Aristotle stated that youth "are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine." Socrates characterized youth as inclined to "contradict their parents" and "tyrannize their teachers." Rousseau relied on a stormy metaphor in describing adolescence: "As the roaring of the waves precedes the tempest, so the murmur of rising passions announces the tumultuous change.... Keep your hand upon the helm," he advised parents, "or all is lost"
interesting eh?? these dudes had a little somethin' somethin' there didn't they?
just a little fun fact from Heather Lagrosa's psych reading for tomorrow :P
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
First Day of School MOM!
Wowwww, I just realized I haven't posted anything since before I went on vacation this summer!!
I just had my first day of school, and I woke up soooo early to wait in line for intramurals, but it paid off b/c I was second in line right behind my crazy awesome roommate Laura, I'll tell you, there is nothing like sprinting down the Richards Building hallway at 5:30 in the morning to beat a bunch of hard-core intramuralers to get a BEGINNERS BRACKET basketball team hahahahha.
But after that I had 4 of my 5 classes today, Developmental Psychology: Adolescence, Intro to Social Psychology, Personal Writing and Juvenile Delinquency. It's kindof awesome being in sweet classes that I am actually seriously interested in! And its kindof awesome that I'll actually be doing some meaningful writing this semester. (However, it's going to be like ALOT of writing, but I need the practice, and it will be academic and personal writing soooooooo, it will be most excellent!) Also, I'm studying like EVERYTHING that has to do with my future career plans... well, everything is kinda geared towards it, so I'm excited... I'm the only Psychology major in my Delinquency class (its a sociology class), and I think its interesting and awesome how ALL of my classes are relating even though they are taking different approaches to different, yet similar subjects. People are awesome!!
I learned today some sociology theory: biographies = the history of individuals' lives
history = recording of the life of a society
SOCIOLOGY (should) = the relationship between biographies and histories
cool eh?? [this is how all of my classes relate! English=>personal history=>biographies (or memoirs) + history => sociology => juvenile delinquency class (which I'll be doing some personal reflecting in for a couple assignments) => study of juveniles => adolescents => Developmental Psych: Adolescents => how nature and nurture effect adolescent growth; nurture effecting growth => Intro to Social Psych! anyway yeah, I'm thinking of investing in some C. Wright Mills, he gave a good quote from a book he wrote on sociological imagination:
"...the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own choices in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances."
I'm really looking forward to this semester for realsiez!
and I have one more new class on Thursday which is NEW TESTAMENT! I'm way excited to like legit study the gospels more, and get to know my Savior a little better by studying His life and teachings and most especially His example. :)
God is great, life is good, people are crazy :)
The Church is True!!
<3Heather
I just had my first day of school, and I woke up soooo early to wait in line for intramurals, but it paid off b/c I was second in line right behind my crazy awesome roommate Laura, I'll tell you, there is nothing like sprinting down the Richards Building hallway at 5:30 in the morning to beat a bunch of hard-core intramuralers to get a BEGINNERS BRACKET basketball team hahahahha.
But after that I had 4 of my 5 classes today, Developmental Psychology: Adolescence, Intro to Social Psychology, Personal Writing and Juvenile Delinquency. It's kindof awesome being in sweet classes that I am actually seriously interested in! And its kindof awesome that I'll actually be doing some meaningful writing this semester. (However, it's going to be like ALOT of writing, but I need the practice, and it will be academic and personal writing soooooooo, it will be most excellent!) Also, I'm studying like EVERYTHING that has to do with my future career plans... well, everything is kinda geared towards it, so I'm excited... I'm the only Psychology major in my Delinquency class (its a sociology class), and I think its interesting and awesome how ALL of my classes are relating even though they are taking different approaches to different, yet similar subjects. People are awesome!!
I learned today some sociology theory: biographies = the history of individuals' lives
history = recording of the life of a society
SOCIOLOGY (should) = the relationship between biographies and histories
cool eh?? [this is how all of my classes relate! English=>personal history=>biographies (or memoirs) + history => sociology => juvenile delinquency class (which I'll be doing some personal reflecting in for a couple assignments) => study of juveniles => adolescents => Developmental Psych: Adolescents => how nature and nurture effect adolescent growth; nurture effecting growth => Intro to Social Psych! anyway yeah, I'm thinking of investing in some C. Wright Mills, he gave a good quote from a book he wrote on sociological imagination:
"...the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own choices in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances."
I'm really looking forward to this semester for realsiez!
and I have one more new class on Thursday which is NEW TESTAMENT! I'm way excited to like legit study the gospels more, and get to know my Savior a little better by studying His life and teachings and most especially His example. :)
God is great, life is good, people are crazy :)
The Church is True!!
<3Heather
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