Discoures...

I believe that I am in a primary discourse, American wise because I was born in America and I am a US citizen. Because of that, I feel like i have a head start from those who aren't as familiar with the US culture. My primary discourse comes from my home and how I grew up. My secondary discourses comes from school, church, and just public places and events that I go to.

I wouldn't consider myself in the dominant discoures because i'm not rich, im not the top boss in the world and i'm not white, not saying that in a racial way but people who are in the dominant discoures of majority white. I also wouldn't consider myself that because I haven't reached that level in life in only 16 years old and that's such a young age to even have a voice or impact that big to society.I feel that dominant discourses should change in ways of letting people be heard and having more diversity. But, honestly I don't think that that would change, well at least in my life time.

I feel that Dominant discourses need to be more open minded and change their cultural beliefs or whatever you call it because it's just wrong how people judge others everyday just from their appearance or how they speak forgetting that everyone doesn't come from the same place.We all have different backgrounds and cultures...so why do that??

Response to paying pregnant women to choose life

I read through Appetite for Equal Right's/Paying Pregnant Women to choose life blog yesterday and it caught my attention very well. The speaker in this blog is a female. This outspoken female is speaking to women and also everyone in general about the situation of sex and abortion and what should people do to help women who need care for their kids. I think the main argument that she was saying was that paying women to keep their babies is a automatic RED LIGHT.

The writer conveyed her message through questions and real life examples on why this "so called solution" is not worth it. She also conveyed her message through diction that seem frustrating and had a sarcastic/common sense tone to why this wouldn't work and how much financial trouble America would be in. Her tone through this blog was like I said before frustrating and sarcastic. I know this because in the first paragraph she talks about how annoying it is to her when men judge the issue of abortion and never experienced pregnancy which gives off a frustrating tone.

I agree with the writer that paying women thousands of dollars to choose birth is not a good idea. Just think about how much more debt America would be in! I agree with her when she said that there are many other different ways to solve this like providing more sex education in schools and creating foundations that give out gifts such as bottles, diapers, toys etc to pregnant women in need, instead of just giving them money because who knows what they would do with that money.

I believe that everything happens for a reason

As I grew up I always heard the phrase "everything happens for a reason". It was a phrase that was used in my household and surrounding for a long time now. When my mother use to tell me I would just nod to it not really thinking about it. But as time went on and as I matured, I started understanding what it meant. However I notice that every time this phrase went through and in my ear, my family would be in a 'not so good situation'.

I can recall a few years ago when i was about 11, my grandma was going through a hard time. She was diagnosed with cancer. However before that time I always spent time with here. I used t stay over and keep her company all the time and enjoyed being in her presence. On the other hand I didn't really know my great grandma. She lived right down stairs from my grandmother's house and I didn't spent time with her as much as I should have. So when my grandma became diagnosed with cancer it became one of those not so good situations for our family and for me it was very hard watching my grandma go through something that bad. I cried and prayed a lot through this time asking God to protect my grandmother.

As time went on of family staying in the hospital and caring for my grandmother she wasn't getting better and soon died. I kept asking God how could he let this happen? why would he let this happen? But then I realize that he did this so that my grandma could rest in peace and not have to be in so much pain anymore while living on earth. Even though I lost my grandma I gained another relationship with my great grandma. Me and my great grandma have became so close from that time to now and I'm happy that I have that relationship with her. Even though my grandma is dead and I will always love her and miss her, God gave me another grandma to hold on to........and that is why I believe that everything happens for a reason.