Sept.5,2014
OK, so now I am thinking I am going to do Silver Linings Playbook for my Film.
I will look at the film to see how it portrays the disability studies aspect. I am hoping I find some good research for this project. It seems that I should be able to find quite a bit of information. This project will be the first I have ever done of this kind of research paper. I would have had to have gone to a library years ago to do this kind of paper, as the Internet was not around when I was in high school. I am just getting the hang of all this new technology I hope I can find what I need.
Sept.12,2014
While watching the movie I recognize how much the main character as a whole compares to my own life. I myself have a family with ADD and ADHD
, I constantly struggle to help them or try and understand all of the outrages. I am the parent/wife of these members of my family. It definitely takes a lot of understanding and patience. Just as Bradley Coopers character deals with all the bad around him, he still has those triggers which always set him off. Unfortunately, these triggers set him off in a more violent way then most other people. I see this in my every day life with those around me. This causes Society to look at those people differently. Make them outcasts, view them as being bad people. What makes them any different than you or I in any stressful situation?There are plenty of people who react poorly when an issue pops up in their lives that they can not cope with. As an example Bradley Coopers character Pat, well his wife is caught by him cheating with another professor at the school they both teach. How is the way he dealt with the situation any different than any other red blooded man in America? Yes, he may have taken it a little to far, but it reacted as any jealous man would have. Most of these disorders are based on high functioning human beings, very knowledgeable yet they socially can not cope with things well. Maybe this is just my observation?
Sept. 19,2014
Here I am trying to figure out a proper research schedule for my paper, and I have a million things on my plate. Not only am I a mother and a wife, I am a full time student. A student with 15 credit hours of classes this semester. I keep thinking I am drowning, and then just as I think I can't do anymore I pull a good quiz, paper, or lab out of my back pocket. Along with all that I try and keep up with the house and feeding everyone. So here goes my schedule, I have my project 2 turned in, I am keeping up with my blogging (project1), I will continue to research my movie on line, and begin my rough drafts for both project 3 and project 4 by middle of next week. Now I will say that I have a Bio 120 exam coming up next Thurs. along with a lab rubric. So wish me luck!
Sept. 26,2014
OK, I am looking at Disabilities studies for the film Silver Linings Playbook. This film looks at a person's mental health along with how it plays a big part in the people around him/her. Even the most normal of people can have a bad day and become the most unstable of people, While, it also shows us how the most unstable of people when put together, can become the more stable people around us. I also will be looking at what constitutes stable or unstable, and how the film's characters deal with stability along with instability. So this is my working thesis, not sure how it will change and develop yet, but think it is a good start.
October 3,2014
One of my sources is the book "Stigma" by Erving Goffman. The book has notes on the management of spoiled identity. The term stigma is used to refer to an attribute that is deeply discrediting. Sociologist Erving Goffman draws extensively from personal autobiographies and case studies to analyze the stigmatises these people feel about themselves. Erving Goffman (1922-1983) was professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. In this book, he explores the variety of strategies stigmatised individuals with the rejection of others, and the compiles sorts of information about themselves as a project.
October 6,2014
Another of the books I am using for my research paper is "The New Disability History" edited by Paul K Longmore and Lauri Umansky. Paul Longmore is a Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Disabilities at San Francisco State University. And Associate Professor of History at Suffolk University, Laura Umansky is the author of several books. The book opens up the disabilities hidden history. It couples empirical evidence with the insights and interdisciplinary tools while exploring disabilities in American History. Disability has always been a part of American society and culture. Yet only recently historians have begun to uncover and retrieve the lives shrouded in religion,medical, and cultural misunderstandings.
October 17, 2014
I am hoping that my latest thesis is a good one, that it shows what I see in this film. The main characters Pat Solitano and Tiffany of "
Silver Linings Playbook", are trying to get away from allowing themselves be objectified, stereotyped, and stuck in that awful stigma of being different. To do that, they need to believe in themselves and each other. Working together to make the both of them find their "
excelsior".
This film is definitely an odd one, but a good one. I will be working on my project 5 research paper, can't wait to skim through the film again.
Oct. 31, 2014
The most important source I have is the book "
Stigma, Notes On The Management Of Spoiled Identity" by Erving Goffman. It talks about the different ways stigma affects those with disabilities.It shows different situations with people who are unable to conform to standards that society calls normal. How the different types of people with disabilities try to adjust to their social identities. How they deal with their self images, trying to cope with how people treat them. The book gives a good look into the how's and why exactly is sigma happening. Explaining their experiences along with how those with disabilities feel.
Nov. 2, 2014
The hardest problem I am having is that I am writing the paper in a more medical point of view, not in the critical model that I choose for this film. I am writing about disability studies regarding the film "Silver Linings Playbook". Now I need to go back and fix my Lit Review, along with writing my Research Paper. To do that I need to use critical thinking and reasoning to do that. I need to make sure that I use Logos, Pathos, and Ethos in my process to write the paper. Start with my thesis, work in my data, and then develop my critical model with supported opinions and end with a conclusion.
Nov. 15, 2014
Looking back at all the peer reviews, I can only take a piece of what I needed to do for these papers because most of my classmates were as puzzled by what was truly wanted of them. I do think that if structured better the peer reviews would be a good thing for us to fix our papers as needed. The hardest was to fully understand what was wanted of us in these papers. I felt that if we are writing about our views than that is what we should do. It seams as though these papers should be written in the view by this one person. Take for instance I am writing about the film Silver Linings Playbook, and disability theories. I feel I should be able to write how I see this film shows us that, threw my eyes. How this film pertains to disability theories, and the viewer sees it.
Nov. 20, 2014
As of right now I can honestly say I am not truly sure. It is a work in progress, I have a lot of changes to be made in other assignments to be able to finish my paper. I am hoping it will be a work of art, and a great paper, but I will not truly know until it is finished and graded. I do think that I will have given my best efforts, and truly tried to make it something I am very proud of it. I really enjoyed this film and have a lot of experience in dealing with people with mental disabilities.
November 21, 2014
Hmmmm, what would I have done differently? Well, maybe I would have chose a different film, or a different critical model. I may have asked questions regarding these papers sooner. Gotten help sooner to help me create the papers needed for this project? Figure out what was needed for these projects sooner, these projects tie the whole paper together. That would have made it easier for me to do the whole project correctly. Maybe, have understood these projects more. This class was a little more difficult for me than others in the past. This class definitely challenged me in many ways.
November 30,2014
Well, Thanksgiving break is almost over and I can't believe the enormous amount of homework I had to do this week. I am pretty sure this has been the hardest semester I have had yet. I had a Biology lab write-up, an English essay, Math homework, a report for Biology, an extra credit project for Biology, blogs to write, and finally a Humanities essay project. So I barely had any time to relax or get my families Thanksgiving dinner prepared. It is not that I left all these things to the last minute, its been like that all semester with the homework. I took 15 credit hours this semester and I had two hours of tutoring each week on top of that. I am hoping that all my hard work pays off and I get some pretty awesome grades this semester to keep my grade point average up there.
December 5, 2014
I have to say that I am entirely grateful that my Biology class is done for the semester and I don't have to take the final. I am sad though that my Biology teacher had to go through a quadruple bypass surgery for this to happen. The class was very challenging to the point I didn't know which end was up. He had us really working for our grades, this was all so we would really learn Biology and maybe even like it. I personally am very mixed about it, wanted to learn and understand this stuff first. I am not very good at remembering things anymore, because of the medication I take for my migraines. I do hope that by studying hard my memory will start to improve.
December 6, 2014
Well it is December and the count down to Christmas is here. All the holiday shopping, festivities and Christmas trees going up. This is one of my favorite times of the year, just listening to the Christmas music makes me happy. If you live with me I have my radio in my car, the station set on for the down loadable music on my computer and on my Dish. Every time I am doing homework, cleaning the house or driving some where I get to listen to this festive music and smile. I don't know about anyone else but it is a great way to smile. Wonder what helps others smile this time of year?
December 6, 2014
I am so glad that I finally have the argument essay done. It is a weight off of my shoulders and it is behind me. I really hope that I did well on it, I spent a lot of time research and writing this paper. I did my paper on the disabilities theory, on the film
Silver Lining Playbook. It was a really great film with a lot going on in it to decipher. So many interesting scenes along with many types of characters to keep you entertained. I wrote about Pat and his struggle with his mental disorder along with the fact he can't seem to get that he is divorced. He can't get the fact that she fears him and they will never be together again. Once he figures that out he can be happy and move on in his life.
December 7,2014
Well it is well into the semester and I wondering just how many students are looking forward to the Fall semester being over and having a month off. I know I am looking forward to that. I have so much to do yet for the holidays, I have a new puppy that I need to get used to behaving, and I have a house that needs to be cleaned top to bottom. You know that complete clean where you wash walls, trim, get all the cob webs out, and top to bottom removal of all things unneccessary. My kids and dogs tend to keep so much stuff that they really don't need too. It is kind of like a collage of all kinds of crazy stuff.
December 7, 2014
So my daughter rescued this puppy who is around 10 months old. That puts four dogs in my household. She is a beautiful pit/boxer mix but she gets into everything and chews everyones shoes! So on top of all the things I already have to do, now I have to watch so she doesn't get into trouble. She has already chewed up a couple shoes and has taken a chunk out of the corner of my wall. Yeah she is a handful but she is very loving, its just getting through all of the puppy stage stuff that is a killer. I am hoping that she will calm down soon so I can get a break during spring semester.
December 7, 2014
This is my final blog for this class, I can't say that I will miss this. I will say that it has made me think out of the box. It has made me think about what I want to write, and it has been hard. Sitting at the computer trying to write about all these things on the project list. Trying to find what exactly I wanted to write about. It definitely wasn't an easy task nor one that I was able to do fast. I spent many of hours writing these blogs, so I guess I am great full that this is my last one.
