That's a Wrap!

Figure 1: Online Learning (Source: Forbes.com, 2013)

I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this blog. At first, I wasn't sure about the whole blog thing, because I have never done one and I am not much of an internet type of person. But I really liked learning about how to do this. I might start a personal blog just to express feelings and day to day occurrences. I had a little trouble connecting my blog to my personal Blogger account, but other than that, I think the experience went smoothly.

My first topic I chose was about physical attractiveness in dating. I know that this is very important to young people of this day and age. Attractiveness is one of the first things a person looks for in a potential partner. I found some interesting studies done involving comparative levels of attractiveness. People typically pair with people that are of their same level of attractiveness subconsciously, so as to avoid conflicts and inequality.

My second topic was about role strain on women of today's culture. Women hold many jobs today, including employee, mom, wife, friend, etc. All of these different roles and tasks can stress a woman and decrease her ability to do all of them. I focused on being a mother and having a full-time job, because I want to be a doctor, but I also want to have a family. I am worried about the role strain I will experience, and that is why I wanted to look into this further. I found some disheartening but also encouraging views on women working full-time and having children.

Figure 2: Flag a Day (Source: Word Press, 2013)

My current event was about racism and the presidency. I think every single person in America has been affected by the election of President Obama; it is definitely a historic event. As the first non-white president of the United States, he faces danger and hostility from the people who do not support or agree with his election. I found a lot of evidence suggesting that America is not as racially equal and racially cohesive as we thought. This is discouraging because I think Obama should not experience such conflict due to his race. Ideas and policy are all that matter to me, personally; that, unfortunately, is not how a number of Americans feel however.