This morning my thoughts are on rudeness. Of course, I'm writing about it while I'm waiting for my planning meeting to start - "How rude!" Or is it not?
To be consider rude, one has to be in a culture that determines that certain action or words are rude. So one could rude at a given time with certain people, yet at a different time and with a different group, it may not be considered rude.
We expect service providers to not be rude. Well, if I ever get to Paris and be waited on at a cafe, I would expect the waiter to be rude - so it I don't think it is bad.
On the other hand, as we are contemplating in my current liberal studies class and for my final paper for that class, there is a certain coding and decoding on the part of the speaker and the listener that determines whether the said action is rude or not.
I have heard people complain about someone else being rude, and yet not realized that their own actions can be construed as being rude. Maybe they don't realize the kind of coding they are sending out.
Well this is my thoughts for the day...now we are almost ready to start my meeting.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Liberal Studies
I am working on a master's in liberal studies. Although it only requires taking one class each semester, it is a lot of work to do all the readings and writings, while working full-time and have a full-schedule volunteering.
Its hard work but I enjoy the class discussions and now that I'm near the end of the program (I have to still spend a year writing a 100-page paper to get the degree), I now realize how important each class is in relationship to another.
We start the program by taking "Introduction of Knowing." It was a lot of reading, Fouceault, De Certeau, Stuart Hall, etc. But even in the current class, we have to refer back to them.
The current class - "Analysis in Cultural Studies" - is not just interesting but relevant to my final research paper on "Why adhering to a strict Japanese culture is detrimental in propagating Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in North America." In fact, I have made notes to check up on some of the readings we did in the first class.
And to think I'm doing this for fun. What do I do for boredom? Go to Disneyland or something?
Its hard work but I enjoy the class discussions and now that I'm near the end of the program (I have to still spend a year writing a 100-page paper to get the degree), I now realize how important each class is in relationship to another.
We start the program by taking "Introduction of Knowing." It was a lot of reading, Fouceault, De Certeau, Stuart Hall, etc. But even in the current class, we have to refer back to them.
The current class - "Analysis in Cultural Studies" - is not just interesting but relevant to my final research paper on "Why adhering to a strict Japanese culture is detrimental in propagating Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in North America." In fact, I have made notes to check up on some of the readings we did in the first class.
And to think I'm doing this for fun. What do I do for boredom? Go to Disneyland or something?
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