be the best day of all, because she would prepare fried chicken, greens, cornbread, candied yams, macaroni and cheese and to top it off she would make a pound cake. Yummy, yum, yum. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about it.
I used to ask my dad and he would say yes to everything; he was always so busy with his business and making money, running numbers and trying to stay properly stocked with new goods and machines that store owners would want. I wanted to work with her; I would ask would ask my mother every month if I could work with Mrs. Brown in her store, she would say, “Just keep getting good grades and I will think about it.” My mother would always pray and meditate on things before I received an answer. It took my mother two years before she said yes. I was thirteen years old in the eighth grade. I was making money and had fun doing it. She taught about business procedures and how to keep ledgers in order.
As of Tuesday March 6, 2012 Mrs. Mae Brown died she was eighty-eight years old. She had outlived her husband and two sons. When she did she had cancer, dementia and diabetes. She will be missed and so will her delicious food.
I could not leave to attend the funeral due to my jobs and school. Fortunately, my sisters will be able to attend.
Great responses. thanks for sharing.
Nezha Abdelrahman
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 March 2012
International Women’s Day Reflection
When I was in my last year of high school, my English teacher told my class to bring in a poem or a song lyrics that represents us and then explain why did we chose this poem and how did he represent us, well, I chose Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman”. I have always been inspired by Maya Angelou and her unique words that she expresses through poems. The reason why I chose this poem was because I like how she compared herself to pretty, skinny women. And I felt that society judges women, especially big women, differently than smaller women. I have always been judged because of my weight and my height. This poem spoke out to me, saying that I don’t have to be skinny but I can be curvy because that’s the most beautiful thing in the world. As an African woman, curvy is what mostly makes a woman beautiful. Having some type of shape is what makes her unique. “I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size” (Maya Angelou “Phenomenal Woman”). I believe that Maya Angelou is the greatest African American woman poet. She inspires me with her strong words.
Sulekha Yussuf
Professor Sabir Wanda
English 1A
March 1, 2012
International Women Day reflection
On International women day, people across the globe celebrate women's achievement. In this day people are not celebrates but reflect women activities include negative and positive activities. It is very important for women to have this day because of the challenges they face in every day life,and most of them are brutal. For example, many women around the world still cannot get access to secondary education.Another research found that,1 in 7 girls in some developing countries are forced to marry before the age of 15.Women cannot get access to reproductive health care,even though they wants to. It sad to state that,women around the globe lose a child every 20 second form disease that could have been prevented if they had access to lifesaving vaccines.But very important is how women see these challenges especial in developing countries.Women in developing countries don't think of these challenges as isolated problems,but face them as part of their daily lives, and want to overcome them as a way to build a better future. I think Half the Sky, the book,will help to reflect the challenges women are face around the globe in a wide tube.
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