Define Yourself

Sitting in the library after class got me thinking...... I find it interesting how we can teach history from the text books, but some of things that aren't in that book are found in other outside sources. With that being said, taking a historical moment and having to reenact it with students can change many lives. It takes you back to that moment. So even though you're reenacting it, you're also living through those moments of the past. It plays a big affect on your mind as well as those around you. Sometimes you have to be another character, sometimes you have to play the villain, and other times you have to get so into the character, you forget who you are in reality. Out of the many times I have acted in theatre, today was one of those moments I had to fully re-evaluate the evil spirit within. The group I have worked with in Foundations of Education was absolutely amazing, and it was an honor to have worked with them. We fully had to understand how Native Americans were being treated in boarding schools. We treated the class as if they were entering boarding school. I on the other hand took a whole different approach by being bitter, forceful, mean, and anything that was not very nice. I also had to “preach” the word of God through the eyes of a “white man” forcing Christianity beliefs on other cultures. This role playing took me to become someone I am truly not. It also took others to become someone who is truly not themselves, but recognize that they were a different group of people with different beliefs, looks, nationalities in which they were treated unfair. I really felt the spirit of Fred Phelps, Slave masters, boarding school teachers, and false preachers in me that leave other people feel very uncomfortable and low. On the other hand, we are taught the history of our past, but since it’s not always touched deeply (to the mind of a person), we don’t often “relate” as if it really impacts us. So how do we treat others who are different? Who are we to judge and force someone who is not? Why can’t we be more accepting to another culture, race, religion, and beliefs? We all can see someone and say “oh they’re not living in the right direction”, but why is it that we have to hate or force them?

• Define what an American is
• Define what being your self is.
• Define what hatred is
• Define what Moralism is
• Define your religion
• Define your beliefs
• Define History and what can you take away from
• Define what being another nationality is
• Define your actions
• Define your Rights and Freedom
• Define who we are not just as a nation, but who we are as a world in whole.

Did we forget that the world is God’s creation? Did we also forget that we are God’s people? Did we also forget that God had everything planned way before and we’re trying to stop HIS will? Did we also forget that every religion plays a role in the manner of benefiting that person’s culture? We look at ourselves to be superior, but in the end, we’re all the same, we all die, we all will go to the after life. On a further note, let’s ALL recognize ourselves.

@RonaldAtkinson9