Something that I found particularly interesting was not only soldiers but recipients’ habit of burning or discarding letters sent to each other. It was done by Martha Washington with her letters from George under the idea that she wanted her relationship with him to remain private. It was also done by soldiers abroad because they […]
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This class is nothing like I expected it to be but I’ve really enjoyed how it’s turned out so far. At the beginning of the course I wasn’t as open as I could have been concerning the readings. I was looking at the information we were learning not only in a modern context but my […]
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This week all of our readings were centralized around the terracotta warriors, the discovery of and history behind them. Nearly all the readings were textbook chapters each specializing in a different topic like being a simple introduction, the absence of women in the tomb, the past and present, and the people who built the tomb. […]
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When reading the holocaust letters and listening the discussion in class it really struck me how so many of the writers were trying to reassure their loved ones that they were okay, that they would see each other again when in reality this wasn’t the case. What makes this circumstance so heartbreaking is that the […]
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This week we read a chapter from the textbook that was centered around The Classics of Mountains and Seas which was essentially a dictionary that had information about different kinds of creatures and medicine in it. What really stood out to me was its function as a map because the examples didn’t really give me […]
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This week we read an article about yinyang, it mainly focused on how while yinyang are seen as opposites they need the other to exist and remain balanced. It stresses the importance of how neither yin nor yang is complete without the other. Some parts of the article I found interesting were the meanings of […]
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Growing up there’s nothing more American than Thanksgiving. For years in elementary school, you’re told the story of the first Thanksgiving and how it resembles Thanksgiving now. You spend your day celebrating and stuffing yourself with turkey, just generally rejoicing in the holiday. These events weren’t all that dissimilar to Thanksgiving in 1943 in Japanese […]
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This week our readings were focused on divination and other methods used to infer information about the future including oracle bones, omens, and oracles. All methods mention how important it was to Chinese culture and how vital it was for understanding the world around them. It was really interesting to look at events that happen […]
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This week I really enjoyed reading and annotating the Ken Burns articles. The articles were so interconnected through their main points even though going in I didn’t expect them to be that intertwined aside from their historical content. It surprised me, I remember learning about World War Two over the years in school but this […]
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This mindset resonates with me because it’s really true. You’re not going to get anywhere by staying within your comfort zones and not confronting your fears. The only way to grow to confront your fears and get past them so you can evolve and change as a person.
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