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the role model for girls.

There are many princess movies in Disney. Snow White, The Sleeping Beuty, Cinderella, The Beuty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Mulan, The Princess and the Frog, Rapunzel,  and Merida. Among them, I think Merida is the best role model for girls because not only it isn't discriminatory, unlike others, but it teaches something of real value.

First, it teaches that women are equal to men. The other movies such as Snow White, CInderella, or The Little Mermaid say that only men can save women and women should do only house work. In Snow White, it says that women can easily betray men. For example, even though the dwarves worked hard and kept Snow White from danger, she left the instant the prince came. In Cinderella, the prince was the one who saved Cinderella's life from her hardship. Also, in both movies, the princesses did the house work and nothing else. Also, they were womanly, or quiet and kind. However, Merida was very brave and tom-boyish. She liked shooting and riding unlike other women of her time. She stood up to what she thought was wrong and she saved herself unlike the other disney movies. She demonstrated that women should express their argument and that they have the same right as men.

Second, it shows parent love. The other disney movies only show the part that the princess gets in love with the prince and marries right away. However, this may be dangerous because they don't know the prince's real characteristics, but they get married anyway. Many divorces are caused by the same reason. However, the problem that she has is with her family, not the prince. She is also respionsible for her actions and the problems that she made.

This is the reson that I thought Merida was the proper role model for girls, becuase it teaches important things, unlike other disney movies. I recomend showing Brave to one's children above all other movies.

not Brave

On January  11, I watched the movie Brave. The movie was based on the game 'Temple Run; Brave'. The game wasn't really that fun but the movie was much better. The movie brave was a really good one, but was a lot different from what I expected. What I expected from seeing the movie trailer and game was a story of a girl getting lost in the wood, chased by a bear, and finding her way home. The movie was totally different. The princess was even trying to run away from her home. The movie was about a Scottish princess changing her fate. I think the movie was fun because it was educational and hard to predict.

First,I think the movie is educational because it teaches about  responsibility, understanding people and parent love. The main character, Merida, had to marry a prince and behave like a princess. That wouldn't have been hard for any other princesses but Merida was a free spirit and wanted to act on her own. Another thing was that her mother was very strict about behaviors of princesses. That didn't change until Merida accidentally turned her mom into a bear. Merida denied that she caused her mother to change but later, she was very willing to change her mother back and accepted her fault and I think that changed her mother back into human. Also, her mother said that she could choose her husband, whoever she wanted and whenever she wanted it. This includes all three things that I mentioned before. First, she was to blame for changing her mom into a bear and she was responsible for changing her back. Also, she understood her mother and how she always wanted the best of her. Moreover, she loved her mother so she changed her back into human. 

Second, the movie was really hard to predict. I thought there would be more running and in a larger scale. However, it was only in the castle or around it. Also, I thought the witch was supposed to be evil and keep Merida from changing her mother. I guessed that from normal witches (which are evil) and how she controlled the sharp objects toward Merida. However, she wasn't evil, but helpful. She  just forgot what the potion was meant to do. And later, she mentioned how to unlock her mother's curse. However, there are some weird things about this witch. Why would she put on a spell if she wanted it to be broken anyway? Also, why did she get the medalion from Merida and what was that supposed to mean? Anyway, getting all of my predictions wrong was sort of funny.

I think this movie was fun and touching. If I get the chance, I would like to see it again. Because of this movie I learned that I should respect my parents and listen to others. I think this movie has some important values, such as respecting others, and listening to others. I hope I can improve these too.

<PICTURE> NAME: Merida AGE: 16 MOVIE (YEAR): Brave (2012) DAILY ACTIVITIES: learn manners, learns the activity of princesses GOOD POINTS: brave, good archery skills, energetic, active, adventurous BAD POINTS: doesn't listen, irresponsible, OTHER: need to choose a husband,which she refuses to do.

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

<PICTURE>	NAME: Merida
	AGE:  16
	MOVIE (YEAR): Brave (2012)
	DAILY ACTIVITIES: learn manners, learns the activity of princesses
	GOOD POINTS: brave, good archery skills, energetic, active, adventurous
	BAD POINTS: doesn't listen, irresponsible,
	OTHER: need to choose a husband,which she refuses to do.

<PICTURE> \	NAME: Pocahontas
	AGE: 14
	MOVIE (YEAR): Pocahontas (1995)
	DAILY ACTIVITIES: go in the woods and climb trees, ride canoes, foraging, farming, serving feasts
	open minded, friendly to nature, curious
	BAD POINTS: too curious, too adventurous
	OTHER:  Pocahontas didn't want to wed Kocoum, but John Smith came but didn't marry either, because he was forced to leave. Pochontas was a real person in America. She married John Rolfe and was supposed to be brought to England as a symbol of taming the new world.she may have died of smallpox, pneumonia, or tuberculosis

What Children Can Teach Adults

Adora Svitak gave a whole inspiring speech about how and what children can teach adults. First, I would like to focus on the word childish. I think describing it as age discriminatory is awesome.  I've heard a lot of that (like Svitak) when I was like seven. Even now I think how I acted was childish and  my thinking wasn't very mature .I think Adora Svitak is right and wrong in some parts. She said that underestimating children's ability isn't very logical and children will be up to the people's expectation. That was very agreeable. She mentioned her father reading her 'Pioneer Germ Fighters when she was six  and I had an experience sort of like that. My teacher told me to practice Carl Stamitz' concerto after like four weeks since I started playing. Also, the children's publisher saying that they don't work with children was ironic. Most of all, I thought Adora Svitac is ingenious. She gave like this brilliant speech about what children can teach adults. She logically explained why children shouldn't be ignored using word even adults wouldn't know. But another ironic thing was she was so mature and adult-like, when she said that she heard that she was immature.

30 Days Challenge

After watching the 30 days challenge, I thought that I should make my own challenge. I would like to set up two goals for this month. The first thing is that is solving math problems. The method I will be using is increasing the amount of problems. The first week I will solve 4 pages a day. The second week I will double the amount. The next week I will double the amount of the second week. In this way, I can finish the math problems that I was assigned without much stress. Another objective is getting healthier. The first thing I want to do is not eating snacks. Next, I will have healthy meals and will not be picky in meals. Last, I will walk up to the cafeteria and dorm. These will make my month at GLPS better.