Dating in the 21st century vs 1950

Having someone you love is something that no matter who you are and where you are from you always look for. Most times dating starts when you are a young and school is the main place where kids meet and they build up along the way what is going to become a strong relationship. But the way dating is being developed now and the way it was in the 50's is very different. I had the chance to meet up with a lovely old lady and we talked about old times when she was a young girl. 

In the 50’s the way young girls had to behave was totally different from now. But although at that time tradition were still enforced, dating was accepted. Just like it is now. On campus young girls could date young boys and they had the freedom to be open about it. Holding hands and being affectionate was not really seen as a problem, consider that we might think that maybe it was seen as too much explosion from people from the older generation. In the yearbooks of the Penn State University, you could see photos of people in love, walking hands in hands. Now days young collegians can date freely too although they don’t have as much barriers as the older generations did. For example, sex was a taboo in the 50’s. You first had to be married to be able to have sex. But now, sex is as normal as drinking water per day is.

On the other hand, getting married at a young age in 1950’s was seen as normal but in this century it seen as premature when a young girl gets married. During my conversation with my interviewee at the Foxdale Village I learned the she was married when she was 19 years old. During that time you were allowed to get married and carry on your studies while being married. That’s why in the year book of the university you could see pictures of families in the year book, wives of soldiers that were allowed after war to pursue their studies, came together with their husbands and lived with them. My interviewee, Mrs. Ellen stated that age is just a number and that when you are in love and have the same vision as your partner nothing should stop you. And that’s what she did.

                                        References

Reference 1: Penn State year book, La Vie (1950, pg 361)

Reference 2: Mrs. Ellen Fenwick, Foxdale Village.

                              The E.N.D

Today was the end. I finished reading my book,The Fault in Our Stars and at the same time it was the end of a good story. Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer has woken up since the day she had an attack and went to the hospital and there is nothing they can do for him,for the cancer attacked all his body. Hazel was in shock and felt a big sense of injustice.Augustus dies at the end of the book,but what made me sad of happiness is that even through his sickness he was still thinking about Hazel. I didn't see this coming,I kind of was expecting Hazel to go first,but sometimes things happen and we just have to accept it.

Visit to Ellen Fenwick.

Last Monday I went to visit Mrs Ellen Fenwick,she is a retired Mathematician living at the Foxdale village.

I went there not expecting anything,I was thinking in my mind that whatever happens is what I will get. To my big surprise I had an amazing time with an amazing Lady. we talked a lot and it had nothing to do with the questions we set before going there. We talked about her career choice and her studies. and we also talked about her life with her husband,which I didn't expect to happen cause to me it was too personal. In brief, I had an amazing time with Mrs Ellen Fenwick and am planning to go back to see her as soon as I can.

                              Summary of  last Monday's reading.


That disappointment you feel when you've been waiting and wanting something for so long and when it happens it has nothing to do with what you've imagined.
Hazel and Augustus finally met Mr. Peter van Houten,and at her big dismay,Mr Van Houten has nothing to do with what she'd always imagined of him. he is an adverse person.

“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.” ( Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner,p.7)

I read the first three chapters of the kite runner by Khaled Hosseini,I usually read the fault in our stars by John Green but I guess Monday was the day I had to meet Khaled Hosseini.

while reading, that quote catch my attention,the logic "Baba" used to explain the quote was very interesting and made me question myself about it.

It really hard for a kid to understand the adult's way of thinking,and Baba tried his best to explain his morale to his son Amir.

      TFIS#5
  " Your Americans right?"
  "Yes,we are from Indiana"
  " Oh,where they killed all Indians and stayed with the name?"
 Augustus,Hazel ad her mother flew to Berlin to meet Mr Peter Van Houten. They had a safe flight and everything is  going all right up to now,and this is the first conversation they had in Berlin with the taxi driver.
I enjoyed this passage in the book because it was very funny,the author put a lot of humor in this book even though it's a about a sad event.He doesn't give you time to concentrate on the sadness but instead on how funny these two characters are.

TFIS 4

Augustus Waters is suicidal I would think. His first girlfriend died from Leukemia, its very hard to experience the loss of a person we were close to,let alone when your are that young.Now he is getting close to Hazel,I just hope he won't go through that again.

 Article 1: http://www.newsdaily.com/article/a21b2af3c818a2b5195cc745f85080f1/mexico-captures-top-drug-kingpin-el-chapo-guzman
Article 2: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/americas/mexico-cartel-chief-arrest/
Article 3: http://www.newser.com/article/7bcba1cc3daf482fb4d91dc2822924e5/us-mexican-officials-arrest-sinaloa-cartel-chief-chapo-guzman-show-him-to-public.html

BREAKING NEWS!!!! Guzman known as "El Chapo" the Mexican drug cartel chief has been captured after years on run.

Article 1,2 and 3 are all talking about Guzman's arrest,they are all talking about how he was on the run for many years and how with the help of the US drug enforcement ,the Mexican forces lead the operation.
In article 2,CNN with the help of a news gives information about the arrest and "El Chapo" history since he became public enemy number one. its very practical for people who don't like to read they can just watch the video and get the same information as the person who read the whole text,however the text on article 2 is very long and boring,differently from article 1,it ,it has a very brief text that contains all the information enough for a person to understand and picture the situation very clearly even though it doesn't have  a video to support its text as article 2 does.
Article 1 isn't really an article I would recommend to a person to read or use,it doesn't give out any information that can help you understand what happened and why it happened,it is the kind of article that sharpens someone's curiosity and makes you double your work by looking for another source of information because of its emptiness

If I had to choose to choose which article to use for any research,it would be the article 1,because its precision,they didn't go off track,and they gave the information necessary to understand the situation and why its a breaking news.

    TFIS 3          
  Outline and summary of the 5th and 6th chapter of The Fault in our Stars

     I. Augustus second call to Hazel.

        1-Augustus tells Hazel about the email he sent to Mr Peter Van Houten and
          the answer he receive from him.

        2-Hazel;s decision to write to Mr Peter Van Houten too and the proposition
           she got as a feedback.

        3-Isaac's surgery.

     II. Hazel and Gus's picnic.

        1-Hazel and Gus's wish attributed 

        2-The building attraction between them and Hazel's worries.

In these two chapters,what caught me was that somehow Hazel is afraid,she is afraid about what memories she will leave behind after she dies,will people only remember the disease about,or will they forget about her as soon as she's gone. In my Opinion this is a very important issue to think about even when death is not near you. What are we going to leave behind...are people going to miss us or are they to forget we existed few months after we are gone......Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars. N.p.: : Dutton Children's; 1st edition (January 10, 2012), 2012. 64-104. Print. 

TFIS 2
Don't treat people differently just because they have a serious disease like cancer,don't look at them as if they have a contagious disease or show them pity,they need your compassion to have the strength to fight their disease,Hazel is facing the same problem with her mother and her used to be high school friends,everyone around her is treating her differently except her support group friends and the little girl she meets at the mall that ask her questions about her oxygen tubes in the nose like it's something normal. she wishes everyone would act like the little girl.

TFIS 1
Boring...that's what I thought "The fault in our stars" would be,I didn't expect it to be this captivating and full of humor. John Green the author, tells the story of Hazel a 16 years old girl diagnosed with a stage IV cancer and a long-settled satellite colony in her lungs. So far I have only read the first two chapters and I liked the way Hazel sees all that is happening to her,she treats everything with compliance but mostly sarcasm which makes everything she says very funny but you can also feel that she is pretty lost and doesn't know how to react to all that is happening. I really loved this book and I am very eager to know how the story ends for Hazel.

The book  chose is ''the fault in our stars by John Green''. I am very curious to read this book.

	Class #1	Class #2	Class #3
Class name and # (for ex.: Ag 113)	RM 405	SCM450W	MATH140
Days and time it meets  (MTWRF,  2:30-3:20)	T,R 9:45-11:00 AM	M,W 9:45-11:00 AM 2:30-3:45 PM	M,W,R,F 9:05-9:55 AM
Classroom	106 Business Bldg	008 Business Bldg	105 Osmomd Lab
Professor’s name	Cather,David Arthur	Preciado,Felisa Del Carmen Moritz,Brent B	Li,Nan Parsons,Cindy Jane
Professor’s email	dac32@psu.edu	fup2 bbm3	nul12 cjp
Reason you’re interested in observing it	I am interested in the risk management major and its a prerequisite course	i am interested in the SC&IS Major

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Hello everyone,
my name is Laurene , and am very happy to be in this class. this is my first time to have a blog, and I hope it will be an interesting experience and that it will help us getting to know each other more....even though we spend 5days in a week together in the same class.....

I was born and raised in Rwanda, and have lived there for half of my life now, its a small country in middle east Africa.
I love spending my time reading, travelling, watching movies or TV shows (e.g.: vampire diaries...lol), swimming and spending time with my family and friends.

This summer, my brothers and I together with our mum,went to Tanzania, a neighbor country to Rwanda, and it was a unforgettable trip with a lot of unexpected  things happening to us....but we had fun...at least now we can say we know what a Safari means really....

I came to state college on new years'  for the IECP Program, and so far  I am enjoying with my friend Nouf which I have to tell you ( she is crazy..but I love her...), I am planning to do a bachelor in business at the Smeal College of Business here at Penn State and I hope I will get in by this summer.

I was very surprised to see such diversity in the IECP program but was very happy cause now I know a lot of people from different countries and its always amazing when you get to learn differences in cultures....

I wish you all an amazing semester and mostly success in it.